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Mar 16, 2004

After the Wisconsin Glacier melted around 13,000 B.C., the area slowly warmed, but was still cold and wet. Cold water was everywhere due to glacial melt. Huge lakes and swamps were everywhere. There was a huge lake at Great Meadows. At first the area was Tundra, in which lichens and mosses grew. Later, grass lands filled in the landscape. As climate warmed over a thousand years, Taiga/Boreal Forests grew. The water drained slowly from the glacier and so grasslands grew first. Big game such as mastodons, mammoths, and caribou came into the area, as well as other game such as rabbits and fox. These animals ate the lichens, moss and grasses that grew. This is when Paleo Indians moved into the area. The area was rich in wildlife. Paleo Indians lived in small groups and traveled in search of game and plants to eat. They were hunter-gathers.They lived near water and moved after game became scarce in the area. They ate various berries and plants as well as game hunted. They also ate fresh water clams and fish that migrated north in the Delaware River to spawn such as shad and sturgeon. Fish were caught by spears or fish traps made of stones and sticks. The shallow riffles in rivers were used to catch fish.

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Mar 16, 2004

The longest-running column on the site is Ask Chris, written by Chris Sims, which has run on the site since 2010.[7] In 2011, Sims was featured on The Daily Show as part of a feature on the Batman comics series, credited as a ‘Batmanologist’.[8] Additional features of note for the site have included Kate or Die, a regular comic from cartoonist Kate Leth; as well as Best Art Ever (This Week), a weekly feature showcasing new comics-related art. The podcasts War Rocket Ajax and The Arkham Sessions have both been serialised on the site.

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Mar 16, 2004

One early subscription box available was called The Sampler, which first became available in 2004 and offered samples of products from independent web-based artists, crafters, zines and shops.[3]

Granny's Attic of Mobile began offering subscription services from its website in 2005 specifically for customers who collected various artistic painted ponies.[citation needed]

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Mar 16, 2004

Sealing wax is available in the form of sticks, sometimes with a wick, or as granules. The stick is melted at one end (but not ignited or blackened), or the granules heated in a spoon, normally using a flame, and then placed where required, usually on the flap of an envelope. While the wax is still soft and warm, the seal (preferably at the same temperature as the wax, for the best impression) should be quickly and firmly pressed into it and released.[1]

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Mar 16, 2004


Concise!

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The company now earns profits from its catalog of Billboard-charting hits, by the original artists, particularly songs from the 1950s through the 1980s. Tracks include "The Twist" by Chubby Checker, "What I Like About You" by The Romantics, "Tutti Frutti" by Little Richard, "Surfin’ Bird" by The Trashmen, and "Help Me Make It Through The Night" by Sammi Smith.

K-tel distributes more than 200,000 songs worldwide per year on digital platforms, including Amazon, Spotify and iTunes, and licenses songs from its catalog for use in commercials (e.g., Nike, Fiat, Coke and KFC), films (e.g., Spider-Man, The Dallas Buyers Club and Hotel Transylvania 2) and television programs (e.g., Ray Donovan, Breaking Bad, Californication, Mad Men and Transparent).

K-tel has also produced Mini Pop Kids, a series of recordings in which a group of children aged 9 to 13 sing current, family-friendly pop hits. The series sold millions of copies when it was originally distributed in the 1980s. K-tel brought the series back in 2004, and has continued to produce recordings. The latest album, Mini Pop Kids 15, reached #1 on the iTunes Kids Chart. The series is promoted by a touring group that performs shows across Canada.

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Mar 16, 2004

one of the untold gems of Wikipedia: articles that are obviously someone's book report

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Mar 16, 2004

In October 2014, the chicken meat supplier Sumpo Food Holdings announced their intent to acquire a majority stake in Canadian games company Digital Extremes.[3] Digital Extremes is the developer and publisher of titles such as Dark Sector and Warframe.

In 2015, the company renamed itself to Leyou Technologies Holdings Limited.[4] The company at that time had two core businesses, Agriculture and Poultry and Gaming.[5]

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Mar 16, 2004

Development of Bullet Witch lasted approximately two years, being handled by the same team who developed Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex for the PlayStation 2.[9] It was the first game developed for seventh generation consoles by Cavia.[10] The concept for Bullet Witch originated from loosey inspired Mahōtsukai Kurohime manga before the next generation of hardware had been revealed to developers, beginning its concept development for sixth generation hardware. After the developers were shown the Xbox 360, they were impressed with its development tools and additional features such as the Xbox Live functions, deciding to develop Bullet Witch for that platform.[11] While development for the PlayStation 3 was considered, the team had begun work on the Xbox 360, and decided to stay on a single platform to deliver the best possible experience.[12] The game used both internal and external staff, with a team size estimated at being between 100 and 120 people. Between 20 and 30 programmers worked on the game.[9][11]

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Mar 16, 2004


Male masturbation was an even more important image in ancient Egypt: when performed by a god it could be considered a creative or magical act: the god Atum was believed to have created the universe by masturbating to ejaculation.

