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Hi there I like going to the Broadway theatre atleast once a month!
Ah yes the Bradway Theatre is my favorite, In fact the Theater District is quite a popular tourist attraction in the area New York City.
I can see why, it is very high quality. Do you know if any famous actors from it?
I do not know any from memory but I know that along with London's West End theatre, The Broadway theatre is considered to represent the top level of commercial theatre in the English-speaking world.
That sounds interesting, I must go there someday. What else do you know about broadway? | theatre in New York.
New York did not have a significant theatre presence until about 1750, when actor-managers Walter Murray and Thomas Kean established a resident theatre company at the Theatre on Nassau Street, which held about 280 people. They presented Shakespeare plays and ballad operas such as "The Beggar's Opera". In 1752, William Hallam sent a company of twelve actors from Britain to the colonies with his brother Lewis as their manager. They established a theatre in Williamsburg, Virginia and opened with "The Merchant | Broadway theatre
Broadway theatre, also known simply as Broadway, refers to the theatrical performances presented in the 41 professional theatres, each with 500 or more seats located in the Theater District and Lincoln Center along Broadway, in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Along with London's West End theatre, Broadway theatre is widely considered to represent the highest level of commercial theatre in the English-speaking world.
The Theater District is a popular tourist attraction in New York City. According to The Broadway League, for the 2018–2019 | 78,900 | wow-train |
I know some poeple have problems with McDonald's, but it really is incredible how long its been around, since 1940.
Really
Yes! it was opened by Richard and Maurice McDonald in San Bernardino, CA!
In 1940?
You got it! And it actually started as a hot dog stand. Burgers weren't added to the menu until later at only ten cents per burger.
So it started as a hot dog stand? Fine grass to grace story | International availability of McDonald's products
McDonald's Corporation () is the world's largest chain of fast food restaurants, serving around 68 million customers daily in 119 countries. McDonald's traces its origins to a 1940 restaurant in San Bernardino, California. After expanding within the United States, McDonald's became an international corporation in 1967, when it opened a location in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada. By the end of the 1970s, McDonald's restaurants existed in five of the Earth's seven continents; an African location | Monrovia was the home to the precursor to McDonald's. In 1937, Patrick McDonald opened a food stand on Huntington Drive (Route 66) near the old Monrovia Airport called "The Airdrome" (hamburgers were ten cents, and all-you-can-drink orange juice was five cents); it remained there until 1940, when he and his two sons, Maurice and Richard, moved the building east to San Bernardino to the corner of West 14th Street and 1398 North E Street, renaming it "McDonald | 78,901 | wow-train |
I am very interested in taking care of my skin. Do you have any recommendations regarding skin care products?
Yes, it's important to engage in a range of practices that supports skin integrity to improve its appearance and better your skin conditions! One skin care tip is to do is keep skin clean.
I agree that keeping skin clean is very important. What other tips do you know?
Well, natural skin care utilizes the use of topical creams and lotions with ingredients that are found in nature. Those are all pretty good products to use.
I like organic products when it comes to skin care.
I greatly prefer organic products for my skin too. But the only issue is that there is no legal definition in the USA for what products can call themselves "natural" or "organic" which is kind of scary.
I didn't realize that the regulations for what constitutes an organic product is that clearly and legally defined. | Organic certification
Organic certification is a certification process for producers of organic food and other organic agricultural products. In general, any business directly involved in food production can be certified, including seed suppliers, farmers, food processors, retailers and restaurants. A lesser known counterpart is certification for organic textiles (or Organic clothing) that includes certification of textile products made from organically grown fibres.
Requirements vary from country to country (List of countries with organic agriculture regulation), and generally involve a set of production standards for growing | Skin care
Skin care is the range of practices that support skin integrity, enhance its appearance and relieve skin conditions. They can include nutrition, avoidance of excessive sun exposure and appropriate use of emollients. Practices that enhance appearance include the use of cosmetics, botulinum, exfoliation, fillers, laser resurfacing, microdermabrasion, peels, retinol therapy. Skin care is a routine daily procedure in many settings, such as skin that is either too dry or too moist, and prevention of dermatitis and prevention of skin injuries.
Skin | 78,902 | wow-train |
I work at an animal shelter and think it's the best job in the world as I help take care of stray, lost and abandoned animals. Have you been to an animal shelter before?
Once when I was very young. What do you like about it?
I like that I can help out animals and get them rested to feel better. I even work at a no-kill shelter to try to heal the animals back from bad health.
What is your favorite animal that you've taken care of? | No-kill shelter
A "no-kill" shelter is an animal shelter that does not kill healthy or treatable animals even when the shelter is full, reserving euthanasia for terminally ill animals or those considered dangerous to public safety. A no-kill shelter uses many strategies to promote shelter animals; to expanding its resources using volunteers, housing and medical protocols; and to work actively to lower the number of homeless animals entering the shelter system. 10% of animals can be killed in a no-kill shelter and | , Beck further added:
"When I did daytime before, they didn't have any blogs. So I didn't know when people didn't like me. Ignorance is bliss. I was like, 'I think this is fun,' and then I was reading a lot of negative stuff. It's hard not to take it personally. Than I thought, 'You know what? I am not going to do this to myself. I'm just going to do the best job I can." | 78,903 | wow-train |
I could go for some pizza right now.
Pizza is so good, some good old italian cuisine
I wonder how long pizza has been around | 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 | my friends". The next question would be something like "Why did you go out with your friends?". Essentially, the format is as follows:
The first responses are generally functional justifications, like "I went out with my friends because I wanted some pizza", or "I wanted some pizza because I used to eat it as a child"; but eventually the interviewer hopes to reach a virtue justification like "It's good to be childish". Then it is fair to conclude that the | 78,904 | wow-train |
Im thinking about redoing the upholstery on my couch. but im worried it will be hard
i have been in it all my life. Upholstery is the work of providing furniture
oh thats awesome. Is their a common fabric used?
well you should know The word "upholstery" comes from the Middle English word "upholder"
so did the practice get started in Europe?
yes and A person who works with upholstery is called an upholsterer;
I bet an upholsterer makes a lot of money, it seems like a lot of hard work | , but it appears to have a connotation of "repairing" furniture rather than creating new upholstered pieces from scratch (cobbler vs. cordwainer).
In 18th-century London, upholders frequently served as interior decorators responsible for all aspects of a room's decor. These individuals were members of the Worshipful Company of Upholders, whose traditional role, prior to the 18th century, was to provide upholstery and textiles and the fittings for funerals. In the great London furniture-making partnerships of the 18th century, a cabinet-maker | Upholstery
Upholstery is the work of providing furniture, especially seats, with padding, springs, webbing, and fabric or leather covers. The word "upholstery" comes from the Middle English word "upholder", which referred to an artisan who held up their goods. The term is equally applicable to domestic, automobile, airplane and boat furniture, and can be applied to mattresses, particularly the upper layers, though these often differ significantly in design. A person who works with upholstery is called an "upholsterer". | 78,905 | wow-train |
I like to swim although I am not super fast, do you swim at all?
I just learnet that swimming relies on the natural buoyancy of the human body?
That makes sense, I was always amazed that we can float, I weigh 190 pounds but I still float, that is so odd to me
Yes, I human can learn to swim within weeks of been born
That is sort of a surprise, babies cannot even walk for a long time after that. That is very interesting!
Yes, and they can hold their breath underwater, it seems to be an evolutionary response
I wonder what it is a response to exactly, I can only hold my breath for like 20 seconds before I almost pass out | local, national, and international competitions, including every modern Summer Olympics.
Science.
Swimming relies on the nearly neutral buoyancy of the human body. On average, the body has a relative density of 0.98 compared to water, which causes the body to float. However, buoyancy varies on the basis of body composition, lung inflation, and the salinity of the water. Higher levels of body fat and saltier water both lower the relative density of the body and increase its buoyancy.
Since the human body is | recalled that she used to "go to the swim club on the Upper West Side and go swimming and walk from there to the recording studio. It was impossible for me to reach there at morning." Rodgers recalled that Madonna was a real hard worker and incredibly tenacious. He commented: "I am always amazed by Madonna's incredible judgement when it comes to making pop records. I've never seen anyone do it better, and that's the truth. When we did that album, it was the perfect union | 78,906 | wow-train |
I love horror films because they elicit a physiological reaction to the audience!
Horror movies are my favorite types of film too! I love the suspense and scares.
Horror films were inspired by authors such as Edgar Allen Poe and Bram Stoker
I have heard of Edgar Allen Poe before, he wrote some rather dark stuff. I could definitely see how he inspired horror films!
I love how horror films focus on the macabre and the supernatural!
Yes, they have a very unique style of how they incorporate ideas and themes. | Horror film
A horror film is a film that seeks to elicit fear for entertainment purposes. Initially inspired by literature from authors like Edgar Allan Poe, Bram Stoker, and Mary Shelley, horror has existed as a film genre for more than a century. The macabre and the supernatural are frequent themes. Horror may also overlap with the fantasy, supernatural fiction, and thriller genres.
Horror films often aim to evoke viewers' nightmares, fears, revulsions and terror of the unknown. Plots within the horror genre often involve | Mary Shelley, and John William Polidori, who are frequently linked to Gothic fiction, are also sometimes referred to as Dark Romantics. Dark Romanticism is characterized by stories of personal torment, social outcasts, and usually offers commentary on whether the nature of man will save or destroy him. Some Victorian authors of English horror fiction, such as Bram Stoker and Daphne du Maurier, follow in this lineage.
The American form of this sensibility centered on the writers Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Herman Melville. As opposed | 78,907 | wow-train |
I am dying to go to Greece. It has the longest coastline on the Mediterranean Basin.
I've never been there. Is it heavily populated?
I am not sure, but Greece is considered the cradle of Western civilization, where democracy, Western philosophy, the Olympic Games, Western literature, historiography, political science, major scientific and mathematical principles, and Western drama originated from.
How is the economic climate over there? | and Turkey to the northeast. The Aegean Sea lies to the east of the mainland, the Ionian Sea to the west, the Cretan Sea and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. Greece has the longest coastline on the Mediterranean Basin and the 11th longest coastline in the world at in length, featuring a large number of islands, of which 227 are inhabited. Eighty percent of Greece is mountainous, with Mount Olympus being the highest peak at . The country consists of nine geographic regions: Macedonia, Central Greece, the Peloponnese | , Thessaly, Epirus, the Aegean Islands (including the Dodecanese and Cyclades), Thrace, Crete, and the Ionian Islands.
Greece is considered the cradle of Western civilisation, being the birthplace of democracy, Western philosophy, Western literature, historiography, political science, major scientific and mathematical principles, Western drama and notably the Olympic Games. From the eighth century BC, the Greeks were organised into various independent city-states, known as "poleis" (singular "polis"), which spanned the entire Mediterranean | 78,908 | wow-train |
I have a parrot and there are 393 species of parrots
Oh cool! What variety of parrot do you have? Does it like to talk/mimic you? | 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 | twenty years ago. And they're catching up with it now, with the scandal sheet. They're rags, that's what they are. You use them to train your dog and your parrot. What else do I have to say? Oh, I guess that's it. That'll keep them talking to themselves for a while. I think most of them are a bunch of fags anyway. Never did a hard day's work in their life. I love when they say, "What do you mean | 78,909 | wow-train |
a fairy tale is a story about mythical beings and such, common in folklore
Oh cool, I used to love them as a kid.
yea they have all sort of creatures like goblins and mermaids
Usually at least, sometimes its just people.
i love the fairy tales with griffins and trolls and stuff
Yeah same here, they are the most exciting. | tales may be distinguished from other folk narratives such as legends (which generally involve belief in the veracity of the events described) and explicit moral tales, including beast fables. The term is mainly used for stories with origins in European tradition and, at least in recent centuries, mostly relates to children's literature.
In less technical contexts, the term is also used to describe something blessed with unusual happiness, as in "fairy-tale ending" (a happy ending) or "fairy-tale romance". | Fairy tale
A fairy tale, wonder tale, magic tale, or Märchen is an instance of a folklore genre that takes the form of a short story. Such stories typically feature entities such as dwarfs, dragons, elves, fairies, giants, gnomes, goblins, griffins, mermaids, talking animals, trolls, unicorns, or witches, and usually magic or enchantments. In most cultures, there is no clear line separating myth from folk or fairy tale; all these together form the literature of preliterate societies. Fairy | 78,910 | wow-train |
My wife and I are camping right now outdoors and we are out of food, can you send food?
Ha ha, you must have some pretty great wifi! I love camping, we have a small RV and go almost every weekend. | Camping
Camping is an outdoor activity involving overnight stays away from home in a shelter, such as a tent or an RV. Typically participants leave developed areas to spend time outdoors in more natural ones in pursuit of activities providing them enjoyment. To be regarded as "camping" a minimum of one night is spent outdoors, distinguishing it from day-tripping, picnicking, and other similarly short-term recreational activities. Camping can be enjoyed through all four seasons.
Luxury may be an element, as in early 20th | best you can with everything. I want you to send me some clothes. Sell all the things you don't need. Have your picture taken and send it to me. Now, my dear wife, go and see Mr. Witzleben and Mr. Nyce and get the money. If a mob does not kill us we will come out all right after while. Maude, I did not shoot anyone and didn't want the others to kill anyone. But they did and that is all there is about it. Now, | 78,911 | wow-train |
I find volcanoes fascinating! | Volcano
A volcano is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface.
Earth's volcanoes occur because its crust is broken into 17 major, rigid tectonic plates that float on a hotter, softer layer in its mantle. Therefore, on Earth, volcanoes are generally found where tectonic plates are diverging or converging, and most are found underwater. For example, a mid-oceanic | Release and promotion Music videos.
Oscar Pollack also was charged with the music videos for the album. Pollack described the processes of directing the music videos as an exciting and fascinating experience saying that he was "so happy that I’ve been able to do them, it’s something I’ve always really wanted to do and over the past three years I’ve been getting more and more obsessed with film and I find it a really fascinating world. I love to merge film and music in all of the stuff we do | 78,912 | wow-train |
I love vanilla coffee!!!!
