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I love goin g on long hikes, do you enjoy outdoor activities too?
I do enjoy hiking officially in the US and Canada hiking is defined as vigorous walks usually on trails
I've heard in New Zealand they call hiking something else, are you aware of such a distinction?
in the UK and Irelans hiking is usually just called walking, and describes all forms weather it be a walk in the park or backpacking in the Alps
Oh I must be confused then. I like how relaxing it is to go on a long hike, makes me feel connected to nature.
In the UK they also use the term Hillwalking, but the term is considered old fashioned
It does sound very old fashioned and strange. Do you ever fish or do other outdoor activities?
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Republic of Ireland, and United Kingdom, hiking means walking outdoors on a trail, or off trail, for recreational purposes. A day hike refers to a hike that can be completed in a single day. However, in the United Kingdom, the word walking is also used, as well as rambling, while walking in mountainous areas is called hillwalking. In Northern England, Including the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales, fellwalking describes hill or mountain walks, as fell is the common word for both features there.
Hiking
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seasons for outdoor walks. For visitors who love soaking up nature's many colors, October is the best month to enjoy autumnal colors, and April to May are the best months to see the reserve in bloom.
- Major recreational activities inside the reserve: Bird watching, hiking, mountain biking and photography can be enjoyed throughout the year. The reserve has a camp offering outdoor educational activities for children during the week and for adults on the weekend. The precise activities depend on the season and vary from year-to
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I have blond hair.
blonde (female), or fair hair, is a hair color characterized by low levels of the dark pigment
And is grey hair when it loses all pigment?
color can be from the very pale blond (caused by a patchy, scarce distribution of pigment) to reddish "strawberry" blond or golden-brownish
And is blond the most common hair color?
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Red hair
Red hair (or ginger hair) occurs naturally in one to two percent of the human population, appearing with greater frequency (two to six percent) among people of Northern or Northwestern European ancestry and lesser frequency in other populations. It is most common in individuals homozygous for a recessive allele on chromosome 16 that produces an altered version of the MC1R protein.
Red hair varies in hue from a deep burgundy or bright copper (auburn) to burnt orange or red-orange to and strawberry blond. Characterized
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Blond
Blond or fair hair is a hair color characterized by low levels of the dark pigment eumelanin. The resultant visible hue depends on various factors, but always has some yellowish color. The color can be from the very pale blond (caused by a patchy, scarce distribution of pigment) to reddish "strawberry" blond or golden-brownish ("sandy") blond colors (the latter with more eumelanin). Because hair color tends to darken with age, natural blond hair is generally rare in adulthood. Naturally
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Hello. We live in a rural country area and I'm very upset because they are tearing down all our trees and fields to build more houses
Oh no! That is very sad. Can you do anything about it.
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Rural area
In general, a rural area or countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities. The Health Resources and Services Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services defines the word "rural" as encompassing "...all population, housing, and territory not included within an urban area. Whatever is not urban is considered rural."
Typical rural areas have a low population density and small settlements. Agricultural areas are commonly rural, as are other types of areas such as forest.
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Bell talked about the visual effects in general throughout the season, and in the episodes themselves, saying "Visual effects are a big part of our show and some of them are invisible and some of them are very dramatic and the fact that there’s no real planes in our [show], and you just accept the fact that “oh, there’s a plane” is pretty cool... We could do it because it was our finale, but to their credit, they had very little turnaround time for any
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I think I'm going to make meatloaf today. I have the ground meat and other stuff to make it. Just need to shape it into a loaf and put it in the oven to bake.
I love meatloaf. Do you have a special recipe?
I usually start off with a mixture of ground beef and pork. I've heard some people use seafood, but that seems gross to me.
Yeah that seems gross to me too. Do you put ketchup or gravy on top of it?
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, various techniques aim to keep the dish moist by either covering it with sauce or wrapping it, using moisture-enhancing ingredients in the mixture, or filling it with meats, cheese, or other vegetables.
History.
Meatloaf of minced meat was mentioned in the Roman cookery collection "Apicius" as early as the 5th century. Meatloaf is a traditional German, Scandinavian and Belgian dish, and it is a cousin to the Dutch meatball. American meatloaf has its origins in scrapple, a mixture of ground pork and
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Meatloaf
Meatloaf is a dish of ground meat that has been mixed with other ingredients and formed into the shape of a loaf, then baked or smoked. The final shape is either hand-formed on a flat pan or created by cooking it in a loaf pan. It is usually made with ground beef, although ground lamb, pork, veal, venison, poultry and seafood are also used.
The cooked loaf can be sliced like a loaf of bread to make individual portions. Because the dish can become dry
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Boy, I am looking forward to retirement. Would be so nice to stop working completely!
I am looking forward to retirement as well. Not sure what age it will happen or what time will be the right time.
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Retirement
Retirement is the withdrawal from one's position or occupation or from one's active working life. A person may also semi-retire by reducing work hours.
An increasing number of individuals are choosing to put off this point of total retirement, by selecting to exist in the emerging state of pre-tirement.
Many people choose to retire when they are eligible for private or public pension benefits, although some are forced to retire when bodily conditions no longer allow the person to work any longer (by illness
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will be airing until November. I'm taking some time off to enjoy my family however I am not retiring. Not really sure what's next for me work wise. But I am looking forward to figuring it out! Thanks to all of you for your support and love. I've had an incredible time on DOOL this year..." Davidson exited the role on-screen on November 13, 2013. In late November, it was confirmed that Davidson would return for an episode scheduled to air on December 3,
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My friend, I drive a Honda that's seen better days, I tell you that. Despite being the biggest manufacturer in the world since 1959, they still have some problems.
I'm sorry to hear that. I drive a Civic and it seems to be doing well so far, though it's still pretty new.
That's good to hear! Honda were the first to release a luxury brand in 1986. Is yours very luxurious?
I wouldn't say luxurious exactly, but I do enjoy it and it does have some features I enjoy. What kind of Honda do you have?
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, marine engines, personal watercraft and power generators, and other products. Since 1986, Honda has been involved with artificial intelligence/robotics research and released their ASIMO robot in 2000. They have also ventured into aerospace with the establishment of GE Honda Aero Engines in 2004 and the Honda HA-420 HondaJet, which began production in 2012. Honda has three joint-ventures in China (Honda China, Dongfeng Honda, and Guangqi Honda).
In 2013, Honda invested about 5.7% (US$6.8 billion) of its revenues
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even if they get me, there will still be a lot of body bags going back to New York. I'm not afraid. I don't have it in me. I'm too detached maybe. If it happens, fuck it. A bullet in the head is pretty quick. You go like that! It's better than cancer. I'm not meeting you in Montana on some fuckin' farm. I'm not sitting here like some jerk-off with a phony beard. I'll tell you something
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Carrots are my favorite food. They are a root vegetable and can be used in so many ways for cooking
Carrots are roots vegetables
Only 3 percent of the B-carotene in carrots are released during digestion, but if you cook them, it helps to release much more, making them even healthier.
Really? The come in color orange, purple,black,red and white
Yes, that's what I've been told. The greens are even edible, but I don't think many people eat that part. I wouldn't because I've been told it could be contain toxic alkaloids.
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Carrot
The carrot ("Daucus carota" subsp. "sativus") is a root vegetable, usually orange in colour, though purple, black, red, white, and yellow cultivars exist. Carrots are a domesticated form of the wild carrot, "Daucus carota", native to Europe and southwestern Asia. The plant probably originated in Persia and was originally cultivated for its leaves and seeds. The most commonly eaten part of the plant is the taproot, although the stems and leaves are eaten as well. The
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of the β-carotene in raw carrots is released during digestion: this can be improved to 39% by pulping, cooking and adding cooking oil. Alternatively they may be chopped and boiled, fried or steamed, and cooked in soups and stews, as well as baby and pet foods. A well-known dish is "carrots julienne". Together with onion and celery, carrots are one of the primary vegetables used in a "mirepoix" to make various broths.
The greens are edible as a leaf vegetable
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if i was reincarnated, I'd like to come back as a hippopotamus. What about you?
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Hippopotamus
The common hippopotamus ("Hippopotamus amphibius"), or hippo, is a large, mostly herbivorous, semiaquatic mammal and ungulate native to sub-Saharan Africa. It is one of only two extant species in the family Hippopotamidae, the other being the pygmy hippopotamus ("Choeropsis liberiensis" or "Hexaprotodon liberiensis"). The name comes from the ancient Greek for "river horse" (). After the elephant and rhinoceros, the common hippopotamus is the third-largest type of land mammal and the heaviest
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goals in three games," Larose said recently. "I'd just come back from the broken leg I suffered the year before. I started playing around Jan. 15. Yvan Cournoyer then got hurt and they put me in his place. A lot of people still remind me about that. We could not figure out what was happening. I'd shoot, they'd go in. We were playing for Scotty Bowman. You know, if he thought you were too hot, he'd put you on another line!
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chef is a trained professional cook who is proficient in all aspects of food preparation
oh yea they are very important to us as a race since we need good food
There are different terms that use the word "chef" in their titles, and deal with specific areas of food preparation, such as the "sous-chef
oh ok yea ive heard of those, what else do you know?
kitchen brigade system is a hierarchy found in restaurants and hotels employing extensive staff,
thanks for the info, id like to hear anything else you have
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Chef
A chef is a trained professional cook who is proficient in all aspects of food preparation, often focusing on a particular cuisine. The word "chef" is derived from the term "chef de cuisine" (), the director or head of a kitchen. Chefs can receive formal training from an institution, as well as by apprenticing with an experienced chef.
There are different terms that use the word "chef" in their titles, and deal with specific areas of food preparation, such as the "
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, or both.
- Meal preparation – the process of planning meals.
Essence of food preparation.
- Chef – a person who cooks professionally for other people. Although over time the term has come to describe any person who cooks for a living, traditionally it refers to a highly skilled professional who is proficient in all aspects of food preparation.
- Cooking – act of preparing food for eating. It encompasses a vast range of methods, tools and combinations of ingredients to improve the flavour or digestibility of
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i love rabbits and other animals can you tell me more
A pet or companion is a animal which primarily used for a persons, entertainment rather than a working animal live stock or lab animal.
yes i have one
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Pet
A pet or companion animal is an animal kept primarily for a person's company, entertainment, or as an act of compassion such as taking in and protecting a hungry stray cat, rather than as a working animal, livestock, or laboratory animal. Popular pets are often noted for their attractive appearances, intelligence, and relatable personalities, or may just be accepted as they are because they need a home.
Two of the most popular pets are dogs and cats. The technical term for a cat lover is
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Clerk in Chicago. In 2011, shortly after being elected, she took charge of an office responsible for more than $100 million in annual revenue from vehicle stickers. Mendoza spearheaded the Companion Animal and Consumer Protection Ordinance which banned Chicago pet stores from selling dogs, cats, or rabbits unless the animals are sourced from humane shelters or animal rescues. She changed the city's once-a-year vehicle sticker sales to year-round sales, saving about $4 million a year.
Illinois Comptroller.
Mendoza ran
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i used to play the violin when i was in elementary school
I've never played an instrument before, but I really wish I could play the violin, which is also known as a fiddle.
The modern violin has been around for roughly 500 years. It was said to have been designed in the 1500’s by Andrea Amati.
That's so long ago! They are also the smallest and highest-pitched instrument in the family.
oddly playing the violin burns approximately 170 calories per hour, how random
That's so weird, especially considering that they are usually hollow and wooden so they aren't that heavy.
true, its probably to do with concentration. the violin itself is typically comprised of spruce or maple wood.
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strings, though it can also be played by plucking the strings with the fingers (pizzicato) and by striking the strings with the wooden side of the bow (col legno).
Violins are important instruments in a wide variety of musical genres. They are most prominent in the Western classical tradition, both in ensembles (from chamber music to orchestras) and as solo instruments and in many varieties of folk music, including country music, bluegrass music and in jazz. Electric violins with solid bodies and piezoelectric pickups are used
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eyvind many times over the last 10 years), he never hit a wrong note. it was pretty mindblowing to watch. he played violin, viola, and tried some traditional Chinese instrument, which we took out because it didn't mix so well. wish we had more time to jam because i'm sure it [would] have [been] a lot of fun. dave [aka Avey Tare] and i had been thinking about who to ask to play violin on a few songs that we wanted violin on
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My sister is pregnant right now and is dealing with serious morning sickness. It is a common symptom that involves nausea and vomiting
Oh sorry to hear. Any other symptoms she can not look forward to?
Well, I know she does not have to worry about ab pain or fever, like she would with a virus
Are there any other complications or is the pregnancy going well?
Other than that she is fine. But severe problems occur in about 1.6 percent of women in the us
Glad to hear she's fine. Is she using a midwife?
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Midwife
A midwife is a professional in midwifery. A midwife traditionally is not a physician or doctor and is not required to have the medical education—such as medical school and residency—that is necessary to become a physician or doctor. Rather, education and training for a midwife equips them to recognise the variations of normal progress of labor, and understand how to deal with deviations from normal. They may intervene in high risk situations such as breech births, twin births and births where the baby is in a posterior position
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Morning sickness
Morning sickness, also called nausea and vomiting of pregnancy (NVP), is a symptom of pregnancy that involves nausea or vomiting. Despite the name, nausea or vomiting can occur at any time during the day. Typically these symptoms occur between the 4th and 16th week of pregnancy. About 10% of women still have symptoms after the 20th week of pregnancy. A severe form of the condition is known as hyperemesis gravidarum and results in weight loss.
