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Navel lint, or more commonly belly button lint or fluff, is an accumulation of fluffy fibres in one's navel. Many people find that, at the beginning and end of the day, a small lump of fluff has appeared in the navel cavity. The reasons for this have been the subject of idle speculation for many years but in 2001, Dr. Karl Kruszelnicki of the University of Sydney, Australia undertook a systematic survey to determine the ins and outs of belly button fluff. His primary findings were as follows: Navel li ...

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Hurtubise's obsession with bears began on August 4, 1984, when he was 20 years old and survived a skirmish with a grizzly bear he refers to as "the Old Man", while hiking near Humidity Creek in central British Columbia. The encounter had a profound effect on Hurtubise. Returning to his home province of Ontario, he decided to learn as much about grizzlies as he could. However, he realized that due to the bear's fierce nature, it is very difficult to get close enough to study them without physical danger, and he believed that drugging the animal wo ...

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Eccentricity is necessarily defined relatively. For the purposes of this article, an eccentric is someone whose behaviour, beliefs and/or hobbies deviate in a significant way from the accepted norms of their society, but otherwise can function largely as normal in society. He or she may be regarded as strange, odd or at least unconventional, irregular and erratic. Other people may regard the eccentric with apprehension but also with amusement. People behave in "eccentric" ways for many reasons. Sometimes, particular patterns of ...

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A basic karaoke machine consists of audio input, a means of altering the pitch of the music (not the singer) and an audio output. Some low-end machines attempt to provide vocal suppression so that one can feed regular songs into the machine and suppress the voice of the original singer, however this is not very effective (see below). Most common machines are audio mixers with microphone input built-in with CD+G, Video CD, Laser Disc, or DVD players. CD+G players use a special track called subcode to encode the lyrics and pictures displayed o ...

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A basic karaoke machine consists of audio input, a means of altering the pitch of the music (not the singer) and an audio output. Some low-end machines attempt to provide vocal suppression so that one can feed regular songs into the machine and suppress the voice of the original singer, however this is not very effective (see below). Most common machines are audio mixers with microphone input built-in with CD+G, Video CD, Laser Disc, or DVD players. CD+G players use a special track called subcode to encode the lyrics and pictures displayed o ...

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Karaoke, Karaoke - Word origin, Karaoke - History, Karaoke - Technology, Karaoke - MIDI applications and *.kar files, Karaoke - Video game, Karaoke - Karaoke VCD, Karaoke - Karaoke on mobile phones, Karaoke - Karaoke on computers and internet, Karaoke - Karaoke in automobiles, Karaoke - Alternative playback devices, Karaoke - Public places for karaoke, Karaoke - Terms of karaoke, Karaoke - Gian, Karaoke - Ohako 18th, Karaoke - KTV Karaoke box Noraebang, Karaoke - Sing K, Karaoke - Karaoke in fiction, Karaoke - Karaoke in film

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In Asia, a Karaoke box (also called KTV or Noraebang) is the most popular type of karaoke venue. A karaoke box is a small or medium-sized room containing karaoke equipment for a group of friends to rent by timed increments, providing for a more intimate and less public atmosphere. Generally, entire businesses provide karaoke as their primary function, although karaoke machines are sometimes included in hotel or other business facilities. "G ...

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The CD+G format of karaoke disc, which contains the lyrics on a specially encoded subcode track, has heretofore required special—and expensive—equipment to play it. Commercial players have come down in price, though, and some unexpected devices (including the Sega Saturn videogame console) can decode the graphics; in fact, karaoke machines, including video and sometimes recording capability, are often popular electron ...

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Karaoke, Karaoke - Word origin, Karaoke - History, Karaoke - Technology, Karaoke - MIDI applications and *.kar files, Karaoke - Video game, Karaoke - Karaoke VCD, Karaoke - Karaoke on mobile phones, Karaoke - Karaoke on computers and internet, Karaoke - Karaoke in automobiles, Karaoke - Alternative playback devices, Karaoke - Public places for karaoke, Karaoke - Terms of karaoke, Karaoke - Gian, Karaoke - Ohako 18th, Karaoke - KTV Karaoke box Noraebang, Karaoke - Sing K, Karaoke - Karaoke in fiction, Karaoke - Karaoke in film

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Karaoke appears in a variety of fictional settings in Asia, often as a place young people gather for fun. The small size of a karaoke room makes for an intimate and simple setting. Karaoke - Karaoke in film. Karaoke has been depicted in movies and television shows. Examples include the 1996 comedy film The Cable Guy, and the 1997 Korean movie No. 3, a gangster comedy film, in which some of the characters are depicted drunk and singing off-key. A more recent example is Lost in TranslationSee also:

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Most recently, Hurtubise has designed the Angel Light, a large device that he claims can see through walls, see into flesh, detect radar-resistant aircraft, and disable electronic devices. Hurtubise claims that the design for the Angel Light came to him in a series of three dreams, and that he was able to build it from memory, with no schematic. The Angel Light is tubular in shape, several feet long, and is constructed in three units. The "centrifuge" unit, contains logic devices, black, white, red and fluorescent light sources, as we ...