Vanilla is such a lovely flavor. It's from an orchid, particularly a Mexican orchid species.
Interesting! I did not know that. Are there some other things about it you could teach me?
Well Hernán Cortés, was a Spanish conquistador who is credited with bring both chocolate and vanilla to Europe in the 1520s
Bless him. A true hero in my book. What about vanilla today?
Well, with the discovery of hand-pollination, the global cultivation of the plant became possible
wow! | plant.
Three major species of vanilla currently are grown globally, all of which derive from a species originally found in Mesoamerica, including parts of modern-day Mexico. They are "V. planifolia" (syn. "V. fragrans"), grown on Madagascar, Réunion, and other tropical areas along the Indian Ocean; "V. tahitensis", grown in the South Pacific; and "V. pompona", found in the West Indies, Central America, and South America. The majority of the world's vanilla | Columbian Mesoamerican peoples, Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés is credited with introducing both vanilla and chocolate to Europe in the 1520s. Attempts to cultivate the vanilla plant outside Mexico and Central America proved futile because of the symbiotic relationship between the tlilxochitl vine that produced the vanilla orchid and the local species of Melipona bee; it was not until 1837 that Belgian botanist Charles François Antoine Morren discovered this fact and pioneered a method of artificially pollinating the plant. The method proved financially unworkable and was not deployed commercially. In 1841, a 12-year-old | 78,913 | wow-train |
I love Karaoke singing! The difference between Karaoke and sing-along songs is that there is no lead vocalist in Karaoke
I love it too! It's fun!
Interestingly, many amateur and professional music artists use Karaoke recordings!
Do you know any professional Karaoke singers?
No, unfortunately I don't - but there used to be a tv show called Sing Along with Mitch that was a karaoke-like series! I'm old enough to remember it!
I don't remember that one haha! Sounds interesting though! | In several Asian countries such as China, Cambodia or the Philippines, a karaoke box is called a KTV. The global karaoke market has been estimated to be worth nearly $10 billion.
History.
History 1960s: Development of audio-visual-recording devices.
From 1961–1966, the American TV network NBC carried a karaoke-like series, "Sing Along with Mitch", featuring host Mitch Miller and a chorus, which superimposed the lyrics to their songs near the bottom of the TV screen for home audience participation | Big Bang Dueling Piano Bar feature full performance shows, often with singing and dancing by their wait staff.
- Open mic: individual patrons sing (on microphone) to the accompaniment of the professional musician; in some ways, this type of piano bar is like karaoke, except that the music is live and dynamic, and there are usually no lyrics available (although some piano bar players do supply some lyrics); like karaoke, the songs performed may cover a wide, eclectic range (show tunes, standards from | 78,914 | wow-train |
My brother is a surfer, or a wave rider.
that's really awesome! I always wanted to learn how to ride waves but honestly i get so scared when i see a big wave coming my way
Body boarding may be a better option for you! This is where you lay on your belly on the board. Easier to keep balance.
i tried that and guess what happened? the wave hit me so hard i hit my stomach on a board and it hurt really bad
Oh no that sounds unpleasant! Maybe you should just watch then. Some people surf on their knees, it's called knee boarding!
i've never seen anybody knee boarding! I feel like it's harder | 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 | Usually I wouldn't go for something like that because I'd be too scared. The chances of it f**king up are so great, so now when I look back at getting to the final I'm like, 'That was f**king lucky'. I hadn't really done much for four years leading up to that and that part of my life was quite sad and dramatic. So all of these songs coming out now reflects that. There is a part of my brain that's saying, 'Ooh, you better | 78,915 | wow-train |
I love the Appalachian Trail - it's around 2,200 miles and is beautiful!
I've never been but I wouldn't mind going one day! | Appalachian Trail by state
The Appalachian National Scenic Trail spans fourteen U.S. states during its roughly -long journey: Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine. It begins at Springer Mountain, Georgia, and follows the ridgeline of the Appalachian Mountains, crossing many of its highest peaks and running with only a few exceptions almost continuously through wilderness before ending at Mount Katahdin, Maine.
The trail is | so fantastic. I've just slid in like I've been there all my life. It's been fantastic fun. And it's a character who you can do anything you want with - I love those! It's very easy work." Asked whether if he will watch his first, he replied: "They've got me in the last scene of the day at work today, so I don't know if I'm going to get home in time for it! But all the family are there watching | 78,916 | wow-train |
Hey! I have two full sleeves of tattoos. | Sleeve tattoo
A sleeve tattoo (or tattoo sleeve) is a large tattoo, or a collection of smaller tattoos, that has a unified theme, that covers most or all of a person's arm, usually from shoulder to wrist.
There is a difference between an arm covered in tattoos and a sleeve tattoo. A sleeve tattoo has a unified theme, whereas an arm covered in tattoos may have many tattoos of different styles that does not have an overall unity.
The term "sleeve" is a reference | discharge. His most noticeable current tattoos include full sleeves on both arms consisting of skulls, tribal symbols, wings, a rose with his first daughter's name and birthday on it, and the Bible verse 1 Peter 5:8; the sleeves are connected across the back of his neck by more tribal symbols. He and Kessler also have matching tattoos of a symbol, with Orton's on his ribs and Kessler's on her collarbone.
On March 19, 2007, "Sports Illustrated" posted an article on its website as | 78,917 | wow-train |
I started back dancing ballet. I enjoyed it when I was younger and wanted to get back into it. | Ballet
Ballet () is a type of performance dance that originated during the Italian Renaissance in the fifteenth century and later developed into a concert dance form in France and Russia. It has since become a widespread, highly technical form of dance with its own vocabulary based on French terminology. It has been globally influential and has defined the foundational techniques used in many other dance genres and cultures. Ballet has been taught in various schools around the world, which have historically incorporated their own cultures and as a result, the art | Rivera.
In 2011, Morris starred in a back-to-school commercial for Staples Canada that featured her dancing.
In the October 2011 issue of "Fitness" magazine, she stated that she had had her breast implants removed. "Implants were something I thought I wanted when I was younger, and now I don't. It was hard being active with them, because my chest was always sore. It hurt a lot, and I didn't like always being in pain, so they had to | 78,918 | wow-train |
I've heard so much about Grey's Anatomy, but I've never really watched any of it. What's it about? | Grey's Anatomy
Grey's Anatomy is an American medical drama television series that premiered on March 27, 2005, on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) as a mid-season replacement. The fictional series focuses on the lives of surgical interns, residents, and attending physicians, as they develop into seasoned doctors while trying to maintain personal lives and relationships. The title is an allusion to "Gray's Anatomy", a classic human anatomy textbook first published in 1858 in London and written by Henry Gray. Shonda Rhimes | 2011.
On January 12, 2011, composer Alan Menken was asked about the sequel in an interview. His reply was, "I've heard things but there's nothing yet. I don't know much about what's happening with that. Honestly, I don't know what the studio wants to do next. I presume there will be some future projects for me to work on. I love doing that, I really do. But I'm not frustrated that it isn't one of them. At the | 78,919 | wow-train |
Chocolate is my favorite flavor especially on ice creams.Do you like chocolate?
I absolutely love it! It comes from the Theobroma cacao plant and is usually a sweet and brown preparation of deliciousness. I just had a dipped ice cream last night actually.
The seeds of the cacao tree have an intense bitter taste and must be fermented to develop the flavor.Thats how chocolate is made.Which one is your favorite white or brown?
I enjoy brown, but I do like a good quality white sometimes too. I find it fascinating that there is evidence of use of chocolate dating back to 1900 BCE in Mexico.
As long back as 1900 BCE!!! As of today Chocolate has become one of the most popular food types and flavors in the world!!!
Have you ever had the seeds from the cacao tree? Before they are processed they are pretty bitter and are fermented before being processed into chocolate.
I have not seen them in person.Although cocoa originated in the Americas, recent years have seen African nations assuming a leading role in producing cocoa.Its becoming popular worlwide
Really? I had no idea. I've had them raw before, they're suppose to be very healthy. But usually I eat it after it's dried, cleaned and roasted and turned to regular chocolate.
Thats the way I eat it too...I can imagine myself with a big cacao tree seed in my dish | and cocoa butter in varying proportions, without any added sugar. Powdered baking cocoa, which contains more fiber than it contains cocoa butter, can be processed with alkali to produce dutch cocoa. Much of the chocolate consumed today is in the form of sweet chocolate, a combination of cocoa solids, cocoa butter or added vegetable oils, and sugar. Milk chocolate is sweet chocolate that additionally contains milk powder or condensed milk. White chocolate contains cocoa butter, sugar, and milk, but no cocoa solids.
Chocolate is one | Outline of chocolate
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to chocolate:
What is chocolate?
- Chocolate – raw or processed food produced from the seed of the tropical "Theobroma cacao" tree. The seeds of the cacao tree have an intense bitter taste, and must be fermented to improve the flavor. Chocolate is a popular ingredient in confectionery items and candies.
What is chocolate?:What "type" of thing is chocolate?
Chocolate is a type of:
- Food – | 78,920 | wow-train |
I have struggled with being overweight. I like food so much it is hard for me to stop eating sometimes.
I can imagine ! I am overweight as well. Are their any specific diets you have followed in the past ?
I have tried many different diets. Once I lost 30 pounds on a ketogenic diet. Then I gained it back the next year, lol. | Overweight
Being overweight or fat is having more body fat than is optimally healthy. Being overweight is especially common where food supplies are plentiful and lifestyles are sedentary.
, excess weight reached epidemic proportions globally, with more than 1 billion adults being either overweight or obese. In 2013 this increased to more than 2 billion. Increases have been observed across all age groups.
A healthy body requires a minimum amount of fat for proper functioning of the hormonal, reproductive, and immune systems, as thermal insulation, as shock | octogenarian with an interesting literary past. But that was not to be, despite a lifetime of diets. It was however a state of affairs which made me write a good few novels with overweight, plain women as their heroines. I’ve always been on their side – they are the unseen majority."
In September 1946, when she was 15, she returned to England with her mother and sister. She recalls: "I was a literary groupie from the antipodes...Not that I had any intention of being | 78,921 | wow-train |
Mental disorders are a health issue that is largely ignored. More people can get help through psychologists and psychiatrists.
yes, what are the major causes of mental disorders? | Mental disorder
A mental disorder, also called a mental illness or psychiatric disorder, is a behavioral or mental pattern that causes significant distress or impairment of personal functioning. Such features may be persistent, relapsing and remitting, or occur as a single episode. Many disorders have been described, with signs and symptoms that vary widely between specific disorders. Such disorders may be diagnosed by a mental health professional.
The causes of mental disorders are often unclear. Theories may incorporate findings from a range of fields. Mental disorders are | what Juan Mezzich of the World Psychiatric Association has called "psychiatry for the person." Several studies show that psychotherapy, alone or in combination with medications, can help people with mental disorders recover faster and stay well longer, but that a declining number of psychiatrists are providing psychotherapy to their patients. Cloninger is working with the World Psychiatric Association and the International College of Person-centered Medicine to advance a more integrated approach to mental health and well-being. The American Psychiatric Association has recognized Cloninger for his contributions to better | 78,922 | wow-train |
I have a garden full of roses. That's my favorite flower. They smell so good! | Rose
A rose is a woody perennial flowering plant of the genus Rosa, in the family Rosaceae, or the flower it bears. There are over three hundred species and thousands of cultivars. They form a group of plants that can be erect shrubs, climbing, or trailing, with stems that are often armed with sharp prickles. Flowers vary in size and shape and are usually large and showy, in colours ranging from white through yellows and reds. Most species are native to Asia, with smaller numbers native to Europe | of a win at the hands of the referees and LSU last year. I knew I wanted to pay homage to my favorite team in song but didn't have any idea how to begin. Once I heard Cee Lo's "Georgia", I was immediately smitten and figured that's as good as any tribute to any state I've ever heard. Incorporating the Redcoat marching band was just the icing on the cake! This song is so nostalgic to me as my parents grew up in Atlanta and have so many family | 78,923 | wow-train |
I really like roses, i like giving them to my girlfriend, there are over a hundred species of roses
I like the Knockout Roses, they are a hybrid and make double blooms. They require a little bit of care but grow easily.
I havent grown any of them, i buy them :D roses have acquired cultural significance in many societies
My florist told me different color roses symbolize different emotions. Yellow roses symbolize enduring love while roses symbolize peace.
Yes, i really like red ones, they symbolize love, red roses range from the brilliant yellow-tinged scarlet and vermillion to bluish-red crimson
Roses are fairly easy to grow and require minimal care in a good sunny location.
yes i can try growing garden roses, they are predominantly hybrid roses, they grow fast and beautiful
The knockout roses I am growing are three years old and have been fairly easy to grow, I fertilize and prune once a year. | , North America, and northwestern Africa. Species, cultivars and hybrids are all widely grown for their beauty and often are fragrant. Roses have acquired cultural significance in many societies. Rose plants range in size from compact, miniature roses, to climbers that can reach seven meters in height. Different species hybridize easily, and this has been used in the development of the wide range of garden roses.
Etymology.
The name "rose" comes from French, itself from Latin "rosa", which was perhaps borrowed | very cramped. In the yard my mother, my father, and I each had a garden. My mother's taste inclined to roses and spring flowers, and I had ordinary things like Zinnias and bluets, but the glory of our yard was my father's dahlias. They bloomed in wonderful, brilliant colors, and the blossoms were as large as dinner plates. I remember the care with which he sorted the bulbs and stored them in the basement over the winter"""."
Blaine studied at the Richmond | 78,924 | wow-train |
Armadillos are so cool with their little leathery shells
In spanish their name means something but I cant remember it
It means little armoured one
O YEAH! Thats right I think I learned that back in highschool | -rabbit": "āyōtl" (turtle) and "tōchtli" (rabbit). The Portuguese word for "armadillo" is "tatu" which derives from the Tupi language. Similar names are also found in other, especially European, languages.
