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Have you ever owned a Lexus?
I haven't, but I really want to. They originated from a corporate project to develop a new premium sedan.
Yeah they seem pretty nice. I think Lexus is owned by Toyota, is that right?
I believe it's different to that, since Lexus from 1989 to 2005 were released in Japan under the Toyota marque.
That is interesting, so now they are their own company.
That is correct! Their cars are now largely produced in Japan.
I wonder why they got spun off from Toyota. You would think Toyota would want to keep them around.
I'm not too sure, especially with Lexus selling their cars under the name of Toyota occasionally, at least years ago.
Yeah Toyota I think has the best selling car! | Lexus
Lexus originated from a corporate project to develop a new premium sedan, code-named F1, which began in 1983 and culminated in the launch of the Lexus LS in 1989. Subsequently, the division added sedan, coupé, convertible and SUV models. Lexus did not exist as a brand in its home market until 2005, and all vehicles marketed internationally as Lexus from 1989 to 2005 were released in Japan under the Toyota marque and an equivalent model name. In 2005, a hybrid version of the RX crossover debuted | Jive have been great. I'm not gonna say there haven't been things that have happened, some conflicts. Not bad stuff — I think it's just general stuff that goes on between artists and labels or whatever. Questions that come up. I'm very new to this. But it's really nice to have fans who care about you, who want you to be done right, and for the label and management to treat you right. I think they felt like I wasn't being cared for and | 76,700 | wow-train |
I work in a flower shop so I see a lot of different flowers. Which ones do you like the best?
A flower is also called a blossom or a bloom, I like roses
Roses are really pretty. What all kinds of roses do you like?
I like knockout roses and many flowers have evolved so they are attractive to animals
Really? That reminds me of that movie Bambi with the little skunk that smelled flowers all the time. | contain sporangia and are the site where gametophytes develop. Many flowers have evolved to be attractive to animals, so as to cause them to be vectors for the transfer of pollen. After fertilization, the ovary of the flower develops into fruit containing seeds.
In addition to facilitating the reproduction of flowering plants, flowers have long been admired and used by humans to bring beauty to their environment, and also as objects of romance, ritual, religion, medicine and as a source of food.
Morphology.
Morphology Floral parts | costume).
2. Q2:"Hey Snoop! You're good with the ladies what can I do to keep my girl happy?"
- Snoop:"It's real simple. All you gotta do is get her some nice every day. Like look at what I do" (short movie with Snoop robbing a shop to get money for himself, candy and roses for his girls)
3. Q3:"Have you ever done any volunteer work?"
- Snoop:"Actually I have. I recently joined this big brother program to | 76,701 | wow-train |
I love Italian food -- eating it and making it. Do you enjoy it?
Yes I do! I'm trying to find the perfect lasagna recipe. I'm doing a lot of research.
Oh, I love lasagne. I make my own noodles as well as the sauce. | square portions.
Origins and history.
Lasagne originated in Italy during the Middle Ages and has traditionally been ascribed to the city of Naples. The first recorded recipe was set down in the early 14th-century "Liber de Coquina" ("The Book of Cookery"). It bore only a slight resemblance to the later traditional form of lasagne, featuring a fermented dough flattened into a thin sheet, boiled, sprinkled with cheese and spices, and then eaten with the use of a small pointed stick. Recipes | making Live Art is Like living inside a hole. An ass hole. An art hole. Yes. Art is in that hole. With this Arthole, I will have time and resources to: make it, avoid it, study it, wrestle it, do it, explore it, hate it and love it. I hope to learn a lot while I’m down in my hole … and look forward to share whatever I learn with you.
Productions.
"Tongue in Sheets" (1994) premiered | 76,702 | wow-train |
Do you know freckles are not like Moles and lengitins?
I had no idea. Why are they different?
Gene also wrote a novel with the name of Freckle
Sounds nice. I personally prefer mystery novels.
what do you find interesting mystery novels?About the freckles many students want to have freckles
Mystery novels like Sherlock make you think creatively. Dont you think? I see, freckles are actually really nice. | a criminal.
Suspense is often maintained as an important plot element. This can be done through the use of the soundtrack, camera angles, heavy shadows, and surprising plot twists. Alfred Hitchcock used all of these techniques, but would sometimes allow the audience in on a pending threat then draw out the moment for dramatic effect.
This genre has ranged from early mystery tales, fictional or literary detective stories, to classic Hitchcockian suspense-thrillers to classic private detective films. A related film subgenre is spy films. | to balance a desire to do the right thing with circumstances that have forced her to look out for her self-interest." Ken Tucker of "Entertainment Weekly" admired Lilly's subtlety and said, "you believe this woman, who can be so adorable that she can withstand Sawyer’s nickname of “Freckles,” is entirely capable of killing someone." Sepinwall of "The Star-Ledger" also commented, "I quite like the gravity and mystery of Hiroyuki Sanada's performance as Dogen, and I was | 76,703 | wow-train |
I drive a Chevrolet Impala! Its one of my favorite cars because its a midsize sedan with a solid engine! What's your favorite car brand or car model?
It used to be porsche but growing up around a bunch of trucks has turned me into a truck lover. My favorite is the most recent chevy. | Chevrolet Silverado
The Chevrolet Silverado, and its mechanically identical cousin the GMC Sierra, are a series of full-size and heavy-duty pickup trucks manufactured by General Motors and introduced in 1998 as the successor to the long-running Chevrolet C/K line. The Silverado name was taken from a trim level previously used on its predecessor, the Chevrolet C/K pickup truck from 1975 through 1998. General Motors continues to offer a GMC-badged variant of the Chevrolet full-size pickup under the GMC Sierra name | Hunter", McQueen bought the car in 1979 after filming ended)
- 1952 Chevrolet 3800 pickup camper conversion (McQueen used the truck for cross-country camping trips. It was the last car he rode in before his death)
- 1950 Hudson Commodore convertible
- 1952 Hudson Wasp 2-door sedan
- 1953 Hudson Hornet 4-door Sedan
- 1956 GMC Suburban
- 1958 GMC Pickup Truck (Reportedly one of McQueen's favorite cars, it is powered by a 336 Ci V8 which has been modified. The tag | 76,704 | wow-train |
Marathons are fun to run in
Definitely! They are a 26 miles long and usually as a road race. I'm actually training for one right now!
oh really how far is yours, and how long do you train before it happens | distance did not become standardized until 1921. More than 800 marathons are held throughout the world each year, with the vast majority of competitors being recreational athletes, as larger marathons can have tens of thousands of participants.
History.
History Origin.
The name "Marathon" comes from the legend of Philippides (or Pheidippides), the Greek messenger. The legend states that he was sent from the battlefield of Marathon to Athens to announce that the Persians had been defeated in the Battle of Marathon (in which he had | stating; "I think they could definitely get back together, but I don't know when or how they could make it work as long as Sally accepts baby Jack." Dynevor added: "So many people have said it just wouldn't be right if Sally and Kevin weren't together. But I'm sure it would be really difficult for her to accept Jack as her own. Could you do that?"
In 2015, Sally was involved in a surprise kiss with Kevin whilst being in a relationship and | 76,705 | wow-train |
My mom taught me that Barbados first appeared on the Spanish map in 1511, did yours teach you that?
Nope, I don't even know where Barbados is
Oh, I'm sorry. It is an Island country in the Lesser Antilles. You know... in the Caribbean region of North America, So you haven't been?
No, but it sounds pretty. Is it warm there? | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and south-east of Martinique and north-east of Trinidad and Tobago. Barbados is outside the principal Atlantic hurricane belt. Its capital and largest city is Bridgetown.
Inhabited by Kalinago people since the 13th century, and prior to that by other Amerindians, Barbados was visited by Spanish navigators in the late 15th century and claimed for the Spanish Crown. It first appeared in a Spanish map in 1511. The Portuguese Empire claimed the island between 1532 and 1536, but later abandoned it in 1620 | Barbados
Barbados ( or ) is an island country in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the Caribbean region of North America. It is in length and up to in width, covering an area of . It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, Barbados is east of the Windwards, part of the Lesser Antilles, roughly at 13°N of the equator. It is about east of both the countries of Saint Lucia and | 76,706 | wow-train |
I love video games. Can you tell me about what goes into making them?
Video games are great! I believe that they are made by graphic designers | Video game design
Video game design is the process of designing the content and rules of a video game in the pre-production stage and designing the gameplay, environment, storyline, and characters in the production stage. The designer of a game is very much like the director of a film; the designer is the visionary of the game and controls the artistic and technical elements of the game in fulfillment of their vision. Video game design requires artistic and technical competence as well as writing skills. As the industry has aged | interview into hi-res images from the games. Indeed, by the end of the film you are exhausted by the barrage of these graphics, many of them violent. The effect is, well, the effect of these images. For someone like me who is not a gamer (well I play basketball, that's real ball, not a Wii game), the effect is disconnecting and without playing gives you an idea of what it's about. The film makes you feel what video games really are while you | 76,707 | wow-train |
Hi! I've recently started playing baseball. It's really fun! | . One turn batting for each team constitutes an inning. A game is usually composed of nine innings, and the team with the greater number of runs at the end of the game wins. If scores are tied at the end of nine innings, extra innings are usually played. Baseball has no game clock, although most games end in the ninth inning.
Baseball evolved from older bat-and-ball games already being played in England by the mid-18th century. This game was brought by immigrants to North America, | them what I could. In the last few years I feel like I've really fallen in love with acting and playing characters so I'm dipping my toe back in as Izzy because she is a really fun character and very different to the ones I've played in the last couple of years." Teasing Izzy's return storyline, Bassingthwaighte said Izzy would "make an entrance" and added "It is full on and I think if you loved to hate Izzy before, you will love to hate her even more. | 76,708 | wow-train |
Do you like American Idol?
Yes I have watched it since it first aired on fox in June 2002
Yes, my husband and I really like the show to. who is your favorite idol? | , and Laine Hardy respectively.
"American Idol" employs a panel of vocal judges who critique the contestants' performances. The original judges, for the first through eighth seasons, were record producer and music manager Randy Jackson, singer and choreographer Paula Abdul, and music executive and manager Simon Cowell. The judging panel for the last three seasons on Fox consisted of singers Keith Urban, Jennifer Lopez, and Harry Connick, Jr. The sixteenth season brought three new judges: singers Lionel Richie, Katy Perry, and Luke Bryan | with the U.S. broadcast on Fox (2002–2016) and ABC (since 2018). In Canada, the first thirteen seasons of American Idol were aired live countrywide by CTV and/or CTV Two, in simulcast with Fox. CTV dropped "Idol" after its thirteenth season and in August 2014, Yes TV announced that it had picked up Canadian rights to "American Idol" beginning in its 2015 season. In 2017, it was announced the show would return to CTV Two for its sixteenth season.
In Latin America, the | 76,709 | wow-train |
I have always admired the American heavy metal band Metallica.
They are very talented, but I don't like their individual personalities. Great group, though
I feel you on that. Metallica has been around since 1981 when Lars Ulrich and James Hetfield got together. It says something when a band lasts that long.
Yes it does. The original guitarist went on to form Megadeth
Metallica is also known as one of the "big four" in the trash metal scene.
What are the other three? | Metallica
Metallica is an American heavy metal band. The band was formed in 1981 in Los Angeles, California, by drummer Lars Ulrich and vocalist/guitarist James Hetfield, and has been based in San Francisco, California for most of its career. The group's fast tempos, instrumentals and aggressive musicianship made them one of the founding "big four" bands of thrash metal, alongside Megadeth, Anthrax and Slayer. Metallica's current lineup comprises founding members Hetfield and Ulrich, longtime lead guitarist Kirk Hammett and bassist Robert Trujillo | Broken, Beat & Scarred
"Broken, Beat & Scarred" is the forty-fifth single by American heavy metal band Metallica, and the fourth from their ninth studio album, "Death Magnetic," released on April 3, 2009.
James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich argued at length over the title of this song. Hetfield said that he did not like the title, but Ulrich was "very adamant" that it should be called "Broken, Beat & Scarred".
On March 19, | 76,710 | wow-train |
I colored my hair blonde twice and it was intense. | 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 | 'Yay!' [I was] bowing down to her; she's dope!" Minaj has also expressed appreciation for Cyndi Lauper's style and how her videos inspired her as a teenager: "When I first went to get my hair colored, I was about 14 and I wanted blonde highlights. The beautician said, 'No, you have to get your mother on the phone,' and I was just crying and begging. I've always been experimenting. Cyndi Lauper's videos – that's what intrigued | 76,711 | wow-train |
I play the violin sometimes. Do you know how to play?
I don't. I know a couple people who play, and I played bass for about a year when I was younger, but I'm not much of a musician. | Violin
The violin, sometimes known as a fiddle, is a wooden string instrument in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and highest-pitched instrument in the family in regular use. Smaller violin-type instruments exist, including the violino piccolo and the kit violin, but these are virtually unused. The violin typically has four strings, usually tuned in perfect fifths with notes G3, D4, A4, E5, and is most commonly played by drawing a bow across its | Gibson, "I'm not a trained musician. I never took music in school. I dropped out of school in 9th grade. I don't know how to read and write notes. I don't play with any proper technique; I just grab instruments and play them. Everything I learned to play, I figured out myself. So I'm not the best musician, but if you give me time, without people coming around, pressuring me ('We have to finish this record by the GMA') | 76,712 | wow-train |
I love looking at stars at night. Do you think we'll ever visit one some day?
