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Alabama
Alabama (
i/ˌæləˈbæmə/) is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama is the 30th-most extensive and the 23rd-most populous of the 50 United States. Alabama ranks second in the area of its inland waterways.
From the American Civil War until World War II, Alabama, like many Southern states, suffered economic hardship, in part because of continued dependence on agriculture. Despite the growth of major industries and urban centers, white rural interests dominated the state legislature until the 1960s, while urban interests and African Americans were under-represented. Following World War II, Alabama experienced growth as the economy of the state transitioned from agriculture to diversified interests in heavy manufacturing, mineral extraction, education, and technology. In addition, the establishment or expansion of multiple military installations, primarily those of the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force, added to state jobs.
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Appalachia
Appalachia is a term used to describe a cultural region in the eastern United States that stretches from the Southern Tier of New York state to northern Alabama, Mississippi, and Georgia. While the Appalachian Mountains stretch from Belle Isle in Canada to Cheaha Mountain in the U.S. state of Alabama, the cultural region of Appalachia typically refers only to the central and southern portions of the range. As of 2005, the region was home to approximately 23 million people.
Since its recognition as a distinctive region in the late 19th century, Appalachia has been a source of enduring myths and distortions regarding the isolation, temperament, and behavior of its inhabitants. Early 20th-century writers focused on sensationalistic aspects of the region's culture, such as moonshining and clan feuding, and often portrayed the region's inhabitants as uneducated and prone to impulsive acts of violence. Sociological studies in the 1960s and 1970s helped to re-examine and dispel these stereotypes, although popular media continue to perpetuate the image of Appalachia as a culturally backward region into the 21st century.
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Arkansas
Arkansas (i/ˈɑrkənsɔː/ AR-kən-saw) is a state located in the Southern region of the United States. Its name is an Algonquian name of the Quapaw Indians. Arkansas shares borders with six states (N: Missouri; E: Tennessee, Mississippi; S: Louisiana; SW: Texas; W: Oklahoma), and its eastern border is largely defined by the Mississippi River. Its diverse geography ranges from the mountainous regions of the Ozarks and the Ouachita Mountains, which make up the U.S. Interior Highlands, to the eastern lowlands along the Mississippi River. Arkansas is the 29th most extensive and the 32nd most populous of the 50 United States. The capital and most populous city is Little Rock, located in the central portion of the state.
The name “Arkansas” derives from the same root as the name for the state of Kansas. The Kansa tribe of Native Americans are closely associated with the Sioux tribes of the Great Plains. The word “Arkansas” itself is a French pronunciation (“Arcansas”) of a Quapaw (a related “Kaw” tribe) word, akakaze, meaning “land of downriver people” or the Sioux word akakaze meaning “people of the south wind”. The pronunciation of Arkansas was made official by an act of the state legislature in 1881, after a dispute between two U.S. Senators from Arkansas. One wanted to pronounce the name /ɑrˈkænzəs/ ar-KAN-zəs and the other wanted /ˈɑrkənsɔː/ AR-kən-saw.
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Atlanta
Atlanta (
/ətˈlæntə/, stressed /ætˈlæntə/, locally /ætˈlænə/) is the capital and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia with a 2010 population of 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest in the U.S. It is a major component of a growing southeastern megalopolis known as the Piedmont Atlantic Megaregion. Atlanta is the county seat of Fulton County, and a small portion of the city extends eastward into DeKalb County.
Atlanta began as a settlement located at the terminus of a railroad line, and it was incorporated in 1845. Today, the city is a major business city and the primary transportation hub of the Southeastern United States (via highway, railroad, and air), with Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport being the world's busiest airport since 1998. The World Cities Study Group at Loughborough University rated Atlanta as an "alpha(-) world city." With a gross domestic product of US$270 billion, Atlanta's economy ranks 15th among world cities and sixth in the nation. The city is a center for services, finance, information technology, government, and higher education. Metro Atlanta contains the country's third largest concentration of Fortune 500 companies, and is the world headquarters of The Coca-Cola Company, Turner Broadcasting, The Home Depot, AT&T Mobility, UPS, and Delta Air Lines. As of 2010, Atlanta is the seventh most visited city in the United States, with over 35 million visitors per year.
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Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta ( /ətˈlæntə/, stressed /ætˈlæntə/, locally /ætˈlænə/) is the capital and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia with a 2010 population of 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest in the U.S. It is a major component of a growing southeastern megalopolis known as the Piedmont Atlantic Megaregion. Atlanta is the county seat of Fulton County, and a small portion of the city extends eastward into DeKalb County.
Atlanta began as a settlement located at the terminus of a railroad line, and it was incorporated in 1845. Today, the city is a major business city and the primary transportation hub of the Southeastern United States (via highway, railroad, and air), with Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport being the world's busiest airport since 1998. The World Cities Study Group at Loughborough University rated Atlanta as an "alpha(-) world city." With a gross domestic product of US$270 billion, Atlanta's economy ranks 15th among world cities and sixth in the nation. The city is a center for services, finance, information technology, government, and higher education. Metro Atlanta contains the country's third largest concentration of Fortune 500 companies, and is the world headquarters of The Coca-Cola Company, Turner Broadcasting, The Home Depot, AT&T Mobility, UPS, and Delta Air Lines. As of 2010, Atlanta is the seventh most visited city in the United States, with over 35 million visitors per year.
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Atlantic Plain
The Atlantic Plain is one of eight distinct United States physiographic regions. This major division consists of the Continental Shelf and Coastal Plain physiographic provinces. It is the flattest of the U.S. physiographic divisions and stretches over 2,200 miles (3,500 km) in length from Cape Cod to the Mexican border and southward another 1,000 miles (1,600 km) to the Yucatán Peninsula. The central and southern Atlantic Coast is characterized by barrier and drowned valley coasts. The coastal Atlantic plain features nearly continuous barriers interrupted by inlets, large embayments with drowned river valleys, and extensive wetlands and marshes. The Atlantic plain slopes gently seaward from the inland highlands in a series of terraces. This gentle slope continues far into the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico, forming the continental shelf. The relief at the land-sea interface is so low that the boundary between them is often blurry and indistinct, especially along stretches of the Louisiana bayous and the Florida Everglades.
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Auburn University
Coordinates: 32°36′12″N 85°29′10″W / 32.603374°N 85.486078°W / 32.603374; -85.486078
Auburn University (AU or Auburn) is a public university located in Auburn, Alabama, United States. With more than 25,000 students and 1,200 faculty members, it is one of the largest universities in the state. Auburn was chartered on February 7, 1856, as the East Alabama Male College, a private liberal arts school affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. In 1872, the college became the state's first public land-grant university under the Morrill Act and was renamed the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama. In 1892, the college became the first four-year coeducational school in the state. The curriculum at the university originally focused on arts and agriculture. This trend changed under the guidance of Dr. William Leroy Broun, who taught classics and sciences and believed both disciplines were important in the overall growth of the university and the individual. The college was renamed the Alabama Polytechnic Institute (API) in 1899, largely because of Dr. Broun’s influence. The college continued expanding, and in 1960 its name was officially changed to Auburn University to acknowledge the varied academic programs and larger curriculum of a major university. It had been popularly known as "Auburn" for many years. Auburn is among the few American universities designated as a land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research center.
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Baltimore
Baltimore ( /ˈbɒltɨmɔr/, colloquially /ˈbɔl.mɔr/) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Maryland. It is located in the central area of the state along the tidal portion of the Patapsco River, an arm of the Chesapeake Bay. The independent city is often referred to as Baltimore City to distinguish it from surrounding Baltimore County.
Founded in 1729, Baltimore is the largest seaport in the Mid-Atlantic United States and is situated closer to Midwestern markets than any other major seaport on the East Coast. Baltimore's Inner Harbor was once the second leading port of entry for immigrants to the United States and a major manufacturing center. After a decline in manufacturing, Baltimore shifted to a service-oriented economy.
At 620,961 residents in 2010, Baltimore's population has decreased by one-third since its peak in 1950. The Baltimore Metropolitan Area has grown steadily to approximately 2.7 million residents in 2010; the 20th largest in the country. Baltimore is also a principal city in the larger Baltimore–Washington combined statistical area of approximately 8.4 million residents.
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Birmingham, Alabama
Birmingham ( /ˈbɜrmɪŋhæm/ BUR-ming-ham) is the largest city in Alabama. The city is the county seat of Jefferson County. According to the 2010 United States Census, Birmingham had a population of 212,237. The Birmingham-Hoover Metropolitan Area had a population of about 1,128,047 according to the 2010 Census, which is approximately one-quarter of Alabama's population.
Birmingham was founded in 1871, just after the American Civil War, through the merger of three pre-existing farm towns, notably, former Elyton. It grew from there, annexing many more of its smaller neighbors, into an industrial and railroad transportation center with a focus on mining, the iron and steel industry, and railroading. Birmingham was named for Birmingham, one of the major industrial cities of the United Kingdom. Most of the original settlers who founded Birmingham were of English ancestry. The city was planned as a place where cheap, non-unionized, and African-American labor from rural Alabama could be employed in the city's steel mills and blast furnaces, giving it a competitive advantage over industrial cities in the Midwest and Northeast.
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Central Florida
Central Florida a region of the U.S. state of Florida. Different sources give different definitions for the region, but as its name implies it is usually said to comprise the central part of the state, including the Orlando area. It is one of Florida's three best known "directional" regions, along with North Florida and South Florida.
Like all vernacular regions, the Central Florida's boundaries are not official or consistent, and are defined differently by different sources. A 2007 study of Florida's regions by geographers Ary Lamme and Raymond K. Oldakowski found that Floridians surveyed identified Central Florida as comprising a large swath of peninsular Florida. This area encompassed the interior, including the Orlando metropolitan area, and coastal stretches from the Big Bend south to the Tampa Bay Area in the west and from Daytona Beach south to Martin County in the east. In addition, North Central Florida has emerged as a vernacular region representing the interior area in the northern part of the state.
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Charlotte
Charlotte ( /ˈʃɑrlət/) is the largest city in the U.S. state of North Carolina and the seat of Mecklenburg County. In 2010, Charlotte's population according to the US Census Bureau was 731,424, making it the 17th largest city in the United States based on population. The Charlotte metropolitan area had a 2010 population of 1,758,038. The Charlotte metropolitan area is part of a wider thirteen-county labor market region or combined statistical area with a 2010 U.S. Census population of 2,402,623. Residents of Charlotte are referred to as "Charlotteans."
The city is a major U.S. financial center, and is now the second largest banking center in the United States after New York City. The nation's second largest financial institution by assets,Bank of America, calls the city home. The city was also the former corporate home of Wachovia until its purchase by Wells Fargo in 2008; Charlotte became the headquarters for East Coast Operations of Wells Fargo. Charlotte is also home of the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League, the Charlotte Bobcats of the National Basketball Association, the NASCAR Hall of Fame, and the U.S. National Whitewater Center.
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Detroit
Detroit ( /diˈtrɔɪt/) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan, and the seat of Wayne County. It is the major city among the primary cultural, financial, and transportation centers in the Metro Detroit area, a region of 5.2 million people, and serves as a major port on the Detroit River connecting the Great Lakes system to the Saint Lawrence Seaway. It was founded on July 24, 1701, by the French explorer, adventurer, and nobleman Antoine de la Mothe, sieur de Cadillac.
In 2010, the city had a population of 713,777 and ranked as the 18th most populous city in the United States. The name Detroit sometimes refers to the Metro Detroit area with a population of 4,296,250 for the six-county Metropolitan Statistical Area, the United States' eleventh-largest, and a population of 5,218,852 for the nine-county Combined Statistical Area as of the 2010 Census. The Detroit–Windsor area, a critical commercial link straddling the Canada–U.S. border, has a total population of about 5,700,000.
Known as the world's traditional automotive center, "Detroit" is a metonym for the American automobile industry and an important source of popular music legacies celebrated by the city's two familiar nicknames, the Motor City and Motown. Other nicknames arose in the 20th century, including City of Champions beginning in the 1930s for its successes in individual and team sport,The D, D-Town, Hockeytown (a trademark owned by the city's NHL club, the Red Wings), Rock City (after the Kiss song "Detroit Rock City"), and The 313 (its telephone area code) Detroit became known as the "great arsenal of democracy" for its support of the U.S. role among the Allied powers during World War II.
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District of Columbia
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a federal district to become the national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution. The District is therefore not a part of any U.S. state. It was formed from land along the Potomac River donated by the states of Maryland and Virginia; however, the Virginia portion was returned by Congress in 1846.
A new capital city named after George Washington was founded in 1791 to the east of the preexisting port of Georgetown. Congress consolidated the City of Washington, Georgetown, and the remaining unincorporated area within the District under a single municipal government in 1871. The city shares its name with the U.S. state of Washington, located on the country's Pacific coast.
Washington, D.C., had an estimated population of 617,996 in 2011. The city was the 24th most populous place in the United States as of 2010. Commuters from the surrounding Maryland and Virginia suburbs raise the city's population to over one million during the workweek. The Washington Metropolitan Area, of which the District is a part, has a population of nearly 5.6 million, the seventh-largest metropolitan area in the country.
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Elon University
Elon University is a selective private liberal arts university in Elon, North Carolina, United States. Formerly known as Elon College, it became Elon University on June 1, 2001. The 600-acre (242.8 ha) campus is a botanical garden and features oak trees, brick sidewalks, fountains, and lakes. Elon is ranked by the U.S.News & World Report as the second best Regional University in the South.
Elon College was founded by the Christian Church, which later became a part of the United Church of Christ. The charter for Elon College was issued by the North Carolina legislature in 1889. William S. Long was the first president, and the original student body consisted of 76 students. In 1923, a fire destroyed most of the campus, including school records, classrooms, the library, and the chapel. The Board of Trustees voted to rebuild immediately. Many of the buildings that were erected in the years following the fire still stand and make up the bedrock of Elon's campus.
In the early 1970s, Elon was an undergraduate college serving mainly local residents commuting from family homes, attracting "regional students of average ability from families of modest means." By the start of the 21st century, however, about 68 percent of Elon's students came from out-of-state and were only accepted if they met high academic standards. Elon's transformation was the subject of an academic study by George Keller of the University of Pennsylvania titled Transforming a College: The Story of a Little Known College's Strategic Climb to National Distinction. The study, published by Johns Hopkins University Press, depicted how Elon successfully transformed itself from an unimpressive college to a selective, nationally recognized university. Keller concluded that "strategic planning, financial ingenuity, faculty dedication, and strong, determined leadership," all of which were present at Elon, can transform a higher education institution.
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Florida
Florida (i/ˈflɒrɪdə/) is a state in the southeastern United States, bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. Florida is the 22nd most extensive, the 4th most populous, and the 8th most densely populated of the 50 United States. The state capital is Tallahassee, its largest city is Jacksonville, and the South Florida metropolitan area is the largest metropolitan area in the southeastern U.S.
Much of Florida is situated on a peninsula between the Gulf of Mexico, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Straits of Florida. Its geography is marked by a coastline, by the omnipresence of water and the threat of hurricanes. Florida has the longest coastline in the contiguous United States, encompassing approximately 1,350 miles (2,170 km), and is the only state to border both the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. Much of the state is at or near sea level and its terrain is characterized by sedimentary soils. The climate varies from subtropical in the north to tropical in the south. Its symbolic animals like the American alligator, Florida panther and the manatee, can be found in the Everglades, one of the most famous national parks in the world.