Classification.
Family Dasypodidae
- Subfamily Dasypodinae
- Genus "Dasypus"
- Nine-banded armadillo or long-nosed armadillo, "Dasypus novemcinctus"
- Seven-banded armadillo, "Dasypus septemcinctus"
- Southern long-nosed armadillo, | , and that other collectors resent the sudden popularity of "Friendship Is Magic". She said that that these earlier fans and collectors had thought; " ... what about us? We've been here forever, and nobody seemed to care. But now that there are all these guys in their 20s that are crazy about it, it's suddenly important and it means something." Hayes also said, "To the bronies, I say, I think My Little Pony is awesome, so more power to you | 78,925 | wow-train |
Education is important but so far the system is broken.
I knpw, education is ridiculously important to everyone in the world. It has to do with knowledge too.
How can I get good education?
A good education stems from going to a good school and trying hard to acquire knowledge and values.
Okay. What else do I need to know?
Education involves knowledge, skills, values, and beliefs.
That's interesting. So values are important education too! | Education
Education is the process of facilitating learning, or the acquisition of knowledge, skills, values, beliefs, and habits. Educational methods include storytelling, discussion, teaching, training, and directed research. Education frequently takes place under the guidance of educators, however learners may also educate themselves. Education can take place in formal or informal settings and any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts may be considered educational. The methodology of teaching is called pedagogy.
Formal education | has ranked 145 in the world in terms of human development.
Gender roles in Pakistan Importance of women's education.
Education has been of central significance to the development of human society. It can be the beginning, not only of individual knowledge, information and awareness, but also a holistic strategy for development and change. Education is very much connected to women's ability to form social relationships on the basis of equality with others and to achieve the important social good of self-respect. It is important, as well | 78,926 | wow-train |
I have studied the art of singing
I love to sing
awesome but i am stuck for what defines singing
Oh really? Singers perform songs
oh of course, why is it called singing | Singing
Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice and augments regular speech by the use of sustained tonality, rhythm, and a variety of vocal techniques. A person who sings is called a singer or vocalist (in jazz and popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without accompaniment by musical instruments. Singing is often done in an ensemble of musicians, such as a choir of singers or a band of instrumentalists. Singers may | of the album, the singer states, "The fans just react to a man and woman singing a powerful ballad together. When you perform a duet with a woman, she should sing the lead and the man should sing harmony. Of course, there are exceptions...You know, I don't really fall in love with all them girl singers - I fall in love with their singing!"
Recording.
For the most part, "Ladies' Choice" pairs the singer up with up and coming female | 78,927 | wow-train |
I have fibromyalgia, which makes getting around difficult.
Hey! Do you know anyone with Fibromyalgia? It's a medical condition characterised by chronic widespread pain and a heightened pain response to pressure.
I have fibro, which causes widespread pain, but I don't have the pain response to pressure.
Do you have any other symptoms like tiredness to a degree that normal activities are affected? Sleep problems, and troubles with memory?
I have all of those symptoms and so many more. Are you familiar with treatment options that have proven successful?
Not really, because the cause of fibromyalgia is unknown
That has been my experience, as well. However, I have developed many coping techniques that help me to live a fulfilling life.
That technique is a strategy which aids at reducing stress, right?
Reducing stress is a very effective technique, as well as getting proper rest and healthful eating. The basics become even more important with Fibromyalgia. | Acupuncture
Acupuncture is a form of alternative medicine and a key component of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in which thin needles are inserted into the body. Acupuncture is a pseudoscience because the theories and practices of TCM are not based on scientific knowledge. There is a range of acupuncture variants which originated in different philosophies, and techniques vary depending on the country in which it is performed. It is most often used to attempt pain relief, though it is also recommended by acupuncturists for a wide range of other conditions. Acupuncture | Fibromyalgia
Fibromyalgia (FM) is a medical condition characterized by chronic widespread pain and a heightened pain response to pressure. Other symptoms include tiredness to a degree that normal activities are affected, sleep problems and troubles with memory. Some people also report restless legs syndrome, bowel or bladder problems, numbness and tingling and sensitivity to noise, lights or temperature. Fibromyalgia is frequently associated with depression, anxiety and posttraumatic stress disorder. Other types of chronic pain are also frequently present.
The cause of fibromyalgia is unknown; however | 78,928 | wow-train |
I am scared of going to the dentist. It has always been a fear.
I completely relate! I'm scared of going to the dentist too. I put it off for a long time and it just makes the anxiety it worse... have you done that?
Yes I have. I am actually putting it off right now, as I have been having tooth pains on the right side for a few months now. I can barely eat on that side.
Ugh yeah, me too. I had a root canal a couple of years ago (where they remove the root from the tooth and put a cap on) and the tooth shaped cap doesn't sit right...
I heard root canals are super painful! Does that cause you discomfort, the cap not sitting right? | , alveolar osteitis ("dry socket", a possible complication of tooth extraction), acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis (a gum infection), temporomandibular disorder.
Pulpitis is reversible when the pain is mild to moderate and lasts for a short time after a stimulus (for instance cold); or irreversible when the pain is severe, spontaneous, and lasts a long time after a stimulus. Left untreated, pulpitis may become irreversible, then progress to pulp necrosis (death of the pulp) and apical periodontitis. Abscesses usually | Some months ago, I used to wake up in the silence of the night to think about what I was going to do. But not anymore. People ask me, 'Are you scare?' No, I am not scared. If I was, I wouldn't do it. Rather, I'm excited. I am putting one third of my energy into just staying calm. The work is on such a scale that if you got too excited, you would explode,". The show was her first | 78,929 | wow-train |
I can't wait for Halloween this year. It is my favorite holiday.
You mean the holiday that is a celebration observed in a number of countries on 31 October? I also love halloween, do you have any favorite scary movies?
Yes, you're exactly right! I enjoy Cabin in the Woods, and Rosemary's Baby. How about you, do you like scary movies?
The Cabin in the Woods is great! it came out in 2012 I believe. One of my favorites is Kubrick's The Shining.
The Shining, in which Jack Nicholson starrs? Great movie. Any other films by Kubrick?
Yeah I'm a pretty big film buff, Kubrick is an extremely visionary director, 2001 was pretty great as well.
Personally I try to to avoid scary films because they distress me. I see, I have not seen any other films by him!
I love horror movies, I think they are my favorite genre. Have you ever seen scream? It came out in 1996 and was directed by Wes Craven.
Yes, I saw Scream a long time ago. It was very scary! I have heard of Wes Craven, he is a director, right? | Wes Craven
Wesley Earl Craven (August 2, 1939 – August 30, 2015) was an American film director, writer, producer, and actor. He was known for his pioneering work in the genre of horror films, particularly slasher films, where he mixed horror cliches with humor and satire. His impact on the genre was considered prolific and influential. Due to the success and cultural impact of his works in the horror film genre, Craven has been called a "Master of Horror".
He is | of how "Cheers (Drink to That)" was one of her favorite songs on the album, saying "I love that song ['Cheers']. That is one of my favorite songs on the album. It makes you feel like celebrating ... It gives you a great feeling inside, like you want to go out and have a drink ... People can't wait for the weekend." Also in an interview with MTV News in late 2010, Avril Lavigne spoke about being included on the song | 78,930 | wow-train |
My husband is a policeman | Police officer
A police officer, also known as an officer, policeman, policewoman, cop/copper, garda, police agent, or a police employee is a warranted law employee of a police force. In most countries, "police officer" is a generic term not specifying a particular rank. In some, the use of the rank "officer" is legally reserved for military personnel.
Police officers are generally charged with the apprehension of criminals and the prevention and detection of crime, protection and assistance of the | of church and state, she doesn't wear a hijab but defends the rights of women to wear it if they choose, she demonstrated against the Iraq war. In her maiden speech, Aly highlighted the growing income disparity and her intention to bring the benefits of growth to every suburb.
Personal life.
Aly is a thrice married mother of two boys. Her current husband is a former policeman and Canadian ice hockey player David Allen.
In interviews and Aly's 2018 autobiography, "Finding My Place", | 78,931 | wow-train |
I like the holidays. I particularly like Christmas. How about you?
Yes me and billions across the world celebrate this special holiday!
How did the Christmas holiday start? | by a majority of Christians, as well as culturally by many non-Christians, and forms an integral part of the holiday season centered around it.
The traditional Christmas narrative, the Nativity of Jesus, delineated in the New Testament says that Jesus was born in Bethlehem, in accordance with messianic prophecies. When Joseph and Mary arrived in the city, the inn had no room and so they were offered a stable where the Christ Child was soon born, with angels proclaiming this news to shepherds who then further disseminated the | about how the best Christmas gift one can receive is love. It features a background choir as Perry sings the chorus:poem style="margin-left:2em"
We don't need a thing under the tree
You give me all I need
Every day is a holiday
When you're the reason to celebrate
Every day is a holiday
When you're the reason/poem
The track contains a "'70s disco essence and a big ol' thumping bassline". It is a gospel-inspired dance track, | 78,932 | wow-train |
I love the act of clubbing, and visiting nightclubs.
Same here its a very fun thing to do on the weekends .
Yes I love to socialize, and dance and drink alcohol.
Same very fun. Can you tell me what is your favorite night club to go to ?
I like a place called logies, I go there to hear new music in a larger platform and in plublic.
Sounds like a very fun time. Do you know when clubs became a thing ? | laptops, using different additional techniques to express themselves such as beat juggling, scratching, beatmatching, needle drop, back spinning, phrasing and other tricks and gigs, depending on the type of music they are playing. They can mix two or more prerecorded tunes at the same time, or sometimes music is performed as a live act by musicians who play the sounds over a basic matrix, sometimes combined with a VJing performance.
History.
Clubbing is rooted in disco wave of the 1970s, but began evolving in the | ‘This is me and I kind of drink and hang out but I’ll love you forever.’ Dev also spoke about how was pleasant working with Kreayshawn, since both her and Dev were friends before they become famous and they also had a baby in the same period. "It was definitely fun and I think Kreay shoots and directs in a cool way where I very much felt like she had her ideas and visions but also let me do my thing" said Dev speaking about her video collaboration.
Composition. | 78,933 | wow-train |
One movie I can always count on to entertain me no matter how many times I watch it is Goodfellas. What a film!
I saw it years ago around 1990 it was a crime film, I am pretty sure directed by Martin Scorsese
Oh that's right! I had forgotten Scorsese directed this one. Man, 1990 was a long time ago. Who was one of your favorite characters in the film? | Goodfellas
Goodfellas (stylized GoodFellas) is a 1990 American crime film directed by Martin Scorsese. It is an adaptation of the 1985 non-fiction book "Wiseguy" by Nicholas Pileggi, who co-wrote the screenplay with Scorsese. The film narrates the rise and fall of mob associate Henry Hill and his friends and family from 1955 to 1980.
Scorsese initially titled the film "Wise Guy" and postponed making it; later, he and Pileggi changed the title to "Goodfellas". To prepare for their roles | I Am Cuba
I Am Cuba (; , "Ya Kuba") is a 1964 Soviet-Cuban film directed by Mikhail Kalatozov at Mosfilm. The film was not received well by either the Russian or Cuban public and was almost completely forgotten until it was re-discovered by filmmakers in the United States thirty years later. The acrobatic tracking shots and idiosyncratic mise en scene prompted Hollywood directors like Martin Scorsese to begin a campaign to restore the film in the early 1990s.
The film is shot in black and white, | 78,934 | wow-train |
I love New York pizza! I think it is the best without debate. I love the large hand-tossed thin crust, and the wide slices.
Oh yeah same here! Even more than this I love the chicago style pizza
I don't like Chicago style pizza nearly as much. The deep-dish pizza makes it more like lasagna than pizza, it is overrated.
Have you ever had any other type of pizza besides chicago and new york? I'm wondering what other varaties are out there?
I have also had Detroit-style pizza, which is different from Chicago and New York because of the extra thick and crispy crust.
Huh I live in detroit and didn't even know that
There is also St. Louis-style pizza, which is known for a thin cracker like crust made without yeast.
What about the pizza in italy? | 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 | , as opposed to a deep dish Chicago-style pizza or the thin but leavened New York-style pizza. The crust of a St. Louis pizza is somewhat crisp and cannot be folded easily so the pizza is typically cut into three- or four-inch squares or rectangles instead of the pie-like wedges typical of many pizza styles. This may be done as the square shape can support the toppings better than wedge slices. Some local restaurants make their pizzas rectangular rather than round. St. Louis pizza is cut into | 78,935 | wow-train |
Ravioli is amazing! I particularly like mushroom ravioli.
I think I prefer meat in my ravioli. I also enjoy the circular or even semi-circular shaped ravioli.
Yes, I enjoy all shapes of ravioli | Ravioli
Ravioli (; singular: "raviolo") are a type of pasta comprising a filling enveloped in thin pasta dough. Usually served in broth or with a sauce, they originated as a traditional food in Italian cuisine. Ravioli are commonly square, though other forms are also used, including circular and semi-circular (mezzelune).
History.
The earliest known mention of ravioli appears in the personal letters of Francesco di Marco Datini, a merchant of Prato in the 14th century. In Venice, the mid-14th | Tortelli
Tortelli is a type of filled pasta traditionally made in the Lombardy, Emilia-Romagna, and Tuscany regions of Italy. It can be found in several shapes, including square (similar to ravioli), semi-circular (similar to anellini), or twisted into a rounded, hat-like form (similar to cappelletti). It can be served with melted butter, bolognese sauce, broth, or other sauces. The same word is also used to describe small, fried pastries filled with jam or cream | 78,936 | wow-train |
I like the South.
I like it too, it was differentiated as those states most dependent on plantations and slave societies, i like the southern style music also
Slavery is bad, but the food is good, it brings back a lot of memories of home.