Maybe some day I suppose, We all know that the closest star to Earth is the Sun and NASA has sent some probes there recently to actually land on it, I'm not sure if thats feasible.
Oh the sun is a star? So what is a star exactly? | Star
A star is an astronomical object consisting of a luminous spheroid of plasma held together by its own gravity. The nearest star to Earth is the Sun. Many other stars are visible to the naked eye from Earth during the night, appearing as a multitude of fixed luminous points in the sky due to their immense distance from Earth. Historically, the most prominent stars were grouped into constellations and asterisms, the brightest of which gained proper names. Astronomers have assembled star catalogues that identify the known stars and provide standardized stellar | fast and I think that is something to be happy about and we can move forward to Loudon (next week) with some motivation.”
“You know, it was a long day for us for sure,” said Blaney. “We passed a lot of cars. We didn’t start good. We started 22nd. Worked on our car all day and got it better and better each run. There was maybe only one run where I thought we went backwards. We fixed it right away and started going | 76,713 | wow-train |
My Dad became a dentist when I was about 8 so I have gotten free dental care my whole life. They provide stellar oral health services.
Wow! That is awesome! Aren't dentists basically doctors?
Basically. They are also known as oral surgeons and then they just specialize in dentistry along with the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of oral problems.
Is dentistry a hard profession?
I think it is. You are just responsible for regular maintenance of teeth but also other parts of the face near it like the jaw and supporting structures. People depend on you a lot.
Yeah, I think it is really important to maintain good oral health. Do dentists get paid a lot?
My Dad makes really good money but he does complex surgeries too. I think its varies depending on what part of the dental care side you'r on but they make more than a dental hygienist and dental technicians.
I suppose it is good they make a lot of money both because their job is highly needed and because I imagine it costs a ton to get a dental degree. | Surgeons of Hong Kong (MCDSHK)
- Fellow College of Physician and Surgeons, Bangladesh (FCPS)
- Fellow College of Physician and Surgeons, Pakistan (FCPS)
- License of Dental Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons (L.D.S(Eng.))
In the U.S., most dental specialists attain Board Certification (Diplomate Status) by completing a series of written and oral examinations with the appropriate Boards. e.g. Diplomate, American Board of Periodontics.
Each fully qualifies the holder to practice dentistry in at least the jurisdiction | Dentist
A dentist, also known as a dental surgeon, is a surgeon who specializes in dentistry, the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of diseases and conditions of the oral cavity. The dentist's supporting team aids in providing oral health services. The dental team includes dental assistants, dental hygienists, dental technicians, and sometimes dental therapists.
History.
History Middle Ages.
In China as well as France, the first people to perform dentistry were barbers. They have been categorized into 2 distinct groups: guild | 76,714 | wow-train |
I eat salt-cured pork and eggs for breakfast all the time! Do you like bacon?
I've never tried it! What is it made from?
Bacon? It's made from different cuts of meat. Most times it will be the pork belly or back. It's a pretty common breakfast food in some areas.
It sounds interesting! Does it have much protein in it? I work out a lot, and I need lots of protein! | Bacon
Bacon is a type of salt-cured pork. Bacon is prepared from several different cuts of meat, typically from the pork belly or from back cuts, which have less fat than the belly. It is eaten on its own, as a side dish (particularly in breakfasts), or used as a minor ingredient to flavour dishes (e.g., the club sandwich). Bacon is also used for barding and larding roasts, especially game, including venison and pheasant. The word is derived from the Old High | work "Pegge Cook"; it advises to insert lardons in cranes and herons.
Preparation.
Lardons may be prepared from different cuts of pork, including pork belly and fatback, or from cured cuts such as bacon or salt pork. According to food writer Regina Schrambling, when the lardon is salt-cured but not smoked in the style of American bacon, "the flavor comes through cleanly, more like ham but richer because the meat is from the belly of the pig, not the leg". One | 76,715 | wow-train |
ive heard about this new age thing where it is a spirtual or religious beliefs and practices that developed in western during the 1970s
o really? tell me more about it | New Age
New Age is a term applied to a range of spiritual or religious beliefs and practices that developed in Western nations during the 1970s. Precise scholarly definitions of the New Age differ in their emphasis, largely as a result of its highly eclectic structure. Although analytically often considered to be religious, those involved in it typically prefer the designation of spiritual or Mind, Body, Spirit and rarely use the term "New Age" themselves. Many scholars of the subject refer to it as the New Age movement, although | New Age (disambiguation)
New Age is a term applied to a range of spiritual or religious beliefs and practices that developed in Western nations during the 1970s.
New Age may also refer to:
People and places.
- New Age communities, places with significant numbers of people with New Age beliefs
- New Age travellers, New Age and hippie believers who travel between music festivals and fairs
Arts, entertainment and media.
Arts, entertainment and media Music.
- New-age music, a | 76,716 | wow-train |
I just moved to pittsburgh! Have you ever been to the city?
No but I know it is a city located within the state of Pennsylvania
Do they have any pro sports teams?
I don't know but they do have 30 skyscrapers as well as two inclined railways.
Wow! It must be a densely populated city! What are raised railway?
As of 2017 there were 305,704 people living within the city.
I thought it would have been more. When was the city established?
that is just the population of the people within the city limits. The population of the metropolitan area is 2,353,045.
That seems right. what is fun to do in the city? | the Allegheny, Monongahela, and Ohio rivers. Pittsburgh is known both as "the Steel City" for its more than 300 steel-related businesses and as the "City of Bridges" for its 446 bridges. The city features 30 skyscrapers, two inclined railways, a pre-revolutionary fortification and the Point State Park at the confluence of the rivers. The city developed as a vital link of the Atlantic coast and Midwest, as the mineral-rich Allegheny Mountains made the area coveted by the French and British empires, | lectured in a Masonic hall in San Francisco, saying:
Although I have never been a Mason ... Something I do seems to be the same as Masons do, I don't know what it is; but they often give me all kinds of grips and I give them back, then I tell them I don't know anything about it except just a few grips that have come to me naturally.
Throughout his ministry he said that he believed Christian identity is incompatible with Freemasonry. He described Freemasonry, Knights of | 76,717 | wow-train |
Can you imagine the world without internet access?
No I could not! I couldn't imagine living when internet access was rare and very few people had it!
Oh me either! It seems like such a long time ago. I wonder when Internet was first created? | government to support projects within the government and at universities and research laboratories in the US – but grew over time to include most of the world's large universities and the research arms of many technology companies. Use by a wider audience only came in 1995 when restrictions on the use of the Internet to carry commercial traffic were lifted.
In the early to mid-1980s, most Internet access was from personal computers and workstations directly connected to local area networks or from dial-up connections using modems and analog telephone lines. LANs typically | Disease, a type of lymphoma. The treatment for the disease forced Radinsky to miss the entire 1994 baseball season. He remembered:
Oh, it sucks to have a doctor tell you that you have cancer, but in the same breath, he told me that with aggressive treatment they can treat this particular disease. Thank God I didn't have Internet back then, so I couldn't get all wrapped up in it. I didn't have access to see how bad it could be. They told me I had | 76,718 | wow-train |
I enjoy reading the Game of Throne series. | A Song of Ice and Fire
A Song of Ice and Fire is a series of epic fantasy novels by the American novelist and screenwriter George R. R. Martin. He began the first volume of the series, "A Game of Thrones," in 1991, and it was published in 1996. Martin, who initially envisioned the series as a trilogy, has published five out of a planned seven volumes. The fifth and most recent volume of the series, "A Dance with Dragons", was published in 2011 and | intricacy of his plotting. "The Iron Throne" had an easier wit, but this is a commendable sequel and an inspiring read for anyone involved in a "Birthright" campaign. You don't need to have read the first book to enjoy "War", because much of what has happened before is cleverly re-capped. But I would advise you to do so anyway, not because it has the same cover image, but because it's good and this series could go on for a while." | 76,719 | wow-train |
Butterfies are amazing
Yes I love them and their colors. Adult ones have brightly colored wings.
I was gonna ask what color the babies have but... LOL | Butterflies have the typical four-stage insect life cycle. Winged adults lay eggs on the food plant on which their larvae, known as caterpillars, will feed. The caterpillars grow, sometimes very rapidly, and when fully developed, pupate in a chrysalis. When metamorphosis is complete, the pupal skin splits, the adult insect climbs out, and after its wings have expanded and dried, it flies off. Some butterflies, especially in the tropics, have several generations in a year, while others have a single generation | Identification.
Adult masked hunters are uniformly dark brown to black in color and vary in length from 17–22 mm. They have an elongated head that includes a short, three-segmented beak, as well as long, slender antennae. Their abdomen is wide, extending in the middle beyond the wings to reveal the lateral margins of their abdominal segments. Nymphs of this species resemble the adult form and are naturally dark-colored, but often appear grey or light-colored due to a camouflage layer of debris covering them | 76,720 | wow-train |
Yoga is such a great exercise for the body. Do you?
No I don't, but I do not that there is a wide variety of yoga schools, practices and goals in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism.
That's true. I feel like it has become more popular in the West, recently
The most well known it seems are Hatha yoga and Raja yoga. Do you know what kind you practice?
I do not really practice any, but do my own types of stretches
Oh, I see! It seems that yoga developed around the 5th and 6th centuries BCE - so it's been around for a very very long time.
Wow that's such a long time! A classic tradition | gurus from India later introduced yoga to the West, following the success of Swami Vivekananda in the late 19th and early 20th century with his adaptation of yoga tradition, excluding asanas. Outside India, it has developed into a posture-based physical fitness, stress-relief and relaxation technique. Yoga in Indian traditions, however, is more than physical exercise; it has a meditative and spiritual core. One of the six major orthodox schools of Hinduism is also called Yoga, which has its own epistemology and metaphysics, and is | Yoga
Yoga (; ; ) is a group of physical, mental, and spiritual practices or disciplines which originated in ancient India. Yoga is one of the six orthodox schools of Hindu philosophical traditions. There is a broad variety of yoga schools, practices, and goals in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. The term "yoga" in the Western world often denotes a modern form of Hatha yoga, yoga as exercise, consisting largely of the postures called asanas.
The origins of yoga have been speculated to date back | 76,721 | wow-train |
I have just discovered that I enjoy playing games on the x box. Didnt think it would be my thing but i had a gone on a friends and I just loved it. Do you play much? | Xbox
Xbox is a video gaming brand created and owned by Microsoft. It represents a series of video game consoles developed by Microsoft, with three consoles released in the sixth, seventh, and eighth generations, respectively. The brand also represents applications (games), streaming services, an online service by the name of Xbox Live, and the development arm by the name of Xbox Game Studios. The brand was first introduced in the United States in November 2001, with the launch of the original Xbox console.
The | Grigas could have accumulated even more impressive statistics in 1944, but he quit the team before the final game, leaving the team with a letter citing his mental exhaustion at playing with a team that had gone 0–9 in the first nine games. Grigas wrote:"My action, for what I just did, may not be the best in regard to good, ethical business. Think what you may of me, but I sincerely believe that in all justice it is for the best. I had that desire which you so often mentioned in | 76,722 | wow-train |
Autism is a serious developmental disorder, i was diagnosed whit it when i was a baby, by mistake of course
That's quite a relief. My coworker has a child with autism, but I don't really know much about it. | Autism
Autism is a developmental disorder characterized by difficulties with social interaction and communication, and by restricted and repetitive behavior. Parents usually notice signs during the first three years of their child's life. These signs often develop gradually, though some children with autism reach their developmental milestones at a normal pace before worsening.
Autism is associated with a combination of genetic and environmental factors. Risk factors during pregnancy include certain infections, such as rubella, toxins including valproic acid, alcohol, cocaine, pesticides and air pollution, fetal | autism spectrum disorder; at first, Jagger is in denial about it. Writer Sri Rao explained the effect on Jagger he wanted to portray, stating "The focus of our story is mostly on how it affects Jagger as a parent. ... It's a very overwhelming and complicated emotional journey that a parent goes on when their child is diagnosed with autism. It starts with denial, embarrassment, confusion, sadness, and ultimately, acceptance. That's the arc we'll see Jagger go through over the course of this | 76,723 | wow-train |
I love bulldogs. Their so cute with their flappy jowels.
I know. They are very muscular and hefty with a wrinkled face and well known pushed in nose.
I'm sorry I mean't jowls! I often wonder why Bulldogs were bread to be the way they are and what lineage they derive from.
They are actually a national icon in Britain.
Oh, I wasn't aware of that. I knew they were called English Bulldogs, and British fighters are known to be more stout and wide like a Bulldog | with English culture, as the BBC wrote: "to many the Bulldog is a national icon, symbolising pluck and determination." During World War II, Bulldogs were often likened to Prime Minister Winston Churchill and his defiance of Nazi Germany. When the English settled in the Americas, their Bulldogs came with them. Dedicated bulldog fanciers formed The Bulldog Club (England) in 1878, and the Bulldog Club of America in 1890.
Appearance.
Bulldogs have characteristically wide heads and shoulders along with a pronounced mandibular prognathism. | Bulldog
The Bulldog, also known as the British Bulldog or English Bulldog, is a medium-sized breed of dog. It is a muscular, hefty dog with a wrinkled face and a distinctive pushed-in nose. The Kennel Club (UK), the American Kennel Club (US), and the United Kennel Club (US) oversee breeding records. Bulldogs are popular pets; they were the fifth most popular purebreed in the US in 2017 according to the American Kennel Club.