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Franklin, Tennessee
Franklin is a city within and the county seat of Williamson County, Tennessee. The population was 62,487 as of the 2010 census. Franklin is located approximately 20 miles (32 km) south of downtown Nashville.
Ewen Cameron built the first house in the town of Franklin. Cameron was born February 23, 1768 in Balgalkan, Ferintosh, Scotland. He emigrated to Virginia in 1785 and from there came to Tennessee. Cameron died February 28, 1846, having lived forty-eight years in the same log house. He and his second wife, Mary, are buried in the old City Cemetery. His descendants have lived in Franklin continuously since 1798 when his son Duncan was born.
The City of Franklin was founded October 26, 1799 by Abram Maury, Jr. (1766–1825), who was also a State Senator and is buried with his family in Founders Pointe. Maury named the town after Benjamin Franklin, a close friend of Dr. Hugh Williamson, a member of the Continental Congress for whom Williamson County was named.
The Battle of Franklin was fought on November 30, 1864, resulting in almost 10,000 casualties (killed, wounded, captured and missing) and turning forty-four buildings in town into field hospitals.
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Georgia (U.S. state)
Georgia (i/ˈdʒɔrdʒⁱə/) is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. Named after King George II of Great Britain, Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788. It declared its secession from the Union on January 21, 1861, and was one of the original seven Confederate states. It was the last state to be restored to the Union, on July 15, 1870. Georgia is the 24th most extensive and the 9th most populous of the 50 United States. From 2007 to 2008, 14 of Georgia's counties ranked among the nation's 100 fastest-growing, second only to Texas. Georgia is known as the Peach State and the Empire State of the South.Atlanta is the state's capital and its most populous city.
Georgia is bordered on the south by Florida; on the east by the Atlantic Ocean and South Carolina; on the west by Alabama; and on the north by Tennessee and North Carolina. The northern part of the state is in the Blue Ridge Mountains, a mountain range in the Appalachian Mountains system. The central piedmont extends from the foothills to the fall line, where the rivers cascade down in elevation to the continental coastal plain of the southern part of the state. The highest point in Georgia is Brasstown Bald, 4,784 feet (1,458 m); the lowest point is the Atlantic Ocean.
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Greensboro
Greensboroi/ˈɡriːnzbʌroʊ/ is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the third-largest city by population in North Carolina and the largest city in Guilford County and the surrounding Piedmont Triad metropolitan region. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, Greensboro's population stands at 269,666.
The city is located at the intersection of two major interstate highways (I-85 and I-40) in the Piedmont region of central North Carolina.
In 2003, the previous Greensboro – Winston-Salem – High Point metropolitan statistical area (MSA) was re-defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, resulting in the formation of the Greensboro-High Point MSA and the Winston-Salem MSA. The 2010 population for the Greensboro-High Point MSA was 723,801. The Greensboro – Winston-Salem – High Point combined statistical area (CSA), popularly referred to as the Piedmont Triad, had a population of 1,599,477.
In 1808, Greensborough (as was the spelling prior to 1895) was planned around a central courthouse square to succeed the nearby town of Guilford Court House as the county seat. This act moved the county courts closer to the geographical center of the county, a location more easily reached by the majority of the county's citizens.
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Hampton Roads
Coordinates: 36°58′N 76°22′W / 36.967°N 76.367°W / 36.967; -76.367
Hampton Roads is the name for both a body of water and the Norfolk–Virginia Beach metropolitan area which surrounds it in southeastern Virginia, United States. Hampton Roads is notable for its year-round ice-free harbor, for United States Navy, Coast Guard, Air Force, NASA, Marine Corps, and Army facilities, shipyards, coal piers, and hundreds of miles of waterfront property and beaches, all of which contribute to the diversity and stability of the region's economy.
The water area known as Hampton Roads is one of the world's largest natural harbors (more accurately a roadstead or "roads"), and incorporates the mouths of the Elizabeth River and James River with several smaller rivers and itself empties into the Chesapeake Bay near its mouth leading to the Atlantic Ocean.
The land area (also known as "Tidewater") includes dozens of cities, counties and towns on the Virginia Peninsula and in South Hampton Roads. Some of the more outlying areas from the harbor may or may not be included as part of "Hampton Roads", depending upon the organization or purpose. For a commonly used example, as defined for federal economic purposes, the Hampton Roads metropolitan statistical area (MSA) additionally includes one county in northeastern North Carolina and two counties in Virginia’s Middle Peninsula. Officially, the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC MSA has a population of about 1.7 million, the 36th-largest metropolitan area in the United States.
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Huntsville, AL
Huntsville is a city located primarily in Madison County in the central part of the far northern region of the U.S. state of Alabama. Huntsville is the county seat of Madison County. The city extends west into neighboring Limestone County. Huntsville's population was 180,105 as of the 2010 Census. The Huntsville Metropolitan Area's population was 417,593. Huntsville is the fourth-largest city in Alabama and the largest city in the four-county Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area, which in 2008 had a total population of 545,770.
It grew across nearby hills and along the Tennessee River, adding textile mills, then munitions factories, NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center and the United States Army Aviation and Missile Command nearby at the Redstone Arsenal. The National Trust for Historic Preservation named Huntsville to its "America's Dozen Distinctive Destinations for 2010" list.
Revolutionary War veteran John Hunt first settled in the land around the Big Spring in 1805. The area was subsequently purchased by LeRoy Pope, who named the area Twickenham after the home village of his distant kinsman Alexander Pope.
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Huntsville, Alabama
Huntsville is a city located primarily in Madison County in the central part of the far northern region of the U.S. state of Alabama. Huntsville is the county seat of Madison County. The city extends west into neighboring Limestone County. Huntsville's population was 180,105 as of the 2010 Census. The Huntsville Metropolitan Area's population was 417,593. Huntsville is the fourth-largest city in Alabama and the largest city in the four-county Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area, which in 2008 had a total population of 545,770.
It grew across nearby hills and along the Tennessee River, adding textile mills, then munitions factories, NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center and the United States Army Aviation and Missile Command nearby at the Redstone Arsenal. The National Trust for Historic Preservation named Huntsville to its "America's Dozen Distinctive Destinations for 2010" list.
Revolutionary War veteran John Hunt first settled in the land around the Big Spring in 1805. The area was subsequently purchased by LeRoy Pope, who named the area Twickenham after the home village of his distant kinsman Alexander Pope.
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Insular area
An insular area is a United States territory, that is neither a part of one of the 50 U.S. states nor the District of Columbia, the federal district of the U.S. They are called "insular" from the Latin word insula ("island") because they were once administered by the War Department's Bureau of Insular Affairs, now the Office of Insular Affairs at the Department of the Interior. The term insular possession is also sometimes used.
Because those insular areas that are inhabited are unincorporated territories, their native-born inhabitants are not constitutionally entitled to United States citizenship, under the Citizenship Clause.[citation needed] However, Congress has extended citizenship rights to all inhabited territories except American Samoa, and these citizens may vote and run for office in any U.S. jurisdiction in which they are residents. The people of American Samoa are U.S. nationals, but not U.S. citizens; they are free to move around and seek employment within the whole United States without immigration restrictions, but cannot vote or hold office outside of American Samoa.[citation needed]
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Kentucky
Kentucky (i/kɨnˈtʌki/), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state located in the Upper South of the United States. Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth (the others being Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts). Originally a part of Virginia, in 1792 Kentucky became the 15th state to join the Union. Kentucky is the 37th most extensive and the 26th most populous of the 50 United States.
Kentucky is known as the "Bluegrass State", a nickname based on the fact that bluegrass is present in many of the pastures throughout the state, because of the fertile soil. It made possible the breeding of high-quality livestock, especially thoroughbred racing horses. It is a land with diverse environments and abundant resources, including the world's longest cave system, Mammoth Cave National Park; the greatest length of navigable waterways and streams in the contiguous United States; and the two largest man-made lakes east of the Mississippi River. It is also home to the highest per capita number of deer and turkey in the United States, the largest free-ranging elk herd east of Montana, and the nation's most productive coalfield. Kentucky is also known for horse racing, bourbon distilleries, bluegrass music, automobile manufacturing, tobacco and college basketball.
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Louisiana
Louisiana (i/luːˌiːziˈænə/ or i/ˌluːziˈænə/; French: État de Louisiane, [lwizjan] (
listen); Louisiana Creole: Léta de la Lwizyàn) is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Louisiana is the 31st most extensive and the 25th most populous of the 50 United States. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties. The largest parish by population is East Baton Rouge Parish, and the largest by land area is Cameron Parish.
Much of the state was formed from sediment washed down the Mississippi River, leaving enormous deltas and vast areas of coastal marsh and swamp. These contain a rich southern biota; typical examples include birds such as ibis and egrets. There are also many species of tree frogs, and fish such as sturgeon and paddlefish. In more elevated areas, fire is a natural process in the landscape, and has produced extensive areas of longleaf pine forest and wet savannas. These support an exceptionally large number of plant species including many species of orchids and carnivorus plants.
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Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville (i/ˈluːiːvɪl/, local i/ˈluːəvəl/ or i/ˈlʌvəl/) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kentucky, and the county seat of Jefferson County. Since 2003, the city's borders have been coterminous with those of the county because of a city-county merger. The city's total consolidated population at the 2010 census was 741,096 (Louisville's balance total, 597,337, excludes semi-autonomous towns and is the population listed in most sources and national rankings). An important internal shipping port in the 19th century, Louisville today is best known as the location of the Kentucky Derby, the first of three annual thoroughbred horse races making up the Triple Crown.
Louisville is southeasterly situated along the border between Kentucky and Indiana, the Ohio River, in north-central Kentucky at the Falls of the Ohio. The Louisville metropolitan area is often referred to as Kentuckiana because it includes counties in Southern Indiana. A resident of Louisville is referred to as a Louisvillian. Although situated in a Southern state, Louisville is influenced by both Southern and Midwestern culture. It is sometimes referred to as either one of the most northernmost Southern cities or as on of the southernmost Northern cities in the United States along with St. Louis, Missouri and Washington, D.C.
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Maryland
Maryland (i/ˈmɛrɨlənd/) is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east. Maryland was the seventh state to ratify the United States Constitution, and three nicknames for it (the Old Line State, the Free State, and the Chesapeake Bay State) are occasionally used. Maryland is the 9th smallest state by area, but the 19th most populous and the 5th most densely populated of the 50 United States. The state's most populated city is Baltimore. Its capital is Annapolis. It was named after Queen Henrietta Maria.
Maryland has an area of 12,406.68 square miles (32,133.2 km2) and is comparable in overall area with the European country of Belgium (11,787 square miles (30,530 km2)). It is the 42nd largest/9th smallest state, and is closest in size to Hawaii (10,930.98 square miles (28,311.1 km2)), the next smallest state. The next largest state, Maryland's neighbor West Virginia, is almost twice the size of Maryland (24,229.76 square miles (62,754.8 km2)).
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Memphis
Memphis is a city in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. The city is located on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff, south of the confluence of the Wolf and Mississippi rivers.
Memphis had a population of 662,897 at the 2010 census, making it the largest city in the state of Tennessee, the third largest in the Southeastern United States, and the 20th largest in the United States. The greater Memphis metropolitan area, including adjacent counties in Mississippi and Arkansas, had a 2010 population of 1,316,100. This makes Memphis the second largest metropolitan area in Tennessee, surpassed only by metropolitan Nashville, which has overtaken Memphis in recent years. Memphis is the youngest of Tennessee's major cities. A resident of Memphis is referred to as a Memphian, and the Memphis region is known, particularly to media outlets, as the "Mid-South".
Because it occupies a substantial bluff rising from the Mississippi River, the site of Memphis is a natural location for settlement. The area was first settled by the Mississippian Culture and then by the Chickasaw Indian tribe. For 10,000 years they occupied the bluffs along the river, building a large mound on the bluff. European exploration came later, beginning in the 16th century with Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto and French explorers led by René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle.
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Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis is a city in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. The city is located on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff, south of the confluence of the Wolf and Mississippi rivers.
Memphis had a population of 662,897 at the 2010 census, making it the largest city in the state of Tennessee, the third largest in the Southeastern United States, and the 20th largest in the United States. The greater Memphis metropolitan area, including adjacent counties in Mississippi and Arkansas, had a 2010 population of 1,316,100. This makes Memphis the second largest metropolitan area in Tennessee, surpassed only by metropolitan Nashville, which has overtaken Memphis in recent years. Memphis is the youngest of Tennessee's major cities. A resident of Memphis is referred to as a Memphian, and the Memphis region is known, particularly to media outlets, as the "Mid-South".
Because it occupies a substantial bluff rising from the Mississippi River, the site of Memphis is a natural location for settlement. The area was first settled by the Mississippian Culture and then by the Chickasaw Indian tribe. For 10,000 years they occupied the bluffs along the river, building a large mound on the bluff. European exploration came later, beginning in the 16th century with Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto and French explorers led by René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle.
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Miami
Miami ( /maɪˈæmi/ or /maɪˈæmə/) is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, the most populous county in Florida and the eighth-most populous county in the United States with a population of 2,500,625. The 42nd largest city proper in the United States, with a population of 408,568, it is the principal, central, and most populous city of the South Florida metropolitan area, and the most populous metropolis in the Southeastern United States. According to the US Census Bureau, Miami's metro area is the seventh most populous and fifth-largest urban area in the United States, with a population of around 5.5 million.
Miami is a major center and a leader in finance, commerce, culture, media, entertainment, the arts, and international trade. In 2010, Miami was classified as a Alpha- World City in the World Cities Study Group’s inventory. In 2010, Miami ranked seventh in the United States in terms of finance, commerce, culture, entertainment, fashion, education, and other sectors. It ranked thirty-third among global cities. In 2008, Forbes magazine ranked Miami "America's Cleanest City", for its year-round good air quality, vast green spaces, clean drinking water, clean streets and city-wide recycling programs. According to a 2009 UBS study of 73 world cities, Miami was ranked as the richest city in the United States, and the world's fifth-richest city in terms of purchasing power. Miami is nicknamed the "Capital of Latin America", is the 2nd largest U.S. city (after El Paso) with a Spanish-speaking majority, and the largest city with a Cuban-American plurality.
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Mississippi
Mississippi (i/ˌmɪsɨˈsɪpi/) is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States. Jackson is the state capital and largest city. The name of the state derives from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary, whose name comes from the Ojibwe word misi-ziibi ("Great River"). Mississippi is the 32nd most extensive and the 31st most populous of the 50 United States. The state is heavily forested outside of the Mississippi Delta area, which was cleared for cotton cultivation in the 19th century. Today, its catfish aquaculture farms produce the majority of farm-raised catfish consumed in the United States. The state symbol is the magnolia grandiflora tree.
Mississippi is bordered on the north by Tennessee, on the east by Alabama, on the south by Louisiana and a narrow coast on the Gulf of Mexico and on the west, across the Mississippi River, by Louisiana and Arkansas.
In addition to its namesake, major rivers in Mississippi include the Big Black River, the Pearl River, the Yazoo River, the Pascagoula River, and the Tombigbee River. Major lakes include Ross Barnett Reservoir, Arkabutla Lake, Sardis Lake and Grenada Lake. The largest lake in Mississippi is Grenada Lake.