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Project Troy is the moniker given to the current stage of a 15-plus year effort undertaken by Hurtubise to develop protection suit technology. It began as a desire to create a suit capable of withstanding the viciousness of an enraged bear attack, but the process has developed ideas and technologies whose purposes go beyond simple bear attack protection and could benefit the world. Some of the testing the 145-kilogram (320-pound) Ursus Mark VI underwent included live bear tests in British Columbia, Canada. After initial fear of the st ...

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Karaoke - Gian. A character ("Jaian" in romaji, ジャイアン) from Doraemon, known for his highly questionable singing ability. Thus someone who loves karaoke but can only sing completely out of tune, is referred as a Gian, pronounced like giant, but without the t sound on the end. Karaoke - Ohako 18th. Some karaoke singers have one song which they are especially good at, and which they use to show off their singing abilities. It is called Ohako (十八� ...

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The Japanese word stems from the words kara (空), meaning "empty" (as in karate, "empty hand") and oke which is short for ōkesutora, meaning "orchestra". The words together make a contraction literally meaning "empty orchestra". This terminology used to be a slang term in media where a live performance is substituted by a pre-recorded music and thus it is written in katakana. The term karaoke can be interpreted as "virtual orchestra" because one can specify a key to the music and start singing along without the ...

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Karaoke, Karaoke - Word origin, Karaoke - History, Karaoke - Technology, Karaoke - MIDI applications and *.kar files, Karaoke - Video game, Karaoke - Karaoke VCD, Karaoke - Karaoke on mobile phones, Karaoke - Karaoke on computers and internet, Karaoke - Karaoke in automobiles, Karaoke - Alternative playback devices, Karaoke - Public places for karaoke, Karaoke - Terms of karaoke, Karaoke - Gian, Karaoke - Ohako 18th, Karaoke - KTV Karaoke box Noraebang, Karaoke - Sing K, Karaoke - Karaoke in fiction, Karaoke - Karaoke in film

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The CD+G format of karaoke disc, which contains the lyrics on a specially encoded subcode track, has heretofore required special—and expensive—equipment to play it. Commercial players have come down in price, though, and some unexpected devices (including the Sega Saturn videogame console) can decode the graphics; in fact, karaoke machines, including video and sometimes recording capability, are often popular electron ...

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Karaoke, Karaoke - Word origin, Karaoke - History, Karaoke - Technology, Karaoke - MIDI applications and *.kar files, Karaoke - Video game, Karaoke - Karaoke VCD, Karaoke - Karaoke on mobile phones, Karaoke - Karaoke on computers and internet, Karaoke - Alternative playback devices, Karaoke - Public places for karaoke, Karaoke - Terms of karaoke, Karaoke - Gian, Karaoke - Ohako 18th, Karaoke - KTV Karaoke box Noraebang, Karaoke - Sing K, Karaoke - Karaoke in fiction, Karaoke - Karaoke in film

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It has been common to provide musical entertainment at a dinner or a party in Japan, as in the rest of the world, for a long time. This traditions appeared in the earliest Japanese mythology. For a long time, singing and dancing remained one of the few adult entertainments in rural areas. Noh was initially played at a tea party and guests were welcomed to join in for a cheer or a shout of praise. Dancing and singing was also a part of a samurai's education. It was expected that every samurai have a dance or a song they could perform. During the Taisho period, Utagoe Kissa, (literally song coffee shop), became popular and customers sung to ...

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Karaoke, Karaoke - Word origin, Karaoke - History, Karaoke - Technology, Karaoke - MIDI applications and *.kar files, Karaoke - Video game, Karaoke - Karaoke VCD, Karaoke - Karaoke on mobile phones, Karaoke - Karaoke on computers and internet, Karaoke - Alternative playback devices, Karaoke - Public places for karaoke, Karaoke - Terms of karaoke, Karaoke - Gian, Karaoke - Ohako 18th, Karaoke - KTV Karaoke box Noraebang, Karaoke - Sing K, Karaoke - Karaoke in fiction, Karaoke - Karaoke in film

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In Asia, a Karaoke box (also called KTV or Noraebang) is the most popular type of karaoke venue. A karaoke box is a small or medium-sized room containing karaoke equipment for a group of friends to rent by timed increments, providing for a more intimate and less public atmosphere. Generally, entire businesses provide karaoke as their primary function, although karaoke machines are sometimes included in hotel or other business facilities. "G ...