The cause of morning sickness is unknown but may be
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I think sharks are amazing creatures. How do you feel about them?
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Shark
Sharks are a group of elasmobranch fish characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton, five to seven gill slits on the sides of the head, and pectoral fins that are not fused to the head. Modern sharks are classified within the clade Selachimorpha (or Selachii) and are the sister group to the rays. However, the term "shark" has also been used for extinct members of the subclass Elasmobranchii outside the Selachimorpha, such as "Cladoselache" and "Xenacanthus", as well as other Chondrichthyes such as the holocephalid
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want, then you're not going to get it. And in effect you are chained down by your inability to say what you feel or go after what you want. No matter how in control you think you are about sexuality in a relationship there is always the power struggle... always a certain amount of compromise. Of being beholden, if you love them. You do it because you choose to. No one put the chain around this neck but me. I wrote 'Express Yourself' to tell women around the
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Hey, I just moved here from Japan! I'm unpacking right now! Japan's population is around 127 million which is the world's tenth larges - that's a lot of people!
OH yeah it is, how big is Japan?
Well, it consists of about 6,852 islands, so I'd say it's a fair size!
I had no idea there were that many islands. Do they grow and agriculture on them to export?
I don't know, I lived in the city of Tokyo, the capital of Japan. I'm running out of room to put these empty boxes!
Haha you must've had a lot of stuff than. Tell me, do they have a McDonalds over there?
They sure do! I ate lunch there every day! Interestingly, Japan was inhabited as early as the Upper Paleolithic period, but they didn't have McDonald's back then! LOL
Haha that'd be wild if they did. Do you know their main export? I've very interested in knowing that
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. 90.7% of people live in cities, while 9.3% live in the countryside. About 13.8 million people live in Tokyo, the capital of Japan. The Greater Tokyo Area is the most populous metropolitan area in the world with over 38 million people.
Archaeological research indicates that Japan was inhabited as early as the Upper Paleolithic period. The first written mention of Japan is in Chinese history texts from the 1st century AD. Influence from other regions, mainly China, followed by periods of isolation, particularly from Western Europe
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stuff I've never wanted to talk about, and I've only now had the courage to put it out there. I had a lot to say with this album, that's why it came so quickly. I think a lot of people thought I'd take my time again, which I was nervous about. We were going to head to Europe with the last album, but then it would've been another two years, and people would've thought 'I'm tired of buying her records, she pisses off
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I am extremely interested in the history of Japan. Do you know anything about Japan? Have you ever been there or want to visit in the future?
I know the first people were more than likely from prehistoric times.
Cool. I am also interested in prehistory. Would you say they were first there in the Paleolithic, Mesozoic, or neolithic era? Where did they come from before they were in Japan?
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Paleolithic
The Paleolithic or Palaeolithic (), also called the Old Stone Age, is a period in human prehistory distinguished by the original development of stone tools that covers 99% of human technological prehistory. It extends from the earliest known use of stone tools by hominins 3.3 million years ago, to the end of the Pleistocene 11,650 cal BP.
The Paleolithic Age is followed in Europe by the Mesolithic Age, although the date of the transition varies geographically by several thousand years.
During the Paleolithic
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and work on any surface I can reach. I stretch and coax rather than throw shapes. Bowls are always turned inside and out. I am not interested in the random and the spontaneous. I want to be better than a lathe, more plastic than plastic. I have a considerable failure rate at all stages of the process. If you are not losing work, you know you are not pushing things far enough. I like working on a tightrope and in areas I don't know anything about.
Reviewers of
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Corn dog
A corn dog (also spelled corndog) is a sausage (usually a hot dog) on a stick that has been coated in a thick layer of cornmeal batter and deep fried. It originated in the United States and is commonly found in American cuisine.
History.
Newly arrived German Texan sausage-makers, finding resistance to the sausages they used to make, have been credited with introducing the corn dog to the United States, though the serving stick came later. A US patent filed in 1927
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Hi Hi Hi
Hi Hi Hi may refer to:
- "Hi, Hi, Hi", song by Paul McCartney
- "Hi! Hi! Hi!", song by German singer Sandra
- "Hi Hi Hi", by the Japanese band Scandal from "Temptation Box" 2010
- "Hi Hi Hi", Japanese manga by Shohei Harumoto
See also.
- Hihi (disambiguation)
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EuroBasket is also known as "European Basketball Championship".
EuroBasket sounds like it might be a basket full of Euros. If only! ANYWAY, I didn't know that! Who are the current champions?
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Vassilis Spanoulis
Vassilis Spanoulis (; born August 7, 1982) is a Greek professional basketball player for Olympiacos of the Greek A2 Basket League and the Euroleague. A tall combo guard, he is nicknamed Kill Bill, V-Span, and MVP ("Most Vassilis Player"). Spanoulis was named the Balkan Athlete of the Year in 2009, the in 2012 and 2013, the Vatican's World Athlete of the Year (Giuseppe Sciacca Award) in 2013 and the EuroLeague MVP the same year. He has earned a
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FIBA U16 Women's European Championship
The FIBA U16 Women's European Championship is a basketball competition inaugurated in 1976. The current champions are Italy
Division A.
Division A Medal table.
- Defunct states in italics
Division B.
Division B Results.
- Since 2012, the 3rd team in Division B is also promoted to Division A for the next tournament.
See also.
- EuroBasket Women
- FIBA U20 Women's European Championship
- FIBA U18 Women's European Championship
References.
- Archive
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My regular past time is Yoga , is a group of physical, mental, and spiritual practices or disciplines which originated in ancient India.
Yoga is very good for you. People really seem to like it and feel that it helps them.
We have a broad variety of yoga schools, practices, and goals in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism.all leaning on beliefs
They range a lot. I took a yoga class once. I think you feel very refreshed after you do it. That is why a lot of people do it.
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to pre-Vedic Indian traditions; it is mentioned in the Rigveda, but most likely developed around the sixth and fifth centuries BCE, in ancient India's ascetic and śramaṇa movements. The chronology of earliest texts describing yoga-practices is unclear, varyingly credited to Upanishads. The "Yoga Sutras of Patanjali" date from the first half of the 1st millennium CE, but only gained prominence in the West in the 20th century. Hatha yoga texts emerged sometimes between the 9th and 11th century with origins in tantra.
Yoga
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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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I loved reading the book Hachette in school it is a great read!
Hachette is one of the largest English language publishers! They've published a lot of books!
What is your favorite book by them?
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Hachette (publisher)
Hachette () is a French publisher.
Founded in 1826 by Louis Hachette as Brédif, the company later became L. Hachette et Compagnie, Librairie Hachette, Hachette SA and Hachette Livre in France. After acquiring an Australian publisher, Hachette Australia was created; in the UK it became Hachette UK, and its expansion into the United States became Hachette Book Group USA.
History.
History France.
It was founded in 1826 by Louis Hachette as Brédif, a bookshop and publishing company. It
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medium-sized book publishers specialize in a specific area. Additionally, thousands of authors have created publishing companies and self-published their own works.
Within the book publishing, the publisher of record for a book is the entity in whose name the book's ISBN is registered. The publisher of record may or may not be the actual publisher.
Approximately 60% of English-language books are produced through the "Big Five" publishing houses: Penguin Random House, Hachette, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster and Macmillan
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I had a really relaxing time plating a garden in my yard.
Do you do raised bed planting?
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Gardening
Gardening is the practice of growing and cultivating plants as part of horticulture. In gardens, ornamental plants are often grown for their flowers, foliage, or overall appearance; useful plants, such as root vegetables, leaf vegetables, fruits, and herbs, are grown for consumption, for use as dyes, or for medicinal or cosmetic use. Gardening is considered by many people to be a relaxing activity.
Gardening ranges in scale from fruit orchards, to long boulevard plantings with one or more different types of shrubs
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simply comes when the time is right:
"We don't go to bed at night with an idea of what we're going to dream about. It's a very strange and mysterious and unconscious process...you have weird dreams that appear out of left field and we don't control it. I really do think that writing is much the same. I generate all my material through free writing, which is pouring things out in a notebook. And I just don't know what's going to pop-out
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Pizza is a traditional Italian dish consisting of a yeasted flatbread typically topped with tomato sauce
Is pizza your favorite cuisine, mine is burger
Italian cuisine,is a regional diversity, especially between the north and the south of the Italian peninsula.
You mean pizza evolved from Italy?
I buy my pizza from domino c. is an American pizza restaurant chain founded in 1960
Wow ,my order comes from McDonald
survey from 2004 showed that Norwegians eat the most frozen pizza (5.4 kg/person*year), followed by Germans.
Pizza is age long cuisine indeed!
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called pizzettas.
The term "pizza" was first recorded in the 10th century in a Latin manuscript from the Southern Italian town of Gaeta in Lazio, on the border with Campania. Modern pizza was invented in Naples, and the dish and its variants have since become popular in many countries. It has become one of the most popular foods in the world and a common fast food item in Europe and North America, available at pizzerias (restaurants specializing in pizza), restaurants offering Mediterranean cuisine, and via pizza delivery
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Pizza-ghetti
Pizza-ghetti is a combination meal commonly found in fast food or family restaurants throughout the province of Quebec and other parts of Canada.
It consists of a pizza, sliced in half, accompanied by a small portion of spaghetti with a tomato based sauce. Although both pizza and spaghetti are considered staples of Italian cuisine, combining them in one dish is completely unknown in Italy. An infrequent variant involves using spaghetti as a pizza topping, under the pizza's mozzarella cheese.
In some instances,
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I play the guiter ,so you?
No, I don't. But I think those six strings can create some amazing sounds.
Do you know who invented the guitar?
I don't. I know the sound is either acoustic, using hollow wood or plastic, or electric amplifier and and a speaker.
So can you explain the difference beweeen the types
Well, the modern acoustic has three types, classical guitar which is nylon string, the steel string acoustic and the archtop guitar.
How about the .other types?
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guitar, and the archtop guitar, which is sometimes called a "jazz guitar". The tone of an acoustic guitar is produced by the strings' vibration, amplified by the hollow body of the guitar, which acts as a resonating chamber. The classical guitar is often played as a solo instrument using a comprehensive finger-picking technique where each string is plucked individually by the player's fingers, as opposed to being strummed. The term "finger-picking" can also refer to a specific tradition of folk, blues
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"There's a certain charlatan aspect to the hereafter, to those who prey on people's beliefs that there's some afterlife, and mankind doesn't seem to be willing to accept that this is your life and you should do the best you can with it and enjoy it while you’re here, and that'll be enough. There has to be immortality or eternal life and embracing some religious thing. I don't have the answer. Maybe there is a hereafter, but I don't know, so I approach
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Have you ever been to Florida, the southernmost state in the US.
Yes, I'm actually saving to move to southern Florida. I love the hot weather.
What part, it has coastline on both the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean.
Some Place between Fort Lauderdale and Key West. Have you spent much time in Florida?
I've spent a lot of time in Panama City and Orlando, so I guess more of the subtropical climate.
That's a little to far north for me. Panama city seems ok but the economy near Miami can't be beat.
Miami is the most populous urban area, so the economy there is good?
Yes for what I do I can make more then double of what I can here in Philadelphia
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state is at or near sea level and is characterized by sedimentary soil. Florida has the lowest high point of any U.S. state. The climate varies from subtropical in the north to tropical in the south. The American alligator, American crocodile, American flamingo, Roseate spoonbill, Florida panther, bottlenose dolphin, and manatee can be found in Everglades National Park in the southern part of the state. Along with Hawaii, Florida is one of only two states that has a tropical climate, and is the only continental state with either
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was described by the critic William York Tindall as a Republican in the mold of Robert A. Taft.
Life and career Travel.
Stevens made numerous visits to Key West, Florida, between 1922 and 1940, usually staying at the Casa Marina hotel on the Atlantic Ocean. He first visited in January 1922, while on a business trip. "The place is a paradise," he wrote to Elsie, "midsummer weather, the sky brilliantly clear and intensely blue, the sea blue and green beyond what you have ever
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Are you a listener of Tupac Shakur's music?
Only his more popular records. I don't know his music in depth. You?
He was big when I was younger. What's your felling on his assassination?
I think it was a case of "crabs in a barrell" . Rap makes a lot a people a lot of money and a lot of guys want to be rappers. I believe it was someone who was jealous of him. But I dont think it was Biggie.
Yeah. It was sad. I'm not a fan of the whole gangsta rap thing.
Me either. I enjoy more middle of the road or "old school" rap like Sugar Hill Gang and Queen Latifah.
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Khadijah James on the FOX sitcom "Living Single", from 1993 to 1998. Her third album, "Black Reign" (1993), spawned the single "U.N.I.T.Y.", which was a big influence on women, which won a Grammy Award and peaked at #23 on the "Billboard" Hot 100. She then starred in the lead role of "Set It Off" (1996) and released her fourth album, "Order in the Court", on June 16, 1998, with Motown Records.