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Mobile, AL
Mobile ( /moʊˈbiːl/ moh-BEEL) is the third most populous city in the Southern US state of Alabama and is the county seat of Mobile County. It is located on the Mobile River and the central Gulf Coast of the United States. The population within the city limits was 195,111 during the 2010 census. It is the largest municipality on the Gulf Coast between New Orleans, Louisiana and St. Petersburg, Florida. Mobile is the principal municipality of the Mobile Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), a region of 412,992 residents which is composed solely of Mobile County and is the second largest MSA in the state. Mobile is included in the Mobile-Daphne–Fairhope Combined Statistical Area with a total population of 591,599 the second largest combined statistical area in the state behind Birmingham.
Mobile began as the first capital of colonial French Louisiana in 1702. The city gained its name from the Native American Mobilian tribe that the French colonists found in the area of Mobile Bay. During its first 100 years, Mobile was a colony for France, then Britain, and lastly Spain. Mobile first became a part of the United States of America in 1810, with the annexation of West Florida under President James Madison. It then left that union in 1861 when Alabama joined the Confederate States of America, which collapsed in 1865.
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Montgomery, Alabama
Montgomery ( /mɒntˈɡʌməri/) is the capital of the US state of Alabama, and is the county seat of Montgomery County. It is located on the Alabama River southeast of the center of the state, in the Gulf Coastal Plain. As of the 2010 census, Montgomery had a population of 205,764 making it the second-largest city in Alabama, after Birmingham, and the 103rd largest in the United States. Montgomery is the primary city of the Montgomery Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had a 2010 estimated population of 374,536. It is the fourth-largest in the state and 136th among United States metropolitan areas.
The city was incorporated in 1819, as a merger of two towns situated along the Alabama River. It became the state capital in 1846, representing the shift of power to the south-central area with the growth of cotton as a commodity crop of the Black Belt and Mobile's rise as a mercantile port. In February 1861, Montgomery was selected as the first capital of the Confederate States of America, until the seat of government moved to Richmond, Virginia, in May of that year. During the mid-20th century, Montgomery was a major site of events in the African-American Civil Rights Movement, including the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the Selma to Montgomery marches.
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NASA
Coordinates: 38°52′59″N 77°0′59″W / 38.88306°N 77.01639°W / 38.88306; -77.01639
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research. Since February 2006, NASA's mission statement has been to "pioneer the future in space exploration, scientific discovery and aeronautics research." On September 14, 2011, NASA announced that it had selected the design of a new Space Launch System that it said would take the agency's astronauts farther into space than ever before and provide the cornerstone for future human space exploration efforts by the U.S.
NASA was established by the National Aeronautics and Space Act on July 29, 1958, replacing its predecessor, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). The agency became operational on October 1, 1958. U.S. space exploration efforts have since been led by NASA, including the Apollo moon-landing missions, the Skylab space station, and later the Space Shuttle. Currently, NASA is supporting the International Space Station and is overseeing the development of the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle and Commercial Crew vehicles. The agency is also responsible for the Launch Services Program (LSP) which provides oversight of launch operations and countdown management for unmanned NASA launches.
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Nashville
Nashville is the capital of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home to a large number of colleges and universities. It is most notably known as a center of the music industry, earning it the nickname "Music City".
Nashville has a consolidated city–county government which includes seven smaller municipalities in a two-tier system. As of the 2010 census the population of the city of Nashville, not including the semi-independent municipalities, stood at 601,222. The population of Davidson County as a whole, including all municipalities, was 626,681. Nashville is the second largest city in Tennessee, after Memphis, and the fourth largest city in the Southeastern United States. The 2010 population of the entire 13-county Nashville metropolitan area was 1,589,934, making it the largest Metropolitan Statistical Area in the state. The 2010 population of the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Columbia combined statistical area, a larger trade area, was 1,670,890.
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Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home to a large number of colleges and universities. It is most notably known as a center of the music industry, earning it the nickname "Music City".
Nashville has a consolidated city–county government which includes seven smaller municipalities in a two-tier system. As of the 2010 census the population of the city of Nashville, not including the semi-independent municipalities, stood at 601,222. The population of Davidson County as a whole, including all municipalities, was 626,681. Nashville is the second largest city in Tennessee, after Memphis, and the fourth largest city in the Southeastern United States. The 2010 population of the entire 13-county Nashville metropolitan area was 1,589,934, making it the largest Metropolitan Statistical Area in the state. The 2010 population of the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Columbia combined statistical area, a larger trade area, was 1,670,890.
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New Orleans
New Orleans ( /nuː ˈɔrliənz/ or /ˈnuː ɔrˈliːnz/, locally /nuː ˈɔrlənz/ or /ˈnɔrlənz/; French: La Nouvelle-Orléans [la nuvɛlɔʁleɑ̃] ( listen)) is a major United States port and the largest city and metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana. The population of the city proper was 343,829 as of the 2010 U.S. Census. The New Orleans metropolitan area (New Orleans–Metairie–Kenner Metropolitan Statistical Area) had a population of 1,167,764 in 2010 and was the 46th largest in the United States. The New Orleans–Metairie–Bogalusa Combined Statistical Area, a larger trading area, had a 2010 population of 1,214,932.
The city is named after Philippe d'Orléans, Duke of Orléans, Regent of France, and is well known for its distinct French Creole architecture, as well as its cross-cultural and multilingual heritage. New Orleans is also famous for its cuisine, music (particularly as the birthplace of jazz), and its annual celebrations and festivals, most notably Mardi Gras. The city is often referred to as the "most unique" in America.
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Norfolk, Virginia
Norfolk ( /ˈnɔrfɨk/ NOR-fək) is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. With a population of 242,803 as of the 2010 Census, it is Virginia's second-largest city behind neighboring Virginia Beach.
Norfolk is located at the core of the Hampton Roads metropolitan area, named for the large natural harbor of the same name located at the mouth of Chesapeake Bay. It is one of nine cities and seven counties that constitute the Hampton Roads metro area, officially known as the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC MSA. The city is bordered to the west by the Elizabeth River and to the north by the Chesapeake Bay. It also shares land borders with the independent cities of Chesapeake to its south and Virginia Beach to its east. One of the oldest of the cities in Hampton Roads, Norfolk is considered to be the historic, urban, financial, and cultural center of the region.
The city has a long history as a strategic military and transportation point. Norfolk Naval Base is the world's largest such base, and the world's largest military alliance, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization has its defense headquarters here. The city also has the corporate headquarters of Norfolk Southern Railway, one of North America's principal Class I railroads, and Maersk Line, Limited, who manages the world's largest fleet of US-flag vessels. As the city is bordered by multiple bodies of water, Norfolk has many miles of riverfront and bayfront property. It is linked to its neighbors by an extensive network of Interstate highways, bridges, tunnels, and bridge-tunnel complexes.
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North Carolina
North Carolina (i/ˌnɔrθ kærəˈlaɪnə/) is a state in the Southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina is the 28th most extensive and the 10th most populous of the 50 United States.
North Carolina is comprised of 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte. In the past five decades, North Carolina's economy has undergone a transition from heavy reliance upon tobacco and furniture making to a more diversified economy with engineering, biotechnology, and finance sectors.
North Carolina has a wide range of elevations, from sea level on the coast to 6,684 feet (2,037 m) at Mount Mitchell, the highest point in the Eastern US. The climate of the coastal plains is strongly influenced by the Atlantic Ocean. Most of the state falls in the humid subtropical climate zone. More than 300 miles (500 km) from the coast, the western, mountainous part of the state has a subtropical highland climate.
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Oregon Country
The Oregon Country was a predominantly American term referring to a disputed ownership region of the Pacific Northwest of North America. The region was occupied by British and French Canadian fur traders from before 1810, and American settlers from the mid-1830s, with its coastal areas north from the Columbia River frequented by ships from all nations engaged in the maritime fur trade, most of these from the 1790s through 1810s being Boston-based. The Oregon Treaty of 1846 ended disputed joint occupancy pursuant to the Treaty of 1818 and established the British-American boundary at the 49th parallel.
Oregon was a distinctly American term for the region. The British used the term Columbia District instead. The Oregon Country consisted of the land north of 42°N latitude, south of 54°40′N latitude, and west of the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean. The area now forms part of the present day Canadian province of British Columbia, all of the US states of Oregon, Washington, and Idaho, and parts of Montana and Wyoming. The British presence in the region was generally administered by the Hudson's Bay Company, whose Columbia Department comprised most of the Oregon Country and extended considerably north into New Caledonia and beyond 54°40′N, with operations reaching tributaries of the Yukon River.
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Orlando, Florida
Orlando (/ɔrˈlændoʊ/) is a city in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Orange County, and the center of the Greater Orlando metropolitan area. According to the 2010 US Census, the city had a population of 238,300, making Orlando the 79th largest city in the United States. The Greater Orlando metropolitan area has a population of 2,134,411, making it the 26th largest metro area in the United States, the sixth largest metro area in the Southeastern United States, and the third largest metro area in Florida. Orlando is the fifth largest city in Florida, and the state's largest inland city.
Orlando is nicknamed "The City Beautiful" and its symbol is the fountain at Lake Eola. The current mayor is Buddy Dyer. The city is best known for the Walt Disney World Resort (located approximately 21 miles (34 km) southwest of Downtown Orlando in Lake Buena Vista), founded by the Walt Disney Company in 1971, and for the Universal Orlando Resort (which consists of two parks, Universal Studios Florida and Islands of Adventure, as well as other attractions, including City Walk). Orlando is also home to the SeaWorld theme park, Gatorland, as well as Wet 'n Wild Water Park. With the exception of Walt Disney World, most major attractions are located along International Drive. The city's famous attractions form the backbone of Orlando's tourism industry, making the city the most visited American city in 2009. The city is also one of the busiest American cities for conferences and conventions. Like other major cities in the Sun Belt, Orlando grew rapidly during the 1980s and well into the first decade of the 21st century. Orlando is also home to the University of Central Florida, which is the second largest university in the United States in terms of enrollment (as of 2011).
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Redstone Arsenal
Redstone Arsenal (RSA) is a United States Army base and a census-designated place (CDP) adjacent to Huntsville in Madison County, Alabama, United States and is part of the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area. The Arsenal is a garrison for a number of tenants including the United States Army Materiel Command, Army's Aviation and Missile Command, the Missile Defense Agency of the Department of Defense, and NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center. Many of these units are moving due to decisions by the Defense Base Realignment and Closure Commission. The Redstone CDP had a population of 1,946 as of the 2010 census.
Originally a chemical weapons manufacturing facility for World War II, the arsenal became the focal point of the Army’s rocket and space projects, including development of the first U.S. ballistic missiles and space launch vehicles in the 1950s.
Redstone Arsenal is located at 34°41′03″N 86°39′15″W / 34.684166°N 86.654031°W / 34.684166; -86.654031. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Redstone CDP has a total area of 7.9 square miles (20.4 km²), all of it land. Redstone Arsenal contains extensive wetland areas associated with the Tennessee River and several local springs, much of which is maintained by the Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge.
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Richmond, Virginia
Richmond ( /ˈrɪtʃmənd/) is the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia, in the United States. It is an independent city and not part of any county. Richmond is the center of the Richmond Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) and the Greater Richmond area. The population within the city limits was 204,214 in 2010, with an estimated population of 1,258,251 for the Richmond Metropolitan Area — making it the third largest in Virginia.
Geographically, Richmond is located at the fall line of the James River, 108 miles (174 km) south of Washington DC, 71 miles (114 km) east of Charlottesville, and 54 miles (87 km) west of Williamsburg. Surrounded by Henrico and Chesterfield counties, the city is located at the intersections of Interstate 95 and Interstate 64, and encircled by Interstate 295 and Virginia State Route 288.
The site of Richmond, at the fall line of the James River, had been an important village of the Powhatan Confederacy, and was briefly settled by English colonists from Jamestown in 1609, and in 1610–1611. The present city of Richmond was founded in 1737. It became the capital of the Colony and Dominion of Virginia in 1780. During the Revolutionary War period, several notable events occurred in the city, including Patrick Henry's "Give me liberty or give me death" speech in 1775 at St. John's Church, and the passage of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom written by Thomas Jefferson. During the American Civil War, Richmond served as the capital of the Confederate States of America. The city entered the 20th century with one of the world's first successful electric streetcar systems, as well as a national hub of African-American commerce and culture, the Jackson Ward neighborhood.
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South Carolina
South Carolina (i/ˌsaʊθ kærəˈlaɪnə/) is a state in the Southeastern United States. It is bordered to the north by North Carolina; to the south and west by Georgia, located across the Savannah River; and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. Originally part of the Province of Carolina, the Province of South Carolina was one of the 13 colonies that declared independence from the British Crown during the American Revolution. The colony was originally named by King Charles II of England in honor of his father Charles I (Carolus being Latin for Charles). South Carolina was the 8th state to ratify the US Constitution and become a state which it did on May 23, 1788. South Carolina later became the first state to vote to secede from the Union which it did on December 20, 1860. It was readmitted to the United States on June 25, 1868.
South Carolina is the 40th most extensive and the 24th most populous of the 50 United States. South Carolina comprises 46 counties. The capital and largest city of the state is Columbia.
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South Florida
South Florida is a region of the U.S. state of Florida. As the name implies, it comprises the southernmost part of the state. It is one of Florida's three most common "directional" regions, the others being Central Florida and North Florida. It includes the populous Miami metropolitan area, the Florida Keys, and other localities.
As with all vernacular regions, South Florida has no official boundaries or status, and is defined differently by different sources. A 2007 study of Florida's regions by Ary Lamme and Raymond K. Oldakowski found that Floridians surveyed identified "South Florida" as comprising the southernmost sections of peninsular Florida. This area includes the Miami metropolitan area (generally defined as Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties), the Florida Keys, and the interior region known as the Glades. Additionally, South West Florida, representing the state's southern Gulf Coast, has emerged as a directional vernacular region. Some respondents from as far northwest as the southern Tampa Bay area identified their region as being in South Florida rather than South West or Central Florida.
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Tallahassee, Florida
Tallahassee ( /ˌtæləˈhæsi/) is the capital of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat and only incorporated municipality in Leon County, and is the 128th largest city in the United States. Tallahassee became the capital of Florida, then the Florida Territory, in 1824. In 2010, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau was 181,376 , and the Tallahassee metropolitan area is 367,413.
Tallahassee is one of Florida's most prominent college cities, and is home to several colleges and universities, most notably Florida State University and Florida A&M University. Other schools in Tallahassee include Tallahassee Community College and branches of Saint Leo University, Thomas University, Keiser University, Barry University, Flagler College, and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.
Tallahassee is a regional center for trade and agriculture in the Florida Panhandle, and is served by Tallahassee Regional Airport. With one of the fastest growing manufacturing and high tech economies in Florida, its major private employers include a General Dynamics Land Systems manufacturing facility (military and combat applications), the Municipal Code Corporation, which specializes in the publication of municipal and county legal references; and a number of national law firms, lobbying organizations, trade associations and professional associations, including the Florida Bar and the Florida Chamber of Commerce. It is recognized as a regional center for scientific research, and is home to the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, the largest and highest-powered magnet research laboratory in the world.
