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I am thinking about taking up crochet as a hobby. Do you crochet?
I do not crochet.
Do you know if it is hard to learn?
I am not sure but all you need is fabric to interlock with yarn.
What kind of fabric is used and how do I interlock it?
You have to use a small hook. That is what the term crochet means in French.
I didn't know it was French! Is the hook the long needle thing? | Crochet
Crochet (; ) is a process of creating fabric by interlocking loops of yarn, thread, or strands of other materials using a crochet hook. The name is derived from the French term "crochet", meaning 'small hook'. These are made of materials such as metal, wood, or plastic and are manufactured commercially and produced in artisan workshops. The salient difference between crochet and knitting, beyond the implements used for their production, is that each stitch in crochet is completed before the next one is begun | are growing uneasy. What lands you have, you may retain forever; but we shall sell no more. You think, perhaps, that I speak in passion; but my heart is good towards you. I speak like one of your own children. I am an Indian, a red-skin, and live by hunting and fishing, but my country is already too small; and I do not know how to bring up my children, if I give it all away. We sold you a fine tract of | 72,100 | wow-train |
I like to sing random songs about things that are going on around me when I'm bored. Do you like singing?
I like to sing. Do you sing songs you know, or do you improvise?
A little of both I guess. I'll take songs I know and change the lyrics but keep the tempo of the song.
Me too. Sometimes I'll sing shanties when I do my housework. Do you like to sing when you work?
It depends. If I'm doing work with my kids I'm more prone to do it. It makes work more fun for them. | Drunken Sailor
"Drunken Sailor" is a sea shanty, also known as "What Shall We Do with a/the Drunken Sailor?"
The shanty was sung to accompany certain work tasks aboard sailing ships, especially those that required a bright walking pace. It is believed to originate in the early 19th century or before, during a period when ships' crews, especially those of military vessels, were large enough to permit hauling a rope whilst simply marching along the deck. With the advent of merchant packet and | initially only writing songs with Timberlake, before being asked to sing on the song, "I really just went out to Los Angeles to write songs with him, it's a very fluid process with him, there's a lot going on. That was one of those things where there wasn't necessarily a plan. He was like ‘All right, you hop in there and take a verse,’ and I’m like, ‘You want me to do what?’ ... It came out great. I had | 72,101 | wow-train |
Skateboarding is an action sport
oh yea? how long have you been doing it ?
It involves performing tricks
oh what else can you tel me about it, it sounds interesting! | Skateboarding
Skateboarding is an action sport which involves riding and performing tricks using a skateboard, as well as a recreational activity, an art form, an entertainment industry job, and a method of transportation. Skateboarding has been shaped and influenced by many skateboarders throughout the years. A 2009 report found that the skateboarding market is worth an estimated $4.8 billion in annual revenue with 11.08 million active skateboarders in the world. In 2016, it was announced that skateboarding will be represented at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
Since | her character is mocked for her size, saying that it happens in real life to overweight people: "[I]t's about how you deal with it. You have to portray it as long as you can redress the balance in some way at some point. That didn't happen straight away and people said to me, 'Oh my God, she's just the fat person they take the mickey out of'. [...] It's about taking away what Heather looks like, taking away the layers and finding | 72,102 | wow-train |
The southern baptist convention is a christian religion found in the US
I'm clueless to what that is.What exactly do they do?
They are a Protestant religion in the United States. They have over 15 million members.
Wow, thats a lot of people. How did they get so big?
the specific religion was started in 1845 in Georgia.
What are some of their beliefs? | United States who split with northern Baptists over the issue of slavery, specifically whether Southern slave owners could serve as missionaries. After the American Civil War, another split occurred when most freedmen set up independent black congregations, regional associations, and state and national conventions, such as the National Baptist Convention, which became the second-largest Baptist convention by the end of the 19th century.
Since the 1940s, the Southern Baptist Convention has shifted from some of its regional and historical identification. Especially since the late 20th century, | known for some time as Layne Elmer.
Staley was raised as a Christian Scientist, but was critical of religion in his adult life, stating in a 1991 interview: "I have a fascination with how brainwashed people get with religion and how they'll give up their money, their time and their whole life for a cause that they're sure is right, but I'm sure is wrong. I think there's a lot of people who are scared of life and living and they want to make sure they get | 72,103 | wow-train |
Mountain Dew is a pretty dope soda made by PepsiCo.
oh yea def my dude, love it.
PepsiCo has made some really good sodas and Mountain Dew is one of the best.
yea i agree very sweet tho. | Mountain Dew
Mountain Dew (stylized as Mtn Dew) is a carbonated soft drink brand produced and owned by PepsiCo. The original formula was invented in 1940 by Tennessee beverage bottlers Barney and Ally Hartman. A revised formula was created by Bill Bridgforth in 1958. The rights to this formula were obtained by the Tip Corporation of Marion, Virginia. William H. "Bill" Jones of the Tip Corporation further refined the formula, launching that version of Mountain Dew in 1961. In August 1964, the Mountain Dew brand and production | . BVO is used in Mountain Dew, manufactured by PepsiCo and Sun Drop, made by the Dr Pepper Snapple Group. Numerous generic citrus sodas also use it, including "Clover Valley"/Dollar General sodas and Stars & Stripes. On May 5, 2014, Coca-Cola and PepsiCo said they will remove BVO from their products.
BVO is one of four substances that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has defined as interim food additives; the other three are acrylonitrile copolymers, mannitol, and saccharin.
Regulation and use United States Online | 72,104 | wow-train |
I can hardly believe that my senior year starts in month! The last year of high school!
I remember mine, thought it was quite some time ago. Where do you go to school at? | Academic term
An academic term (or simply term) is a portion of an academic year, the time during which an educational institution holds classes. The schedules adopted vary widely.
In most countries, the academic year begins in late summer or early autumn and ends during the following spring or summer. In Northern Hemisphere countries, this means that the academic year lasts from August, September, or October to May, June, or July. In Southern Hemisphere countries, the academic year aligns with the calendar year, | coming out of high school, because of my frame, and I didn't have really good film my junior year; My senior year, I didn't really get any kind of accolades. You had to come to my school to know anything about me. I was a much slimmer guy, if you can believe that...With schools like Alabama and Clemson, they're looking for the guy who is ready to go right now." Parker received full scholarship offers from Division II Winston-Salem state, FCS North | 72,105 | wow-train |
mars is the fourth panet from the sun and the second smales planet in the solar system
Mars is also known for its Aries constilation. | Mars
Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and the second-smallest planet in the Solar System after Mercury. In English, Mars carries a name of the Roman god of war, and is often referred to as the "Red Planet" because the iron oxide prevalent on its surface gives it a reddish appearance that is distinctive among the astronomical bodies visible to the naked eye. Mars is a terrestrial planet with a thin atmosphere, having surface features reminiscent both of the impact craters of the Moon and the valleys, | Outline of Mars
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Mars:
Mars – fourth planet from the Sun and the second-smallest planet in the Solar System, after Mercury. Named after the Roman god of war, it is often referred to as the "Red Planet" because the iron oxide prevalent on its surface gives it a reddish appearance. Mars is a terrestrial planet with a thin atmosphere, having surface features reminiscent both of the impact craters of the Moon and the valleys, | 72,106 | wow-train |
Do you know of Extreme Couponing? Apparently it's a show
Yes I recently have read that it is an American reality television series. I have not seen it. Do you watch other shows?
I do. What do you think about shows like The Office? I prefer it to Extreme Couponing
The office is great and unlike the format of the other "docu soap". Who is your favorite character?
I love Michael, of course. Jim and Dwight are always enjoyed, as is Pam. The side characters are hilarious, too. | Dwight Schrute
Dwight Kurt Schrute III (; born January 20, 1968) is a character on "The Office" portrayed by Rainn Wilson. He is one of the highest-ranking salesmen as well as assistant to the regional manager (disputed) at the paper distribution company Dunder Mifflin. Additionally, he is a bed-and-breakfast proprietor at Schrute Farms, a beet plantation owner, and an owner of the business park in which Dunder Mifflin exists. He is notorious for his lack of social skills and common sense | show a kid what it's like to have a big brother."(illustration)
4. Q4:"I know you are not doing drugs any more. But I do wanna know what made you decide to quit?"
- Snoop:"After what happened to me, I never even think about doing drugs."(the clip shows Snoop smoking weed and talking to a dollar)
- Snoop presents his 12-step program for those who want to put down drugs.
- Special guest appearance by Redman and Ludacris.
- Advertisement for the | 72,107 | wow-train |
Hi I love comics.
Me too, it seems that they were always popular, I wonder when they started to be published. | Comic book
A comic book or comicbook, also called comic magazine or simply comic, is a publication that consists of comics art in the form of sequential juxtaposed panels that represent individual scenes. Panels are often accompanied by descriptive prose and written narrative, usually, dialog contained in word balloons emblematic of the comics art form. Although some origins in 18th century Japan, comic books were first popularized in the United States and the United Kingdom during the 1930s. The first modern comic book, "Famous Funnies", was released | caught or found dead; and it seems to me as though there must be no more than two in the oceans, and I deem that each is unable to reproduce itself, for I believe that they are always the same ones. Then too, neither would it do for other fish if the "hafgufa" were of such a number as other whales, on account of their vastness, and how much subsistence that they need. It is said to be the nature of these fish that when one shall desire to eat | 72,108 | wow-train |
I want to visit Chicago and learn a little more about the culture of this city. Have you been there? | Culture of Chicago
The culture of Chicago, Illinois is known for the invention or significant advancement of several performing arts, including improvisational comedy, house music, blues, hip hop, gospel, jazz, and soul.
The city is known for its Chicago School and Prairie School architecture. It continues to cultivate a strong tradition of classical music, popular music, dance, and performing arts, rooted in Western civilization, as well as other traditions carried forward by its African-American, Asian-American, European American | where the viewer can see the person attend High School, which is similar to the ones in real life. They can learn a lot about the Japanese culture which enticed people to want to learn more about the culture and even possible visit Japan. With the Anime boom and how much revenue is created from this, the United States has jumped on board to create their own shows with anime style animation. You can see this in the Avatar: The Last Air-bender as well as its sequel, The Legend of Korra | 72,109 | wow-train |
A rose is a woody perennial flowering plant of the genus Rosa
Oh, I love Roses! Especially the smell!
yes they belong to the family Rosaceae, and also classified by the flower it bears.
That is cool! What else do you know about roses, I am interested.... | 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 | Blue rose
A blue rose is a flower of the genus "Rosa" (family Rosaceae) that presents blue-to-violet pigmentation instead of the more common red, white, or yellow. Blue roses are often used to symbolise secret or unattainable love. However, because of genetic limitations, they do not exist in nature. In 2004, researchers used genetic modification to create roses that contain the blue pigment delphinidin.
So-called "blue roses" have been bred by conventional hybridization methods, but the | 72,110 | wow-train |
i really like sushi, and love putting ginger on it
I love sushi! I'm a huge fan. I've never met a sushi roll I didn't like.
i didn't know that Daikon radish is popular as a garnish
I've never had that with sushi, what exactly is it?
it is a form of white radish, sometimes called winter radish
Interesting are they popular in Japan?
yes the name daikon is actually a japanese term originating in southeast asia
Interesting, well if it is a popular garnish to sushi I am sure I would like it. I will have to try it! | confused with "sashimi", a related dish in Japanese cuisine that consists of thinly sliced raw fish, or occasionally meat, and an optional serving of rice.
History.
Sushi originates in a Southeast Asian dish, known today as "narezushi" ( – "salted fish"), stored in fermented rice for possibly months at a time. The lacto-fermentation of the rice prevented the fish from spoiling; the rice would be discarded before consumption of the fish. This early type of sushi became an important | Sushi
Sushi is traditionally made with medium-grain white rice, though it can be prepared with brown rice or short-grain rice. It is very often prepared with seafood, such as squid, eel, yellowtail, salmon, tuna or imitation crab meat. Many types of sushi are vegetarian. It is often served with pickled ginger ("gari"), wasabi, and soy sauce. Daikon radish or pickled daikon ("takuan") are popular garnishes for the dish.
"Sushi" is sometimes | 72,111 | wow-train |
I like birdwatching! It can be a very fun recreational activity or citizen science.
My boss loves it too. I don't know much about it, although I do enjoy seeing unusual birds from time to time.
I like it because you don't necessarily need anything special to birdwatch, unless you would like to buy binoculars or a telescope. But they aren't necessary!
Do you use bird feeders or anything else to attract them? I know some people like to attract hummingbirds to their gardens.
I do! I have a very nice birdfeeder in my yard that my grandfather built. It attracts all kinds of different birds!
We have one that the squirrels keep getting into!
Yep, squirrels will get into the bird food, I guess they enjoy the same things! I enjoy the auditory aspects of birds, their singing etc
Some have very distinctive songs. I guess when you're really good at this you know the bird just by hearing its song. | the study of birds using formal scientific methods.
Birding, birdwatching, and twitching.