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merit. ... Part of the reason it's so interesting, part of the reason why I think this is so good, it's a juxtaposition of two things that you really don't think are meant to be together." Oakland, California rapper Kreayshawn said Lil B "was an influence on me. I was starting to listen to his music and hanging out with him a lot when he was working on "Rain in England"." Cloud rap duo Main Attrakionz has been compared to the style of "Rain
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I'm thinking about opening up my own Karate school. It will be the new Cobra Kai! Sweep the LEG!
Go for it! I always wanted to go to Karate school but i'm too old now lol
You should learn! If you're older, you might one day get to be a Mr. Miyagi to the next Karate kid! Then my students can sweep his leg!
lol maybe i should! I love karate kid movie
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The Karate Kid
The Karate Kid is a 1984 American martial arts drama film written by Robert Mark Kamen and directed by John G. Avildsen. It is the first installment in "The Karate Kid" franchise, and stars Ralph Macchio, Noriyuki "Pat" Morita, and Elisabeth Shue. "The Karate Kid" follows Daniel LaRusso (Macchio), a teenager taught Gōjū-ryū karate by Mr. Miyagi (Morita) to help defend himself and compete in a tournament against his bullies, one of which is the ex-
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, "I'm a lot older as well so my life is completely different so I'm handling it a lot better than I probably did when I was 18. When you're 18 and start a new show you don't know anything about life. It will be difficult for anybody. But now after being away, doing other things and growing up you approach it from a different angle. It's work at the end of the day and you go home and you've got your family. And that's what
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I need to get my life straight because I waste too much time going to nightclubs
Same here. I especially like to go on Friday or Saturdays, when they're busiest.
Yea sometimes they have live performances on those days. I love drinking away the night.
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bouncers to screen prospective clubgoers for entry. Some nightclub bouncers do not admit people with informal clothing or gang apparel as part of a dress code. The busiest nights for a nightclub are Friday and Saturday night. Most clubs or club nights cater to certain music genres, such as house music or hip hop. Many clubs have recurring club nights on different days of the week. Most club nights focus on a particular genre or sound for branding effects.
History.
History Early history.
In the United States, New
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You don't mess with love/You mess with the truth". "Q" described it as a "guitar led, Swiftian tale of a drunken hook up with a tattooed admirer" inspired by a time when she was "on tour, drinking too much and going off the rails". Goulding commented to MTV News about its lyrical content, claiming:
"I think lyrically a lot of my fans will go back to when I first started releasing songs even on to Myspace and things like that because I
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I wish to know more about China, I have never met my dad but the agency where he put me up for adoption said he lives there
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China
China (; lit. "Middle Kingdom"), officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia and the world's most populous country, with a population of around /1e9 round 3 billion. Covering approximately , it is the fourth largest country by total area. Governed by the Communist Party of China, the state exercises jurisdiction over 22 provinces, five autonomous regions, four direct-controlled municipalities (Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, and Chongqing), and the special
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lbs. "When I met Roberto in the Olympic trials in Mississippi, that’s when Roberto came and worked my corner, which it was a bad mistake," Rios said as García laughed. "I should have never done that because my dad was my amateur coach through my whole career. You get used to one person and then you come with another guy and he doesn’t really know you? To me, it kind of messed me up. But then again, I’m glad we met because we exchanged
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do you like chicken
I love it. It's a healthy choice for eating. I enjoy the meat and the eggs. Chickens even make good pets.
yes their do i have a friend that have chickrens good eggs
The chicken is one of the most common domesticated animals.
yes they are i like deep fry bread chicken
I like it too. Especially when it is crispy and well seasoned, that's the best kind of fried chicken.
you are so right i eat it alot like maybe 3 times a month
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Korean fried chicken differs from typical American fried chicken because it is fried twice; the skin is therefore crunchier and less greasy. Furthermore, Korean-style chicken is not characterized by the crags and crusty nubs associated with American fried chicken; it was described by Julia Moskin of "The New York Times" as a "thin, crackly and almost transparent crust". The chicken is usually seasoned with spices, sugar, and salt, prior to and after being fried. Korean fried chicken restaurants commonly use small- or
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Chicken
The chicken ("Gallus gallus domesticus") is a type of domesticated fowl, a subspecies of the red junglefowl ("Gallus gallus"). It is one of the most common and widespread domestic animals, with a total population of more than 19 billion as of 2011. There are more chickens in the world than any other bird or domesticated fowl. Humans keep chickens primarily as a source of food (consuming both their meat and eggs) and, less commonly, as pets. Originally raised for cockfighting
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Linkin Park is one of my favorite band especially the album Hybrid Theory.
I have seen Linkin Park ten times in concert.
That is awesome! Where all have you seen them? They are originally from California. I never got to see them live.
I use to see them in Atlanta when they were on tour.
Was it before The Hunting Party came out?
Yes, we are talking Hybrid Theory days.
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N' Roses' "Appetite for Destruction" (1987) and the best-selling rock album of the 21st century.
Recorded at NRG Recordings in North Hollywood, California, and produced by Don Gilmore, the album's lyrical themes deal with problems lead vocalist Chester Bennington experienced during his adolescence, including drug abuse and the constant fighting and divorce of his parents. "Hybrid Theory" takes its title from the previous name of the band as well as the concept of music theory and combining different styles.
Four
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started to form in 2005 while Chester Bennington was writing songs for Linkin Park's album "Minutes to Midnight". According to Bennington, "I came up with a few songs that felt and sounded really good, but I knew they weren’t right stylistically for Linkin Park. They were darker and moodier than anything I’d come up with for the band. So I decided to work on them on my own rather than turn them over and have them transformed into Linkin Park tracks." However, the foundation for Dead
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Lollipops are a favorite candy around my house. My kids really like the little ones called Dum-dums.
I can't eat them unless it is just pure sugar, not any of the new extracted sugars. I miss them.
What do you mean by extracted sugars? What are some examples?
Oh, the compounded sugars like Trehalose Trehalose.svg Trehalose-from-xtal-2008-CM-3D-balls.png Trehalose-from-xtal-2008-CM-3D-SF.png Names IUPAC name (2R,3S,4S,5R,6R)-2-(Hydroxymethyl)-6-[(2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4, 5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyoxane-3,4,5-triol Other names α,α‐Trehalose; α-D-glucopyranosyl-(1→1)-α-D-glucopyranoside Identifiers CAS Number 99-20-7 (anhydrous) Yes 6138-23-4 (dihydrate) 3D model (JSmol) Interactive image ChEBI CHEBI:16551 Yes ChEMBL ChEMBL1236395 ChemSpider 7149 Yes ECHA InfoCard 100.002.490 PubChem CID 7427 UNII B8WCK70T7I Yes InChI[show] SMILES[show] Properties Chemical formula C12H22O11 (anhydride) Molar mass 342.296 g/mol (anhydrous) 378.33 g/mol (dihydrate) Appearance White orthorhombic crystals Density 1.58 g/cm3 at 24 °C Melting point 203 °C (397 °F; 476 K) (anhydrous) 97 °C (dihydrate) Solubility in water 68.9 g per 100 g at 20 °C[1] Solubility soluble in ethanol, insoluble in diethyl ether and benzene[2] Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). verify (what is Yes ?) Infobox references Trehalose is a sugar consisting of two molecules of glucose. It is also known as mycose or tremalose. Some bacteria, fungi, plants and invertebrate animals synthesize it as a source of energy, and to survive freezing and lack of water. Problem is, we don't know what products use it!
Wow. That is some detail. When you say you can only eat pure sugar, then, do you mean sucrose? Or does it include others as well?
Yep, oh, sorry about that dang link stuff, I copied too much. I only eat pure sugars when I can. Sometimes you don't know! So I gave up lollipops, bummer!
I was curious, though, about what you mean when you say pure sugar. Is it sucrose only or does it include other sugars, like those you get when you eat fruit?
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Sucrose
Sucrose is common sugar. It is a disaccharide, a molecule composed of two monosaccharides: glucose and fructose. Sucrose is produced naturally in plants, from which table sugar is refined. It has the molecular formula CHO.
For human consumption, sucrose is extracted, and refined, from either sugar cane or sugar beet. Sugar mills are located where sugarcane is grown to crush the cane and produce raw sugar which is shipped around the world for refining into pure sucrose. Some sugar mills also process the raw sugar
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will be mostly sugar. Sugar is mostly extracted from plants by juicing them, then drying the purified juice, so "evaporated cane juice crystals" or "concentrated grape juice" are also very similar to pure sugars.
Sugars and sugar products.
- Agave nectar – very high in fructose and sweeter than honey
- Arabinose
- Barbados sugar
- Barley malt syrup, barley malt – around 65% maltose and 30% complex carbohydrate
- Barley sugar – similar to hard caramel
- Beet sugar –
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I am thinking of applying for a job at the Federal Judiciary of the United States. Not sure if I'm qualified though
The federal judiciary of the U.S is one of three co equal branches of government
What do they do there?
It is organized under the U.S constitution and laws of the federal government
So policies and laws are made there?
The law permits the congress to create federal courts
If I wanted to do research could I do it there do you think?
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Federal judiciary of the United States
The federal judiciary of the United States is one of the three branches of the federal government of the United States organized under the United States Constitution and laws of the federal government. Article III of the Constitution requires the establishment of a Supreme Court and permits the Congress to create other federal courts, and place limitations on their jurisdiction. Article III federal judges are appointed by the president with the consent of the Senate to serve until they resign, are impeached and convicted, retire, or die
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with electoral, labor and military disputes.
The Judiciary is organized into federal and state branches. Municipalities do not have their own justice systems, and must, therefore, resort to state or federal justice systems, depending on the nature of the case. The judicial system consists of several courts. The apex is the Federal Supreme Court and is the guardian of the Constitution. Among other duties, it has exclusive jurisdiction to: (i) declare federal or state laws unconstitutional; (ii) order extradition requests from foreign
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Surfing is the best. I surfing everyday!
Surfing is a surface water sport in which the wave rider, referred to as a surfer, rides on the forward or deep face of a moving wave,
It certainly is. Where do you think the best surfing spots are?
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Windsurfing
Windsurfing is a surface water sport that combines elements of surfing and sailing. It consists of a board usually long, with displacements typically between , powered by wind on a sail. The rig is connected to the board by a free-rotating universal joint and consists of a mast, boom and sail.
On “short” boards The sail area generally ranges from depending on the conditions, the skill of the sailor, the type of windsurfing being undertaken and the weight of the person windsurfing. On long boards
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Surfing (disambiguation)
Surfing is a surface water sport in which the rider, referred to as a surfer, rides on the forward or deep face of a moving wave. Related activities include:
- Bodyboarding, water sport using a bodyboard
- Bodysurfing, riding a wave without the assistance of any buoyant device
- Kitesurfing, propulsion with a power kite across a surface
- Windsurfing, water sport combining surfing and sailing
Surfing may also refer to:
Activities.
- Channel surfing, quickly scanning
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I want to see a volcano erupt in my life!
Not sure if I want to see hot lava,gases and volcanic ash!
I think it would be really cool
Volcanoes occur because the crust is broken into 17 major tectronic plates that float on a hotter layer
Are there any in the USA?
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-called "hotspots", for example Hawaii, are postulated to arise from upwelling diapirs with magma from the core–mantle boundary, 3,000 km deep in the Earth. Volcanoes are usually not created where two tectonic plates slide past one another.
Erupting volcanoes can pose many hazards, not only in the immediate vicinity of the eruption. One such hazard is that volcanic ash can be a threat to aircraft, in particular those with jet engines where ash particles can be melted by the high operating temperature; the melted
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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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hello, i do love to paint but i am a newbie
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Painting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and airbrushes, can be used. The final work is also called a painting.
Painting is an important form in the visual arts, bringing in elements such as drawing, gesture (as in gestural painting), composition, narration (
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own.""I am not inspired by a person, but rather my relationship with the visual world.""When I get in front of the easel and begin to paint, I sometimes burst into tears because I am so happy to be here. I am so glad it is just me, the canvas, the paint, and this dear little brush.""I have found life very emotional and difficult to stay even. And I think that perhaps that comes out in the paintings - certainly I would never paint anything that didn't
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My parents divorced. Are your's?
No they are not.
That's great! I love to hear success stories. They couldn't annull the marriage.
Why couldn't they annull it?
They couldn't delcare it null and void legally with children.
Oh that is interesting.
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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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song."
Dunbar continued, "They said this song is a smash in the gay community. And I said, gay community? They said, yeah man, it's a smash. And I says, why is it that? And they said, well it's what the lyrics are saying. She said the guy couldn't make love to her so they figured he had to be gay! And I said oh no! And I remembered when they said that to me and I listened back to the
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I play trumpet
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Trumpet
A trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group contains the instruments (such as the piccolo trumpet) with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpet-like instruments have historically been used as signaling devices in battle or hunting, with examples dating back to at least 1500 BC; they began to be used as musical instruments only in the late 14th or early 15th century. Trumpets are used in art music styles, for instance in orchestras, concert bands, and
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said,
We'd see Basie in town, and I was impressed by Harry Edison and Buck Clayton, being a trumpet player. And I would say I was impressed by Dizzy Gillespie when he was with Cab Calloway. I was impressed by those three trumpet players of the people I saw in person... I thought Harry Edison and Dizzy Gillespie were the most unique of the trumpet players I heard.
