Thursday, December 9, 2010
Why Strapless Wedding Dresses ?
Brides that are brave and body conscious can choose to wear a strapless wedding dress because this style of wedding dress will surely show your body's features and will show off more skin. So when you wear a strapless wedding dress, make sure that your arms are toned because a strapless wedding dress and show all the flaws especially on your upper torso and arms.
Only For The Buff
Avoid wearing a strapless wedding dress if you have short arms because this dress will make your arms look shorter. You should also not be super skinny because you will appear frail. And if you are too bulky on top, wearing a strapless wedding dress will make you look too heavy and like a football player.
Not Considered A Formal Gown
Strapless wedding gowns are deemed not suitable for formal wedding ceremonies because it appears to be too revealing. Some churches and spiritual congregation will not allow a bride to wear a strapless wedding gown. But if you really want to show what you have worked out for, then by all means, choose a strapless wedding gown just make sure that the place you are getting married in will allow you to wear it.
When being photographed wearing a strapless wedding dress, there could be problems that will arise if the bride doesn't stand still while her pictures are taken. This is because the dress will show wrinkles and the dress can be pulled by any movement. Moreover, your bodice might slip and reveal more than you want so make sure that the bodice is fitted right.
If you are trying out strapless wedding dresses, make sure to bring a strapless bra with you to make sure that the chest size will fit you and you can also bring high heels to know if the length of the dress is good enough so you will not have any problems walking.
Also, you might want to ask your dressmaker to add some bones to your dress so it can hold the dress up. It is not nice to see the bride always adjusting the dress back into place. You also need to make sure that the dress is not too loose so that it does not sit away from the chest, as well as not to tight to avoid bulges on your chest area.
With this style of dress, you can wear some large pieces of jewelry or accessories like gloves if you want. For your hairstyle, a clean up-do will always look good with this style of dress.
A strapless wedding dress is a popular choice nowadays. So if you really want this style, go for it and work it.
Only For The Buff
Avoid wearing a strapless wedding dress if you have short arms because this dress will make your arms look shorter. You should also not be super skinny because you will appear frail. And if you are too bulky on top, wearing a strapless wedding dress will make you look too heavy and like a football player.
Not Considered A Formal Gown
Strapless wedding gowns are deemed not suitable for formal wedding ceremonies because it appears to be too revealing. Some churches and spiritual congregation will not allow a bride to wear a strapless wedding gown. But if you really want to show what you have worked out for, then by all means, choose a strapless wedding gown just make sure that the place you are getting married in will allow you to wear it.
When being photographed wearing a strapless wedding dress, there could be problems that will arise if the bride doesn't stand still while her pictures are taken. This is because the dress will show wrinkles and the dress can be pulled by any movement. Moreover, your bodice might slip and reveal more than you want so make sure that the bodice is fitted right.
If you are trying out strapless wedding dresses, make sure to bring a strapless bra with you to make sure that the chest size will fit you and you can also bring high heels to know if the length of the dress is good enough so you will not have any problems walking.
Also, you might want to ask your dressmaker to add some bones to your dress so it can hold the dress up. It is not nice to see the bride always adjusting the dress back into place. You also need to make sure that the dress is not too loose so that it does not sit away from the chest, as well as not to tight to avoid bulges on your chest area.
With this style of dress, you can wear some large pieces of jewelry or accessories like gloves if you want. For your hairstyle, a clean up-do will always look good with this style of dress.
A strapless wedding dress is a popular choice nowadays. So if you really want this style, go for it and work it.