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Tampa
Tampa (pronunciation: /ˈtæmpə/) is a city in the U.S. state of Florida. It serves as the county seat for Hillsborough County and is located on the west coast of Florida, on the Gulf of Mexico. The population of Tampa in 2010 was 335,709.
The current location of Tampa was once inhabited by indigenous peoples of the Safety Harbor culture, most notably the Tocobaga and the Pohoy, who lived along the shores of Tampa Bay. It was briefly explored by Spanish explorers in the early 16th century, but there were no permanent American or European settlements within today's city limits until after the United States had acquired Florida from Spain in 1819.
In 1824, the United States Army established a frontier outpost called Fort Brooke at the mouth of the Hillsborough River, near the site of today's Tampa Convention Center. The first civilian residents were pioneers who settled near the fort for protection from the nearby Seminole population. The town grew slowly until the 1880s, when railroad links, the discovery of phosphate, and the arrival of the cigar industry jump-started Tampa's development and helped it to grow into an important city by the early 1900s.
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Tampa Bay Area
Coordinates: 28°00′N 82°18′W / 28°N 82.3°W / 28; -82.3
The Tampa Bay Area is the region of west central Florida adjacent to Tampa Bay. Definitions of the region vary. It is often considered equivalent to the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater Metropolitan Statistical Area (or MSA) defined by the United States Census Bureau. The Census Bureau currently estimates the population for the CMSA at 4,228,855 as of 2010 during consolidation. as of July 1, 2008, making it the second most populous metropolitan area in Florida and fourth in the Southeast.
A wider definition is adopted by other entities, including state agencies like Enterprise Florida and the Florida Department of Transportation, and the Tampa Bay Partnership, a not-for-profit organization created to promote economic growth in the region. These entities include additional nearby counties. According to the Tampa Bay Partnership the Greater Tampa Bay Region contains 4 million residents. The Tampa Bay Partnership and U.S. Census data showed an average annual growth of 2.47 percent, or a gain of approximately 97,000 residents per year between 2000 and 2006. The combined Greater Tampa Bay region experienced a combined growth rate of 14.8 percent, growing from 3.4 million to 3.9 million and hitting the 4 million mark on April 1, 2007 in the continuous Tampa Bay urban area.
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Tampa, Florida
Tampa (pronunciation: /ˈtæmpə/) is a city in the U.S. state of Florida. It serves as the county seat for Hillsborough County and is located on the west coast of Florida, on the Gulf of Mexico. The population of Tampa in 2010 was 335,709.
The current location of Tampa was once inhabited by indigenous peoples of the Safety Harbor culture, most notably the Tocobaga and the Pohoy, who lived along the shores of Tampa Bay. It was briefly explored by Spanish explorers in the early 16th century, but there were no permanent American or European settlements within today's city limits until after the United States had acquired Florida from Spain in 1819.
In 1824, the United States Army established a frontier outpost called Fort Brooke at the mouth of the Hillsborough River, near the site of today's Tampa Convention Center. The first civilian residents were pioneers who settled near the fort for protection from the nearby Seminole population. The town grew slowly until the 1880s, when railroad links, the discovery of phosphate, and the arrival of the cigar industry jump-started Tampa's development and helped it to grow into an important city by the early 1900s.
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Tennessee
Tennessee (i/tɛnɨˈsiː/) (Cherokee: ᏔᎾᏏ) is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. Tennessee is the 36th most extensive and the 17th most populous of the 50 United States. Tennessee is bordered by Kentucky and Virginia to the north, North Carolina to the east, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi to the south, and Arkansas and Missouri to the west. The Appalachian Mountains dominate the eastern part of the state, and the Mississippi River forms the state's western border. Tennessee's capital and second largest city is Nashville, which has a population of 626,144.Memphis is the state's largest city, with a population of 670,902.
The state of Tennessee is rooted in the Watauga Association, a 1772 frontier pact generally regarded as the first constitutional government west of the Appalachians. What is now Tennessee was initially part of North Carolina, and later part of the Southwest Territory. Tennessee was admitted to the Union as the 16th state on June 1, 1796. Tennessee was the last state to leave the Union and join the Confederacy at the outbreak of the U.S. Civil War in 1861, and the first state to be readmitted to the Union at the end of the war.
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Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Tuscaloosa (/tʌskəˈluːsə/ TUSK-ə-LOO-sə) is a city in and the seat of Tuscaloosa County in west central Alabama (in the southeastern United States). Located on the Black Warrior River, it is the fifth-largest city in Alabama, with a population of 90,468 in 2010. It is the principal city of the Tuscaloosa Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Tuscaloosa, Greene, and Hale counties, and whose estimated metro population in 2012 was 221,553. A former capital of Alabama, Tuscaloosa is named after Tuskaloosa, the chieftain of a Muskogean-speaking people, who battled and was defeated by Hernando de Soto in 1540 in the Battle of Mabila.
Tuscaloosa is the regional center of industry, commerce, healthcare, and education for the area of west-central Alabama known as West Alabama. Tuscaloosa is also the home of the University of Alabama, Stillman College and Shelton State Community College. While the city attracted international attention when Mercedes-Benz announced it would build its first automotive assembly plant in North America in Tuscaloosa County, the University of Alabama remains the dominant economic and cultural engine in the city.
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United States
The United States of America (commonly abbreviated to the United States, the U.S., the USA, America, and the States) is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its forty-eight contiguous states and Washington, D.C., the capital district, lie between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. The state of Alaska is in the northwest of the continent, with Canada to the east and Russia to the west, across the Bering Strait. The state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific. The country also possesses several territories in the Pacific and Caribbean.
At 3.79 million square miles (9.83 million km2) and with over 312 million people, the United States is the third or fourth largest country by total area, and the third largest by both land area and population. It is one of the world's most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, the product of large-scale immigration from many countries. The U.S. economy is the world's largest national economy, with an estimated 2011 GDP of $15.1 trillion (22% of nominal global GDP and over 19% of global GDP at purchasing-power parity). Per capita income is the world's sixth-highest.
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University of Miami
The University of Miami (informally referred to as UM, U of M, U Miami, Miami, or The U) is a private, non-sectarian university founded in 1925 with its main campus in Coral Gables, Florida, a medical campus in Miami city proper at Civic Center, and an oceanographic research facility on Virginia Key.
As of 2009[update], the university currently enrolls 15,629 students in 12 separate colleges, including a medical school, law school, and a school focused on the study of oceanography and atmospheric sciences. These colleges offer approximately 115 undergraduate, 114 master’s, 51 doctoral, and two professional areas of study. Over the years, the University's students have represented all 50 states and close to 150 foreign countries. With more than 13,000 full and part-time faculty and staff, UM is the sixth largest employer in Miami-Dade County.
Research is a component of each academic division, with UM attracting $326 million per year in sponsored research grants. UM also offers a large library system with over 3.1 million volumes and exceptional holdings in Cuban heritage and music. UM also offers a wide range of student activities, including fraternities and sororities, a student newspaper and radio station. UM's intercollegiate athletic teams compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, and its football team has won five national championships.
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Virginia
Virginia (i/vərˈdʒɪnjə/), officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a U.S. state located in the South Atlantic region of the United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth are shaped by the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Chesapeake Bay, which provide habitat for much of its flora and fauna. The capital of the Commonwealth is Richmond; Virginia Beach is the most populous city and Fairfax County the most populous political subdivision. The Commonwealth's population is over eight million.
The area's history begins with several indigenous groups, including the Powhatan. In 1607 the London Company established the Colony of Virginia as the first permanent New World English colony. Slave labor and the land acquired from displaced Native American tribes each played a significant role in the colony's early politics and plantation economy. Virginia was one of the 13 Colonies in the American Revolution and joined the Confederacy in the American Civil War, during which Richmond was made the Confederate capital and Virginia's northwestern counties separated to form the state of West Virginia. Although the Commonwealth was under conservative single-party rule for nearly a century following Reconstruction, both major national parties are competitive in modern Virginia.
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Washington D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a federal district to become the national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution. The District is therefore not a part of any U.S. state. It was formed from land along the Potomac River donated by the states of Maryland and Virginia; however, the Virginia portion was returned by Congress in 1846.
A new capital city named after George Washington was founded in 1791 to the east of the preexisting port of Georgetown. Congress consolidated the City of Washington, Georgetown, and the remaining unincorporated area within the District under a single municipal government in 1871. The city shares its name with the U.S. state of Washington, located on the country's Pacific coast.
Washington, D.C., had an estimated population of 617,996 in 2011. The city was the 24th most populous place in the United States as of 2010. Commuters from the surrounding Maryland and Virginia suburbs raise the city's population to over one million during the workweek. The Washington Metropolitan Area, of which the District is a part, has a population of nearly 5.6 million, the seventh-largest metropolitan area in the country.
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Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a federal district to become the national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution. The District is therefore not a part of any U.S. state. It was formed from land along the Potomac River donated by the states of Maryland and Virginia; however, the Virginia portion was returned by Congress in 1846.
A new capital city named after George Washington was founded in 1791 to the east of the preexisting port of Georgetown. Congress consolidated the City of Washington, Georgetown, and the remaining unincorporated area within the District under a single municipal government in 1871. The city shares its name with the U.S. state of Washington, located on the country's Pacific coast.
Washington, D.C., had an estimated population of 617,996 in 2011. The city was the 24th most populous place in the United States as of 2010. Commuters from the surrounding Maryland and Virginia suburbs raise the city's population to over one million during the workweek. The Washington Metropolitan Area, of which the District is a part, has a population of nearly 5.6 million, the seventh-largest metropolitan area in the country.
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West Point, Georgia
West Point is a town in Troup County, with a small tail of the south end of town in Harris County, in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2000 U.S. Census, this town had a total population of just 3,382 people. The very small portion of this town in Harris County is part of the Columbus, Georgia Metropolitan Area, whereas the portion of the town in Troup County is part of the LaGrange, Georgia area.
This town's present name comes from its being near the western-most point of the Chattahoochee River, where the river turns from its southwesterly flow from the Appalachian Mountain's towards the due south – for all practical purposes – and forms the boundary with Alabama. The large nearby reservoir, Lake West Point, was created by the Army Corps of Engineers by the building of the West Point Dam for water storage and hydroelectric power generation. Lake West Point stores water to be released during dry seasons to help maintain the water level of the navigable inland waterway from Columbus, Ga. south to the Gulf of Mexico.
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West Virginia
West Virginia (i/ˌwɛst vərˈdʒɪnjə/) is a state in the Appalachian region of the Eastern United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Ohio to the northwest, Pennsylvania to the northeast and Maryland to the east. West Virginia is the 41st most extensive and the 37th most populous of the 50 United States. The capital and largest city is Charleston.
West Virginia became a state following the Wheeling Conventions and broke away from Virginia during the American Civil War. The new state was admitted to the Union on June 20, 1863, and was a key Civil War border state. West Virginia was the only state to form by seceding from a Confederate state, and was one of two states formed during the American Civil War (the other one being Nevada, which separated from Utah Territory).
The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers classify West Virginia as part of the South. The northern panhandle extends adjacent to Pennsylvania and Ohio, with the West Virginia cities of Wheeling and Weirton just across the border from the Pittsburgh metropolitan area, while Bluefield is less than 70 miles (110 km) from North Carolina. Huntington in the southwest is close to the states of Ohio and Kentucky, while Martinsburg and Harpers Ferry in the Eastern Panhandle region are considered to be a part of the Washington metropolitan area, in between the states of Maryland and Virginia. The unique position of West Virginia means that it is often included in several geographical regions, including the Mid-Atlantic, the Upland South, and the Southeastern United States. Notably, it is the only state that is entirely within the area served by the Appalachian Regional Commission; the area is commonly defined as "Appalachia".
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Four Corners
The Four Corners is a region of the United States consisting of the southwestern corner of Colorado, northwestern corner of New Mexico, northeastern corner of Arizona and southeastern corner of Utah. The Four Corners area is named after the quadripoint where the boundaries of the four states meet, where the Four Corners Monument is located. The majority of the Four Corners region is part of semi-autonomous indigenous American Indian nations, the largest of which is the Navajo Nation, followed by Hopi, Ute and Zuni Indian nations. The Four Corners region is part of a larger region known as the Colorado Plateau and is mostly rural, rugged and arid. In addition to the monument, commonly visited areas within Four Corners include Monument Valley, Mesa Verde National Park and Canyon de Chelly National Monument. The most populous city in the Four Corners region is Farmington, New Mexico, followed by Durango, Colorado.
The United States first acquired the area now called Four Corners from Mexico after the Mexican–American War in 1848. In 1863 Congress created Arizona Territory from the western part of New Mexico Territory. The boundary was defined as a line running due south from the southwest corner of Colorado Territory, which had been created in 1861. This was an unusual act of Congress, which almost always defined the boundaries of new territories as lines of latitude or longitude, or following rivers. By defining one boundary as starting at the corner of another Congress ensured the eventual creation of four states meeting at a point, regardless of the inevitable errors of boundary surveying. The area was first surveyed by the U.S. Government in 1868 as part of an effort to make Colorado Territory into a state, the first of the Four Corners states formed. The first marker was placed at the spot in 1912. The first Navajo tribal government was established in 1923 to regulate an increasing number of oil exploration activities on Navajo tribal lands.
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Jean Gottmann
(Iona) Jean Gottmann FRS (10 October 1915 – 28 February 1994) was a French geographer who was most widely known for his seminal study on the urban region of the Northeast Megalopolis. His main contributions to human geography were in the sub-fields of urban, political, economic, historical and regional geography. His regional specializations ranged from France and the Mediterranean to the United States, Israel and Japan.
Gottmann was born in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Russian Empire. He was the only child of prosperous Jewish parents, Elie Gottmann and Sonia-Fanny Ettinger. His parents were killed in the revolution in 1917. His uncle, Michel Berchin, escaped with him to Paris, where he was raised by his uncle and aunt among an extended family.
Gottmann started out as a research assistant in human geography at the Sorbonne (1937–41) under the guidance of Albert Demangeon, but was forced to leave his post with the Nazi invasion of France. He found refuge in the United States, where he received a Rockefeller Foundation fellowship to attend the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. During the war, he contributed also to the U.S. effort by consulting for the Board of Economic Warfare in Washington and other agencies; he also joined the exiled French academic community teaching at the New School for Social Research and became one of Isaiah Bowman's professors at the new institute of geography of the Johns Hopkins University (1943–48). He also spent two years as international officer at the United Nations (1946–47).
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Scottish people
The Scottish people (Scots Gaelic: Albannaich), or Scots, are a nation and ethnic group native to Scotland. Historically they emerged from an amalgamation of the Picts and Gaels, incorporating neighbouring Britons to the south as well as invading Germanic peoples such as the Anglo-Saxons and the Norse. Later the Normans also had some influence.
In modern use, "Scottish people" or "Scots" is used to refer to anyone whose linguistic, cultural, family ancestral or genetic origins are from within Scotland. The Latin word Scotti originally applied to a particular, 5th century, Goidelic tribe that inhabited Ireland. Though sometimes considered archaic or pejorative, the term Scotch has also been used for the Scottish people, though this usage is current primarily outside Scotland.