The first recorded use of the term "birdwatcher" was in 1891; "bird" was introduced as a verb in 1918. The term "birding" was also used for the practice of "fowling" or hunting with firearms as in Shakespeare's "The Merry Wives of Windsor" (1602): "She laments sir... her husband goes this morning a-birding." The terms "birding" and "birdwatching | so fantastic. I've just slid in like I've been there all my life. It's been fantastic fun. And it's a character who you can do anything you want with - I love those! It's very easy work." Asked whether if he will watch his first, he replied: "They've got me in the last scene of the day at work today, so I don't know if I'm going to get home in time for it! But all the family are there watching | 72,112 | wow-train |
I love the color blue, is it a cross between any other colors?
It lies between violet and green on the light spectrum.
Oh really? Does blue have any historical significance?
Blue lapis lazuli tones were used in ancient Egypt for jewelry. I have a pin with blue lapis and it has flecks of gold in it.
Oh cool. What else is good to know about the color blue? | Blue
Blue is one of the three primary colours of pigments in painting and traditional colour theory, as well as in the RGB colour model. It lies between violet and green on the spectrum of visible light. The eye perceives blue when observing light with a dominant wavelength between approximately 450 and 495 nanometres. Most blues contain a slight mixture of other colours; azure contains some green, while ultramarine contains some violet. The clear daytime sky and the deep sea appear blue because of an optical effect known as Rayleigh scattering. | molds. Seams between the bricks were carefully planned not to occur on the eyes of the animals or any other aesthetically unacceptable places. The bricks were sun-dried and then fired once before glazing. The clay was brownish red in this bisque-fired state.
The background glazes are mainly a vivid blue, which imitates the color of the highly-prized lapis lazuli. Gold and brown glazes are used for the animal images. The borders and rosettes are glazed in black, white, and gold. It is believed | 72,113 | wow-train |
Do you enjoy listening to heavy metal music?
I'm not really a fan of heavy metal music which developed in the late 1960s in the United Kingdom.
Interesting. Was it developed around the same time as punk music?
Punk came around a little later in the mid 1970s in the US, UK, and Australia.
Oh ok. Do you listen to punk? | Punk rock
Punk rock (or "punk") is a rock music genre that emerged in the mid-1970s in the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in 1960s garage rock and other forms of what is now known as "proto-punk" music, punk rock bands rejected perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock. They typically produced short, fast-paced songs with hard-edged melodies and singing styles, stripped-down instrumentation, and often political, anti-establishment lyrics. Punk embraces a DIY | as opposed to folk or classical music. In the early 1970s, African Americans and Puerto Ricans in New York City developed hip hop culture, which produced a style of music also called "hip hop". At roughly the same time, Latinos, especially Cubans and Puerto Ricans, in New York also innovated salsa music, which combined many forms of Latin music with R&B and rock. The genres of punk rock and heavy metal were most closely associated with the United Kingdom in the 1970s, while various American derivatives evolved later | 72,114 | wow-train |
What do I have to do to become the valedictorian?
It's most often the person with the highest GPA.
Interesting. How do I get that? | Valedictorian
Valedictorian is an academic title of success used in the United States, Canada, Philippines, and Armenia (and elsewhere in limited number of schools) for the student who delivers the closing or farewell statement at a graduation ceremony (called a valediction). The chosen valedictorian is traditionally the student with the highest ranking (highest Grade Point Average, or GPA) among their graduating class. The term is an Anglicised derivation of the Latin "vale dicere" ("to say farewell"), historically rooted in the | it worked out so well. I put her to work on some other things that I thought might be interesting to get more voices in there." Andrews subsequently joined the band on tour, with Adkins stating, "there's female vocals on most of our records, so it's nice to have that represented live. [...] It's nice having her around to cover the higher stuff that I don’t normally do live."
Upon release, guitarist and vocalist Jim Adkins stated: "Given what we | 72,115 | wow-train |
I recently got hired at McDonald's.
That's great. I did not know they were founded in the 1940s by the McDonalds.
Me either. Do you know who the founder is?
Richard and Maurice McDonald are credited as being the founders.
What is the most popular item at Mcdonald's?
They are the world's largest chain by revenue. I think their fries and burgers are especially loved.
What is the origin of Ronald Mcdonald? | Ronald McDonald
Ronald McDonald is a clown character used as the primary mascot of the McDonald's fast-food restaurant chain. In television commercials, the clown inhabited a fantasy world called McDonaldland, in which he had adventures with his friends Mayor McCheese, the Hamburglar, Grimace, Birdie the Early Bird and The Fry Kids. By 2003, McDonaldland has been dropped from McDonald's advertising, to which Ronald is instead shown interacting with normal children in their everyday lives.
Many people work full-time making appearances in the | us so-called educated Negroes stationed up there at Great Lakes. They didn't know what to do with us. I remember Commander Caufield who ran Great Lakes. He was the commander of the center. He told me, 'Well, my God, sailor,' that's what he called me, 'You fellows, some of you got more education than these officers that are appointed to serve over you. We don't know what to do with you. We don't have the nerve to be trying | 72,116 | wow-train |
Being overweight is a problem today. I often feel that way. It is having more body fat than you need to be healthy.
I agree but I dont know much about it | Overweight
Being overweight or fat is having more body fat than is optimally healthy. Being overweight is especially common where food supplies are plentiful and lifestyles are sedentary.
, excess weight reached epidemic proportions globally, with more than 1 billion adults being either overweight or obese. In 2013 this increased to more than 2 billion. Increases have been observed across all age groups.
A healthy body requires a minimum amount of fat for proper functioning of the hormonal, reproductive, and immune systems, as thermal insulation, as shock | Museum and it is contrasted with another of her female pregnancy photographs (of Melania Trump).
A year later, Moore still did not understand the controversy that caused photos of a naked, pregnant woman to be viewed as morally objectionable. Moore stated that, "I did feel glamorous, beautiful and more free about my body. I don't know how much more family oriented I could possibly have gotten." She considered the cover to be a healthy "feminist statement." In 2007, Moore stated that the | 72,117 | wow-train |
i work in a circus as a juggler. | Juggling
Juggling is a physical skill, performed by a juggler, involving the manipulation of objects for recreation, entertainment, art or sport. The most recognizable form of juggling is toss juggling. Juggling can be the manipulation of one object or many objects at the same time, most often using one or two hands but also possible with feet. Jugglers often refer to the objects they juggle as props. The most common props are balls, clubs, or rings. Some jugglers use more dramatic objects such as knives, fire | Information Networking from Carnegie Mellon University. Jesse’s early career consisted of his work as a Software Engineer for IBM and Bell Communications Research, and he then moved to LA to work with Disney Imagineering.
In addition to his other achievements, Jesse has also been a writer, director, performer, juggler, comedian, and circus artist for both Freihofer's Mime Circus and the Juggler's Guild.
Career.
After graduating from the Information Networking Institute at CMU in 1994 with a Masters of Science in Computer Networking and | 72,118 | wow-train |
I use my XBox on a daily basis. It's probably the favorite thing I have that's created by MIcrosoft.
I didn't know that XBox was created by Microsoft. What kind of games can you play on it?
There's a lot of different types, but a lot of online games over their online service, Xbox Live.
Do you get to play with other people on XBox live? | system available on Windows computers. Microsoft has announced plans to extend Live to other platforms such as handhelds and mobile phones as part of the Live Anywhere initiative. With Microsoft's mobile operating system, Windows Phone, full Xbox Live functionality is integrated into new Windows Phones that launched since late 2010. The service shut down for the original Xbox on April 15, 2010, and original Xbox Games are now only playable online through local area network (LAN) tunneling applications such as XLink Kai.
The Xbox Live service is available | taint what you believe. I think that's what happened with me, I lowered my beliefs." When asked about inspirations for the album and if his former girlfriend Selena Gomez inspired him, he admitted: "A lot of my inspiration comes from her. It was a long relationship and a relationship that created heartbreak and created happiness, and a lot of different emotions that I wanted to write about. So there's a lot of that on this album."
Composition Songs.
"Purpose" was considered by | 72,119 | wow-train |
I like the fact that the Toyota Prius is electric but I don't know how practical that is.
Electric vehicles like the Prius use regenerative brakes, which means whenever you brake you are charging your car! This saves you from having to waste time charging your car in the future.
Interesting, I didn't know that. I have never driven and electric car, have you?
I test drove one when I was looking for a new car, but didn't buy it. The government will give tax exemptions for HEVs, so I wish I had bought the other one.
I want to test drive one too, maybe a Tesla that is a car that I like. Do you think you can save money driving an electrical car? | combined fuel economy of 104 miles per gallon gasoline equivalent ( or ). In 2016, Tesla updated the design of the Model S to closely match that of the Model X. In January 2019, the following versions were available: 100D and P100D. In April 2019, Tesla dropped the kWh branding in favor of the three named versions: Standard Range, Long Range, and Performance.
In 2013, the Model S became the first electric car to top the monthly new car sales ranking in any country, twice leading in Norway | speed of the adoption of electric vehicles, essentially turning the current perceived glut of relatively cheap fission-electricity into an asset, as demand for electric vehicle recharging stations becomes more and more commonplace.
Due to France's very low-carbon power electricity grid, the carbon dioxide emissions from charging an electric car from the French electricity grid are 12 g per km traveled.
This compares favourably to the direct emissions of one of the most successful hybrid electric vehicles, the Toyota Prius, which produces carbon dioxide emissions at | 72,120 | wow-train |
I just love rock music do you have a personal favorite band?
I like rock music too. Rock music originated in the 1950s. My favorite is Metallica.
What instruments are predominant in rock music? | and folk, and incorporated influences from jazz, classical and other musical styles. Musically, rock has centered on the electric guitar, usually as part of a rock group with electric bass, drums, and one or more singers. Usually, rock is song-based music usually with a 4/4 time signature using a verse–chorus form, but the genre has become extremely diverse. Like pop music, lyrics often stress romantic love but also address a wide variety of other themes that are frequently social or political.
By | Jukebox just played 'Love' from the Love album and that's my favorite Cult song," he tells me proudly. "I actually got, I have to admit, a teeny bit of a goose bump because it just captured exactly what I wanted to say with that kind of haunting rock. Kind of swaggery but not heavy, it's got ... Duffy searches for the right words to express his emotion at hearing the song from the outside, "I mean nobody ... I don’t know who makes music like | 72,121 | wow-train |
I love music and play the piano. All musical instruments fascinate me as they are adapted to make beautiful sounds.
I love listening to a good opera or classic music as well. Would you know much about the kinds of instruments used in classic music? | Classical music
Classical music is art music produced or rooted in the traditions of Western culture, including both liturgical (religious) and secular music. While a more precise term is also used to refer to the period from 1750 to 1820 (the Classical period), this article is about the broad span of time from before the 6th century AD to the present day, which includes the Classical period and various other periods. The central norms of this tradition became codified between 1550 and 1900, which is known as the common | concert setting, with Plum serving as the musical director as well as switching off between guitar, keyboards, xylophone and various unique instruments. The original incarnations of the Ebola Music Orchestra featured numerous performers with physical deformities. "I am equally fascinated by people who are different but not because they are shocking or weird, but because they are beautiful", Plum explained, "I love talented people who embrace the things that make them different from the rest of the world". At one point, the orchestra was to be | 72,122 | wow-train |
I just started using DevaCurl products, and they've made such a difference in my hair. It's really curly and gets frizzy when the air is humid
My hair gets frizzy, too - usually because of humidity.
What kind of products do you use? | Frizz
Frizz is hair that does not align with the surrounding hairs, but stands up or curls independently, creating a fuzzy or irregular texture. The three main causes of frizz are genetics, hair damage, and humidity. Frizzy hair can be seen as a positive or a negative trait depending on the current fashion and one's personal preference. Many hair products, such as gels, pomades, and hair waxes, are designed to reduce frizz.
Definition.
There is more than one definition of frizz. Researchers | In the 1979 film "My Brilliant Career", when the frizzy-haired Sybylla threatens to cut off all her hair, her aunt Gussie replies, "It'd be a pity to lose your finest asset." Today, some people embrace their natural frizz, while others see it as a problem in need of a solution, and advertisements for hair products often present it as such.
Those looking for ways to reduce frizz encounter a great deal of conflicting information online and in the media. Products and treatments that | 72,123 | wow-train |
I love the beach and actually just came back from our beach vacation today. All of that gorgeous white sand and blue water makes me happy. Do you like the beach?
I have never been to the beach! I really want to go, any beaches you recommend?
I can't really recommend any wild beaches, that are all natural and haven't been disturbed by progress, but I love going to the Panhandle area in Florida!
I bet Florida is beautiful as a whole! Is there a difference between a wild beach and other beaches | Beach
A beach is a landform alongside a body of water which consists of loose particles. The particles composing a beach are typically made from rock, such as sand, gravel, shingle, pebbles. The particles can also be biological in origin, such as mollusc shells or coralline algae.