From:Scott Nichols
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
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Parrots, also known as psittacines (pronounced /ˈsɪtəsaɪnz/) are birds of the roughly 372 species in 86 genera that make up the order Psittaciformes in most warm and tropical regions. The order is subdivided in three families: the Psittacidae ('true' parrots), the Cacatuidae (cockatoos) and the Strigopidae (New Zealand parrots). Parrots have a pan-tropical distribution with several species inhabiting the temperate Southern Hemisphere as well. The greatest diversity of parrots is found in South America and Australasia.Characteristic features of parrots include a strong curved bill, an upright stance, strong legs, and clawed zygodactyl feet. Most parrots are predominantly green, with other bright colors, and some species are multi-colored. Cockatoo species range from mostly white to mostly black, and have a mobile crest of feathers on the top of their heads. Most parrots exhibit little or no sexual dimorphism. They are the most variably sized bird order in terms of length.The most important components of most parrots' diets are seeds, nuts, fruit, buds and other plant material. A few species also eat rats and worms, and the lories and lorikeets are specialised to feed on nectar from flowers, and soft fruits. Almost all parrots nest in tree holes (or nest boxes in captivity), and lay white eggs from which emerge altricial (helpless) young.Parrots, along with ravens, crows, jays and magpies, are some of the most intelligent birds, and the ability of some parrot species to imitate human voices enhances their popularity as pets. Trapping of wild parrots for the pet trade, as well as other hunting, habitat loss and competition from invasive species, have diminished wild populations, and parrots have been subjected to more exploitation than any other group of birds. Recent conservation measures to conserve the habitats of some of the high-profile charismatic parrot species has also protected many of the less charismatic species living in the ecosystem.
Content
* 1 Evolution and systematics
o 1.1 Origins and evolution
o 1.2 Phylogeny
o 1.3 Systematics
o 1.4 Other lists
* 2 Distribution
* 3 Morphology
* 4 Behavior
o 4.1 Diet
o 4.2 Breeding
o 4.3 Intelligence and learning
+ 4.3.1 Sound imitation and speech
* 5 Relationship with humans
o 5.1 Pets
o 5.2 Zoos
o 5.3 Trade
o 5.4 Culture
o 5.5 Feral populations
o 5.6 Threats and conservation
* 6 See also
* 7 References
o 7.1 Notes
* 8 External links
Evolution and systematics
Origins and evolution
Researchers are still unsure about the origins of parrots. The diversity among Psittaciformes in South America and Australasia suggests that the order may have come from Gondwanaland, with the center found in Australasia The scarcity of the bird's fossil record, however, may cause difficulty in proving this.A single 1002 mm fragment from a large lower bill (UCMP 143274), found in deposits from the Lance Creek Formation in Niobrara County, Wyoming, is thought to be the oldest parrot fossil and is presumed to have originated from the Late Cretaceous period, which makes it about 70 million years old.There have been studies, though, that establishes that this fossil is almost certainly not from a bird, but from a caenagnathid theropod or a non-avian dinosaur with a birdlike beaIt is now generally assumed that the Psittaciformes or their common ancestors with a number of related bird orders were present somewhere in the world around the Cretaceous–Tertiary extinction event, some 65 mya (million years ago). If so, they probably had not evolved their morphological autapomorphies yet, but were generalized arboreal birds, roughly similar (though not necessarily closely related) to today's potoos or frogmouths (see also Palaeopsittacus below).Europe is the origin of the first presumed parrot fossils. The first is a wingbone of Mopsitta tanta, uncovered in Denmark and dated to 54 mya (million years ago).The climate at this time was tropical, consistent with the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum.
Later fossils date from the Eocene, starting around 50 mya. Several fairly complete skeletons of parrot-like birds have been found in England and Germany Some uncertainty remains, but on the whole it seems more likely that these are not direct ancestors of the modern parrots, but related lineages which evolved in the Northern Hemisphere but have since died out. These are probably not "missing links" between ancestral and modern parrots, but rather psittaciform lineages that evolved parallel to true parrots and cockatoos and had their own peculiar autapomorphies:* Psittacopes (Early/Middle Eocene of Geiseltal, Germany) – basal?
* Serudaptus – pseudasturid or psittacid?
* Pseudasturidae (Halcyornithidae may be correct name)
o Pseudasturides – formerly Pseudastur
* Vastanavidae
o Vastanavis (Early Eocene of Vastan, India)* Quercypsittidaeo Quercypsitta (Late Eocene)
The feathers of a Yellow-headed Amazon. The blue component of the green coloration is due to light scattering while the yellow is due to pigment.The earliest records of modern parrots date to about 23–20 mya and are also from Europe. Subsequently, the fossil record—again, mainly from Europe—consists of bones clearly recognizable as belonging to parrots of modern type. The Southern Hemisphere does not have nearly as rich a fossil record for the period of interest as the Northern, and contains no known parrot-like remains earlier than the early to middle Miocene, around 20 mya. At this point, however, is found the first unambiguous parrot fossil (as opposed to a parrot-like one), an upper jaw which is indistinguishable from that of modern cockatoos. A few modern genera are tentatively dated to a Miocene origin, but their unequivocal record stretches back only some 5 million years (see genus articles for more).The named fossil genera of parrots are probably all in the Psittacidae or close to its ancestry:
* Archaeopsittacus (Late Oligocene/Early Miocene)
* Xenopsitta (Early Miocene of Czechia)
* Psittacidae gen. et spp. indet. (Bathans Early/Middle Miocene of Otago, New Zealand) - several species
* Bavaripsitta (Middle Miocene of Steinberg, Germany)
* Psittacidae gen. et sp. indet. (Middle Miocene of France) - erroneously placed in Pararallus dispar, includes "Psittacus" lartetianus
Some Paleogene fossils are not unequivocally accepted to be of psittaciforms:
* Palaeopsittacus (Early – Middle Eocene of NW Europe) - caprimulgiform (podargid?) or quercypsittid?