Of course slavery is bad, and yes the food is great :D the term "Deep South" did not come into general usage until long after the Civil War ended
That is interesting, I never knew that. My favorite places to visit are Savannah and New Orleans. | . The state's capital is Baton Rouge, and its largest city is New Orleans.
Much of the state's lands were formed from sediment washed down the Mississippi River, leaving enormous deltas and vast areas of coastal marsh and swamp. These contain a rich southern biota; typical examples include birds such as ibis and egrets. There are also many species of tree frogs, and fish such as sturgeon and paddlefish. In more elevated areas, fire is a natural process in the landscape, and has produced extensive areas of | Deep South
The Deep South is a cultural and geographic subregion in the Southern United States. Historically, it was differentiated as those states most dependent on plantations and slave societies during the pre-Civil War period. The Deep South is commonly referred to as the Cotton States, given that the production of cotton was a primary cash crop.
Usage.
The term "Deep South" is defined in a variety of ways:
- Most definitions include the states Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, Mississippi, and | 78,937 | wow-train |
I love to go swimming. I do it for recreation and for exercise.
I love swimming
Did you go through the process of swimming lessons to learn how to swim or did you learn on your own?
I am curious about other people's experience, I love swimming but never had the courage because a childhood friend once died in the swimming pool
I learned at a very young age, humans can hold their breath and do the swimming basics within weeks of birth, I learned at about age 4.
That's comforting. What's the level of chlorine in Swimming pool water that is safe for human consumption as water is easily been sipped during a swim
I don't know the safe level but pools are regularly tested for chlorine and PH levels.
That's ok because I know sometimes people pee in the pools accidentally or on purpose so it's usually good to add some chlorine right? | Swimming pool sanitation
Swimming pool sanitation is the process of ensuring healthy conditions in swimming pools. Proper sanitation is needed to maintain the visual clarity of water and to prevent the transmission of infectious waterborne diseases.
Methods.
Two distinct and separate methods are employed in the sanitation of a swimming pool. The consecutive dilution system to allow the removal of organic waste on a daily basis by using the sieve baskets inside the skimmer and circulation pump and the sand unit with a backwash facility for easy removal of organic waste from the | the first flight home!" He also mentions in one episode that he was born without genitals.) Sometimes he would make very strange comments about a location such as 'the children of Britain are notoriously stupid and must attend school' and 'if you have a verucca you would like to share, then go to your local swimming pool'.
He often makes surreal statements, like; "I must go now because I am about to reach orgasm", or "I do love an election... in fact | 78,938 | wow-train |
I love harvesting carrots. Those orange root vegetables can also come in purple, black, white, and red!
I didn't know they have different colors. Which are the healthiest?
They are all healthy though the plant likely originated in Persia for its leaves and seeds
that's amazing. so carrots form from seeds? can they be grown anywhere?
They are very hardy so it's easy to grow them in many climates. The carrot now is more commonly eaten for the root rather than the leaves or seeds
what's the best way to eat a carrot? cooked? | and vitamin B6, but the belief that eating carrots improves night vision is a myth put forward by the British in World War II to mislead the enemy about their military capabilities.
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reports that world production of carrots and turnips (these plants are combined by the FAO) for the calendar year 2013 was 37.2 million tonnes; almost half (~45%) were grown in China. Carrots are widely used in many cuisines, especially in the preparation of salads, and carrot | Carrot
The carrot ("Daucus carota" subsp. "sativus") is a root vegetable, usually orange in colour, though purple, black, red, white, and yellow cultivars exist. Carrots are a domesticated form of the wild carrot, "Daucus carota", native to Europe and southwestern Asia. The plant probably originated in Persia and was originally cultivated for its leaves and seeds. The most commonly eaten part of the plant is the taproot, although the stems and leaves are eaten as well. The | 78,939 | wow-train |
People seem to view the word "disability" as having a lot of different meanings. What does it mean to you to have a disability?
not to be able to perform at full capacity compared to an average person
I guess that could mean either physically or mentally, right? Do you think that it makes a person unique in some way?
yes, i think it does
I agree, but a lot of medical institutions feel like those with disabilities need to be "fixed," which is kinda sad in a way.
i guess they used to "institutionalize" but I don't know if they do it today | or physical disorders, all of which may lead to labeling individuals as disabled.
The discussion over disability's definition arose out of disability activism in the United States and the United Kingdom in the 1970s, which challenged how the medical concept of disability dominated perception and discourse about disabilities. Debates about proper terminology and their implied politics continue in disability communities and the academic field of disability studies. In some countries, the law requires that disabilities are documented by a healthcare provider in order to assess qualifications for disability benefits.
Types | campaign, and said that
It is not just mentally disabled actors who lose out when non-disabled people are employed to act them. Audiences think they are getting an authentic portrayal of a mentally disabled person, but they're not. It's not like putting on a different accent or learning what it was like to be raised in a different era. You can't understand what it is like to have a mental disability unless you've really lived with it. When non-disabled people try to portray us, | 78,940 | wow-train |
When did people start swimming?
Well, considering swimming is achieved through the motion of limbs, probably since man first walked the earth.
wow that's long
It is indeed. Especially if you're holding your breath while swimming. Any other questions, nitwit?
which country first realized the sport
That question doesn't even make sense. But, swimming is a competition in the Summer Olympics.
ok, what are the benefits of swimming | only slightly less dense than water, water supports the weight of the body during swimming. As a result, swimming is “low-impact” compared to land activities such as running. The density and viscosity of water also create resistance for objects moving through the water. Swimming strokes use this resistance to create propulsion, but this same resistance also generates drag on the body.
Hydrodynamics is important to stroke technique for swimming faster, and swimmers who want to swim faster or exhaust less try to reduce the drag of the | 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 | 78,941 | wow-train |
Hi, I have owned a couple Ford Mustangs before, do you like American muscle cars?
Yes I do, I actually have a Dodge Charger. | Ford Mustang
The Ford Mustang is an American car manufactured by Ford. It was originally based on the platform of the second generation North American Ford Falcon, a compact car. The original 1962 Ford Mustang I two-seater concept car had evolved into the 1963 Mustang II four-seater concept car which Ford used to pretest how the public would take interest in the first production Mustang. The 1963 Mustang II concept car was designed with a variation of the production model's front and rear ends with a roof that was 2.7 | in India we don’t have step-mothers - yes she was Aussie. And I mean this was one of those things. The way people speak was different.” Last, Jeremy described his experience as “Yeah, like in Chinese background we normally do not stare at people - when talking to people - so eye contact is quite different and when I walk down the street - like random people say hi, how are you? To me - so which I found it was quite interesting because we Chinese we do | 78,942 | wow-train |
you know what i love that's the oldest and most consumed alcoholic drink in the world? Beer.
Hey, now you're talking! What's your favorite type of beer? | Beer
Beer is one of the oldest and most widely consumed alcoholic drinks in the world, and the third most popular drink overall after water and tea. Beer is brewed from cereal grains—most commonly from malted barley, though wheat, maize (corn), and rice are also used. During the brewing process, fermentation of the starch sugars in the wort produces ethanol and carbonation in the resulting beer. Most modern beer is brewed with hops, which add bitterness and other flavours and act as a natural preservative and | Beer and breweries by region
This is a list of articles and categories dealing with beer and breweries by region: the breweries and beers in various regions. Beer is the world's most widely consumed alcoholic drink, and is the third-most popular drink overall, after water and tea. It is thought by some to be the oldest fermented drink. A brewery is a dedicated building for the making of beer, though beer can be made at home, and has been for much of beer's history. A company | 78,943 | wow-train |
Ford Motor Company (commonly referred to simply as "Ford") is an American multinational automaker headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan,
I love the brand | Henry Ford
Henry Ford (July 30, 1863 – April 7, 1947) was an American industrialist and a business magnate, the founder of the Ford Motor Company, and the sponsor of the development of the assembly line technique of mass production.
Although Ford did not invent the automobile or the assembly line, he developed and manufactured the first automobile that many middle-class Americans could afford. In doing so, Ford converted the automobile from an expensive curiosity into a practical conveyance that would profoundly impact the landscape of | Ford Motor Company
Ford Motor Company is an American multinational automaker that has its main headquarters in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. It was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. The company sells automobiles and commercial vehicles under the Ford brand and most luxury cars under the Lincoln brand. Ford also owns Brazilian SUV manufacturer Troller, an 8% stake in Aston Martin of the United Kingdom and a 32% stake in Jiangling Motors. It also has joint-ventures in China (Changan Ford | 78,944 | wow-train |
Milkshake is a sweet cold beverage
I love milkshakes! What are they usually made of?
Milk,ice cream or iced milk, flavorings
That sounds pretty tasty. What would you say the best milkshake is?
Butterscotch and chocolate
Sweet and savory, I like that. What other interesting facts do you know about milkshakes?
Milkshake are also called thick shake
That makes sense. I've always enjoyed a milkshake when its thick as opposed to thin and watery. Man, I really want a milkshake right now! | be made at home with a blender or automatic drink mixer.
A milkshake can also be made by adding powder into fresh milk and stirring the powder into the milk. Milkshakes made in this way can come in a variety of flavors, including chocolate, caramel, strawberry, and banana.
Types.
Types Hand-blended.
Hand-blended milkshakes are traditionally made from any flavor of ice cream; additional flavorings, such as chocolate syrup and/or malt syrup or malt powder, can be added prior to mixing. | Milkshake
A milkshake is a sweet, cold beverage that is usually made from milk, ice cream, and/or ice milk, and sometimes flavorings or sweeteners such as butterscotch, caramel sauce, chocolate syrup, or fruit syrup.
Many more precise and rigid definitions are used, subject to region. Outside of the United States, a milkshake that uses ice cream or ice milk is sometimes called a thick milkshake or thick shake; in New England, the term frappe may be used to differentiate it from thinner forms of flavored | 78,945 | wow-train |
I love the Song of Ice and Fire books! They're by novelist George R. R. Martin.
Aren't those the Game of Thrones books? | Game of Thrones
Game of Thrones is an American fantasy drama television series created by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss for HBO. It is an adaptation of "A Song of Ice and Fire", George R. R. Martin's series of fantasy novels, the first of which is "A Game of Thrones". The show was both produced and filmed in Belfast and elsewhere in the United Kingdom. Filming locations also included Canada, Croatia, Iceland, Malta, Morocco, and Spain. The series premiered on HBO in | Samwell Tarly
Samwell Tarly, or simply Sam, is a fictional character in the "A Song of Ice and Fire" series of fantasy novels by American author George R. R. Martin, and its television adaptation, "Game of Thrones".
Introduced in 1996's "A Game of Thrones", Samwell is the eldest son of Lord Randyll Tarly of Horn Hill and his wife Lady Melessa Florent. A self-professed coward with a love for books and songs, Samwell was forced by his father to abandon his | 78,946 | wow-train |
I love going to art shows there be some nice visual sculptures.
Art shows are great community events that promote culture and activity. | Sculpture
Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sculptural processes originally used carving (the removal of material) and modelling (the addition of material, as clay), in stone, metal, ceramics, wood and other materials but, since Modernism, there has been an almost complete freedom of materials and process. A wide variety of materials may be worked by removal such as carving, assembled by welding or modelling, or molded or cast | 22 would be the day each year to observe world goth day.
The observance spread outside the United Kingdom, with a website being initiated to coordinate and promote events worldwide.
World Goth Day celebrates the sub cultural aspects of the Goth subculture. Aspects of the culture like fashion, music and art are celebrated by fashion shows, art exhibitions and music performance. Many of the events feature local Goth bands, and some have taken on a charity aspect with events in the United Kingdom and Australia supporting favoured charities like the | 78,947 | wow-train |
I was a lot of south park. It is an animated sitcom on comedy central.
it has been awhile since I have watched south park, i did enjoy watching
it debuted in 1997 and had the highest ratings of any basic cable program.
amazing it has been around that long, yes i can see why it is very popular
And it is still so popular that it is airing new episodes through 2019.
i think I topped watching was around when they actually killed Kenny | South Park
South Park is an American adult animated sitcom created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone and developed by Brian Graden for the Comedy Central television network. The show revolves around four boys—Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Eric Cartman, and Kenny McCormick—and their exploits in and around the titular Colorado town. Much like "The Simpsons", "South Park" uses a very large ensemble cast of recurring characters. It became infamous for its profanity and dark, surreal humor that satirizes a wide range of topics | towards a mature audience.
Parker and Stone developed the show from "The Spirit of Christmas", two consecutive animated shorts. The latter became one of the first Internet viral videos, ultimately leading to "South Park"'s production.
Since its debut on August 13, 1997, episodes of "South Park" have been broadcast. It debuted with great success, consistently earning the highest ratings of any basic cable program. Subsequent ratings have varied but it remains one of Comedy Central's highest rated shows, and | 78,948 | wow-train |
Have you heard of Frank Sinatra the american singer?
Yes, of course. I can't recall the names of his most famous songs though. | Frank Sinatra
Francis Albert Sinatra (; December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer, actor and producer who was one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th century. He is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold more than 150million records worldwide.
Born to Italian immigrants in Hoboken, New Jersey, Sinatra began his musical career in the swing era with bandleaders Harry James and Tommy Dorsey. Sinatra found success as a solo artist after he | A Different Hat
A Different Hat is the thirteenth solo studio album by the English singer-songwriter Paul Carrack. Recorded with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, it is a collection mostly of cover songs, ranging from the Frank Sinatra standard "All The Way" to the Bonnie Raitt ballad "I Can't Make You Love Me". Carrack also tackled four of his own songs which he had previously recorded, heard here in new arrangements: "I Live On A Battlefield" (previously recorded as "Battlefield" on 1989 | 78,949 | wow-train |
SO I have picked up playing the guitar. It has six strings and is a fretted musical instrument.
Are there any variants other than the six string version?
I think Keith Richards plays a 5 string guitar. I have been playing an electric guitar. The sounds is projected through an electrical amplifier.
