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What are some funny poems to quote for a birthday?

Dejnicki's poem "Can't Remember" pokes fun at those who often forget the birthdays of the special people around them. The speaker, who is addressing a family member, knows that the current day marks a special occasion for that person, but cannot remember exactly what the occasion is: "I wish you something, just can't remember / Don't be upset, you're my family member."\n"Your Zoo" and "Young at Heart" focus on the aging process. In "Your Zoo," Dejnicki's speaker compares a birthday celebration with family and friends to a zoo. Like an animal at a zoo, the one who ..

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What are some features of Cinemark Tinseltown Lubbock and XD in Lubbock, Texas?

The High Frame Rate 3-D feature presents movies in 48 frames per second, while RealD 3-D technology offers bright, realistic 3-D images for an immersive experience. The XD system provides a large ceiling-to-floor and wall-to-wall screen, custom sound and premium seating. The ticketing kiosk allows for self-servicing ticketing. Customers can purchase movie tickets using credit cards and Cinemark gift cards. Customers can also print and pick up prepurchased Internet tickets at the kiosk.\nThe theater offers listening and neck loop listening devices for the hearing impaired, while descriptive nar..

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What are some music membership clubs that offer CDs?

According to MentalFloss.com, some CD membership clubs used negative option billing. This process allowed the company to keep sending monthly CD shipments to subscribers along with a bill. Shipments continued unless the subscriber specifically requested to not receive them anymore. In 2005, negative option billing became illegal in Ontario, Canada, but it remains legal in the United States as of 2015. The Federal Trade Commission requires that all membership services that offer negative option plans must clearly state the minimum purchase amount and cancellation procedures.\nAs of 2015, digita..

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What is the length, width and height of the Empire State Building?

The Empire State Building took just over a year to build. The construction started in March 1930 and finished in May 1931. The cost of the building itself, not counting the land that it was built on, was almost $25 million. When the cost of the land was factored in, the construction cost a total of more than $40 million to build. This was considered a low price even for the decade that the building was constructed in. The construction gave jobs to 3,400 people, many of whom were Mohawk Indians who did ironwork. Since the construction occurred right after the start of the Great Depression, the ..

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What is a dome house?

The concrete-and-polyurethane construction of many dome homes makes them fire-resistant or fireproof. Exterior maintenance requirements are minimal, and the integrated construction of the roof, floors and walls strengthens the entire structure.\nDome houses have a unique appearance that make them undesirable to many potential builders, and they are challenging to fit into building code requirements. It may also be difficult to find furnishings designed to fit against the rounded walls, and partitioning, ventilation and sound dampening also present significant problems.

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Are "60 Minutes" archives available online?

The news magazine program "60 Minutes" debuted in 1968. Originally airing each week on Tuesday, "60 Minutes" now airs on Sunday evenings in prime time as of 2015. The show has had a long history of success, receiving numerous Emmy and Peabody Awards. By 1999, "60 Minutes" had become the only television program to finish no. 1 in ratings in at least three different decades, according to the Nielsen Company.

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What can you watch on Dootv Thai TV?

Thai dramas on Dootv Thai TV are categorized by production year. The 2015 offerings include "Miracle of Love," "Blood Cut Blood," "The School," "Gossip Girl Thailand" and "Under Moonlight Shadow." World dramas listed on Dootv Thai TV include Korea's "Wonderful Days," China's "Legend of Mulan," Taiwan's "Love Cheque" and Korea's "Little Love Never," among others. The company also streams a number of films from Japan, Korea and China.\nDootv Thai TV offers several music channels including "Core Song 2015," "Conquest of Paradise," "Retro Music" and "The Big Ben Show." Other mu..

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What are examples of asides in "Romeo and Juliet"?

An aside is a literary term for words spoken aloud by one of the characters in a play to the audience. None of the other characters hear the words. In this example, Romeo has heard Juliet speak her private thoughts. He lets the audience know by his aside that he is torn about whether he should reply, thereby revealing his presence, or stay and hear more.

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How tall is Big Bird?

Big Bird’s costume was built by Kermit Love based on a drawing by Jim Henson, and Big Bird is considered a (very large) canary. The costume weighs about 10 pounds - four of which is the head, making it extremely strenuous to operate.Spinney (the “Muppeteer”) is completely enclosed within the costume, and he uses his right hand - holding it directly above his head, while standing - to operate the head, neck, and beak. On top of that, the costume doesn’t have any eye holes, so Spinney only has a third-person view from a monitor on the inside.While the legendary Spinney has puppeteered Bi..

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Is adamantium real?

Though adamantium is fictional, the theory behind it has a basis in real science. Amorphous metals, also called glassy metals, have a non-crystalline disordered structure and are much harder than similar conventional metals. At Oak Ridge in 2004, a group of scientists produced just such a glassy steel in bulk. As for the bonding, a super-strong spider silk infused with aluminum at an atomic level was created in Germany. Just as with the fictional Wolverine's bones, the process involved bonding an organic substance with a metal.

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