Some beaches have man-made infrastructure, such as lifeguard posts, changing rooms, showers, shacks and bars. They may also have hospitality venues (such as resorts, camps, hotels, and restaurants) nearby. Wild | would just be another excuse and it would be so easy to just go back there and go up to Isla Vista Beach and just sit there all summer long, see my old friends and all my old enemies. Seeing enemies is much more interesting than seeing friends ... and I have so many enemies in Santa Barbara. Always, always interesting. But I think that ... you know, New York has so many things that really do interest me or that could interest me that for ... for my own good, I think | 72,124 | wow-train |
Hi, I am a vegan have you ever tried to go without meat products? | 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, | relayed his experiences with his plant based diet in an interview with Vegan Life Magazine in 2016 :"For those people who aren't veggie or vegan it was the best gift I could ever give myself to do it. I am turning 57 years old this year and I work hard, I am always on the move but I have tons of energy because I am plant-based. It is absolutely the best thing you could ever do for yourself. It is a great path."
Adams has never married. | 72,125 | wow-train |
I'm thinking about getting a dog, large-ish, but not huge, and that would be a good breed for a relatively hot Texas climate. Recommendations?
The domestic dog is a member of genus canis
So you're saying I should get a dog who's good at taxonomic classification? So like a biologist dog? What dogs have big brains?
Dog form part of the wolf like canids
I don't think wolves would make good pets. They seem intimidating. | was the first species to be domesticated and has been selectively bred over millennia for various behaviors, sensory capabilities, and physical attributes.
Their long association with humans has led dogs to be uniquely attuned to human behavior and they are able to thrive on a starch-rich diet that would be inadequate for other canid species. Dogs vary widely in shape, size and colors. They perform many roles for humans, such as hunting, herding, pulling loads, protection, assisting police and military, companionship and, more recently | , and I'm also trying to train animals to get involved in matches. I'm trying to get safety animals, like a dog, to basically pull the referee's leg before the count of three, little things like that. Or my dog will be carrying a weapon for me, and I would get it off his neck. Potentially if I had a female manager, and she has a cat, and the cat is maybe a good way of getting couple kids out of the audience, and I lure the | 72,126 | wow-train |
Hi, I love Tea! The flavor is great and it is so warm! | Tea
Tea is an aromatic beverage commonly prepared by pouring hot or boiling water over cured leaves of the "Camellia sinensis", an evergreen shrub (bush) native to East Asia. After water, it is the most widely consumed drink in the world. There are many different types of tea; some, like Darjeeling and Chinese greens, have a cooling, slightly bitter, and astringent flavour, while others have vastly different profiles that include sweet, nutty, floral or grassy notes.
Tea originated in Southwest China | ". She further explained, that "when I heard it, I thought, 'This is great,' [because] he brought a whole new flavor to the record. Sean [Garrett] already made it kinda swagged out, but Chris is just the icing on the cake, and I appreciated him for being a part of it and just being so supportive as an artist. He's so great, the girls love him, and I thought it would be great to have him on board." In | 72,127 | wow-train |
I used to train horses growling up. Historically they were used for warfare and farming and transportation
Is horse training hard? | movie stunt work to police and crowd control activities, circus entertainment, and equine-assisted psychotherapy.
There is tremendous controversy over various methods of horse training and even some of the words used to describe these methods. Some techniques are considered cruel, other methods are considered gentler and more humane. However, it is beyond the scope of this article to go into the details of various training methodology, so general, basic principles are described below. The "see also" section of this article provides links to more specific | parts of the world, they are still used for practical purposes such as farming.
Horses continue to be used in public service, in traditional ceremonies (parades, funerals), police and volunteer mounted patrols and for mounted search and rescue.
Riding halls enable the training of horse and rider in all weathers as well as indoor competition riding.
History of horse use.
Though there is controversy over the exact date horses were domesticated and when they were first ridden, the best estimate is that horses first were | 72,128 | wow-train |
Sushi is so delicious.
I know, but it tastes better with white rice. Brown rice is yucky.
Yea, I can't do it with brown rice. | Sushi
Sushi is traditionally made with medium-grain white rice, though it can be prepared with brown rice or short-grain rice. It is very often prepared with seafood, such as squid, eel, yellowtail, salmon, tuna or imitation crab meat. Many types of sushi are vegetarian. It is often served with pickled ginger ("gari"), wasabi, and soy sauce. Daikon radish or pickled daikon ("takuan") are popular garnishes for the dish.
"Sushi" is sometimes | to the cuisine of sushi. The sweet potato sushi roll, which Bun Lai created in 1995 at Miya's, is the California Roll of plant-based sushi. Today it can be found on sushi menus throughout the country. The use of brown rice — instead of white rice — and other whole grains for sushi, is also a Bun Lai innovation, which today is emulated throughout the world of sushi.
Chef Bun Lai created the first menu dedicated to the idea of using invasive species at Miya's in 2005 | 72,129 | wow-train |
I love horror films because they elicit a physiological reaction to the audience!
Horror movies are my favorite types of film too! I love the suspense and scares. | Horror film
A horror film is a film that seeks to elicit fear for entertainment purposes. Initially inspired by literature from authors like Edgar Allan Poe, Bram Stoker, and Mary Shelley, horror has existed as a film genre for more than a century. The macabre and the supernatural are frequent themes. Horror may also overlap with the fantasy, supernatural fiction, and thriller genres.
Horror films often aim to evoke viewers' nightmares, fears, revulsions and terror of the unknown. Plots within the horror genre often involve | film's unoriginality, the characters' lack of intelligence, and the film's reliance on gore for what he felt were cheap scares. He concluded his review by saying, "I love horror films that truly shock, scare and provoke. But after 30 years of this stuff, I'm bored to death and sick to death of movies that seem to have one goal: How can we gross out the audience by torturing nearly every major character in the movie?"
Possible sequel.
At the SXSW premiere, | 72,130 | wow-train |
I love playing baseball.
I have never played and don't really understand it, can you tell me a bit about it?
The game is played between two teams.
Ok and they have to run around bases right? | Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball game played between two opposing teams who take turns batting and fielding. The game proceeds when a player on the fielding team, called the pitcher, throws a ball which a player on the batting team tries to hit with a bat. The objectives of the offensive team (batting team) are to hit the ball into the field of play, and to run the bases—having its runners advance counter-clockwise around four bases to score what are called "runs" | . On Valentine's Day I played the song for Valerie and said, "I don't have anything, this is all I can give you right now. It's yours." Valeri loved the song; two years later she married me.'
Lanni also played the song to his bandmates in Sheriff. "The band really liked it, so we started playing it live. That was one of the last songs we recorded when we did the record. The producer said, 'Is there anything else? | 72,131 | wow-train |
Do you ever drink scotch whisky, a malt or grain whisky made in Scotland
no, never have drank Scotch whisky, malt or grain whisky from Scotland
I have, it is delicious, Its crazy how it has to be aged in oak barrels for at least three years!
i imaging being aged in oak barrels for three years it has to be good | old.
The first written mention of Scotch whisky is in the Exchequer Rolls of Scotland, 1495. A friar named John Cor was the distiller at Lindores Abbey in Newburgh, Fife, where, in October 2017, malt whisky production restarted for the first time in 522 years.
Many Scotch whisky drinkers refer to a unit for drinking as a dram.
Regulations and labelling.
Regulations and labelling Legal definition.
As of 23 November 2009, the Scotch Whisky Regulations 2009 (SWR) define and regulate the production | Single malt Scotch
Single malt Scotch is single malt whisky made in Scotland. To be a single malt scotch the whisky must have been distilled at a single distillery using a pot still distillation process and made from a mash of malted barley. As with any Scotch whisky, a single malt Scotch must be distilled in Scotland and matured in oak casks in Scotland for at least three years and one day. (Most single malts are matured longer.)
- "Malt" indicates that the whisky is distilled from a " | 72,132 | wow-train |
Are you scared of ghosts? They're the soul or spirit of a dead person or animal
Yeah I am scared of ghosts, mostly because I don't understand it I think
It is believed that they haunt locations, objects, or people that they were associated with in life
That is what I have already heard I just wonder why they do that? | Ghost
In folklore, a ghost (sometimes known as an apparition, haunt, phantom, poltergeist, shade, specter or spectre, spirit, spook, and wraith) is the soul or spirit of a dead person or animal that can appear to the living. In ghostlore, descriptions of ghosts vary widely from an invisible presence to translucent or barely visible wispy shapes, to realistic, lifelike forms. The deliberate attempt to contact the spirit of a deceased person is known as necromancy, or in spiritism as a "séance | believed to haunt particular locations, objects, or people they were associated with in life. According to a 2009 study by the Pew Research Center, 18% of Americans say they have seen a ghost.
The overwhelming consensus of science is that ghosts do not exist. Their existence is impossible to falsify, and ghost hunting has been classified as pseudoscience. Despite centuries of investigation, there is no scientific evidence that any location is inhabited by spirits of the dead. Research has indicated that ghost sightings may be related to degenerative | 72,133 | wow-train |
I've been playing piano all my life. It took me many years to be really good on the keys.
Piano is an amazing instrument, I play piano as well! | Piano
The piano is an acoustic, stringed musical instrument invented in Italy by Bartolomeo Cristofori around the year 1700 (the exact year is uncertain), in which the strings are struck by hammers. It is played using a keyboard, which is a row of keys (small levers) that the performer presses down or strikes with the fingers and thumbs of both hands to cause the hammers to strike the strings.
The word piano is a shortened form of "pianoforte", the Italian term for the early 1700s versions | , you've got to be the Latin lover. You should play the guitar. You know, if you play the piano you destroy the whole image, you know? So I've been playing guitar for many, many years, you know, which was let's say my second instrument. That was an instrument that I used to play by ear, you know?The album was inducted into the Latin Grammy Hall of Fame in 2001. In 2007, "Rolling Stone Brasil" ranked it number 58 in ""Os | 72,134 | wow-train |
Hello there! Do you enjoy reading?
i love reading but like many things reading requires continuous practice and devlopment
That's true. You can always improve on comprehension and speed.
i love how reading is a way to share informtion and ideas through mass appeal and do it quickly
It is an extremely efficient method of exchanging information. It's been made even better with the advent of the internet. | 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 | and Roll Dreams Come Through", is a prayer to rock music, celebrating how it is always there to help you through troubled times. One of its lyrics is "You're never alone, 'cause you can put on the 'phones and let the drummer tell your heart what to do." The fourth track also has dark overtones. "It Just Won't Quit", Steinman explains, "is about the fact that there are some things you never shake off... That's love, I guess." | 72,135 | wow-train |
Hello! I am a retired school teacher. I have stopped employment completely.
That's great. What was it like to be a teacher?
It was very stressful. That's why I didn't chose to semi-retire - which is working a reduced number of hours rather than stopping work completely.
How does it feel to be retired? | countries, support for the old is still mainly provided through the family. Today, retirement with a pension is considered a right of the worker in many societies, and hard ideological, social, cultural and political battles have been fought over whether this is a right. In many western countries this right is mentioned in national constitutions.
History.
Retirement, or the practice of leaving one's job or ceasing to work after reaching a certain age, has been around since around the 18th century. Prior to the 18th | well-crafted songs. I loved Sting, Led Zeppelin, Dire Straits, James Taylor and Fleetwood Mac. That's what I was drawn to. I love the simplicity of a great song, I just didn't realize how hard that was to capture in a recording. That's why working with Rosen is so great. It was like, 'Okay, I found this guy I can write songs with and who is really good at turning everything into pop, while still letting me be myself.'" | 72,136 | wow-train |
I have blond hair. Blond hair lacks dark pigment eumelanin
I have dark hair (well, before it turned gray), so I guess that meant I had lots of eumelanin? | Brown hair
Brown hair is the second most common human hair color, after black hair. It varies from light brown to almost black hair. It is characterized by higher levels of the dark pigment eumelanin and lower levels of the pale pigment pheomelanin. People with brown hair are often referred to as brunette, which in French is the feminine form of "brunet," the diminutive of "brun" (brown, brown-haired or dark-haired).
Brown hair is common among populations in the Western world | after black. It is caused by higher levels of the natural dark pigment eumelanin, and lower levels of the pale pigment pheomelanin. Brown eumelanin is more common among Europeans, while black eumelanin is more often found in the hair on non-Europeans. A small amount of black eumelanin, in the absence of other pigments, results in grey hair. A small amount of brown eumelanin in the absence of other pigments results in blond hair.
In Western popular culture, a common stereotype is that brunettes are stable, serious | 72,137 | wow-train |
I love to read green eggs and ham to my kids, the book by Dr. Suess | Green Eggs and Ham
Green Eggs and Ham is a children's book by Dr. Seuss, first published on August 12, 1960. As of 2019, the book has sold 8 million copies worldwide.
The story has appeared in several adaptations starting with 1973's "Dr. Seuss on the Loose" starring Paul Winchell as the voice of both Sam-I-am and the first-person narrator.
Plot.
The story follows an unnamed character who does not like green eggs and ham and his adversary Sam | . This section does not contain duplicate entries. While Horton Hatches The Egg, How The Grinch Stole Christmas, Horton Hears A Who, The Cat in the Hat, Green Eggs and Ham, and Because A Little Bug Went Ka-Choo!, were adapted into full animation, they were also adapted into a non-animated production for this Dr. Seuss Collection.
Direct-to-video Dr. Seuss Beginner Book Video.
- "Dr. Seuss's ABC" plus "I Can Read with My Eyes Shut! | 72,138 | wow-train |
I love hiking usually on trails in the countryside.
I do like being outdoors but what does hiking entail?