Bulldogs have a longstanding association | 76,724 | wow-train |
I think Blue is my favorite color! Blue is one of the three primary colours you know.
What are the other 2? | 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. | with Kate Greenstreet, "BookSlut"
Reviews.
Besides Colby’s interesting thematic projects, "Fruitlands" bears smaller traces of her fingerprints: her obsession with the color blue, the quote she uses from one of my favorite Built to Spill songs (No one wants to hear / what you dreamt about / unless you dreamt about / them), her references to Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bruno Schulz. These moments are so delightful and unique, they feel comfortably inscrutable. Or, just as likely, I realized there was | 76,725 | wow-train |
Hallwoeen is the most fun holiday of the year!
Halloween, or All Hallow's Eve, is one of my favorites but I think I prefer Christmas.
How did Christmas originate?
Well I believe it was due to Jesus' birthday. Halloween, on the other hand, was from the three0day observance of the Allhallowtide.
Oh that sounds interesting, what is that? | Halloween
Halloween or Hallowe'en (a contraction of Hallows' Even or Hallows' Evening), also known as Allhalloween, All Hallows' Eve, or All Saints' Eve, is a celebration observed in several countries on 31 October, the eve of the Western Christian feast of All Hallows' Day. It begins the three-day observance of Allhallowtide, the time in the liturgical year dedicated to remembering the dead, including saints (hallows), martyrs, and all the faithful departed.
It is widely believed that | In recent years, the Castanyada has become a "revetlla" of All Saints and is celebrated in the home and community. It is the first of the four main school festivals, alongside Christmas, Carnestoltes and St George's Day, without reference to ritual or commemoration of the dead.
Europe Sweden.
On All Hallow's Eve, a Requiem Mass is widely attended every year at Uppsala Cathedral, part of the Lutheran Church of Sweden.
Throughout the period of Allhallowtide, starting with All Hallow's Eve, | 76,726 | wow-train |
The 1997 movie Titanic is one of my favorites
It is a really good one!
Nothing like a good epic romance disaster film
Who was the star of that again? | 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 | Bill Thompson of Bill's Movie Emporium disapproved in 2011, writing "The show tries to bring humor into the mix, and it has really good audio quality. Yet I really didn’t like Film Sack, and it’s not that it was bad but it’s that I found my time with the podcast completely forgettable." Thompson recommended, "Unsubscribe." The Filmwerk blog wrote that among film podcasts, "Film Sack is one of the better to choose from – and their choice of films can often help make | 76,727 | wow-train |
Do you like manicures or cosmetic beauty treatment for your fingernails and hands?
I've actually never had a manicure before. What about you? What do you like about them?
I've had my nails filed for the freed edge with some clipping. I don't got much really. I want a massage bad though haha.
Haha, me too. And the thing is I'm a male, so I'm not sure if it's considered weird for a guy to get a manicure or not? | manicures include painting pictures or designs on the nails, or applying small decals or imitation jewels. Other nail treatments may include the application of artificial gel nails, tips, or acrylics, which may be referred to as "French manicures".
In many areas, manicurists are licensed and follow regulations. Since skin is manipulated and is sometimes trimmed, there is a risk of spreading infection when tools are used across many people. Therefore, having proper sanitation can pose serious issues.
Etymology.
The English word " | : "I haven't met them (The Pogues) before but I don't like to meet people like that. I don't know whether meeting your idols actually enlightens you that much. I just bought their album "Rum Sodomy & the Lash" because I'd lost it years ago. I've been listening to that so I've really wanted to go see them live. I never think it's worth meeting these people. I've met a few of my idols and I never know what to say to | 76,728 | wow-train |
I love to go snowboarding on the ski slopes in the winter
Snowboarding looks so fun, but difficult | Snowboard
Snowboards are boards where both feet are secured to the same board, which are wider than skis, with the ability to glide on snow. Snowboards widths are between 6 and 12 inches or 15 to 30 centimeters. Snowboards are differentiated from monoskis by the stance of the user. In monoskiing, the user stands with feet inline with direction of travel (facing tip of monoski/downhill) (parallel to long axis of board), whereas in snowboarding, users stand with feet transverse (more or less) to | recess duty daily.
Extracurricular activities Winter Sports.
Marlboro school's winter sports program is designed to teach kids skiing, skating and snowboarding. Anyone from the age seven and up has the choice to ski but any age under seven must skate. The program is perfect for any skill level. There are different groups from beginners to advanced. The skiing and snowboarding is done at local Mount Snow. Mount Snows has slopes for different skill levels from bunny slopes for little kids to advanced slopes covered in moguls. The Ski and | 76,729 | wow-train |
I really love spiders, in fact I study them for a living, Are there any cool facts that you would like to know about them?
I'm actually kind of scared of them. So, anything you could tell me to convince me they're interesting would be great!
Well if it makes you feel any better they are not like insects, spiders dont have antennae. which often scares people when they look at other insects.
Yeah, I guess that helps a little. Are there any popular, more well-known spiders I should know about?
Well there are at least 45,700 different spider species, and only 113 families have been recorded by taxonomists. But my favorite is the Tarantula because they are so docile.
Jesus, that's a lot of spiders. I might have been better off not knowing that! But that's still cool. What else do you know about spiders? | Spider
Spiders (order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs and chelicerae with fangs able to inject venom. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species diversity among all orders of organisms. Spiders are found worldwide on every continent except for Antarctica, and have become established in nearly every habitat with the exceptions of air and sea colonization. , at least 48,200 spider species, and 120 families have been recorded by taxonomists. However, there has been dissension within the scientific community as | work; Hawkins could talk but only in a croaking voice.
"The fact that producers are still offering me work is a source of much gratitude to me", he said in 1969. "I flatter myself that when they cast me in a part it's me Jack Hawkins they want and not the person who was once Jack Hawkins... if you know what I mean. And I'm perfectly honest with anyone who hires me. I tell them exactly what they're letting themselves in for."
Some | 76,730 | wow-train |
I would love to go on a vacation sometime, especially a cruise ship!
I love cruise ships! What is the most popular destination?
I'm not sure, but since they are cruise liners with passengers they could really go anywhere with water.
How long have cruise ships been around?
Probably quite a while, cruise liners with passengers for pleasure voyages is not really that modern.
I'd like to go to the bahamas on a cruise ship.
So would I, and not just because of the transportation to the Bahamas since that isn't their only purpose.
Do they have Arctic cruise ships too? | voyages, compared to dedicated cruise-ships, but few ocean liners remain in existence—note the preserved liners and "Queen Mary 2", which make scheduled North Atlantic voyages.
Although often luxurious, ocean liners had characteristics that made them unsuitable for cruising, such as high fuel-consumption, deep draughts that prevented their entering shallow ports, enclosed weatherproof decks inappropriate for tropical weather, and cabins designed to maximize passenger numbers rather than comfort (such as a high proportion of windowless suites). The gradual evolution of | List of cruise ships
This is a list of cruise ships, both those in service and those that have ceased to operate. Ocean liners are included on this list only if they also functioned as cruise ships. (See: list of ocean liners.)
As some cruise ships have operated under multiple names, all names will be listed in the Status section, along with the history of the vessel, under the vessel's "current or most recent name". If a vessel is not currently operating as a | 76,731 | wow-train |
I would love to visit Algiers, the capital and most populous city in Algeria.
I am not suite sure where Algiers is
I've been doing some reading about it. It's in North Africa, on the Mediterranean coast.
Oh okay, have you traveled abroad before? | also part of Spanish territory. The country's mainland is bordered to the south and east by the Mediterranean Sea except for a small land boundary with Gibraltar; to the north and northeast by France, Andorra, and the Bay of Biscay; and to the west and northwest by Portugal and the Atlantic Ocean.
With an area of , Spain is the largest country in Southern Europe, the second largest country in Western Europe and the European Union, and the fourth largest country in the European continent. By population (about | Algeria
Algeria ( ; , ; ), officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria (, ), is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. The capital and most populous city is Algiers, located in the far north of the country on the Mediterranean coast. With an area of , Algeria is the tenth-largest country in the world, the world's largest Arab country, and the largest in Africa. Algeria is bordered to the northeast by Tunisia, to the east by Libya, to the | 76,732 | wow-train |
I've always wanted a parrot, have you ever had one? | Parrot
Parrots, also known as psittacines , are birds of the roughly 393 species in 92 genera that make up the order Psittaciformes, found in most tropical and subtropical regions. The order is subdivided into three superfamilies: the Psittacoidea ("true" parrots), the Cacatuoidea (cockatoos), and the Strigopoidea (New Zealand parrots). Parrots have a generally pantropical distribution with several species inhabiting temperate regions in the Southern Hemisphere, as well. The greatest diversity of parrots is in South America and Australasia.
Characteristic | back again in a couple of weeks!
Other quotes from Groucho:
Ever since I met you, I've swept you off my feet.
You mind if I don't smoke?
There's one thing I've always wanted to do before I quit: Retire.
I was outside the cabin smoking some meat. There wasn't a cigar store in the neighborhood!
"Didn't you ever see a Habeas Corpus?" Chico: "No, but I see Habeas Irish Rose." | 76,733 | wow-train |
Nachos are some of the best mexican out there.
Yeah it's a great dish from northern Mexico.
Oh really? I love how simple they are, very little preparation.
Yeah i like the more elaborate ones though with like peppers and stuff like that for the main dish.
yea and with stuff like meats such as beef or chicken it is great | Nachos
Nachos is a Tex-Mex dish from northern Mexico that consists of heated tortilla chips or "totopos" covered with melted cheese (or a cheese-based sauce), often served as a snack or appetizer. More elaborate versions of the dish add other ingredients, and may be substantial enough to serve as a main dish. Ignacio "Nacho" Anaya is credited with creating the dish around 1943; the original nachos consisted of fried corn tortilla chips covered with melted cheese and sliced jalapeño peppers.
History. | feel like it's a compliment," that "it's sort of a backhanded thing that comes from a very narrow-minded listener". On his song about drinking and trucks, he said: "Yeah, we've had some songs that talk about that stuff. But that's also what we really grew up doing. A lot of us grew up in these little towns where there wasn't a whole lot to do, and we were entertaining ourselves. I can't sing you a song about being a | 76,734 | wow-train |
I often think about quitting my job and becoming a roadie for the Canadian singer and songwriter Justin Bieber.
Interesting, Tell me more about this Canadian Singer please. Is he your favorite ?
Yes, he's very inspirational. He's had 7 songs on the "Billboard" Hot 100.
Was he a solo act ? or was he part of an American "Boy Band" at one time ? | "I'm the One". His US album and singles sales total 44.7 million. He has sold an estimated 150 million records, making him one of the world's best-selling music artists, and became the second person to reach 100 million followers on Twitter in August 2017 after Katy Perry.
Bieber has won numerous awards throughout his career, including an American Music Award for Artist of the Year in 2010 and 2012, a Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording for the song "Where Are Ü Now", | and announce an indefinite hiatus shortly afterwards.
- Canadian pop/R&B singer Justin Bieber becomes the first artist ever to have seven songs from a debut album chart on the "Billboard" Hot 100 when his debut album, "My World" is released.
- November 22 – The AMAs featured notable performances by Lady Gaga, Shakira, and Rihanna, but is most remembered for the performance by Adam Lambert of his debut single "For Your Entertainment".
Events December.
- December 7 – Chris Brown makes | 76,735 | wow-train |
Hello there! How do you feel about pie?
It is really yummy, but I don't know much about it. | -lasting foods on long journeys, in particular at sea, was initially solved by taking live food along with a butcher or cook. However, this took up additional space on what were either horse-powered treks or small ships, reducing the time of travel before additional food was required. This resulted in early armies adopting the style of hunter-foraging.
The introduction of the baking of processed cereals including the creation of flour, provided a more reliable source of food. Egyptian sailors carried a flat brittle bread loaf | . It was the second song Glynne and Mac had worked together on, after the former's 2015 single "Take Me Home". In an interview with "Billboard", Glynne spoke about the writing process. "We spoke about the highs and lows of being famous and doing the job that we do. It was really cool because for me as an artist, I don't really work with that many artists, and obviously you never know how it is for someone else and you feel like you don't know | 76,736 | wow-train |
I'm a renowned farmer ,I have a. scale farm that specializes in cash crops
What are the most lucrative cash crops that you grow?
The cash crops grown include cotton, coffee, tea, cocoa, sugar cane, sisal, oil seeds, oil palms, rubber trees, and fruits.
That is quite a variety. Do you have to use a lot of fertilizer?
A moderate amount of.fertilizers act is to enhance the effectiveness of the soil by modifying its water retention and aeration
My grandfather used to rotate crops and then leave one field fallow each ear to recover. Do you practice crop rotation?
Sure! Its a necessarily method to help in reducing soil erosion and increases soil fertility and crop yield
I am not familiar with "sisal." Can you tell me what that is? | Sisal production in Tanzania
Sisal production in Tanzania began in the late 19th century by the German East Africa Company. Sisal was continually produced during the German administration and the British administration and was the colony's largest export highly prized for use in cordage and carpets worldwide. At the time of independence in 1961, Tanzania was the largest exporter of Sisal in the world and the industry employed over 1 million farmers and factory workers.