These experiences seeing Gillespie and Basie play in Omaha foreshadowed his period in New York watching Gillespie play and develop the music
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Chevy's are awesome! I love Cameros!
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Chevrolet
Chevrolet ( ), colloquially referred to as Chevy and formally the Chevrolet Division of General Motors Company, is an American automobile division of the American manufacturer General Motors (GM). Louis Chevrolet and ousted General Motors founder William C. Durant started the company on November 3, 1911 as the Chevrolet Motor Car Company. Durant used the Chevrolet Motor Car Company to acquire a controlling stake in General Motors with a reverse merger occurring on May 2, 1918 and propelled himself back to the GM presidency. After Durant's second ousting
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and it sounds awesome. Our voices sound really cool together because we both have really raspy voices, mine's a little more delicate than hers. Hers is like really powerful and big and raspy, and mine is kind of like light and raspy. But it's really cool because I'm bisexual. I just love that Lauren and I are two women who have a mainstream pop presence doing a love song for the LGBT community, it's unheard of. It's very rare to see it from a female perspective.
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I love shellfish like shrimp and lobster. They taste so good. What about you?
I am not a huge fan of lobster but i LOVE crab and shrimp. What is your favorite seafood dish?
I like shrimps, sometimes called prawns. They have long narrow muscular tails.
My favorite type of shrimp dish is gumbo, have you ever tasted it before?
Oh yes, it is delicious. Very popular in Lousiana. It is actually their state dish.
I did not know that, I have never been there, my only experience of Louisana is simply a few restaurants.
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Shellfish
Shellfish is a colloquial and fisheries term for exoskeleton-bearing aquatic invertebrates used as food, including various species of molluscs, crustaceans, and echinoderms. Although most kinds of shellfish are harvested from saltwater environments, some are found in freshwater. In addition, a few species of land crabs are eaten, for example "Cardisoma guanhumi" in the Caribbean. Shellfish are among the most common food allergens.
Despite the name, "shellfish" are not actually fish, but are simply water-dwelling animals. Most
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is closer in both taste and texture to lobster and crayfish than prawn or shrimp.
Norway lobster are also known as Dublin Bay prawns, though the term "prawn" can be confusing since it is sometimes used to describe several varieties of shellfish: the first group includes members of the lobster family such as scampi ("langoustine" in French and "cigala" in Spanish), while the second takes in large shrimp, particularly those that live in fresh water. However, in terms of biological classification, lobsters like
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I like fishing. Have you ever been fishing?
Yes indeed, I've just been marlin fishing in my last vacation in the Florida Keys
What type of fish are marlin?
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wrote extensively about their pursuit and enthused about the sporting qualities of their quarry.
These days a lot of resources are committed to the construction of private and charter billfishing boats to participate in the billfishing tournament circuit. These are expensive purpose-built offshore vessels with powerfully driven deep sea hulls. They are often built to luxury standards and equipped with many technologies to ease the life of the deep sea recreational fisherman, including outriggers, flying bridges and fighting chairs, and state of the art fishfinders and navigation electronics.
Marlin
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, and Bermagui. However, the best scores in terms of numbers of fish have come from boats fishing the Gold Coast.
A blue marlin over has been officially recorded in Australian waters, several blue marlin over have been boated or released by Australian anglers; fish larger than a thousand pounds have been hooked, but none so far landed. The Australian record capture (which is also the ladies' all-tackle world record) weighed just under . Its weight, , was caught on tackle whilst fishing from Batemans Bay
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So, are you a lazy person? Disinclined to activity or exertion?
No I am not lazy. Are you lazy?
Yes I am. But many people don't realize that sloth is actually one of the the seven deadly sins!
I am well aware that it is one of the sins. Why are you lazy?
It's just a habit. Definitely not a mental health issue.
Laziness is a habit? What happens when you need to get something done?
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-health issues such as depression, ADHD, sleep disorders, and schizophrenia.
Psychology.
Laziness is a habit rather than a mental health issue. It may reflect a lack of self-esteem, a lack of positive recognition by others, a lack of discipline stemming from low self-confidence, or a lack of interest in the activity or belief in its efficacy. Laziness may manifest as procrastination or vacillation. Studies of motivation suggest that laziness may be caused by a decreased level of motivation, which in turn
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suppose I am. In a way it's slightly lazy because it means you don't have to pretend – you just have to believe. As much as it's possible to be like that I suppose I kind of do step in and out, I'm not one of these people that can't talk to other people because I'm in my character, but I kind of do stay with the character, yeah. He's always there. It's like marinating something – you're sitting in a marinade the whole
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The story so Far is an American band formed in 2007
I have never heard about them. What genre do they play?
They are pop punk rock
Oh cool. They sound interesting.
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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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who is this mick jagger everybody talking about
Are you serious? Hes only the lead singer and founding member of the Rolling stones. One of the greatest bands of all time!
i've never heard of the rolling stones. is it a pop group?
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Mick Jagger
Sir Michael Philip Jagger (born 26 July 1943) is an English singer, songwriter, actor, and film producer who gained worldwide fame as the lead singer and one of the founder members of the Rolling Stones. Jagger's career has spanned over five decades, and he has been described as "one of the most popular and influential frontmen in the history of rock & roll". His distinctive voice and energetic live performances, along with Keith Richards' guitar style, have been the trademark of the Rolling
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You Can't Always Get What You Want
"You Can't Always Get What You Want" is a song by the Rolling Stones on their 1969 album "Let It Bleed". Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, it was named as the 100th greatest song of all time by "Rolling Stone" magazine in its 2004 list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" before dropping a place the next year.
Composition and recording.
Jagger commented on the song's beginnings:
"You
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i love the city of new york aka the most populous city in the US
is it really the most populous? thats crazy! ive never been, anything special you can tell me about it?
in 2016 there was an estimated 8.5 million people distributed over a land area of about new york city, it is the most densely populated major city
wow. alaska doesnt even have 1 million in its entire state! dang. when was new york city established?
well its also one of the most populous urban agglomerations in the world with an estimated 23.7 million residence as of 2016
wow. im never moving there then lol. what else can you tell me about NYC?
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landmass and one of the world's most populous megacities, with an estimated 19,979,477 people in its 2018 Metropolitan Statistical Area and 22,679,948 residents in its Combined Statistical Area. A global power city, New York City has been described as the cultural, financial, and media capital of the world, and exerts a significant impact upon commerce, entertainment, research, technology, education, politics, tourism, art, fashion, and sports. The city's fast pace has inspired the term "New York minute". Home to the
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New York City
The City of New York, usually called either New York City (NYC) or simply New York (NY), is the most populous city in the United States. With an estimated 2018 population of 8,398,748 distributed over a land area of about , New York is also the most densely populated major city in the United States. Located at the southern tip of the state of New York, the city is the center of the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban
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I would like to study veterinary medicine, I live animals!
that scope of medicine is wide, and covers all animal species, both domesticated and wild
I wonder how they can learn to treat so many kind of animal, been so different!
its mostly lead by a veterinary physician who can specialize in a specific type of pet or animals
Ok, because I imagine it would be very different to treat an iguana from a dog.
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collaborate with epidemiologists, and other health or natural scientists depending on type of work. Ethically, veterinarians are usually obliged to look after animal welfare.
History.
History Premodern era.
Archeological evidence, in the form of a cow skull upon which trepanation been performed, shows that people were performing veterinary procedures in the Neolithic (3400-3000 BCE).
The Egyptian "Papyrus of Kahun" (Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt) is the first extant record of veterinary medicine.
The Shalihotra Samhita, dating from the
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Veterinary medicine
Veterinary medicine is the branch of medicine that deals with the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease, disorder and injury in animals. The scope of veterinary medicine is wide, covering all animal species, both domesticated and wild, with a wide range of conditions which can affect different species.
Veterinary medicine is widely practiced, both with and without professional supervision. Professional care is most often led by a veterinary physician (also known as a vet, veterinary surgeon or veterinarian), but also by paraveterinary workers
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I love stuff my face with at birthdays. What about you?
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Cake
Cake is a form of sweet food that is usually baked. In their oldest forms, cakes were modifications of breads, but cakes now cover a wide range of preparations that can be simple or elaborate, and that share features with other desserts such as pastries, meringues, custards, and pies.
The most commonly used cake ingredients include flour, sugar, eggs, butter or oil or margarine, a liquid, and leavening agents, such as baking soda or baking powder. Common additional ingredients and flavourings include
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each other but both of them realize that it's the bad stuff they love. Is breaking up really what they want, when doing what they know is wrong feels so good?." "Smile" – Fletcher claimed: "I was singing in my car one day and 'Smile' just started pouring out of me. I always make sure my mobile has a voice recorder feature for such occasions. This song deals with those times when you're feeling down and you need something to smile about to get through
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I like coffee do you?
I love roasted coffee's. The coffee plant is one of the best plants (my opinion)
I think a flat white is the best thing in the world.
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robusta". Once ripe, coffee berries are picked, processed, and dried. Dried coffee seeds (referred to as "beans") are roasted to varying degrees, depending on the desired flavor. Roasted beans are ground and then brewed with near-boiling water to produce the beverage known as coffee.
Coffee is darkly colored, bitter, slightly acidic and has a stimulating effect in humans, primarily due to its caffeine content. It is one of the most popular drinks in the world, and it can be
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: you play with different people and the music takes you in certain directions. You’re attracted to sound, and your response to their sound and how we blend sonically. I love that. I think that that’s the thing that I love to keep exploring… But hopefully when I do my thing, even though the context might be varied, it still sounds like me.
Awards.
- 2013 Melbourne Prize Trust - Outstanding Musician Award
- 2013 Australian Jazz Bell Awards Best Contemporary Jazz Album
- 2011
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Who is George Foreman Grill?
He's not a person, George Foreman Lean Mean Fat-Reducing Grilling Machine, commonly known as the George Foreman Grill,
How does it work?
Interestingly, it was promoted by former boxing champion George Foreman.
Wow that's nice! He must have had a good deal of endorsement
Since its introduction in 1994, over 100 million George Foreman grills have been sold
That's a huge profit margin!
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George Foreman Grill
The George Foreman Lean Mean Fat-Reducing Grilling Machine, commonly known as the George Foreman Grill, is a portable electrically heated grill manufactured by Spectrum Brands. It is promoted by former boxing champion George Foreman. Since its introduction in 1994, over 100 million George Foreman grills have been sold worldwide.
History.
The concept for the grill was created by Michael Boehm of Batavia, Illinois. The original intention was to create an indoor grill that would provide a unique benefit of cooking on both sides
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— The TV Food Network premiered, making cooking a spectator sport.
- 1994 — Salton, Inc. invited boxer George Foreman to represent its new grill, the George Foreman Lean Mean Fat-Reducing Grilling Machine.
- 1994 — Microplane crossed from the woodworking shop to the kitchen when a Canadian homemaker used one of the company's tools to grate an orange.
- 1994 — Jeff Bezos founded Amazon.com. In 1999, Time magazine named Bezos Person of the Year for his success in popularizing online shopping.
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Italian food may be known for its simplicity, but I'll tell ya what, four ingredients can make a heck of a lot of amazing food.
Definitely, there are so many variations and ways that Italian food can be cooked up and served!
I know, right? Olive oil is perfect for anything, and there are about 30 different kinds of pasta, all worth trying!
Pasta is my favorite, there has been a great pasta recipe that my family has used for generations, it's a timeless favorite!
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pasta secca") and fresh ("pasta fresca"). Most dried pasta is produced commercially via an extrusion process, although it can be produced at home. Fresh pasta is traditionally produced by hand, sometimes with the aid of simple machines. Fresh pastas available in grocery stores are produced commercially by large-scale machines.
Both dried and fresh pastas come in a number of shapes and varieties, with 310 specific forms known by over 1300 documented names. In Italy, the names of specific pasta shapes or types
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young and crisp, may be included. However, cooked green beans and potatoes are commonly served in variations of salade niçoise that are popular around the world.
Traditional recipe and its defenders.
The version known in Nice in the late 19th century was a basic combination of tomatoes, anchovies and olive oil, described as "simple food for poor people". Over time, other fresh and mostly raw ingredients were added to the salad as served in Nice. A 1903 recipe by Henri Heyraud in a book called "
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I found my old Nintendo in the attack a few days ago
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Nintendo
Founded on 23 September 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it originally produced handmade hanafuda playing cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as cab services and love hotels. Abandoning previous ventures in favor of toys in the 1960s, Nintendo developed into a video game company in the 1970s. Supplemented since the 1980s by its major divisions Nintendo of America and Nintendo of Europe, it ultimately became one of the most influential in the industry and one of Japan's most-valuable companies with a market
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few days ago, and two companies occupy the same. Last night one of our boys was found shot and his stomach cut open. Immediately orders were received from General Wheaton to burn the town and kill every native in sight; which was done to a finish. About 1,000 men, women and children were reported killed. I am probably growing hard-hearted, for I am in my glory when I can sight my gun on some dark skin and pull the trigger."