* "Precursor" (Early Eocene) – part of this apparent chimera seems to be of a pseudasturid or psittacid
* Pulchrapollia (Early Eocene) – includes "Primobucco" olsoni - psittaciform (pseudasturid or psittacid)?
PhylogenyParrots Psittacidae Rose-ringed Parakeet (Male) I IMG 9141.jpgCacatuidae Cacatua galerita -perching on branch -crest-8a-2c.jpgStrigopidae Kaka (Nestor meridionalis)- Wellington -NZ-8-2c.jpOther birdsPhylogentic relationship between the three parrot families based on the available literature phylogeny of the parrots is still under investigation. The classifications as presented reflects the current status, which is disputed and therefore subject to change when new studies resolve some of the open questions. For that reason, this classification should be treated as preliminary. Psittaciformes consist of three main lineages: Strigopidae, Psittacidae (true parrots) and Cacatuidae (cockatoos). In the past, the Strigopidae were considered part of the Psittacidae, but recent studies place this group of New Zealand species at the basis of the parrot tree next to the remaining members of the Psittacidae as well as all members of the Cacatuidae.The Cacatuidae are quite distinct, having a movable head crest, a different arrangement of the carotid arteries, a gall bladder, differences in the skull bones, and lack the Dyck texture feathers which, in the Psittacidae, scatters light in such a way as to produce the vibrant colours of so many parrots. Colourful feathers with high levels of psittacofulvin resist feather-degrading Bacillus licheniformis better than white onesLorikeets were previously regarded as a third family, Loriidae,[17] but studies using large amounts of DNA data place the group in the middle of the Psittacidae family, with as closest relatives the fig parrots (two of the three genera of the tribe Cyclopsittacini, subfamily Psittacinae) and the Budgerigar (tribe Melopsittacini, subfamily Platycercinae) SystematicsThe following classification is a version in which several subfamilies are recognized. Molecular data (see above) suggests that several subfamilies might indeed be valid and perhaps even be elevated to family rank, but the arrangement of tribes in these is not well resolved at present.Rainbow Lorikeet (T. h. moluccanus) perching on a garden fence in AustraliSkeleton of a parrotFamily Strigopidae: The New Zealand parrots. Tribe Nestorini: 1 genus with only 2 living species, the Kea and Kākā of the New Zealand regionTribe Strigopini: The flightless, critically endangered Kakapo of New Zealand.Family Cacatuidae: Cockatoos Subfamily Microglossinae
* Subfamily Calyptorhynchinae: dark cockatoos
* Subfamily Cacatuinae: white cockatoosFamily Psittacidae: true parrot* Subfamily Arinae: Neotropical parrots, about 160 species in some 30 genera. Probably 2 distinct lineages
* Subfamily Loriinae: Around a dozen genera with some 50 species of lorikeets and lories, centered in New Guinea, spreading to Australia, Indonesia, and the islands of the south Pacific.
* Subfamily Micropsittinae: 6 species of pygmy parrot, all in a single genus.
* Subfamily Psittacinae
o Tribe Cyclopsittacini: fig parrots, 3 genera, all from New Guinea or nearby.
o Tribe Polytelini: three genera from Australia and the Wallacea that were in the past grouped with the broad-tailed parrots.
o Tribe Psittrichadini: A single species, Pesquet's Parrot.
o Tribe Psittacini: Afrotropical parrots, about a dozen species in 3 genera.
o Tribe Psittaculini: Paleotropic psittaculine parrots, nearly 70 living species in 12 genera, distributed from India to Australasia.