There are people of Scottish descent in many countries other than Scotland. Emigration, influenced by factors such as the Highland and Lowland Clearances, Scottish participation in the British Empire, and latterly industrial decline and unemployment, resulted in Scottish people being found throughout the world. Large populations of Scottish people settled the new-world lands of North and South America, Australia and New Zealand. There is a Scottish presence at a particularly high rate in Canada, which has the second largest population of descended Scots ancestry, after the United States. They took with them their Scottish languages and culture.
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Ulster Scots people
The Ulster Scots (Ulster-Scots: tha Ulstèr-Scotch [fowk]) are an ethnic group that has lived on the island of Ireland since the 17th Century, and are predominantly citizens of the United Kingdom. Their ancestors were Scots from the Scottish Lowlands and English people from counties close to Scotland, many being from the "Border Reivers" culture. These people migrated to the island of Ireland in large numbers with the Plantation of Ulster, a planned process of colonisation which took place under the auspices of James VI of Scotland and I of England on land often confiscated from the Irish nobility, most extensively in the Province of Ulster. The term "Ulster-Scots" refers to both these colonists of the 17th century and, less commonly, to the Gallowglass who began to arrive from what is now northwest Scotland centuries earlier.
Ulster-Scots were largely descended from colonists from Galloway, Ayrshire, and the Scottish Borders Country, although some descend from people further north in the Scottish Lowlands and the Highlands. Ulster-Scots emigrated in significant numbers to the United States and all corners of the then-worldwide British Empire — Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa — and to a lesser extent to Argentina and Chile. Scotch-Irish is a traditional term for Ulster Scots who later emigrated to what is now the United States; "Scots-Irish" is a more recent form of the American term, and is not to be confused with Irish-Scots, i.e., recent Irish immigrants to Scotland.
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Southeastern United States (Britannica.com)
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Survival Skills: Firemaking, Southeast US by Nutnfancy
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- Duration: 15:55
- Updated: 07 Dec 2012
PART 2 OF 2: A detailed fire making exercise in the Southeastern United States by Nutnfancy. Quite a different climate and foliage than the usual Nutnfancy Knife Clinic in the Rocky Mountains, this southern location provided an equally excellent location for wilderness craft. Tools used included the excellent, high value KaBar Heavy Bowie and Cold Steel Roach Belly knives, a Sawvivor backpacking saw, WD40, and a Light My Fire flint and steel. All came along and were used for demonstration purposes but not necessarily by necessity. The intent is to show viable backpacking fire tools that will get the job doneweight and compactness for carry purposes being important considerations. The secret time-saving weapon in this particular time-crunched clinic was one stick of fatwood, discussed in the video. Safety considerations, chopping, cutting, knife philosophy, and fire building techniques are necessarily discussed as the work progresses in this two-part series. If the response is good, I may do more wilderness skills videos but they might be few since they take a lot of work and are time-consuming.
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PART 2 OF 2: A detailed fire making exercise in the Southeastern United States by Nutnfancy. Quite a different climate and foliage than the usual Nutnfancy Knife Clinic in the Rocky Mountains, this southern location provided an equally excellent location for wilderness craft. Tools used included the excellent, high value KaBar Heavy Bowie and Cold Steel Roach Belly knives, a Sawvivor backpacking saw, WD40, and a Light My Fire flint and steel. All came along and were used for demonstration purposes but not necessarily by necessity. The intent is to show viable backpacking fire tools that will get the job doneweight and compactness for carry purposes being important considerations. The secret time-saving weapon in this particular time-crunched clinic was one stick of fatwood, discussed in the video. Safety considerations, chopping, cutting, knife philosophy, and fire building techniques are necessarily discussed as the work progresses in this two-part series. If the response is good, I may do more wilderness skills videos but they might be few since they take a lot of work and are time-consuming.
- published: 01 Oct 2008
- views: 381909
- author: nutnfancy
Survival Skills: Firemaking, Southeast US by Nutnfancy
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- Duration: 14:52
- Updated: 06 Dec 2012
PART 1 OF 2: A detailed fire making exercise in the Southeastern United States by Nutnfancy. Quite a different climate and foliage than the usual Nutnfancy Knife Clinic in the Rocky Mountains, this southern location provided an equally excellent location for wilderness craft. Tools used included the excellent, high value KaBar Heavy Bowie and Cold Steel Roach Belly knives, a Sawvivor backpacking saw, WD40, and a Light My Fire flint and steel. All came along and were used for demonstration purposes but not necessarily by necessity. The intent is to show viable backpacking fire tools that will get the job doneweight and compactness for carry purposes being important considerations. The secret time-saving weapon in this particular time-crunched clinic was one stick of fatwood, discussed in the video. Safety considerations, chopping, cutting, knife philosophy, and fire building techniques are necessarily discussed as the work progresses in this two-part series. If the response is good, I may do more wilderness skills videos but they might be few since they take a lot of work and are time-consuming.
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PART 1 OF 2: A detailed fire making exercise in the Southeastern United States by Nutnfancy. Quite a different climate and foliage than the usual Nutnfancy Knife Clinic in the Rocky Mountains, this southern location provided an equally excellent location for wilderness craft. Tools used included the excellent, high value KaBar Heavy Bowie and Cold Steel Roach Belly knives, a Sawvivor backpacking saw, WD40, and a Light My Fire flint and steel. All came along and were used for demonstration purposes but not necessarily by necessity. The intent is to show viable backpacking fire tools that will get the job doneweight and compactness for carry purposes being important considerations. The secret time-saving weapon in this particular time-crunched clinic was one stick of fatwood, discussed in the video. Safety considerations, chopping, cutting, knife philosophy, and fire building techniques are necessarily discussed as the work progresses in this two-part series. If the response is good, I may do more wilderness skills videos but they might be few since they take a lot of work and are time-consuming.
- published: 01 Oct 2008
- views: 83611
- author: nutnfancy
#Tattoos by Reggie Urban ink from Tallahassee to Memphis.All over the southeast US
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- Duration: 1:41
- Updated: 07 Dec 2012
This video was shot,edited and uploaded from an Samsung Galaxy Touch 4G Android phone. More of my tattoo videos: 1. youtu.be 2. youtu.be 3. youtu.be
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This video was shot,edited and uploaded from an Samsung Galaxy Touch 4G Android phone. More of my tattoo videos: 1. youtu.be 2. youtu.be 3. youtu.be
- published: 31 Dec 2011
- views: 490
- author: nue76
Up the East Coast of North America
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- Duration: 1:21
- Updated: 06 Dec 2012
For High Resolution version, visit our video page: eol.jsc.nasa.gov This video was taken by the crew of Expedition 30 on board the International Space Station. The sequence of shots was taken January 29, 2012 from 05:33:11 to 05:48:10 GMT, on a pass from just southwest of Mexico to the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Newfoundland. This pass begins looking over Central America towards the Gulf of Mexico and the southeastern United States. As the ISS travels northeast over the gulf, some southeastern United States cities can be distinguished, like New Orleans, Mobile, Jacksonville, and Atlanta. Continuing up the east coast, some northeastern states, like Washington, DC, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York City stand out brightly along the coastline. The Aurora Borealis shines in the background as the pass finishes near Newfoundland.
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For High Resolution version, visit our video page: eol.jsc.nasa.gov This video was taken by the crew of Expedition 30 on board the International Space Station. The sequence of shots was taken January 29, 2012 from 05:33:11 to 05:48:10 GMT, on a pass from just southwest of Mexico to the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Newfoundland. This pass begins looking over Central America towards the Gulf of Mexico and the southeastern United States. As the ISS travels northeast over the gulf, some southeastern United States cities can be distinguished, like New Orleans, Mobile, Jacksonville, and Atlanta. Continuing up the east coast, some northeastern states, like Washington, DC, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York City stand out brightly along the coastline. The Aurora Borealis shines in the background as the pass finishes near Newfoundland.
- published: 06 Feb 2012
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- author: NASACrewEarthObs
US Geography (State and Capitals 1)
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State and Capital
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State and Capital
- published: 02 Apr 2008
- views: 66172
- author: reg123168
2/24/2012 -- Censored earthquake - Midwest to Southeast USA shakes - Wiped data
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- Duration: 8:22
- Updated: 26 Nov 2012
Reports of a censored earthquake came to me today -- from a few different viewers who saw the USGS knock a Virginia / West Virginia earthquake off the map. With a little sleuth work , and some LUCK that the other feed wasn't yet censored -- I was able to track down the approximate epicenter of this quake based upon the helicorder signatures at each ANSS backbone station. Heaviest shaking occurred in Florida, South/North Carolina! Here is the link to use.. pull the charts before THEY TOO are gone for good ! earthquake.usgs.gov
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Reports of a censored earthquake came to me today -- from a few different viewers who saw the USGS knock a Virginia / West Virginia earthquake off the map. With a little sleuth work , and some LUCK that the other feed wasn't yet censored -- I was able to track down the approximate epicenter of this quake based upon the helicorder signatures at each ANSS backbone station. Heaviest shaking occurred in Florida, South/North Carolina! Here is the link to use.. pull the charts before THEY TOO are gone for good ! earthquake.usgs.gov
- published: 24 Feb 2012
- views: 40309
- author: dutchsinse
American Free Press: US POWs Still in Southeast Asia?
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- Duration: 9:47
- Updated: 11 Oct 2012
Americanfreepress.net questions whether there are still American POWs being held in Southeast Asia, North Korea or China. This is an excerpt from an upcoming DVD called Left Behind from AFP.
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Americanfreepress.net questions whether there are still American POWs being held in Southeast Asia, North Korea or China. This is an excerpt from an upcoming DVD called Left Behind from AFP.
- published: 22 Jul 2008
- views: 4183
- author: afpsupporter
Legion of Mary - Great Southeast Music Hall - 4.15.75 - FULL SHOW (Audio SBD)
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- Duration: 173:36
- Updated: 07 Dec 2012
Legion of Mary Great Southeast Music Hall Atlanta, GA 4-15-1975 Excellent Soundboard CD1 Let It Rock Flute Thing #2 Boogie On Reggae Woman Mississippi Moon Going Going Gone CD2 Mystery Train Tough Mama - Start of Set 2 Wondering Why I'll Take A melody CD3 Think Freedom Jazz Dance Feels Like Dynamite That's What Love... Mississippi Moon - Filler? A very nice soundboard.
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Legion of Mary Great Southeast Music Hall Atlanta, GA 4-15-1975 Excellent Soundboard CD1 Let It Rock Flute Thing #2 Boogie On Reggae Woman Mississippi Moon Going Going Gone CD2 Mystery Train Tough Mama - Start of Set 2 Wondering Why I'll Take A melody CD3 Think Freedom Jazz Dance Feels Like Dynamite That's What Love... Mississippi Moon - Filler? A very nice soundboard.
- published: 23 Jan 2012
- views: 8513
- author: happycalif
Flying Southeast Utah Canyonlands - Steve Wright
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- Duration: 7:03
- Updated: 06 Dec 2012
Awesome Aviation with Top Cubs and Carbon Cubs including Blu & Ladd exploring Utah CanyonLands
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Awesome Aviation with Top Cubs and Carbon Cubs including Blu & Ladd exploring Utah CanyonLands
- published: 10 Nov 2010
- views: 52564
- author: smwtubeit
Warrior Dash Southeast, Mountain City, Georgia | The Battlegrounds
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- Duration: 6:30
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WarriorDash.com - Warrior Dash Southeast, Mountain City Georgia. Get ready for the craziest fricken day of your life. Mud, Sweat and Beer. 5K endurance race.
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WarriorDash.com - Warrior Dash Southeast, Mountain City Georgia. Get ready for the craziest fricken day of your life. Mud, Sweat and Beer. 5K endurance race.
- published: 24 May 2010
- views: 18104
- author: Josh Boxer
Cal Ripken Southeast Regional Tournament Part 2 of 2
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- Duration: 8:06
- Updated: 29 Nov 2012
Forest Hills All-Stars at the Cal Ripken Southeast Regional Tournament in Buckhead, Georgia
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Forest Hills All-Stars at the Cal Ripken Southeast Regional Tournament in Buckhead, Georgia
- published: 31 Jul 2009
- views: 24538
- author: JasonKnine
SOUTHEASTERN DRAGWAY 1968
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- Duration: 3:01
- Updated: 30 Nov 2012
This Video was taken by Hugh Greeson at Southeastern Dragway, Dallas, Georgia in 1968. There are a lot of the "big" names in Southern drag racing at this race. This track held it's last race in 2005.
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This Video was taken by Hugh Greeson at Southeastern Dragway, Dallas, Georgia in 1968. There are a lot of the "big" names in Southern drag racing at this race. This track held it's last race in 2005.
- published: 21 Sep 2009
- views: 15190
- author: HDHTJH2
2012 LLAQ Southeast Redux ft Frye / Knable / Baker - vurbmoto
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- Duration: 2:30
- Updated: 25 Nov 2012
Vurbmoto made its way down to ECMX the Southeast LLAQ in North Carolina. Brandon Bolling's view from this exciting LLAQ Featuring Kiel Fermil / Jacob Knable/ Alexander Frye/ Daniel Baker and many more Song: Chiddy Bang - Here We Go (Q-tip) Subscribe to Vurbmoto - youtube.com Vurbmoto Web site - www.vurbmoto.com Vurbmoto Facebook - http Vurbmoto Twitter - www.twitter.com
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Vurbmoto made its way down to ECMX the Southeast LLAQ in North Carolina. Brandon Bolling's view from this exciting LLAQ Featuring Kiel Fermil / Jacob Knable/ Alexander Frye/ Daniel Baker and many more Song: Chiddy Bang - Here We Go (Q-tip) Subscribe to Vurbmoto - youtube.com Vurbmoto Web site - www.vurbmoto.com Vurbmoto Facebook - http Vurbmoto Twitter - www.twitter.com
- published: 05 Mar 2012
- views: 10662
- author: Vurb Moto
Full Blendtec demonstration southeast region
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- Duration: 13:17
- Updated: 06 Dec 2012
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- published: 11 Jul 2011
- views: 13318
- author: Maylie03
500 Nations -- Removal of Southeast Native Americans, Part 1
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- Duration: 7:09
- Updated: 17 Nov 2012
From the 6 hour documentary series 500 Nations. This is an excerpt about the illegal removal of Southeastern Native Americans from their ancestral lands to Oklahoma, also known as The Trail of Tears
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From the 6 hour documentary series 500 Nations. This is an excerpt about the illegal removal of Southeastern Native Americans from their ancestral lands to Oklahoma, also known as The Trail of Tears
- published: 24 Aug 2008
- views: 37793
- author: katydidscorner
500 Nations -- Removal of Southeast Native Americans, Part 2
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- Duration: 8:41
- Updated: 27 Sep 2012
From the 6 hour documentary series 500 Nations. This is an excerpt about the illegal removal of Southeastern Native Americans from their ancestral lands to Oklahoma, also known as The Trail of Tears
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From the 6 hour documentary series 500 Nations. This is an excerpt about the illegal removal of Southeastern Native Americans from their ancestral lands to Oklahoma, also known as The Trail of Tears
- published: 24 Aug 2008
- views: 25154
- author: katydidscorner
NASA - Aurorae seen from Space
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- Duration: 2:23
- Updated: 25 Nov 2012
This movie is a combination of various Northern and Southern Light sightings by the crew of the International Space Station. One beautiful sign of the space weather at the Earth is the aurora. When the CMEs from the sun interact with the Earth's own protective magnetic shield, its magnetosphere, the magnetosphere becomes disturbed. This ultimately causes charged particles to flow down along magnetic field lines into the polar regions where they hit the atmosphere and create the bright aurora. If viewed from high above Earth, these regions appear as ovals. Images taken by astronauts on the International Space Station show the depth of aurora. Other impacts from space weather include short-circuiting power grids that cause blackouts, disrupting communications, damaging satellites, and endangering astronauts with radiation. Aurora Borealis and eastern United States at Night The sequence of shots was taken October 18, 2011 from 07:09:06 to 07:27:42 GMT, on a pass from just south of Alaska to eastern Cuba. Aurora Borealis and the United States at Night The sequence of shots was taken October 16, 2011 from 09:07:37 to 09:24:10 GMT, on a pass beginning just south of the Gulf of Alaska in the eastern Pacific Ocean to Central America near the border of Honduras and Nicaragua. The Aurora Borealis is shown near the beginning of the video over Canada as the ISS continues the pass southeast into North America. The first lights seen on the coast of the western United States are those ...