- Corporal Sam Gillis: "We
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I like people and everything, however, every now and then I really like spending time alone.
Me too. Spending too much time in isolation can lead to depression though
That is true. However, there are benefits to solitude. It allows for self reflection, inner growth and focusing on self concept
Yeah, as long as you keep your mind busy, any negative affects can be avoided
Then on the other side of things, there is the idea of solitary confinment, such as in prisons. I like solitude, but only when it is my choice
Yeah, solitary confinement is a pretty harsh punishment beyond incarceration
Yes I would imagine being locked in solitary confinment would do a number on you mentally.
Being isolated for that long can lead to anxiety and sensory illusions
Yes it can. As well as paranoia and dellusians
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seen as undesirable, causing loneliness or reclusion resulting from inability to establish relationships. Furthermore, it might even lead to clinical depression. However, for some people, solitude is not depressing. Still others (e.g. monks) regard long-term solitude as a means of spiritual enlightenment. Indeed, marooned people have been left in solitude for years without any report of psychological symptoms afterwards.
Enforced loneliness (solitary confinement) has been a punishment method throughout history. It is often considered a form of torture.
In contrast
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thing to do ... I was dreadfully lonely; I was living alone in the desert and had been for too long, really, and I felt that isolation very severely after a while, and it's probably a version of self-pity, I'm sorry to say, to have publicly said something like that, but there it is, I said it, turns out I wasn't telling the truth – I didn't know it at the time."
In June 2007, Darla Records released two CDs by
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Swimming one of the few activities where all the muscles of your body are engaged in movement. That is why I like and prefer it above any other physical activities
Of course the self-propulsion of a person through water is very engaging. Do you love swimming too?
No words can describe my attachment to this kind of sport. At least once a week, i do swimming in a local gym hall that I have a membership of
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Swimming
Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs, the body, or both. Humans can hold their breath underwater and undertake rudimentary locomotive swimming within weeks of birth, as a survival response.
Swimming is consistently among the top public recreational activities, and in some countries, swimming lessons are a compulsory part of the educational curriculum. As a formalized sport, swimming features in a range of
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Many swimmers swim for recreation, with swimming consistently ranking as one of the physical activities people are most likely to take part in. Recreational swimming can also be used for exercise, relaxation or rehabilitation. The support of the water, and the reduction in impact, make swimming accessible for people who are unable to undertake activities such as running.
Purpose Health.
Swimming is primarily a cardiovascular/aerobic exercise due to the long exercise time, requiring a constant oxygen supply to the muscles, except for short sprints where the muscles
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I want to be the next Shakespeare.author is the creator or originator of any written work such as a book or play, and is thus also a writer.
That's nice! Wow ,that takes a lot of dedication
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Shakespeare authorship question
The Shakespeare authorship question is the argument that someone other than William Shakespeare of Stratford-upon-Avon wrote the works attributed to him. Anti-Stratfordians—a collective term for adherents of the various alternative-authorship theories—believe that Shakespeare of Stratford was a front to shield the identity of the real author or authors, who for some reason did not want or could not accept public credit. Although the idea has attracted much public interest, all but a few Shakespeare scholars and literary historians consider it
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Author
An author is the creator or originator of any written work such as a book or play, and is also considered a writer. More broadly defined, an author is "the person who originated or gave existence to anything" and whose authorship determines responsibility for what was created.
Legal significance of authorship.
Typically, the first owner of a copyright is the person who created the work i.e. the author. If more than one person created the work, then a case of joint authorship can be made provided
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I cant stop drinking. How can I stop?
You are alcohol dependent, and will need help. You can't just do it on your own. Try any AA meetings?
What do they teach you at AA meetings?
They have people who are alcoholics who have stopped drinking. Their purpose is to "stay sober and help other alcoholics achieve sobriety." Go to a meeting!
What happens if I relapse?
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Relapse
In medicine, relapse or recidivism is a recurrence of a past (typically medical) condition. For example, multiple sclerosis and malaria often exhibit peaks of activity and sometimes very long periods of dormancy, followed by relapse or recrudescence.
In the context of drug use, relapse or reinstatement of drug-seeking behavior, is a form of spontaneous recovery that involves the recurrence of pathological drug use after a period of abstinence. Relapse is often observed in individuals who have developed a drug addiction or either form of drug
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states "Well-supported scientific evidence demonstrates the effectiveness of twelve-step mutual aid groups focused on alcohol and twelve-step facilitation interventions."
Relationship with institutions.
Relationship with institutions Hospitals.
Many AA meetings take place in treatment facilities. Carrying the message of AA into hospitals was how the co-founders of AA first remained sober. They discovered great value of working with alcoholics who are still suffering, and that even if the alcoholic they were working with did not stay sober, they did. Bill Wilson
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I had a stepfather who ignored me a lot growing up.
That is not good a kid always need attention from either a dad or stepdad.
Yea, it was a little sad to realise that it was not normal. A good father-figure role is always needed.
Though less common in literature than evil stepmothers, there are also cases of evil "stepfathers was that your case?
That pretty much sums up my experience with my stepfather, all he cared about was my mother, not the family.
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Stepfather
A stepfather or stepdad is a non-biological father figure who is married to one's parent. A stepfather-in-law is a stepfather of one's spouse. The children of the stepfather-in-law would be the person's stepbrothers-in-law and stepsisters-in-law.
Culture.
Though less common in literature than evil stepmothers, there are also cases of evil "stepfathers", such as in the fairy tales "The Gold-Bearded Man" (in a
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was thirteen, "My dad had me in the backyard almost every day—or at least it seemed that way. I was always doing something, whether it was pitching off the mound or hitting in the cage. I wanted to play baseball and knew that I needed to work hard to get there. As a kid, I needed to be reminded of that sometimes." His baseball role models growing up were Greg Maddux, John Smoltz, and Tom Glavine.
Loup played baseball at Hahnville High School, where
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my favorite place to visit is seattle. It's my favorite west coast city. Have you been there?
I haven't, do you know anything cool about Seattle? I've heard it rains a lot there.
Well with approximately 713,700 residents its the largest city in the state of Washington. There are always things going on there.
That seems reasonable. Do you know anything about professional sports in Seattle? I know the Seahawks are a team there.
Yes I do! The Seahawks are the best. Every since they started in 1976, I've been watching their games.
Oh cool, can you tell me some more about the Seattle Seahawks?
Certainly, they are owned by Paul Allen and they are coached by Pete Carroll. They're working hard to improve their game.
Interesting, are there any noteable players on the current Seahawks roster you can tell me about?
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Seattle Seahawks
The Seattle Seahawks are a professional American football franchise based in Seattle, Washington. The Seahawks compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) West division. They joined the NFL in 1976 as an expansion team. The Seahawks are coached by Pete Carroll. Since 2002, they have played their home games at CenturyLink Field (formerly Qwest Field), located south of downtown Seattle. They previously played home games in the Kingdome (1976–1999)
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about going out with my friends and going to parties and having a good time. [One of my] favorite parts of the song is when is when I say 'I know whatever happens, you will be right by my side'. It's just like, you know you'll always have your friends there."
Commonsensemedia wrote, "Dancing Crazy, ... has one thing on its mind: cutting loose on the dance floor until the wee hours of the morning. Written by Avril Lavigne, the song
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I love the desert. It is a barren area of landscape lacking precipitation.
Are there any flowers in there?
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Desert
A desert is a barren area of landscape where little precipitation occurs and, consequently, living conditions are hostile for plant and animal life. The lack of vegetation exposes the unprotected surface of the ground to the processes of denudation. About one-third of the land surface of the world is arid or semi-arid. This includes much of the polar regions where little precipitation occurs and which are sometimes called polar deserts or "cold deserts". Deserts can be classified by the amount of precipitation that falls, by
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river valleys which support vegetation and agriculture, the low rainfall in the area results in an arid, barren landscape.
Climate.
Béni Ounif has a hot desert climate, with very hot summers and cool winters, and light precipitation throughout the year, especially in summer, although a little more rain does fall than in other towns in Béchar Province.
Economy.
Agriculture is the main industry in Béni Ounif. The commune has a total of of arable land, of which is irrigated. There are a total
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i love the color purple
So do I, even more than blue and red.
yea its very nice
Though I do really like blue and red, just purple is better overall.
yea i know its so vibrant and nice
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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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And that's okay with me, you know. As a matter of fact, I believe on this tour, we're starting to do something like you can come in, you can buy a [wrist]band, you can get a copy of the night's show. So hopefully we're gonna do that at a really nice quality level." "We started out as being very, very controlling. Now it's just a different playing field and so it's exciting." Springsteen said.
Fans had
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I think Alpacas are pretty cool. They're from South America and have been domesticated.
oh yea they are like llamas right?
Yes, they are very similar, which is why many people get the two confused.
yea that makes sense
Actually, they are so close, they can be cross-bred.
dang thats quite impressive
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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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a lot of people are multi-talented. They get looked at confused, but I don't think that they're confused. I feel that they're just talented, swavey artists. Labels want to put you in one lane, but I feel like there are so many people are more than that and they're swavey artists."
Controversies.
Controversies Drake.
In 2010, Lanez posted a video on YouTube, challenging fellow Canadian rapper Drake, to whom he was rumored to be related. The video features
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Hey there. How do you feel about Hippopotamuses? Like the giant mammal
They are quite a dangerous animal that can run fast I hear.
yes they are the third largest behind elephants
What do you know about elephants? They are interesting too.
For elephants, I know that only three different kinds are formally reocgnized, the African bush, the African forest, and the Asian Elephant!
Wow! The Asian Elephant does sound cool. Can you tell me more?
Well the trunks they have are actually used for many things like breathing, lifting water, and picking up objects.
They must drink a lot of water. What about the African bush?
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African bush elephant
The African bush elephant ("Loxodonta africana"), also known as the African savanna elephant, is the largest living terrestrial animal with bulls reaching a shoulder height of up to . Both sexes have tusks, which erupt when they are 1–3 years old and grow throughout life.
It is distributed across 37 African countries and inhabits forests, grasslands and woodlands, wetlands and agricultural land. It is a social mammal, traveling in herds composed of cows and their offspring. Adult bulls usually live alone or
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Dear Ted, What has happened to us? I don't know. I feel myself in a spiral, going down down down, into a black hole from which there is no escape, no brightness. And loud in my ears from every side I hear, 'failure, failure, failure...' I love you so much ... I am too old and enmeshed in everything you do and are, that I cannot conceive of life without you ... My going will leave quite a rumor but you can say
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I loved rollercoasters as a child!
They seem like a lot of fun, I'm not really a fan of amusement rides though, especially elevated ones on a track, I have a fear of heights!
I'm scared of heights when it comes to buildings. Have you been to sixflags?
I haven't, I've only been to an amusement park once I think, I know they feature various attractions besides the rides, so I focused mostly on those other things due to the heights fear.
I hear the food is great at the amusement parks. I think disney has rollercoaster for the people who have a fear of heights.
That's very thoughtful of them, I think my cousin who lives in Ohio likes to go to an amusement park called Cedar Point pretty often.
I used to love going to Astroworld in Houston.
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Six Flags AstroWorld
Six Flags AstroWorld or AstroWorld was a seasonally operated theme park located in Houston, Texas. Owned and operated by Six Flags, it was located on approximately of land, which was later expanded to over between Kirby Drive and Fannin Avenue, directly south of Loop 610 in Houston. Part of the "Six Flags Houston" complex, the park also included Six Flags WaterWorld, a water park that was adjacent to the main park.
The park opened on June 1, 1968, and was originally developed
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them what I could. In the last few years I feel like I've really fallen in love with acting and playing characters so I'm dipping my toe back in as Izzy because she is a really fun character and very different to the ones I've played in the last couple of years." Teasing Izzy's return storyline, Bassingthwaighte said Izzy would "make an entrance" and added "It is full on and I think if you loved to hate Izzy before, you will love to hate her even more.
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I have a beard because I don't like to shave.
yes, it would be hard to always have to shave to get rid of the hairs that grow on the chin all the time
I do use some Wahl clippers to keep it at a reasonably short length though.
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, Traditional Christianity, Orthdox Judaism and Sikhism) have considered a full beard to be absolutely essential for all males able to grow one and mandate it as part of their official dogma. Other cultures, even while not officially mandating it, view a beard as central to a man's virility, exemplifying such virtues as wisdom, strength, sexual prowess and high social status. In cultures where facial hair is uncommon (or currently out of fashion), beards may be associated with poor hygiene or an uncivilized, dangerous demeanor.
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Yes it is. […] I feel, though, that I have a responsibility to Tom. I keep going back to the words of a widow of a man who died on the "Kursk" […]. She said: 'If you betray your country you are a traitor and you will go to prison. But if your country betrays you, what can you do?' I think I have an answer to that: we can use our vote to get rid of those people who betrayed my
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I love Canada, The majority of the entire country is very cold and severely cold in the winter, But the south is usually warmer.
I've never been to Canada - I hear they get a lot of snow!
Yes lots of snow, The capital of Canada is Ottowa and its three most populated areas are Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver.
I've heard of Toronto - I think they have a major league baseball team there
Yes we love baseball, Canada is highly urbanized with 82% of its 35.15 million reeisdnts concentrated in large and also medium sized cities with most near the southern border.
