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Health regimen modeled on the cuisine of Japan’s Ryukyu Islands :
OKINAWA DIET
The people of Okinawa, and the rest of the Ryukyu Island chain, used to be known for living longer than other Japanese, and indeed most peoples in the world. Sadly, with the growing influence of a Western diet, that longevity has been waning in recent years. The original “Okinawa diet” is light on meat and fish, and heavy on vegetables, soy foods and sweet potatoes.
“Wadi” is an Arabic term referring to a valley, or perhaps a (mostly) dry riverbed. In English we might call this a wash, or use the Spanish word “arroyo”.
Hadestown” playwright
Anaïs Mitchell is a Vermont-based singer-songwriter. One of Mitchell’s more famous works is a 2010 concept album titled “Hadestown” that is based on the ancient Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. She adapted the album into a stage musical that opened Off-Broadway in 2016 as “Hadestown: The Myth. The Musical”.
IMMA BE song
Third No. 1 hit for the Black Eyed Peas :
“Imma Be” is a 2010 song co-written and recorded by the Black Eyed Peas. The song’s title is a slang term meaning “I am going to be”.
Yosemite peak, familiarly
EL CAP
El Capitan is a stunning vertical rock formation in Yosemite National Park in California. The top of El Capitan has been used as the take-off point for many BASE jumps, parachute jumps made by diving off the top of the rock face. The National Park Service put a stop to the practice in 1999. Soon afterwards, a BASE jumper made an illegal jump to protest the ban. She died …
Shakespeare birth place
he was born and raised in the lovely town of Stratford-upon-Avon in the English Midlands
William Shakespeare is referred to as the Bard of Avon,
Only communist country in the Western Hemisphere
Cuba - Island nation
With over 4.5K locations across the Us 90% of Americans live within 10 miles of this retail giant
Walmart
Famous Americans
On March 23 1779 he became the first US diplomat to serve overseas by presenting is credentials to a foreign government
Benjamin Franklin - First US minister to France
Jefferson was his successor
Prophet swallowed by a whale
Jonah
Indigenous people in killers of the flower moon
Osage
Tennis slang for winning a set 6-0
Bagel
Comes from the shape of 0
Race town near Windsor Castle :
ASCOT
Ascot Racecourse is used for thoroughbred horse racing, and is located in the town of Ascot, Berkshire in England. The course is located just six miles from Windsor Castle, and is often visited by members of the royal family. Royal Ascot is the name given to the most famous race meeting in the year, at which members of the royal family attend each day, arriving in horse-drawn carriages amidst great ceremony.
Pertaining to bees :
APIAN
Something described as apian is related to bees. “Apis” is Latin for “bee”.
Red carpet brand That started out in 1913 as a leather-goods shop in Milan, one established by the two brothers. One of the brothers,, prevented the female members of his family from participating in the running of the company as he didn’t believe women should be involved in business (!). When the sexist brother died, his son had no interest in the business so it was his daughter who took over and ran the company for about twenty years, handing it over to her own daughter. I’d say the devil loved that …
Prada
Mario Prada
Obama’s went to see this 89 spike lee movie starring Danny I L O and John 2 tore O for first date
Do the right thing
Only white people in thr movie
16 Democratic national convention this was Obama advise for handling Bullies
When they go low we go high
Michelle Obama named most admired woman 3 times in this poll from 18-20
Also most top finishes in this poll with 22
Gallup poll
Hillary Clinton
Every First Lady since Lou hoover with exception of Bess Truman has been in this fashion magazine but only these 2 have appeared on cover
Vogue - Anna wintour edited
Obama and Clinton
is a British car manufacturer founded in 1913
part of the company name comes from Aston Hill, a famous site for hill-climbing cars that is nearby the original factory.
cars are much loved by the British entertainment industry. James Bond was given one in “Goldfinger”, and Michael Caine drove one in the 1969 version of “The Italian Job”. Also, Roger Moore’s character drove a yellow one in the seventies television show “The Persuaders!”.
Aston Martin
The Aston part of the company name comes from Aston Hill, a famous site for hill-climbing cars that is nearby the original factory. Aston Martin cars are much loved by the British entertainment industry. James Bond was given one in “Goldfinger”, and Michael Caine drove one in the 1969 version of “The Italian Job”. Also, Roger Moore’s character drove a yellow Aston Martin in the seventies television show “The Persuaders!”.
5G precursor :
LTE
In the world of telecommunications, the initialism LTE stands for Long-Term Evolution, and is wireless broadband communication standard. In general terms, LTE improves broadband speeds. As I understand it, LTE technology allows a 3G network to perform almost as well as a true 4G network, and so LTE is sometimes marketed as 4G LTE, even though it’s really “3G plus”.
This ” is usually defined as “data about data”. The classic example is the card catalog of a library. The catalog is a set of data about a collection of books. Each entry in the catalog is data about a specific publication.
Metadata
CeraVe is a skin care brand that is owned by this company .
L’Oréal
Like Gardein products :
VEGAN
Gardein is a line of food products that are free of meat and dairy. The name “Gardein” is a portmanteau of “garden” and “protein”. The company is headquartered in Richmond in British Columbia.
In the world of chemistry,these are two compounds with the same chemical formula (i.e. the same atomic constituents), but with a slightly different arrangement of the atoms relative to each other. The differing arrangement of atoms often leads to different chemical properties.
isomers
To do this down is to gobble up, to eat voraciously. “
” is a slang term that is probably related to “scarf”, which has the same meaning.
snarf
This is the name of thr extinct flightless bird that is one of thr most well known examples of extinction caused by humans
Also from where
More ish is
Dodo birds
Old lace is the name of a dinosaur that was genetically engineered by Stacey and dale in this marvel cinematic universe tv show about 6 teenagers whose unite against their criminal parents
The runaways
Extinct prehistoric hairy mammal with long curved tusks that is commonly associated with ice age
Wolly mammoth
In Jan 24 the eagles played this team in wild card round of playoffs
Lost to thr bucs
Warning police officers must give to suspects in custody before they are interrogated
Miranda
Including right to remain silent and the right to an attorney
The special locomotives used to guide ships through the Panama Canal are nicknamed tbis for a hybrid pack animal
Mule
Marjane satrapi used the name of a ancient Persian city for the title of this graphic memoir of her childhood in Iran
Sah truh p
Per sep uh liss
She works as a librarian before writing classic kids books like the mouse and the motorcycle
Beverly cleary
She wrote fiction like 70s play it as it lays and nonfiction including the white album
Joan ? Didion
Did e awn
