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I recently started volunteering at my local humane society. I love dogs! | was the first species to be domesticated and has been selectively bred over millennia for various behaviors, sensory capabilities, and physical attributes.
Their long association with humans has led dogs to be uniquely attuned to human behavior and they are able to thrive on a starch-rich diet that would be inadequate for other canid species. Dogs vary widely in shape, size and colors. They perform many roles for humans, such as hunting, herding, pulling loads, protection, assisting police and military, companionship and, more recently | States in 1998. They both received their MBAs at San Diego State and eventually started Confirm Biosciences. Since Kenan was in kindergarten he has been volunteering with his parents at local shelters in San Diego. He stated that volunteering has "been a part of my life for as long as I can remember."
Kids4Community.
In 2016, he led a food drive that received over 6000 cereal boxes for local shelters for homeless people. They also used 4000 cereal boxes to shortly set the Guinness World Record for the largest | 72,000 | wow-train |
When I was a little girl we used to grow giant sunflowers along the back of the garden and I just loved the way they towered over me.
Which of the species do you grow cos it has about 70 species
I have no idea. They were bright yellow petals and deep black large seeds, growing over 6 feet tall. | Helianthus
Helianthus or sunflower () is a genus of plants comprising about 70 species. Except for three species in South America, all "Helianthus" species are native to North America and Central America. The common name, "sunflower", typically refers to the popular annual species "Helianthus annuus", or the common sunflower, whose round flower heads in combination with the ligules look like the sun. This and other species, notably Jerusalem artichoke ("H. tuberosus"), are cultivated in temperate regions and some | lot with them because we had the same interests. I really liked being out in nature, I had a private garden plot when I was little which I took care of all by myself. I remember I used to take the bike when my parents gave me my weekly allowance down to the store where I bought the seeds to grow carrots, radishes and various flowers." She also adds, "When I was little I was a silent and shy girl, the girl who always let everyone go ahead of her, | 72,001 | wow-train |
I think my favorite food of all time is the classic Spaghetti and meatballs.
Ah yes, the great innovation of Italian immigrants in New York City. Spagetti and Meatballs have probably been around since the early 20th century.
That is a long time. I mean you can't go wrong with it, it is such a classic and can be prepared many ways. | Indians used a number of cooking methods in early American Cuisine that have been blended with early European cooking methods to form the basis of American Cuisine. Grilling meats was common. Spit roasting over a pit fire was common as well. Vegetables, especially root vegetables were often cooked directly in the ashes of the fire. As early Native Americans lacked pottery that could be used directly over a fire, they developed a technique which has caused many anthropologists to call them "Stone Boilers". They would heat rocks directly in a fire | Spaghetti with meatballs
Spaghetti and meatballs or spaghetti with meatballs is an Italian-American dish consisting of spaghetti, tomato sauce and meatballs.
History.
It is widely believed that spaghetti and meatballs was an innovation of early 20th-century Italian immigrants in New York City. The National Pasta Association (originally named the National Macaroni Manufacturers Association) is said to be the first organization to publish a recipe for it, in the 1920s.
Italian writers and chefs often mock the dish as pseudo-Italian or non- | 72,002 | wow-train |
I like to travel. How about you?
Yes, I love it. I like going to beaches and I like driving also.
Well, traveling is the movement between distant locations usually on foot, bike, or some form of motor vehicle. I like to drive down to Florida once a year :=)
Now is a good time to travel. I don't like traveling when the weather is bad.
Funny enough, 'travel' may have originated from Old French meaning 'travail' which is 'to work'. Ironic. And, I don't like traveling in bad weather either but sometimes it's unavoidable
Yeah I think of travail as something else, like an ordeal, not a fun time.
According to Webster (all hail the all knowing Webster) the first known use of 'travel' was in the 14th century
Didn't know that. I love looking up words that I don't know , and learning about other areas and cultures. | work'. According to the Merriam Webster dictionary, the first known use of the word "travel" was in the 14th century. It also states that the word comes from Middle English "travailen", "travelen" (which means to torment, labor, strive, journey) and earlier from Old French "travailler" (which means to work strenuously, toil). In English we still occasionally use the words "travail", which means struggle. According to Simon Winchester in his book "The Best Travelers | ? Yes and no. I wanted to create something artistic, something special. Did I know how I was going to do it? Not really."
"If you like the way it looks, go with it! I liked it and I did it! Of course, it takes a lot of experience to develop good taste. When one is just starting out it's easy to like something without knowing if it's really good or not. That works some of the time, but an educated opinion usually | 72,003 | wow-train |
I love to cook. I spend so much time looking up new recipes and trying things out in my kitchen.
So what do you want to Cook?
I know everyone's way of cooking depends on their skills, I would say my skills are mediocre. I do love to cook Italian.
You mean Italian cuisine's ?
Yeah! I love how their are so many different tastes just from one type of cuisine.
So let's talk about a specific Italian cuisine ,you tell me . | Italian-American cuisine
Italian-American cuisine is a style of Italian cuisine adapted throughout the United States. Italian-American food has been shaped throughout history by various waves of immigrants and their descendants, called Italian Americans. As immigrants from the different regions of Italy settled throughout the various regions of the United States, many brought with them a distinct regional Italian culinary tradition. Many of these foods and recipes developed into new favorites for the townspeople and later for Americans nationwide.
Prominent American chefs and cooks working in the | a shift towards a more meditative body of work. Of this shift, Nara said, "In the past I would have an image that I wanted to create, and I would just do it. I would just get it finished. Now I take my time and work slowly and build up all these layers to find the best way. Just like you cook so that you know it’s going to be the most delicious, you find a way to make your art the best it can be."
In | 72,004 | wow-train |
I've been thinking about starting a keto diet, but I'm not sure if it's worth the potential risks. None of them are severe, per se, but they can be uncomfortable - like constipation.
What are some of the benefits of a keto diet?
Well, it's proven to help with epilepsy in children, but a lot of people use it for general weight loss, too.
Why else do people use a keto diet?
People use it to burn fat stored in the body. Because keto diets avoid carbs, the body goes straight to fat to burn.
Oh wow. That sounds like it would be useful to a lot of people. Any other drawbacks? | Ketogenic diet
The ketogenic diet is a high-fat, adequate-protein, low-carbohydrate diet that in medicine is used primarily to treat difficult-to-control (refractory) epilepsy in children. The diet forces the body to burn fats rather than carbohydrates. Normally, the carbohydrates contained in food are converted into glucose, which is then transported around the body and is particularly important in fueling brain function. However, if little carbohydrate remains in the diet, the liver converts fat into fatty acids and ketone bodies | stimulator or with the drug zonisamide, and that the diet may be less successful in children receiving phenobarbital.
Adverse effects.
The ketogenic diet is not a benign, holistic, or natural treatment for epilepsy; as with any serious medical therapy, complications may result. These are generally less severe and less frequent than with anticonvulsant medication or surgery. Common but easily treatable short-term side effects include constipation, low-grade acidosis, and hypoglycaemia if an initial fast is undertaken. Raised levels of lipids in the blood | 72,005 | wow-train |
I really enjoy traveling but I assume most other people do too. Travel is the movement of people etween relatively distant geographical locations.
Oh yes i love traveling too! what places do you go to?
My favorite place I have been was Japan. The word travel seems to come from words that mean to work or to struggle which may reflect the extreme difficulty of travel in ancient times.
Oh wow Japan! that sounds awesome. How much does it cost to fly by plane to Japan? | Travel
Travel is the movement of people between distant geographical locations. Travel can be done by foot, bicycle, automobile, train, boat, bus, airplane, ship or other means, with or without luggage, and can be one way or round trip. Travel can also include relatively short stays between successive movements.
Etymology.
The origin of the word "travel" is most likely lost to history. The term "travel" may originate from the Old French word "travail", which means ' | are equally protected under me. I reign in peace. I am not too frequently bothered by very burdensome tasks, but it is my duty to observe and supervise all the work that my Officers do.
Please be generous to my Hawaiian people that travel to your land, as I am generous to your people of Tahiti. Indeed, as I generously care for your people that come here to Hawaii
Oh Sovereign, I deeply regret your trouble. May the Lord that is our Savior liberate you. May you be | 72,006 | wow-train |
Tennis is a really good exercise. | gain a point, while the opposite player will.
Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society and at all ages. The sport can be played by anyone who can hold a racket, including wheelchair users. The modern game of tennis originated in Birmingham, England, in the late 19th century as lawn tennis. It had close connections both to various field (lawn) games such as croquet and bowls as well as to the older racket sport today called real tennis. During most of the | on the advisory staff of Yonex and uses their rackets. She wears clothing by Anta and appears in their advertising campaigns, and she is a Rolex testimonee together with Roger Federer and Ana Ivanovic.
Zheng started playing tennis when she was ten, after she had seen her older sister play and thought tennis would be good exercise. At first, it was just for exercise. Zheng was rather small (at 5', 4.5"), and she and her parents were afraid that she would not have a career in | 72,007 | wow-train |
I am thinking about getting a pet snake! Have you ever owned one?
I don't own one, but I wrote a paper about them once. Something about their long legless bodies freaks me out.
Yeah, a lot of people are that way. Have you ever handled or pet one though?
I pet some snakes at a travelling zoo show once. I remember feeling their vestigal claws by their cloaca - it was gross.
Um...I have no idea what the vestigal claw is. Please enlighten me.
At one time, snakes likely had legs and claws, but they lost them over thousands of years. Now there are just tiny leftovers toward their rear..
Interesting. I never knew that. Is there any other cool facts you know about snakes. It makes me want them even more!
Hahaha. Well, I know that they have all kinds of joints in their jaws. Mostly so they can open up and swallow much larger prey.
Yeah. That is the only thing that is a little hard about owning one. I heard you have to feed them live mice. | land masses; exceptions include some large islands, such as Ireland, Iceland, Greenland, the Hawaiian archipelago, and the islands of New Zealand, and many small islands of the Atlantic and central Pacific oceans. Additionally, sea snakes are widespread throughout the Indian and Pacific Oceans. More than 20 families are currently recognized, comprising about 520 genera and about 3,600 species. They range in size from the tiny, -long Barbados thread snake to the reticulated python of in length. The fossil species "Titanoboa cerrejonensis" was long. | to take advice, and I won't have this following letter—the first she ever wrote me—moulder away, when I can read it no more, lost to all loving hearts.
The letter Rose writes is addressed "Dearest St. Crumpet"—"St. Crumpet" being her pet name for him—and contains sweet, affection, attentive notes about how much she and her family thought about Ruskin during their travels:
I wish so very much that you were happy—God can make you so—We will try | 72,008 | wow-train |
I love to read! My nose is always in a book! But it does require creativity and critical analysis.
I love to read also. I wish I had more time to read, but my kids and job keep me super busy and I only get to read for a bit before bedtime. | culturally and socially situated. The reading process requires continuous practice, development, and refinement. Reading requires creativity and critical analysis. Consumers of literature deviate from literal words to create images that make sense to them in the unfamiliar places the texts describe. Because reading is a complex process, it cannot be controlled or restricted to one or two interpretations. There are no concrete laws in reading, but rather it provides readers an escape to produce their own products introspectively. This promotes deep exploration of texts during interpretation.
Readers | This confirmed her own intuitions. She wrote, "My soul was like a book which the priest read better than I did. He launched me full sail on the waves of confidence and love which held such an attraction for me, but upon which I had not dared to venture. He told me that my faults did not offend God." Her spiritual life drew more and more on the Gospels that she carried with her at all times. The piety of her time was fed more on commentaries, but Thérèse had | 72,009 | wow-train |
Are you a big fan of pizza? I know I am, even the history of it is interesting, like how it started out as just flatbread with toppings.
I love pizza, my favorite is pepperoni with black olives an mushrooms.
I love both of those toppings too! But you can add anything from vegetables to meat to condiments to pizza.
Have you had the Hawaiian pizza with ham and pineapple. People either love it or hate it. | 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 | , Canadian bacon, hamburger, Italian sausage, jalapeños, mozzarella, mushrooms, black olives, pepperoni, and red onions. In regards to the flavor, Hoffman said in 1996 that "Bambolino's is surprisingly tasty pizza. I was expecting a lesser quality because Bambolino's is pretty much a fast-food hamburger joint that just happens to sell pizza. The dough has a sweet pastry flavor. The sauce is mild, and the cheese is the real deal. Bambolino's also heaps on the toppings. My Double Big | 72,010 | wow-train |
I live and a farming community and most of my family are farmers. Is there much farming where you live?
Yes - we live opposite farm land. Nearly 70% of the UK is actually used for agriculture.
Wow, I'm from the United States. I was raised on a dairy farm and I still miss it. | Dairy farming
Dairy farming is a class of agriculture for long-term production of milk, which is processed (either on the farm or at a dairy plant, either of which may be called a dairy) for eventual sale of a dairy product.
Common species.
Although any mammal can produce milk, commercial dairy farms are typically one-species enterprises. In developed countries, dairy farms typically consist of high producing dairy cows. Other species used in commercial dairy farming include goats, sheep, and camels. | Heritage Press.
You could say my house in Jasper is in Avoca (2015). I live on a piece of land that was a part of Pete Miller's farm, which was once part of the Miller Plantation in the 1850s. Avoca was a turpentine/farming community for many years. Farming and plantation operations created the small community and Turpentine maintained it later. In 1916 it was a prosperous community located in our Hamilton County Florida around the junction of CR 150 and US HWY 129. Hebron Cemetery supported the | 72,011 | wow-train |
hello how are you?