Do you know when the guitar first gained popularity
There were many different types that preceded the guitar. There was the vihuela, gittern, four-course Renaissance guitar, and baroque guitar.
Are there any types of music that the guitar is particularly popular in?
The guitar is hugely popular with modern rock music. The guitar is played by using your fingers to pluck the strings.
Are there any other instruments that compliment it well? | guitar, and the archtop guitar, which is sometimes called a "jazz guitar". The tone of an acoustic guitar is produced by the strings' vibration, amplified by the hollow body of the guitar, which acts as a resonating chamber. The classical guitar is often played as a solo instrument using a comprehensive finger-picking technique where each string is plucked individually by the player's fingers, as opposed to being strummed. The term "finger-picking" can also refer to a specific tradition of folk, blues | Guitar
The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that usually has six strings. It is typically played with both hands by strumming or plucking the strings with either a guitar pick or the finger(s)/fingernails of one hand, while simultaneously fretting (pressing the strings against the frets) with the fingers of the other hand. The sound of the vibrating strings is projected either acoustically, by means of the hollow chamber of the guitar (for an acoustic guitar), or through an electrical amplifier and a speaker.
The guitar is a | 78,950 | wow-train |
I love having a cat in the house - do you have a cat?
No, Im not much of a cat person. They are too small and furry for me.
That's too bad! Are you allergic to them?
My ex was allergic, we were together for a while and I just never got one. They are populary known to be companions but they also hunt vermin too sometimes.
I love listening to them purr - I wonder how they do that? | Purr
A purr is a tonal fluttering sound made by some species of felids and two species of genets. It varies in loudness and tone among species and in the same animal.
Although true purring is exclusive to felids and viverrids, other animals such as raccoons produce purr-like vocalization. Animals that produce purr-like sounds include mongoose, bears, badgers, foxes, hyaenas, rabbits, squirrels, guinea pigs, tapirs, ring-tailed lemurs, and gorillas while eating.
Mechanism.
The mechanism | the name from Eric Andersen. We were together one day, and I knew there were two other David Cohens in the music business, one with Country Joe and The Fish, the other a studio cat in LA. We felt that was too many. So Eric said: 'You've got such blue eyes, you should be David Blue.' I decided to do it. I called Ramblin' Jack Eliot and Dylan because they had changed their names and Dylan thought it was very funny and started singing to me | 78,951 | wow-train |
I am not a Christian, but I live in a country where the majority of people are Christians.
Same; I'm not a Christian, but live in America which is definitely mostly Christians. It's interesting that it's a minority religion in the Middle East, where it originated.
I live in America too! It really is interesting that just through early immigration, conversion, etc. it has become so dominant here. On my way to work in the city, I pass churches for so many different Christian denominations. | Religion in the United States
Religion in the United States is diverse with Christianity being the majority religion. Various religious faiths have flourished within the United States. A majority of Americans report that religion plays a very important role in their lives, a proportion unique among developed countries. Freedom of religion in the United States is guaranteed in the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
Historically, the United States has always been marked by religious pluralism and diversity, beginning with various native beliefs of the pre-colonial time. | I have been a member. I am not ashamed to be a Christian, and I am glad to know that the President of the United States is a Christian, for without the help of the Almighty I do not think he could rightly judge in ruling so many people. I have advised all of my people who are not Christians, to study that religion, because it seems to me the best religion in enabling one to live right.
He joined the Dutch Reformed Church in 1903, but four years later was | 78,952 | wow-train |
Red hair is very rare. It occurs in 1-2% of people
Oh wow! I didn't know that, is that why red heads are sought after because they are exotic out of the population?
That's likely! People who have two copies of a recessive chromosome commonly have red hair.
I see! Are there other genetics rarities that interesting statistically?
When people have darker natural hair they have more hair follicles on their scalp.
Oh I did not know the either! I also that the sought after "dimples" people faces are actually a genetic disorder, but society has made the dimple a sought after facial feature! | Dimple
A dimple (also known as a gelasin) is a small natural indentation in the flesh on a part of the human body, most notably in the cheek or on the chin.
Characteristics.
Cheek dimples when present, show up when a person makes a facial expression, such as smiling, whereas a chin dimple is a small line on the chin that stays on the chin without making any specific facial expressions. Dimples may appear and disappear over an extended period; a baby born with dimples in their | valerian) colors.
In science and nature Hair color.
Red hair occurs naturally on approximately 1–2% of the human population. It occurs more frequently (2–6%) in people of northern or western European ancestry, and less frequently in other populations. Red hair appears in people with two copies of a recessive gene on chromosome 16 which causes a mutation in the MC1R protein.
Red hair varies from a deep burgundy through burnt orange to bright copper. It is characterized by high levels of the reddish pigment pheomelanin ( | 78,953 | wow-train |
I have always thought that Parrots were so cool. What do you think? | features of parrots include a strong, curved bill, an upright stance, strong legs, and clawed zygodactyl feet. Many parrots are vividly coloured, and some are multi-coloured. Most parrots exhibit little or no sexual dimorphism in the visual spectrum. They form the most variably sized bird order in terms of length.
The most important components of most parrots' diets are seeds, nuts, fruit, buds, and other plant material. A few species sometimes eat animals and carrion, while the lories and lorikeets are | David Hodges, who had just departed from their band Evanescence in late 2003. She said, "I didn't know that he (Moody) wasn't with Evanescence anymore," Clarkson said. "I just really liked their vibe and I thought it might be cool to work with one of them. So I just randomly asked people I work with, 'Hey, do you think that he'd work with me?' And then I found out that he kind of split and that's what he's doing | 78,954 | wow-train |
Hello, I'd love to know more about sleep from you | Sleep
Sleep is a naturally recurring state of mind and body, characterized by altered consciousness, relatively inhibited sensory activity, reduced muscle activity and inhibition of nearly all voluntary muscles during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, and reduced interactions with surroundings. It is distinguished from wakefulness by a decreased ability to react to stimuli, but more reactive than coma or disorders of consciousness, sleep displaying very different and active brain patterns.
Sleep occurs in repeating periods, in which the body alternates between two distinct modes: REM sleep | out Later, I'd Love to Tell you About my Screen Play I'm Working on. And do you Know here I can get Some More Coke?", from "The Greg Gutfeld Show"
- "Trump Made me Cook his Steak Well Done I Mean who Eats a Steak Well Done", from "The Greg Gutfeld Show"
- "Trump Tweeted That I Have Sleepy Eyes Which I do but that's not my Fault", from "The Greg Gutfeld Show"
- "UCI Yearbook | 78,955 | wow-train |
God is a controversial topic for some people. I believe we can do nothing without God! He is my inspiration!
that is a great way to see it but you also have to consider humanism and the use of freethinking
God gave us freedom of choice. Do you not agree?
I agree but the free thought is often by the hand of rejection of participants of the dogma
After Jesus died on the cross we are forgiven for our sins. His suffering provided for us to be forgiven. Though we should not go around doing bad things all the time. But if we do and are truly sorry God will forgive you.
so he will forgive us no matter what we did what happen if some sins are bigger than others?
Man kind made one sin worse than another. In God's eyes all sin is sin. So yes he will but I believe the key is remorse. You cannot go around sinning without later feeling it was wrong. That is difference between good and evil. | Confession (religion)
Confession, in many religions, is the acknowledgment of one's sins (sinfulness) or wrongs.
Buddhism.
Buddhism has been from its inception primarily a tradition of renunciation and monasticism. Within the monastic framework (called the Vinaya) of the sangha regular of wrongdoing to other monks is mandatory. In the suttas of the Pali Canon Bhikkhus sometimes even confessed their wrongdoing to the Buddha himself. That part of the Pali Canon called the Vinaya requires that monks confess their individual sins before the bi | Hell, but I want none of them. I had never seen a creature as elegant and pure as you, and nothing else will do."
"Negotiate for my freedom."
"God does not negotiate with me. Haven't you learned that he is watching us now? He'll never give me anything I want."
"But once I do my job, he'll have to send me to Hell."
"But he won't. You won't go to Heaven, | 78,956 | wow-train |
Hello, what does it take to become a genius?
A genius usually had to display exceptional intellectual ability and creative productivity
When was the word first identified in history? | converging on a definition that emphasizes creativity and eminent achievement. Usually, genius is associated with talent, but many authors (for example Cesare Lombroso and Arthur Schopenhauer) systematically distinguish these terms.
Etymology.
In ancient Rome, the "genius" (plural in Latin "genii") was the guiding spirit or tutelary deity of a person, family "(gens)", or place "(genius loci)". The noun is related to the Latin verb "genui, genitus", "to bring | Genius
A genius is a person who displays exceptional intellectual ability, creative productivity, universality in genres or originality, typically to a degree that is associated with the achievement of new advances in a domain of knowledge. Despite the presence of scholars in many subjects throughout history, many geniuses have shown high achievements in only a single kind of activity.
There is no scientifically precise definition of a genius, and the question of whether the notion itself has any real meaning has long been a subject of debate, although psychologists are | 78,957 | wow-train |
Do you love pizza as much as I do? Anything can be called a pizza if it is on flatbread with tomato sauce and cheese, and also baked in an oven.
Pizza is my favorite fast food.,why not harm bugger?
Pizza was invented in Naples, which happens to be my favorite place, so I can't see why you would choose a hamburger over a cheesy pizza!
Is Naples a city or a country? Who invented it?
Naples is a city in Italy, and actually the capital of the region called Campania . I can tell you about the inventor of pizza if you want.
So it means Pizza originates in Italy ,that means pizza should be called Italian pizza then? | 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 | Pizza puff
A pizza puff is a deep-fried dough pocket filled with cheese, tomato sauce, and other pizza ingredients such as sausage or pepperoni. Indigenous to Chicago, pizza puffs can be found at some casual dining restaurants there.
A pizza puff is similar to a panzerotto. It is also somewhat like a calzone, but calzones are baked instead of fried, and do not always include pizza sauce.
Some Italian restaurants and casual dining establishments make their own pizza puffs from scratch. These pizza puffs feature | 78,958 | wow-train |
I love to kayak on the weekends.
That sounds like fun, do you know when the kayak was invented?
No but I love how the kayak is a canoe like boat.
It is pretty similar, do you know what the kayak was traditionally used for?
No, but I prefer a closed deck kayak.
What exactly is a closed deck kayak, can you elaborate on that?
It is hard to explain, but kayaks were created thousands of years ago by the Inuit.
Oh that's cool, who exactly are the Inuit? | Inuit
The Inuit (; syllabics: , "the people", singular: "Inuk", dual: "Inuuk") are a group of culturally similar indigenous peoples inhabiting Inuit Nunangat, the Arctic regions of Greenland, Canada, and Alaska. The Inuit languages are part of the Eskimo–Aleut family. Inuit Sign Language is a critically endangered language isolate used in Nunavut.
In Canada and the United States, the term "Eskimo" was commonly used by ethnic Europeans to describe the Inuit and Siberia's and | 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 | 78,959 | wow-train |
i am going to school to get a degree now. | Academic degree
An academic degree is a qualification awarded to students upon successful completion of a course of study in higher education, usually at a college or university. These institutions commonly offer degrees at various levels, usually including bachelor's, master’s and doctorates, often alongside other academic certificates and professional degrees. The most common undergraduate degree is the bachelor's degree, although in some countries there are lower level higher education qualifications that are also titled degrees (e.g. associate degrees and foundation degrees).
History.
History Emergence | Talking about his efforts to make the NFL, Nagy said in 2018, "I was at a point where I'm out of college [and] I'm kind of figuring which direction I'm going to go. Am I going to get a chance in the NFL? Am I going to use my degree and become a teacher? Am I going to try a lower-level league in the football world?"
Without any opportunities in the NFL, he tried out for the New York Dragons of the Arena | 78,960 | wow-train |
Hello, my favorite color is purple, what is yours?
I Like black and red, and white... and yellow.. its hard to pick just one haha!
Interesting, colors have influence on people but the effects are differ, I guess that's why we like different colors
Yes isn't there something about using colors therapeutically
We have a subject as color psychology which is the study of hues and human bahvior
That's pretty cool. I have heard that the in underground subway stations in New York City they used psychologically calming colors like cool tonally subdued shades of purple and stuff
Interesting, I've read purple is the color related to royalty, magic and piety, maybe it's the reason
it's less aggressive than red, for instance. I believe it was associated with royalty due to the exclusivity of purple resulting from it being very expensive. The whole history of color is quite facinating | Purple
Purple is a color intermediate between blue and red. It is similar to violet, but unlike violet, which is a spectral color with its own wavelength on the visible spectrum of light, purple is a secondary color made by combining red and blue. The complementary color of purple in the RYB color model is yellow.
According to surveys in Europe and North America, purple is the color most often associated with rarity, royalty, magic, mystery, and piety. When combined with pink, it is associated | , red is one of my favorite colors, as is gold. So then we thought of making the bottle look like it's on fire. I love antique bottles — my mother had a collection of them when I was growing up. I wanted something with an antique yet modern feeling. Even with my wardrobe, I always try to find things that have a little bit of something vintage, yet still timeless and classic. The bottle, I felt, was a great mixture of the two... Everything, from the | 78,961 | wow-train |
I love to watch and attempt ballet. its a type of performance dance.
Ballet seems like a beautiful dance form! How long has it been around?
Well it originated in Italy during the Renaissance in the 15th century
Wow! It's quite old! Are there different styles of ballet? | Ballet
Ballet () is a type of performance dance that originated during the Italian Renaissance in the fifteenth century and later developed into a concert dance form in France and Russia. It has since become a widespread, highly technical form of dance with its own vocabulary based on French terminology. It has been globally influential and has defined the foundational techniques used in many other dance genres and cultures. Ballet has been taught in various schools around the world, which have historically incorporated their own cultures and as a result, the art | °) and half (180°) turns are possible for some types of turns
History.