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This movie is a combination of various Northern and Southern Light sightings by the crew of the International Space Station. One beautiful sign of the space weather at the Earth is the aurora. When the CMEs from the sun interact with the Earth's own protective magnetic shield, its magnetosphere, the magnetosphere becomes disturbed. This ultimately causes charged particles to flow down along magnetic field lines into the polar regions where they hit the atmosphere and create the bright aurora. If viewed from high above Earth, these regions appear as ovals. Images taken by astronauts on the International Space Station show the depth of aurora. Other impacts from space weather include short-circuiting power grids that cause blackouts, disrupting communications, damaging satellites, and endangering astronauts with radiation. Aurora Borealis and eastern United States at Night The sequence of shots was taken October 18, 2011 from 07:09:06 to 07:27:42 GMT, on a pass from just south of Alaska to eastern Cuba. Aurora Borealis and the United States at Night The sequence of shots was taken October 16, 2011 from 09:07:37 to 09:24:10 GMT, on a pass beginning just south of the Gulf of Alaska in the eastern Pacific Ocean to Central America near the border of Honduras and Nicaragua. The Aurora Borealis is shown near the beginning of the video over Canada as the ISS continues the pass southeast into North America. The first lights seen on the coast of the western United States are those ...
- published: 17 Nov 2011
- views: 24026
- author: Camilla Corona SDO
Jakarta Holds Southeast Asian English Olympics
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- Duration: 3:59
- Updated: 26 Nov 2012
I'm Alex Villarreal with the VOA Special English Education Report, from voaspecialenglish.com | http The Southeast Asian English Olympics were held in February in Jakarta, Indonesia. High school and university students competed to demonstrate their English skills at the Anggrek campus of Binus University. The Bina Nusantara English Club at the university started the English Olympics in two thousand five. The yearly competition was formerly known as the Nationwide English Olympics. This year the club invited other Southeast Asian schools to send "ambassadors" to join students from Indonesia. The organizers hoped to have four hundred or more students take part. There were six areas of competition. One was based on Scrabble. This is the board game where players try to form words from letters with different point values. Other areas of the competition included speech, storytelling and newscasting. Students were judged on their ability to present the news. Yohanes Napis is the twenty-year-old chief executive officer of the Olympics. He says the biggest event was the debate competition, which included international judges. He says the competition used the British parliamentary system but debaters could use either British or American English. Organizers of the Southeast Asian English Olympics got support from the American Embassy in Jakarta and VOA. The finals took place February nineteenth in a new high-tech American cultural center called @america. It opened in December in the ...
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I'm Alex Villarreal with the VOA Special English Education Report, from voaspecialenglish.com | http The Southeast Asian English Olympics were held in February in Jakarta, Indonesia. High school and university students competed to demonstrate their English skills at the Anggrek campus of Binus University. The Bina Nusantara English Club at the university started the English Olympics in two thousand five. The yearly competition was formerly known as the Nationwide English Olympics. This year the club invited other Southeast Asian schools to send "ambassadors" to join students from Indonesia. The organizers hoped to have four hundred or more students take part. There were six areas of competition. One was based on Scrabble. This is the board game where players try to form words from letters with different point values. Other areas of the competition included speech, storytelling and newscasting. Students were judged on their ability to present the news. Yohanes Napis is the twenty-year-old chief executive officer of the Olympics. He says the biggest event was the debate competition, which included international judges. He says the competition used the British parliamentary system but debaters could use either British or American English. Organizers of the Southeast Asian English Olympics got support from the American Embassy in Jakarta and VOA. The finals took place February nineteenth in a new high-tech American cultural center called @america. It opened in December in the ...
- published: 22 Mar 2011
- views: 20593
- author: VOALearningEnglish
Rogue River Southern Oregon June 2009
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- Duration: 9:54
- Updated: 08 Oct 2012
The Wild and Scenic Rogue River. This video highlights the Wild and Scenic section of the Rogue River below the community of Merlin, Oregon. It is a easy drive. From Grants Pass, head north on Interstate 5 for a few miles to Merlin Exit 61. At the end of the off ramp turn left towards Merlin and stay straight through the light and you will be on the Merlin-Galice road. In a few miles you will arrive in the community of Merlin. Great place for snacks and to top off the car gas tank! Continue down the Merlin-Galice road and in about 15 miles you will end up at the Graves Creek Bridge. You can stay on the road, which is well signed, and loop back to Interstate 5 at Wolf Creek. Enjoy. Scott Walter Reports. The Rogue River National Forest (until 1932 called the Crater National Forest) was established by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1908. The name Rogue River commemorates the Takelma Indians, whose defense of their homeland let early day French-Canadian trappers to call them les Coquins, "the Rogues". The Rogue River-Siskiyou is the most floristically diverse National Forest in the country with some extraordinary botanical resources. The unique character of the landscape has led to the designation of 324000 acres of the Forest as wilderness, and over 200 miles of streams as National Wild and Scenic Rivers. Wilderness areas managed all or in part by the Forest include: Sky Lakes, Rogue-Umpqua Divide, Red Buttes, Kalmiopsis, Siskiyou, Wild Rogue, and Grassy Knob. National Wild ...
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The Wild and Scenic Rogue River. This video highlights the Wild and Scenic section of the Rogue River below the community of Merlin, Oregon. It is a easy drive. From Grants Pass, head north on Interstate 5 for a few miles to Merlin Exit 61. At the end of the off ramp turn left towards Merlin and stay straight through the light and you will be on the Merlin-Galice road. In a few miles you will arrive in the community of Merlin. Great place for snacks and to top off the car gas tank! Continue down the Merlin-Galice road and in about 15 miles you will end up at the Graves Creek Bridge. You can stay on the road, which is well signed, and loop back to Interstate 5 at Wolf Creek. Enjoy. Scott Walter Reports. The Rogue River National Forest (until 1932 called the Crater National Forest) was established by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1908. The name Rogue River commemorates the Takelma Indians, whose defense of their homeland let early day French-Canadian trappers to call them les Coquins, "the Rogues". The Rogue River-Siskiyou is the most floristically diverse National Forest in the country with some extraordinary botanical resources. The unique character of the landscape has led to the designation of 324000 acres of the Forest as wilderness, and over 200 miles of streams as National Wild and Scenic Rivers. Wilderness areas managed all or in part by the Forest include: Sky Lakes, Rogue-Umpqua Divide, Red Buttes, Kalmiopsis, Siskiyou, Wild Rogue, and Grassy Knob. National Wild ...
- published: 25 Jun 2009
- views: 4058
- author: scottwalt
Earth -Time Lapse View from Space/Fly Over -Nasa, ISS (vid by Michael König @ koenigm.com)
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- Duration: 5:01
- Updated: 07 Dec 2012
Original source: vimeo.com Time lapse sequences of photographs taken with a special low-light 4K-camera by the crew of expedition 28 & 29 onboard the International Space Station from August to October, 2011. HD, refurbished, smoothed, retimed, denoised, deflickered, cut, etc. Music: Jan Jelinek Editing: Michael König | koenigm.com Image Courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center, The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth eol.jsc.nasa.gov Shooting locations in order of appearance: 1. Aurora Borealis Pass over the United States at Night 2. Aurora Borealis and eastern United States at Night 3. Aurora Australis from Madagascar to southwest of Australia 4. Aurora Australis south of Australia 5. Northwest coast of United States to Central South America at Night 6. Aurora Australis from the Southern to the Northern Pacific Ocean 7. Halfway around the World 8. Night Pass over Central Africa and the Middle East 9. Evening Pass over the Sahara Desert and the Middle East 10. Pass over Canada and Central United States at Night 11. Pass over Southern California to Hudson Bay 12. Islands in the Philippine Sea at Night 13. Pass over Eastern Asia to Philippine Sea and Guam 14. Views of the Mideast at Night 15. Night Pass over Mediterranean Sea 16. Aurora Borealis and the United States at Night 17. Aurora Australis over Indian Ocean 18. Eastern Europe to Southeastern Asia at Night
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Original source: vimeo.com Time lapse sequences of photographs taken with a special low-light 4K-camera by the crew of expedition 28 & 29 onboard the International Space Station from August to October, 2011. HD, refurbished, smoothed, retimed, denoised, deflickered, cut, etc. Music: Jan Jelinek Editing: Michael König | koenigm.com Image Courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center, The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth eol.jsc.nasa.gov Shooting locations in order of appearance: 1. Aurora Borealis Pass over the United States at Night 2. Aurora Borealis and eastern United States at Night 3. Aurora Australis from Madagascar to southwest of Australia 4. Aurora Australis south of Australia 5. Northwest coast of United States to Central South America at Night 6. Aurora Australis from the Southern to the Northern Pacific Ocean 7. Halfway around the World 8. Night Pass over Central Africa and the Middle East 9. Evening Pass over the Sahara Desert and the Middle East 10. Pass over Canada and Central United States at Night 11. Pass over Southern California to Hudson Bay 12. Islands in the Philippine Sea at Night 13. Pass over Eastern Asia to Philippine Sea and Guam 14. Views of the Mideast at Night 15. Night Pass over Mediterranean Sea 16. Aurora Borealis and the United States at Night 17. Aurora Australis over Indian Ocean 18. Eastern Europe to Southeastern Asia at Night
- published: 13 Nov 2011
- views: 430461
- author: LaSeleccionArgentina
Taking the Secret Out of the "Secret Army"
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- Duration: 2:02
- Updated: 20 Sep 2012
(Sacramento) -- State Assemblymember Juan Arambula says its time California students learn about the "Secret Army" of Southeast Asians who helped the United States military during the Vietnam War. As we learn in this Assembly Web Report, AB 2064 would require the State Board of Education to adopt textbooks and instructional materials that fully explains the personal sacrifice and courage of ordinary citizens of Southeast Asia who were called upon to participate and provide intelligence to the United States.
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(Sacramento) -- State Assemblymember Juan Arambula says its time California students learn about the "Secret Army" of Southeast Asians who helped the United States military during the Vietnam War. As we learn in this Assembly Web Report, AB 2064 would require the State Board of Education to adopt textbooks and instructional materials that fully explains the personal sacrifice and courage of ordinary citizens of Southeast Asia who were called upon to participate and provide intelligence to the United States.
- published: 18 Apr 2008
- views: 20643
- author: AssemblyAccess
Earth HD| Time Lapse View from Space...Hans Zimmer : Inception Soundtrack - #12 Time
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:01
- Updated: 07 Dec 2012
Shooting locations in order of appearance: 1. Aurora Borealis Pass over the United States at Night 2. Aurora Borealis and eastern United States at Night 3. Aurora Australis from Madagascar to southwest of Australia 4. Aurora Australis south of Australia 5. Northwest coast of United States to Central South America at Night 6. Aurora Australis from the Southern to the Northern Pacific Ocean 7. Halfway around the World 8. Night Pass over Central Africa and the Middle East 9. Evening Pass over the Sahara Desert and the Middle East 10. Pass over Canada and Central United States at Night 11. Pass over Southern California to Hudson Bay 12. Islands in the Philippine Sea at Night 13. Pass over Eastern Asia to Philippine Sea and Guam 14. Views of the Mideast at Night 15. Night Pass over Mediterranean Sea 16. Aurora Borealis and the United States at Night 17. Aurora Australis over Indian Ocean 18. Eastern Europe to Southeastern Asia at Night Image Courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center, The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth eol.jsc.nasa.gov Music Inception Soundtrack - #12 Time (Hans Zimmer)
http://wn.com/Earth_HD|_Time_Lapse_View_from_SpaceHans_Zimmer_Inception_Soundtrack_12_Time
Shooting locations in order of appearance: 1. Aurora Borealis Pass over the United States at Night 2. Aurora Borealis and eastern United States at Night 3. Aurora Australis from Madagascar to southwest of Australia 4. Aurora Australis south of Australia 5. Northwest coast of United States to Central South America at Night 6. Aurora Australis from the Southern to the Northern Pacific Ocean 7. Halfway around the World 8. Night Pass over Central Africa and the Middle East 9. Evening Pass over the Sahara Desert and the Middle East 10. Pass over Canada and Central United States at Night 11. Pass over Southern California to Hudson Bay 12. Islands in the Philippine Sea at Night 13. Pass over Eastern Asia to Philippine Sea and Guam 14. Views of the Mideast at Night 15. Night Pass over Mediterranean Sea 16. Aurora Borealis and the United States at Night 17. Aurora Australis over Indian Ocean 18. Eastern Europe to Southeastern Asia at Night Image Courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center, The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth eol.jsc.nasa.gov Music Inception Soundtrack - #12 Time (Hans Zimmer)
- published: 07 Dec 2011
- views: 76228
- author: geniemist
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2011 Open Short Round - Southeast Regional Finals
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- Duration: 6:21
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
USTRC Present sthe Open Shoot Out Short Round from the 2011 Southeastern Regional Finals
Tunica, MS
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USTRC Present sthe Open Shoot Out Short Round from the 2011 Southeastern Regional Finals
Tunica, MS
- published: 14 Sep 2011
- views: 4867
- author: Theustrc
2011 #15 Short Round - Southeast Regional Finals
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- Duration: 5:46
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
USTRC Presents #15 Shoot Out Short Round from the 2011 Southeastern Regional Finals
Tunica, MS
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USTRC Presents #15 Shoot Out Short Round from the 2011 Southeastern Regional Finals
Tunica, MS
- published: 14 Sep 2011
- views: 2095
- author: Theustrc
2011 #13 Short Round - Southeast Regional Finals
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 7:37
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
USTRC Presents #13 Shoot Out Short Round from the 2011 Southeastern Regional Finals
Tunica, MS
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USTRC Presents #13 Shoot Out Short Round from the 2011 Southeastern Regional Finals
Tunica, MS
- published: 15 Sep 2011
- views: 1995
- author: Theustrc
2011 Gold Plus Short Round - Southeast Regional Finals
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 9:29
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
USTRC Presents the Gold Plus Out Short Round from the 2011 Southeastern Regional Finals
Tunica, MS
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USTRC Presents the Gold Plus Out Short Round from the 2011 Southeastern Regional Finals
Tunica, MS
- published: 21 Sep 2011
- views: 1274
- author: Theustrc
2011 #12 Short Round - Southeast Regional Finals
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 12:41
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
USTRC Presents #12 Shoot Out Short Round from the 2011 Southeastern Regional Finals
Tunica, MS
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USTRC Presents #12 Shoot Out Short Round from the 2011 Southeastern Regional Finals
Tunica, MS
- published: 15 Sep 2011
- views: 3168
- author: Theustrc
2011 #10 Short Round - Southeast Regional Finals
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 7:24
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
USTRC Presents #10 Shoot Out Short Round from the 2011 Southeastern Regional Finals
Tunica, MS
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USTRC Presents #10 Shoot Out Short Round from the 2011 Southeastern Regional Finals
Tunica, MS
- published: 14 Sep 2011
- views: 758
- author: Theustrc
2011 #11 Short Round - Southeast Regional Finals
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 7:43
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
USTRC Presents #11 Shoot Out Short Round from the 2011 Southeastern Regional Finals
Tunica, MS
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USTRC Presents #11 Shoot Out Short Round from the 2011 Southeastern Regional Finals
Tunica, MS
- published: 14 Sep 2011
- views: 753
- author: Theustrc
2011 #9 Short Round - Southeast Regional Finals
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 7:30
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
USTRC Presents #9 Shoot Out Short Round from the 2011 Southeastern Regional Finals
Tunica, MS
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USTRC Presents #9 Shoot Out Short Round from the 2011 Southeastern Regional Finals
Tunica, MS
- published: 14 Sep 2011
- views: 1447
- author: Theustrc
2011 #8 Short Round - Southeast Regional Finals
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 9:46
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
USTRC Presents #8 Shoot Out Short Round from the 2011 Southeastern Regional Finals
Tunica, MS
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USTRC Presents #8 Shoot Out Short Round from the 2011 Southeastern Regional Finals
Tunica, MS
- published: 14 Sep 2011
- views: 1638
- author: Theustrc
2012 Open Short Round Final Spin Coverage - Southwest Regional Finals
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- Duration: 5:11
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
USTRC Present Open Short Round From the 2012 Southwest Regional Finals
Clovis, New Mexico August 2-5.