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Karaoke, Karaoke - Word origin, Karaoke - History, Karaoke - Technology, Karaoke - MIDI applications and *.kar files, Karaoke - Video game, Karaoke - Karaoke VCD, Karaoke - Karaoke on mobile phones, Karaoke - Karaoke on computers and internet, Karaoke - Alternative playback devices, Karaoke - Public places for karaoke, Karaoke - Terms of karaoke, Karaoke - Gian, Karaoke - Ohako 18th, Karaoke - KTV Karaoke box Noraebang, Karaoke - Sing K, Karaoke - Karaoke in fiction, Karaoke - Karaoke in film

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Karaoke - Gian. A character ("Jaian" in romaji, ジャイアン) from Doraemon, known for his highly questionable singing ability. Thus someone who loves karaoke but can only sing completely out of tune, is referred as a Gian, pronounced like giant, but without the t sound on the end. Karaoke - Ohako 18th. Some karaoke singers have one song which they are especially good at, and which they use to show off their singing abilities. It is called Ohako (十八� ...

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Karaoke, Karaoke - Word origin, Karaoke - History, Karaoke - Technology, Karaoke - MIDI applications and *.kar files, Karaoke - Video game, Karaoke - Karaoke VCD, Karaoke - Karaoke on mobile phones, Karaoke - Karaoke on computers and internet, Karaoke - Alternative playback devices, Karaoke - Public places for karaoke, Karaoke - Terms of karaoke, Karaoke - Gian, Karaoke - Ohako 18th, Karaoke - KTV Karaoke box Noraebang, Karaoke - Sing K, Karaoke - Karaoke in fiction, Karaoke - Karaoke in film

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The Japanese word stems from the words kara (空), meaning "empty" (as in karate, "empty hand") and oke which is short for ōkesutora, meaning "orchestra". The words together make a contraction literally meaning "empty orchestra". This terminology used to be a slang term in media where a live performance is substituted by a pre-recorded music and thus it is written in katakana. The term karaoke can be interpreted as "virtual orchestra" because one can specify a key to the music and start singing along without the ...

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Karaoke, Karaoke - Word origin, Karaoke - History, Karaoke - Technology, Karaoke - MIDI applications and *.kar files, Karaoke - Video game, Karaoke - Karaoke VCD, Karaoke - Karaoke on mobile phones, Karaoke - Karaoke on computers and internet, Karaoke - Alternative playback devices, Karaoke - Public places for karaoke, Karaoke - Terms of karaoke, Karaoke - Gian, Karaoke - Ohako 18th, Karaoke - KTV Karaoke box Noraebang, Karaoke - Sing K, Karaoke - Karaoke in fiction, Karaoke - Karaoke in film

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Karaoke appears in a variety of fictional settings in Asia, often as a place young people gather for fun. The small size of a karaoke room makes for an intimate and simple setting. Karaoke - Karaoke in film. Karaoke has been depicted in movies and television shows. Examples include the 1996 comedy film The Cable Guy, and the 1997 Korean movie No. 3, a gangster comedy film, in which some of the characters are depicted drunk and singing off-key. A more recent example is Lost in Translation. Karaoke is central to the 2000 movie Duets, which was reasonably well researched, and ...

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Karaoke, Karaoke - Word origin, Karaoke - History, Karaoke - Technology, Karaoke - MIDI applications and *.kar files, Karaoke - Video game, Karaoke - Karaoke VCD, Karaoke - Karaoke on mobile phones, Karaoke - Karaoke on computers and internet, Karaoke - Alternative playback devices, Karaoke - Public places for karaoke, Karaoke - Terms of karaoke, Karaoke - Gian, Karaoke - Ohako 18th, Karaoke - KTV Karaoke box Noraebang, Karaoke - Sing K, Karaoke - Karaoke in fiction, Karaoke - Karaoke in film

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It has been common to provide musical entertainment at a dinner or a party in Japan, as in the rest of the world, for a long time. This traditions appeared in the earliest Japanese mythology. For a long time, singing and dancing remained one of the few adult entertainments in rural areas. Noh was initially played at a tea party and guests were welcomed to join in for a cheer or a shout of praise. Dancing and singing was also a part of a samurai's education. It was expected that every samurai have a dance or a song they could perform. During the Taisho period, Utagoe Kissa, (literally song coffee shop), became popular and customers sung to ...

See also:

Karaoke, Karaoke - Word origin, Karaoke - History, Karaoke - Technology, Karaoke - MIDI applications and *.kar files, Karaoke - Video game, Karaoke - Karaoke VCD, Karaoke - Karaoke on mobile phones, Karaoke - Karaoke on computers and internet, Karaoke - Karaoke in automobiles, Karaoke - Alternative playback devices, Karaoke - Public places for karaoke, Karaoke - Terms of karaoke, Karaoke - Gian, Karaoke - Ohako 18th, Karaoke - KTV Karaoke box Noraebang, Karaoke - Sing K, Karaoke - Karaoke in fiction, Karaoke - Karaoke in film

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