Ballet is a type of performance dance that originated in the Italian Renaissance courts of the 15th century and later developed into a concert dance form in France and Russia. It has since become a widespread, highly technical form of dance with its own vocabulary based on French terminology. It has been globally influential and has defined the foundational techniques used in many other dance genres. Becoming a ballet dancer requires years of training. Ballet | 78,962 | wow-train |
I am working to get an Master of Business Administration degree.
That will be nice. What do you have as your first degree | Bachelor's degree
A bachelor's degree (from Middle Latin "baccalaureus") or baccalaureate (from Modern Latin "baccalaureatus") is an undergraduate academic degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to seven years (depending on institution and academic discipline). In some institutions and educational systems, some bachelor's degrees can only be taken as graduate or postgraduate degrees after a first degree has been completed. In countries with qualifications frameworks, bachelor's degrees are normally one of the major | , then the editor of "Otechestvennye Zapiski", has been perplexed by the play. As Ostrovsky submitted the play to him for the first time, he responded with a letter (the business-like tone of which the author took as an offence) implying that only a modest fee for it could be offered. "I am your regular contributor, I enter the new direction with this work, expecting from you either advice or encouragement, and what do I get? A rather dry letter in which you evaluate my | 78,963 | wow-train |
I think accents are cool, but sometimes they can be hard to understand
In sociolinguistics, an accent is a manner of pronunciation peculiar to a particular individual or location, but some are really hard to understand
One of my favorite accents is a british accent. its just sounds so fancy and sophisticated.
I really like that accent as well it just sounds so classy, An accent may be identified with the locality in which its speakers reside
I wonder if I moved over there, if it would be possible for me to pick up the accent and change mine.
Pitch accent (tone accent) is a feature of certain languages whose variations in pitch, so it is maybe contagious
I just dont want to pick up a southern accent. those are not attractive at all. No offense. | contributed to the formation of the different varieties of North American accents. It is difficult to measure or predict how long it takes an accent to form. Accents from Canada, South Africa, Australia and the US for example, developed from the combinations of different accents and languages in various societies and their effect on the various pronunciations of British settlers.
In many cases, the accents of non-English settlers from the British Isles affected the accents of the different colonies quite differently. Irish, Scottish and Welsh immigrants had accents | Accent (sociolinguistics)
In sociolinguistics, an accent is a manner of pronunciation peculiar to a particular individual, location, or nation. An accent may be identified with the locality in which its speakers reside (a regional or geographical accent), the socioeconomic status of its speakers, their ethnicity, their caste or social class (a social accent), or influence from their first language (a foreign accent).
Accents typically differ in quality of the voice, pronunciation and distinction of vowels and consonants, stress, | 78,964 | wow-train |
greetings, i am a digital artist | Digital art
Digital art is an artistic work or practice that uses digital technology as part of the creative or presentation process. Since the 1970s, various names have been used to describe the process, including computer art and multimedia art. Digital art is itself placed under the larger umbrella term new media art.
After some initial resistance, the impact of digital technology has transformed activities such as painting, drawing, sculpture and music/sound art, while new forms, such as net art, digital installation art, and | I Am... (Ayumi Hamasaki album)
I Am... (stylized as I am...) is the fourth studio album by Japanese recording artist Ayumi Hamasaki. It was released on New Years Day (January 1), 2002 via Avex Trax and their Taiwan-based headquarters. It was distributed in two physical formats—a standard CD and Playbutton—and for digital consumption. After the September 11, 2001 attacks in New York City, United States, Hamasaki, whom started working on her new project, changed the | 78,965 | wow-train |
One of my favorite genres to read is true crime--where authors examine a real crime and the actions of real people.
I love true crime stories! The mystery in them are great!
I agree, the mysteries are great! It's also nice how the author can either stick to facts or be highly speculative. Makes for some varied reading.
I agree! Do you have a favorite true crime author?
One of my favorites is Truman Capote--especially "In Cold Blood."
Hasn't Truman Capote had some of his writings become films?
I'm not sure about "In Cold Blood" -- but there was a film that covered the 50s and 60s when Capote wrote that book.
That is probably what I am thinking of. I am assuming that "true crime" stories are based off of real acts of crime, correct? | True crime
True crime is a non-fiction literary and film genre in which the author examines an actual crime and details the actions of real people.
The crimes most commonly include murder; about 40% focus on tales of serial killers. True crime comes in many forms, such as books, films, podcasts, and television shows. Many works in this genre recount high-profile, sensational crimes such as the JonBenét Ramsey killing, the O. J. Simpson murder case, and the Pamela Smart murder, while | cause harm and mental trauma to the real people involved. True crime media can be produced without the consent of the victim's family, which can lead to their being re-traumatized.
Depending on the writer, true crime can adhere strictly to well-established facts in journalistic fashion or can be highly speculative. Writers can selectively choose which information to present and which to leave out in order to support their narrative. Author Christiana Gregoriou analyzed several books of the genre and concluded that tabloidization and fictionalization are pervasive in the | 78,966 | wow-train |
my friend told me i should read nineteen eighty-four book. Do you know anything about it? | Nineteen Eighty-Four
Nineteen Eighty-Four, often published as 1984, is a dystopian novel by English writer George Orwell published in June 1949, whose themes centre on the risks of government overreach, totalitarianism and repressive regimentation of all persons and behaviours within society. The novel is set in an imagined future, the year 1984, when much of the world has fallen victim to perpetual war, omnipresent government surveillance, historical negationism and propaganda.
In the novel, Great Britain ("Airstrip One") has become | a Mrs. Birkett, who had a son named Harry. My mother told me Mrs. Birkett had some money, and always thought my mother was a man. I said to my mother, 'She'll find you out one of these days.' My mother replied, 'Oh, I'll watch it. I would rather do away with myself than let the police find anything about me.' My mother told me always to call her father, and not let Mrs. Birkett nor anyone else know that she was a | 78,967 | wow-train |
I'm a big Wilderness guy. Do you like to camp or backpack?
Yes, I was in the Boy Scouts for a while and did it a lot.
Recent maps of wilderness suggest it covers roughly one quarter of Earth's which dose not seem like enough to me. Man needs to stop destroying wilderness area's.
Yes, especially in areas like the Amazon rainforest.
The amazon is a tough one because the region includes territory belonging to nine nations. It's hard for them to agree on anything. In the end it's about greed.
I agree. environmental issues are not given nearly enough attention in politics today. | Environmental movement
The environmental movement (sometimes referred to as the ecology movement), also including conservation and green politics, is a diverse scientific, social, and political movement for addressing environmental issues. Environmentalists advocate the sustainable management of resources and stewardship of the environment through changes in public policy and individual behavior. In its recognition of humanity as a participant in (not enemy of) ecosystems, the movement is centered on ecology, health, and human rights.
The environmental movement is an international movement, represented by a | Wilderness
Wilderness or wildland is a natural environment on Earth that has not been significantly modified by human activity. It may also be defined as: "The most intact, undisturbed wild natural areas left on our planet—those last truly wild places that humans do not control and have not developed with roads, pipelines or other industrial infrastructure." The term has traditionally referred to terrestrial environments, though growing attention is being placed on marine wilderness. Recent maps of wilderness suggest it covers roughly one quarter of Earth's terrestrial surface | 78,968 | wow-train |
It is a popular activity with numerous worldwide, and studies suggest that all forms of walking have health benefits
Oh, you are talking about walking? I like to walk everyday. | Walking
Walking (also known as ambulation) is one of the main gaits of locomotion among legged animals. Walking is typically slower than running and other gaits. Walking is defined by an 'inverted pendulum' gait in which the body vaults over the stiff limb or limbs with each step. This applies regardless of the unusable number of limbs—even arthropods, with six, eight, or more limbs, walk.
Difference from running.
The word "walk" is descended from the Old English "wealcan" | the UK, along with rambling (a slightly old-fashioned term), hillwalking, and fell walking (a term mostly used for hillwalking in northern England). The term bushwalking is endemic to Australia, having been adopted by the Sydney Bush Walkers club in 1927. In New Zealand a long, vigorous walk or hike is called tramping. It is a popular activity with numerous worldwide, and studies suggest that all forms of walking have health benefits.
Related terms.
In the United States, Canada, the | 78,969 | wow-train |
My favorite children's book is "Green Eggs and Ham" by Dr. Seuss. Have you read it?
No I haven't read it. Dr. Seuss should be a very famous writer. I heard that his work has been translated to 20 languages/
That is very impressive. His books have definitely withstood the test of time!
Dr. Seuss also supported Theodor Geissel when he wrote the cat in the aht. It is also a very famous children book.
Yes I believe that is his real name. Dr. Seuss was his pen name for his children's books. | The Cat in the Hat
The Cat in the Hat is a children's book written and illustrated by Theodor Geisel under the pen name Dr. Seuss and first published in 1957. The story centers on a tall anthropomorphic cat, who wears a red and white-striped hat and a red bow tie. The Cat shows up at the house of Sally and her brother one rainy day when their mother is away. Despite the repeated objections of the children's fish, the Cat shows the children a few of his tricks in | of five minute vignettes about famous people." The program was syndicated via electrical transcription by The Cardinal Company.
He also won Grammy Awards in 1965 and 1966 for his recordings of Dr. Seuss stories: in 1967 for Dr Seuss Presents – "If I Ran the Zoo" and "Sleep Book" and 1966 for Dr Seuss Presents "Fox in Socks" and "Green Eggs and Ham". He also read "Horton Hatches the Egg", "The Sneetches and Other Stories" and "Yertle the Turtle and | 78,970 | wow-train |
One of my favorite bands back in the day was Toto. They were popular in the 70's and 80's. Are you familiar with them?
Yes, I loved the song Rosanna!
That's funny, I had that song going through my head as I was chatting. I like their style that has pop and rock, as well as some R&B and blues...lots of different variety.
Yes, that song can be a real "ear worm" and once I hear it playing, it stays in my brain for hours. lol
Yes, and I am convinced that song, as well as Africa, has had quite an impact on probably the entire world.
I also listened to Africa as I was a teenager during this period of time. I graduated high school in 1982 when these bands were popular.
Truthfully my favorite Toto song is Hold the Line. I grew up in the 70's and 80's when Toto was really popular as well
I believe they won quite a few awards the year Rosanna was released. | , progressive rock, hard rock, R&B, blues, and jazz.
Paich and Jeff Porcaro had played together as session musicians on several albums and decided to form a band. David Hungate, Lukather, Porcaro, and Bobby Kimball were recruited before the first album release. The band enjoyed great commercial success in the late 1970s and 1980s, beginning with the band's eponymous debut released in 1978. With the release of the critically acclaimed and commercially successful "Toto IV" (1982), Toto became one of the | 'Going Blind' and Corrin sang on that song. I really had a good time but I was there so briefly that it was all work, I just went in and did it and left. My part on the records, which they loved - "Oh, that's perfect!" - that was so funny because basically what I did was listen to all my Go-Betweens records, and just write a Go-Betweens part. And they were like, "it's great!" I said " | 78,971 | wow-train |
I still dream about going to paris and designing clothes. Brands like Yves Saint Laurent are there.
They were a real impact in the 60s and 70s. They created the famous tuxedo suit for women.
Awesome! I din't know a whole lot about them. When was the company founded? | jackets for women. Today, Saint Laurent markets a broad range of women's and men's ready-to-wear products, leather goods, shoes, and jewellery. Yves Saint Laurent Beauté also has a notable presence in the luxury beauty and fragrance market, although this is owned by L'Oréal who hold exclusive licenses for the name.
History.
The eponymous brand was founded in 1961 by designer Yves Saint Laurent and his partner, Pierre Bergé, and the current logos were designed in 1963 by A. M. Cassandre. | Le Smoking
Created in 1966 by famous couturier Yves Saint Laurent, the Le Smoking tuxedo suit for women was the first of its kind to earn attention in the fashion world and in popular culture. The tuxedo suit was designed for women. The collection created huge negative responses at first. The designer took bits and pieces from both men’s suit and women’s clothing and combined it with new ideas. As the tuxedo was designed for females, they were different from the normal male tuxedo. The collar was more feminine as | 78,972 | wow-train |
I drink hot coffee every morning, and all throughout the day. Do you drink coffee?
No, I don't like coffee except when I didn't sleep well
Do you like any iced lattes or mochas or do you not like any kind?
I usually drink orange juice in the morning
I love orange juice. I like the kind with lots of pulp.
I like both kind
Do you like Minute Maid or Tropicana? I didn't realize Minute Maid was owned by Coca-Cola until recently.
I prefer Tropicana | Tropicana Products
Tropicana Products, Inc. is an American multinational company which primarily makes fruit-based beverages. It was founded in 1947 by Anthony T. Rossi in Bradenton, Florida. Since 1998, it has been owned by PepsiCo. Tropicana's headquarters are in Chicago. The company specializes in the production of orange juice.
History.
History Anthony T. Rossi.
Anthony T. Rossi (1900–1993) was born in Italy on the island of Sicily. He had the equivalent of a high school education and immigrated to the United | .
- You are happy.
- I know what to do.
- A child needs its mother.
- I love you.
The simple present is also used to state facts:
- The earth revolves around the sun.
- A king beats a jack
- Many Americans drink coffee in the morning.
It can similarly be used when quoting someone or something, even if the words were spoken in the past:
- Mary says she's ready.
To refer to | 78,973 | wow-train |
I think my favorite shade of purple is more of a deep royal purple
Purple is a color between blue and red.
Do you know where purple falls on the light spectrum?
Purple can fall anywhere between red and violet.
Does purple has historical significance?
Throughout history purple has been color integrated with magic and royalty.
Does it have any religious significance? | with eroticism, femininity, and seduction.
Purple was the color worn by Roman magistrates; it became the imperial color worn by the rulers of the Byzantine Empire and the Holy Roman Empire, and later by Roman Catholic bishops. Similarly in Japan, the color is traditionally associated with the emperor and aristocracy.
Etymology and definitions.