It is the act of a long, vigorous walk, usually in challenging areas! Thats what makes it so fun!
Sounds like a dram except for the challenging part. Do you need special equipment? | 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 | 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 | 72,139 | wow-train |
I really like the color pink. I have many pink shirts and like to eat pink cotton candy. Do you like pink?
I'm not a big fan of pink, but it's interesting that it only began to be used as a color name in the late 17th century.
Really? I wonder what the shade was called before then. Perhaps light red? | Rose (color)
Rose is the color halfway between red and magenta on the HSV color wheel, also known as the , on which it is at hue angle of 330 degrees.
Rose is one of the tertiary colors on the HSV (RGB) color wheel. The complementary color of rose is spring green.
Sometimes rose is quoted instead as the web-safe color FF00CC, which is closer to magenta than to red, corresponding to a hue angle near 320 degrees, or the web-safe color | know how much it applies to any music that you record, or bands that you play with. I mean, it's great to have all those chops and it allows you to interpret whatever's in your mind, which is great, but, it's never really been for me. I mean, I like band drummers"..."I like to see bands as a cohesive unit and no-one sticking out too much."
Other.
Gary Wallis is the cousin of Pink Fairies guitarist and former member of | 72,140 | wow-train |
There's this guy at work he seems like a total vampire. I try not to be caught alone with hem lest he feed on my blood.
Yikes, Have you told him how creepy you think he is?
I'm afraid to. If he is indeed an undead being I assume that only michief or death will befall me if I tell him that.
Do you carry a cross or garlic to work with you?
No but I douse myself in garlic oil. I basic smell like sulfur all the time.
I'm sure other think badly of you like you do the blood sucker | minerals. Being abundant in native form, sulfur was known in ancient times, being mentioned for its uses in ancient India, ancient Greece, China, and Egypt. In the Bible, sulfur is called brimstone, which means "burning stone". Today, almost all elemental sulfur is produced as a byproduct of removing sulfur-containing contaminants from natural gas and petroleum. The greatest commercial use of the element is the production of sulfuric acid for sulfate and phosphate fertilizers, and other chemical processes. The element sulfur is used | to know him a little bit...to talk to him. He is not afraid to test the barriers a little bit, he is not afraid to say, hey, you don't quite do it like this and to look at how the players are really really playing...the mark of a good teacher is someone who listens and evolves with the game and leads that evolution and you have that guy here today. First time I saw this my mouth dropped, my jaw dropped open, I go holy criminy! The | 72,141 | wow-train |
I love to whittle I am whittling a small boat for my grandson now | Whittling
Whittling may refer either to the art of carving shapes out of raw wood using a knife or a time-occupying, non-artistic (contrast wood carving for artistic process) process of repeatedly shaving slivers from a piece of wood.
Background of whittling.
Casual whittling is typically performed with a light, small-bladed knife, usually a pocket knife. Specialized whittling knives, with fixed single blades, are preferred for sculpting artistic work. They have thick handles which are easier to grip for long periods | those days, and I became an actress. So, if I hadn't taken up acting, I would have tried to become a doctor as my mom wished for it. But now, fortunately, my grandson is a doctor, and I am proud of it."
Early career.
She acted in small roles in few "Vairam Nataka Sabha" dramas. Once she went to see a drama of S. S. Rajendran, who was residing at Pudukkotai, in Tamil Nadu, and P.A. Kumar introduced her to | 72,142 | wow-train |
My sister is obsessed with this singer named Isaiah Rashad. Have you heard of him?
no i have not. he ,ust ne young. is he into hip hop
Yes he is an American hip hop recording artist from Chattanooga, Tennessee. He's pretty good!
he sounds fun! hip hop is a type of art originating from bronx, new york. thats funny hes from tennessee then.
I love hip hop music. While it may originate in the Bronx, its effects are wide reaching throughout the country and even the world. | European hip hop
European hip hop is hip hop music created by European musicians. Hip hop is a style of music developed by African American and Caribbean communities in the United States during the mid-1970s, and became a large part of modern pop culture during the 1980s. Due to this success, it has gained worldwide popularity, especially in Europe where many diverse and unique styles of hip hop have been created. This diversity is especially apparent in the forms of hip hop music and culture emanating from settler communities from Europe's former | Isaiah Rashad
Isaiah Rashad McClain (born May 16, 1991) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer from Chattanooga, Tennessee. Rashad began taking rapping seriously in the tenth grade, where he and his friends would record on laptops. He spent the next few years recording at local recording studios. His first big break would be touring with rappers Juicy J, Joey Badass and Smoke DZA among others, on the 2012 Smoker's Club Tour. He is also a founding member of the Chattanooga hip hop | 72,143 | wow-train |
I have fibromyalgia, which makes getting around difficult.
Hey! Do you know anyone with Fibromyalgia? It's a medical condition characterised by chronic widespread pain and a heightened pain response to pressure.
I have fibro, which causes widespread pain, but I don't have the pain response to pressure. | Fibromyalgia
Fibromyalgia (FM) is a medical condition characterized by chronic widespread pain and a heightened pain response to pressure. Other symptoms include tiredness to a degree that normal activities are affected, sleep problems and troubles with memory. Some people also report restless legs syndrome, bowel or bladder problems, numbness and tingling and sensitivity to noise, lights or temperature. Fibromyalgia is frequently associated with depression, anxiety and posttraumatic stress disorder. Other types of chronic pain are also frequently present.
The cause of fibromyalgia is unknown; however | depression" (may respond to antidepressants)
3. "depression with concomitant fibromyalgia syndrome" (may respond to antidepressants)
4. "fibromyalgia due to somatization" (may respond to psychotherapy)
Signs and symptoms.
The defining symptoms of fibromyalgia are chronic widespread pain, fatigue, sleep disturbance, and heightened pain in response to tactile pressure (allodynia). Other symptoms may include tingling of the skin (paresthesias), prolonged muscle spasms, weakness in the limbs, nerve pain, muscle twitching, palpitations | 72,144 | wow-train |
I am allergic to dust. | Allergy
Allergies, also known as allergic diseases, are a number of conditions caused by hypersensitivity of the immune system to typically harmless substances in the environment. These diseases include hay fever, food allergies, atopic dermatitis, allergic asthma, and anaphylaxis. Symptoms may include red eyes, an itchy rash, sneezing, a runny nose, shortness of breath, or swelling. Food intolerances and food poisoning are separate conditions.
Common allergens include pollen and certain food. Metals and other substances may also cause problems. Food, | "I did all the transfer with my helmet off and I am sorry I did because the dust really bothered my eyes and throat. I was tasting it and eating it"; and "[w]hen I climbed in the tunnel I could tell there was a lot of dust in the LM and you could smell it".
NASA crew surgeon (Category IV), Dr. Bill Carpentier, observed his own, as well as Apollo mission crew members', post-flight allergic-type responses. Dr. Carpentier recalls | 72,145 | wow-train |
The circus seems so interesting and nostalgic to me. But I've only ever been once. I kind of wish I could see it more often, and that it was in town more. Can you tell me anything about its history?
Sure, the modern circus really began around 1768 in England, it was developed by a man named Philip Astley.
In England? I wouldn't have guessed that. Is there anything more specific about what types of acts and animals were first used in the early circuses?
Sure, the first acts used back then included riding horses on tracks, acrobats, tightrope walkers, jugglers, and clowns.
Yeah, that's about what I thought. Are there any fun facts you could tell me about it that I may not have known?
Sure, the name circus originated because Philip Astley rode his horses on circular tracks rathern than in straight lines, hence the "circ" part of circus.
Huh.. that seems almost too obvious. But funny nonetheless! What's one more thing you could tell me that would leave a lasting impression on me about circuses? | Circus
A circus is a company of performers who put on diverse entertainment shows that may include clowns, acrobats, trained animals, trapeze acts, musicians, dancers, hoopers, tightrope walkers, jugglers, magicians, unicyclists, as well as other object manipulation and stunt-oriented artists. The term "circus" also describes the performance which has followed various formats through its 250-year modern history. Although not the inventor of the medium, Philip Astley is credited as the father of the modern circus. In 1768 Astley, a | about anything...He was a genius, a fine man and, yes, I miss him every day." In his last phone conversation with Randi, Andrus said, "I've been every place I've ever wanted to go, I've met everyone I've wanted to meet...I've never done this before, and you don't get a second chance out of it, I'm told. I'm observing really interesting things. I wish they wouldn't fill me with so many chemicals because I want to | 72,146 | wow-train |
I quite like cooking but I hate to clean!
Have you tried different ways of cooking?
Just about everything that I have equipment for in my kitchen. I like to try to reverse engineer things I like at restaurants. | Barbecue grill
A barbecue grill is a device that cooks food by applying heat from below. There are several varieties of grills, with most falling into one of three categories: gas-fueled, charcoal, or electric. There is debate over which method yields superior results.
History in the Americas.
Grilling has existed in the Americas since pre-Colonial times. The Arawak people of South America roasted meat on a wooden structure called a barbacoa in Spanish. For centuries, the term "barbacoa" referred to | , the record's theme reflects on looking for solutions and happiness. In an interview with MTV News, Lee said about the album's title: I feel like I have the ability to do a lot of things I couldn't do before, for a number of reasons... ... A lot of doors have kind of been opened in my life—not just since everything has happened for us. The singer also felt the band "broke the doors" and tried doing different things, which was also an inspiration | 72,147 | wow-train |
Have you ever had influenza, also known as "the flu" ?
I've had symptoms before, but I don't think I've ever had the full blown effects of the flu. I don't usually get sick. | Influenza
Influenza, commonly known as the flu, is an infectious disease caused by an influenza virus. Symptoms can be mild to severe. The most common symptoms include: high fever, runny nose, sore throat, muscle pains, headache, coughing, sneezing, and feeling tired. These symptoms typically begin two days after exposure to the virus and most last less than a week. The cough, however, may last for more than two weeks. In children, there may be diarrhea and vomiting, but these are | with direction. Beyond my first or second film, I don't think I've ever had terrible dilemmas based upon resources, but shooting and figuring out how is not a problem, never was. The problems that you have are getting everybody to be on the same page.
Hill says that Bronson was more supportive to work with than Coburn:
[Bronson was a] very angry guy ... Didn't get along with a lot of people. The only reason I can tell you he and I got along well | 72,148 | wow-train |
Hey there, I live in Dallas. May I know where do you live?
I live in Miami, i know that Dallas is fourth most populous metropolitan area in the US, i would like to know more about dallas
Dallas has a burgeoning art scene and a prime example of this lies within the Dallas Arts District, the largest entertainment district of its kind in the nation.
I know that the Dallas museum collection is made up of more than 24,000 objects, its really huge, i would like to visit someday
There are many gardens at Dallas that I really like them. One of the bests is Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden.
I have read about that, its a series of gardens and fountains with a view of the lake and downtown dallas
But the weather, it is hard to bare it. Dallas averages daily maximum temperature for July that's between 94 and 98 degrees Fahrenheit. The minimum temperature usually falls between 75 and 79 °F. | Dallas
Dallas () is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of Dallas County, with portions extending into Collin, Denton, Kaufman and Rockwall counties. With an estimated 2018 population of 1,345,047, it is the ninth most-populous city in the U.S. and third in Texas after Houston and San Antonio. Located in North Texas, the city of Dallas is the main core of the largest metropolitan area in the Southern United States and the largest inland metropolitan area in the U.S. that lacks any navigable link | - What Right Have I
- When I’ve Sung My Last Hillbilly
- When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder
- When We Live Again
- Where Do You Stand
- Where Dreams Come to Die (co-written with Buddy Cannon)
- Where My House Lives
- Where's The Show
- Whiskey River (by Johnny Bush, Paul Stroud)
- White Cadillac Convertible Blue
- Who Do I Know In Dallas (co-written With Hank Cochran)
- Who | 72,149 | wow-train |
I thought shellfish was harvested from saltwater but recently found out some species can also be found in freshwater!
Wow, I have not seen shellfish before. How is it like?
They are invertebrates, they have so many different species as molluscs, crustaceans and echinoderms. You are missing out, they are delicious!
That is lovely, I will like to taste some | Starfish
Starfish or sea stars are star-shaped echinoderms belonging to the class Asteroidea. Common usage frequently finds these names being also applied to ophiuroids, which are correctly referred to as brittle stars or basket stars. About 1,500 species of starfish occur on the seabed in all the world's oceans, from the tropics to frigid polar waters. They are found from the intertidal zone down to abyssal depths, below the surface.
Starfish are marine invertebrates. They typically have a central disc and five arms, though some species | 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 | 72,150 | wow-train |
i've always dreamed about being a veterinarian. so i could save all the animals lol. is that weird?
Which animal do you want to deal with as veterinary medicine is wide, covering all animal species, both domesticated and wild
domestic preferably. wild is cool too but i'm too much of a wimp lol
You can also augment it with other paraprofessionals with specific specialisms such as animal physiotherapy or dentistry. Hence it is a very versatile profession
hm. didn't think of that. some vets build like "wheelchairs" for pets...is that physiotherapy? | Physical therapy
Physical therapy (PT), also known as physiotherapy, is one of the allied health professions that, by using evidence-based kinesiology, electrotherapy, shockwave modality, exercise prescription, joint mobilization and health education, treats conditions such as chronic or acute pain, soft tissue injuries, cartilage damage, arthritis, gait disorders and physical impairments typically of musculoskeletal, cardiopulmonary, neurological and endocrinological origins. Physical therapy is used to improve a patient's physical functions through physical examination, diagnosis, prognosis, physical intervention, | 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 | 72,151 | wow-train |
I have red hair and it actually occurs naturally in 1 to 2 % of the population. I must admit though mine isn't natural!