Wow! So there must be a lot of areas with very little population?
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Canada
Canada ( ) is a country in the northern part of North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering , making it the world's second-largest country by total area. Its southern border with the United States, stretching some , is the world's longest bi-national land border. Canada's capital is Ottawa, and its three largest metropolitan areas are Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver.
As a whole, Canada is
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the warmup is strongly delayed by the cold waters and westerly winds from the interior of Canada are very cold in winter, further delaying the warming of the water. As a result, August is clearly warmer than July, and even September is more than warmer than June is. Winter precipitation often falls as snow, for a high annual yield, but rainfall even in the coldest of February is still quite common, which lowers the snow cover to average about at its annual peak.
Sports.
Port aux Basques placed
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I made videos on cosmetic
Cosmetics are such a big part of society nowadays with everyone using them to enhance appearance
When did humans started the use of cosmetic?
Cosmetics have been used to enhance appearance for thousands of years
Who are the leading manufacturers of cosmetic in the world?
Not sure but lipstick and eyeliner are two of the most popular
Cosmetics derives it's name from?
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a component of a cosmetic product. The FDA specifically excludes pure soap from this category.
Etymology.
The word "cosmetics" derives from the Greek κοσμητικὴ τέχνη ("kosmetikē tekhnē"), meaning "technique of dress and ornament", from κοσμητικός ("kosmētikos"), "skilled in ordering or arranging" and that from κόσμος ("kosmos"), meaning amongst others "order" and "ornament".
History.
Cosmetics have been in use for thousands of years. The absence
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Administration (FDA) does not approve or review cosmetics, although it does regulate the colors that can be used in the hair dyes. The cosmetic companies are not required to report injuries resulting from use of their products.
Although modern makeup has been used mainly by women traditionally, gradually an increasing number of males are using cosmetics usually associated to women to enhance their own facial features. Concealer is commonly used by cosmetic-conscious men. Cosmetics brands are releasing cosmetic products especially tailored for men, and men are using such
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I love reading myself so to teach my child to read is a fun and interesting process. Its amazing how the mind works.
Reading is probably the most important skill to have in order to be successful. Great that you are passing the knowledge on.
I totally agree. It was funny that one book for a child told me at the beginning that reading is a way for them to acquire a language, communicate, and share information. I agree but I thought it was odd at the beginning of a child's book.
Yeah there are different levels of difficulty in books recommended for children.
Yes, we are on level one right now. At this point, I know my son needs practice, development, and of course, the whole point is to refine his reading skills. Time is all he needs.
You are right. The more practice he gets the more he advances. Most schools try to have kids reading by Kindergarten these days.
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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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and learn how to use their expanding knowledge of language and their growing powers of inference to figure out what they are really reading.
In the beginning of the decoding stage a child will often be devoting so much mental capacity to the process of decoding that they will have no comprehension of the meaning of the words being read. This is most likely if the text being read is at or above their skill level. It is nevertheless an important stage. Such decoding practice allows the child to improve their decoding skills with the
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I used to have pretty long hair myself until I just got a haircut.
I have naturally very short hair myself.
Mine is really curly especially when I let it grow to considerable lengths.
Yea I usually just get it shaved down every month or two
I waited almost half a year for mine, though relative to other cultures and genders mine may not have been too long.
Yea haha i need mine to be shaved often.
My hair needs to be cut often or else it gets ridiculously curly and long, frizzy too with the hairstyle I have.
Mines very straight and easy to manage mostly.
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, such as while in the military or prison or as punishment for a crime. Long lustrous female hair is generally rated attractive by both men and women across cultures. The prevalence of trichophilia (hair partialism or fetishism) is 7% in the population, and very long hair is a common subject of devotion in this group.
Biological significance.
Humans, horses, orangutans and lions are among the few species that may grow their head hair or manes very long. Humans are believed to have lost their fur 2.5–3
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a student at Saint Benedict Catholic School and made the news in July 2007 after being sent home for having a short haircut, which was against school policy. "They sent me home because they said my hair's too short and it represents a hooligan look," said Berry, who had his head shaved with grade one blades every few weeks. "I just feel like it's my human right really to have my hair at a grade one if I want to." The rule, introduced in 1986 to prevent
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HI! I love to draw, it is a remarkable form of visual art. Do you?
Yes I do! I love to sketch. And sculpt.
I love to sraw of differnt materials, like canvas and leather. What do you sketch on?
Usually paper, using colored pencils.
What instruments do you use? I like pencils and ink.
Me too. Sometimes I like to use chalk.
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Chalk
Chalk is a soft, white, porous, sedimentary carbonate rock, a form of limestone composed of the mineral calcite. Calcite is an ionic salt called calcium carbonate or CaCO. It forms under reasonably deep marine conditions from the gradual accumulation of minute calcite shells (coccoliths) shed from micro-organisms called coccolithophores. Flint (a type of chert) is very common as bands parallel to the bedding or as nodules embedded in chalk. It is probably derived from sponge spicules or other siliceous organisms as water is expelled
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'd never seen, and I liked that, too. I saw how I could put my own stamp on it. There were lots of things about it that appealed to me: I love the Southwest, I love the genre of the road movie, I love a thriller and I like the sort of underlying conflicts of the relationships in that movie."
Baldwin said he "always wanted to do a movie that required what I consider to be movie acting, which is that it's not what you do,
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The easy way I catch fish is to set a fish trap is a trap used for fishing.
I used to go fishing with my dad
I use a fishing weir or a lobster trap.
What is a lobster trap?
lobster trap or lobster pot is a portable trap that traps lobsters or crayfish
how does it work? what does this lobster trap look like?
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Fish trap
A fish trap is a trap used for fishing. Fish traps can have the form of a fishing weir or a lobster trap. Some fishing nets are also called fish traps, for example fyke nets.
A typical contemporary trap consists of a frame of thick steel wire in the shape of a heart, with chicken wire stretched around it. The mesh wraps around the frame and then tapers into the inside of the trap. When a fish swims inside through this opening, it cannot get out,
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Crab traps are used to bait, lure, and catch crabs for commercial or recreational use.
- Eel buck – Eel bucks are a type of fish trap that was prevalent in the River Thames in England up to the 20th century.
- Lobster trap – A lobster trap or lobster pot is a portable trap that traps lobsters or crayfish and is used in lobster fishing.
- Putcher fishing – Putcher fishing is a type of fishing which employs a large number of putcher baskets, set in a fixed wooden frame
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I was in Baltimore recently. It is the largest city in the state of Maryland
Really? I am not very familiar with Baltimore asides from the NFL team, the Ravens. What else can you tell me about Baltimore?
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combined statistical area (CSA), the fourth-largest CSA in the nation, with a calculated 2018 population of 9,797,063.
Baltimore is also the second-largest seaport in the Mid-Atlantic. The city's Inner Harbor was once the second leading port of entry for immigrants to the United States. In addition, Baltimore was a major manufacturing center. After a decline in major manufacturing, heavy industry, and restructuring of the rail industry, Baltimore has shifted to a service-oriented economy. Johns Hopkins Hospital (
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to his race.
Controversies Letter to Baltimore Ravens owner.
After Baltimore Ravens linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo voiced his support for same-sex marriage, Burns wrote a letter on August 29, 2012, to Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti, on official Maryland State letterhead, demanding that Mr. Bisciotti "take the necessary action ... to inhibit such expressions from your employee," further stating, "I know of no other NFL player who has done what Mr. Ayanbadejo is doing." Ayanbadejo's off-field activities did not violate any NFL
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I know very little about lizards. But they are interesting!
I feel the same, I'm no expert but the way they are cold blooded interests me. Lizards also have over 6000 species apparently.
Holy cow! That is a lot. I know some are venomous as well, right?
I'm not sure if some are venomous although it seems possible. I know for a fact that Draco lizards can glide though.
That's fascinating and scary all at once! Do they jump from high places? Are they large?
Draco lizards usually dwell in forests so I think they do climb the trees and glide from high up. I'm not sure about how large they are.
How fun. I wonder what the biggest lizard is.
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Lizard
Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with over 6,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains. The group is paraphyletic as it excludes the snakes and Amphisbaenia; some lizards are more closely related to these two excluded groups than they are to other lizards. Lizards range in size from chameleons and geckos a few centimeters long to the 3 meter long Komodo dragon.
Most lizards are quadrupedal, running with a strong side-to-side motion. Others are
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symptoms of depression. He said,
"People tell me because I have this case against the city I'm all right. But I'm not all right. I'm messed up. I know that I might see some money from this case, but that's not going to help me mentally. I'm mentally scarred right now. That's how I feel. Because there are certain things that changed about me and they might not go back." He also said, "Before I went to jail,
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Skateboarding seem like fun, but it looks really painful when you fall.
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the 1970s, skateparks have been constructed specifically for use by skateboarders, Freestyle BMXers, aggressive skaters, and very recently, scooters. However, skateboarding has become controversial in areas in which the activity, although illegal, has damaged curbs, stoneworks, steps, benches, plazas and parks.
History.
History 1940s–1960s.
The first skateboards started with wooden boxes, or boards, with roller skate wheels attached to the bottom. Crate scooters preceded skateboards, having a wooden crate attached to the nose (front of the board
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hit the towers. McCurry was on the roof when both of the towers fell, "they were just gone. It didn’t seem possible. Like you’re seeing something but you don’t really believe what you’re seeing." After the fall of the towers, McCurry ran to Ground Zero with his assistant. He describes the scene, "there was this very fine white powder everywhere and all this office paper, but there was no recognizable office equipment—no filing cabinets, telephones, computers. It seemed like
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Hi there. Do you get a lot of take-out for meals?
I get take out meals very often. So convenient. Apparently everyone thinks so too because the concept dates back to ancient times!
Ancient times? Really? I had no idea. What did that look like?
Ancient Rome and Ancient Greece would have markets and roadside stalls selling all sorts of food. What exactly I can only imagine.
That's amazing. I sure it wasn't as convenient as Uber Eats!
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, cheeses and eggs were available. A large strata of society would have purchased food from these vendors, but they were especially popular amongst the urban poor, who would have lacked kitchen facilities in which to prepare their own food. However, these vendors often had a bad reputation, often being in trouble with civic authorities reprimanding them for selling infected meat or reheated food. The cooks of Norwich often defended themselves in court against selling such things as "pokky pies" and "stynkyng mackerelles". In 10th and 11th century
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meals or other food items, purchased at a restaurant, that the purchaser intends to eat elsewhere. A concept found in many ancient cultures, take-out food is now common worldwide, with a number of different cuisines and dishes on offer.
History.
The concept of prepared meals to be eaten elsewhere dates back to antiquity. Market and roadside stalls selling food were common in Ancient Greece and Rome. In Pompeii, archaeologists have found a number of "thermopolia", service counters opening onto the street which provided
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Hey there, do you like apples? I love how something can so big as an apple tree can sprout just from a tiny little seed.
I love apples. My favorite kind would have to be Granny Smiths. What about you?
I love the Gaia Apples they have a sweeter taste, more intriguingly, apples through out history have often appeared in may religious traditions as a mystical or forbidden fruit.
Wow that is fascinating. Do you have an example of such a religious tradition?
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Apple (symbolism)
Apples appear in many religious traditions, often as a mystical or forbidden fruit. One of the problems identifying apples in religion, mythology and folktales is that as late as the 17th century, the word "apple" was used as a generic term for all (foreign) fruit other than berries, but including nuts. This term may even have extended to plant galls, as they were thought to be of plant origin (see oak apple). For instance, when tomatoes were introduced into Europe
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gangs around a fruit market in the East End. And desperately, I always wanted to be a member of the bigger rival gang. One day when I was in my best Easter suit, someone from one of the other gangs said to me 'would you like to be King of the Golden Apples?' 'All right, just sit there on this box and call out Apples, Apples, give me the Golden Apples.' Which innocently I did and they cobbled me with every rotten apple in the market.
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I would like to run a marathon at some point, but it seems hard. Have you done one?
I have not, the distance of them is too much for me! A marathon consists of a little over 26 miles, I could only maybe do 5 miles!
Do you know any history about them?
Well the event was originally held in commemoration of the fabled run of the Greek soldier Pheidippides, who was a messenger and ran to report a battle victory.
That sounds neat! Do you know where it was first held?
Well the modern form of what we think of as a marathon began in the Olympics in 1896. The distance did not become standardized until 1921 though.
Interesting. Anything else cool? :D
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distance did not become standardized until 1921. More than 800 marathons are held throughout the world each year, with the vast majority of competitors being recreational athletes, as larger marathons can have tens of thousands of participants.
History.
History Origin.
The name "Marathon" comes from the legend of Philippides (or Pheidippides), the Greek messenger. The legend states that he was sent from the battlefield of Marathon to Athens to announce that the Persians had been defeated in the Battle of Marathon (in which he had
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progressive rock sound. When talking about "Heritage", guitarist Fredrik Åkesson stated:
In the beginning it took me a little while to get used to the new idea of the sound, not having any screaming vocals and stuff like that. But I think the album was necessary for us to do. Maybe the band wouldn't have continued if we hadn't done "Heritage". I think the old Opeth fans understand this album. There's always going to be some haters, but you can't be loved
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I think snakes are fascinating, however I know so little about them! There are only three species of snake in the UK. Do you know where they are most commonly found?