The word 'purple' comes from the Old English word "purpul" which derives from Latin "purpura", in turn from the Greek ("porphura"), name of | Purple
Purple is a color intermediate between blue and red. It is similar to violet, but unlike violet, which is a spectral color with its own wavelength on the visible spectrum of light, purple is a secondary color made by combining red and blue. The complementary color of purple in the RYB color model is yellow.
According to surveys in Europe and North America, purple is the color most often associated with rarity, royalty, magic, mystery, and piety. When combined with pink, it is associated | 78,974 | wow-train |
I am thinking about getting a tatto, but I;m not sure about the idea of inserting ink, dyes and pigment in the skin.
I always wanted to get a tattoo, Do you know if the ink is permanent? I hear it can be removed though. | Tattoo
A tattoo is a form of body modification where a design is made by inserting ink, dyes and pigments, either indelible or temporary, into the dermis layer of the skin to change the pigment. The art of making tattoos is tattooing.
Tattoos fall into three broad categories: purely decorative (with no specific meaning); symbolic (with a specific meaning pertinent to the wearer); pictorial (a depiction of a specific person or item). In addition, tattoos can be used for identification such as | differences," the first verse of the song reads, "I don't know if You can hear me/Or if You're even there/I don't know if You would listen/To a gypsy's prayer." "Teen Ink "observed, "This part is about how it seems like God doesn't listen to you or help you, no matter how much you pray or talk to him." Finally, asking people to be kind and unselfish, Esmeralda sings, "Please help my people | 78,975 | wow-train |
I love solar eclipses, but they are so rare. Have you seen one?
Yes, they can happen only at new moon when the Sun and the Moon are in conjunction
Is there a specific time of year they happen most?
Depends on the location of the earth and which year it is. It mostly happens during the new moon.
Is there anything else interesting you know about them?
If the new Moon were in a perfectly circular orbit, a little closer to the Earth, and in the same orbital plane, there would be total solar eclipses every new moon.
Neat! How often do total solar eclipse's happen? | Solar eclipse
A solar eclipse occurs when a portion of the Earth is engulfed in a shadow cast by the Moon which fully or partially blocks ("occults") sunlight. This occurs when the Sun, Moon and Earth are aligned. Such alignment coincides with a new moon (syzygy) indicating the Moon is closest to the ecliptic plane. In a total eclipse, the disk of the Sun is fully obscured by the Moon. In partial and annular eclipses, only part of the Sun is obscured.
If the | at its orbital nodes twice every draconic month (27.212220 days) while a new moon occurs one every synodic month (29.530587981 days). Solar (and lunar) eclipses therefore happen only during eclipse seasons resulting in at least two, and up to five, solar eclipses each year; no more than two of which can be total eclipses.
Total eclipses are rare because the timing of the new moon within the eclipse season needs to be more exact for an alignment between the observer (on Earth) and the centers of | 78,976 | wow-train |
I love to read it is my favorite acitvity
I enjoy reading as well. What are some of your favorite books?
I love reading complex stories that require critical analysis, in other words, I really like Umberto Eco
I haven't heard of Umberto Eco. Can you tell me more about it?
His most popular book was The Name of the Rose, it was made into a movie also.
Is he an American author?
No Umberto Eco is Italian. He is also a university professor.
Is he still writing today? | Umberto Eco
Umberto Eco (5 January 1932 – 19 February 2016) was an Italian novelist, literary critic, philosopher, semiotician, and university professor. He is widely known for his 1980 novel "Il nome della rosa" ("The Name of the Rose"), a historical mystery combining semiotics in fiction with biblical analysis, medieval studies, and literary theory. He later wrote other novels, including "Il pendolo di Foucault" ("Foucault's Pendulum") and "L'isola del giorno prima" ( | Some may find it fun, not me though.
- Student B: Believe me. If you read the code too much, you will soon lose your mind. Very soon. I guarantee you.
- Student C: I love it. I enjoy reading the code every night before I go to sleep. My dad sometimes reads it to me and I will laugh and even in my dreams I think about the items in the code. I am really honored to be in such a school.
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I am still in awe about the complexity of of Pyramids design. They are world's oldest structures
Don't even get me started on that, aliens are among us.
With that you reminded me of video game Injustice: Gods Among us. Instead aliens hunting us here
I hope that is not the case, but in the world we live in you never really know.
Mention that, i recommend you watch "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D", an American TV series. It depicts mystical and fictional stories very well
Let's watch it right now? How do i start? | List of Game of Thrones characters
The characters from the medieval fantasy television series "Game of Thrones" are based on their respective counterparts from author George R. R. Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire" series of novels. Set in a fictional universe that has been referred to so far as "The Known World", the series follows a civil war for the Iron Throne of the continent of Westeros, fought between the rival royal and noble families and their respective supporters.
Cast.
Cast Main cast. | day before your arrival... I am exceeding unhappy at our not joining at Weelind [Wheeling], but don't know that either of us are to blame, the militia with us continue to desert, and consequently I cannot remain long in one place otherways should be happy in forming a junction here... I shall move on slowly for the reasons before recited and you will use the greatest industry as you cannot possibly pass us without our knowledge. I have suffered much lately but you again encourage me.
After | 78,978 | wow-train |
Man I love my little dog. He's a pug named Juble. | century, Queen Victoria developed a passion for pugs which she passed on to other members of the Royal family.
Pugs are known for being sociable and gentle companion dogs. The American Kennel Club describes the breed's personality as "even-tempered and charming". Pugs remain popular into the twenty-first century, with some famous celebrity owners. A pug was judged Best in Show at the World Dog Show in 2004.
Description.
Description Physical characteristics.
While the pugs that are depicted in eighteenth century prints | . In the animated series, the voice is provided by Eddie Barth.
"Men in Black".
In the first film, Frank the Pug appears at a small kiosk next to an odd-looking man selling keys. His first line is spoken when J (who only knows he's here to meet an alien in disguise) says "Now that's the worst disguise ever", referring to the man. Frank replies "If you don't like it, you can kiss my furry little butt!" | 78,979 | wow-train |
I'm really into drumming and want to get really good at it.
Do you use a Dum kit, a mixed of drums where yo use drumsticks with both hands and also pedals that control the cymbal?
I've bought a drum kit, yes, but I haven't put it together yet. I think there are two cymbals.
But do you already have experience with regular Drums?
I've only played bongo drums. I don't have experience using sticks or pedals to beat the drums.
Do you mean Bongos consisting of a pair of small open bottomed drums of different sizes?
Yes, I play bongos in a band. I love percussion instruments of all types.
I don't play but I like the sound of them and thhe percussion instruments are believed to include the oldest musical instruments
That makes sense. They're definitely less complicated than string or horn instruments. Wonder where the oldest percussion instrument was found. | Percussion instrument
A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater (including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles); struck, scraped or rubbed by hand; or struck against another similar instrument. The percussion family is believed to include the oldest musical instruments, following the human voice.
The percussion section of an orchestra most commonly contains instruments such as timpani, snare drum, bass drum, cymbals, triangle and tambourine. However, the section can also contain non-percussive | Drum kit
A drum kit — also called a drum set, trap set (an abbreviation of the word, "contraption"), or simply drums — is a collection of drums and other percussion instruments, typically cymbals, which are set up on stands to be played by a single player, with drumsticks held in both hands, and the feet operating pedals that control the hi-hat cymbal and the beater for the bass drum. A drum kit consists of a mix of drums (categorized classically as membranophones, | 78,980 | wow-train |
I am so gratefull i didnt go to public school, i was homeschooled ussually conducted by my parents
that is great i home school my son he in high school did it since 4th grade
Wao thats great, he belongs to the special amount of 3.4% of us students that are homeschooled, around 2 million students
i think that is better or them it was or my son
Yes when you have a son you ave to choose, public, private or home school education!
now days the school are so bad so it best to school them home | Homeschooling international status and statistics
Homeschooling is legal in many countries. Countries with the most prevalent home education movements include Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Some countries have highly regulated home education programs as an extension of the compulsory school system; others, such as Germany, have outlawed it entirely. In other countries, while not restricted by law, homeschooling is not socially acceptable or considered undesirable and is virtually non-existent.
Legality by country or region.
Legality | Christian, adding to a feeling of loneliness and isolation. In his interview with Lehmann, he said, "My family was not Jewish so, my siblings and I were the only non-Jewish students at that school, and ever since ... It made sense that I eventually asked myself, 'Who am I really?' Not only psychologically speaking, but also religiously."
He added, "...I felt our classmates were good to us. Some are still our friends today. It remains that it was | 78,981 | wow-train |
I like to draw, its a form of visual art
I never got the hang of drawing, but i love looking at art, its amazing what some people can do. | Drawing
Drawing is a form of visual art in which a person uses various drawing instruments to mark paper or another two-dimensional medium. Instruments include graphite pencils, pen and ink, various kinds of paints, inked brushes, colored pencils, crayons, charcoal, chalk, pastels, various kinds of erasers, markers, styluses, and various metals (such as silverpoint). Digital drawing is the act of using a computer to draw. Common methods of digital drawing include a stylus or finger on a touchscreen device, | with people, like when I was in the same room with L.A. Reid and Harmony, looking at this list of songs. Music is, really, a way for people to draw some form of strength. You never know what a song can do for someone."
Composition Songs.
The album opens with "Jackie (B.M.F.)" an uptempo trap and drum and bass song with lyrics about "birthing a nine-pound, 10-ounce baby" and "concluding that she's 'a bad motherf**ker.'" | 78,982 | wow-train |
I have recently started to get into vampire movies and stuff and now I want to learn more about vampires, Do you know about them?
Yes, they feed on life essence ( generally blood) of the living.
Yea thats so spooky and fascinating, I wonder what being a vampire is like, Do vampires really live forever? If so why do they have to drink blood?
I'm not sure, but vampires often visit loved ones and cause mischief and even death in the neighborhoods they lived in while alive.
That sounds creepy, I am now spooked out a little, What do vampires do? Do they just feed on humans, do they do things for fun ect? | Vampire
A vampire is a being from folklore that subsists by feeding on the vital force (generally in the form of blood) of the living. In European folklore, vampires were undead beings that often visited loved ones and caused mischief or deaths in the neighborhoods they inhabited while they were alive. They wore shrouds and were often described as bloated and of ruddy or dark countenance, markedly different from today's gaunt, pale vampire which dates from the early 19th century.
Vampiric entities have been recorded in most cultures; | favorite movies that I did in the past with Quentin Tarantino and one that people still ask us about today." He added, "There was so much I wanted to explore in that movie that I didn't get to. And I delved a little deeper into Mesoamerican mythologies and Aztec and Mayan mythologies and where a vampire culture could have existed back then and found fascinating stuff."
International broadcast.
In Australia, the series premiered on SBS 2 on July 1, 2014.
In the UK, the | 78,983 | wow-train |
I love beer! Do you like to drink beer?
It is the oldest and most widely consumed alcohol beverage in the world.
Is it? Wow I would have thought water would have been. Maybe they mean after water. Or maybe not! lol
Cereal grains are used to create beer most of the time. Water is the most had beverage, but it is not of alcohol.
I like cereal too. I like cereal anytime and beer anytime! | stabilizing agent. Other flavouring agents such as gruit, herbs, or fruits may be included or used instead of hops. In commercial brewing, the natural carbonation effect is often removed during processing and replaced with forced carbonation.
Some of humanity's earliest known writings refer to the production and distribution of beer: the Code of Hammurabi included laws regulating beer and beer parlours, and "The Hymn to Ninkasi", a prayer to the Mesopotamian goddess of beer, served as both a prayer and as a method of remembering the | Beer
Beer is one of the oldest and most widely consumed alcoholic drinks in the world, and the third most popular drink overall after water and tea. Beer is brewed from cereal grains—most commonly from malted barley, though wheat, maize (corn), and rice are also used. During the brewing process, fermentation of the starch sugars in the wort produces ethanol and carbonation in the resulting beer. Most modern beer is brewed with hops, which add bitterness and other flavours and act as a natural preservative and | 78,984 | wow-train |
Hello, I love video games, how about you?
Do you like Grand Theft Auto, first released in 1997 by Microsoft.
Yes, Grand Theft Auto is great I've been playing the most recent version
The series has sold more than 150 million units.
Do you know whichis the series was the most popular? | , has sold more than 150 million units as of September 2013. The story follows a group of criminals in three fictionalised versions of US cities as they perform bank robberies, assassinations, and other illegal activities for their respective crime syndicates.
The game was originally intended to be named "Race'n'Chase" and to be developed for the Commodore Amiga, starting in 1996. However, it was nearly cancelled due to production issues.
Its successor, "Grand Theft Auto 2", was released in October 1999.
Gameplay | Theft Auto" series has been a major success, both critically and financially. It has generated perfect or near perfect reviews and scores on almost all of the games; by September 2013, the series sold over 150 million copies worldwide, and , "Grand Theft Auto" shipped over 220 million units worldwide. "The Times Online" reported that "Grand Theft Auto IV" recorded 609,000 copies in the UK on its first day of release. In its first week, "Grand Theft Auto IV" sold approximately 6 million | 78,985 | wow-train |
Ever heard of Jason Thomas Mraz before?
I have not. Who was he? | Jason Mraz
Jason Thomas Mraz (; born June 23, 1977) is an American singer-songwriter who first came to prominence in the San Diego coffee shop scene in 2000. In 2002 he released his debut studio album, "Waiting for My Rocket to Come", which contained the hit single "The Remedy (I Won't Worry)". With the release of his second album, "Mr. A-Z", in 2005, Mraz achieved major commercial success. The album peaked at number 5 on the | .
Background and composition Critical reception.
On November 10, 2010, singer Jason Mraz admits in an interview that the "Camp Rock 2" tune "Introducing Me" sounds a lot like his song "I'm Yours". He also said: "I heard the song, and it was just a tremendous, tremendous horror of a tune," he said. "I noticed a few similarities in the melody, but it wasn't enough to pick up the phone and argue with somebody about it. If | 78,986 | wow-train |
Cooking is an art and craft of preparing food for consumption using heat or even no heat. I love doing this!
