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Hula Hoops
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Hula Hoops are a salted potato-based snack product, in the shape of short, hollow cylinders. They are named after the hula hoop, a similarly-shaped toy. They are popular in the United Kingdom. They are currently available in five flavours: original (salted), Barbecue Beef, Cheese and Onion, Sizzling Bacon, and Salt and Vinegar. They are produced by KP Snacks.
Hula Hoops packets have traditionally been red, and this remains the colour for the original flavour. Various on-pack promotions and TV advertising have ensured their popularity over many years.
External link
http://www.fantasyjackpalance.com/fjp/photos/misc/002/hula-hoops.jpg Photograph of packets
Category: Snack foods
Hula Hoop
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The hula hoop is a toy hoop that promotes physical activity. Today it is often made of plastic and twirled around the waist or limbs.
History
Children around the world have always played with hoops, twirling, rolling and throwing them. The hoops were made of grapevines and stiff grasses. In Egypt around 3000 years ago, hoops made out of grape vines were propelled around the ground with sticks. In ancient Greece their use was recommended for losing weight. In the 14th century, "hooping" was popular in England and medics blamed it for heart attacks and back dislocations. The word "hula" was added in the early 18th century as sailors that visited Hawaii noticed the similarity between hula dancing and hooping.
In 1957 the hula hoop was reinvented by two college graduates, Richard Knerr and Arthur "Spud" Melin, who had founded the Wham-O company in 1948 and now had their breakthrough. The idea came from a Californian who had visited Australia who told Knerr and Melin about children twirling bamboo hoops around the waist in gym class. So the new Hula Hoops were created with Marlex, a recently invented durable plastic (where the hoop hype helped as a kickstarter for Marlex production). Today the hula hoop is known as the biggest and most profitable fad of the 1950s.
After the hoop was released in 1958, Wham-O sold over 100 million in two years. This was referenced in the 1994 movie ''The Hudsucker Proxy'' by the Coen Brothers. As the fad burned out, Wham-O again struck lucky with the release of their Frisbee.
Nationally Ranked Competitive Hula Hoopers:
Benjy Bronk,
Lori Lynn Lomeli.
Dance
It created a dance, the most famous dancer being Adriano Celentano.
Today
The past few years have seen the re-emergence of hula hooping. These 21st century hoopers are making their own (much larger and heavier) hoops out of polyethylene tubing.
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Hoop Dreams
''Hoop Dreams'' is a 1994 documentary film directed by Steve James. It follows the story of two Chicago, Illinois high school students and their dream of becoming professional basketball players. Originally intended to be a 30-minute short produced for the Public Broadcasting Service, it eventually led to 5 years of filming and 250 hours of footage. It premiered at the 1994 Sundance Film Festival where it won the Audience Award for Best Documentary. Despite its length (171 minutes) and unlikely commercial genre, it received high critical and popular acclaim.
The film follows William Gates and Arthur Agee, two African-American kids who are recruited to a predominantly white high school with an outstanding basketball program. Taking 90-minute commutes to school, enduring long and difficult workouts and practices, and acclimating to a foreign social environment, Gates and Agee struggle to improve their athletic skills in a job market with heavy competition. Along the way, their families celebrate their successes and support each other during times of hardship.
The film raises a number of issues concerning race, class, economic division, education and values in contemporary America. It also offers one of the most intimate views of inner-city life to be captured on film. Yet it is also the human story of two young men, their two families and their community, and the joys and struggles they live through over a period of 5 years.
Seed money for ''Hoop Dreams'' came from several sources, including the National Endowment for the Arts, PBS, and PBS member station KTCA in Minnesota. Kartemquin Films of Chicago is credited as a production organization along with KTCA. The movie was given as an example to defend the level of U.S. government funding of PBS, which was reduced in the following years.
''Hoop Dreams'' received an Academy Award nomination for Best Film Editing, but was not nominated for Best Documentary. This omission caused considerable controversy
Eb.Hoop
Carl (David) Anderson's discovery of the muon
Why did you change my edit that attributed the discovery of the muon to Carl Anderson http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Muon&diff=0&oldid=4632075? Clearly, the famed singer/actor played an invaluable part! --Diberri | Talk 18:29, Jul 14, 2004 (UTC)
Such, Such Were the Joys
Good article that can't let decent contributions go by without comment. MeltBanana 21:27, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Hoop Cheese
Hoop Cheese is a firm, dry cottage cheese, similar to farmer’s cheese in that most of the liquid has been pressed out. It is different from farmer’s cheese in that farmer’s cheese is made with milk, cream and salt, while hoop cheese is made from milk alone.
Hoop cheese is difficult to find commercially in the United States, due to the difficulty of automating the manufacturing process. It was once so popular, however, that a device called a hoop cheese cutter was manufactured and used in general stores during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This object resembled a turntable with a knife blade suspended above it. It was built by scale companies of the period to cut the exact amount of cheese the customer wanted.
http://www.crackerbarrel.com/about-decor.cfm?doc_id=129 Crackerbarrel.com (Picture of hoop cheese cutter)
Category:Cheeses
Hoop Cheese
I've attempted to make this page amenable to the site's policy. I thought that the brief passages used did follow policy. My apologies
:No problem. We just cant take direct copies of copyrighted text. But if you like the topic, it is not too difficult to make your own article, like you're doing on Hoop cheese/Temp. Should be done on the main article, though. Anyway, happy editing -- Chris 73 | Talk 10:36, 17 Jul 2004 (UTC)
::I have removed Hoop cheese/temp, as it seems that the entire content was copied to Hoop cheese. If you still need the temp, let me know. Thanks for editing the article -- Chris 73 | Talk 14:34, 17 Jul 2004 (UTC)
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