Sisal production began to decline after independence due to the drop in world prices as synthetic nylon substitutes | Plantation
A plantation is the large-scale estate meant for farming that specializes in cash crops. The crops that are grown include cotton,
coffee, tea, cocoa, sugar cane, sisal, oil seeds, oil palms, rubber trees, and fruits. Protectionist policies and natural comparative advantage have sometimes contributed to determining where plantations were located.
A plantation house is the main house of a plantation, often a substantial farmhouse, which often serves as a symbol for the plantation as a whole. Plantation houses in | 76,737 | wow-train |
Hey there. I love Finance stuff. I went to school to study it!
Oh really what type of financing did you study?
I specialize in health and property with some investment on the side.
That's great, do you work in the field of financing?
I do! Specifically Islamic financing. Interest and everything runs really differently with different terms for just about everything.
It seems that property, health, and investment financing are very different. Or are they similar?
There is a big difference between them. Mostly the type of income they need to prosper and survive.
How does Islamic financing differs from US or Western based financing? | Takaful" (Islamic insurance), and "Sukuk" (Islamic bonds).
Sharia prohibits "riba", or usury, defined as interest paid on all loans of money (although some Muslims dispute whether there is a consensus that interest is equivalent to "riba"). Investment in businesses that provide goods or services considered contrary to Islamic principles (e.g. pork or alcohol) is also "haraam" ("sinful and prohibited").
By 2014 around $2 trillion in financial assets, or 1 | ' It was more what I would call exclusive collaboration not to specifically try to kick somebody's butt, but just to do it the way you really want it to be. That's what I thought we did."
Group infighting.
"Pet Sounds" is sometimes considered a Brian Wilson solo album in all but name. He explained: ""Pet Sounds" was something that was absolutely different. Something I personally felt. That one album that was really more me than Mike Love and the surf records | 76,738 | wow-train |
I love American reality TV shows like Top Chef.
I have never seen that show but I love the show about American Diners and Dives? lol
This show is different. In it chefs compete in various culinary challenges. Its so cool to watch!
That sounds very cool. I think I have seen a version with kid chefs? | Top Chef
Top Chef is an American reality competition television series which premiered on March 8, 2006, on Bravo. The show features chefs competing against each other in various culinary challenges. They are judged by a panel of professional chefs and other notables from the food and wine industry with one or more contestants eliminated in each episode. The show is produced by Magical Elves Productions, the same company that created "Project Runway".
The show has spawned multiple spin-off series, including "Top Chef Masters" | ; "I have been offered shows many times before but I never had the time," says HSY, "I love TV and everyone knows that I love talking, so it seemed like a great time to start this up." Hassan who is not only famous but also is one of the most prominent and most reputed fashion designer of Pakistan. He has completes his 20 years in fashion industry and mark his television debut with his very own this show. According to HSY, show will be an escape from the | 76,739 | wow-train |
Have you ever owned a pit bull? They are sweet dogs, but they get really big.
Yes, I actually have two American Pit Bull Terriers!
Pit bull
yes, these are the dogs which were used in blood sports, that are now banned
Do you know how much they weigh?
Quite a bit, I suppose. Since they have very strong physical characteristics!
Why were the blood sports banned?
Because they were sports that involved bloodshed, and were cruel to animals.
What does that have to do with them being banned? | Cruelty to animals
Cruelty to animals, also called animal abuse, animal neglect or animal cruelty, is the infliction by omission (animal neglect) or by commission by humans of suffering or harm upon any non-human. More narrowly, it can be the causing of harm or suffering for specific achievement, such as killing animals for food, for their fur or even their tusks; opinions differ about the extent of cruelty associated with a given method of slaughter. Cruelty to animals sometimes encompasses inflicting harm or suffering as an | Terriers and American Pit Bull Terriers bred to several bulldog-type breeds. It was created with the purpose of being a family companion dog.
While some of the founding kennels, namely Razor's Edge owner Dave Wilson, affirmed that they used only the two first aforementioned breeds to produce the desired dogs, it is consensus that at least five other breeds were used to attain the more "bully" physical traits desired. These are assumed to be the American Bulldog, English Bulldog, Olde English Bulldogge, Staffordshire Bull Terrier | 76,740 | wow-train |
I am a vegan! and what i like the most is kale! so nutritive and have a lot of protein!
It also been used as a medicinal food source as well.
Yes and also its green my favorite color i love broccoli, kale and every green food
How do you eat them? Broccoli can be boiled, steamed or eaten raw.
I eat broccoli grated with parmesan cheese, kale i eat it plain simple, not to much ingredients
That sounds really delicious!
Delicious and very healthy, a cup of kale has vitam a,k,c,b6 so many vitamins!
Does it have vitamin D? That's an essential vitamin that can be produced by skin cells.
No it does not contain vitamin d, that would be just a super kale! and also is low calorie | ") for various cabbages. The ultimate origin is Latin "caulis" 'cabbage'.
History.
Kale originated in the eastern Mediterranean and Asia Minor, where it was cultivated for food beginning by 2000 BC at the latest. Curly-leaved varieties of cabbage already existed along with flat-leaved varieties in Greece in the 4th century BC. These forms, which were referred to by the Romans as Sabellian kale, are considered to be the ancestors of modern kales.
The earliest record of cabbages in western | Cruciferous vegetables
Cruciferous vegetables are vegetables of the family Brassicaceae (also called Cruciferae) with many genera, species, and cultivars being raised for food production such as cauliflower, cabbage, kale, garden cress, bok choy, broccoli, Brussels sprouts and similar green leaf vegetables. The family takes its alternative name (Cruciferae, New Latin for "cross-bearing") from the shape of their flowers, whose four petals resemble a cross.
Ten of the most common cruciferous vegetables eaten by people, known colloquially in | 76,741 | wow-train |
I love the idea of food trucks, but there's not a lot around where I am. Do you have any good food trucks near you?
This is such a cool topic as a friend recently bought a truck to cook and sell food in. His is the first I have seen in our area.
Nice! Before I moved there was one I liked near my office, it did a weird asian fusion thing. What kind of food does your friend serve?
For right now it is mostly just hamburgers, fries, and sandwiches. But he is a culinary artist and plans to expand his menu quickly to a much larger variety.
That's good. Nothing wrong with basic good food, but it's always a good idea to go with something that makes you stand out.
The only other food truck I remember in our area is called Dem Brothers and a Grill. They started out similar to my friends but have now bought their own restaurant focusing more on ribs and other street foods.
That's the goal of any food truck I think. Is your friend hoping to open a stationary restaurant at some point? | carts, are on the front line of the street food industry that serves an estimated 2.5 billion people every day.
History.
In the United States, the Texas chuckwagon is a precursor to the American food truck. In the later 1800s, herding cattle from the Southwest to markets in the North and East kept cowhands on the trail for months at a time. In 1866, the "father of the Texas Panhandle", Charles Goodnight, a Texas cattle rancher, fitted a sturdy old United States Army wagon with | Food truck
A food truck is a large vehicle equipped to cook and sell food. Some, including ice cream trucks, sell frozen or prepackaged food; others have on-board kitchens and prepare food from scratch. Sandwiches, hamburgers, french fries, and other regional fast food fare is common. In recent years, associated with the pop-up restaurant phenomenon, food trucks offering gourmet cuisine and a variety of specialties and ethnic menus, have become particularly popular. Food trucks, along with portable food booths and food | 76,742 | wow-train |
Do you eat shrimp? | Shrimp and prawn as food
Shrimp and prawn are important types of seafood that are consumed worldwide. Although shrimp and prawns belong to different suborders of Decapoda, they are very similar in appearance and the terms are often used interchangeably in commercial farming and wild fisheries. A distinction is drawn in recent aquaculture literature, which increasingly uses the term "prawn" only for the freshwater forms of palaemonids and "shrimp" for the marine penaeids.
In the United Kingdom, the word "prawn" is more common on menus than | ? / You mayo (Hah) / I'm Grey Poupon"
- "That's Wusup" by Mac Dre (2004): "No shrimp, Dre eat prawns / And do you have any Grey Poupon"
- "Nevehoe" by Anybody Killa (2004): "See, I'm being tryin' to speak on / While you sit back and see me as a jar of Grey Poupon"
- "69th Chamber Intercourse" by Phonte (2005): "The power grocery n-----, | 76,743 | wow-train |
I like butterflies. I think my favorite would have to be the Monarch butterfly.
They are beautiful! Their bright wings and graceful flight!
Every year we go to see the latge migration of them in California. It is something else to see them in such large numbers.
That's cool. I'm astounded my their metamophosis process especially when the grown butterfly climbs out.
Yeah so am I. It's kind of funny that something so beautiful can come from something that is a little creepy.
It is! And then they have the polymorphic power to camoflauge themselves and keep away from predators.
The other year I was fortunate enough to have the space to plant a batch of flowers that attracted butterflies to my garden. It was interesting seeing just how different they all are.
And they have been around for 56 million years!
That I did not know but I wouldn't doubt it. | , and a few in cold locations may take several years to pass through their entire life cycle.
Butterflies are often polymorphic, and many species make use of camouflage, mimicry and aposematism to evade their predators. Some, like the monarch and the painted lady, migrate over long distances. Many butterflies are attacked by parasites or parasitoids, including wasps, protozoans, flies, and other invertebrates, or are preyed upon by other organisms. Some species are pests because in their larval stages they can damage domestic crops or trees | and everyone could relate to them and hopefully release anything that they need to let go of that's holding them back or bringing them down." She admitted:
"I would like to have people apply that to their lives in any way they see fit. And that's why I wrote it. It was an organic moment that happened to also be timely and very real. There couldn't be a more real moment in my life for that line on this actual day — for reasons we won't get into | 76,744 | wow-train |
Armadillos are New World mammals with a leathery armour shell. They transmit leprosy
That is pretty interesting! Do you know a lot about Armadillos?
The word armadillo in Spanish means little armoured one
That is actually pretty cool! Are there different kinds of armadillo's?
They are related to anteaters and sloths.
That is indeed pretty neat!! Where all do they live? | 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 | The armadillos are small mammals with a bony armored shell. They are native to the Americas. There are around 20 extant species.
- Family: Dasypodidae (armadillos)
- Subfamily: Dasypodinae
- Genus: "Dasypus"
- Nine-banded armadillo, "Dasypus novemcinctus" LC
- Subfamily: Tolypeutinae
- Genus: "Cabassous"
- Northern naked-tailed armadillo, "Cabassous centralis" DD
Subclass: Theria Infraclass: Eutheria Order: Pilosa (anteaters, sloths and tamanduas).
The | 76,745 | wow-train |
Hello :) My favourite color is blue. What is yours? | 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. | ’s becoming very professional. That is what this season has been all about".
Racing career 2013/2014 National Hunt season.
My Tent Or Yours began his third season in the Grade I Fighting Fifth Hurdle at Newcastle Racecourse on 30 November and started 8/11 favourite ahead of Melodic Rendezvous who had won the Elite Hurdle three weeks earlier. The gelding fought gainst McCoy' attempts to restrain him in the early stages, but moved into the lead two hurdles out and won by three lengths from the mare Cockney Sparrow. McCoy described the | 76,746 | wow-train |
I live in an apartment, also known as a flat. It is a self-contained housing unit that is part of a bigger building.
nice, i also live in an apartment i think its way more comfortable than a house if you live alone
For sure. My unit is rented by my landlord. As a tenant I do not have to pay for routine repairs.
that is so nice my apartment is a 2 floor flat which has an electric elevator in the building | Elevator
An elevator (US and Canada) or lift (UK, Ireland and Australia) is a type of vertical transportation device that moves people or goods between floors (levels, decks) of a building, vessel, or other structure. Elevators are typically powered by electric motors that drive traction cables and counterweight systems like a hoist, although some pump hydraulic fluid to raise a cylindrical piston like a jack.
In agriculture and manufacturing, an elevator is any type of conveyor device used to lift materials in a continuous | Apartment
An apartment (American English), flat (British English) or unit (Australian English) is a self-contained housing unit (a type of residential real estate) that occupies only part of a building, generally on a single storey. There are many names for these overall buildings, see below. The housing tenure of apartments also varies considerably, from large-scale public housing, to owner occupancy within what is legally a condominium (strata title or commonhold), to tenants renting from a private landlord | 76,747 | wow-train |
I didn't know MacDonalds sold such things as chicken products, breakfast food and wraps. Did you?
Yeah I did! Have you ever been to McDonalds before?
Not for a very long time. I have heard that they added salads, fish and fruit to their menu due to changing consumer tastes.
That makes sense.Not everyone likes greasy burgers.
Well, they do serve over 69 million people per day in over 100 countries, so someone must like them!
Yeah and they make a lot of money too! I also really like their ice cream! | its original headquarters in Oak Brook, Illinois, but moved its global headquarters to Chicago in early 2018.