Hi there, I am good, how are you? I see you chose the topic Christmas, that is definitely my favorite holiday!
Im doing well, its my favorite holiday too. There is something magical about it
It really is very magical, I love how the traditions vary for every family but it really is a magical time to be with loved ones and appreciate all we have.
definitely. and it is the only time when i enjoy snow, lol | Christmas traditions
Christmas traditions vary from country to country. Christmas celebrations for many nations include the installing and lighting of Christmas trees, the hanging of Advent wreaths, Christmas stockings, candy canes, setting out cookies and milk, and the creation of Nativity scenes depicting the birth of Jesus Christ. Christmas carols may be sung and stories told about such figures as the Baby Jesus, St Nicholas, Santa Claus, Father Christmas, Christkind or Grandfather Frost. The sending and exchange of Christmas card greetings, observance of fasting and special | tell you something, and it makes me feel very glad. You tell me that my brother is married and that makes me feel very glad. My cousins, and brothers, and I are all very well, at this Carlisle School. We would like to see you again. I am always happy here, but lately I sometimes feel bad, because you tell me that my grandfather is getting very old. Tell me how my brothers are. I would like to see my brother's wife's picture. Tell my | 72,012 | wow-train |
i am very passionate about special education.it educates students with special education needs
That's awesome, what does special education entail?
well it has a history in the united states it was made mandatory in 1975 in response to discriminatory treatment o public education students
I'm glad that the government stepped in to protect the rights of special needs students | with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). IDEA requires states to provide special education and related services consistent with federal standards as a condition of receiving federal funds.
IDEA entitles every student to a free and appropriate public education (FAPE) in the least restrictive environment (LRE). To ensure a FAPE, a team of professionals from the local educational agency and the student's parents to identify the student's unique educational needs, develop annual goals for the student and determine the placement, program modification, testing accommodations, counseling | race, gender, or disability. Finally, special education programs in the United States were made mandatory in 1975 when the United States Congress passed the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (EAHCA) "(sometimes referred to using the acronyms EAHCA or EHA, or Public Law (PL) 94-142) was enacted by the United States Congress in 1975, in response to discriminatory treatment by public educational agencies against students with disabilities." The EAHCA was later modified to strengthen protections to students with disabilities and renamed the Individuals | 72,013 | wow-train |
i love carrots, do you know how to cultivate it?
No but they grow a rosette of leaves while building up the enlarged taproots.
ok, so where was carrots first cultivated and harvested?
It probably originated in Persia and was first cultivated for its leaves and seeds.
wow, so does persia still cultivate it today?
Yes and all over the world.
wow, so how often is carrots consumed? | domestic carrot has been selectively bred for its greatly enlarged, more palatable, less woody-textured taproot.
The carrot is a biennial plant in the umbellifer family Apiaceae. At first, it grows a rosette of leaves while building up the enlarged taproot. Fast-growing cultivars mature within three months (90 days) of sowing the seed, while slower-maturing cultivars need a month longer (120 days). The roots contain high quantities of alpha- and beta-carotene, and are a good source of vitamin K | 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 | 72,014 | wow-train |
I really love burritos, They taste so good, Do you know where they originated from?
I love burritos as well, I believe they originated in Mexico. There are so many ways to customize them.
Yes I always add hot sauce to mine, The hotter the better. What kind of hot sauce do people generally use on burritos? | Louisiana Hot Sauce
Louisiana Hot Sauce is a brand of hot sauce manufactured in New Iberia, Louisiana by The Original Louisiana Hot Sauce Co. which is owned by Southeastern Mills Inc. The product's labeling includes the word "original", and it is sometimes referred to as "Original Louisiana Hot Sauce" and "Original Louisiana Brand Hot Sauce." Bruce Foods was the previous owner and manufacturer of the brand, and sold it to Southeastern Mills, Inc. in April 2015.
Manufacture.
Louisiana Hot Sauce is prepared using | were sitting there wondering what to play. It was kind of hot. And Michel said, 'anybody know "Giant Steps?" Neither Louis nor I wanted to admit we didn't really know it. So there was this great silence. And Michel said, "Well, I do!" and he pounded into a solo version of it at a very fast clip, and it was really amazing. That to me is Michel—'Well, I do!' Man, a confidence you wouldn't believe." | 72,015 | wow-train |
I enjoy to swim, the self-propulsion of self through fresh or salt water.
I love swimming in the pool!
I prefer to swim at sea. Something I find amazing is tha human can hold their breath underwater and swim in a rudimentary way within weeks of birth.
I know! do you know how to swim?
Yes, and I believe everybody should know for safety reasons, in fact, in some contries, swimming lesson are a compulsory part of education.
really?? what are those countries? do you know? | 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 | “See how the fish swim as they please. That’s what fish really enjoy.” When Huizi asked, “How do you know what fish enjoy?” Zhuangzi replied, “You’re not I, so how do you know I don’t know what fish enjoy?”
Acquisition.
The jar was given to the IMA in by Mr. and Mrs. Eli Lilly in 1960. It has the accession numbers 60.88A-B, and is currently on view in the Valeria J. Medveckis Gallery.
See also | 72,016 | wow-train |
Do you believe in aliens?
Actually I follow exobiology, which is the study of extraterrestrial life. I believe that it is possible that aliens exist
Yeah me too, I can't see how they wouldn't exist. | Carl Sagan
Carl Edward Sagan (; November 9, 1934December 20, 1996) was an American astronomer, cosmologist, astrophysicist, astrobiologist, author, science popularizer, and science communicator in astronomy and other natural sciences. He is best known for his work as a science popularizer and communicator. His best known scientific contribution is research on extraterrestrial life, including experimental demonstration of the production of amino acids from basic chemicals by radiation. Sagan assembled the first physical messages sent into space: the Pioneer plaque and the Voyager Golden Record, | , our fantasies become more sophisticated. Today, its aliens from another planet. We're not disputing the fact that people see things but so often those things are misperceived or their memory plays tricks on them.'" Karr states that CSICOP is not saying that life does not exist outside Earth, many people do believe that it does. "The question is, are they visiting us?" he goes on to say that he himself hopes "alien life does visit earth. I would love to be there when they | 72,017 | wow-train |
the golden gate bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the goden gate, the strait connecting sanfransico bay and th pacific ocean. ever been?
I have never been. I would love to see it. How big is the Golden Gate Bridge? | by the American Society of Civil Engineers.
The Frommer's travel guide describes the Golden Gate Bridge as "possibly the most beautiful, certainly the most photographed, bridge in the world." At the time of its opening in 1937, it was both the longest and the tallest suspension bridge in the world, with a main span of and a total height of .
History.
History Ferry service.
Before the bridge was built, the only practical short route between San Francisco and what is now Marin County was | Golden Gate Bridge
The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the strait connecting San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean. The structure links the American city of San Francisco, California—the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula—to Marin County, carrying both U.S. Route 101 and California State Route 1 across the strait. The bridge is one of the most internationally recognized symbols of San Francisco, California, and the United States. It has been declared one of the Wonders of the Modern World | 72,018 | wow-train |
Archaeology has always fascinated me! I have always wanted to be one! Are you familiar with archaeology? | Archaeology
Archaeology, or archeology, is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts and cultural landscapes. Archaeology can be considered both a social science and a branch of the humanities. In North America archaeology is a sub-field of anthropology, while in Europe it is often viewed as either a discipline in its own right or a sub-field of other disciplines.
Archaeologists study human prehistory and history, from the development | be returned to him in order that he might fulfill another commitment. Verdi was shocked: "Give you back "Il corsaro", that "Corsaro" which has always fascinated me and which I've thought about so much, and which you've put into verse with more than your usual care?" The composer continues to explain details of the work on the music he has already done, but notes "I still have to write the opera for Lucca." Piave relented, and he moved ahead on "Macbeth | 72,019 | wow-train |
I love playing games on Steam! They always have the best deals!
You mean Stream the digital distribution platform?
No Steam it is a computer software that has a database of games.
Got ya. It provides the user with automatic updating of games.
Yeah it keeps everything ready for you to play when you get online.
Is this the software that used the interface called Streamworks?
That might be something new that I have not heard of yet. But they are always coming out with new products. | Streamworks International
Streamworks International S.A is a privately held company owned by Ocean Group International and headquartered in Luxembourg, Luxembourg, with operational offices located in London, United Kingdom, and New York City, New York, United States.
The streaming media company provides online video through live and on-demand services to severals companies, which includes Major League Gaming, The Associated Press, Jamie Oliver, MSN, the International Court of Justice and the United Nations.
History.
History 2006 to 2011.
Founded in 2006 | Steam (software)
Steam is a video game digital distribution platform developed by Valve Corporation. It was launched in September 2003 as a way for Valve to provide automatic updates to their games, but eventually expanded to include non-Valve games from third-party publishers. Steam offers digital rights management (DRM), matchmaking servers, video streaming, and social networking services. It also provides the user with installation and automatic updating of games, and community features such as friends lists and groups, cloud saving, and in | 72,020 | wow-train |
do you like cats? I have a little black kitten. he is my favorite kitty cat
I do like cats! Unfortunately I cannot have one due to a family member's allergies. How old is your kitten?
he is only 1 months. I found him outside under the porch. He is so curious and loves to explore the world
Aww! Does he have a favorite toy? | Kitten
A kitten is a juvenile cat. After being born, kittens are totally dependent on their mother for survival and they do not normally open their eyes until after seven to ten days. After about two weeks, kittens quickly develop and begin to explore the world outside the nest. After a further three to four weeks, they begin to eat solid food and grow adult teeth. Domestic kittens are highly social animals and usually enjoy human companionship.
Etymology and development.
The word "kitten" derives from the | to know how the island is part of the bigger land. The fish invites the kitten down into the water to see, which the kitten of course cannot do. The kitten demands to be shown another way. 'Then you will have to take it on faith', says the fish -- 'to believe what I tell you about what you don't know."The fish then tells him "how all lands are one land under the sea." The cat realizes he has learned a great secret, which | 72,021 | wow-train |
I love European basketball, even though it's not as talented as the NBA it's still fun to watch. | EuroBasket
EuroBasket, also commonly referred to as the "European Basketball Championship", is the main international basketball competition that is contested quadrennialy, by the senior men's national teams that are governed by FIBA Europe, which is the European zone within the International Basketball Federation.
History.
History Beginning.
The first championships was held three years after the establishment of FIBA, in 1935. Switzerland was chosen as the host country, and ten countries joined. Only one qualifying match was played between Portugal and Spain. With | Later Website said, "No, this is not intelligent stuff and I'm not even sure why it's (still available). Maybe it's because Elliot Silverstein, a director more prolific on TV than cinema screens, also made such cult favourites as Cat Ballou, A Man Called Horse and The Car. ... John Beck is the best reason to watch this film, even though he could easily have won the Best Overactor award that year with his bug eyes and twitches. He's just plain old fun to watch | 72,022 | wow-train |
I used to eat a lot of carrots. Do you think that's why I have good eyesight? | 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 | . Frequent Software Creations collaborator Steve Ruddy, who programmed music drivers used by Follin with Follin's design input, marvelled "I had no idea how he made it do what it did," and described his music as "astonishing."
Regarding fan communities dedicated to arranging video game music, including his own, Follin remarked, "It's really good. A lot of the stuff, you just think 'Well, that's much better than what I would have done...could do now.'" Follin | 72,023 | wow-train |
I love the violin, are you a fan?
A bit. I do admit it has its place in certain songs. Also, violins are informally known as fiddles
I didn't know that they were the same instrument! | Violin
The violin, sometimes known as a fiddle, is a wooden string instrument in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and highest-pitched instrument in the family in regular use. Smaller violin-type instruments exist, including the violino piccolo and the kit violin, but these are virtually unused. The violin typically has four strings, usually tuned in perfect fifths with notes G3, D4, A4, E5, and is most commonly played by drawing a bow across its | partying and stuff. And in those days I was young, I was 20, after the girls and after the party, you know. So it was a bit boring. And another problem in that band was that they didn't like melody, they were in love with AC/DC and stuff like that. And I always liked melodic music, already in those days I was into prog music. So I didn't like to be there, I wrote songs but they were just a little part of me. | 72,024 | wow-train |
i have been held hostage in a store robbery situation. Do you know anyone who's had this happen to them? | or as a preventive measure against certain acts of war."
A person who seizes one or more hostages is known as a hostage-taker; if the hostages are present voluntarily, then the receiver is known as a host.
Etymology.
The English word "hostage" derives from French "ostage", modern "otage", from Late Latin "obsidaticum" (Medieval Latin "ostaticum, ostagium"), the state of being an "obses" (plural "obsides"), "hostage | what his intentions were. He chillingly said to me, 'I will have you.' Those words are imprinted on my brain along with the evil I felt. My first thought was, 'No you will not.' Then shock took over, and when words wouldn't come a paralyzing feeling did." At this point her girlfriend started talking and got them out of the situation: "I have no way of knowing what would have happened if Wendy had not been there. What I do know is his | 72,025 | wow-train |
So you wanna hear how I got engaged in Paris last winter?
Yes! Paris has been a great place for scenery and arts.
I just love the Eiffel Tower! | is the most-visited paid monument in the world; 6.91 million people ascended it in 2015.