Interesting, Red hair is popular to what tribe?
I know that it occurs more frequently in people of northern or western European ancestry and less frequently in other populatios
How about the Indians?
I havent seen anything about that but maybe. It varies in hues from deep burgundy or bright copper through to burnt orange or red orange and strawberry blondee
ed orange and strawberry blondee ,are those a type of red hair?
apparently yes. it is characterized by high levels of the reddish pigment pheomelanin and relatively low levels of the dark pigment eumelanin
Is red hair be also related to health issue? | by high levels of the reddish pigment pheomelanin and relatively low levels of the dark pigment eumelanin, it is associated with fair skin color, lighter eye color, freckles, and sensitivity to ultraviolet light.
Cultural reactions to red hair have varied from ridicule to admiration with many common stereotypes in existence regarding redheads. The term redhead has been in use since at least 1510.
Geographic distribution.
Geographic distribution Modern.
Geographic distribution Modern Northern and Western Europe.
Red hair is most commonly found at the northern and western fringes of | valerian) colors.
In science and nature Hair color.
Red hair occurs naturally on approximately 1–2% of the human population. It occurs more frequently (2–6%) in people of northern or western European ancestry, and less frequently in other populations. Red hair appears in people with two copies of a recessive gene on chromosome 16 which causes a mutation in the MC1R protein.
Red hair varies from a deep burgundy through burnt orange to bright copper. It is characterized by high levels of the reddish pigment pheomelanin ( | 72,152 | wow-train |
I never learned how to write. I have to use the talk-to-type function just to write this.
wow! hve you ever thought about reading development? You could start your progression of skills quickly!
I've thought about it but I've just never gotten around to it. My sister reads and writes for me usually.
Well if you do, you can attain full language literacy. This includes being able to write with accuracy and coherence. You could write anything!
I guess I could, huh? Well now I'll have to do it! Do they have schools just for adults who are illiterate?
I'm not sure! But you could learn speech sounds, word meanings, grammar, and more! I think this would improve your life!
I think it would too. Thank you so much for urging me to take the steps to becoming a reader!
Yes I hope you can use this knowledge to understand the dominant symbols of our culture! It would help understanding mathematical problems as well.
I am very good at math, I even know calculus! | Literacy
Dictionaries traditionally define literacy as the ability to read and write. In the modern world, this is one way of interpreting literacy. One more broad interpretation sees literacy as knowledge and competence in a specific area. The concept of literacy has evolved in meaning. The modern term's meaning has been expanded to include the ability to use language, numbers, images, computers, and other basic means to understand, communicate, gain useful knowledge, solve mathematical problems and use the dominant symbol systems of a culture. The | Ricky.
Commenting to "Digital Spy" about her return, Lawrence said: "I've not been in the show for 11 years and it's not like I've ever thought "I'll never go back", you just think that your chance to go back has gone. It never crossed my mind that the occasion would ever arise, so when I got the phone call, it was really odd. There was never any doubt that I'd do it for Mike [Reid] and it's not | 72,153 | wow-train |
I love cars made by Honda. Acura is such a good example of luxury.
I also love Hondas. My last three cars have been Hondas: 1 Camry and 2 Pilots. Acura is a bit too luxurious for me. Do you prefer luxury models? | Honda
Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959, as well as the world's largest manufacturer of internal combustion engines measured by volume, producing more than 14 million internal combustion engines each year. Honda became the second-largest Japanese automobile manufacturer in 2001. Honda was the eighth largest automobile manufacturer in the world in 2015.
Honda was the first Japanese automobile manufacturer to release a dedicated luxury brand, Acura, in 1986. Aside from their core automobile and motorcycle businesses, Honda also manufactures garden equipment | as Honda's Acura line, Nissan's Infiniti brand, and Toyota's Lexus marque, as the entry-level luxury models were based on their mainstream lineup. For example, the Lexus ES shares the drivetrain and is based on the same platform as the Toyota Camry (and from the 2013 model year, on the stretched version used by the Avalon); the Lexus LX is an upgraded rebadge of the Toyota Land Cruiser, and the Acura TSX is a rebadge of the JDM Honda Accord.
Problems and controversy. | 72,154 | wow-train |
I love to read horror its a genre of fiction
It is to spooky fo rme
Horror is meant to scare, disgust or frighten you lol
Yeah but still it is not my cup of tea | Horror fiction
Horror is a genre of speculative fiction which is intended to frighten, scare, disgust, or startle its readers by inducing feelings of horror and terror. Literary historian J. A. Cuddon defined the horror story as "a piece of fiction in prose of variable length... which shocks, or even frightens the reader, or perhaps induces a feeling of repulsion or loathing". It creates an eerie and frightening atmosphere. Horror is frequently supernatural, though it might be non supernatural Often the central menace of a work of | to frighten or disgust its readers. Although many horror novels feature supernatural phenomena or monsters, it is not required. Early horror took much inspiration from Romanticism and Gothic fiction. Modern horror, such as cosmic horror and splatterpunk, tends to be less melodramatic and more explicit. Horror is often mixed with other genres.
Critical appraisal and controversy.
Although frequently ignored or ridiculed by literary critics, genre fiction has achieved a measure of acceptance among some modern critics, with Stephen King being awarded the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to | 72,155 | wow-train |
Have you ever heard of Woodstock. It was a famous music festival in 1969.
Oh, sure. the Woodstock arts and Music fair was the highlight of 1969 if you don't count the moon landing. Over 400,000 people attended.
Yeah, There were 32 performers that performed acts. It was huge at the time.
The hippies who descended on Max Yasgur's farm were drawn by what was billed as "An Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music"
There was a film about it too. That won an Academy Award in 1970. And Joni Mitchell made a song about it that was popular also | the sometimes rainy weekend, 32 acts performed outdoors. It is widely regarded as a pivotal moment in popular music history, as well as the definitive nexus for the larger counterculture generation. "Rolling Stone" listed it as number 19 of the "50 Moments That Changed the History of Rock and Roll".
The event was captured in the Academy Award-winning 1970 documentary film "Woodstock", an accompanying , and Joni Mitchell's song "Woodstock", which commemorated the event and became a major hit for both | List of performances and events at Woodstock Festival
The Woodstock Music & Art Fair was a music festival held on a 600-acre (2.4 km²; 240 ha, 0.94 mi²) dairy farm in the rural town of Bethel, New York from August 15 to August 18, 1969. Thirty-two acts performed during the sometimes rainy weekend in front of nearly half a million concertgoers. It is widely regarded as one of the greatest moments in popular music history and was listed on "Rolling Stone"s "50 Moments That Changed | 72,156 | wow-train |
My brother builds aquariums for a living, to keep aquatic plants or animals in to be displayed or as pets.
That's pretty cool! I would love to have an aquarium
Robert Warington actually created the idea for aquariums back in 1850. He explained that plants added to the water would give off oxygen to support the fish.
In 1850? Wow! That's a long time ago. I didn't know you have to have plants in aquarium.
You don't have to, but it helps with oxygen. Especially if there are large numbers of fish or aquatic animals.
Oh, I see! That's very good to know! | water-filled tank in which fish swim about. Small aquariums are kept in the home by hobbyists. There are larger public aquariums in many cities. This kind of aquarium is a building with fish and other aquatic animals in large tanks. A large aquarium may have otters, turtles, dolphins, and other sea animals. Most aquarium tanks also have plants.
An aquarist owns fish or maintains an aquarium, typically constructed of glass or high-strength acrylic. Cuboid aquaria are also known as fish tanks or simply tanks | The aquarium principle was fully developed in 1850 by the chemist Robert Warington, who explained that plants added to water in a container would give off enough oxygen to support animals, so long as the numbers of animals did not grow too large. The aquarium craze was launched in early Victorian England by Gosse, who created and stocked the first public aquarium at the London Zoo in 1853, and published the first manual, "The Aquarium: An Unveiling of the Wonders of the Deep Sea" in 1854. An aquarium is a | 72,157 | wow-train |
Can you imagine that Blond is just a hair color characterized by low levels of the dark pigment eumelanin.
I'm Blonde! whats the percentage of blondes to dark haired individuals? | 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 | Brown hair
Brown hair is the second most common human hair color, after black hair. It varies from light brown to almost black hair. It is characterized by higher levels of the dark pigment eumelanin and lower levels of the pale pigment pheomelanin. People with brown hair are often referred to as brunette, which in French is the feminine form of "brunet," the diminutive of "brun" (brown, brown-haired or dark-haired).
Brown hair is common among populations in the Western world | 72,158 | wow-train |
My biggest fear in life is heights. Too scary to be up so high.
The formal term is called acrophobia, and I have it a lot too. I really hate heights
Yeah, my ex had me go on a roller coaster that was like the tallest in the park, I was so scared.
I would say so! I can relate. When I am up on high bridges I feel so awful. Some people even have panic attacks in high places and cant get down themselves!
I don't mind bridges, usually. I guess I feel safe in the car, but I can't really get up on a ladder either | Acrophobia
Acrophobia is an extreme or irrational fear or phobia of heights, especially when one is not particularly high up. It belongs to a category of specific phobias, called space and motion discomfort, that share both similar causes and options for treatment.
Most people experience a degree of natural fear when exposed to heights, known as the fear of falling. On the other hand, those who have little fear of such exposure are said to have a head for heights. A head for heights is advantageous for those hiking | perfectionist", and called her "the biggest influence in my life", the one who drove him to achieve great heights.
Nothing was really ever good enough. I brought home my college board scores—I think I got just under 1,400 the first time. She was crushed. She didn't understand how I could do so poorly. I think that I share a lot of those qualities. She used to have an expression that I would say is the guiding principle of my life: Always shoot for the | 72,159 | wow-train |
Leonardo da Vinci was such an interesting person, do you know much about him?
Da Vinci was more than just an artist he was also a inventor, sculptor, architect, and mathmetician.
Wow he was extremely talented then it sounds like. Do you know some things he was famous for?
He was the originator of some of the earliest designs of the parachute, helicopter, and tank.
He was clearly influential in a lot of ways then it seems. I can't remember around what time he was alive, do you know? | Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (14/15 April 14522 May 1519), more commonly Leonardo da Vinci ( ), was an Italian polymath of the Renaissance whose areas of interest included invention, drawing, painting, sculpting, architecture, science, music, mathematics, engineering, literature, anatomy, geology, astronomy, botany, writing, history, and cartography. He is widely considered one of the greatest painters of all time, despite perhaps only 15 of his paintings having survived.
The "Mona | which his Aldine Press (established 1494) was in operation, he published many classic works from antiquity. He was the first to publish pocket-size volumes, achieving this by using standardized typefaces. He was the innovator of the first italic type, along with other typefaces and typographical characters.
Leonardo da Vinci, born in 1452 in Vinci, was a painter, sculptor, architect, musician, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist, and writer. His genius, perhaps more than | 72,160 | wow-train |
I wish I would have received a higher quality education. | Educational inequality
Educational inequality is the unequal distribution of academic resources, including but not limited to; school funding, qualified and experienced teachers, books, and technologies to socially excluded communities. These communities tend to be historically disadvantaged and oppressed. More times than not, individuals belonging to these marginalized groups are also denied access to the schools with abundant resources. Inequality leads to major differences in the educational success or efficiency of these individuals and ultimately suppresses social and economic mobility. "See Statistic sections for more information." | was ranked 5th in Norway, and 900th in the World in the 2010 Webometrics Ranking of World Universities.
The European Commission awarded the Diploma Supplement Label from 2009 to 2013 to Østfold University College (Høgskolen i Østfold). Of the 26 Norwegian higher education institutions that applied, Østfold University College was one of five that received this distinction of quality.
Academics Theatre.
Norwegian Theatre Academy offers a challenging undergraduate education in theatre and welcomes aspiring performing artists and scenographers who wish to explore the interaction between visual art and theatre, | 72,161 | wow-train |
Christmas.. the cultural celebration among billions of people around the world. My favourite time of year!
Christmas is great, everyone is in good spirits.
Christmas Day is a public holiday in many of the world's nations, is it in yours?
Yes, I would say it is the biggest holiday of the year. | Christmas traditions
Christmas traditions vary from country to country. Christmas celebrations for many nations include the installing and lighting of Christmas trees, the hanging of Advent wreaths, Christmas stockings, candy canes, setting out cookies and milk, and the creation of Nativity scenes depicting the birth of Jesus Christ. Christmas carols may be sung and stories told about such figures as the Baby Jesus, St Nicholas, Santa Claus, Father Christmas, Christkind or Grandfather Frost. The sending and exchange of Christmas card greetings, observance of fasting and special | Christmas
Christmas is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, observed on December 25 as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people around the world. A feast central to the Christian liturgical year, it is preceded by the season of Advent or the Nativity Fast and initiates the season of Christmastide, which historically in the West lasts twelve days and culminates on Twelfth Night; in some traditions, Christmastide includes an octave. Christmas Day is a public holiday in many of the world's nations, is celebrated religiously | 72,162 | wow-train |
I have hd 5 pets my whole life, I have them because they provide my family with both physical and emotional benefits. They are my support animals.