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Mar 16, 2004

that poo poo doesn't sound Celtic at all, but it sure does swipe the aesthetic for whatever it is

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Mar 16, 2004


Though it was used derisively in the past, today the term is regularly used, perhaps with a little irony, by gongoozlers to describe themselves and their hobby.[1]

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Mar 16, 2004

PCjr sidecar posted:

this restaurant is not a place of honor
nothing valued is served here

Order half the regular amount of cheese and reduce the calories. A regular 3-Way with half the cheese has 20% fewer calories.

edit: on second thought, I don't think I ever wanted to know that Skyline serves burritos, what the gently caress

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Mar 16, 2004


https://music.ishkur.com/

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Mar 16, 2004

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart displayed scatological humour in his letters and a few recreational compositions. This material has long been a puzzle for Mozart scholarship. Some scholars try to understand it in terms of its role in Mozart's family, his society and his times; others attempt to understand it as a result of an "impressive list"[2] of psychiatric conditions from which Mozart is claimed to have suffered.

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Mar 16, 2004

Prior to the release of 24 Japan, doubts were expressed by the viewing public about the potential of a Japanese take on the concept of 24. A commonly expressed concern mentioned by one reviewer was that the type of gun-related violence and terrorism portrayed in the American series would not be realistic in a Japanese setting, since a major terror attack had not occurred in Japan since the Tokyo subway sarin attack on 20 March 1995.[7] There was also concern that Karasawa was not the best choice to fill the role of Genba Shidō due to the age difference between him and Kiefer Sutherland at the onset of 24 in 2001 (Karasawa was 57 at time of filming; Sutherland was 34 when he started on 24).[8]

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H.P. Hovercraft posted:

you shouldn't give most nonprofits your money but esp not the ones that spend millions on fundraising like the wikipedia foundation

it cost $1.2 million dollars to develop this pop-up

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Mar 16, 2004

NoneMoreNegative posted:

Pube Low Prick rear end in a top hat

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PCjr sidecar posted:

The command's syntax resembles a JCL statement more than other Unix commands do, so much that Eric S. Raymond says "the interface design was clearly a prank".

is it a sensible chuckle when everyone who understood the joke is dead

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Mar 16, 2004

Googly eyes may also be attached to inanimate objects in order to give the objects a "silly" or "cute" appearance. This use often personifies the objects for a humorous effect.

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H.P. Hovercraft posted:

In Canada, major cities including Toronto, Vancouver, and Montreal may award a key to the city to influential business leaders, musicians, and political leaders. In 2016, the Canadian recording artist Drake received a key to the city of Toronto, presented by the mayor John Tory. Also, artist Travis Scott received the Key to the City of Houston presented by the mayor Sylvester Turner on February 13, 2019. In a local tradition, Calgary has opted to award esteemed visitors a symbolic cowboy hat instead of a key; this is usually followed by reciting one of two oaths (one formal, the other more silly) to become honorary Calgarians.[22]

In New Zealand, on May 22, 2020, a domestic cat called Mittens was given the Key to the City of Wellington - the nation's capital city. Mittens received a certificate outlining the honours bestowed on him, and was given a miniature key for his collar by Mayor Foster, who was dressed in full regalia for the auspicious occasion.[23]

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In 2009, Dr. Ben Mays, a veterinarian in Clinton, Arkansas, submitted an application to Belford University on behalf of English bulldog Maxwell Sniffingwell. The application included his work as a reproductive specialist, noting his "natural ability in theriogenology" and "experimental work with felines" and his understanding of the merits of specialization despite a desire to "'do them all.'" His application was accepted upon the $549 payment to the university.[36]

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_years_in_television

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Mar 16, 2004

not worthless https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk%3ACeiling_fan

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Tonkatsu sauce is a thick sauce served with tonkatsu, the Japanese pork cutlet. It is a thick (viscosity over 2.0 pascal-second, per JAS standard) Japanese Worcestershire-type sauce.

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Mar 16, 2004

Malta is also occasionally called "champagne cola" by some brands. However, there is a separate type of drink with this name, having the flavor of bubble gum. Despite this appellation, neither drink is a champagne or a cola.

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Mar 16, 2004

Sham bam bamina! posted:

esports is hilarious for how insecure it is about being video games and all the pageantry it piles around trying to be a "real" "sporting" competition for example in the very funny name

just own being a nerd on a computer, it's ok and the normies actually think it's cool now and give you money for it, you don't see speedrunners trying to pass gaming off as "e-parkour" and why would they

yeah leave it to the people Blizzard somehow conned into building giant rear end stadiums where you watch people click a whole bunch

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Mar 16, 2004

The JCO facility started to dissolve and mix high-purity enriched uranium oxide with nitric acid to produce uranyl nitrate for shipping on 28 September 1999. The highly-enriched uranium in production was improperly prepared for fuel conversion. Pressure placed upon staff to prepare uranyl nitrate for shipping led to several errors including pouring the solution (uranium oxide in nitric acid). The technicians opted to pour the product by hand in stainless-steel buckets directly into a precipitation tank.[6] This process inadvertently contributed to a critical mass level incident triggering uncontrolled nuclear chain reactions over the next several hours.