The tower is tall, about the same height as an 81- building, and the tallest structure in Paris. Its base is square, measuring on each side. During its construction, the Eiffel Tower surpassed the Washington Monument to become the tallest man-made structure in the world, a title it held for 41 years until the Chrysler Building in New York City was finished in 1930. It was the first structure | I’m giving you more of me and that’s pretty much where the title came from." He also explained how he tries to reinvent himself every album, saying: "I think that when you’re an artist like myself or Tech N9ne who have a fanbase and have people that are just loyal to us for years, you have to find ways to reinvent yourself every album and that’s what I did again with "Son Of Sam". I wanna keep that core audience engaged. They love to hear me | 72,026 | wow-train |
i love taylor swift, she was born on december 13 1989
Oh I do to, especially the song "Shake it Off" | Taylor Swift
Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage. Born and raised in Pennsylvania, Swift moved to Nashville, Tennessee, at the age of 14 to pursue a career in country music. She signed with label Big Machine Records and became the youngest artist ever signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house. Her 2006 self-titled debut album was the longest-charting album | was part of the 2014 iHeartRadio Music Festival line-up on September 19 in Las Vegas, where she performed "1989"s lead single among several of her previous songs including "Love Story" (2008) and "I Knew You Were Trouble" (2012). Swift later performed "Shake It Off" again on the British and Australian editions of the TV music competition "The X Factor" on October 12 and 20, respectively. On October 23, she presented the lead single and "Out of the Woods" | 72,027 | wow-train |
Hello! Something I've never tried is paddle-boarding, what about you? | Paddleboarding
Paddleboarding participants are propelled by a swimming motion using their arms while lying, kneeling, or standing on a paddleboard or surfboard in the ocean. This article refers to traditional prone or kneeling paddleboarding. A derivative of paddleboarding is stand up paddleboarding also called stand up paddle surfing. Paddleboarding is usually performed in the open ocean, with the participant paddling and surfing unbroken swells to cross between islands or journey from one coastal area to another. Champion paddlers can stroke for hours and a race is only a warm-up for | you believe and trying to convince everybody else is not always an easy task. I'm into a lot of meditating. My dad was Catholic and he tried to school me in that, but I never really agreed with him. I've always been interested in religion and the way it affects society. The Starseed thing is about going on a meditation journey and coming back with something tangible. Something you actually believe in. Something that means something to you. It is hard to convince people of my father's generation of | 72,028 | wow-train |
One of my favorite sci-fi books is "Ender's Game" by Orson Scott Card.
That does ring a bell but I can't remember why. What's it about?
It is about a war between humans and an alien species. Ender is a child who is being trained to lead the human military forces.
Wow, that sounds very interesting! I love sci-fi entertainment! What other books has Orson Scott written?
He wrote "Speaker for the Dead" in 1986. Both novels won Hugo and Nebula Awards.
Have there been any movie adaptations of any of his books? | where Ender's tactical genius is revealed.
The book originated as a short story of the same name, published in the August 1977 issue of "Analog Science Fiction and Fact". The novel was published on January 15, 1985. Later, by elaborating on characters and plot lines depicted in the novel, Card was able to write additional books in the "Ender's Game" series. Card also released an updated version of "Ender's Game" in 1991, changing some political facts to reflect the times more | to the observers.
Appearance in fiction 1980s.
- 1986: In "Speaker for the Dead" by Orson Scott Card, the human xenobiologists and xenologers, biologists and anthropologists observing alien life, are forbidden from giving the native species, the Pequeninos, any technology or information. When one of the xenobiologists is killed in an alien ceremony, they are forbidden to mention it. This happens again until Ender Wiggin, the main character of "Ender's Game", explains to the Pequeninos that humans cannot partake in | 72,029 | wow-train |
I speak english as my first language but I do speak a little bit of spanish. Maybe just enough to get by. | Multilingualism
Multilingualism is the use of more than one language, either by an individual speaker or by a group of speakers. It is believed that multilingual speakers outnumber monolingual speakers in the world's population. More than half of all Europeans claim to speak at least one language other than their mother tongue; but many read and write in one language. Always useful to traders, multilingualism is advantageous for people wanting to participate in globalization and cultural openness. Owing to the ease of access to information facilitated by the Internet, individuals | language music". In primary school Jupiter was a school captain, and in secondary school she became a prefect and a sports captain. At the age of 14, she wrote her first rhyme. Her sister took her to local salsa and Latin American clubs. In public Jupiter mostly used English and did not speak much Spanish until she was 17, later she reflected, "I speak more Spanish than I do Turkish! But I was raised by my Mum, so she reminds me that I should be making more Turkish | 72,030 | wow-train |
My mom teaches elementary classes. Do you know anything about it?
I know the kids that go are ages 4-11.
Yeah she teaches 5th grade I think | Elementary school (United States)
An elementary school is the main point of delivery of primary education in the United States, for children between the ages of 4–11 and coming between pre-kindergarten and secondary education.
In 2001, there were 92,858 elementary schools (68,173 public, 24,685 private) in the United States, a figure which includes all schools that teach students from grade one through grade eight. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, in the fall of 2017 almost 35.6 million students attended public primary schools | son was listening to ASAP Rocky, and I said to him, “You know that’s my song, right?” He said, “What do you mean?” I said, “The little bassline in that record is from the S.O.S. Band.” He replied, “No. I didn’t know that.” My kids are always trying to turn me on to new stuff, and they think I don’t know anything. They were trying to turn me on to ASAP Rocky, and I had | 72,031 | wow-train |
Do you ever wonder what it would be like to live in Space? | Space
Space is the boundless three-dimensional extent in which objects and events have relative position and direction. Physical space is often conceived in three linear dimensions, although modern physicists usually consider it, with time, to be part of a boundless four-dimensional continuum known as spacetime. The concept of space is considered to be of fundamental importance to an understanding of the physical universe. However, disagreement continues between philosophers over whether it is itself an entity, a relationship between entities, or part of a conceptual framework. | 5. The Boss
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I am a parent of 3 kids and I would have never expected it to be like this. Not in a bad way just unexpected haha
My sister has 4 kids so I understand. Parenting which includes supporting the physical, emotional, social, and intellectual development of a child is tough
Yes, it is. Do you know much about parenting?
I am not a parent myself but I know that it involves the intricacies of raising a child aside from just the biological relationship
Bonding really does make a big difference from what I've seen. It is an amazing feeling | friend. Governments and society may also have a role in child-rearing. In many cases, orphaned or abandoned children receive parental care from non-parent or non-blood relations. Others may be adopted, raised in foster care, or placed in an orphanage. Parenting skills vary, and a parent or surrogate with good parenting skills may be referred to as a "good parent".
Parenting styles vary by historical time period, race/ethnicity, social class, and other social features. Additionally, research | it that it would because we build fast cars and they are tough. Just real emotional man. Everything is just so good for me now. My personal life. My racing. The team I am with. I don't know why. I don't feel like I deserve it. I just feel overcome with a lot of emotion. It has been a long time since I won here. I've run so good here, and not to win here in so many races has bothered me.”
Race Post | 72,033 | wow-train |
I've been looking into reading the other books from the Lord of the Rings universe that Tolkien wrote. Where should I start? | The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings is an epic high fantasy novel written by English author and scholar J. R. R. Tolkien. The story began as a sequel to Tolkien's 1937 fantasy novel "The Hobbit", but eventually developed into a much larger work. Written in stages between 1937 and 1949, "The Lord of the Rings" is one of the best-selling novels ever written, with over 150 million copies sold.
The title of the novel refers to the story's main antagonist | Translations of The Lord of the Rings
"The Lord of the Rings" by J. R. R. Tolkien, written originally in English, has since been translated, with varying degrees of success, into dozens of other languages. Tolkien, an expert in Germanic philology, scrutinized those that were under preparation during his lifetime, and had comments that reflect both the translation process and his work. To aid translators, and because he was unhappy with some choices made by early translators such as Åke Ohlmarks, Tolkien wrote his Guide to | 72,034 | wow-train |
Veganism is when someone abstains from consumption and use of animal products
I've actually thought about becoming a vegan myself! What are some types of dishes I could eat?
Veganism requires abstaining from all animal products so things like vegetables are fine
Does that mean I also can't have eggs or milk? Those would be hard to give up!
yep since dairy is from animals
Will I need to take any supplements if I switch to a vegan diet or do you think I'd be okay without? | Veganism
Veganism is the practice of abstaining from the use of animal products, particularly in diet, and an associated philosophy that rejects the commodity status of animals. A follower of the diet or the philosophy is known as a vegan. Distinctions may be made between several categories of veganism. "Dietary vegans" (also known as strict vegetarians) refrain from consuming animal products, not only meat but also eggs, dairy products and other animal-derived substances. The term "ethical vegan" is often applied to those who | it the largest animal rights group in the world. Its slogan is "animals are not ours to eat, wear, experiment on, use for entertainment, or abuse in any other way."
Alternatives and reactions Veganism and vegetarianism.
Veganism is the practice of abstaining from the use of all animal products, particularly in diet. Vegetarianism is the practice of abstaining from the consumption of meat (red meat, poultry, seafood, insects and the flesh of any other animal and may also include abstention from by-products | 72,035 | wow-train |
Ive been collecting roses for all my life and I know a great deal about them, Are you curious about roses?
I would suppose so. What can you tell me about them? I just know women like them.
Well there are over a hundred different species and many thousands of cultivars to choose from, There is even roses of different colors, Im sure guys would like some of them.
Oh wow. I would have never known there were that many.
Indeed and many of the different breeds of roses have acquired major cultural significance in many societies. Do you have a favorite colored rose? Besides the common red one?
I have seen some nice yellow roses before I believe. They were so vibrant. | from Oscan, from Greek ρόδον "rhódon" (Aeolic βρόδον "wródon"), itself borrowed from Old Persian "wrd-" ("wurdi"), related to Avestan "varəδa", Sogdian "ward", Parthian "wâr".
Botany.
The leaves are borne alternately on the stem. In most species they are long, pinnate, with (3–) 5–9 (–13) leaflets and basal stipules; the leaflets usually have a serrated margin, and often a few small prickles on | had to make my mistakes to realise what life is all about, I led my life at a hundred miles an hour. I've learned that there are too many things that we take for granted in life and it's only when you lose them that you realise what it is all about. But I know that God is alive in my life and with experience you do learn. I can now talk openly about the mistakes I made because I know my faith won't give up and it won't diminish. It | 72,036 | wow-train |
i think im traveling to japan for my next trip, i know that it is a sovereign island nation in east asia
That is going to be a good trip. What cities do you think you'll visit?
i really haventl even gotten that far yet! but i know it is in the pacific oean, and it lies off the eastern coast of the asia mainland
Isn't Tokyo a big city in Japan?
yea that might be fun as tokyo is the most populous metropolitan area in the world
It's hard to believe that the most populous metro area in the world is on such a tiny island. Isn't Tokyo super expensive? | Tokyo
, officially , one of the 47 prefectures of Japan, has served as the Japanese capital since 1869. , the Greater Tokyo Area ranked as the most populous metropolitan area in the world. The urban area houses the seat of the Emperor of Japan, of the Japanese government and of the National Diet. Tokyo forms part of the Kantō region on the southeastern side of Japan's main island, Honshu, and includes the Izu Islands and Ogasawara Islands. Tokyo was formerly named Edo when "Shōgun" Tokugawa Ieyasu made | would just be another excuse and it would be so easy to just go back there and go up to Isla Vista Beach and just sit there all summer long, see my old friends and all my old enemies. Seeing enemies is much more interesting than seeing friends ... and I have so many enemies in Santa Barbara. Always, always interesting. But I think that ... you know, New York has so many things that really do interest me or that could interest me that for ... for my own good, I think | 72,037 | wow-train |
I work in a grocery store five days a week
I have heard it is a retail store that primarily sells food
Basically it is with a lot of fresh produce and meat and dairy products
I have heard that a grocer is a bulk seller of food
Bulk seller at retail prices | Grocery store
A grocery store or grocer's shop is a retail shop that primarily sells food. A grocer is a bulk seller of food.
Grocery stores also offer non-perishable foods that are packaged in bottles, boxes, and cans; some also have bakeries, butchers, delis, and fresh produce. Large grocery stores that stock significant amounts of non-food products, such as clothing and household items, are called supermarkets. Some large supermarkets also include a pharmacy, and customer service, redemption, and | products online and have them delivered to any retail store.
Quality Dairy Commissary.
The Quality Dairy Commissary was founded in the mid-1970s. It is currently operating in the same modern 37,000 sq. ft. facility as the Bakery.
The Commissary provides a wide variety of food items to the stores five days a week. It produces over three dozen varieties of sandwiches as well as wraps and salads. The Commissary also supplies the stores with a selection of fresh produce.
Injection Blow Mold Plant.
QDC Plastic | 72,038 | wow-train |
I love dogs! Do you too?
I love dogs too, Do you have any dogs? I have a pitbull names Panda but im I have been thinking about gettting another smaller dog.
Yes! I have a Maltipoo named Sonny. He is a sweet little boy!
Panda is black and white. What color is sonny? I think dogs are mans best friend
Sonny is all white and he is definitely my best friend. He never barks either!
Panda is the same way. The nice thing is he is so big I dont have to worry about protection
Yes - big dogs are great for protection - and companionship!
Its so interesting that dogs are so related to wolves.
Yes, they have many similarities too. | was the first species to be domesticated and has been selectively bred over millennia for various behaviors, sensory capabilities, and physical attributes.