Oh me too, cooking is a lot of fun! | 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 | 78,987 | wow-train |
Hey! I like to paint in my spare time. Are you into any artistic kind of hobbies?
Yes, I like to quilt. It is like painting with fabric.
Oh wow, that's really creative! So what do you use to make quilts? | Quilt
A quilt is a multi-layered textile, traditionally composed of three layers of fiber: a woven cloth top, a layer of batting or wadding, and a woven back, combined using the technique of quilting, the process of sewing the three layers together.
The pattern of stitching can be the key decorative element if a single piece of fabric is used for the top of a quilt (a "wholecloth quilt"), but in many cases the top is pieced from a patchwork of smaller fabric pieces | do not think that the kind of school you would like to start would do any good in the Delta. I really think it would do harm. What I want here is Negroes who can make cotton, and they don't need education to help them make cotton. I could not use educated Negroes on my place, but since you have asked me for advice, I will tell you candidly that here in the Delta is no place to start a school.
The Frank Streater Consolidated School (White) was constructed | 78,988 | wow-train |
My favorite color is Blue. It is one of the 3 primary colours
My favorite color is blue as well. What does primary colors mean?
A primary color is a color that can be combined in varying amounts to produce other colors
My favorite color is blue as well. What does primary colors mean? | 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. | , take fine lac [red lake], ultramarine blue (the same amount of the one as of the other) with a binder" he noted that it could also be made by mixing blue indigo and red hematite.
In modern color theory, also known as the RGB color model, red, green and blue are additive primary colors. Red, green and blue light combined together makes white light, and these three colors, combined in different mixtures, can produce nearly any other color. This is the principle | 78,989 | wow-train |
Ive been wanting to visit a museum here lately but dont know too much about them, Have you ever been to one?
Well I love museums, where all artifacts are stored.
Indeed I love seeing all the old skeletons and cool things there, What are some good museums to visit in the US?
Well I have only been to a few, one of the most interesting is the national museum of african american history. It is inside the Smithsonian institute and DC
Oh cool, I will look that one up and check it out. Im curious though are most museums free or is there a charge to see the stuff?
Public institutions are generally free, and so anything housed inside is also free to see. Since it was founded by the United States Government.
Oh ok thats fantastic! I will have to bring my family along then, Do you know the best museum to go to if I wanna see dinosaur bones?
Well the most famous museum in the world is the Louvre in Paris, so that would be the best place to see everything
Oh ok thanks, Any other cool museums I should visit? I do like to visit one with wax figures though. | the general public. The goal of serving researchers is increasingly shifting to serving the general public.
There are many types of museums, including art museums, natural history museums, science museums, war museums, and children's museums. Amongst the world's largest and most visited museums are the Louvre in Paris, the National Museum of China in Beijing, the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., the British Museum and National Gallery in London, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City and Vatican Museums in Vatican City | am taking a break from being told what to do. ... It's cool when you look at someone and don't know whether they are at work or play since it's all the same to them. The things I've been doing for work lately have been so much fun, because it's not like work to me anymore. I've been even more 'hands on' in my management and the business side of things, and I feel more in control than ever.
A representative for Jive Records stated | 78,990 | wow-train |
Have you seen The Last of The Mohincans film from 1992 set in 1757 during French/Indian War?
I did a very long time ago. It was a good movie.
The French and Indian War from 1754-1763 pit British colonies against those from New France
I don't think I understood that when I watched the movie. What actors were in it, do you know? | Wes Studi, Eric Schweig, and Steven Waddington in supporting roles.
The soundtrack features music by Trevor Jones and Randy Edelman, and the song "I Will Find You" by Clannad. The main theme of the film is taken from the tune "The Gael" by Scottish singer-songwriter Dougie MacLean.
Released on September 25, 1992 in the United States, "The Last of the Mohicans" was met with positive reviews and commercial success during its box-office run.
Plot.
The story | French and Indian War
The French and Indian War (1754–1763) pitted the colonies of British America against those of New France, each side supported by military units from the parent country and by American Indian allies. At the start of the war, the French colonies had a population of roughly 60,000 settlers, compared with 2 million in the British colonies. The outnumbered French particularly depended on the Indians.
The European nations declared a wider war upon one another overseas in 1756, two years into the French and Indian war | 78,991 | wow-train |
I love cats and dogs | pocket pets, while the equine and bovine group include the largest companion animals.
Pets provide their owners (or "guardians") both physical and emotional benefits. Walking a dog can provide both the human and the dog with exercise, fresh air, and social interaction. Pets can give companionship to people who are living alone or elderly adults who do not have adequate social interaction with other people. There is a medically approved class of therapy animals, mostly dogs or cats, that are brought to visit confined humans, | cartoons and sayings regarding what happiness is. "Happiness Is Gunther, Chloe, and Simon after they groom and bathe and stay in the house for on hour of love and play with their friends. When dogs happy, they dream. I seen my dog dreaming she was chasing a rabbit in her sleep. I love dogs." Finally, cats and dogs are used to seek revenge upon Uncle Paulo, a "human rat" and child molester. Maisie smears cat and dog feces over his wall at the end, | 78,992 | wow-train |
I tend to be pretty perfectionist. I strive for flawlessness and have high performance standards for myself.
That's a good thing to some extent I think. Do you know what other personality traits perfectionists have often?
There are many positive and negative aspects, and in its maladaptive form, it drives people to attempt to to achieve the unattainable.
That's true I suppose, do you know anything else interesting about psychology? | Abnormal psychology
Abnormal psychology is the branch of psychology that studies unusual patterns of behavior, emotion and thought, which may or may not be understood as precipitating a mental disorder. Although many behaviors could be considered as abnormal, this branch of psychology typically deals with behavior in a clinical context. There is a long history of attempts to understand and control behavior deemed to be aberrant or deviant (statistically, functionally, morally or in some other sense), and there is often cultural variation in the approach taken. The field | Perfectionism (psychology)
Perfectionism, in psychology, is a personality trait characterized by a person's striving for flawlessness and setting high performance standards, accompanied by critical self-evaluations and concerns regarding others' evaluations. It is best conceptualized as a multidimensional characteristic, as psychologists agree that there are many positive and negative aspects. In its maladaptive form, perfectionism drives people to attempt to achieve unattainable ideals or unrealistic goals, often leading to depression and low self-esteem. By contrast, adaptive perfectionism can motivate people to reach | 78,993 | wow-train |
i love to go fishing with my family. its a great way to enjoy the outdoors. do you like fishing?
I do! I love going out to the wild to catch em! Where do you usually fish?
i used to normally go to the river in town but now i live on land that has a part of the river that runs thru my property. do you fish in rivers or ponds?
Rivers!I recently started to catch other animals like molluscs, cephalopods, crustaceans, and echinoderms!
cool. what kinda traps do you use?
Many different kinds of tools but I always make sure they meet the requirements of certification of animal trapping devices,
definitely. dont nobody want trouble with the gang warden. | Fishing
Fishing is the activity of trying to catch fish. Fish are normally caught in the wild. Techniques for catching fish include hand gathering, spearing, netting, angling and trapping. “Fishing” may include catching aquatic animals other than fish, such as molluscs, cephalopods, crustaceans, and echinoderms. The term is not normally applied to catching farmed fish, or to aquatic mammals, such as whales where the term whaling is more appropriate. In addition to being caught to be eaten, fish are caught as recreational | Baby / Where Do You Go To Go Away / Big Grey City / Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out / What-cha Gonna Do / I Used To Live Here / The Sunny Song / St. Louis Is A Long Way Away / Little Poppa / O Freedom
- "The Many Faces of Gale Garnett" (1965)
- Track listing: Won't You Be My Lover / Excuse Me Mister / As Much As I Can / Marionette / Ain't Gonna Stay In Love Alone / | 78,994 | wow-train |
Do you know the show Grey's Anatomy? It is a show on ABC. It has been on since 2005.
I've seen a few episodes with my wife, but she lost interest after a few seasons.
Grey's Anatomy is a really good fictional series. It focuses on the personal lives of various hospital workers. It gets deep sometimes.
I've heard that, but it seemed to jump the shark and get a little outlandish. I do like Scrubs. We watched Nurse Jackie for a while but it got too dark. | Pompeo, first featured as an intern. The original cast consisted of nine star-billed actors: Pompeo, Sandra Oh, Katherine Heigl, Justin Chambers, T. R. Knight, Chandra Wilson, James Pickens Jr., Isaiah Washington and Patrick Dempsey. The cast has undergone major changes through the series' run, with many members leaving and being replaced by others. In its fifteenth season, the show has a large ensemble of eleven actors, including four characters from the original cast (Meredith Grey, Alex Karev, Miranda Bailey | List of Grey's Anatomy cast members
"Grey's Anatomy" is an American television medical drama that debuted on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC), as a mid-season replacement for "Boston Legal" on March 27, 2005. While creating the show, producers put an emphasis on the casting process. The series has aired for fourteen seasons, and focuses on the fictional lives of surgical interns and residents, as they gradually evolve into seasoned doctors, while trying to maintain personal lives. The show's premise | 78,995 | wow-train |
I like beer. do you drink? | recipe for beer in a culture with few literate people.
Beer is distributed in bottles and cans and is also commonly available on draught, particularly in pubs and bars. The brewing industry is a global business, consisting of several dominant multinational companies and many thousands of smaller producers ranging from brewpubs to regional breweries. The strength of modern beer is usually around 4% to 6% alcohol by volume (ABV), although it may vary between 0.5% and 20%, with some breweries creating examples of 40% ABV | founded with the notion of brewing strong beers, which are defined as having an alcohol content greater than 7%. Six of the thirteen beers made by Great Divide in 2006 exceeded this threshold, and one, "Old Ruffian", has over 10.2% alcohol content, which is twice that of America's top selling beer Budweiser. “I also think that brewers like to sell the beer that they like to drink." Dunn said, "And as people who can and do drink beer all day long, it | 78,996 | wow-train |
I'm hoping to come back as a hippopotamus when I'm born again but not sure what they get up to
That sounds like a fun time, but I don't think I'd like the sub-Saharan African weather
i wonder how the hippos even survive in that heat?
I know right? The heat is basically like fire. You know what else is fire? African music
African music sounds very fire, who's your favorite african artist?
Lira is probably my favorite. Diplo seems to have some Kwaito influence in his music too
Diplo is great I didn't know he was influenced by the African music style I feel informed
Yeah, he's great. I really love his Jack Ü albulm
I'll have to check it out, anything else interesting about African music you want to sharE? | Music of Africa
The traditional music of Africa, given the vastness of the continent, is historically ancient, rich and diverse, with different regions and nations of Africa having many distinct musical traditions. Music in Africa is very important when it comes to religion. Songs and music are used in rituals and religious ceremonies, to pass down stories from generation to generation, as well as to sing and dance to.
Traditional music in most of the continent is passed down orally (or aurally) and is not written. | on the record, that's ridiculous. What happens is you got a lot of people taking subliminal shots, but nobody ever says my name. I'm not for sure, so that record is like my way of taking subliminal shots right back. Don't get it misquoted, don't get it messed up. That's basically what it is man. It's like, you know, like I said I do devote a lot of information about myself on there. I started to wreck it up by saying I | 78,997 | wow-train |
I remember back in the 80s I had an Intel 80386, and that little 32-bit processor was considered quite the high end machine.
Wow! They were around that long ago? Tell me more, please. | Intel 80386
The Intel 80386, also known as i386 or just 386, is a 32-bit microprocessor introduced in 1985. The first versions had 275,000 transistors and were the CPU of many workstations and high-end personal computers of the time. As the original implementation of the 32-bit extension of the 80286 architecture, the 80386 instruction set, programming model, and binary encodings are still the common denominator for all 32-bit x86 processors, which is termed the "i386-architecture", "x86", or "IA-32", depending on | in the x86 architecture, and extended a long line of processors that stretched back to the Intel 8008. The predecessor of the 80386 was the Intel 80286, a 16-bit processor with a segment-based memory management and protection system. The 80386 added added a three-stage instruction pipeline, extended the architecture from 16-bits to 32-bits, and added an on-chip memory management unit. This paging translation unit made it much easier to implement operating systems that used virtual memory. It also offered support for register debugging.
The | 78,998 | wow-train |
I like a big juicy taco, a traditional Mexican dish composed of a corn or wheat tortilla folded or rolled around a filling.
I really like eating breakfast tacos with brisket or something. Do you know when they were invented?
The origins of the taco are not precisely known, although their modern version can be traced to the last century.
Well thats kind of interesting that it is fully know. I'm assuming that they're still from Mexico? Or just South America?
The taco has spread throughout the region, but is still primarily a traditional Mexican dish composed
Are there any other cool traditional Mexican dishes?
There are many dishes made from native foods, such as corn, beans, squash, amaranth, chia, avocados, tomatoes, tomatillos, chocolate, vanilla, agave, turkey, sweet potato, cactus, and chili pepper.
I love eating avocados, especially on some homemade fajitas. | Fajita
A fajita (; ) in Mexican cuisine is any grilled meat that is served as a taco on a flour or corn tortilla. The term originally referred to skirt steak, the cut of beef first used in the dish. Popular meats today also include chicken and other cuts of beef, as well as vegetables instead of meat. In restaurants, the meat is usually cooked with onions and bell peppers. Popular condiments include shredded lettuce, sour cream, guacamole, salsa, pico de gallo, shredded cheese, refried beans | Taco
A taco (, , ) is a traditional Mexican dish consisting of a corn or wheat tortilla folded or rolled around a filling. A taco can be made with a variety of fillings, including beef, pork, chicken, seafood, vegetables, and cheese, allowing great versatility and variety. Tacos are generally eaten without utensils, often garnished with salsa, chili pepper, avocado, guacamole, cilantro (coriander), tomatoes, onions, and lettuce.
Etymology.
The origins of the taco are not | 78,999 | wow-train |
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