McDonald's is the world's largest restaurant chain by revenue, serving over 69 million customers daily in over 100 countries across 37,855 outlets as of 2018. Although McDonald's is best known for its hamburgers, cheeseburgers and french fries, they also feature chicken products, breakfast items, soft drinks, milkshakes, wraps, and desserts. In response to changing consumer tastes and a negative backlash because of the unhealthiness of their | 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 | 76,748 | wow-train |
I really love the color blue! It is one of the three primary colors!
please tell me more 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. | out who she is / who she wants to be." On another occasion, when asked, O'Malley said "I don’t know… brown? How many natural hair colors are there really? She isn’t blonde. Honestly, I never thought about it… her hair color didn’t matter to me. Because I was drawing a black and white comic. Her hair color is whatever u desire~." For the new colour editions of Volume 2 he kept Ramona's hair as purple, reserving the blue colour spectrum for | 76,749 | wow-train |
I love to garden! Mostly flowers and flowerbeds. Do you have a garden? | Gardening
Gardening is the practice of growing and cultivating plants as part of horticulture. In gardens, ornamental plants are often grown for their flowers, foliage, or overall appearance; useful plants, such as root vegetables, leaf vegetables, fruits, and herbs, are grown for consumption, for use as dyes, or for medicinal or cosmetic use. Gardening is considered by many people to be a relaxing activity.
Gardening ranges in scale from fruit orchards, to long boulevard plantings with one or more different types of shrubs | background and miscellaneous sketches as well – about seventy! I hope you will like them, though rather scribbled." Scribbled or not, the work is of the highest quality with the sketches of onions and red carnations (which were dropped as the frontispiece) being chief examples. The illustrations communicate her obvious appreciation and love for the humble pots, onions, and flowers of the garden. Many of the objects in the illustrations – the gate, the potting shed, the wall – have changed little over the years and are | 76,750 | wow-train |
I sometimes like to go out surfing as a form of relaxation
Me too, I like surfing, which is a surface water sport
Do you know who invented surfing? | refers to the act of riding a wave with a board, regardless of the stance used. There are several types of boards. The native peoples of the Pacific, for instance, surfed waves on alaia, paipo, and other such craft, and did so on their belly and knees. The modern-day definition of surfing, however, most often refers to a surfer riding a wave standing up on a surfboard; this is also referred to as stand-up surfing.
Another prominent form of surfing is body | and I guess I like skateboarding so much because it’s very close to surfing. Surfing is harder than skateboarding, though. Every wave is different, and you have to start out fresh on each wave. With skateboarding, a hard surface is a hard surface. Once you get your balance on solid ground, you can go from there.” At first, he skated basic surf style, attempting anything that he and Bruce Logan made up. He began bank riding in 1969 and almost all of his freestyle maneuvers were | 76,751 | wow-train |
I've never been to the beach but have tried to learn as much about as I can for that day that I do go. You know, A beach is a landform alongside a body of water
Oh I love the beach! I live near a lake beach but I've always wanted to go to the ocean. | 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 | to say it was a hire. But I just... people kept telling me, 'Oh you'll never be able to shake this,' and I said, 'You know, I'm gonna do the best I can and go away from that.' I knew when I read it, and I saw the bees and the stuff, I knew things like that haven't been filmed before, so that was interesting. And I've always wanted to find my own personal Phantom of the Opera." | 76,752 | wow-train |
I have a lot of freckles, clusters of melaninized cells.
oh yea? is it a genetic thing? how are they formed ? | types, they are most common on skin tone 1 and 2, which usually belong to North Europeans. However, it can be found in all ethnicities.
Biology.
The formation of freckles is caused by exposure to sunlight. The exposure to UV-B radiation activates melanocytes to increase melanin production, which can cause freckles to become darker and more visible. This means that one may have never developed freckles before, but after extended exposure to sunlight, they may suddenly appear.
Freckles are predominantly found on the | Freckle
Freckles are clusters of concentrated melaninized cells which are most easily visible on people with a fair complexion. Freckles do not have an increased number of the melanin-producing cells, or melanocytes, but instead have melanocytes that overproduce melanin granules (melanosomes) changing the coloration of the outer skin cells (keratinocytes). As such, freckles are different from lentigines and moles, which are caused by accumulation of melanocytes in a small area.
Freckles can appear on all types of skin tones. Of the six Fitzpatrick skin | 76,753 | wow-train |
I dislike divorce when my parents divorced it made not only their marriage a termination it made me and my siblings life one as well.
That's unfortunate, I'm sorry you had to go through that. Hopefully it didn't ruin the way you view relationships now.
No not really once I got older to understand how it got to that point my mom felt the lack of independence and they would always clash.
Yeah that can be really rough for her and for you and your siblings. Did she remarry or did has she stayed single? | Remarriage
Remarriage is a marriage that takes place after a previous marital union has ended, as through divorce or widowhood.
Some individuals are more likely to remarry than others; the likelihood can differ based on previous relationship status (e.g. divorced vs. widowed), level of interest in establishing a new romantic relationship, gender, race, and age among other factors. Those who choose not to remarry may prefer alternative arrangements like cohabitation or living apart together.
Remarriage also provides mental and physical health benefits. However, although | – on a fact-finding mission to Africa. From a personal point of view, I said in the book I probably should have ignored what I'd been told about Mrs. Wilson. Now I'm much less ambivalent. I'd go full speed ahead because of the hateful and beastly way in which my left-wing critics in the press and Congress tried to make a political affair out of it and tried to ruin me. My response now is this: The hell with you. They didn't ruin me. | 76,754 | wow-train |
I think comics are amazing, I have quite a number of DC comics
I agree. A comic book known simply also as a comic is a publication of comic in art form with a sequence of juxtaposed segments that represent individual scenes.
This is interesting, do you know when people started using comics to represent scenes?
These segments or panels usually have descriptive prose or written narrative in form of bubbles which describe the comics art form.
Ok that's nice. Is there any standard ways to represent comic art form?
The origins of comics have been know to date back to the 18th century in Japan and 1830's in Europe. However the popularity took off in the USA during the 1930's.
How did comic gain popularity in the USA?
The first modern comic book famous funnies was released in the USA in 1933and was actually a repeat from a newspaper with earlier newspaper humor.
That makes sense, I know it's newspapers that would have spread the popularity so easily | appearance. Authors largely focus on the frame of the page, size, orientation, and panel positions. These characteristic aspects of comic books are necessary in conveying the content and messages of the author. The key elements of comic books include panels, balloons (speech bubbles), text (lines), and characters. Balloons are usually convex spatial containers of information that are related to a character using a tail element. The tail has an origin, path, tip, and pointed direction. Key tasks in the creation of | 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 | 76,755 | wow-train |
I've always been fascinated by pet skunks!
Skinks are known for ability to spray a strong nasty smell!
Oh yes, I believe the skunks that are pets have it removed. Do you know a lot about them?
I know skunks are versatile and change diet with the seasons they eat vegetables and animals
I didn't know that. What types of stuff do they like to eat specifically?
They eat vegetables that grow in the wild and animals like small rodents
I always thought they were herbivores. Do you know how big skunks usually are?
Skunks weigh about eight pounds and skunks are mammals
That's a lot of stink for such a small animal, sounds about the size of a cat. | Skunk
Skunks are North and South American mammals in the family Mephitidae. While related to polecats and other members of the weasel family, skunks have as their closest Old World relatives the stink badgers. The animals are known for their ability to spray a liquid with a strong, unpleasant smell. Different species of skunk vary in appearance from black-and-white to brown, cream or ginger colored, but all have warning coloration.
Etymology.
The word "skunk" is an Americanism from the 1630s, the | 's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. Baby skunk availability peaks during springtime, immediately following the skunk mating season. Some large fur farms sell surplus skunks to pet stores.
Skunks are probably best known for their ability to spray foul-smelling fluid as a defense against predators. Most wild skunks spray only when injured or attacked, as a defense mechanism. The mercaptan-emitting scent glands are usually removed in pet skunks at about four weeks of age. Since 2006, this removal practice has been illegal in the UK | 76,756 | wow-train |
I absolutely love eating pizza. It is a traditional Italian dish consisting of bread, tomato sauce, and cheese.
love pizza too, i think it is a universal agreement on the love for pizza
Pizza can be topped with vegetables, meats, and condiments. I like mine with sausage and extra mushrooms.
for me a simple cheese pizza, you cannot go wrong with that | called pizzettas.
The term "pizza" was first recorded in the 10th century in a Latin manuscript from the Southern Italian town of Gaeta in Lazio, on the border with Campania. Modern pizza was invented in Naples, and the dish and its variants have since become popular in many countries. It has become one of the most popular foods in the world and a common fast food item in Europe and North America, available at pizzerias (restaurants specializing in pizza), restaurants offering Mediterranean cuisine, and via pizza delivery | seasoned deep-dish pizza pan and raised up on the sides. The ingredients are placed on a Chicago style deep-dish pizza in the opposite order of a thin crust pizza. The first ingredient is thick slices of mozzarella cheese that are placed directly on the dough. Then additional ingredients like mushrooms, onions and sausage are spread on top of the cheese. The pizza is then topped with a tomato sauce made with whole chunks of tomatoes. A "Lou-Mal" pie uses a "sausage patty," a | 76,757 | wow-train |
I really love reading, I have been catching up on some goosebump books from my childhood, Have you ever read them?
i have. i learned in school that Reading is a complex "cognitive process" of decoding symbols in order to construct or derive meaning
It can definitely be complex depending on what books you read, I like to keep it simple and read a lot of books that remind me of my childhood and relive those fine moments.
yeah it is true that Reading is a means of language acquisition.
Indeed it is, I used books and reading as a way to increase my understanding of english as well, I am now fully proficient in english and reading. Its a good life skill for sure
exactly! Like all languages, it is a complex interaction between the text and the reader which is shaped by the reader’s prior knowledge.
Yep and some books actually helped me learn new words that I never seen before, I remember I could never pronounce island or sweater properly but in school there was books that taught me that. | 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 | Her father was a house builder and later successful real estate developer, while her mother worked as the bookkeeper for her father's business. Early on, her parents encouraged her to read, leading to what would become her love of reading. She said, "I learned [how important reading is] at home from my mother. When I was a little girl, my mother would read stories to me. I have loved books and going to the library ever since. In the summer, I liked to spend afternoons | 76,758 | wow-train |
I love guitar music -- everything from classical to acoustic rock. How about you?
I love it too! The sound of a fretted instrument with six strings is amazing!
Obviously it's been around for a long time...I wonder *how* far back it dates as an instrument? | type of chordophone, traditionally constructed from wood and strung with either gut, nylon or steel strings and distinguished from other chordophones by its construction and tuning. The modern guitar was preceded by the gittern, the vihuela, the four-course Renaissance guitar, and the five-course baroque guitar, all of which contributed to the development of the modern six-string instrument.
There are three main types of modern acoustic guitar: the classical guitar (Spanish guitar/nylon-string guitar), the steel-string acoustic | ". "I see music very visually. And I want the music itself to express the story as much, if not more, than the lyrics. I think I achieved that on Love Won’t Be Leaving," she commented on the former. As for the latter, "It’s a good example of how I wanted to make the guitar sound like another instrument. I wanted the middle-section to sound like the strings on a Hitchcock soundtrack. It crescendos towards an explosion, but in a real and | 76,759 | wow-train |
What's your favorite type of Mexican food? Mine is the burrito!
I love burritos as well! I love how they are large and filled with various fillings.
Yea! Burritos can be filled with lots of things. What fillings do you like? | eaten with silverware.
In Mexico, meat and refried beans are frequently the only fillings. In the United States, however, burrito fillings may include a large combination of ingredients such as Spanish rice or plain rice, boiled beans or refried beans, lettuce, salsa, meat, guacamole, cheese, sour cream and various vegetables. Burrito sizes vary greatly and some can be very large, such as with the "burro percherón" variant of the burrito.
Etymology.
The word "burrito" means "little | Although the idea of filling a rolled up tortilla with refried beans may be a common one, the term "Corn Burritos" is typically well known to the locals of Ventura County, California, USA, and they can be found at many Mexican fast food restaurants in the Ventura County, California area.
May 15th, 2018 was coined National Corn Burrito Day in Ventura, California and was celebrated with both local Yelp members and members of the Facebook page I Love Corn Burritos at Foster Freeze in Ventura, California. Lisa | 76,760 | wow-train |
My degree is in Master of Business Administration.
How long did it take to get that done?
The program has sixty credits and most masters programs only require about half that.
What kind of job do you have now?
I have a job in business accounting.
Do you enjoy doing that? | Master of Business Administration
The Master of Business Administration (MBA or M.B.A.) degree originated in the United States in the early 20th century when the country industrialized and companies sought scientific approaches to management. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business such as accounting, applied statistics, business communication, business ethics, business law, finance, managerial economics, management, entrepreneurship, marketing, supply chain, and operations in a manner most relevant to management analysis and strategy.
Most programs also include elective courses | you a service; so you feel yourself bound to give me something which I am not to give to a neighbour, unless he has done something special for me. I have heard of this kind of thing; but pardon me for saying, that it seems to us a troublesome and roundabout custom; and we don't know how to manage it. And you see this ferrying and giving people casts about the water is my business, which I would do for anybody; so to take gifts in connection with it would | 76,761 | wow-train |
Humans have been running for over 2.6 million years, don't you love running?!
I am not realy a fan of running at all. | -mass mechanics is that changes in kinetic and potential energy within a stride occur simultaneously, with energy storage accomplished by springy tendons and passive muscle elasticity. The term running can refer to any of a variety of speeds ranging from jogging to sprinting.
It is assumed that the ancestors of humankind developed the ability to run for long distances about 2.6 million years ago, probably in order to hunt animals. Competitive running grew out of religious festivals in various areas. Records of competitive racing date back to the Tailteann Games in Ireland | about.