Their long association with humans has led dogs to be uniquely attuned to human behavior and they are able to thrive on a starch-rich diet that would be inadequate for other canid species. Dogs vary widely in shape, size and colors. They perform many roles for humans, such as hunting, herding, pulling loads, protection, assisting police and military, companionship and, more recently | was initially reluctant to use Vincent Price in the lead role, being worried he was too old for a character who was 25 to 30 years old; his preference was for Richard Chamberlain.
Towne later said the film "was a little dull. I think it would have been better if it had been with a man who didn't look like a necrophiliac to begin with... I love Vincent. He's very sweet. But, going in, you suspect that Vincent could bang cats, chickens, girls, dogs | 72,039 | wow-train |
Raw onion is one of my favorite things to throw in a dish. It has close ties to garlic which is another favorite of mine aswell.
Onion is good for the heart too. Not the smell though! | Korean cuisine
Korean cuisine is the customary cooking traditions and practices of the culinary arts of Korea.
Korean cuisine has evolved through centuries of social and political change. Originating from ancient agricultural and nomadic traditions in Korea and southern Manchuria, Korean cuisine has evolved through a complex interaction of the natural environment and different cultural trends.
Korean cuisine is largely based on rice, vegetables, and meats. Traditional Korean meals are named for the number of side dishes (반찬; 飯饌; "banchan") that accompany steam- | from the time when Spaniards were attempting to make their beloved dish "paella" in the new world. The dish has later evolved, going through a creolization of Louisiana influences. Jambalaya is a highly seasoned rice casserole.
Shrimp Creole - Shrimp Creole is a favorite of Creole cuisine in the greater New Orleans area. It's a dish made of shrimp, tomatoes, onion, bell pepper, celery, garlic and cayenne pepper. Classic shrimp creole does not contain a roux, but some cooks may add one. It | 72,040 | wow-train |
Fly fishing is a particularly fun pasttime
Yes - and what's funny is that it's an angling method that uses an artificial "fly" to catch fish!
Do you like going out on a boat? | Fly fishing
Fly fishing is an angling method that uses a light-weight lure -- called an artificial fly -- to catch fish. The fly is cast using a fly rod, reel, and specialized weighted line. The light weight requires casting techniques significantly different from other forms of casting. The flies may resemble natural invertebrates, baitfish, or other food organisms.
Fly fishing can be done in fresh or salt water. North Americans usually distinguish freshwater fishing between cold-water species (trout, salmon, steelhead) | fly line to the leader, or tippet. The knot can be tied in multiple ways and is uniform.
Most common uses in fly-fishing are attaching the leader to the fly line and attaching the fly line to the backing. Fly-fishing is an angling method in which an artificial "fly" is used to catch fish. The fly is cast using a fly rod, reel, and specialized weighted line. Casting a nearly weightless fly or "lure" requires casting techniques significantly different from other forms of | 72,041 | wow-train |
So japan has made quite the mark on our world despite being just a bunch of tiny islands!
Yeah its in East Asia a sovereign island
Yeah. how many people live in japan/what is the population like?
Tenth largest in the world with 127 million people
Oh interesting. What are some facts about the country a lot of people dont know?
Few foreigners there the population is 98.5 % Japanese
dang wow. that is pretty shocking to me. anything else? | . 90.7% of people live in cities, while 9.3% live in the countryside. About 13.8 million people live in Tokyo, the capital of Japan. The Greater Tokyo Area is the most populous metropolitan area in the world with over 38 million people.
Archaeological research indicates that Japan was inhabited as early as the Upper Paleolithic period. The first written mention of Japan is in Chinese history texts from the 1st century AD. Influence from other regions, mainly China, followed by periods of isolation, particularly from Western Europe | when Bahrain's population crossed the one million mark. Though a majority of the population is Middle Eastern, a sizeable number of people from South Asia live in the country. In 2008, approximately 290,000 Indian nationals lived in Bahrain, making them the single largest expatriate community in the country. Bahrain is the fourth most densely populated sovereign state in the world with a population density of 1,646 people per km in 2010. The only sovereign states with larger population densities are city states. Much of this population is concentrated in the north | 72,042 | wow-train |
I love to go to the casino. I never seem to have any luck, but I still enjoy it.
yes to find the best access theyre most commonly built or near or combined with resaurants, retail shops,cruise ships, hotels, or very popular tourist attractions.
I live in Oklahoma and all of ours are on Indian territory land. They are all run by the reservations. Some have restaurants and hotels in them and are really nice. | Casino
A casino is a facility which houses and accommodates certain types of gambling activities. The industry that deals in casinos is called the gaming industry. Casinos are most commonly built near or combined with hotels, restaurants, retail shopping, cruise ships or other tourist attractions. There is much debate over whether the social and economic consequences of casino gambling outweigh the initial revenue that may be generated. Some casinos are also known for hosting live entertainment events, such as stand-up comedy, concerts, and sporting events. | America, I love all of ya, but I do enjoy going to places where I'm not expected to go better, and they seem to be more enthusiastic, possibly because they don't expect someone like me to show up there, or they don't see someone like me as much there, because they (liberals) are a minority. I feel like there's a certain extra sort of bonding that goes on between myself and the audience when I go to a place like Oklahoma.”
The main focus | 72,043 | wow-train |
Pizza is a traditional Italian dish, do you like Pizza?
I love pizza, especially pepperoni pizza.
Yeah pepperoni is good, but there are a lot of varieties, in fact It can also be topped with additional vegetables, meats, and condiments.
Yes I love almost any toppings besides anchovies. Yuck.
I don't think I have ever had anchovies on a pizza, isn't it interesting that the term "pizza" was first recorded in the 10th century
Wow so long ago! I had no idea it had been around that long. | 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 | 72,044 | wow-train |
Christmas is my favorite holiday.
It is a public holiday in many of the world's nations and is celebrated by most Christians.
Do you know why Christmas is celebrated?
Yes, it is the annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ.
What are some traditions and customs that take place on Christmas?
Some people install and light Christmas trees, hang stockings, candy canes, and nativity scenes.
Where did the tradition of the Christmas tree come from? | Christmas tree
A Christmas tree is a decorated tree, usually an evergreen conifer such as a spruce, pine or fir, or an artificial tree of similar appearance, associated with the celebration of Christmas, originating in Northern Europe. The custom was developed in medieval Livonia (present-day Estonia and Latvia), and in early modern Germany where Protestant Germans brought decorated trees into their homes. It acquired popularity beyond the Lutheran areas of Germany and the Baltic countries during the second half of the 19th century, at first among | Christmas
Christmas is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, observed on December 25 as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people around the world. A feast central to the Christian liturgical year, it is preceded by the season of Advent or the Nativity Fast and initiates the season of Christmastide, which historically in the West lasts twelve days and culminates on Twelfth Night; in some traditions, Christmastide includes an octave. Christmas Day is a public holiday in many of the world's nations, is celebrated religiously | 72,045 | wow-train |
i love to play puzzle
I do too. Which type of puzzles do you like? There are crossword puzzles, word search puzzles, number puzzles and logic puzzles.
logic puzzles are my fovourite | Logic puzzle
A logic puzzle is a puzzle deriving from the mathematics field of deduction.
History.
The logic puzzle was first produced by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, who is better known under his pen name Lewis Carroll, the author of "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland". In his book "The Game of Logic" he introduced a game to solve problems such as confirming the conclusion "Some greyhounds are not fat" from the statements "No fat creatures run well" and "Some greyhounds run well". | Puzzle
A puzzle is a game, problem, or toy that tests a person's ingenuity or knowledge. In a puzzle, the solver is expected to put pieces together in a logical way, in order to arrive at the correct or fun solution of the puzzle. There are different genres of puzzles, such as crossword puzzles, word-search puzzles, number puzzles, relational puzzles, or logic puzzles.
Puzzles are often created to be a form of entertainment but they can also arise from serious mathematical or logistical | 72,046 | wow-train |
Have you ever been involved in any type of dance?
Oh yeah, I've done my fair share of dancing in my life. Why do you ask?
My daughter is in a ballet company. I just love watching them dance everytime she performs.
Oh she does? That's awesome, the only real ballet company that I've heard of is The Royal Ballet because of how old (founded in 1931!) and renowned it is.
There are so many companies around the world. She dances with a local one. | Dance
Dance is a performing art form consisting of purposefully selected sequences of human movement. This movement has aesthetic and symbolic value, and is acknowledged as dance by performers and observers within a particular culture. Dance can be categorized and described by its choreography, by its repertoire of movements, or by its historical period or place of origin.
An important distinction is to be drawn between the contexts of theatrical and participatory dance, although these two categories are not always completely separate; both may have special functions, whether social | a "Billboard" interview, Norwood further commented about the track, saying:
"I just felt like, [when] being gone for such a long time, you need to come back with something strong and shock people. Make them go, 'Wow, who is that? Oh my God, that's Brandy? I didn't' even know she can sound like that. Didn't know she would do a song like that?' Because It's completely different than anything I've ever done. | 72,047 | wow-train |
Pharmacists always seemed contempt to me with how much they make
I don't know how much they make, but I figured it would be a good amount since they usually need a postgraduate pharmacy degree.
Yea seems like it isnt too hard but i bet it is more than it looks
I friend's mom is one, and I know she was taking classes about the different properties of drugs, and how to counsel people on their use.
Yea i can imagine there is a lot of responsibility with the job | physicians, and other health care providers.
Among other licensing requirements, different countries require pharmacists to hold either a Bachelor of Pharmacy, Master of Pharmacy, or Doctor of Pharmacy degree.
The most common pharmacist positions are that of a "community pharmacist" (also referred to as a "retail pharmacist", "first-line pharmacist" or "dispensing chemist"), or a "hospital pharmacist", where they instruct and counsel on the proper use and adverse effects of medically prescribed drugs and medicines. | are in reasonable shape. The director and the producer and the studio may not necessarily agree with me, but I think the script is in reasonable shape. Besides, no one but the writer ever knows how much trouble any one piece of work will be. Only the writer knows that. Only the writer. So I take what looks to me like something that is in good enough shape, yet which I can contribute to and make it worth the pay they are going to give me... There are more than one | 72,048 | wow-train |
You ever been to the sovereign state in North Africa on the Mediterreanean? That's where I am from. Algeria
No I haven't. I've actually never been to Africa before. But that's cool though! What do you like more about your home country?
I like that we are regional and middle power. We have a good set of people there, way friendly too
Is it much of a tourist destination? Like, what kinds of places would you recommend I go see if I were to travel to Algeria?
It's really not, or maybe I feel that way since I have been here so long lol. We do things so different here, had the same president (Abdelaziz Boutefliks) since 1999. I love that
He must be a good president if he's lasted 19 years, and I guess that means there's either no presidential term limit, or it's just really long.
Yes and out counrty is a semi-presidential republic consisting of 48 provinces and 1,541 communes (countries) not many people even know that.
How many people are in those 48 provinces? By the way, it's cool that it's subdivided like Canada and the US are. | Algeria
Algeria ( ; , ; ), officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria (, ), is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. The capital and most populous city is Algiers, located in the far north of the country on the Mediterranean coast. With an area of , Algeria is the tenth-largest country in the world, the world's largest Arab country, and the largest in Africa. Algeria is bordered to the northeast by Tunisia, to the east by Libya, to the | , “I just love this country so much and I would never have been able to be where I am if I wasn't in America so we decided to come up with this track. I just want people to know that I love my country, this is home. Even though I wasn't born here, I'm so proud to be here” She also stated, “People have kind of forgotten that working hard is huge, and that's what you need to do to get where you want. You | 72,049 | wow-train |
Have you ever heard of hummus before ?
Hummus (, , or ; , full Arabic name: hummus bi tahini ) is a Levantine dip or spread made from cooked, mashed chickpeas
Can you tell me more about hummus ? That was a very interesting fact | Hummus
Hummus (, ; , 'chickpeas'; full Arabic name: "ḥummuṣ bi-ṭaḥini" , 'chickpeas in tahini') is a Levantine dip or spread made from cooked, mashed chickpeas or other beans, blended with tahini, olive oil, lemon juice, salt, and garlic. It is popular in the Middle East and Mediterranean, as well as in Middle Eastern cuisine around the globe. It can also be found in most grocery stores in North America and Europe.
Etymology and spelling. | seasonings, generally including black pepper and sometimes cinnamon and allspice.
- "Turshi", pickled vegetables in the cuisine of many Balkan and Middle East countries. It is a traditional appetizer, meze for rakı, ouzo, tsipouro and rakia.
- "Arab salad"
Iraqi cuisine Dips.
- "Baba ghanoush", a dish of baked aubergine mashed and mixed with various seasonings.
- "Hummus", a dip or spread made from cooked, mashed chickpeas, blended with tahini, olive oil, | 72,050 | wow-train |
Caffeine is a source of life for me... how about you?
I do not like how it affects my memory. It can have both positive and negative effects.
I think it's only positive for me! | Caffeine
Caffeine is a central nervous system (CNS) stimulant of the methylxanthine class. It is the world's most widely consumed psychoactive drug. Unlike many other psychoactive substances, it is legal and unregulated in nearly all parts of the world. There are several known mechanisms of action to explain the effects of caffeine. The most prominent is that it reversibly blocks the action of adenosine on its receptor and consequently prevents the onset of drowsiness induced by adenosine. Caffeine also stimulates certain portions of the autonomic nervous system.
Caffeine | that." The tour received generally positive reception.
Background and development.