Pets are so great, I have a miniature pinscher, what kind of pets did you have?
I have 2 dogs and a cat. I love Walking my dog, It gives me and my pet plenty of exercise, fresh air, and lots of great social interaction.
Walking is definitely a great form of exercise, what breed are your dogs?
I have an Australian cattle dog, Hes medium-sized has a pretty short coat, Hid fur has two main colour forms of brown and yellow.
I've never heard of that breed, can you tell me more about it? | Australian Cattle Dog
The Australian Cattle Dog (ACD), or simply Cattle Dog, is a breed of herding dog originally developed in Australia for droving cattle over long distances across rough terrain. This breed is a medium-sized, short-coated dog that occurs in two main colour forms. It has either brown or black hair distributed fairly evenly through a white coat, which gives the appearance of a "red" or "blue" dog.
As with dogs from other working breeds, the Australian Cattle Dog | agricultural websites, and specifically, because I wanted to get an emotional feeling for pigs—not just a clinical, dry feeling—I also went and researched pig enthusiast websites. I don’t mean the kind of websites you have to hide from your children, I mean there are people in America, probably here too, who own pigs as pets and they write lots of articles about pigs and how pigs feel and what pigs like (besides other pigs)… Off the top of my head, I could not tell | 72,163 | wow-train |
I own 2 dogs
I can't believe that the dog was the first animal to be domesticated?
I believe that they were much large than today's domesticated canines
It is crazy to think that they found a dog buried next to a human 14,700.
One of the best guard dogs are the Belgian Malinois. Are you a bot? | Dog
The domestic dog ("Canis lupus familiaris" when considered a subspecies of the wolf or "Canis familiaris" when considered a distinct species) is a member of the genus "Canis" (canines), which forms part of the wolf-like canids, and is the most widely abundant terrestrial carnivore. The dog and the extant gray wolf are sister taxa as modern wolves are not closely related to the wolves that were first domesticated, which implies that the direct ancestor of the dog is extinct. The dog | a dog, however these have been challenged as being left by a wolf. Paleolithic dogs were directly associated with human hunting camps in Europe over 30,000 (YBP) and it is proposed that they were domesticated. They are also proposed to be either a proto-dog and the ancestor of the domestic dog or a type of wolf unknown to science.
Fossil record "Canis lupus familiaris" (domestic dog).
In 2002, a study was undertaken into the fossil skulls of two large canids that had been found buried within | 72,164 | wow-train |
I love overwatch such a fun game | Overwatch (video game)
Overwatch is a team-based multiplayer first-person shooter developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment and released on May 24, 2016, for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Windows. Described as a "hero shooter," "Overwatch" assigns players into two teams of six, with each player selecting from a roster of over 30 characters, known as "heroes," each with a unique style of play that is divided into three general roles that fit their purpose. Players on a | 's sixth player alongside two other well-known Quake players, Tim "DaHanG" Fogarty and Andrew "id_" Trulli. Concerning motivation for playing Overwatch, Hendrixson echoed his previous statement on the team-oriented game ShootMania, stating that Overwatch was "fun, and coming from a mostly duel background in Quake — even though I have played team modes/games before — it's nice and refreshing to start something new and play a team game." When asked about his contributions to the team, he noted | 72,165 | wow-train |
I like going to Canada
Canada is a lovely place indeed. Though Quadruple jump controversy that happened in 2010 Winter Olympics had some negative effect on its image
I was never sure i followed the Olympics. What happened on the image of Canada?
Well, it was a misunderstanding and conflict around man's figure skating competition and the results seemed to be misleading
I see. Canada is a very cool country with cool people. They are what they represent and their image should not be tarnished
Canadian people have coolness in their attitude. How many times have you visited the country?
I go there every summer.
I have read Canada have very naturally beautiful places to see during summer. I wish Summer Olympic Games to be held there after Brazil
Hopefully let see. However have they tried to fix where the next Olympic will be held? | Olympic Games
The modern Olympic Games or Olympics () are leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games are considered the world's foremost sports competition with more than 200 nations participating. The Olympic Games are held every four years, with the Summer and Winter Games alternating by occurring every four years but two years apart.
Their creation was inspired by the ancient Olympic Games, which were held in Olympia, Greece | twice about it. It was Us versus Them. And Kharlamov was killing us. I mean, somebody had to do it. And I sure wasn't going to ask Henderson." Clarke, however, does not recall Ferguson telling him this.
International play Nagano Olympics.
Named general manager of Team Canada on January 30, 1997, Clarke was tasked with picking which NHLers would compete for Canada at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, the first time NHLers would compete in the Olympics. A few of Clarke's | 72,166 | wow-train |
I love toga parties! I usually make my toga out of a bed sheet and wear my sandals.
What are toga parties?
A toga party is a costume party with a Roman or Greek theme. Everyone wears togas and sandals!
When was the history of such form of partying? | Toga party
A toga party is a Greco-Roman-themed costume party where attendees wear a toga (normally made from a bed sheet) with sandals. The costumes, party games, and other entertainment often adhere to the Roman or Greek theme. Toga parties are associated with keg parties and excessive drinking, and attendees typically tend to be college or university students.
History.
The earliest known college "toga parties" took place in the early 1950s. Toga parties are recorded in the yearbooks for Theta Delta | Chi (1952) and the University of Michigan's Acacia fraternity (1953). Another early toga party took place in 1953, when Pomona College students wore togas and ivy wreaths, and brought their dorm mattresses to freshman Mark Neuman's home on Hillcrest Avenue in nearby Flintridge.
For the eight decades before Greek-themed parties became known as "toga parties" in the 1950s, similar parties were generally called "bed sheet and pillow slip" parties (or simply, "pillow slip" parties), in which | 72,167 | wow-train |
I have been to several renaissance fairs throughout the years. | Renaissance fair
A Renaissance fair, Renaissance faire or Renaissance festival is an outdoor weekend gathering, usually held in the United States, open to the public and typically commercial in nature, which purportedly recreates a historical setting for the amusement of its guests. Some are permanent theme parks, while others are short-term events in a fairground, winery, or other large public or private spaces. Renaissance fairs generally include an abundance of costumed entertainers or fair-goers, musical and theatrical acts, art and handicrafts for sale, | to wear costumes representing several eras in a broad time period. Renaissance fairs encourage visitors to enter into the spirit of things with costumes and audience participation. Many welcome fantasy elements such as wizards and elves.
Characteristics.
Most Renaissance fairs are arranged to represent an imagined village in England during the reign of Elizabeth I, as this period has been generally considered to correspond to the flowering of the English Renaissance.
In a modern Renaissance festival there are stages or performance areas set up for scheduled shows, such as plays | 72,168 | wow-train |
Japan consists of 6,852 islands called a stratovolcanic archipelago.
Wow that is a lot of islands! Do you know which one is the biggest? | is a stratovolcanic archipelago consisting of about 6,852 islands. The four largest are Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, and Shikoku, which make up about ninety-seven percent of Japan's land area and often are referred to as home islands. The country is divided into 47 prefectures in eight regions, with Hokkaido being the northernmost prefecture and Okinawa being the southernmost one. Japan is the 2nd most populous island country. The population of 126 million (2019) is the world's eleventh largest, of which 98.5% are ethnic Japanese | Geography of Japan
Japan is an island country comprising a stratovolcanic archipelago over along East Asia's Pacific coast. It consists of 6,852 islands. The main islands are Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku and Hokkaido. The Ryukyu Islands and Nanpō Islands are south of the main islands. The territory extends . It is the largest island country in East Asia and fourth largest island country in the world. Japan has the sixth longest coastline and the eighth largest Exclusive Economic Zone of in the world.
The terrain is mostly rugged and mountainous | 72,169 | wow-train |
I love the show Grey's anatomy, it has been on for over a decade.
Nice! I have never really watched it. It features the lives of surgical interns, physicians and residents.
Yes, and it is really over dramatic. But there was a reason they called the two male doctors McDramy and McSteamy.
Yes. And the title is a play on words from a classic anatomy textbook from 1858!
Yes, I used that text in school. The show is not really accurate about being interns, it is so much more difficult.
Really? I did not know that. The show was originally going to be called "Complications". So I think that might be a better title then.
I like the play on words they used, it was very clever in my opinion.
I understand that! In addition to the title, the series was designed with a racially diverse cast. I think that makes the show unique.
I agree, the lead character even adopted children from various backgrounds, I thought this was more reflective of the families of today. | Grey's Anatomy
Grey's Anatomy is an American medical drama television series that premiered on March 27, 2005, on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) as a mid-season replacement. The fictional series focuses on the lives of surgical interns, residents, and attending physicians, as they develop into seasoned doctors while trying to maintain personal lives and relationships. The title is an allusion to "Gray's Anatomy", a classic human anatomy textbook first published in 1858 in London and written by Henry Gray. Shonda Rhimes | really grateful to the Grey's cast and crew and everyone there, really, because they've been so nice to me and gracious and accepting of me joining the show. The transition was much easier than I thought it might be, which I'm very grateful for." McKidd has told "People" that he thinks "Grey's Anatomy" is a great show and he feels lucky to be on it. Shonda Rhimes, the series' creator, said of his addition, "I am excited to have Kevin | 72,170 | wow-train |
Have you ever seen a civil war reenactment?
i have not seen one, but i have always been very interested in them and want to see one soon. Have you ?
I actually have not, but I have seen mny in shows and movies, that was such a brutal war I do not know why we bring it back up
Yes it was brutal. I just read an interesting fact that Civil War reenacting began before the real fighting was even over !!
Wow, I wonder who thought of doing that, that must not have been a tasteful showing! | . Civil War veterans recreated battles as a way to remember their fallen comrades and to teach others what the war was all about. The Great Reunion of 1913, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, was attended by more than 50,000 Union and Confederate veterans, and included reenactments of elements of the battle, including Pickett's Charge.
Modern reenacting is thought to have begun during the 1961–1965 Civil War Centennial commemorations. Reenacting grew in popularity during the 1980s and 1990s, due in large part to the success of | an enormous hit for about a year—it was made as a movie later with somebody else. He had the leading role, and I never forgot him. And through the years I'd seen him in movies—little things. And I could never forget that performance of his. He's always played very stereotyped parts in pictures but is one of the best actors I've ever known. I have such respect for him. You play next to him and you just feel the thing that you do with a big | 72,171 | wow-train |
I love the movie 16 candles. | Sixteen Candles
Sixteen Candles is a 1984 American coming-of-age comedy film starring Molly Ringwald, Michael Schoeffling, and Anthony Michael Hall. It was written and directed by John Hughes.
Plot.
High school sophomore Samantha "Sam" Baker struggles to go through the day on her 16th birthday, which her entire family has forgotten about because her older sister, Ginny, is getting married the next day. She is also infatuated with a popular and attractive senior, Jake Ryan. At school, she fares | repeatedly but had turned down all previous offers. "I couldn't see how it would work. Now, it seems right." By 2008, Ringwald was campaigning for the sequel, but said she was uncomfortable doing the film without the involvement of Hughes who, at that point, was not interested.
External links.
- "Sixteen Candles" at The 80s Movie Rewind
- "Reflections on Jake Ryan of the John Hughes Film "Sixteen Candles"" article 2004 | 72,172 | wow-train |
Its been so hot here in Minnesota; everyone has been swimming lots lately, which is a low impact work out
Here in Atlanta is really hot also.That is why it's called Hotlanta.
Do ya'll like swimming? Since the human body is only slightly less dense than water, water supports the weight of the body during swimmin'
In the summer yes.I could spend all day long in a pool.
Me too! As a formalized sport, swimming features in a range of local, national, and international competitions, including every modern summer Olympics lol
Michael Phelps is the biggest Olympic athlete ever. | 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 | only slightly less dense than water, water supports the weight of the body during swimming. As a result, swimming is “low-impact” compared to land activities such as running. The density and viscosity of water also create resistance for objects moving through the water. Swimming strokes use this resistance to create propulsion, but this same resistance also generates drag on the body.
Hydrodynamics is important to stroke technique for swimming faster, and swimmers who want to swim faster or exhaust less try to reduce the drag of the | 72,173 | wow-train |
Hello there how are you? I was just thinking about my favurite type of fruit. I love so many but strawberries are my favourite. Do you like them? | Strawberry
The garden strawberry (or simply strawberry; Fragaria × ananassa) is a widely grown hybrid species of the genus "Fragaria", collectively known as the strawberries, which are cultivated worldwide for their fruit. The fruit is widely appreciated for its characteristic aroma, bright red color, juicy texture, and sweetness. It is consumed in large quantities, either fresh or in such prepared foods as preserves, juice, pies, ice creams, milkshakes, and chocolates. Artificial strawberry flavorings and aromas are also widely used in | Flood that before writing the book, "I was thinking about how in life, if you hold on to something too tightly, you lose it, so to love something you have to let it go, and I wrote the story around that. It relates to so many situations – everyone has suffered – and it came together for me with losing my mum at an early age. Children seem to love the idea of the friends and the crazy illustrations, while adults like the concept of things being tough, but coming | 72,174 | wow-train |
I like the color blue.