* Subfamily Platycercinae: Broad-tailed parrots; nearly 30 species in roughly one dozen genera.
o Tribe Melopsittacini: one genus with one species, the Budgerigar.
o Tribe Neophemini: two small genera of parrots.
o Tribe Pezoporini: one genus of parrots with two quite distinct species.
o Tribe Platycercini: Rosellas and relatives; around 20 species in 8 genera.
Other listsA list of all parrots sortable by common or binomial name, about 350 species.
o Taxonomic list of Cacatuidae species, 21 species in 7 genera
o Taxonomic list of true parrots which provides the sequence of Psittacidae genera and species following a traditional two-subfamily approach, as in the taxobox above, about 330 species.
o List of Strigopidae
* List of macaws
* List of Amazon parrots
* List of Aratinga parakeeta onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e)" href="http://img.wallpaperstock.net:81/blue-macaw-parrot-wallpapers_12083_2560x1920.jpg">
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Content
* 1 Evolution and systematics
o 1.1 Origins and evolution
o 1.2 Phylogeny
o 1.3 Systematics
o 1.4 Other lists
* 2 Distribution
* 3 Morphology
* 4 Behavior
o 4.1 Diet
o 4.2 Breeding
o 4.3 Intelligence and learning
+ 4.3.1 Sound imitation and speech
* 5 Relationship with humans
o 5.1 Pets
o 5.2 Zoos
o 5.3 Trade
o 5.4 Culture
o 5.5 Feral populations
o 5.6 Threats and conservation
* 6 See also
* 7 References
o 7.1 Notes
* 8 External links
Evolution and systematics
Origins and evolution
Researchers are still unsure about the origins of parrots. The diversity among Psittaciformes in South America and Australasia suggests that the order may have come from Gondwanaland, with the center found in Australasia The scarcity of the bird's fossil record, however, may cause difficulty in proving this.A single 1002 mm fragment from a large lower bill (UCMP 143274), found in deposits from the Lance Creek Formation in Niobrara County, Wyoming, is thought to be the oldest parrot fossil and is presumed to have originated from the Late Cretaceous period, which makes it about 70 million years old.There have been studies, though, that establishes that this fossil is almost certainly not from a bird, but from a caenagnathid theropod or a non-avian dinosaur with a birdlike beaIt is now generally assumed that the Psittaciformes or their common ancestors with a number of related bird orders were present somewhere in the world around the Cretaceous–Tertiary extinction event, some 65 mya (million years ago). If so, they probably had not evolved their morphological autapomorphies yet, but were generalized arboreal birds, roughly similar (though not necessarily closely related) to today's potoos or frogmouths (see also Palaeopsittacus below).Europe is the origin of the first presumed parrot fossils. The first is a wingbone of Mopsitta tanta, uncovered in Denmark and dated to 54 mya (million years ago).The climate at this time was tropical, consistent with the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum.
Later fossils date from the Eocene, starting around 50 mya. Several fairly complete skeletons of parrot-like birds have been found in England and Germany Some uncertainty remains, but on the whole it seems more likely that these are not direct ancestors of the modern parrots, but related lineages which evolved in the Northern Hemisphere but have since died out. These are probably not "missing links" between ancestral and modern parrots, but rather psittaciform lineages that evolved parallel to true parrots and cockatoos and had their own peculiar autapomorphies:* Psittacopes (Early/Middle Eocene of Geiseltal, Germany) – basal?
* Serudaptus – pseudasturid or psittacid?