- Peggy: Elaine, it was very nice of you to bring the man you're currently sleeping with over to talk to me, but I assure you, I don't have any problem with germs. Puddy: Don't you? ... I know it looks bleak. I've been there. Ten years ago waking up in bed next to a woman like this would've sent me running for the Phisohex. Peggy: Really? Puddy: I still have trouble looking at those disgusting old bedroom slippers | 76,762 | wow-train |
I am a geology major in Alabama University. The oldest and largest of the public universities in Alabama.
That's so amazing. What exactly is geology?
It is a branch of science that concerned with the solid Earth, the rocks of which it is composed, and the processes by which they change over time.
I really like learning about science, what kind of geology processes are there? | the atmospheric sciences, and so is treated as one major aspect of integrated earth system science and planetary science.
Geology describes the structure of the Earth on and beneath its surface, and the processes that have shaped that structure. It also provides tools to determine the relative and absolute ages of rocks found in a given location, and also to describe the histories of those rocks. By combining these tools, geologists are able to chronicle the geological history of the Earth as a whole, and also to demonstrate the age of | Geology
Geology (from the Ancient Greek γῆ, "gē" ("earth") and -λoγία, "-logia", ("study of", "discourse")) is an earth science concerned with the solid Earth, the rocks of which it is composed, and the processes by which they change over time. Geology can also include the study of the solid features of any terrestrial planet or natural satellite such as Mars or the Moon. Modern geology significantly overlaps all other earth sciences, including hydrology and | 76,763 | wow-train |
I like visiting New York City.
I've only ever gone once, but is a very popular city in the US.
I have been there a couple times, but would never want to live there.
I don't think I would either, even though it is like the financial capital of the world.
It may be the financial capital, but it is way too expensive to live there.
Oh yeah, very expensive. It is way too fast paced for me.
Yes. Definitely fun to visit sometimes, but not a place to live or raise kids. | spoken in New York, making it the most linguistically diverse city in the world. New York City is home to more than 3.2 million residents born outside the United States, the largest foreign-born population of any city in the world. , the New York metropolitan area is estimated to produce a gross metropolitan product (GMP) of US$1.9 trillion. If greater New York City were a sovereign state, it would have the 12th highest GDP in the world. New York is home to the highest number of billionaires | good record from me never defines 2011 -- it should be totally timeless and be able to live in any era. I think I've done that with this one. It's different at times [...] but I don't think it's a huge departure from anything I've ever done. And I think my fans who have been there since "Endtroducing" will really like this one."
Themes.
Shadow has connected many themes to various aspects of the album. Speaking about the album's title, | 76,764 | wow-train |
I just received my bachelors degree in Finance.
Congratulations! In finance, people study investments.
I did really well in my investment classes. Not sure what job I want. Do you have any insight into the world of Finance?
Well, basically finance have to do with the different aspects of assets and liabilities as they are related to different levels of uncertainty/risk.
Oh I see. Finance is almost similar to Accounting it seems like. | Finance
Finance is a field that is concerned with the allocation (investment) of assets and liabilities over space and time, often under conditions of risk or uncertainty. Finance can also be defined as the art of money management. Participants in the market aim to price assets based on their risk level, fundamental value, and their expected rate of return. Finance can be split into three sub-categories: public finance, corporate finance and personal finance.
Areas of finance.
Areas of finance Personal finance.
Matters | and tracked performance. Even as the price fell over a month after his tip, an online interview was published wherein he responded to the question: "When do you suppose the gold price will start climbing again?" with "I don't have any timetable. I can just tell you that I haven't sold any of my gold and I won't until there is a gold-backed, well-financed national currency that offers me a reasonable yield for the risk I take to finance the government." | 76,765 | wow-train |
I fell in love this summer, it was an amazing experience.
Aw, thats good to hear. You might want to start thinking about Courtship. It is period which precedes engagement and marriage (if it comes to that!)
Well, isn't that just dating? I mean we have been going out on dates and what not.
you're right, dating is a form of courtship! Im sure you must be engaging in social activities with each other?
Yes, we go out a lot. Where did that term come from anyway? I haven't heard that in a long time. | average of 2 years and 7 months. Regarding duration between proposal and wedding, the UK poll above gave an average of 2 years and 3 months.
Traditions.
The date is fairly casual in most European-influenced cultures, but in some traditional societies, courtship is a highly structured activity, with very specific formal rules.
In some societies, the parents or community propose potential partners and then allow limited dating to determine whether the parties are suited. In Japan, there is a such type of courtship called | The tour was amazing. That was, I think, just a really big…you know the only bad thing about it was there were only ten shows and we were done and we were ready for more. But I mean, I think it's been great. A lot of these songs were the kind of songs that, as you’re writing them and recording them, you’re thinking about you know you want to play them live. So a lot of them were born to be good live songs too. | 76,766 | wow-train |
I loveeeeee pizza!
So do I! Have you ever made your own? It's fun and not too difficult!
I have! I have made it at my boyfriends house, but we did not do too well! What flavours do you like?\
I kind of like a traditional pizza, just sauce and cheese, but I have made ones with sundried tomatoes and black olives. I love those, but don't always have that stuff in the house! | called pizzettas.
The term "pizza" was first recorded in the 10th century in a Latin manuscript from the Southern Italian town of Gaeta in Lazio, on the border with Campania. Modern pizza was invented in Naples, and the dish and its variants have since become popular in many countries. It has become one of the most popular foods in the world and a common fast food item in Europe and North America, available at pizzerias (restaurants specializing in pizza), restaurants offering Mediterranean cuisine, and via pizza delivery | 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 | 76,767 | wow-train |
Do you have pets known as companion animals for company or entertainment?
I just have mine as pets they are like my kids
I have a pet dog mainly for protection since I live alone
Dont they also use dogs to help blind people? | such as children in hospitals or elders in nursing homes. Pet therapy utilizes trained animals and handlers to achieve specific physical, social, cognitive or emotional goals with patients.
Some scholars, ethicists and animal rights organizations have raised concerns over keeping pets because of the lack of autonomy and objectification of nonhuman animals.
Pet popularity.
There are approximately 86.4 million pet cats and approximately 78.2 million pet dogs in the United States, and a United States 2007–2008 survey showed that dog-owning households outnumbered those owning cats, but | and impale them with razor-sharp forelimbs.
F Frog-dog.
Frog-dogs are sentient reptiles with characteristics of both frogs and dogs. Their diet is carnivorous, and they use their long tongues to capture prey. Jabba the Hutt kept a frog-dog named Buboicullaar as a pet.
F Fynock.
Fynocks are avian creatures that can be kept as pets. They look like exotic birds with snake tails. Fynocks live on Talus. They do not have appendages besides their wings and they have large suckers | 76,768 | wow-train |
I have several pit bulls and they were all some of the best dogs I've ever had. Most people are scared of them | Pit bull
Pit bull is the common name for a type of dog descended from bulldogs and terriers. The pit bull-type is particularly ambiguous, as it encompasses a range of pedigree breeds, informal types and appearances that cannot be reliably identified. Formal breeds often considered to be of the pit bull-type include the American Pit Bull Terrier, American Staffordshire Terrier, American Bully, and Staffordshire Bull Terrier. The American Bulldog is also sometimes included. Mixed-breed dogs which physically resemble these breeds often get labelled | but the morphological variation among bully breed dogs makes it difficult for even experts to visually identify them as distinct. While mixed-breed dogs are often labeled as pit bulls if they have certain physical characteristics, such as a square-shaped head or bulky body type, visual identification of mixed-breed dogs is not recommended by the scholarly community. Some of the breeds which often get mistaken for pit bulls (but which are not genetically pit bulls) include the Cane Corso, Dogo Argentino, Dogue de Bordeaux, and others | 76,769 | wow-train |
Hi! I like watching Star Trek with my husband. | Trekkie
A Trekkie or Trekker is a fan of the "Star Trek" franchise, or of specific television series or films within that franchise.
History.
In 1967, science fiction editor Arthur W. Saha applied the term "trekkies" when he saw a few fans of the first season of "" wearing pointy ears at the 25th World Science Fiction Convention, on the day series creator Gene Roddenberry showed a print of "Amok Time" to the convention. Saha used the term in an interview with Pete Hamill | McGillion expressed great interest in auditioning for the role of Montgomery Scott in the 2009 eleventh "Star Trek" film. “I grew up watching "Star Trek" and Scotty was my favourite character. It would be a great honour to follow in James Doohan’s footsteps," McGillion said. He had the endorsement of Chris Doohan, the son of original Scotty actor James Doohan, to play the role of Scotty in the film.
Though the part ultimately went to Simon Pegg, McGillion still appeared in the film in | 76,770 | wow-train |
Have you ever been to Barbados? It's an island in the Carribbean. I love the accents the residents have.
No I've never been, I know Rihanna is from there though
She is! I just learned that Rihanna's first name is Robyn. I wonder how often she returns to Barbados?
Yeah she's a real unique artist. The Beatles are on that next level though. I bet she goes pretty often, she seems pretty down to earth | Barbados
Barbados ( or ) is an island country in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the Caribbean region of North America. It is in length and up to in width, covering an area of . It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, Barbados is east of the Windwards, part of the Lesser Antilles, roughly at 13°N of the equator. It is about east of both the countries of Saint Lucia and | I gave Stella Gibson a double guitar name as she's my central character. As a writer sometimes it's incredibly important that you write about things that interest you and you just know when names are right. I love music and I love guitars and have been playing them for years. In fact, my first ever guitar was a Gibson."
Conception.
Cubitt started writing the script in 2010 with Anderson in mind, stating: "I always thought that Gillian would be the best person to play the part | 76,771 | wow-train |
Do you like porsche cars? Ferdinand porsche founded them!
Yes I do. I've never owned one though. Do you know what country Porsche originated in?
They originated in Germany! The porsche company specialize in high performing sports cars,sedans, and SUVs
Neat! I bet that was a long time ago. I like high-performing cars, how about you? | Porsche GmbH" in 1931, with main offices at Kronenstraße 24 in the centre of Stuttgart. Initially, the company offered motor vehicle development work and consulting, but did not build any cars under its own name. One of the first assignments the new company received was from the German government to design a car for the people, that is a "Volkswagen". This resulted in the Volkswagen Beetle, one of the most successful car designs of all time. The Porsche 64 was developed in 1939 using many components from the | Porsche
Dr.-Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, usually shortened to Porsche AG (), is a German automobile manufacturer specializing in high-performance sports cars, SUVs and sedans. Porsche AG is headquartered in Stuttgart, and is owned by Volkswagen AG, which is itself majority-owned by Porsche Automobil Holding SE. Porsche's current lineup includes the 718 Boxster/Cayman, 911, Panamera, Macan and Cayenne.
History.
History Origin.
Ferdinand Porsche founded the company called "Dr. Ing. h. c. F. | 76,772 | wow-train |
Snorkeling at the Great Barrier Reef must be amazing.
Could only imagine | water.
Often called "rainforests of the sea", shallow coral reefs form some of Earth's most diverse ecosystems. They occupy less than 0.1% of the world's ocean area, about half the area of France, yet they provide a home for at least 25% of all marine species, including fish, mollusks, worms, crustaceans, echinoderms, sponges, tunicates and other cnidarians. Coral reefs flourish in ocean waters that provide few nutrients. They are most commonly found at shallow depths in tropical waters, | and the Grigoryan Orchestra (named for school alumnus, guitarist Slava Grigoryan).
Other programs.
Other programs Great Barrier Reef project.
The Great Barrier Reef project involves year 10 students studying VCE Unit 2 biology in Far North Queensland, participating in a month of research on the Great Barrier Reef. Activities include daily snorkeling from St Michael's Orpheus Island Research Campus.
Originally the program ran for a duration of one month, but has since been extended to include days in Townsville, Paluma and Tully to study Indigenous | 76,773 | wow-train |
Hi! I really enjoy eating pizza, especially with friends on the weekend.
Pizza is a traditional Italian dish consisting of a yeasted flatbread typically topped with tomato sauce and cheese and baked i
There are also additional toppings, I usually prefer meats such as sausage and pepperoni. What are some unique toppings you know of? | called pizzettas.
The term "pizza" was first recorded in the 10th century in a Latin manuscript from the Southern Italian town of Gaeta in Lazio, on the border with Campania. Modern pizza was invented in Naples, and the dish and its variants have since become popular in many countries. It has become one of the most popular foods in the world and a common fast food item in Europe and North America, available at pizzerias (restaurants specializing in pizza), restaurants offering Mediterranean cuisine, and via pizza delivery | The original pizzerias in New York used coal-fired ovens and baked their pizza with the cheese on the bottom and sauce on top.
By 2010, over 400 pizza restaurants existed in New York City, with hundreds more of varied cuisine also offering the dish.
Characteristics.
New York-style pizza is traditionally hand-tossed, consisting in its basic form of a light layer of tomato sauce sprinkled with dry, grated, full-fat mozzarella cheese; additional toppings are placed over the cheese. Pies | 76,774 | wow-train |
Doyou like Mick Jagger? He is an English singer and one of the founder members of the Rolling Stones
I'm not a big fan, no but admire how huge the band is.
Yes, the band is extremely popular. Jagger is actually described as one of the most popular and influential frontmen in the history of rock & roll
He is still performing right? I've heard he is a proper womanizer! | Kelly"), to a mixed reception. He began a solo career in 1985, releasing his first album, "She's the Boss", and joined the electric supergroup SuperHeavy in 2009. Relationships with the Stones' members, particularly Richards, deteriorated during the 1980s, but Jagger has always found more success with the band than with his solo and side projects.