In an interview with "Entertainment Tonight", Rihanna explained the tour's title. She stated, "I like to think about myself as 'The Last Girl on Earth' because sometimes people make decisions based on the outlook of others and, you know, to me, my life is my life. It's my world, and I'm going to live it the way I want to. That's how I think about everything | 72,051 | wow-train |
Hiya! Sorry for the late reply but I've been playing with my new husky.
That's understandable. Do you him for sledding or is that your new pet?
No, no sledding! He's just going to be my companion.
That's always fun. I recently got a new dog myself in the past few months.
That's awesome! Do you happen to know anything about husky dogs? I'm trying to learn all I can to make sure it goes well! | Husky
Husky is a general name for a sled-type of dog used in northern regions, differentiated from other sled-dog types by their fast pulling style. They are an ever-changing cross-breed of the fastest dogs. The Alaskan Malamute, by contrast, was used for pulling heavier loads. Huskies are used in sled dog racing. In recent years, companies have been marketing tourist treks with dog sledges for adventure travelers in snow regions as well. Huskies are also today kept as pets, and groups | about 78 overs on tour. When you lose your confidence it's not a nice feeling – you can't do what you used to do, but I'm only sorry it was the wrong day at the wrong time [in Sydney], because if I was myself, I assure you, in my opinion, I would have played more Test cricket, but that's only my assumption. I appreciated the experience [in the Caribbean], but after three months with no confidence [in my bowling] I was | 72,052 | wow-train |
Mike Trout is an amazing baseball player. Do you know much about him?
I sure do. He is a center fielder for the Los Angeles Angels. In fact his birthday is today. He turned 27.
He is only 27. He seems like he has been around a long time. When did he start playing?
He was a first-round pick in the 2009 MLB draft and made a brief major league appearance in 2011.
Has he ever won any major awards?
He is a six-time MLB All-Star and received AL MVP in 2014 and 2016.
Wow, so he is pretty well accomplished. Do you know anything else interesting about him? | The Angels selected Trout in the first round of the 2009 MLB draft. He made a brief major league appearance in 2011 before becoming a regular player for the Angels the subsequent season, and won the 2012 AL Rookie of the Year Award unanimously.
Trout's athleticism on the field has received praise from both the mainstream media and sabermetricians. He is regarded as one of the most outstanding young players in the history of baseball, as well as one of the best current players in all of MLB. Trout led the | Mike Trout
Michael Nelson Trout (born August 7, 1991) is an American professional baseball center fielder for the Los Angeles Angels of Major League Baseball (MLB). Trout is a eight-time MLB All-Star, received the American League (AL) Most Valuable Player (MVP) award in 2014 and 2016 (finishing second in the 2012, 2013, 2015, and 2018 votes), and is a six-time winner of the Silver Slugger Award. He is nicknamed "The Millville Meteor." | 72,053 | wow-train |
Hey there! Do you happen to have cata? Or have you ever had any? Like house cats?
I don't have a house cat, but I do have an outdoor cat. It was a stray we adopted.
Oh okay I see. Is your cat younger or older? They can see in almost darkness conditions, I think thats really cool.
She was a kitten when we got her, but is almost full grown now. My cat hunts in the night for small creatures like mice.
Oh thats awesome! Kittens are adorable. They also have a better sense of smell then humans too!
Really, that's neat. I wonder how old a cat has to be to have kittens? | Kitten
A kitten is a juvenile cat. After being born, kittens are totally dependent on their mother for survival and they do not normally open their eyes until after seven to ten days. After about two weeks, kittens quickly develop and begin to explore the world outside the nest. After a further three to four weeks, they begin to eat solid food and grow adult teeth. Domestic kittens are highly social animals and usually enjoy human companionship.
Etymology and development.
The word "kitten" derives from the | and you live with it. That’s it, that’s the way I see it".
View of match participants Other players.
Meath's captain Nigel Crawford gave his opinion on the incident: "I'm sure most players have been involved in controversial situations like that where you get calls for replays and things like that happening, but I just don't think it's possible or I just don't think it can happen. If you start that, where do you end up? Do we go back and | 72,054 | wow-train |
Ever thought about a gender reassignment where you substitued male for female characteristics or the opposite?
I haven't for myself, but I know people who have been in that situation. I'm all for it.
Did your friend do hormone therapy?
He did, yeah. Still going through it. He was born a biological female, and for the longest time thought he was just a lesbian. But something wasn't quite right still. Admirable person.
Has there been surgery to modify some characteristics?
Not yet. Not sure what he's considering, and it's kind of private, so I haven't asked. What do you know about the subject?
I know that it can be a result of intersex at birth.
Is that so? Have their been scientific studies on it? | Intersex
Intersex people are individuals born with any of several variations in sex characteristics including chromosomes, gonads, sex hormones, or genitals that, according to the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, "do not fit the typical definitions for male or female bodies". Such variations may involve genital ambiguity and combinations of chromosomal genotype and sexual phenotype other than XY-male and XX-female.
Intersex people were previously referred to as hermaphrodites or "congenital eunuchs". In the 19th and 20th century, | people born with physical sex characteristics "that do not fit typical binary notions of male or female bodies". The opposite of "transgender" is "cisgender", which describes persons whose gender identity or expression matches their assigned sex.
The degree to which individuals feel genuine, authentic, and comfortable within their external appearance and accept their genuine identity has been called "transgender congruence". Many transgender people experience gender dysphoria, and some seek medical treatments such as hormone replacement therapy, sex reassignment surgery, or psychotherapy. | 72,055 | wow-train |
i love milkshakes so much I'm craving one right now
So do I! They are so cold and sweet.
yeah they're refreshing. I really like a chocolate or oreo one
No matter what flavor, they always include milk, ice cream, or iced milk.
yeah those are the secret ingredients. Can you tell me something else about milkshakes?
Sure! You can use tons of different flavorings like caramel, butterscotch, and fruit syrup.
UGHHHH I LOVE CARAMEL | 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 | little shady. Schaefer and them are unhappy about something. They want Olympic-style drug testing. I said, 'Yeah, no problem.' I said, 'Whatever you want.' Since we accepted that, now they're running scared again."
On December 13, 2009, Pacquiao's adviser, Michael Koncz, said Mayweather's request for Olympic-style drug testing was a laughing matter and they had no concerns whatsoever about it. "Our reaction is, 'So what?' We know | 72,056 | wow-train |
I work in a flower shop, sometimes we call flowers blooms or blossoms.
I've heard of them being called buds also. I think that would be fun and the smell would be nice too. | Flower
A flower, sometimes known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants (plants of the division Magnoliophyta, also called angiosperms). The biological function of a flower is to effect reproduction, usually by providing a mechanism for the union of sperm with eggs. Flowers may facilitate outcrossing (fusion of sperm and eggs from different individuals in a population) or allow selfing (fusion of sperm and egg from the same flower). Some flowers produce diaspores without fertilization (parthenocarpy). Flowers | off any sane person from getting involved in the Brian Wilson camp ... They said he would call me ... either he changed his mind, or the management changed his mind, or maybe he just forgot, because I've heard stories of people who've gone over to work with him, and he's not acknowledged them being in the room for days. ... he's definitely in the Wilsonverse, I don't think he's in the known universe. ... one of the few people you can actually call genius, I | 72,057 | wow-train |
My Dad was a alcoholic, Alcoholism, also known as alcohol use disorder (AUD), is a broad term all alcohol related disorders
That is not fun. I do not drink at all. | Alcoholism
Alcoholism, also known as alcohol use disorder (AUD), is a broad term for any drinking of alcohol that results in mental or physical health problems. The disorder was previously divided into two types: alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence. In a medical context, alcoholism is said to exist when two or more of the following conditions are present: a person drinks large amounts of alcohol over a long time period, has difficulty cutting down, acquiring and drinking alcohol takes up a great deal of time, alcohol is | heart disease, stroke, diabetes mellitus, and early death. Some of these studies combined former ethanol drinkers and lifelong abstainers into a single group of nondrinkers, which hides the health benefits of lifelong abstention from ethanol. The long term health effects of continuous, moderate or heavy alcohol consumption include the risk of developing alcoholism and alcoholic liver disease. Alcoholism, also known as "alcohol use disorder", is a broad term for any drinking of alcohol that results in problems. It was previously divided into two types: alcohol abuse | 72,058 | wow-train |
I was an only child until I was 5 when my sibling was born.
My twin sister and I had seven years before my brother was born.
Cool, siblings can be like really good friends if they get along. I'd say me and my sister get along pretty well.
Going from an only child to having a sister must have been an adjustment.
Yeah but I am grateful for my family now. Only children are pretty uncommon and have been throughout history.
Interesting, I suppose that makes sense. Larger families were probably the norm for a long time and before birth control. | to the country.
From 1979 to 2015, the one-child policy in the People's Republic of China restricted most parents to having only one child, although it was subject to local relaxations and individual circumstances (for instance when twins were conceived).
Families may have an only child for a variety of reasons, including: personal preference, family planning, financial and emotional or physical health issues, desire to travel, stress in the family, educational advantages, late marriage, stability, focus, time constraints | about how I'd like to be an only child and how I was bitter towards my sister because she never had to help do the hard chores. It only seemed logical to me to change soul to sole as a joke. Sole brother/only child."
- What to Say - "'What to Say' is about how much and how little sense we make when we speak," Lalonde told SPIN.com. "It's about the multitude of wrong words and the never-ending search for the right | 72,059 | wow-train |
Go running very often? It is great exercise and also a means of terrestrial locomotion.
I hate running so no, never.
Really? It is a type of giant characterized by an aerial phase.
oh ok no idea what that means but yea.
I meant gait, as in a person's manner of walking. That's what running is haha.
oh yea that makes way more sense. | Running
Running is a method of terrestrial locomotion allowing humans and other animals to move rapidly on foot. Running is a type of gait characterized by an aerial phase in which all feet are above the ground (though there are exceptions). This is in contrast to walking, where one foot is always in contact with the ground, the legs are kept mostly straight and the center of gravity vaults over the stance leg or legs in an inverted pendulum fashion. A characteristic feature of a running body from the viewpoint of spring | bipedalism has also been observed in cockroaches and some desert rodents.
Types of bipedal locomotion.
Within the category of bipedal locomotion, there are four main techniques: walking, running, skipping, and galloping. Walking is when the footfalls have an evenly spaced gait and one foot is always on the ground. Running occurs when both feet are off the ground at the same time in what is called the aerial phase. Skipping involves an aerial phase, but the two feet hit the ground immediately after each other, and | 72,060 | wow-train |
I love reading, I think its good for the brain and an important way to prevent ameloid plaque buildup that has been shown to influence Alzheimer's progression.
I too love reading, it isn't just for entertainment but also a means of language acquisition and communication as well.
Absolutely, I think it builds on itself too, the more you read, the better you can read I mean.
It absolutely does, practice helps with anything! It is just such a complex interaction between what is written and the person reading it, since it goes off of prior knowledge and culture too.
I agree, it helps to know the culture of the era of the book you are reading to gain a better understanding. Its a shame that people who don't read lose the ability to visualize what they're reading,
I know, reading is so important anyway that we should do it more often! It's also so complex that it cannot be restricted to just one or two interpretations of what it really is.
Yep, I suppose in a way people read a lot because they are on their phones, but isn't the same kind. | culturally and socially situated. The reading process requires continuous practice, development, and refinement. Reading requires creativity and critical analysis. Consumers of literature deviate from literal words to create images that make sense to them in the unfamiliar places the texts describe. Because reading is a complex process, it cannot be controlled or restricted to one or two interpretations. There are no concrete laws in reading, but rather it provides readers an escape to produce their own products introspectively. This promotes deep exploration of texts during interpretation.
Readers | career, Gomez cited Bruno Mars as an influence, for "his style of music, his style in general, the way he performs, the way he carries himself." Gomez also named Christina Aguilera, Britney Spears, Beyoncé and Rihanna as influences. Gomez has stated that she finds English singer Cheryl Cole as a significant influence to her artistry, "She made me feel better, I just love her music and I think she's a really nice person. She's been through a lot, but she carries herself | 72,061 | wow-train |
I wasn't allowed lollipops as a kid because of the sugar content of the hard candy. We were allowed an occasional treat of an ice lolly though!
That must have been hard for you.
Sometimes, but the ice lollipops, or ice lollies as we called them, we got were even more special because they weren't an everyday thing!
did you have a favorite flavor? | Lollipop
A lollipop is a type of sugar candy usually consisting of hard candy mounted on a stick and intended for sucking or licking. Different informal terms are used in different places, including lolly, sucker, sticky-pop, etc. Lollipops are available in many flavors and shapes.
Types.
Lollipops are available in a number of colors and flavors, particularly fruit flavors. With numerous companies producing lollipops, the candy now comes in dozens of flavors and many different shapes. They range from small ones which can | Sugar Sugar, Inc
Sugar Sugar, Inc. is a confectionery manufacturer and retailer located in Orlando, Florida.
The company is most famous for their handmade hard candy and inedibly large novelty lollipops weighing up to 2 pounds each. One specialty is custom personalized candy where they form names, words and logos by hand within each bite-sized piece of hard candy. The style of candymaking is very similar to Great Britain's "stick of rock" or Australia's "lollies" and often called just Rock or Lolly. | 72,062 | wow-train |
The act of raising kids. I have quite a handful of them and have raised them to be healthy teenagers. Are you a parent?
Yes I am a parent of a boy. My boy is still a toddler
Nice, the term is used to describe intricacies of raising a child aside from the biological relationship.
which term are you referring to? | Parenting
Parenting or child rearing is the process of promoting and supporting the physical, emotional, social, and intellectual development of a child from infancy to adulthood. Parenting refers to the intricacies of raising a child and not exclusively for a biological relationship.