* Pseudasturidae (Halcyornithidae may be correct name)
o Pseudasturides – formerly Pseudastur
* Vastanavidae
o Vastanavis (Early Eocene of Vastan, India)* Quercypsittidaeo Quercypsitta (Late Eocene)
The feathers of a Yellow-headed Amazon. The blue component of the green coloration is due to light scattering while the yellow is due to pigment.The earliest records of modern parrots date to about 23–20 mya and are also from Europe. Subsequently, the fossil record—again, mainly from Europe—consists of bones clearly recognizable as belonging to parrots of modern type. The Southern Hemisphere does not have nearly as rich a fossil record for the period of interest as the Northern, and contains no known parrot-like remains earlier than the early to middle Miocene, around 20 mya. At this point, however, is found the first unambiguous parrot fossil (as opposed to a parrot-like one), an upper jaw which is indistinguishable from that of modern cockatoos. A few modern genera are tentatively dated to a Miocene origin, but their unequivocal record stretches back only some 5 million years (see genus articles for more).The named fossil genera of parrots are probably all in the Psittacidae or close to its ancestry:
* Archaeopsittacus (Late Oligocene/Early Miocene)
* Xenopsitta (Early Miocene of Czechia)
* Psittacidae gen. et spp. indet. (Bathans Early/Middle Miocene of Otago, New Zealand) - several species
* Bavaripsitta (Middle Miocene of Steinberg, Germany)
* Psittacidae gen. et sp. indet. (Middle Miocene of France) - erroneously placed in Pararallus dispar, includes "Psittacus" lartetianus
Some Paleogene fossils are not unequivocally accepted to be of psittaciforms:
* Palaeopsittacus (Early – Middle Eocene of NW Europe) - caprimulgiform (podargid?) or quercypsittid?
* "Precursor" (Early Eocene) – part of this apparent chimera seems to be of a pseudasturid or psittacid
* Pulchrapollia (Early Eocene) – includes "Primobucco" olsoni - psittaciform (pseudasturid or psittacid)?
PhylogenyParrots Psittacidae Rose-ringed Parakeet (Male) I IMG 9141.jpgCacatuidae Cacatua galerita -perching on branch -crest-8a-2c.jpgStrigopidae Kaka (Nestor meridionalis)- Wellington -NZ-8-2c.jpOther birdsPhylogentic relationship between the three parrot families based on the available literature phylogeny of the parrots is still under investigation. The classifications as presented reflects the current status, which is disputed and therefore subject to change when new studies resolve some of the open questions. For that reason, this classification should be treated as preliminary. Psittaciformes consist of three main lineages: Strigopidae, Psittacidae (true parrots) and Cacatuidae (cockatoos). In the past, the Strigopidae were considered part of the Psittacidae, but recent studies place this group of New Zealand species at the basis of the parrot tree next to the remaining members of the Psittacidae as well as all members of the Cacatuidae.The Cacatuidae are quite distinct, having a movable head crest, a different arrangement of the carotid arteries, a gall bladder, differences in the skull bones, and lack the Dyck texture feathers which, in the Psittacidae, scatters light in such a way as to produce the vibrant colours of so many parrots. Colourful feathers with high levels of psittacofulvin resist feather-degrading Bacillus licheniformis better than white onesLorikeets were previously regarded as a third family, Loriidae,[17] but studies using large amounts of DNA data place the group in the middle of the Psittacidae family, with as closest relatives the fig parrots (two of the three genera of the tribe Cyclopsittacini, subfamily Psittacinae) and the Budgerigar (tribe Melopsittacini, subfamily Platycercinae) SystematicsThe following classification is a version in which several subfamilies are recognized. Molecular data (see above) suggests that several subfamilies might indeed be valid and perhaps even be elevated to family rank, but the arrangement of tribes in these is not well resolved at present.Rainbow Lorikeet (T. h. moluccanus) perching on a garden fence in AustraliSkeleton of a parrotFamily Strigopidae: The New Zealand parrots. Tribe Nestorini: 1 genus with only 2 living species, the Kea and Kākā of the New Zealand regionTribe Strigopini: The flightless, critically endangered Kakapo of New Zealand.Family Cacatuidae: Cockatoos Subfamily Microglossinae
* Subfamily Calyptorhynchinae: dark cockatoos
* Subfamily Cacatuinae: white cockatoosFamily Psittacidae: true parrot* Subfamily Arinae: Neotropical parrots, about 160 species in some 30 genera. Probably 2 distinct lineages
* Subfamily Loriinae: Around a dozen genera with some 50 species of lorikeets and lories, centered in New Guinea, spreading to Australia, Indonesia, and the islands of the south Pacific.
* Subfamily Micropsittinae: 6 species of pygmy parrot, all in a single genus.
* Subfamily Psittacinae
o Tribe Cyclopsittacini: fig parrots, 3 genera, all from New Guinea or nearby.
o Tribe Polytelini: three genera from Australia and the Wallacea that were in the past grouped with the broad-tailed parrots.
o Tribe Psittrichadini: A single species, Pesquet's Parrot.
o Tribe Psittacini: Afrotropical parrots, about a dozen species in 3 genera.
o Tribe Psittaculini: Paleotropic psittaculine parrots, nearly 70 living species in 12 genera, distributed from India to Australasia.