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Mar 16, 2004

This has led to phrases (and variants of) "You let the smoke out!", "There's too many angry pixies running through the circuit!", "The magic smoke is escaping." or "I think you set your power supply too high; there is magic smoke coming from that resistor!" as euphemisms for the destruction of a component by overheating.

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Mar 16, 2004

Aackosoft went bankrupt in 1988, after which poo poo!, alongside other Aackosoft titles, were re-published by Premium III Software Distribution and developed by Eurosoft (a former label of Aackosoft) in the same year.[5] Premium III Software Distribution released the 30 MSX Hits compilation in 1988, including Oh poo poo! as part of its lineup.[5] According to Dutch gaming magazine MSX-DOS Computer Magazine, after Aackosoft went bankrupt in 1988, their intellectual property was transferred to a company called Methodic Solutions, and all previous MSX Aackosoft titles were re-published by Premium III Software Distribution and developed by Eurosoft, both separately and in a compilation titled 30 MSX Hits.[5]

The 1988 30 MSX Hits compilation release of Oh poo poo! offers MSX2[a] compatibility.[1][2] All MSX releases of Oh poo poo!, poo poo! and Oh No! are cassette releases, except for the 30 MSX Hits release, which had both cassette and floppy disk releases.[1][2]

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Mar 16, 2004

The origin of the "Cool S" is unclear.[8] A similar S was derived from the symbols of an ancient Dacian solar cult. It was called “Carligul Ciobanului”, meaning “Shepherd’s Hook” and represented bringing back something that was lost.[9] In Latvia, the symbol was called Zalktis and represented a serpent goddess.[10] The ouroboros, which dates back to ancient Egypt and was used as a symbol of gnosticism and alchemy, was sometimes drawn with a loop to resemble the cool S.

During the Middle Ages, a strikingly close symbol became a kilim motif. Possibly related to the aforementioned Dacian symbol or the ouroboros, it was called the çengel and was supposed to destroy the evil eye.[11] The çengel was drawn with three pairs of dots or vertical lines connected much like the Cool S, but the bottom left and top right ones connected sideways, not diagonally. This is a possible explanation for the symbol’s appearance on an Anatolian rug in The Ambassadors by Hans Holbein the Younger in 1533. However, in that painting the S may also be denoting "God Almighty".[12] A similar-looking S also appears in the 1890 book Mechanical Graphics.[2]

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Mar 16, 2004

Scarodactyl posted:

Actually I think you'll find it means hope.

it's shorthand for the Sefirot, the Kabbalic Tree of Life

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Mar 16, 2004

Soricidus posted:

it’s because the sort of people who want to touch wikipedia are kind of hosed up, op

former Rotten.com member, now well-regarded Wikipedia moderator

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Mar 16, 2004

In the United States, consumption of added 5′-ribonucleotides averages 4 mg per day, compared to 2 g per day of naturally occurring purines. A review of literature by an FDA committee found no evidence of carcinogenicity, teratogenicity, or adverse effects on reproduction.

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Mar 16, 2004

Good Times! is the twelfth studio album by American pop rock band the Monkees. Produced mainly by Adam Schlesinger (with some additional bonus tracks produced by Andrew Sandoval), the album was recorded to commemorate the band's 50th anniversary. It is the first Monkees studio album since Justus (1996), marking the longest gap between Monkees albums to date, and the first since the death of founding member Davy Jones. The album features surviving Monkees Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, and Peter Tork, as well as a posthumous contribution from Jones. The album received generally positive reviews from music critics and reached number 14 on the Billboard 200, becoming the band's highest-charting album in 48 years.

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Mar 16, 2004

Lutha Mahtin posted:

im Flapex. no wait, WindSetlers

I'm Simflat

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Mar 16, 2004

Lutha Mahtin posted:

Of course, this is Wikipedia, so don't please don't take our word for it. Do your own research and you'll find the truth. But keep in mind, MMA (which combines the essence of traditional and modern kickboxing/grappling techniques in an efficient manner) vs traditional Chinese art typically yields the same outcome. [23]

lmao

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Mar 16, 2004

Lutha Mahtin posted:

i should mention, that's from the article about Xu Xiaodong, a fighter in china who goes around challenging kung fu hucksters. a self proclaimed "master" says they can defeat 300 challengers with their wushu mind powers, this guy calls them out, then they get in the ring and it's 30 seconds of a 40 year old MMA guy wailing on a 70 year old snake oil grifter

but some wiki nerd couldn't help themselves and had to go full :goonsay:

it's still really funny that the author of an article can go, "well, you know, I write this stuff, but I don't believe any of it"

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