The most common caretaker in parenting is the father or mother, or both, biological parent(s) of the child in question, although a surrogate may be an older sibling, a grandparent, a legal guardian, aunt, uncle or other family member, or a family | 10 million. Sossamon plays Pandora in the third season of FOX's "Sleepy Hollow", where she is a series regular.
Personal life.
Personal life Relationships and family.
Sossamon gave birth to her first son, Audio Science Clayton, on May 29, 2003. Though she admitted not being prepared for being a parent, she put aside acting more or less for the next few years to focus on raising her child: "I wasn't ready to be a mom. But if you have any desire | 72,063 | wow-train |
I love pancakes, A pancake (or hotcake, griddlecake, or flapjack) is a flat cake,
Oh me too and they are versatile I like to add choc chips or blueberries to mine
Yeah I have heard n Britain, pancakes are often unleavened
Oh I wonder if that changes the taste of them?
Im not sure but in America we always use leavened agents
Well sure and have you seen pancake art? Cooks make pancakes in shapes of people etc?
Some people draw with the batter. American pancakes are similar to Scotch pancakes in their size and texture
I bought a mold to make car shaped pancakes, its for talent less artists to make pancake creations | In North America, a leavening agent is used (typically baking powder) creating a thick fluffy pancake. A "crêpe" is a thin Breton pancake of French origin cooked on one or both sides in a special pan or crepe maker to achieve a lacelike network of fine bubbles. A well-known variation originating from southeast Europe is a "palačinke", a thin moist pancake fried on both sides and filled with jam, cheese cream, chocolate, or ground walnuts, but many other fillings—sweet or savoury— | Pancake
A pancake (or hotcake, griddlecake, or flapjack) is a flat cake, often thin and round, prepared from a starch-based batter that may contain eggs, milk and butter and cooked on a hot surface such as a griddle or frying pan, often frying with oil or butter. Archaeological evidence suggests that pancakes were probably the earliest and most widespread cereal food eaten in prehistoric societies.
The pancake's shape and structure varies worldwide. In Britain, pancakes are often unleavened and resemble a crêpe. | 72,064 | wow-train |
I just recently watched th tv show friends and loved it. What can you tell me about it?
Well Friends is an American television sitcom created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman
How did it run for or is it still going?
Friends was aired on NBC from September 22, 1994, to May 6, 2004, lasting ten seasons.
Wow thats amazing. Whats it actually about as I've only just started?
About life and friendship. It actually had the title "Insomnia Cafe" between November and December 1993
Why insomnia cafe? Was it just too addictive to stop watching?
because that was the original idea Kauffman and Crane the executive producers of the show came up with initially
Didn't know that. Was there a main character, like the star of the show or were all the characters equally sharing the spotlight? | original executive producers were Kevin S. Bright, Kauffman, and Crane.
Kauffman and Crane began developing "Friends" under the title "Insomnia Cafe" between November and December 1993. They presented the idea to Bright, and together they pitched a seven-page treatment of the show to NBC. After several script rewrites and changes, including title changes to "Six of One" and "Friends Like Us", the series was finally named "Friends".
Filming of the show took place at Warner Bros. Studios | Friends
Friends is an American television sitcom, created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, which aired on NBC from September 22, 1994, to May 6, 2004, lasting ten seasons. With an ensemble cast starring Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer, the show revolves around six friends in their 20s and 30s who live in Manhattan, New York City. The series was produced by Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions, in association with Warner Bros. Television. The | 72,065 | wow-train |
I love to run or move rapidly by foot for exercise. It really gets my heart rate up.
Yes! running is such a fun way to exercise!
In terms of mechanics the way your body springs as you run is what actually burns the calories. Interesting I know.
Yes it is! Did you also know that running a lot is good for improving the stability of your bones
All running or just running fast? With so many speeds of running from Jogging to Sprinting it seems like it would be rough on your bones not good for them.
Just regular running. I could see running to fast to be hard on the legs so I just stick to taking it easy
It's though that humans developed the ability to run about 2.6 million years ago in order to hunt. Interesting huh!
Yes that is interesting did you also know one foot has 26 bones, 33 joints and 112 ligaments! | between 632 BCE and 1171 BCE, while the first recorded Olympic Games took place in 776 BCE. Running has been described as the world's most accessible sport.
History.
It is thought that human running evolved at least four and a half million years ago out of the ability of the ape-like Australopithecus, an early ancestor of humans, to walk upright on two legs.
Early humans most likely developed into endurance runners from the practice of persistence hunting of animals, the activity of following and chasing until | simple."
The single ‘Trading Things In’ contains the lyric "yes we can listen to La Bamba on your mp3 player”. Mexican folk song ‘La Bamba’ is one of Rob’s all time favourites, though he states “I don't even know what the guy's singing about…it really doesn't matter. The way he sings it – it just breaks your heart. And I remember thinking, oh, I can probably just talk about whatever I've been up to that day and | 72,066 | wow-train |
Red Hot Chili Peppers is my favorite band. Do you like them?
I like guitarist Anthony Kiedis and bassist Flea,
I've seen them in concert a few times and loved it. What's your favorite album of theirs?
I like I'm with You, which is the tenth studio album by them.
I didn't like that one as much. What was their first album? | they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
The band's original lineup, originally named Tony Flow and the Miraculously Majestic Masters of Mayhem, featured guitarist Hillel Slovak and drummer Jack Irons, alongside Kiedis and Flea. Because of commitments to other bands, Slovak and Irons did not play on the band's 1984 self-titled debut album. Slovak performed on the second and third albums, "Freaky Styley" (1985) and "The Uplift Mofo Party Plan" (1987), but he died | The Uplift Mofo Party Plan
The Uplift Mofo Party Plan is the third studio album by American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, released on September 29, 1987 by EMI America. Due to prior obligations resulting in temporary personnel changes following the band's formation in 1983, "The Uplift Mofo Party Plan" is the only studio album to feature all four founding members of the band on every single track: vocalist Anthony Kiedis, bassist Flea, guitarist Hillel Slovak, and drummer Jack Irons. "Fight Like a Brave" | 72,067 | wow-train |
I love hiking, it means to take a vigorous walk in the country side.
I do too. I live near lots of mountains, so it's perfect for me to do too. | 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 | with it. That goes down to songwriting too - it's never going to be perfect. Nothing's perfect. So yeah, I went in and did all the solos for that album in a day. I just sat down with a six pack of beer with Kerry and Terry Date. They just let me do my own thing. Tom came in after I had been messing around with a solo for a half an hour and he told me the first take was perfect. I told him they've got to let | 72,068 | wow-train |
I actually went high nutrient vegan 4 months ago and I love it. I'm never looking back. I don't eat animal products of any kind.
Not even butter or cheese? That would be so hard for me
Nope, anything from animals as well so no dairy or eggs. I thought it would be hard to give up cheese but there are substitutes and I really don't miss it because dairy wreaks havoc on your body and increases your risk for cancer.
What do you do about getting protein in your diet?
That's the first question everyone asks but most of us consume too much protein. Its also in fruits and vegetables along with grains, nuts, and seeds. They found that a lower protein diet lowers your risk for so many problems like diabetes and osteoporosis/bone breaks.
That's very interesting. I may have to look into this further. I don't know where to start though as it seems overwhelming | aesthetic, economic, or personal preference. There are variations of the diet as well: an ovo-lacto vegetarian diet includes both eggs and dairy products, an ovo-vegetarian diet includes eggs but not dairy products, and a lacto-vegetarian diet includes dairy products but not eggs. A strict vegetarian diet – referred to as "vegan" – excludes all animal products, including eggs and dairy. Avoidance of animal products may require dietary supplements to prevent deficiencies such as vitamin B12 deficiency, which leads to pernicious anemia. | one. For example, rennet is sometimes made from stomach linings, yet is acceptable for making kosher cheese, but such cheeses might not be acceptable to some vegetarians, who would eat only cheese made from a vegetarian rennet.
Likewise, some products bearing a vegan certification label do not have the status in halakha as "pareve" due to incidental contact with dairy ingredients or utensils that render the item dairy, while still qualifying by the vegan certification as containing no animal products.
Pareve and allergies.
Those allergic | 72,069 | wow-train |
I used to live in Virginia, it's a pretty place
Virginia is my favorite southeastern state.
I would say so too! It has a beautiful fall season
I like going to the Appalachian Mountains in Virginia.
Yeah, there are lots of forests and trails
I have been to the capital of the Commonwealth which is Richmond,
I have as well | 8.5 million.
The area's history begins with several indigenous groups, including the Powhatan. In 1607 the London Company established the Colony of Virginia as the first permanent New World English colony. Virginia's state nickname, the Old Dominion, is a reference to this status. Slave labor and the land acquired from displaced Native American tribes each played a significant role in the colony's early politics and plantation economy. Virginia was one of the 13 Colonies in the American Revolution. In the American Civil War, Virginia's Secession | annoyed with me over it," she laughs. "There was a little backlash here and there. I was scheduled to appear on a panel somewhere and somebody from a record company said if I was there they would boycott it. But that's been pretty much it. In general, the entire reaction has been favorable. I hear from a lot of people in my industry who don't want to be quoted, but say 'yeah, we're aware of this and we'd like to see a change too | 72,070 | wow-train |
I'm a fan of the Univeristy of Alabama. It's in Tuscaloosa Alabama.
Of the school in general or the football team ?
The football team! The 2012 Crimson Tide team represented the unveristy in the D1 FBS season.
Coach saban, of the football team is the best coach I have ever seen. He is able to adapt to any style of football which most cant do | the eleven years Saban has served as head football coach, Alabama has compiled an overall official record of 141-21 () (146–21 on the field), 14 bowl game appearances with 10 victories, seven SEC Western Division titles, six SEC championships, and five national championships. Since 2008, Saban's teams have spent all or part of each season ranked number 1 in national polls.
On January 3, 2007, Nick Saban officially accepted the head coaching position with the Crimson Tide. The team experienced many highs | 2009 Alabama Crimson Tide football team
The 2009 Alabama Crimson Tide football team (variously "Alabama", "UA", "Bama" or "The Tide") represented the University of Alabama in the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It was the Crimson Tide's 115th overall season, 76th season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and its 18th within the SEC Western Division. The team was led by head coach Nick Saban, in his third year, and played their home games at | 72,071 | wow-train |
What do you think of pickling? Like pickling food items for flavor. I'm not a fan honestly.
I also am not a fan, especially of odd items like pickled eggs or pickled pigs feet!
I don't even like pickles! It's good to find someone else who agrees haha. | characteristic is a pH of 4.6 or lower, which is sufficient to kill most bacteria. Pickling can preserve perishable foods for months. Antimicrobial herbs and spices, such as mustard seed, garlic, cinnamon or cloves, are often added. If the food contains sufficient moisture, a pickling brine may be produced simply by adding dry salt. For example, sauerkraut and Korean kimchi are produced by salting the vegetables to draw out excess water. Natural fermentation at room temperature, by lactic acid bacteria, produces the required acidity. Other | and Malaysian pickles, called "acar", are typically made out of cucumber, carrot, bird's eye chilies, and shallots, these items being seasoned with vinegar, sugar and salt. Fruits, such as papaya and pineapple, are also sometimes pickled.
In the Philippines, "pickling" was traditionally done in earthen jars and is widely known as "buro" or "binuro". Pickling was a common method of preserving food throughout the archipelago before the advent of refrigeration, but its popularity is now confined | 72,072 | wow-train |
I try to keep up with the news and visit news website every day. I usually start with The New York Times. | The New York Times
The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as the "NYT and NYTimes") is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership. Founded in 1851, the paper has won 127 Pulitzer Prizes, more than any other newspaper. The "Times" is ranked 18th in the world by circulation and 3rd in the U.S..
The paper is owned by The New York Times Company, which is publicly traded and is controlled by the Sulzberger family through a dual-class share | photo-sharing website, Photo Bucket.
- A Twitter page, providing members with quick news updates/club news.
- A Facebook page, was set up in 2010 to try to keep members and fans updated with news via a new social media platform.
Special games & events.
One of the oldest fixtures is the all day game against London New Zealand which was first played in 1955. 2016 saw the reinstatement of a match against the Duke of Richmond's XI organised and captained by his grandsons | 72,073 | wow-train |
HI. I really love to hear Adam Levine sing for Maroon 5.
i am still waiting for the topic | Adam Levine
Adam Noah Levine (born March 18, 1979) is an American singer, songwriter, and actor. He is the lead singer for the pop rock band Maroon 5. Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, Levine began his musical career in 1994, when he co-founded the band Kara's Flowers, of which he was the lead vocalist and guitarist. The band split up after their only album, "The Fourth World" (released in 1997), which did not gain popularity. | by things is such a physical thing that I was really kind of beat up. I was like, 'Man, even thinking I got my ass kicked feels like getting my ass kicked.'"
Music video Reception.
Robbie Daw from Idolator called director Joseph Kahn a "visual maestro". MTV Buzzworthy also reviewed the video positively, saying: "Adam Levine and model Anne Vyalitsyna make a love-hate relationship look so sexy in Maroon 5's new video, "Misery".
Live performances. | 72,074 | wow-train |
We are a group of singers. We call ourselves a choir. A gospel choir. Me, my mom, my dad and a few other people.
Nice! What kind of music do you guys sing?
We sing gospel music.
Where do you sing?