It truly is a solid color. In fact, it's one of the three primary colors of pigments that are used in painting and traditional color theory. Even in the RGB color model! So, it provides a lot of foundation to our world.
Really how so? | Blue
Blue is one of the three primary colours of pigments in painting and traditional colour theory, as well as in the RGB colour model. It lies between violet and green on the spectrum of visible light. The eye perceives blue when observing light with a dominant wavelength between approximately 450 and 495 nanometres. Most blues contain a slight mixture of other colours; azure contains some green, while ultramarine contains some violet. The clear daytime sky and the deep sea appear blue because of an optical effect known as Rayleigh scattering. | based on component video colors such as YPbPr or the like were generally replaced in the mid 1980s by the more flexible RGB color model, in which a given color can be obtained by mixing different amounts of the three primary colors red, green, and blue. Although the total number of different colors depends on the number of levels per primary, and on a given hardware implementation (a 9-bit RGB provides 512 combinations, a 12-bit RGB provides 4,096, and so on), in this model Digital-to-Analog Converters | 72,175 | wow-train |
Do you like brunch? It is a combo of lunch and breakfast eaten during the late morning
I love brunch! I actually skip breakfast most of the time and go straight for brunch. I like a mixture of savory and sweet when I first wake up.
That is definetly a great combo! I know that a formal brunch usually has some form of alcoholic drink served with it. Most usually champagne or a cocktail
Oh I never drink that early in the day. I normally have a sweet iced tea, or a soda with my brunch. Maybe some sort of juice instead. But never alcohol. | 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 | lunches that are delivered by dabbawalas in Mumbai to workers in the city.
- Brunch – combination of breakfast and lunch eaten usually during the late morning but it can extend to as late as 3 pm. The word is a portmanteau of "breakfast" and "lunch". It is usually larger than a breakfast and usually replacing both breakfast and lunch; it is most common on Sundays. Brunch originated in England in the late 1800s, and in the 1930s became popular in the United States.
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This might seem crazy but I have never had candy in my life ever.
If you have eaten sweets before then you know candy. It is a confection that features sugar as a principal ingredient.
I have had brownies and cake before but not candy.
Well, I'm sure you have eaten chocolates before because candy including chocolate, chewing gum, and sugar candy.
What about shock tarts or candy that is sour?
Anything coated with coated with sugar are said to be "candied"
Do you think peanut brittle is considered candy? | Candy
Candy, also called sweets or lollies, is a confection that features sugar as a principal ingredient. The category, called "sugar confectionery", encompasses any sweet confection, including chocolate, chewing gum, and sugar candy. Vegetables, fruit, or nuts which have been glazed and coated with sugar are said to be "candied".
Physically, candy is characterized by the use of a significant amount of sugar or sugar substitutes. Unlike a cake or loaf of bread that would be shared among many people | icing on the cake."
Estevez added "I learned that you don't go into a project with a script that's not ready. You've got to have all the bugs worked out before you start... I also learned how to be more economical with my shots and with my time... [I was] like a kid in a candy store. When you're 23 and somebody hands you $4.5 million and tells you to go out and make a film, there will be some excesses." | 72,177 | wow-train |
I loved Leonardo DiCaprio in the movie "Titanic!" Have you seen it? | Titanic (1997 film)
Titanic is a 1997 American epic romance and disaster film directed, written, co-produced, and co-edited by James Cameron. A fictionalized account of the sinking of the RMS "Titanic", it stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet as members of different social classes who fall in love aboard the ship during its ill-fated maiden voyage.
Cameron's inspiration for the film came from his fascination with shipwrecks; he felt a love story interspersed with the human loss would be essential | Launch" (2006), "P.S. I Love You" (2007), "The Day the Earth Stood Still" (2008), "The Blind Side" (2009), and "Valentine's Day" (2010). In 2006, she directed and co-starred in her feature film directorial debut, "Have Mercy" (2006), with Melanie Griffith. In 2008, she re-teamed with her "Titanic" co-stars, Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, in "Revolutionary | 72,178 | wow-train |
I'm thinking about going to Tokyo for a vacation. Know any good places to go there?
Oh there's a lot of things to do in Tokyo, the metropolitan prefecture!
Dang, I don't even know what that word means! What are some cool things to do? I really want to go eat sushi there.
You might try sashimi, too. It's a related Japanese dish that has raw fish and optional serving of rice.
Ooooh, I love sashimi! What other Japanese dishes are popular in Tokyo?
Ceviche, which is raw fish cured in citrus juices is very popular!
Ceviche? I thought that was a Peruvian food! Sushi in citrus juice sounds great right now.
It is Peruvian, but got influences from Europe and Asia. Go vigure!
Do you know of any sweet sightseeing places in Tokyo? | the city his headquarters in 1603. It became the capital after Emperor Meiji moved his seat to the city from Kyoto in 1868; at that time Edo was renamed Tokyo. The Tokyo Metropolis formed in 1943 from the merger of the former and the . Tokyo is often referred to as a city but is officially known and governed as a "metropolitan prefecture", which differs from and combines elements of a city and a prefecture, a characteristic unique to Tokyo.
The 23 Special Wards of Tokyo were formerly Tokyo City. | , and I never will be a politician," Carton told the website PopMatters in 2003. "What I like to do is go into a room of people and make them sing along and whatever. I'm not going to tell them how to vote - there's enough people doing that already. I'd rather talk about girlfriends and football. We don't like to write about things we don't really know about. We know about rejection from girls and all that, so we can write about that." | 72,179 | wow-train |
Have you ever gone skating with inline skates? | by the proprietary eponym "rollerblading", or just "blading", due to the popular brand of inline skates, Rollerblade.
History.
The German branch of SKF developed and produced inline-skates in 1978 with wheels for hockey or for the street. The product was stopped after one year as the management did not want a consumer product in its portfolio.
Other inline skates were developed as a substitute for ice skates, "Life" magazine published a photo of American skater Eric Heiden, training for the | Inline skates
Inline skates are a type of roller skate used for inline skating. Unlike quad skates, which have two front and two rear wheels, inline skates typically have two to five wheels arranged in a single line. Some, especially those for recreation, have a rubber "stop" or "brake" block attached to the rear of one or occasionally both of the skates so that the skater can slow down or stop by leaning back on the foot with the brake skate.
The modern style of inline skates | 72,180 | wow-train |
I enjoy my job as a computer repair technician. I work on computers and servers.
I like the sound of that job, are you self employed or working for a company? | Computer repair technician
A computer repair technician is a person who repairs and maintains computers and servers. The technician's responsibilities may extend to include building or configuring new hardware, installing and updating software packages, and creating and maintaining computer networks.
Overview.
Computer technicians work in a variety of settings, encompassing both the public and private sectors. Because of the relatively brief existence of the profession, institutions offer certificate and degree programs designed to prepare new technicians, but computer repairs are frequently performed by experienced and certified technicians | came out of my mother's womb and I was supposed to be a doctor, a lawyer or engineer, and I was like 'oh hey, I'm quitting my very well-paying job at a very stable company that has many future job opportunities for me' ... I'm so lucky that my parents were like, 'obviously we're not crazy about this but we love you'."
While working on her first novel Adeyemi was a creative writing coach.
Adeyemi's first written novel did not | 72,181 | wow-train |
I eat McDonald's way more often than I should! Do you like McDonald's?
Yup I work there. We recive a lot of backlash because the foods not that healthy.
I can see that, but I think anything is fine in moderation! What do you think the most popular item on the menu is?
The most popular item has to be the french fries though we do add a lot of salt to them.
McDonalds has the best french fries! How long has McDonalds been in business? | McDonald's
McDonald's Corporation is an American fast food company, founded in 1940 as a restaurant operated by Richard and Maurice McDonald, in San Bernardino, California, United States. They rechristened their business as a hamburger stand, and later turned the company into a franchise, with the Golden Arches logo being introduced in 1953 at a location in Phoenix, Arizona. In 1955, Ray Kroc, a businessman, joined the company as a franchise agent and proceeded to purchase the chain from the McDonald brothers. McDonald's had | if I could do this. Once I got into it, I didn't think about anything but finishing it. I stuck to those two because I thought it would be more challenging and more fun and more of a statement to what you could do with sample alone. It is an art form. It is music. You can do different things, it doesn't have to be just what some people call stealing. It can be a lot more than that.
Burton also commented at length on the creation of | 72,182 | wow-train |
Blue is my very favorite color.
Yes mine too, since its one of the three primary colors!
Do you happen to know what the other primary colors are? | Blue
Blue is one of the three primary colours of pigments in painting and traditional colour theory, as well as in the RGB colour model. It lies between violet and green on the spectrum of visible light. The eye perceives blue when observing light with a dominant wavelength between approximately 450 and 495 nanometres. Most blues contain a slight mixture of other colours; azure contains some green, while ultramarine contains some violet. The clear daytime sky and the deep sea appear blue because of an optical effect known as Rayleigh scattering. | to manipulate, nature has used this gross chromatic shift to provide a cortical visual function which is based on three sets of color opponency instead of three basic primary colors. These are red / green, yellow / blue and black / white, this black / white being synonymous with brightness. Then, by using just one very high resolution opponency between red & green primaries, nature cleverly uses a mean of these two colors (i.e. yellow ), together with very low resolution blue to create a background color wash capability. In | 72,183 | wow-train |
My ex-girlfriend suffered from severe anxiety disorder.
Anxiety can be very debilitating.
It was. She would often have significant feelings of anxiety and fear. It really was the cause of the breakdown in our relationship.
That's too bad. The fear can be quite often very hard to overcome even if it seems to be irrational | Social inhibition
Social inhibition is a conscious or subconscious avoidance of a situation or social interaction. With a high level of social inhibition, situations are avoided because of the possibility of others disapproving of their feelings or expressions. Social inhibition is related to behavior, appearance, social interactions, or a subject matter for discussion. Related processes that deal with social inhibition are social evaluation concerns, anxiety in social interaction, social avoidance, and withdrawal. Also related are components such as cognitive brain patterns, anxious apprehension during social interactions, | from the Ancient Greek term "Agora" or Marketplace, while social anxiety disorder is an anxiety disorder characterized by a significant amount of fear in one or more social situations. Such fears can be very debilitating in themselves, and in addition patients often worry about showing anxiety and losing control in public.
Medical uses Post-traumatic stress disorder.
Virtual reality exposure (VRE) therapy is a modern but effective treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This method was tested on several active duty Army soldiers, | 72,184 | wow-train |
I enjoy swimming, it's among the top public recreational activities and it keeps me in shape
I love to swim and its a low impact way to get some exercise. how long have you been swimming? | 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 | "It's a chance to get out of the house. I enjoy the lounge, and it keeps me going."
Entertainment Mermaids and swimming pool.
The bar employs six women part-time to wear mermaid costumes and swim in the pool five evenings a week. They are local women from all walks of life. The "mermaids" explain that it is fairly easy to stay afloat while wearing a mermaid tail, but the difficult part of the job is "not" floating; staying underwater as much as | 72,185 | wow-train |
I was educated in the UK. I hated high school, but enjoyed university (as it's called over there).
That's interesting, I'm from the US so I don't know how the levels relate. Is University the same as college here, or is it like secondary school?
University's what we call school over here. Secondary school is the equivalent of high school. And we have primary school instead of elementary school.
Interesting. Do you have Middle School as a separate thing, or is it folded into either primary or secondary?
Grades 1 thru' 7 are primary school and grades 8 thru' 13 are secondary school. After that, you go to university (school). Confused yet? :)
It's not so bad, but I don't understand why we can't just have it all the same :P Is the grading system similar to America? Ours is generally broken down by 10% increments, where somewhere between 60-70% is the break point between pass and fail.
50% is the pass rate over there, but the system has changed since I was there. Used to be you were awarded an A, B or C to pass an exam, A being the highest grade. Anything below a C was a fail.
That's always interesting to see how grading by countries happens. It's fairly similar, but the "pass" level always seems to change.
It does, doesn't it. And in the UK, you usually need a bunch of A grades to get into university. If you don't have those you generally go to college. If you pass your college course, sometimes you go on to university. | transfer from one college to another, as well as adults older than high school age who apply to college. In 2019, there were allegations of a bribery situation which over 50 people were charged for a cheating scheme that appears by the U.S. government to have been in operation for 8 years straight.
Overview.
Millions of high school students apply to college each year. While the number of graduates from high school peaked temporarily at 3.3 million in 2008, then rose to 3.4 million in 2014, numbers have been forecast | that'll be quite interesting. I've never heard anything quite like it, so I don't quite know how people are going to take to it, it's not particularly catchy. It'll be good." He added that "Gambler is playing a little bit of keyboards in here or there. On the last album, 'Frames', Gambler's playing keyboards on virtually everything, so I think he's trying to keep that to a minimum this time. There's some stuff that's the fastest, | 72,186 | wow-train |
I have thought about becoming a bank teller, a lot of them have on the job training
That's true, it would be a good job to have. I bet they get great benefits. | held approximately 608,000 jobs in 2006. Of these, 1 out of 4 worked part-time. Median annual earnings as of May 2006 were $22,140.