In 1989, Jagger was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and in 2004 into the UK Music Hall of Fame with the Rolling | Mick Jagger
Sir Michael Philip Jagger (born 26 July 1943) is an English singer, songwriter, actor, and film producer who gained worldwide fame as the lead singer and one of the founder members of the Rolling Stones. Jagger's career has spanned over five decades, and he has been described as "one of the most popular and influential frontmen in the history of rock & roll". His distinctive voice and energetic live performances, along with Keith Richards' guitar style, have been the trademark of the Rolling | 76,775 | wow-train |
I am in an a lot of debt, I own money to my debtor, a second party.
Oh no that's unfortunate to hear, debt is a really big problem in the United States I think. | Causes of the Great Depression
The causes of the Great Depression in the early 20th century have been extensively discussed by economists and remain a matter of active debate. They are part of the larger debate about economic crises. The specific economic events that took place during the Great Depression are well established. There was an initial stock market crash that triggered a "panic sell-off" of assets. This was followed by a deflation in asset and commodity prices, dramatic drops in demand and credit, and disruption of trade, | Dog". Shear later recalled in an interview, "[it's] like a big bonus really. Cyndi Lauper does a song ('All Through the Night') that's on a solo record of mine. I just thought, 'No one's really going to hear this.' Then she does it, and it becomes a Top 5 song." "I'm just glad people know the songs, really. I think they're really good. The only problem is with people who don't | 76,776 | wow-train |
Hello, do you know that poaching is illegal hunting?
Yes I am aware. But what does it mean? | Poaching
Poaching has been defined as the illegal hunting or capturing of wild animals, usually associated with land use rights.
According to "Encyclopædia Britannica", poaching was performed by impoverished peasants for subsistence purposes and a supplement for meager diets. Poaching was as well set against the hunting privileges of nobility and territorial rulers. By contrast, stealing domestic animals (as in cattle raiding, for example) classifies as theft, not as poaching.
Since the 1980s, the term "poaching" has also referred to the | -called luxury products that have failed miserably after three weeks. We [at Hermès] are a quality manufacturer. My concern in life is, what does quality mean and how do you achieve it?" - On the meaning of "luxury"
"We must know the past but live in the present and look to the future…. Some items last 100 years, while others do not survive two years."
"It's not really about the stitch. It's about being aware of the sense | 76,777 | wow-train |
Honda Civic is my favorite car | 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 | Honda Civic (1994)
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Pimp My Ride International.
Pimp My Ride International Season 1 (2006).
1. Marek's Trabant 601 (1981) (Presented by Fat Joe)
- The chassis of the car was completely rusted out, and needed a donor car to replace many of its parts.
- Since the owner was practicing to be a chef, a stove and table were installed in the trunk.
- The car was fitted with | 76,778 | wow-train |
Do you like interior design? i think it is so interesting to watch all of those home improvement shows
I love interior design, I love enhancing my space that I live in and to make it more pleasing
Me too, I wish I could afford to have more done, but learning the methods is fun too sometimes! | Interior design
Interior design is the art and science of enhancing the interior of a building to achieve a healthier and more aesthetically pleasing environment for the people using the space. An interior designer is someone who plans, researches, coordinates, and manages such projects. Interior design is a multifaceted profession that includes conceptual development, space planning, site inspections, programming, research, communicating with the stakeholders of a project, construction management, and execution of the design.
History and current terms.
In the past, interiors | that is all I have" and went with Erin. Cee Lo Green commented, “With Erin, maybe the song was not the one that gave you the opportunity to really shine but I love your voice too. I think it’s so strange. I think in another kind of setting, I can really embellish on it. I love you both and I see things that we can both do but what I feel like have the most prospect with is Erin.” Martin advanced to the live Shows in a hotly | 76,779 | wow-train |
My father likes playing tennis, it's a sport where each player uses a tennis racket to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt.
I always wanted to learn howto play tennis. doesn't look too hard | gain a point, while the opposite player will.
Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society and at all ages. The sport can be played by anyone who can hold a racket, including wheelchair users. The modern game of tennis originated in Birmingham, England, in the late 19th century as lawn tennis. It had close connections both to various field (lawn) games such as croquet and bowls as well as to the older racket sport today called real tennis. During most of the | Tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that can be played individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's court. The object of the game is to maneuver the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. The player who is unable to return the ball will not | 76,780 | wow-train |
I love Honda cars! They are so reliable. Honda became the second largest Japanese car manufacturer in 2011. what's your favorite car?
I really like the Honda Accord! They are quite roomy! It doesn't hurt that they are very reliable as well! | Honda Accord
The is a series of automobiles manufactured by Honda since 1976, best known for its four-door sedan variant, which has been one of the best-selling cars in the United States since 1989. The Accord nameplate has been applied to a variety of vehicles worldwide, including coupes, wagons, hatchbacks, and a crossover.
Background.
Since initiation, Honda has offered several different car body styles and versions of the Accord, and often vehicles marketed under the Accord nameplate concurrently in different regions differ | RLX bigger fixes nothing. The RL's problem, and now the RLX's, is that the car looks and feels like an exalted, compulsively over-equipped Honda Accord".
Second generation (2004–2012) Safety.
In October 2010, the Acura RL was named by "Consumer Reports" as the most reliable new car among luxury sedans, one of five Honda models so honored in their respective categories. The others were the front-wheel-drive version of the Acura TL among upscale sedans, the Honda CR- | 76,781 | wow-train |
I have recently got into cooking which is the science and craft of preparing food for consumption with or without heat
Cooking is always a popular subject. It's no surprise either. Cooking and cuisine are a direct link to our history as a species. | Cooking
Cooking or cookery is the art, technology, science and craft of preparing food for consumption. Cooking techniques and ingredients vary widely across the world, from grilling food over an open fire to using electric stoves, to baking in various types of ovens, reflecting unique environmental, economic, and cultural traditions and trends. The ways or types of cooking also depend on the skill and type of training an individual cook has. Cooking is done both by people in their own dwellings and by professional cooks and chefs in restaurants | ).
Meal preparation.
Meal preparation, sometimes called "meal prep," is the process of planning and preparing meals. It generally involves food preparation, including cooking.
Meal preparation Food preparation.
Preparing food for eating generally requires selection, measurement and combination of ingredients in an ordered procedure so as to achieve desired results. Food preparation includes but is not limited to cooking.
Meal preparation Food preparation Cooking.
Cooking or "cookery" is the art, technology and craft of preparing food for consumption with the | 76,782 | wow-train |
I love cupcakes, Who or where were cupcakes invented? | small cups" was written in "American Cookery" by Amelia Simmons. The earliest extant documentation of the term "cupcake" itself was in "Seventy-five Receipts for Pastry, Cakes, and Sweetmeats" in 1828 in Eliza Leslie's "Receipts" cookbook.
In the early 19th century, there were two different uses for the term "cup cake" or "cupcake". In previous centuries, before muffin tins were widely available, the cakes were often baked in individual pottery cups, ramekins, or molds | icing)
- Chocolate Covered Strawberry CupCakes (strawberry cake with chocolate icing)
- I Love You Cakes (chocolate cake with chocolate icing) - shaped like a heart
- ScaryCakes (chocolate cake with orange colored icing) - available during the Halloween time period
- HolidayCakes (yellow cake with vanilla icing & sprinkles)
- Shamrock CupCakes (chocolate cake with mint filling)
- Spring CupCakes (yellow cake with pink-colored, vanilla icing) | 76,783 | wow-train |
I've been practicing swimming more often now because I'm trying to get healthier. I've utilized the butterfly stroke a lot, and it's been one of my favorites. Just a simple stroke where you swim on the chest, using both of your arms moving symmetrically, and then pairing it with what's called a dolphin kick.. It makes me feel so athletic.
That looks like a hard swimming stroke to master. You must have been working really hard. How many laps do you swim at a time?
It varies, since I do other exercises on different days, and can only do so much on some days. I usually aim for 30 laps overall, which actually isn't that many. But you're right, the butterfly is one of the more difficult strokes because of the necessary detail concerning good technique, and you also need to have built up stronger muscles. It did take me a while to get good at it. I had to start with the breaststroke and the front crawl, and sometimes the backstroke, since they're more geared for beginners.
Do you think you'll ever swim competitively, like in the Olympics?
Haha.. no way. I'm an older geezer. I just do it to maybe live a little longer. I just started doing the butterfly stroke more because it's more advanced and also because the technique of it allows you to move/swim faster than others, because of the synchronous push/pull of both arms and legs.
I guess swimming would be a good activity to get in to if you're older since it's low impact, right? | 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 | Butterfly stroke
The butterfly (colloquially shortened to fly) is a swimming stroke swum on the chest, with both arms moving symmetrically, accompanied by the butterfly kick (also known as the "dolphin kick"). While other styles like the breaststroke, front crawl, or backstroke can be swum adequately by beginners, the butterfly is a more difficult stroke that requires good technique as well as strong muscles. It is the newest swimming style swum in competition, first swum in 1933 and originating out of the breaststroke. | 76,784 | wow-train |
Polyamory is a fascinating concept, it refers to the practice of having intimate relationships with more than one partner at the same time, and all partners are aware of it.
i have heard of that, however it seems like a complicated idea and execution of it must be hard
I think you would definitely need to find the right group of people, fortunately polyamorous arangements are varied and reflect the philosophies of the individuals involved very well.
that's cool. I am bisexual and that might be a good idea to have relationships that way | published in May 1990 in "Green Egg Magazine", as "poly-amorous". In May 1992, Jennifer L. Wesp created the Usenet newsgroup "alt.polyamory", and the Oxford English Dictionary cites the proposal to create that group as the first verified appearance of the word. In 1999 Zell-Ravenheart was asked by the editor of the OED to provide a definition of the term, and had provided it for the UK version as "the practice, state or ability of having more than one sexual loving relationship at | Polyamory
Polyamory (from Greek ', "many, several", and Latin ', "love") is the practice of, or desire for, intimate relationships with more than one partner, with the consent of all partners involved. It has been described as "consensual, ethical, and responsible non-monogamy". People who identify as polyamorous believe in an open relationship with a conscious management of jealousy; they reject the view that sexual and relational exclusivity are necessary for deep, committed, long-term | 76,785 | wow-train |
Spiders are air breathing arthropods
They also have over 100 different varieties.
They are the largest order of arachnids
They say that the daddy long legs has one of the most potent venoms, however it is harmless to humans because it's pincers are too brittle to pierce human skin.
Unlike most arthropods, spiders have no extensor muscles in their limbs
The tensile strength of a spider's web can hold over 200x it's own weight. | to how all these families should be classified, as evidenced by the over 20 different classifications that have been proposed since 1900.
Anatomically, spiders differ from other arthropods in that the usual body segments are fused into two tagmata, the cephalothorax and abdomen, and joined by a small, cylindrical pedicel. Unlike insects, spiders do not have antennae. In all except the most primitive group, the Mesothelae, spiders have the most centralized nervous systems of all arthropods, as all their ganglia are fused into one mass in the | Spider
Spiders (order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs and chelicerae with fangs able to inject venom. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species diversity among all orders of organisms. Spiders are found worldwide on every continent except for Antarctica, and have become established in nearly every habitat with the exceptions of air and sea colonization. , at least 48,200 spider species, and 120 families have been recorded by taxonomists. However, there has been dissension within the scientific community as | 76,786 | wow-train |
I work in a flower shop, sometimes we call flowers blooms or blossoms.
I've heard of them being called buds also. I think that would be fun and the smell would be nice too.
It is! Flowers facilitate outcrossing so you can crossbreed many kinds of flowers.
We wouldn't be alive without them I would think, since bees use flowers to pollinate. Amazing how thinks are interconnected.
It really is, flowers are so interesting some actually have evolved to attract animals to help spreed their pollen.
And they are so nice to look at also. I have some rose bushes that smell wonderful in the summer. | .
The essential parts of a flower can be considered in two parts: the vegetative part, consisting of petals and associated structures in the perianth, and the reproductive or sexual parts. A stereotypical flower consists of four kinds of structures attached to the tip of a short stalk. Each of these kinds of parts is arranged in a whorl on the receptacle. The four main whorls (starting from the base of the flower or lowest node and working upwards) are as follows:
Morphology Floral parts Perianth.
Collectively the calyx | he had made which were broadcast in the Middle East. Hill was asked whether he thought Atkinson should resign over the comments, to which he said it was the "language of the football field". Hill went on to say: "In that context, you wouldn't think that words like nigger were particularly insulting: it would be funny. Without meaning to insult any black men, it's us having fun ... I mean, nigger is black - so we have jokes where we call them niggers because they | 76,787 | wow-train |
I'm really interested in learning about the game of baseball, since my grandpa used to be an amateur baseball player.
I love baseball! It's played with a bat and ball - there's 2 teams each with nine players and they take turns batting and fielding
What's the goal of the team that is batting?
The team that is batting wants to score runs! The more, the better!
It sounds like a fun game to watch. Where are these games typically played at? | . One turn batting for each team constitutes an inning. A game is usually composed of nine innings, and the team with the greater number of runs at the end of the game wins. If scores are tied at the end of nine innings, extra innings are usually played. Baseball has no game clock, although most games end in the ninth inning.
Baseball evolved from older bat-and-ball games already being played in England by the mid-18th century. This game was brought by immigrants to North America, | Baseball positions
Baseball is a bat-and-ball game played between two opposing teams who take turns batting and fielding. Within the game there are positions in which each player can play in.