* Subfamily Platycercinae: Broad-tailed parrots; nearly 30 species in roughly one dozen genera.
o Tribe Melopsittacini: one genus with one species, the Budgerigar.
o Tribe Neophemini: two small genera of parrots.
o Tribe Pezoporini: one genus of parrots with two quite distinct species.
o Tribe Platycercini: Rosellas and relatives; around 20 species in 8 genera.
Other listsA list of all parrots sortable by common or binomial name, about 350 species.
o Taxonomic list of Cacatuidae species, 21 species in 7 genera
o Taxonomic list of true parrots which provides the sequence of Psittacidae genera and species following a traditional two-subfamily approach, as in the taxobox above, about 330 species.
o List of Strigopidae
* List of macaws
* List of Amazon parrots
* List of Aratinga parakeeta onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e)" href="http://img.wallpaperstock.net:81/blue-macaw-parrot-wallpapers_12083_2560x1920.jpg">
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Wednesday, December 1, 2010
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Bears are the only mammals to give birth while hibernating. Grizzly bear cubs only weigh about 21-25 ounces when they are born, and are about the size of a small chipmunk. Born in January or Febuary, cubs will nurse and grow inside the den for the next four or five months. During their first summer grizzly bear cubs augment their milk diet with all the hundreds of food sources enjoyed by their mother. By tasting food sources cubs begin to memorize where and when different foods can be procured. This cub above was munching on sedge grass which can be up to 25% protein in early summer.Clams are one of the meat sources that grizzly cubs learn to enjoy at an early age. Clams are an important part of a coastal grizzly bear's diet during spring and summer, and often their only consistent meat source before the salmon arrives in mid to late summer. This grizzly mother (Patricia) was leaving behind scraps of clams for her cubs to dig up and find. Moving one hole behind their mother, the cubs gnawed off bits of meat still stuck to the clam shells and practiced the fine art of clam digging. Cubs learn about life by closely imitating their mothers.
Friday, July 30First year cubs, sometimes called "spring cubs" or "first summer cubs", were born the previous winter inside their mother's dens. These two cubs pictured above were photographed in July and are about six months old.
It's hard to believe that our vacation is coming to an end. Today was another early day because we wanted to get an early start before the crowds--so we left the cabin by 7:00am. We drove to Old Faithful and had a lovely drive with little traffic, just one short road work delay.Yellowstone is known for delays due to road work or animal sightings We were at Old Faithful by 9:00 am and didn't have to wait long for the geyser to blow--it went off at approx. 9:35am. It lasted a couple of minutes and gave off a lot of steam, but frankly didn't go that high. It was still exciting to see this natural phenomenon at Yellowstone. We visited the Old Faithful Inn which is gorgeous and has that "old time lodge" feel to it--the interior is beautiful. We decided to head into Bozeman which is where we will be spending our final night in Montana. The drive from West Yellowstone to Bozeman was beautiful! The excitement of our day was watching a bison walk down the middle of the road as we were driving to Old Faithful--we were very close to it, but safely in our car. It's another early wake up for us tomorrow--we need to be up by 5:15am --our flight leaves at 7:20am. It will be nice to be home again, but we're sad to leave this beautiful state. We will post more photos when we have a chance.
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Friday, July 30First year cubs, sometimes called "spring cubs" or "first summer cubs", were born the previous winter inside their mother's dens. These two cubs pictured above were photographed in July and are about six months old.
It's hard to believe that our vacation is coming to an end. Today was another early day because we wanted to get an early start before the crowds--so we left the cabin by 7:00am. We drove to Old Faithful and had a lovely drive with little traffic, just one short road work delay.Yellowstone is known for delays due to road work or animal sightings We were at Old Faithful by 9:00 am and didn't have to wait long for the geyser to blow--it went off at approx. 9:35am. It lasted a couple of minutes and gave off a lot of steam, but frankly didn't go that high. It was still exciting to see this natural phenomenon at Yellowstone. We visited the Old Faithful Inn which is gorgeous and has that "old time lodge" feel to it--the interior is beautiful. We decided to head into Bozeman which is where we will be spending our final night in Montana. The drive from West Yellowstone to Bozeman was beautiful! The excitement of our day was watching a bison walk down the middle of the road as we were driving to Old Faithful--we were very close to it, but safely in our car. It's another early wake up for us tomorrow--we need to be up by 5:15am --our flight leaves at 7:20am. It will be nice to be home again, but we're sad to leave this beautiful state. We will post more photos when we have a chance.