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USTRC Present Open Short Round From the 2012 Southwest Regional Finals
Clovis, New Mexico August 2-5.
- published: 03 Aug 2012
- views: 3741
- author: Theustrc
2012 #15 Shoot-Out Short Round Final Spin Coverage - Southwest Regional Finals
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:11
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
USTRC Present #15 Shoot-Out Short Round From the 2012 Southwest Regional Finals
Clovis, New Mexico August 2-5.
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USTRC Present #15 Shoot-Out Short Round From the 2012 Southwest Regional Finals
Clovis, New Mexico August 2-5.
- published: 03 Aug 2012
- views: 1126
- author: Theustrc
2012 #13 Shoot-Out Short Round Final Spin Coverage - Southwest Regional Finals
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:50
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
USTRC Present #13 Shoot-Out Short Round From the 2012 Southwest Regional Finals
Clovis, New Mexico August 2-5.
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USTRC Present #13 Shoot-Out Short Round From the 2012 Southwest Regional Finals
Clovis, New Mexico August 2-5.
- published: 03 Aug 2012
- views: 1682
- author: Theustrc
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Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Minnesota on May 6 2012
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- Duration: 3:22
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Severe Thunderstorm Warning is in Effect on Sunday May 6 2012 for Minnesota it will bring Heavy Rain and Strong Winds and it will cause Flooding and Power will Go out and Before the Storm Order your Pizzas and Order your Chinese Food and Buy Extra Batteries for the Flashlight and the Buy your Candles Unplug all your Electronics Such as Computers and Televisions just in case of the Power Surge have your Cell Phones and Tablets Charged for the Big Thunderstorm coming up on Sunday in Minnesota have your Rubber Boots and Rain Coats Ready because of that Storm it will Knock out the Power and It will Bring Down the Power Lines and Trees and Power Transformers have your Extra Supplies ready for the Big Huge Storm.
http://www.anotherdayinsydney.blogspot.com
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Severe Thunderstorm Warning is in Effect on Sunday May 6 2012 for Minnesota it will bring Heavy Rain and Strong Winds and it will cause Flooding and Power will Go out and Before the Storm Order your Pizzas and Order your Chinese Food and Buy Extra Batteries for the Flashlight and the Buy your Candles Unplug all your Electronics Such as Computers and Televisions just in case of the Power Surge have your Cell Phones and Tablets Charged for the Big Thunderstorm coming up on Sunday in Minnesota have your Rubber Boots and Rain Coats Ready because of that Storm it will Knock out the Power and It will Bring Down the Power Lines and Trees and Power Transformers have your Extra Supplies ready for the Big Huge Storm.
http://www.anotherdayinsydney.blogspot.com
- published: 02 Jul 2012
- views: 2172
- author: seanecw123
Severe Thunderstorm Watch for Southwestern Ontario
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- Duration: 2:32
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Severe Thunderstorm is Heading for Southwestern Ontario Including Toronto and It will Bring Downpour Heavy Rain with Damaging Winds and some Hail with it and Unplug your Electronics such as Televisions and Computers and don't ruin your electronics and disconnect your Televisions and Computers and Appliances and Thunderstorms will be Very Powerful and it will cause Power Surge that can break your Televisions and Computers and Have your Cell Phones Charged when the Power Goes Out and the cell phones will be Fully Charged and when it Hails stay away from windows and stay interior of the houses when it is a tornado head down to the basement. When it is a Major Flood on the Street don't go near the flood with your car since the car will break down in the flood and get stalled and stay away from the flood and Have your Rubber Boots and Rain Suits and Rain Coats Ready because the Rain will be So Heavy and most People Stay Indoors during that storm.
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Severe Thunderstorm is Heading for Southwestern Ontario Including Toronto and It will Bring Downpour Heavy Rain with Damaging Winds and some Hail with it and Unplug your Electronics such as Televisions and Computers and don't ruin your electronics and disconnect your Televisions and Computers and Appliances and Thunderstorms will be Very Powerful and it will cause Power Surge that can break your Televisions and Computers and Have your Cell Phones Charged when the Power Goes Out and the cell phones will be Fully Charged and when it Hails stay away from windows and stay interior of the houses when it is a tornado head down to the basement. When it is a Major Flood on the Street don't go near the flood with your car since the car will break down in the flood and get stalled and stay away from the flood and Have your Rubber Boots and Rain Suits and Rain Coats Ready because the Rain will be So Heavy and most People Stay Indoors during that storm.
- published: 02 Jul 2012
- views: 2263
- author: seanecw123
The Guy is Walking like a Penguin
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- Duration: 1:01
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
This Guy is Walking like a Penguin and he is walking like a Penguins down in Antarctica he is doing a penguin Walk.
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This Guy is Walking like a Penguin and he is walking like a Penguins down in Antarctica he is doing a penguin Walk.
- published: 02 Jul 2012
- views: 4551
- author: seanecw123
Be Careful Out There My Advice about the Big Rainstorm for Saturday
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:29
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Northeastern United States is Getting a lot of Rain and Strong Winds is Gonna Hit Boston Massachusetts, New york City, Washington DC, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh and the Rest of the Eastern United States is getting over 100+ Inches of Rain this Weekend the Floods will be Really Deep and Winds will be So Strong and it will be Over 100+ KPH it will affect Toronto and Montreal. The Rainfall will be Widespread for the Whole Entire Northeastern United States. Big Storm on Saturday April 21, 2012 into Sunday April 22, 2012.
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Northeastern United States is Getting a lot of Rain and Strong Winds is Gonna Hit Boston Massachusetts, New york City, Washington DC, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh and the Rest of the Eastern United States is getting over 100+ Inches of Rain this Weekend the Floods will be Really Deep and Winds will be So Strong and it will be Over 100+ KPH it will affect Toronto and Montreal. The Rainfall will be Widespread for the Whole Entire Northeastern United States. Big Storm on Saturday April 21, 2012 into Sunday April 22, 2012.
- published: 02 Jul 2012
- views: 2826
- author: seanecw123
Big Storm To Hit Toronto on Saturday April 21, 2012
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- Duration: 1:41
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
High Winds and Heavy Rain is Set to Hit Toronto on April 21, 2012 and Dean and Blundell show Be Prepared and Citizens of Toronto Be Prepared have your Rubber Boots and Rain Coats and The High Winds will be Really High and Can Knock out the Power and can Destroy the Umbrella because the Storm will be Very Powerful on Saturday. 102.1 the edge Be Prepared.
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High Winds and Heavy Rain is Set to Hit Toronto on April 21, 2012 and Dean and Blundell show Be Prepared and Citizens of Toronto Be Prepared have your Rubber Boots and Rain Coats and The High Winds will be Really High and Can Knock out the Power and can Destroy the Umbrella because the Storm will be Very Powerful on Saturday. 102.1 the edge Be Prepared.
- published: 02 Jul 2012
- views: 1589
- author: seanecw123
Severe Tornado Warning for Texas on Sunday April 15, 2012
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:53
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Tornado will be Very Powerful and It will Bring a lot of Downpours and Large Hail in Texas on April 15 and The Tornado storm will be very powerful on April 15, 2012 People in Texas Be Prepared have your Medical Kits and Survival Kits Ready and Have your Flashlights and Candles Ready too.
http://www.anotherdayinsydney.blogspot.ca
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Tornado will be Very Powerful and It will Bring a lot of Downpours and Large Hail in Texas on April 15 and The Tornado storm will be very powerful on April 15, 2012 People in Texas Be Prepared have your Medical Kits and Survival Kits Ready and Have your Flashlights and Candles Ready too.
http://www.anotherdayinsydney.blogspot.ca
- published: 02 Jul 2012
- views: 13619
- author: seanecw123
Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Southeastern United States on Saturday March 10, 2012
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- Duration: 2:17
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Tornado will Hit Southeastern United States on Saturday March 10, 2012 and the Warning will go all the way from the Illinois all the Way Down to Florida and Tennessee and it will be a Powerhouse Tornado and it will Bring Baseball Sized Hail with Ultra Strong Winds and It will Toss the Cars and Trucks and it will Rip the Roof off the Peoples houses and it will be a Very Strong Storm for the Southeastern United States it will Bring Huge Hail Bigger than Baseballs it will have Powerful Thunderstorms and Everything will be Destroyed.
http://wn.com/Severe_Thunderstorm_Warning_for_Southeastern_United_States_on_Saturday_March_10,_2012
Tornado will Hit Southeastern United States on Saturday March 10, 2012 and the Warning will go all the way from the Illinois all the Way Down to Florida and Tennessee and it will be a Powerhouse Tornado and it will Bring Baseball Sized Hail with Ultra Strong Winds and It will Toss the Cars and Trucks and it will Rip the Roof off the Peoples houses and it will be a Very Strong Storm for the Southeastern United States it will Bring Huge Hail Bigger than Baseballs it will have Powerful Thunderstorms and Everything will be Destroyed.
- published: 02 Jul 2012
- views: 1826
- author: seanecw123
Severe Rainfall Warning for Southern Australia This Week
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:43
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Rainfall will be over 250+ MM of rain and it will Flood a lot of Streets and all the Cars will be Stalled in the Flood Waters and Winds will be well Over 100 KPH and it will be powerful Thunder and Lightning the Storm will be Very Powerful for Southern Australia and It May Bring down the Power Lines and May Destroy a lots of Transformers and Knock all the Telephone Poles Down a lot of Raging Flood Waters will be in Southern Australia including Sydney.
http://wn.com/Severe_Rainfall_Warning_for_Southern_Australia_This_Week
Rainfall will be over 250+ MM of rain and it will Flood a lot of Streets and all the Cars will be Stalled in the Flood Waters and Winds will be well Over 100 KPH and it will be powerful Thunder and Lightning the Storm will be Very Powerful for Southern Australia and It May Bring down the Power Lines and May Destroy a lots of Transformers and Knock all the Telephone Poles Down a lot of Raging Flood Waters will be in Southern Australia including Sydney.
- published: 02 Jul 2012
- views: 3352
- author: seanecw123
Huge Earthquake to Hit Vancouver Sooner
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:02
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Powerful Earthquake is gonna hit Vancouver British Columbia Sooner and the Earthquake will be Devastating and Destructive once the Huge Earthquake is over Vancouver British Columbia will be in Ruins Lots of Things will be Knocked Over such as Motor Oil, Groceries, It will Knock all the Power Lines and Telephones over and The Tsunami will Hit North Korea, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, All the other South Pacific Countries and People in Vancouver Be Prepared and the Huge Earthquake is gonna Affect Interior BC and the Places such as Kamloops and Kelowna too. It will Destroy Lots of Transformers. Lots of Destruction will Occour after the Earthquake.
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http://wn.com/Huge_Earthquake_to_Hit_Vancouver_Sooner
Powerful Earthquake is gonna hit Vancouver British Columbia Sooner and the Earthquake will be Devastating and Destructive once the Huge Earthquake is over Vancouver British Columbia will be in Ruins Lots of Things will be Knocked Over such as Motor Oil, Groceries, It will Knock all the Power Lines and Telephones over and The Tsunami will Hit North Korea, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, All the other South Pacific Countries and People in Vancouver Be Prepared and the Huge Earthquake is gonna Affect Interior BC and the Places such as Kamloops and Kelowna too. It will Destroy Lots of Transformers. Lots of Destruction will Occour after the Earthquake.
my websites
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http://www.viewofsydneynovascotia.blogspot.com
- published: 02 Jul 2012
- views: 2028
- author: seanecw123
Major Blizzard to Hit Winnipeg Manitoba This Saturday
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:24
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Huge Blizzard is gonna to Hit Winnipeg This Saturday and it will bring 50+cm of snow with Strong Winds in Winnipeg and it will be Whiteout Conditions and Lots of Shoveling to do in Winnipeg this Saturday Coming up and there will be Power Outages in Winnipeg this weekend and Snow will be Blowing around and roads will be bad in Winnipeg this Saturday.
my websites.
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http://wn.com/Major_Blizzard_to_Hit_Winnipeg_Manitoba_This_Saturday
Huge Blizzard is gonna to Hit Winnipeg This Saturday and it will bring 50+cm of snow with Strong Winds in Winnipeg and it will be Whiteout Conditions and Lots of Shoveling to do in Winnipeg this Saturday Coming up and there will be Power Outages in Winnipeg this weekend and Snow will be Blowing around and roads will be bad in Winnipeg this Saturday.
my websites.
http://www.sydneynovascotiacb.blogspot.com
http://www.viewofsydneynovascotia.blogspot.com
- published: 02 Jul 2012
- views: 9403
- author: seanecw123
Major Blizzard to Hit Denver Colorado on Wednesday
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:26
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Huge Snowstorm is hitting Denver on Wednesday it will be 10+ Inches of Snow and it will be Lots of Power Outages and the Roads will get Slippery. People in Denver have your Winter Boots, Winter Jackets, Hats, Gloves, Scarfs and Ski Pants. People in Denver Colorado wear your Warm Clothing it will bring Strong Winds with that too and it May Destroy All Kinds of Transformers.