We sing as guests at a lot of churches. Gospel music falls under the christian music umbrella.
Oh okay. I've heard gospel music before! I think it requires a lot of singing skill. Do you know if it's popular in any countries?
Gospel music and Gospel choirs are popular world-wide. Gospel music goes way back to origins in the 17th century.
Wow! What else can you tell me? that's a long time. | Gospel music
Gospel music is a genre of Christian music. The creation, performance, significance, and even the definition of gospel music varies according to culture and social context. Gospel music is composed and performed for many purposes, including aesthetic pleasure, religious or ceremonial purposes, and as an entertainment product for the marketplace. Gospel music usually has dominant vocals (often with strong use of harmony) with Christian lyrics. Gospel music can be traced to the early 17th century, with roots in the black oral tradition. Hymns | , and a drummer.
The Blind Boys of Alabama sing mainly spiritually uplifting songs, as well as giving encouragement to those with disabilities. Blind group member Ricky McKinnie said "Our disability doesn't have to be a handicap. It's not about what you can't do. It's about what you do. And what we do is sing good gospel music."
History.
History 1930s–1940s: Meeting and formation.
The Blind Boys of Alabama first sang together in the school chorus in 1939 at the Alabama | 72,075 | wow-train |
I have two rescue mixed MaineCoon cats which happen to be the largest domesticated cat breeds. They are eating me out of house and home. lol
Wow, that is pretty cool. They must be giant fur balls!
They are both very beautiful, brother and sister, and they have distinctive features and they are great hunters.
Great, I bet you have no trouble with mice then. Do they still have their claws? | Maine Coon
The Maine Coon is the largest domesticated cat breed. It has a distinctive physical appearance and valuable hunting skills. It is one of the oldest natural breeds in North America, specifically native to the state of Maine, where it is the official state cat.
No records of the Maine Coon's exact origins and date of introduction to the United States exist, so several competing hypotheses have been suggested. The breed was popular in cat shows in the late 19th century, but its existence became threatened when long | a thicker, heavier build. Mixed-breed domestic cats have a form of hybrid vigor due to their diverse gene pool, so they are much less vulnerable to the genetic problems for which purebred cats must be carefully screened.
Since freely breeding domestic short-haired cats form distinctive landraces in wide geographic areas, they have been the basis of several recent formal breeds such as the European Shorthair (Celtic Shorthair), and American Shorthair.
See also.
- Domestic long-haired cat | 72,076 | wow-train |
My family recently moved here from Australia.
That's so neat. Australia's capital of Canberra comes up so often in trivia competitions I compete in because people think that Sydney the largest urban area is the capital. What part of Australia are you from?
Right outside of Brisbane. Have you been there?
I have not. It is on the travel wish list for my spouse and me. Brisbane is in Queensland and pretty large population as well, right?
It certainly feels like it. There are tons of people!
Did you live near the metro center or somewhere else in the Brisbane River Valley?
Definitely more near the metro center. Some of my family works for the Banks of Queenland, in the city.
Neat, was there any place in Australia that your family would frequent for vacations?
We have some family in Perth. So we visit them a few times a year. | Swan River at Guildford, with the city's central business district and port (Fremantle) both later founded downriver.
Perth was founded by Captain James Stirling in 1829 as the administrative centre of the Swan River Colony. It gained city status (currently vested in the smaller City of Perth) in 1856 and was promoted to the status of a Lord Mayorality in 1929. The city inherited its name due to the influence of Sir George Murray, then Member of Parliament for Perthshire and Secretary of State for War and the Colonies | and if you asked me why I decided to become a writer, that's the answer right there, because I was a reader and I was just so enthralled and thrilled by the stuff that I'd read that I just thought; what could be better? How could you possibly better spend your time than trying to recreate that feeling for other people". In the same interview he said that his first writing was poetry.
He returned to Australia in 2008, but is moving to Great Britain to take up a | 72,077 | wow-train |
I love Nintendo, they are one the world's biggest video game companies, and have created some of the best known franchises such as "Pokemon".
I use to play Super Mario Brothers on Nintendo.
Mario is also one of Nintendo's biggest franchise!
Have you ever seen the movie? | Nintendo
Founded on 23 September 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it originally produced handmade hanafuda playing cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as cab services and love hotels. Abandoning previous ventures in favor of toys in the 1960s, Nintendo developed into a video game company in the 1970s. Supplemented since the 1980s by its major divisions Nintendo of America and Nintendo of Europe, it ultimately became one of the most influential in the industry and one of Japan's most-valuable companies with a market | Works.
Works "Super Mario Clouds".
Arcangel's best known works are his Nintendo game cartridge hacks and reworkings of obsolete computer systems of the 1970s and 80s. One example is "Super Mario Clouds" (2002), a modified version of the video game "Super Mario Bros." for Nintendo's NES game console in which all of the game's graphics have been removed, leaving a blue background with white clouds scrolling slowly from right to left.
Works "I Shot Andy Warhol".
"I Shot | 72,078 | wow-train |
I would love to live on a houseboat. Which is just a boat on the water.
That always seemed so cool yet bizarre to me | Houseboat
A houseboat (different from boathouse, which is a shed for storing boats) is a boat that has been designed or modified to be used primarily as a home. Some houseboats are not motorized, because they are usually "moored", kept stationary at a fixed point and often tethered to land to provide utilities. However, many are capable of operation under their own power. "Float house" is a Canadian and American term for a house on a float (raft); a rough house may be | , was named in his honour.
- Søren Kierkegaard wrote in his journal on Kerner:
- “I cannot help being amazed that Justinus Kerner (in his "Dichtungen") is able to interpret so conciliatingly the phenomenon which has always shocked me since my very first experience of it — that someone says just exactly what I say. To me the phenomenon seemed to be the most confusing, almost Punch-and-Judy, disorder: the one would begin a sentence which the other would finish, and | 72,079 | 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?
The root canal itself wasn't too bad but yeah, the cap/crown not sitting right causes pressure against my other teeth. I think it'd be considered "dental trauma" at this point since it's been a couple of years and has caused some of my other teeth to shift.
Oh wow! If only going to the dentist weren't so scary and costly!
I know, right? When I had it done it was a dental emergency, I had put it off too long and the broken tooth that had to be fixed ended up with an abcess... That was so expensive to fix and it took me so long to pay off that I've just been avoiding going ever since. Dental work is prohibitively expensive if you don't have insurance...
Definitely. My boyfriend is missing his two front teeth and he just can't seem to save the money to get them fixed. It causes him horribly self esteem issues. | Health insurance in the United States
Health insurance in the United States is any program that helps pay for medical expenses, whether through privately purchased insurance, social insurance, or a social welfare program funded by the government. Synonyms for this usage include "health coverage", "health care coverage", and "health benefits".
In a more technical sense, the term "health insurance" is used to describe any form of insurance providing protection against the costs of medical services. This usage includes private insurance and | 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 | 72,080 | wow-train |
Chicken birds are so funny! They're related to the red junglefowl.
chickens are also very delicious lol
Yes humans keep chickens as a source of food for both their meat and eggs. Yum!
I'm not a big fan of eggs but i love chicken wings | the "bird that gives birth every day" having come to Egypt from the land between Syria and Shinar, Babylonia, according to the annals of Thutmose III.
Terminology.
In the UK and Ireland, adult male chickens over the age of one year are primarily known as "cocks", whereas in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, they are more commonly called "roosters". Males less than a year old are "cockerels". Castrated roosters are called "capons" (surgical | Chicken
The chicken ("Gallus gallus domesticus") is a type of domesticated fowl, a subspecies of the red junglefowl ("Gallus gallus"). It is one of the most common and widespread domestic animals, with a total population of more than 19 billion as of 2011. There are more chickens in the world than any other bird or domesticated fowl. Humans keep chickens primarily as a source of food (consuming both their meat and eggs) and, less commonly, as pets. Originally raised for cockfighting | 72,081 | wow-train |
I don't know if I like chili dogs or corn dogs the best. What do you like?
I'm vegetarian, but I think I'd prefer the corn dog as its baked in a corn batter and it looks like an ear of corn - I love corn!
yeah me too. I think I would go for the corn dog too. :)
We have German immigrants to thank for this delicacy. Nobody wanted their sausages they used to make, so they invented the corn dog!
Haha! Yeah corn is very popular in the Americas. | of current corn dog vendors claim responsibility for the invention and/or popularization of the corn dog. Carl and Neil Fletcher lay such a claim, having introduced their "Corny Dogs" at the Texas State Fair sometime between 1938 and 1942. The Pronto Pup vendors at the Minnesota State Fair claim to have invented the corn dog in 1941. Cozy Dog Drive-in, in Springfield, Illinois, claims to have been the first to serve corn dogs on sticks, on June 16, 1946. Also in 1946, Dave Barham opened | Shoo, fly don't bother me
Cause I belong to somebody.
I feel, I feel, I feel
I feel like a morning star
I feel, I feel, I feel
I feel like a morning star.
Old Cotton Old Corn
Old cotton, old corn, see you every morn
Old cotton, old corn, see you since I was born
Old cotton, old corn, hoe you till dawn
Old cotton, old corn, what for you born? | 72,082 | wow-train |
traditional pizza is my favorite. it is an italian dish consisting of a yeasted flatbred typically topped with tomato sauce and cheese and baked in an oven
I love pizza. Is there a difference in pizza from different areas?
yea and depending on the area, they can be topped with additional vegetables, meats, and condiments and pizza can even be made without cheese
Without cheese?! I wonder how the toppings stay on! I have to have cheese on my pizza - are there different kinds of cheese that can be used?
yea i agree with you there. modern pizza was invented in Naples and its variants have become popular and common in many areas in the world
Was that a deep dish type pizza or a flat thin crust? | 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 | of the world. Pizza is an oven-baked, flat, disc-shaped bread typically topped with a tomato sauce, cheese (usually mozzarella), and various toppings depending on the culture. Since the original pizza, several other types of pizzas have evolved.
Since Naples was the capital of the Kingdom of Two Sicilies, its cuisine took much from the culinary traditions of all the Campania region, reaching a balance between dishes based on rural ingredients (pasta, vegetables, cheese) and seafood dishes (fish, | 72,083 | wow-train |
Chicken nuggets are awesome, are you a fan? | Burger King chicken nuggets
BK Chicken Nuggets are a type of chicken product sold by the international fast food restaurant chain Burger King. It is one of their snack oriented products designed for convenience of consumption.
Product description.
BK Chicken Nuggets are small, thin pieces of formed, white meat chicken, breaded and lightly spiced. Sizing is contingent on regional preferences of franchises: sizes include three-, four-, five-, six-, and eight-piece portions. When first introduced there was a larger, twenty-five | is what it is; A badly written funny movie. If you are a big fan of a GOOD movie and you were attracted to this movie by the awesome title and lovely poster, then move along. Nothing here for you". Wilfred Okiche of YNaija panned the film, stating that "The plot is repetitive, scripting is wishy washy, characters come and go in a disastrous blur and nothing here is particularly memorable, not even in a bad way". He however commended Francis Odega's performance, but concluded | 72,084 | wow-train |
adam levine is an american songwriter and multi instrumentalist, actor, and record producer. are you familar with him?
No; not really familiar. Can you tell me anything more about him? | Adam Levine
Adam Noah Levine (born March 18, 1979) is an American singer, songwriter, and actor. He is the lead singer for the pop rock band Maroon 5. Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, Levine began his musical career in 1994, when he co-founded the band Kara's Flowers, of which he was the lead vocalist and guitarist. The band split up after their only album, "The Fourth World" (released in 1997), which did not gain popularity. | is noted for his innovative use of the Stratocaster's vibrato system. Up to 1975 Beck had been, primarily, a Les Paul player. In an interview with Jas Obrecht about switching to the Stratocaster Beck stated ""With a Les Paul you just wind up sounding like someone else. With the Strat I finally sound like me.""
- Adrian Belew (born 1949), is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer. He is perhaps best known for his work as | 72,085 | wow-train |
Do you know much about ivy league schools? I always wanted to go to one when I was younger.
I know that they are a collegaite athletic conference including sports teams from 8 private universities in the US NE regions
Yes they're very elite. They're expensive but I always thought they were so prestigious and special. Harvard is one of the most well-known ones.
Right of course. When people say Ivy league they usually are referring to these schools as more then in just a sports context even though thts kind of what Ivy league started as
It's awful. I think they should be considered the elite academic universities they are rather than based off of their sports teams. Do you know what some of the other ivy leagues are?
I agree! Youve got Columbia, Dartmouth, University of Pennslyvania, Princeton, Harvard, Yale, Cornell, and Brown University!
I was going to go to Cornell. They sent me a lot of letters based off my ACT scores and GPA. I regret not going but I was so set on NYU. | While the term was in use as early as 1933, it became official only after the formation of the NCAA Division I athletic conference in 1954. Seven of the eight schools were founded during the colonial period (Cornell was founded in 1865), and thus account for seven of the nine Colonial Colleges chartered before the American Revolution. The other two colonial colleges Rutgers University and the College of William & Mary became public institutions instead.
Ivy League schools are generally viewed as some of the most prestigious, and are | passed their test in life. They're aristocrats."
"I do feel I have some slight corner on something about the quality of things. I mean it's very subtle and a little embarrassing to me, but I believe there are things which nobody would see unless I photographed them."
"It's always seemed to me that photography tends to deal with facts whereas film tends to deal with fiction. The best example I know is when you go to the movies and you see two people in bed | 72,086 | wow-train |
How much do you know abuot lifeguards?
