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  2. Whistling - Wikipedia

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    Pucker whistling is the most common form in much Western music. Typically, the tongue tip is lowered, often placed behind the lower teeth, and the pitch altered by varying the position of the tongue. Although varying the degree of pucker will change the pitch of a pucker whistle, expert pucker whistlers will generally only make small variations ...

  3. Pucker Up: The Fine Art of Whistling - Wikipedia

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    Pucker Up: The Fine Art of Whistling is a documentary film on the 31st International Whistlers Convention that follows a Washington D.C. investment banker, a Dutch social worker and a turkey hauler among others as they compete for a prize in competitive whistling.

  4. Smack (ship) - Wikipedia

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    A smack was a traditional fishing boat used off the coast of Britain and the Atlantic coast of America for most of the 19th century and, in small numbers, up to the Second World War. Many larger smacks were originally cutter-rigged sailing boats until about 1865, when smacks had become so large that cutter main booms were unhandy. The smaller ...

  5. Molly Lewis (whistler) - Wikipedia

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    Born in Sydney, Australia, [1] Lewis grew up whistling, and later pursued it as a career. [2] After her parents showed her the documentary Pucker Up: The Fine Art of Whistling , she entered her first whistling competition, the 2012 International Whistlers Convention in North Carolina .

  6. Drifter (fishing boat) - Wikipedia

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    The Lydia Eva is the last surviving steam drifter of the herring fishing fleet based in Great Yarmouth. A drifter is a type of fishing boat. They were designed to catch herring in a long drift net. Herring fishing using drifters has a long history in the Netherlands and in many British fishing ports, particularly in East Scottish ports.

  7. Savings interest rates today: Why earn pennies when you ... - AOL

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    The FDIC is an independent government agency charged with maintaining stability and public confidence in the U.S. financial system and providing insurance on consumer deposit accounts.

  8. Caïque - Wikipedia

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    A caïque (Greek: καΐκι, kaiki, from Turkish: kayık [1]) is a traditional fishing boat usually found among the waters of the Ionian or Aegean Sea, and also a light skiff used on the Bosporus. [1] It is traditionally a small wooden trading vessel, brightly painted and rigged for sail.

  9. Mysterious illness, dubbed "disease X," has killed dozens in ...

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    A mysterious illness, which the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is calling "disease X," has killed at least 31 people — mostly children — in the remote Panzi region of the ...