They are found on every continent except Antarctica. Some exceptions include Ireland, Iceland, Greenland, New Zealand, and the Hawaiian archipelago.
Interesting! I guess they haven't learned how to get to Ireland from the British mainland yet! I wonder what the oldest snake remains ever found were?
I'm not sure but many snakes have skulls with several more joints than their lizard ancestors. This enables them to swallow prey much larger than their head.
Ah yes, seeing them eat eggs is almost freaky. Are there any other animals who have that ability?
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Snake
Snakes are elongated, legless, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes. Like all other squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping scales. Many species of snakes have skulls with several more joints than their lizard ancestors, enabling them to swallow prey much larger than their heads with their highly mobile jaws. To accommodate their narrow bodies, snakes' paired organs (such as kidneys) appear one in front of the other instead of side by side, and most have only one functional lung. Some species
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land masses; exceptions include some large islands, such as Ireland, Iceland, Greenland, the Hawaiian archipelago, and the islands of New Zealand, and many small islands of the Atlantic and central Pacific oceans. Additionally, sea snakes are widespread throughout the Indian and Pacific Oceans. More than 20 families are currently recognized, comprising about 520 genera and about 3,600 species. They range in size from the tiny, -long Barbados thread snake to the reticulated python of in length. The fossil species "Titanoboa cerrejonensis" was long.
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I've been struggling with alcoholism but lately am recovering and it's going good.
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Alcoholism
Alcoholism, also known as alcohol use disorder (AUD), is a broad term for any drinking of alcohol that results in mental or physical health problems. The disorder was previously divided into two types: alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence. In a medical context, alcoholism is said to exist when two or more of the following conditions are present: a person drinks large amounts of alcohol over a long time period, has difficulty cutting down, acquiring and drinking alcohol takes up a great deal of time, alcohol is
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revealed that he survived prostate cancer, which was treated quickly after it was diagnosed. He also said he is a recovering alcoholic and was nearly homeless at one point in his life. "I have been through a lot in my life... but I've overcome my struggles and now I'm finally living my life."
Bravo started the Little Nugget Foundation in his hometown of Tangancicuaro to provide food and clothing for those struggling with alcoholism.
He also started the Bravo Academy in Los Angeles, stating to have a
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I used to really enjoy going to casinos. Do you know much about casinos?
I know a casino is a facility which houses certain types of gambling activities.
I wonder when the first casinos started. Do you happen to know?
I know during the 19th century, the term casino came to include puiblic buildings where activities resulting in pleasure took place.
Did casinos originate in America. Or did it come from another country?
Casino has Italian orgins. It means a small country villa or social house in Italian. So I am guessing Italy.
I see. Do you know if blackjack and poker came from Italy?
I know in the US, the dealer has two cards. One is face up and the other is face down. So my guess is it started in the US.
I really enjoy blackjack. I wonder when it originated.
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Blackjack
Blackjack is the American variant of a globally popular banking game known as Twenty-One, whose relatives include Pontoon and Vingt-et-Un. It is a comparing card game between one or more players and a dealer, where each player in turn competes against the dealer. Players do not compete against each other. It is played with one or more decks of 52 cards, and is the most widely played casino banking game in the world. The objective of the game is to beat the dealer in one
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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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I think French bulldogs are a cute small breed.
how big do they get?
I am not sure, but their sizes were reduced by being crossed with terriers and pugs
ah thats cool
I could never afford one; they cost around $3,000-7,000.
wow that much? whats the life span on one of those ?
They live to be around 10-12. They are descended from the dogs of the Molossians, an ancient Greek tribe.
what else can you tell me about these bulldogs ?
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French Bulldog
The French Bulldog is a breed of domestic dog. In the 1800s, they were the result of a cross between Toy Bulldogs imported from England and local ratters in Paris, France.
The breed is popular as a pet; in 2015, they were the fourth most popular registered dog in the United Kingdom, and in the U.S., the sixth most popular AKC-registered dog breed. They were rated the third most popular dog in Australia in 2017.
History.
The origin of the modern
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and being the first ranchers in the basin to artificially inseminate their cattle. Carlstrom flew occasionally in a friend's plane, but explained, "We were used to flying such great airplanes, and there was no way we could afford to fly planes like that." She looked back fondly on her piloting career:"I think every child, no matter how much they love this country, love the ranching, should go out and know that it's a big world. Get their self-confidence, know what they can do.
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My friend just started being a Vegetarian but I dont know much about it.
It is the practice of abstaining from the consumption of meat. Some may go as far as to abstain from any animal slaughter by-product.
That seems really difficult. Can they eat fish?
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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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Some Hindus, particularly Brahmins, are vegetarian and strictly abstaining from eating meat. All of those who do eat meat abstain from the consumption of beef, as the cow holds a sacred place in Hinduism. For example, tradition states that the goddess Kamdhenu manifests herself as a wish-granting divine cow, with such stories repeated over generations.
In contrast to cow slaughter, consumption of dairy products such as milk, yogurt, and particularly ghee (a form of butter) is highly common in India. Cow-derived
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My brother has the strangest collection of stuff. I know he's an archaeologist, but still, stuff is weird.
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Archaeology
Archaeology, or archeology, is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts and cultural landscapes. Archaeology can be considered both a social science and a branch of the humanities. In North America archaeology is a sub-field of anthropology, while in Europe it is often viewed as either a discipline in its own right or a sub-field of other disciplines.
Archaeologists study human prehistory and history, from the development
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." He makes sure that they know he's a vegetarian and eats trees, but just the leaves.
- Cousin Shelly - Never actually seen but Mr. and Mrs. Turtle dropped Franklin and Harriet off at Aunt T's house to go see Cousin Shelly get married.
- Aunt Tortoise - Never actually seen but according to Mr. Turtle she gives weird gifts but according to Mrs. Turtle there unique. She even gave Mrs. Turtle a fruit hat.
- Aunt Lucy - An archaeologist. Her goddaughter is Sammy. She
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I can speak over 300 languages.
Oh wow, so you're multilingual? They say that there's more multilingual people in the world thatn monolingual but I bet they don't know that many languages!
Right? I taught myself everything I know. How do others learn multiple languages?
I think people mostly learn online or through their own experiences growing up.
What are the advantages of knowing so many languages? I know for me it's that i'm able to talk to girls from any country.
Probably for similar reasons lol and with the internet so available now worldwide there's an incresing need to know more than one language.
I know, I have the constant urge to learn new languages. I just can't stop.
So you're a habitual "polyglot" huh? lol Thats another word someone who speaks several languages.
Yeah, I guess you can call me that.
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comparable situations in which two or three languages are involved. A multilingual person is generally referred to as a "polyglot", which may also be used to refer to people who learn multiple languages as a hobby.
Multilingual speakers have acquired and maintained at least one language during childhood, the so-called first language (L1). The first language (sometimes also referred to as the mother tongue) is acquired without formal education, by mechanisms heavily disputed. Children acquiring two languages in this way are called simultaneous bilinguals
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thought, 'This is a character I don't know very well. I don't own a suit. He speaks languages; I don't speak any languages. There's kind of a gay thing that's flirting through it and I didn't know the gay community at all.' I wanted to immerse myself in all of that and I had literally two weeks. So I just dove in.
John Travolta became interested in the part and briefly acted in it before getting "cold feet" and being replaced
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Are you familiar with entomology?
It's the study of bugs, and all those crawly critters, right?
Yes, I am specifically interested in the roles that insects play in culture.
Tell me more about that. Do you mean, how insects appear in the daily lives of different cultures?
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is weak and not based on theory. Both academic disciplines explore the parallels, connections and influence of insects on human populations, and vice versa. They are rooted in anthropology and natural history, as well as entomology, the study of insects. Other cultural uses of insects, such as biomimicry, do not necessarily lie within these academic disciplines.
More generally, people make a wide range of uses of insects, both practical and symbolic. On the other hand, attitudes to insects are often negative, and extensive efforts
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He said 'Don't you remember that four years ago we lunched at a restaurant in Soho, Mr. and Mrs. Fraser and you and your wife, before going to a matinée?' And I said, 'Do you mean to tell me, Aggrey, that on the strength of a lunch four years ago, you are absolutely clear that you would go with Fraser?' 'Yes,' he said; 'absolutely clear.' 'All right!' I said; and I went into the other room
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I love taking my meal at brunch time.especially with my busy schedules.I do combine breakfast and lunch
I enjoy brunch as well. I love a good Scottish egg.
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Brunch
Brunch is a combination of breakfast and lunch, and regularly has some form of alcoholic drink (most usually champagne or a cocktail) served with it. The word is a portmanteau of "breakfast" and "lunch". Brunch originated in England in the late 19th century and became popular in the United States in the 1930s.
Origin of the word.
The 1896 supplement to the "Oxford English Dictionary" cites "Punch" magazine which wrote that the term was coined in Britain in 1895 to describe
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doubling the number of First Watch restaurants. First Watch has a large presence in Florida, Texas, Ohio, Colorado, and Arizona. First Watch and the Egg & I restaurants serve breakfast, brunch, and lunch and offer a wide variety of items.
First Watch offers menu items such as Avocado Toast, Smoked Salmon Eggs Benedict, Farm Stand Breakfast Tacos, Lemon Ricotta Pancakes, and a Fresh Juice Bar.
In 2018, First Watch began to source its coffee from Huila, Colombia because they want to “
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Parenting is a lot oork including caring for a childs physical, intellectual and social needs
Yeah, tell me about it it has been realy hard for me to be a parent although i really love being one
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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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to social issues and being "woke" about what's going on in the world, and they've been very supportive of me having a voice". Larsson says she "has received a lot of hate" for her feminist opinions, including being called a "man hater". She accepts the label and has added that she "doesn't care", because "it doesn't really hurt men if I hate them".
Artistry.
Zara Larsson is mainly a pop and R&B singer. She also
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I have a weird fear of open spaces, it's called Agoraphobia.
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Agoraphobia
Agoraphobia is an anxiety disorder characterized by symptoms of anxiety in situations where the person perceives their environment to be unsafe with no easy way to escape. These situations can include open spaces, public transit, shopping centers, or simply being outside their home. Being in these situations may result in a panic attack. The symptoms occur nearly every time the situation is encountered and last for more than six months. Those affected will go to great lengths to avoid these situations. In severe cases people may become completely unable to
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. In the case of agoraphobia caused by social phobia or social anxiety, sufferers may be very embarrassed by having a panic attack publicly in the first place. This translation is the reason for the common misconception that agoraphobia is a fear of open spaces, and is not clinically accurate. Agoraphobia, as described in this manner, is actually a symptom professionals check for when making a diagnosis of panic disorder.
People who have had a panic attack in certain situations may develop irrational fears, called phobias, of these situations and
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Ever been to Alaska? I've never been but it looks gorgeous, especially since I've never been that far northwest in the US.
No! And I agree! I've known people who have gone on Alaskan cruises, and loved it. If I knew that the environmental impact of those cruises was minimal, I'd be tempted.
I would love to go on one of those! There's a lot to look at, especially since it's the largest state in the US.
True -- I wonder how much of the state you could cover. I imagine there's something for everyone. I'd also love to see the *night sky* and the aurora borealis. I'd brave the cold for that!
Oh yeah, that would look beautiful! It's pretty insane to think that Alaska is the seventh largest subnational division in the world!
Interesting -- I've never heard that term. What does "largest subnational division" mean? Curious!
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Northern Canada and Greenland. Approximately half of Alaska's residents live within the Anchorage metropolitan area. Alaska's economy is dominated by the fishing, natural gas, and oil industries, resources which it has in abundance. United States armed forces bases and tourism are also a significant part of the economy.
In a deal known as Seward's Folly, The United States purchased Alaska from the Russian Empire on March 30, 1867, for 7.2 million U.S. dollars at approximately two cents per acre ($4.74/km)
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instantly freakishly strong like they just have a natural gift. And that was never me. I just loved climbing, and I've been climbing all the time ever since, so I've naturally gotten better at it, but I've never been gifted."
After graduating from Mira Loma High School as part of the International Baccalaureate Programme in 2003, he enrolled at the University of California, Berkeley, to study civil engineering. His maternal grandfather died and his parents got divorced during his first year of college, and
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Reasons for divorce vary from sexual imcompatibility to a personality clash - do you have any experience?
The experience I have with divorce is that both of my grandparents divorced relatively early.
The laws seem to vary around the world on it, but in most cases you still need to go through a legal process.
I agree with the legal process. Usually, at least one of the parties has grievances or issues, so a legal attorney paired with a judge to make sure the whole procedure goes smoothly and fairly seems like a good idea.
And then you have to deal with things like alimony, child custody, visitation, child support, property, and debt.
I believe that around 50% of marriages end in divorce, but I also don't hear about smooth divorces very often, so I think there is room for improvement in the system in place right now.
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Alimony
Alimony (also called aliment (Scotland), maintenance (England, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Wales, Canada), spousal support (U.S., Canada) and spouse maintenance (Australia)) is a legal obligation on a person to provide financial support to their spouse before or after marital separation or divorce. The obligation arises from the divorce law or family law of each country.