They surpervise safety and rescuse of swimers and surfers and those in the water, in a beach or pool.
How would one person become a lifeguiard?
They are strong swimmers who trained in CPR/AED. first aif and then certified water rescue with different aids and equipment depending on the venue.
How long does it take to begin? | Lifeguard
A lifeguard is a rescuer who supervises the safety and rescue of swimmers, surfers, and other water sports participants such as in a swimming pool, water park, spa, beach or river. Lifeguards are strong swimmers and trained in CPR/AED first aid, certified in water rescue using a variety of aids and equipment depending on requirements of their particular venue. In some areas, lifeguards are part of the emergency services system to incidents and in some communities,lifeguards may function as the primary EMS provider. | . The initial objective of the project was to develop a water safety course for the national search and rescue Team. The objective changed when they realized that many of the participants did not know how to swim. Lifeguards Without Borders was then created to teach people how to save themselves and others.
Major projects Dominican Republic 2006.
The team visited Juan Dolio beach and trained other lifeguards on rescuer safety, focusing on techniques such as the "Reach-Throw" lay-response
Major projects Jacksonville 2008.
Instead of training | 72,087 | wow-train |
I think the minimum wage, the lowest that employers can legally pay their workers, should have gone up in the past 15 years.
I know what you mean. Why is there a minimum wage anyways? | Minimum wage
A minimum wage is the lowest remuneration that employers can legally pay their workers—the price floor below which workers may not sell their labor. Most countries had introduced minimum wage legislation by the end of the 20th century.
Supply and demand models suggest that there may be welfare and employment losses from minimum wages. However, if the labor market is in a state of monopsony (with only one employer available who is hiring), minimum wages can increase the efficiency of the market. There is debate about | Minimum wage in Romania
The minimum wage in Romania is the lowest monthly or hourly remuneration that employers are legally allowed to pay their workers in Romania. The sum is decided by the Romanian government.
Starting 1 January 2019, the gross monthly minimum wage is 2080 RON (€446.99) during a working schedule of 167.333 hours per month.
See also.
- List of countries by minimum wage | 72,088 | wow-train |
chef is a trained professional cook who is proficient in all aspects of food preparation
oh yea they are very important to us as a race since we need good food | sous-chef", who acts as the second-in-command in a kitchen, or the "chef de partie", who handles a specific area of production, or “Television chef”, such as Alison Holst. The kitchen brigade system is a hierarchy found in restaurants and hotels employing extensive staff, many of which use the word "chef" in their titles. Underneath the chefs are the "kitchen assistants". A chef's standard uniform includes a hat (called a "toque"), | Chef
A chef is a trained professional cook who is proficient in all aspects of food preparation, often focusing on a particular cuisine. The word "chef" is derived from the term "chef de cuisine" (), the director or head of a kitchen. Chefs can receive formal training from an institution, as well as by apprenticing with an experienced chef.
There are different terms that use the word "chef" in their titles, and deal with specific areas of food preparation, such as the " | 72,089 | wow-train |
Do you like the color blue? It is one of the three primary colors.
What I like about blue is that, just by looking at it, you feel relaxed and at east. I think there is a reason why sky is blue
Yes, the sky is often described as baby blue, which is a pastel color.
Even though I love blue, i would not prefer having my house colored in this color. I think it does not fit with interior design | 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. | , is this gonna sell?' or 'I sold this many.' It's stuff that made you feel something, it's stuff that you can use that inspired your life. I think about hip-hop like Brand Nubian and KRS-One and N.W.A and Rakim, that stuff inspired my life. Those things really shaped who I am." The Target Exclusive Edition comes with two additional tracks.
The second single off the album was "Blue Sky" which was officially made available on iTunes October | 72,090 | wow-train |
I wish i could learn to play guitar! I own an accoustic guitar and can't plau it
Its not too hard, I love tone a guitar makes, the strings' vibration really make for a good vibe, I learned how to play on a hollow body guitar inside of a resonating chamber.
i love the way it sounds as well! Where did the guitars come from
Well I know that the modern guitar today came out after the gittern called the the vihuela,It was a four-course Renaissance guitar, Which pretty much inspired the modern six-string guitar.
i've never heard of vihuela before! how interesting | Vihuela
The vihuela () is a guitar-shaped string instrument from 15th- and 16th-century Spain, Portugal and Italy, usually with five or six doubled strings.
History.
The "vihuela", as it was known in Spanish, was called the "viola de mà" in Catalan, "viola da mano" in Italian and "viola de mão" in Portuguese. The two names are functionally synonymous and interchangeable. In its most developed form, the vihuela was a guitar-shaped instrument with | met a kid in school who played bass in the high school jazz band. He wanted to make some extra money and it was five bucks a lesson. He did a good job too. His name was Mike Hudson. I don't know if he plays anymore. I lost touch with him. He's the one that got me started. I always wanted to play in a band, and to learn how to play lead guitar was going to take like five years. But I really liked the sound of the | 72,091 | wow-train |
Are you a cat or dog person? I tend to lean towards cats. I love watching their antics.
I consider myself a cat person, but I think it's interesting how we equate our animal prefernces to a part of our personalities.
Yes, that's true. Both are great pets but there's something about cats that I just find amusing.
Do you have a cat? The term is often used by people who don't even actually own a pet.
I used to many years back when I was young. Though watching them on the internet every day makes me miss it.
That's interesting? Do you consider yourself to be open, creative or philosophical? A study found that alot of these traits were common among cat people.
I guess I would consider myself somewhat creative. I like to work on things and share my ideas. I also enjoy drawing and art.
That's really cool! Cat people have also been found to be smarter too than dog lovers!
That's interesting, I'd love to be considered smarter whenever possible. It's a rare thing for me. | conformists, as well as scoring higher on intelligence tests than dog lovers. Studies have shown that cat owners are more likely to have higher blood pressure according to CNN.
See also.
- Cat lady, a derogatory depiction of a female cat person
Further reading.
- Dog people and cat people differ on dominance-related traits | but you can't ever get there. If it's not a simulation, then maybe we're in a lab and there's some advanced alien civilization that's just watching how we develop, out of curiosity, like mould in a Petri dish ... If you look at our current technology level, something strange has to happen to civilizations, and I mean strange in a bad way. ... And it could be that there are a whole lot of dead, one-planet civilizations.
Views Artificial intelligence.
Musk has | 72,092 | wow-train |
Hi, I have a betta fish.
Those fish are great! They're small so you don't need a big aquarium and they have such beautiful colors!
I agree, they also dont need much food so they are low maintenance (unlike my wife). | Betta
Betta, is a large genus of small, often colorful, freshwater ray-finned fishes, known as "bettas", in the gourami family (Osphronemidae).
The best known "Betta" species is "B. splendens," commonly known as the Siamese fighting fish.
Characteristics.
All the "Betta" species are small fishes, but they vary considerably in size, ranging from under 2.5 cm (1 in) total length in "B. chanoides" to 14 cm ( | as well as the song "My Father's Eyes", stating: "I didn't feel the loss any more, which is so much a part of performing those songs. I really have to connect with the feelings that were there when I wrote them. They're kind of gone and I really don't want them to come back, particularly. My life is different now. They probably just need a rest and maybe I'll introduce them for a much more detached point of view." Tears in Heaven | 72,093 | wow-train |
I love to look at myself in the mirror but lately ive been very self conscious about myself, do you know about some ways to help with it?
Well I suffer from it too. it is a high sense of self-awareness.
Indeed some people are more aware of how they look in public like how I do, Is there therapy for this type of feeling? | Self-consciousness
Self-consciousness is a heightened sense of self-awareness. It is a preoccupation with oneself, as opposed to the philosophical state of self-awareness, which is the awareness that one exists as an individual being, though the two terms are commonly used interchangeably or synonymously. An unpleasant feeling of self-consciousness may occur when one realizes that one is being watched or observed, the feeling that "everyone is looking" at oneself. Some people are habitually more self-conscious than others. Unpleasant | You don't know how you look on stage, but if what you're doing reads clearly it means you have to try to be quite honest, because otherwise it shows. You have to be very aware of how you work with yourself - it all comes from what you feel at that moment. When I do James, for instance, I actually say the lines to myself as I'm doing the mime. Not always, but... you have to have the overall feeling at that moment, in that scene; | 72,094 | wow-train |
What is your opinion on minimum wage?
over here in the uk minimum wage is being replaced with the living wage which seeks to deliver a high 'minimum wage'. im for it most definately | some nations such as the United Kingdom and New Zealand, generally means that a person working 40 hours a week, with no additional income, should be able to afford the basics for a modest but decent life, such as, food, shelter, utilities, transport, health care, and child care. Living wage advocates have further defined a living wage as the wage equivalent to the poverty line for a family of four. The income would have to allow the family to 'secure food, shelter, clothing, health | by the state to supplement earnings.
From 1 April 2016 the national minimum wage has been paid as a mandatory National Living Wage for workers over 25. It is being phased in between 2016 and 2020 and is set at a significantly higher level than previous minimum wage rates. By 2020 it is expected to have risen to at least £9 per hour and represent a full-time annual pay equivalent to 60% of the median UK earnings. The National Living Wage is nevertheless lower than the value of the Living Wage | 72,095 | wow-train |
I love studying philosophy. It makes me question certain things about life. Do you like philosophy? | is most real? Philosophers also pose more practical and concrete questions such as: Is there a best way to live? Is it better to be just or unjust (if one can get away with it)? Do humans have free will?
Historically, "philosophy" encompassed any body of knowledge. From the time of Ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle to the 19th century, "natural philosophy" encompassed astronomy, medicine, and physics. For example, Newton's 1687 "Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy" later became classified | it's Large Professor; he's one of the greatest producers that's ever existed. It's not debatable. So when you get an opportunity with someone like that, you do it. He was gonna make me do things different than how I would normally do it. But I was welcome to the challenge, and I'm glad I did it."
Critical reception.
"Mega Philosophy" was met with generally positive reviews from music critics. Jesse Fairfax of HipHopDX said, "Clearly well thought | 72,096 | wow-train |
Hi. I'm from Iowa | McDonald's
McDonald's Corporation is an American fast food company, founded in 1940 as a restaurant operated by Richard and Maurice McDonald, in San Bernardino, California, United States. They rechristened their business as a hamburger stand, and later turned the company into a franchise, with the Golden Arches logo being introduced in 1953 at a location in Phoenix, Arizona. In 1955, Ray Kroc, a businessman, joined the company as a franchise agent and proceeded to purchase the chain from the McDonald brothers. McDonald's had | Hi-Fi Serious
Hi-Fi Serious is the third studio album by British band A, released in 2002.
The name "Hi-Fi Serious" was derived from the name of the hi-fi electronics store Alan Partridge buys a Bang & Olufsen stereo from in the last episode of "I'm Alan Partridge" series 1. The tour in support of this album's release was called the 'Inner City Sumo' tour - another reference to "I'm Alan Partridge" (Season 1 Episode 1 | 72,097 | wow-train |
I am a freshman at NYU. It's a private university, so it's quite expensive.
So I've heard! Do they offer financial aid to help?
They do, but not for any student like myself. Financial aid is for the needy, the talented, and the extraordinary. At least it's not for profit.
How do you qualify yourself outside of needy, talented, or extraordinary?
Well among the millions of high school students that apply to college, I find myself to be incredibly average and don't warrant any financial aid based on merit or fiscal hardships.
Well that's awesome that you are able to still attend even without financial aid! Do you work a part-time job along with school? | aid, students must first complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).
Types of financial aid.
Types of financial aid Grants.
In the United States, grants come from a wide range of government departments, colleges, universities or public and private trusts. Grant eligibility is typically determined by financial need and academic merit. The application process is set by the agency providing the funds and often relies on data submitted via the FAFSA.
While the terms "grant" and "scholarship" are frequently | my previous letters when I was talking about taking a 'break'. What I meant was I 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 | 72,098 | wow-train |
I really like to watch the show Telenovela, Its pretty cool, Do you know about this show any?
I love telenovelas, they're a type of limited-run television serial drama or soap opera primarily produced in Latin America.
Yeah soap operas are great, IDK why but its just these spanish ones are really good, Do you know of any other popular telenovela's?
Yeah I know of one called Marimar, I like watching telenovelas because the episodes are only 30 to 45 minutes long, so it's not too long, but not too short.
Oh yeah thats why I like them too, short and quick and I can catch a quick episode before I go to work. What channels do they air on usually?
I think Telemundo usually, but Marimar was broadcast by GMA Network since it was based in the Philippines.
Oh ok yeah Telemundo is where I usually watch mine too, When was the first soap opera in mexico? was it recent? | than their production costs. The issue's cover notably featured its first daytime soap stars, Bill Hayes and Susan Seaforth Hayes of "Days of Our Lives", a married couple whose onscreen and real-life romance was widely covered by both the soap opera magazines and the mainstream press at large.
Origin of the genre.
The first serial considered to be a "soap opera" was "Painted Dreams", which debuted on October 20, 1930 on Chicago radio station WGN. Early radio series such as " | Telenovela
A telenovela is a type of a limited-run television serial drama or soap opera produced primarily in Latin America. The word combines "tele" (for "television") and "novela" (meaning "novel"). Similar genres around the world include teleserye (Philippines), téléroman (Canada, specifically Quebec), or simply dramas (Asia and the rest of the Arab World).
Commonly described using the American colloquialism Spanish soap opera, many telenovelas share some stylistic and thematic similarities to | 72,099 | wow-train |
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