The number of tellers in the United States increased from approximately 300,000 in 1970 to approximately 600,000 in 2010. Counter-intuitively, a contributing factor may be the introduction of automated teller machines. ATMs let a branch operate with fewer tellers, making it cheaper for banks to open more branches. This likely resulted in more tellers being hired to handle non-automated tasks | of a federale from Mexico who gets hired to do hatchet jobs in the U.S. I had heard sometimes FBI or DEA have a really tough job that they don't want to get their own agents killed on, they'll hire an agent from Mexico to come do the job for $25,000. I thought, 'That's Machete. He would come and do a really dangerous job for a lot of money to him but for everyone else over here it's peanuts.' But I never got around to making it. | 72,187 | wow-train |
One of my favorite animals is the armadillo | 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 | is also evident in the park's wide range of animals that tourists are able to observe. These include the white-tailed deer, jaguarundi, kinkajou, nine-banded armadillo, among countless others. This park is also a favorite for birdwatching. There have been recorded over one hundred different bird species, including the Lesson's motmot and black-faced antthrush. Other birds seen at Guanacaste Park include the smoky-brown woodpecker, black-headed trogon, red-lored amazon, the magnolia warbler, belted kingfisher, | 72,188 | wow-train |
I hope you don't mind if I finish my hamburger! It's loaded with cheese, lettuce, tomato, bacon, and onion, and it's soooo good!
I really dont blame you. I love hamburgers. Are they a popular food item around the world? | diners, and specialty and high-end restaurants (where burgers may sell for several times the cost of a fast-food burger, but may be one of the cheaper options on the menu). There are many international and regional variations of the hamburger.
Etymology and terminology.
The term "hamburger" originally derives from Hamburg, Germany's second-largest city. In German, "Burg" means "castle", "fortified settlement" or "fortified refuge" and is a widespread component of place | List of hamburger restaurants
This is a list of notable hamburger restaurants. A hamburger is a sandwich consisting of one or more cooked patties of ground meat (usually beef) usually placed inside a sliced hamburger bun. Hamburgers are often served with lettuce, bacon, tomato, onion, pickles, cheese and condiments such as mustard, mayonnaise, ketchup and relish. This list includes restaurants and fast food restaurants that primarily serve hamburgers and related food items.
Hamburger restaurants.
- A&W
- Ann's Snack Bar | 72,189 | wow-train |
I think the mooooost adorable animal in the world is a Giant Panda. I wish I could just snuggle with one! Have you seen one before?
Yes, I have. They are native to central China. I think they are so cute to.
I didn't know they are from China. Are they anywhere else in the world? | has been driven out of the lowland areas where it once lived.
The giant panda is a conservation-reliant vulnerable species. A 2007 report showed 239 pandas living in captivity inside China and another 27 outside the country. As of December 2014, 49 giant pandas lived in captivity outside China, living in 18 zoos in 13 different countries. Wild population estimates vary; one estimate shows that there are about 1,590 individuals living in the wild, while a 2006 study via DNA analysis estimated that this figure could be as high | glamour bits. They were there the whole time in the trenches."
Added Hurley: "I've been on film sets for about nine years as a hired hand so it wasn't that I didn't know anything... Yes, there are things I know now that I didn't know before. But there are things a monkey could learn to do... I think learning to keep on top of things ... You have to, sort of, learn that as you go. I hadn't realized how fragile a | 72,190 | wow-train |
I love eating breakfast and lunch late morning. They call that brunch in these parts.
breakfast is the biggest meal of the day!
Brunch is a portmanteau of breakfast and lunch. It became popular in the US in the 30's
What are some of the staple breakfast foods? | be available instead of, or with, the buffet. The meal usually involves standard breakfast foods such as eggs, sausages, bacon, ham, fruits, pastries, pancakes, waffles, scones, and the like.
Military.
The United States, Canada and United Kingdom militaries often serves weekend brunch in the dining facilities. They offer both breakfast and lunch options and are open from about 09:00-13:00 (though times vary).
Dim sum brunch.
The dim sum brunch is popular in Chinese restaurants | List of brunch foods
This is a list of brunch foods and dishes. Brunch is a combination of breakfast and lunch eaten usually during the late morning but it can extend to as late as 3 pm. The word is a portmanteau of "breakfast" and "lunch". Brunch originated in England in the late 1800s, served in a buffet style manner, and became popular in the United States in the 1930s.
Brunch foods and dishes.
The following foods are often served for brunch.
- Bacon | 72,191 | wow-train |
I was looking at India on a map. It is so big. Is there anything you can tell me about it?
It's huge! It's the seventh-largest country by area, and it's population is huge too. More than a billion people live there.
Oh wow. I cant imagine. Does India get a lot of tourism?
It sure does. The Taj Mahal is located there. People also go to see the Indian Ocean.
Oh is that where that place is? Are people religious there?
Most people are. The Taj Mahal is actually a huge gravesite a Mughal emperor built for his wife.
Oh cool. Anything else you could tell me about India? | and Fatehpūr Sikrī, all of which are UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Agra is included on the Golden Triangle tourist circuit, along with Delhi and Jaipur; and the Uttar Pradesh Heritage Arc, tourist circuit of UP state, along Lucknow and Varanasi. Agra falls within the Braj cultural region.
The history of Agra before the Islamic conquerors is unclear. A 17th century chronicle called it an old settlement which was merely a village, owing to its destruction by Mahmud of Ghazni, before Sikandar made it his capital. The 11th | 's a whole new experience. Listening to my music, and obviously for me performing my music, with an orchestra it's nerve-wracking. I have to be honest. So many people, and I get so nervous, and they are all depending on me. And they are all the best musicians you can get. I just want to live up to their standards. But I enjoy it so much. It's like a huge heart that is beating, this orchestra and it pulls you in and you can | 72,192 | wow-train |
i really like eating burritos it is my favorite food, a is a dish in Mexican and Tex-Mex cuisine is a dish in Mexican and Tex-Mex cuisine
I like burritos, but I love tacos, they are the best | Burrito
A burrito (, ) is a dish in Mexican and Tex-Mex cuisine that consists of a flour tortilla with various other ingredients. It is wrapped into a closed-ended cylinder that can be picked up, in contrast to a taco, where the tortilla is simply folded around the fillings. The tortilla is sometimes lightly grilled or steamed to soften it, make it more pliable, and allow it to adhere to itself when wrapped. A wet burrito, however, is covered in sauce and is therefore generally | Korean-Mexican fusion
Korean–Mexican fusion is a type of fusion cuisine originally from Los Angeles that combines traditional elements of American-style Mexican food and Korean food. The earliest Korean-Mexican fusion featured Mexican or Tex-Mex dishes such as tacos or burritos filled with Korean-style barbecued meats and kimchi. Typical dishes include Korean tacos and bulgogi burritos. Food critics Jane and Michael Stern state that Korean–Mexican fusion is a growing food trend that has steadily gained in popularity since 2009.
Restaurants serving Korean | 72,193 | wow-train |
Do you have visual impairment? It means that you have a reduced ability to see, that can't be fixed by normal means such as glasses
I do indeed. I wear glasses and have astigmatism. You?
I do not, visual impairment is defined as having worse than 20/40 or 20/60 vision
Yes. Can you see the full spectrum of colors?
I can, but visual impairment can cause difficulties in every day activities, such as driving and reading
Yes, if I am pulled over while not wearing my glasses, I will receive a ticket.
Well, visual impairment can be caused by issues like stroke, or premature birth
I had my daughter five days early and she sees perfectly well. | caused by problems in the brain due to stroke, premature birth, or trauma among others. These cases are known as cortical visual impairment. Screening for vision problems in children may improve future vision and educational achievement. Screening adults without symptoms is of uncertain benefit. Diagnosis is by an eye exam.
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 80% of visual impairment is either preventable or curable with treatment. This includes cataracts, the infections river blindness and trachoma, glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, uncorrected refractive errors, | Visual impairment
Visual impairment, also known as vision impairment or vision loss, is a decreased ability to see to a degree that causes problems not fixable by usual means, such as glasses. Some also include those who have a decreased ability to see because they do not have access to glasses or contact lenses. Visual impairment is often defined as a best corrected visual acuity of worse than either 20/40 or 20/60. The term blindness is used for complete or nearly complete vision loss. Visual impairment may cause people difficulties with normal | 72,194 | wow-train |
i love hiking with my baby somewhere on trails in the woods
I don't like the outdoors really. Isn't it hard to do with a baby? | the UK, along with rambling (a slightly old-fashioned term), hillwalking, and fell walking (a term mostly used for hillwalking in northern England). The term bushwalking is endemic to Australia, having been adopted by the Sydney Bush Walkers club in 1927. In New Zealand a long, vigorous walk or hike is called tramping. It is a popular activity with numerous worldwide, and studies suggest that all forms of walking have health benefits.
Related terms.
In the United States, Canada, the | , That's My Baby" (1949) with Gloria De Haven.
"I wasn't really a dancer, a good dancer, until I got older," he said later. "I could do those wings and stuff and I looked very good, but my heavens it was very, very hard for me to pick up on -- pick up steps. It was just oh -- so laborious for me. I didn't have a short cut like the other dancers do."
Career "Francis". | 72,195 | wow-train |
Brunch is my favorite meal, it's a combination of breakfast and lunch eaten usually in the late morning or early afternoon.
I really love brunch. When did that start?
It originated in England in the late 19th century, and became popular in the 1930s in the US.
I wonder if they had endless boozy brunch then haha
Perhaps, brunch was allegedly based on the typical mid-day eating habits of a newspaper reporter, they seem like the drinking type.
Oh for sure. I wish brunch was an everyday thing instead of just being on weekends. | 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 | lunches that are delivered by dabbawalas in Mumbai to workers in the city.
- Brunch – combination of breakfast and lunch eaten usually during the late morning but it can extend to as late as 3 pm. The word is a portmanteau of "breakfast" and "lunch". It is usually larger than a breakfast and usually replacing both breakfast and lunch; it is most common on Sundays. Brunch originated in England in the late 1800s, and in the 1930s became popular in the United States.
- Elevenses ( | 72,196 | wow-train |
I am fascinated with volcano
they look good
what do know about the Newberry Volcano
i really don't much about it | 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 | one film of his own, "Windows", in 1980. He admitted the film had been a mistake, and later said of directing that he didn't really like it. "I've had a good relationship with actors," he reflected, "but I can do what I do and back off. I don't want that much romancing. I don't want them to call me up at two in the morning saying, 'I don't know who I am'". His last film was | 72,197 | wow-train |
I want to visit the Chicago Metropolitan area I have seen a lot about it and want to go there and see it
It's definitely been hailed as one of America's more "active" cities, especially because it has an MSA population of 9.5 million and a CSA population of 9.9 million. That amount brings it up to being the third biggest metropolitan area in the US. So much activity going on with a population of that size.
Kind of like a runner up to New York city I am thinking | Chicago metropolitan area
The Chicago metropolitan area, or Chicagoland, is the metropolitan area that includes the city of Chicago, Illinois, and its suburbs. With an estimated CSA population of 9.9 million people and an MSA population of 9.5 million people, it is the third largest metropolitan area in the United States.
The Chicago metropolitan area is one of the world's largest and most diversified economies, with more than four million employees and generating an annual gross regional product (GRP) of $680 billion in 2017. The | (CSA). The Delaware Valley Metropolitan Area is composed of several counties in southeastern Pennsylvania and South Jersey, one county in northern Delaware, and one county in northeastern Maryland. The MSA has a population of over 6 million, while the CSA has a population of over 7.1 million (as of the 2010 Census Bureau count). Philadelphia, being the region's major commercial, cultural, and industrial center, wields a rather large sphere of influence that affects the counties that immediately surround it. , the Philadelphia metropolitan area | 72,198 | wow-train |
Let's be real here. Is there anyone more appealing than Rita Hayworth, The Love Goddess of the 1940s?
I have not seen her before, how does she look?
Let's just put it like this: ever seen a World War II pin-up girl? Posing all seductive in front of a bomber or a tank or something? Yeah, that's her.
I have, that sounds great, those were different times though! | 1980, Hayworth was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, which contributed to her death at age 68. The public disclosure and discussion of her illness drew attention to Alzheimer's, which was largely unknown by most people at the time, and helped to increase public and private funding for Alzheimer's research.
Early life.
Hayworth was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1918 as Margarita Carmen Cansino, the oldest child of two dancers. Her father, Eduardo Cansino, was from Castilleja de la Cuesta, a little | Rita Hayworth
Rita Hayworth (born Margarita Carmen Cansino; October 17, 1918May 14, 1987) was an American actress and dancer. She achieved fame during the 1940s as one of the era's top stars, appearing in 61 films over 37 years. The press coined the term "The Love Goddess" to describe Hayworth after she had become the most glamorous screen idol of the 1940s. She was the top pin-up girl for GIs during World War II.
Hayworth is perhaps best known for her performance in | 72,199 | wow-train |
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