There are nine fielding positions in baseball. Each position conventionally has an associated number, which is used to score putouts:
1 (pitcher), 2 (catcher), 3 (first baseman), 4 (second baseman), 5 (third baseman), 6 (shortstop), 7 (left fielder | 76,788 | wow-train |
Hello so how are you local pubs are they doing well? | Brewery
A brewery or brewing company is a business that makes and sells beer. The place at which beer is commercially made is either called a brewery or a beerhouse, where distinct sets of brewing equipment are called plant. The commercial brewing of beer has taken place since at least 2500 BC; in ancient Mesopotamia, brewers derived social sanction and divine protection from the goddess Ninkasi. Brewing was initially a cottage industry, with production taking place at home; by the ninth century monasteries and farms would produce beer on a larger | , doing this selection of their favourite covers. At the very last minute they pulled out. And I said to the label – A&M – I could do that.
The guys that managed me at the time went into overdrive – 'you can do that as well, because you know how much money they are going to pay you to do it?!' I thought, great, this is something everyone wants to do – an album of their favourite covers.
The reason things are so raw, was | 76,789 | wow-train |
I love sharks. Do you?
They are interesting but I'm afraid of them. Shark attacks are rare but I can't help remembering the movie Jaws!
Oh yes. I remember jaws. It is one of my favorite movies. | Jaws (film)
Jaws is a 1975 American thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg and based on Peter Benchley's 1974 novel of the same name. In the film, a giant man-eating great white shark attacks beachgoers on a New England summer resort town, prompting police chief Martin Brody (Roy Scheider) to hunt it with the help of a marine biologist (Richard Dreyfuss) and a professional shark hunter (Robert Shaw). Murray Hamilton plays the mayor, and Lorraine Gary portrays Brody's wife. The screenplay | Tarantino has said that he has "no respect" for biopics, saying that they "are just big excuses for actors to win Oscars. ... Even the most interesting person – if you are telling their life from beginning to end, it's going to be a fucking boring movie." However, in an interview with Charlie Rose, he said, "There is one story that I could be interested in, but it would probably be one of the last movies I [ever make] ... My favorite hero in | 76,790 | wow-train |
I love Cinematography and movies!
Yeah me too. I didn't even realize til recently that it was created from the Greeks and meant movement motion and then recording motion.
That's awesome. Tell me more about recording motion!
Well cinematography is really a science of motion picture photograph and works by recording light or chemicals.
What other interesting things about Cinematography do you know? What's a fun fact?
I'm really more interested in photography right now and the electronic image sensor with its electrical charge and pixels. You know?
I'm a fan of pixels. The more the better! | Graphics display resolution
The graphics display resolution is the width and height dimension of an electronic visual display device, such as a computer monitor, in pixels. Certain combinations of width and height are standardized and typically given a name and an initialism that is descriptive of its dimensions. A higher display resolution in a display of the same size means that displayed photo or video content appears sharper, and pixel art appears smaller.
Aspect ratio.
The favored aspect ratio of mass market display industry products has changed gradually from 4:3 | 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.'" | 76,791 | wow-train |
Have you ever played the board game Risk? I think it's really fun!
No , I didnt play but I have heard about that. Its aboard game conflict for two to six players
What is your favorite board game to play? I like Monopoly.
Yes I played that game. its business trading game. I like more
I agree, the business writing aspect of the game is actually why it's my favorite game of all time!
Ok . What about video games. I like civilization game
My favorite video game is Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess. Have you ever heard of it? | The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess is an action-adventure game developed and published by Nintendo for the Wii and GameCube home video game consoles. It is the thirteenth installment in "The Legend of Zelda" series. Originally planned for release on the GameCube in November 2005, "Twilight Princess" was delayed by Nintendo to allow its developers to refine the game, add more content, and port it to the Wii. The Wii version was released as a launch title in North | ' score from IGN of 8.2/10. Trey Walker at GameSpot said that "Monopoly Tycoon is the kind of game you might have imagined as a kid while you played the real board game."
The developers of the game, however, were critical of their work saying that "I don’t think we got it entirely right either."
The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences nominated "Monopoly Tycoon" for its 2001 "Online Game Play of the Year" and "Outstanding Achievement in Game Play Engineering" awards | 76,792 | wow-train |
I want to go kayaking. Do you like it?
I've never been kayaking but I would love to try it. I understand it is using a kayak to move across the water. Do you kayak?
I have been a few times and thought it was fun. Do you know what the difference between it and canoeing?
Kayaking differs from canoeing in the position you use when sitting as the paddler and also as to the number of paddle blades.
Oh, ok. I wonder which would be more difficult in a swift river? | kayaks are growing in popularity as well.
History.
Kayaks were created thousands of years ago by the Inuit, formerly known as Eskimos, of the northern Arctic regions. They used driftwood and sometimes the skeleton of whale, to construct the frame of the kayak, and animal skin, particularly seal skin was used to create the body. The main purpose for creating the kayak, which literally translates to "hunter's boat" was for hunting and fishing. The kayak's stealth capabilities allowed for the hunter to sneak | .
"My education was just like a big black spot in my life. I couldn't go beyond that, I thought. I thought, probably if you try to do thing like I've done, you'd need, you know, like a college degree. But if you ain't got it, you have to go on without it. So I found out you don't have to be educated to do what you have to do."
Gail Story and MaryLee Rogers
Two housewives from Bumpass | 76,793 | wow-train |
Cookery is the art and I am the master.. I have been cooking for 30 years.
what are you good at
Mainly grilling food over an open fire. People love when I make pizza like that.
what is your favorite topping to put on the pizza
Usually I have it topped with vegetables like spinach and other meats.
that sounds good, do you sell your food anywhere ? | copied in the world. It influenced several cuisines around the world, chiefly that of the United States.
Italian cuisine is generally characterized by its simplicity, with many dishes having only two to four main ingredients. Italian cooks rely chiefly on the quality of the ingredients rather than on elaborate preparation. Ingredients and dishes vary by region. Many dishes that were once regional have proliferated with variations throughout the country.
History.
Italian cuisine has developed over the centuries. Although the country known as Italy did not unite until | over the record because it leaked. I was like listen, there is no way this be on your album, you'd have to be crazy. He was like 'Really, you think so?' I was like c'mon man we got to stop treating rap like oh it came out it's dead. When it's good, we have to make people love it and digest it. We can't treat this like mixtape throwaways like everybody else does. Everybody else does half-ass music. So what people | 76,794 | wow-train |
I think Dr Pepper is an underrated soda
I love dr pepper. do you not like it?
i do like it actually
Dr pepper was created in 1880s by pharmacist in waco and first served around 1885.
i wonder if it was a medical thing
im not sure. it would be neat to know though. its introduction was proceeded by cocoa cola by one yr
damn cocacola has been around a while | at Morrison's soda fountain soon learned of Alderton's new drink and began ordering a "Waco". Alderton gave the formula to Morrison, who named it Dr. Pepper (later stylized as "Dr Pepper").
As with Coca-Cola, the formula for Dr Pepper is a trade secret, and allegedly the recipe is kept as two halves in safe deposit boxes in two separate Dallas banks. A persistent rumor since the 1930s is that the drink contains prune juice, but the official Dr Pepper FAQ refutes this | Dr Pepper
Dr Pepper is a carbonated soft drink. It was created in the 1880s by pharmacist Charles Alderton in Waco, Texas and first served around 1885. Dr Pepper was first nationally marketed in the United States in 1904, and is now also sold in Europe, Asia, North and South America, and Australia, as well as New Zealand and South Africa as an imported good. Variants include Diet Dr Pepper and, beginning in the 2000s, a line of additional flavors.
History.
The name " | 76,795 | wow-train |
Have you ever eaten food from a food truck, I see them around here all the time but haven't tried any
Yes i have before . I have ate from a food truck that served ice cream .
ooh that sounds good, have food trucks been around for a while
No information on that but food trucks do serve 2.5 billion people every day.
Oh wow, I didn't realize they were so popular! Are there any super popular food trucks
from what i have found actually sandwiches and hamburgers are the most popular among food trucks
I see, I bet the are easier to maintain on the trucks, I see lots of taco trucks around here | carts, are on the front line of the street food industry that serves an estimated 2.5 billion people every day.
History.
In the United States, the Texas chuckwagon is a precursor to the American food truck. In the later 1800s, herding cattle from the Southwest to markets in the North and East kept cowhands on the trail for months at a time. In 1866, the "father of the Texas Panhandle", Charles Goodnight, a Texas cattle rancher, fitted a sturdy old United States Army wagon with | on Noryangjin street food is that it is cheap and time saving.
Areas where food trucks are activated Gangnam.
Between the 9th and 10th exit of Gangnam Station, have become crowded with people after being introduced to food truck zone of Gangnam Station from TV program "Baek Jong-won's food truck". You can see many people standing in a line to buy food from food trucks. Food truck zone in Gangnam Station is crowded with customers even after the broadcast is over.
- Information on food truck zone | 76,796 | wow-train |
So you know the McDonald's company founded in 1940? I just did a yoga class this after then ate McDonald's haha.. I'm terrible.
Hahaha does yoga burn alot of calories cause to me seems like stretching than working out.
It can! It all depends on the type to be honest. The most popular kinds are Hatha and Raja. I do Vinyasa Yoga which is much more energetic. Have you tried it before?
Never tired it, I just do weight lifting or cardio, but I heard its relaxing.
Yes it is fore sure. Do you every exercise with the cast iron kettlebell? It really improves strength and flexibility.
Really ? Wow, I didn't know that, I don't use them but I guess I will have to start using them. | 18th century.
The use of such weights by circus strongmen is recorded for the 19th century. They began to be used for recreational and competition strength athletics in Russia and Europe in the late 19th century. The birth of competitive kettlebell lifting or "girevoy sport" (гиревой спорт) is dated to 1885, with the founding of the "Circle for Amateur Athletics" (Кружок любителей атлетики).
Russian kettlebells ( , singular ) are traditionally measured in weight by "pood", corresponding to .
The English | When asked in a 2012 interview about whether the film's negative critical reaction had damaged Kennedy's morale in wanting do another project like this, Kennedy replied to the interviewer, "Yes. You got me right after a batch of bad interviews so I'm going to be honest with you about this. It does because I'm just being killed, absolutely killed... But honestly, doing this movie is an interesting experience because I just came off my show and "Malibu's Most Wanted" where I had a good | 76,797 | wow-train |
I really like to kayak whenever I get the chance.
Kayaking looks fun! The difference between canoeing and kayaking is the sitting position of the paddler and the blades and the amount of blades.
Have you been kayaking or canoeing before? Both are very fun to do.
I have never done either! lol Kayaking is really low to the water in a canoe like boat where the person sits forward using a double paddle to pull front to back. It sounds like work! lol
Yea kayaking is very tough on the arms since you have to constantly move your arms up and down.
I imagine it is a great work out! Most kayaks have closed decks and there are also sit on top and inflatable kayaks available.
I did not know there were inflatable kayaks. Do you know when regular kayaks became invented? | kayak became increasingly popular and the Europeans became interested. German and French men began kayaking for sport. In 1931, Adolf Anderle was the first person to kayak down the Salzachöfen Gorge, which is believed to be the birthplace of modern-day white-water kayaking. Kayak races were introduced in the Berlin Olympic Games in 1936.
In the 1950s, fiberglass kayaks were developed and commonly used, until 1980s when polyethylene plastic kayaks were introduced. Kayaking progressed as a fringe sport in the U.S. until the 1970s, when it | Outline of canoeing and kayaking
The following outline is provided as an overview of canoeing and kayaking:
Canoeing – recreational boating activity or paddle sport in which you kneel or sit facing forward in an open or closed-decked canoe, and propel yourself with a single-bladed paddle, under your own power.
Kayaking – use of a kayak for moving across water. It is distinguished from canoeing by the sitting position of the paddler and the number of blades on the paddle. A kayak is a boat where the | 76,798 | wow-train |
I would like to visit Iceland one day! It's an island country in Europe and is in the Northern part of the Atlantic Ocean, and I've heard it's beautiful!
Iceland is a great . I heard about that I also interested
Yes, and it's not very crowded, which I like that. It's actually the least populated country in Europe.
Iceland has a market economy with relatively low taxes, compared to other OECD countries
The capital is Reykjavik, which is where over 2/3 of the population live, and the surrounding southwestern areas.
The island was governed as an independent commonwealth under the Althing, one of the world's oldest functioning legislative assemblies. | the lowlands. Iceland is warmed by the Gulf Stream and has a temperate climate, despite a high latitude just outside the Arctic Circle. Its high latitude and marine influence keep summers chilly, with most of the archipelago having a tundra climate.
The word "Ísland/Island" in Nordic languages is literally translated to English as its name "Iceland" and should not be confused with the word island.
According to the ancient manuscript "Landnámabók", the settlement of Iceland began in 874 AD when the Norwegian chieftain | the press that he felt uncomfortable about the fans behaving in such a manner: "I've had it here, years and years ago, and it's great personally for me to have such great support, from the Ferrari fans and the Mercedes fans. But when I was up there, it was awkward for me to hear them booing Nico because I just don't like that in sport." Wolff affirmed that booing should not be heard on the podium but acknowledged Formula One is an emotional sport for its fans while | 76,799 | wow-train |
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