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Fast food (also known as Quick Service Restaurant or QSR within the industry itself) is the term given to food that can be prepared and served very quickly. While any meal with low preparation time can be considered to be fast food, typically the term refers to food sold in a restaurant or store with preheated or precooked ingredients, and served to the customer in a packaged form for take-out/take-away. The term "fast food" was recognized in a dictionary by Merriam–Webster in 1951.Outlets may be stands or kiosks, which may provide no shelter or seating, or fast food restaurants (also known as quick service restaurants). Franchise operations which are part of restaurant chains have standardized foodstuffs shipped to each restaurant from central locations.The capital requirements involved in opening up a non-franchised fast food restaurant are relatively low. Restaurants with much higher sit-in ratios, where customers tend to sit and have their orders brought to them in a seemingly more upscale atmosphere, may be known in some areas as fast casual restaurants.
In areas which had access to coastal or tidal waters, 'fast food' would frequently include local shellfish or seafood, such as oysters or, as in London, eels. Often this seafood would be cooked directly on the quay or close by. development of trawler fishing in the mid nineteenth century would lead to the development of a British favourite fish and chips partly due to such activities.British fast food had considerable regional variation. Sometimes the regionality of dish became part of the culture of its respective area.The content of fast food pies has varied, with poultry (such as chickens) or wildfowl commonly being used. After World War II, turkey has been used more frequently in fast food.A particularly British form of fast food is the sandwich, popularised by John Montagu, the fourth Earl of Sandwich in 1762 when he wrapped dried meat in bread so as not to interrupt his work or his gambling (accounts vary).[7][8] The sandwich has similarities in other cuisines and cultures such as the filled baguettes popular in France. Despite its wide appeal and consumption in the UK, it is only in recent years that the sandwich in its various forms has been considered to be fast food, initially being promoted as such by niche chains such as Subway and Pret a Manger.
As well as its native forms, the UK has adopted fast food from other cultures, such as pizza (Italian), Chinese noodles, kebab, curry and various other forms of fast foods come from other parts of the Commonwealth of Nations. And further afield. In some areas imported fast food has become part of both the local, and British culture in general. More recently healthier alternatives to conventional fast food have also emerged.A 2008 study was conducted worldwide counting the number of fast food restaurants per person.The UK has claimed this title with Australia second and the United States third. England alone accounted for 25% of all fast food.
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In areas which had access to coastal or tidal waters, 'fast food' would frequently include local shellfish or seafood, such as oysters or, as in London, eels. Often this seafood would be cooked directly on the quay or close by. development of trawler fishing in the mid nineteenth century would lead to the development of a British favourite fish and chips partly due to such activities.British fast food had considerable regional variation. Sometimes the regionality of dish became part of the culture of its respective area.The content of fast food pies has varied, with poultry (such as chickens) or wildfowl commonly being used. After World War II, turkey has been used more frequently in fast food.A particularly British form of fast food is the sandwich, popularised by John Montagu, the fourth Earl of Sandwich in 1762 when he wrapped dried meat in bread so as not to interrupt his work or his gambling (accounts vary).[7][8] The sandwich has similarities in other cuisines and cultures such as the filled baguettes popular in France. Despite its wide appeal and consumption in the UK, it is only in recent years that the sandwich in its various forms has been considered to be fast food, initially being promoted as such by niche chains such as Subway and Pret a Manger.
As well as its native forms, the UK has adopted fast food from other cultures, such as pizza (Italian), Chinese noodles, kebab, curry and various other forms of fast foods come from other parts of the Commonwealth of Nations. And further afield. In some areas imported fast food has become part of both the local, and British culture in general. More recently healthier alternatives to conventional fast food have also emerged.A 2008 study was conducted worldwide counting the number of fast food restaurants per person.The UK has claimed this title with Australia second and the United States third. England alone accounted for 25% of all fast food.
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