Etymology.
The term alimony comes from the Latin word "alimōnia" ("nourishment, sustenance", from "alere
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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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Are you scared of the dentist? I got used to it a lot as a kid.
I am actually scared of them a bit. My early experiences with them were not pleasant.
Oh I am sorry. Did you have a bad experience with the dentist themselves or their aid?
The dentist themselves. It was in another country though (Russia) and quite a few years back.
Oh that is crazy. Be thankful it wasn't China or France, the first people there to practice dentistry were barbers.
Oh wow really? Thats so interesting. Do you know anything more about these barbers?
Well they were originally called the "Guild of Barbers"
Thats a cool name. How long ago was this?
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of barbers and lay barbers. The first group, the Guild of Barbers, was created to distinguish more educated and qualified dental surgeons from lay barbers. Guild barbers were trained to do complex surgeries. The second group, the lay barbers, were qualified to perform regular hygienic services such as shaving and tooth extraction as well as basic surgery. However, in 1400 France made decrees prohibiting lay barbers from practicing all types of surgery. In Germany as well as France from 1530 to 1575 publications completely devoted to dentistry were being published
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Some months ago, I used to wake up in the silence of the night to think about what I was going to do. But not anymore. People ask me, 'Are you scare?' No, I am not scared. If I was, I wouldn't do it. Rather, I'm excited. I am putting one third of my energy into just staying calm. The work is on such a scale that if you got too excited, you would explode,". The show was her first
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I'm currently a housewife and I stay home with my 3 children.
That;s a big job, managing a home, caring for kids, cooking, cleaning
It is definitely a full time job for sure.
Are you also a stay at home mother with children? Often called SAHM?
Yes I definitely consider myself a stay at home mom.
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mother or mom and a househusband may be called a "male homemaker" or stay-at-home father.
"Webster's Dictionary" defines a housewife as a married woman who is in charge of her household. The British "Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary" (1901) defines a housewife as "the mistress of a household; a female domestic manager; a pocket sewing kit". (A small sewing kit is sometimes called a "housewife" or hussif.)
Throughout history, women have usually
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Housewife
A housewife (also known as a homekeeper) is a woman whose work is running or managing her family's home—caring for her children; buying, cooking, and storing food for the family; buying goods that the family needs for everyday life; housekeeping, cleaning and maintaining the home; and making, buying and/or mending clothes for the family—and who is not employed outside the home (a "career woman"). A housewife who has children may be called a stay-at-home
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Hi, what do you think about nail art?
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Nail art
Nail art is a creative way to paint, decorate, enhance, and embellish the nails. It is a type of artwork that can be done on fingernails and toenails, usually after manicures or pedicures. A manicure and a pedicure are beauty treatments that trim, shape, and polish the nail. Often these procedures remove the cuticles and soften the skin around the nails. Types of manicures can vary from polish on natural nails, dipping powder, and acrylic nails.
History.
The exact origin of
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I saw an armadillo the other day. It is a leathery looking shelled mammal
They're so cute! I love their skin.
The word armadillo means "little armoured one in Spanish. That is a much cuter name for them.
That's so cute, I never knew it was a Spanish word
The Aztecs called Armadillos "turtle-rabbits" I thought that one was funny.
I see, I didn't know that!
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Armadillo
Armadillos (from Spanish "little armoured one") are New World placental mammals in the order Cingulata. The Chlamyphoridae and Dasypodidae are the only surviving families in the order, which is part of the superorder Xenarthra, along with the anteaters and sloths. Nine extinct genera and 21 extant species of armadillo have been described, some of which are distinguished by the number of bands on their armour. All species are native to the Americas, where they inhabit a variety of different environments.
Armadillos are characterized by a
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leathery armour shell and long sharp claws for digging. They have short legs, but can move quite quickly. The average length of an armadillo is about , including tail. The giant armadillo grows up to and weighs up to , while the pink fairy armadillo has a length of only . When threatened by a predator, Tolypeutes species frequently roll up into a ball.
Etymology.
The word "armadillo" means "little armoured one" in Spanish. The Aztecs called them "āyōtōchtli" , Nahuatl for "turtle
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Have you ever had a near death experience
Yes, several times actually. Have you?
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Near-death experience
A near-death experience (NDE) is a personal experience associated with death or impending death. When positive, such experiences may encompass a variety of sensations including detachment from the body, feelings of levitation, total serenity, security, warmth, the experience of absolute dissolution, and the presence of a light. When negative, such experiences may include sensations of torment and torture. NDEs are a recognized part of some transcendental and religious beliefs in an afterlife.
Different models have been described to
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I've been thinking about becoming an insurance broker, but I don't know that much about it. Do you know what an insurance broker does?
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Insurance broker
An insurance broker sells, solicits, or negotiates insurance for compensation.
As of 2015, the largest insurance brokers in the world, by revenue, are Marsh & McLennan, Aon Corporation, Arthur J. Gallagher & Co, and the Willis Group
In the United Kingdom.
"Insurance broker" became a regulated term under the Insurance Brokers (Registration) Act 1977 which was designed to thwart the bogus practices of firms holding themselves as brokers but in fact acting as representative of one or more favoured insurance
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2011.
On January 12, 2011, composer Alan Menken was asked about the sequel in an interview. His reply was, "I've heard things but there's nothing yet. I don't know much about what's happening with that. Honestly, I don't know what the studio wants to do next. I presume there will be some future projects for me to work on. I love doing that, I really do. But I'm not frustrated that it isn't one of them. At the
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My boyfriend thinks I'm crazy because I want to get a dragonfly tattoo. It's symbolic for my love of the Gilmore Girls.
That sounds cool lol, A dragonfly tattoo does sound cool, But how exactly does that have to do with the Gilmore Girls?
Lorelai bought an Inn and named it The Dragonfly Inn. Tattoos have been historically regarded in the west as uncivilised. Do you have any?
I dont have any tattoo's but I am interested in them, Do they really last your whole life and are they very painful?
The do last forever. Ink is inserted into the dermis layer of your skin and changes the pigment...and it hurts really bad.
Ouch! guess I better choose wisely on what type of tattoo I want, Do you know what the most popular type of tattoo is?
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Tattoo removal
Tattoo removal has been performed with various tools since the start of tattooing. While tattoos were once considered permanent, it is now possible to remove them with treatments, fully or partially.
The "standard modality for tattoo removal" is the non-invasive removal of tattoo pigments using Q-switched lasers. Different types of Q-switched lasers are used to target different colors of tattoo ink depending on the specific light absorption spectra of the tattoo pigments.
Typically, black and other darker-colored inks
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like the pilot, the series ends with Emily blackmailing Lorelai, offering to loan her the money to expand the Dragonfly Inn – only this time Lorelai agrees to her terms willingly.
Development "Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life" Portrayal.
Having been expressing interest in a "Gilmore Girls" film for several years, Bishop was "delighted" to learn that a revival was being developed. Bishop was initially hesitant to commit to "Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life" because her husband had been unwell at the time
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I'm what they call a technomancer. I love video games. What about you?
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The Technomancer
The Technomancer is an action role-playing video game, developed by Spiders and published by Focus Home Interactive. The game is set within the same universe as Spiders' previously developed game, "". Olivier Deriviere scored "The Technomancer".
Plot.
The game is set during the War of Water, 200 years after humans colonized Mars. The protagonist is a rookie technomancer named Zachariah from Abundance, one of the powerful corporations on the red planet, who is on the run from the secret
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, along with the other videos from "Purpose: The Movement". The video starts with Bieber saying: "Love isn't 'do this for me and I'm going to do this for you.' That's not what love is. Love is just 'I'm gonna do this for you because I wanna do this for you.'" Later, the video features husband and wife dancers Keone and Mari Madrid dancing their way through their house. They are later seen dancing on their phone screens.
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I love rose flowers, what about you?
Yes Rose's are very pretty! I have always wondered the meaning of the various colors.
A rose is a woody perennial flowering plant of the genus Rosa, in the family Rosaceae
Do you know if they bloom in all seasons?
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Rose
A rose is a woody perennial flowering plant of the genus Rosa, in the family Rosaceae, or the flower it bears. There are over three hundred species and thousands of cultivars. They form a group of plants that can be erect shrubs, climbing, or trailing, with stems that are often armed with sharp prickles. Flowers vary in size and shape and are usually large and showy, in colours ranging from white through yellows and reds. Most species are native to Asia, with smaller numbers native to Europe
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Rosa sempervirens
Rosa sempervirens, the evergreen rose, is a plant in the family Rosaceae, a climbing perennial with very prickly stems.
It grows mostly in maquis or in sheltered valleys in southern France, in the Mediterranean climate region, and was used repeatedly as parent for the hybrids produced by Henri Antoine Jacques, gardener to King Louis Philippe I of France.
Description.
"Rosa sempervirens" leaves are glossy, compound-pinnate and evergreen. Its flowers are white and appear in spring and early summer.
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i like to go hiking. Do you enjoy long vigorous walks on trails or in the woods? I think its very relaxing.
I love hiking and need to do more of it. As a family we used to go all the time
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Hiking
Hiking is the preferred term, in Canada and the United States, for a long, vigorous walk, usually on trails (footpaths), in the countryside, while the word walking is used for shorter, particularly urban walks. On the other hand, in the United Kingdom, and the Republic of Ireland, the word "walking" is acceptable to describe "all forms" of walking, whether it is a walk in the park or backpacking in the Alps. The word hiking is also often used in
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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 love being a vegan, do you know what that is?
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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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do believe that when it comes to relationships that you have to set the bar high and know your worth so that you never settle, and that's what 'One Shot' is about." She explained that the song is also about being upfront with your love interest: "I think there is a misconception that being open and honest, and saying what it is you want is something we should be embarrassed about. But that's just not me. I am a very honest person, I always tell somebody what
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Do you like sewing? its one of the oldest textile arts!
I do like to sew, although I don't have as much time for it as I'd like. I did some cross stitch when I was younger.
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an ancient history estimated to begin during the Paleolithic Era. Sewing was used to stitch together animal hides for clothing and for shelter. The Inuit, for example, used sinew from caribou for thread and needles made of bone; the indigenous peoples of the American Plains and Canadian Prairies used sophisticated sewing methods to assemble tipi shelters. Sewing was combined with the weaving of plant leaves in Africa to create baskets, such as those made by Zulu weavers, who used thin strips of palm leaf as "thread" to stitch wider strips
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. "'I needed someone to listen and suggest alternatives as far as my note selections were concerned…a producer who listens to you and says, "I like what you’re doing, but I hate that last note you made. Don't do that…do this." It just didn't work as well as it did at Columbia.'" The time at Mercury may have been frustrating, but it did begin a new path in terms of song selection. "'I'd listen to the stuff
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I am in a motorcycle club.
When do they do in a motorcyle club?
We organize around a type of riding.
When was the first of such clubs started in history
I have no clue but my motorcycle club has elected officers.
Which country has more of such clubs?
I am not sure but there are specific clubs for women also.
does the number of motorcycle factories in a place influence the availability of the clubs?
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There are also specific clubs for women, such as Women's International Motorcycle Association, and clubs for lesbians and gays, such as Dykes on Bikes.
Clubs catering for those interested in vintage machines such as the Vintage Motor Cycle Club are also popular as well as those centered on particular venues. Clubs catering for riders' rights such as the Motorcycle Action Group, and charities like The Royal British Legion Riders Branch are also popular. Many affiliate with an umbrella organization, such as the British Motorcyclists Federation in the UK,
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Motorcycle club
A motorcycle club is a group of individuals whose primary interest and activities involve motorcycles. A motorcycle group can range as clubbed groups of different bikes or bikers who own same model of vehicle like the Harley Owners Group.
Types of clubs, groups, and organizations.
Most clubs are either organized around a brand or make, or around a type of riding (e.g. touring). Motorcycle clubs vary a great deal in their objectives and organizations. Mainstream motorcycle clubs or associations typically have elected officers and directors
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European Basketball Championships are so cool to watch.
interesting tell me more
Well they are also called EuroBasket, which doesn't sound like basketball at all to be honest.
Who invented Eurobasket?
They weren't made really, they just were organized back in 1935 with the establishment of FIBA.
Who often is the championship held?
I'm not sure about how often, but they were hosted in Switzerland at first.
Why is the even not so popular because I have not heard of it
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EuroBasket
EuroBasket, also commonly referred to as the "European Basketball Championship", is the main international basketball competition that is contested quadrennialy, by the senior men's national teams that are governed by FIBA Europe, which is the European zone within the International Basketball Federation.
History.
History Beginning.
The first championships was held three years after the establishment of FIBA, in 1935. Switzerland was chosen as the host country, and ten countries joined. Only one qualifying match was played between Portugal and Spain. With
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1993. Though, the national team has yet to qualify for the FIBA World Cup.
The team is nicknamed and also represents itself as Belgian Lions.
History.
History EuroBasket 1935.
The Belgian side came in sixth place at the first European Basketball Championship, the EuroBasket 1935 held by the International Basketball Federation's FIBA Europe continental federation. They lost to Spain in the preliminary round. In the 5th to 8th place classification match, the Belgians defeated Bulgaria to advance to the 5th/6th place final. There they were
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