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http://wn.com/Major_Blizzard_to_Hit_Denver_Colorado_on_Wednesday
Huge Snowstorm is hitting Denver on Wednesday it will be 10+ Inches of Snow and it will be Lots of Power Outages and the Roads will get Slippery. People in Denver have your Winter Boots, Winter Jackets, Hats, Gloves, Scarfs and Ski Pants. People in Denver Colorado wear your Warm Clothing it will bring Strong Winds with that too and it May Destroy All Kinds of Transformers.
my websites
http://www.sydneynovascotiacb.blogspot.com
http://www.viewofsydneynovascotia.blogspot.com
- published: 02 Jul 2012
- views: 25665
- author: seanecw123
Severe Onion Rings Warning for Southern Australia
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:12
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Onion Rings Warning has Been Issued for Southern Australia it will be so powerful it will bring a lot of Rain and High Winds and People in Australia have your Rubber Boots and Rain Coats and Rain Suits Ready, Have your Medical Kits, Have your Flashlights ready it will be so powerful it will do tons of damage. There will be a lot of Rain and Major Flood from December 2011 until April 2012 it will be very powerful storm.
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http://wn.com/Severe_Onion_Rings_Warning_for_Southern_Australia
Onion Rings Warning has Been Issued for Southern Australia it will be so powerful it will bring a lot of Rain and High Winds and People in Australia have your Rubber Boots and Rain Coats and Rain Suits Ready, Have your Medical Kits, Have your Flashlights ready it will be so powerful it will do tons of damage. There will be a lot of Rain and Major Flood from December 2011 until April 2012 it will be very powerful storm.
my websites
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- published: 02 Jul 2012
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- author: seanecw123
Deep Freeze Warning Song by Frankie MacDonald
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- Duration: 1:37
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
The Music Song Christmas Carol Deep Freeze Warning by Frankie MacDonald
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DEEP FREEZE WARNING!
DEEP FREEZE WARNING!
DEEP FREEZE WARNING!
THE TEMPERATURE WILL DROP DRAMATICALLY
WINDCHILL WARNING!!!
Keep all your pets inside or they'll freeze solid!
Light a fire to stay warm!!
STAY INSIDE!
BE PREPARED!! Buy lots of drinks and food!!
THE LAKES WILL BE FROZEN!
CARS AND TRUCKS WILL NOT START CUZ OF THE COLD!!
PEOPLE WILL BE FROST BITTEN!
TAKE A HAT EVERYWHERE!
DON'T LET YOUR LOVED ONES ALONE!
DOWN TO -40 WITH THE WINDCHILL!
DON'T GO OUT
DEEP FREEZE WARNING!
My Christmas Song Lyrics
http://wn.com/Deep_Freeze_Warning_Song_by_Frankie_MacDonald
The Music Song Christmas Carol Deep Freeze Warning by Frankie MacDonald
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DEEP FREEZE WARNING!
DEEP FREEZE WARNING!
DEEP FREEZE WARNING!
THE TEMPERATURE WILL DROP DRAMATICALLY
WINDCHILL WARNING!!!
Keep all your pets inside or they'll freeze solid!
Light a fire to stay warm!!
STAY INSIDE!
BE PREPARED!! Buy lots of drinks and food!!
THE LAKES WILL BE FROZEN!
CARS AND TRUCKS WILL NOT START CUZ OF THE COLD!!
PEOPLE WILL BE FROST BITTEN!
TAKE A HAT EVERYWHERE!
DON'T LET YOUR LOVED ONES ALONE!
DOWN TO -40 WITH THE WINDCHILL!
DON'T GO OUT
DEEP FREEZE WARNING!
My Christmas Song Lyrics
- published: 02 Jul 2012
- views: 4371
- author: seanecw123
Big Storm to Hit Northwestern United States on Saturday November 12, 2011
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 7:56
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Huge Storm is Hitting the Northwestern United States late this week and it will bring ton of high winds and Heavy Rain in the Seattle Washington and Portland Oregon and the Coastal Cities in the West coast of the United States and Eureka California will get a lot of rain on Saturday. Right Now Eastern Russia is getting a lot of snow and high winds and the Center of the Storm is sitting over in Alaska and the pressure is below 960 mbar. Right Now it is Bringing Strong Winds and Lots of Snow in Alaska and it is a lot of wind behind the Storm over in Alaska Right now and Yakutsk Russia is Getting a Real Cold Weather right now and it is Freezing Cold in Yakutsk Russia over in Siberia and Really Cold Weather is in Yakutsk Right. Baseball Field in Whitney Pier Nova Scotia has a Puddle on it and From all the Rain Sydney Nova Scotia had during the Month of October and September. There are Earth Like Planets out there in our Universe and there are Other Solar Systems out there and YU55 could be a Space Ship or a Star Ship Out there and the Aliens are in the Far Far away from the Earth and Toronto Ontario is getting a lot of Wind and Rain on Monday coming up. Toronto Ontario is Getting a lot of rain and in Sydney Nova Scotia it is Very Nice Weather outside and at the Whitney Pier Baseball Field.
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http://wn.com/Big_Storm_to_Hit_Northwestern_United_States_on_Saturday_November_12,_2011
Huge Storm is Hitting the Northwestern United States late this week and it will bring ton of high winds and Heavy Rain in the Seattle Washington and Portland Oregon and the Coastal Cities in the West coast of the United States and Eureka California will get a lot of rain on Saturday. Right Now Eastern Russia is getting a lot of snow and high winds and the Center of the Storm is sitting over in Alaska and the pressure is below 960 mbar. Right Now it is Bringing Strong Winds and Lots of Snow in Alaska and it is a lot of wind behind the Storm over in Alaska Right now and Yakutsk Russia is Getting a Real Cold Weather right now and it is Freezing Cold in Yakutsk Russia over in Siberia and Really Cold Weather is in Yakutsk Right. Baseball Field in Whitney Pier Nova Scotia has a Puddle on it and From all the Rain Sydney Nova Scotia had during the Month of October and September. There are Earth Like Planets out there in our Universe and there are Other Solar Systems out there and YU55 could be a Space Ship or a Star Ship Out there and the Aliens are in the Far Far away from the Earth and Toronto Ontario is getting a lot of Wind and Rain on Monday coming up. Toronto Ontario is Getting a lot of rain and in Sydney Nova Scotia it is Very Nice Weather outside and at the Whitney Pier Baseball Field.
my websites
http://www.sydneynovascotiacb.blogspot.com
http://www.viewofsydneynovascotia.blogspot.com
- published: 02 Jul 2012
- views: 2506
- author: seanecw123
Astroid 2005 YU55 could be a Space Ship
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:33
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Asteroid 2005 YU55 could Be a Space Ship out there and there are aliens not in our galaxy it is in the other galaxies and M33 galaxy is far far away from Milky Way Galaxy and There are other Stars besides Sun and these names of the Stars is Sirus, Red Dwarfs and YU55 could be a Spaceship with the Aliens inside and it has a Complete Strange Language we don't even know about it. There are other Earths out there i do not even know about it. These Planets are very Strange to me.
my websites
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http://wn.com/Astroid_2005_YU55_could_be_a_Space_Ship
Asteroid 2005 YU55 could Be a Space Ship out there and there are aliens not in our galaxy it is in the other galaxies and M33 galaxy is far far away from Milky Way Galaxy and There are other Stars besides Sun and these names of the Stars is Sirus, Red Dwarfs and YU55 could be a Spaceship with the Aliens inside and it has a Complete Strange Language we don't even know about it. There are other Earths out there i do not even know about it. These Planets are very Strange to me.
my websites
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- published: 02 Jul 2012
- views: 6344
- author: seanecw123
Meatball Warning for our Universe
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:15
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Meatball Warning is for our Universe it is outside our Solar System and the Meatballs is like a Shooting Star. Sirius and Red Dwarfs is far far away from our solar system. Lots of Shooting Stars are the Meat Balls and the Asteroid 2005 YU55 on Tuesday November 8, 2001 is 240,000 Miles from the Earth and 201,000 miles is from the moon and the Asteroid 2005 YU55 is moving really fast and the Planets in our solar system is Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars and once we get passed by the Asteroid Belt the Outer Planets are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and the Dwarf Planet Pluto is formerly the Planet Pluto and beyond Pluto and there is another asteroid belt we do not know and the other Dwarf Planets is Sedna and Quaoar there are the dwarf planets beyond our solar system M33 Galaxy is one of the Another Galaxy and the Andromeda Galaxy is another Galaxy and we are not alone in this universe and there are other earths out there and there are Strange Planets out there and the Shooting Meatballs are the Shooting Stars. Black Hole will form in Many Years into the Future and Black Holes are far far away from our Solar System. There are Strange Planets Beyond our Solar System.
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http://wn.com/Meatball_Warning_for_our_Universe
Meatball Warning is for our Universe it is outside our Solar System and the Meatballs is like a Shooting Star. Sirius and Red Dwarfs is far far away from our solar system. Lots of Shooting Stars are the Meat Balls and the Asteroid 2005 YU55 on Tuesday November 8, 2001 is 240,000 Miles from the Earth and 201,000 miles is from the moon and the Asteroid 2005 YU55 is moving really fast and the Planets in our solar system is Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars and once we get passed by the Asteroid Belt the Outer Planets are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and the Dwarf Planet Pluto is formerly the Planet Pluto and beyond Pluto and there is another asteroid belt we do not know and the other Dwarf Planets is Sedna and Quaoar there are the dwarf planets beyond our solar system M33 Galaxy is one of the Another Galaxy and the Andromeda Galaxy is another Galaxy and we are not alone in this universe and there are other earths out there and there are Strange Planets out there and the Shooting Meatballs are the Shooting Stars. Black Hole will form in Many Years into the Future and Black Holes are far far away from our Solar System. There are Strange Planets Beyond our Solar System.
my websites
http://www.sydneynovascotiacb.blogspot.com
http://www.viewofsydneynovascotia.blogspot.com
- published: 02 Jul 2012
- views: 2624
- author: seanecw123
Our Solar System with Planets and Moons
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- Duration: 6:45
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Planet Mercury is the First Planet in our Solar System and it is a Planet and during the Daytime it is Really Hot and it is Freezing Cold during the Night. Planet Venus is the Hottest Planet in our Solar System and it has a cloud of Gas and it Melts Anything during including Metal and Rubber and it is so hot on Planet Venus. The Earth is the Right Place to Live in and Humans live on the Planet Earth and Dinosaurs lived on the Earth a long time ago and The Earth has one Moon and it has lots of Creators and The Man has Walked on the Moon in the year 1969. Mars is the Red Planet and the Sky is Red during the Daytime on Mars and the Mars is a Freezing Desert Planet and Mars has 2 Moons Phobos and Demos and it has a Asteroid Belt and there are lots of Asteroid between Jupiter and Mars. Jupiter is the Biggest Planet in our Solar System. Io is one of the Jupiter's Moon and it has a lot of Volcanoes and a lot of Lava Flowing in the Jupiter's Moon and Europa is Another One of the Jupiter's Moon and it has a lot of Ice Caps and Europa is a Ice Moon on Jupiter and it has water below the Ice Surface and there are the Strange Life Forms on the Jupiter's Moon Europa. Saturn is another Planet and the Moon is Titan and it has a Atmosphere and it also has a Oxygen too and the Day Light and it has Lakes and Rivers on the Saturn's Moon Titan and it might have plants on Titan and it is Very Cold and it has a Orange Sky on Titan and Blue Sky on Titan too and it has a Alien Life on Titan and Uranus Moon Miranda has Broken Apart and Brought Back Together and Miranda has a Strange Looking Creator and Neptune has the Strongest Storms and it is the Worst Planet on our Solar System and The Wind Storm is Size of the Earth and Neptune's Moon Triton has lots of Creators and Pluto is a Former Planet in our Solar System and it has a moon Charon and another Asteroid Beyond Neptune and Pluto is called the Kupio Belt beyond Kupio Belt it has Dwarf Planets such as Quaoar, Eris, Ceres and Sedna. Andromeda Galaxy and M33 Galaxy is another Galaxy's Out there and Sun, Sirus and the Red Dwarfs and other Earths is somewhere in outer Space we are not alone.
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http://wn.com/Our_Solar_System_with_Planets_and_Moons
Planet Mercury is the First Planet in our Solar System and it is a Planet and during the Daytime it is Really Hot and it is Freezing Cold during the Night. Planet Venus is the Hottest Planet in our Solar System and it has a cloud of Gas and it Melts Anything during including Metal and Rubber and it is so hot on Planet Venus. The Earth is the Right Place to Live in and Humans live on the Planet Earth and Dinosaurs lived on the Earth a long time ago and The Earth has one Moon and it has lots of Creators and The Man has Walked on the Moon in the year 1969. Mars is the Red Planet and the Sky is Red during the Daytime on Mars and the Mars is a Freezing Desert Planet and Mars has 2 Moons Phobos and Demos and it has a Asteroid Belt and there are lots of Asteroid between Jupiter and Mars. Jupiter is the Biggest Planet in our Solar System. Io is one of the Jupiter's Moon and it has a lot of Volcanoes and a lot of Lava Flowing in the Jupiter's Moon and Europa is Another One of the Jupiter's Moon and it has a lot of Ice Caps and Europa is a Ice Moon on Jupiter and it has water below the Ice Surface and there are the Strange Life Forms on the Jupiter's Moon Europa. Saturn is another Planet and the Moon is Titan and it has a Atmosphere and it also has a Oxygen too and the Day Light and it has Lakes and Rivers on the Saturn's Moon Titan and it might have plants on Titan and it is Very Cold and it has a Orange Sky on Titan and Blue Sky on Titan too and it has a Alien Life on Titan and Uranus Moon Miranda has Broken Apart and Brought Back Together and Miranda has a Strange Looking Creator and Neptune has the Strongest Storms and it is the Worst Planet on our Solar System and The Wind Storm is Size of the Earth and Neptune's Moon Triton has lots of Creators and Pluto is a Former Planet in our Solar System and it has a moon Charon and another Asteroid Beyond Neptune and Pluto is called the Kupio Belt beyond Kupio Belt it has Dwarf Planets such as Quaoar, Eris, Ceres and Sedna. Andromeda Galaxy and M33 Galaxy is another Galaxy's Out there and Sun, Sirus and the Red Dwarfs and other Earths is somewhere in outer Space we are not alone.
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- published: 02 Jul 2012
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- author: seanecw123
Big Storm Hits Sydney Nova Scotia on Remembrance Day
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- Duration: 1:37
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
The Storm Has Brought High Winds and Heavy Rain and gusting up to 90 KPH in Sydney Nova Scotia and Knocked out the Power in Edwardsville, Baddeck and Frenchvale Nova Scotia and All of Sydney Nova Scotia still have Power and People had to Stay Indoors because it was a lot of Rain and Flooded the Streets and People are Board in Sydney Nova Scotia and they couldn't went for a walk today.
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http://wn.com/Big_Storm_Hits_Sydney_Nova_Scotia_on_Remembrance_Day
The Storm Has Brought High Winds and Heavy Rain and gusting up to 90 KPH in Sydney Nova Scotia and Knocked out the Power in Edwardsville, Baddeck and Frenchvale Nova Scotia and All of Sydney Nova Scotia still have Power and People had to Stay Indoors because it was a lot of Rain and Flooded the Streets and People are Board in Sydney Nova Scotia and they couldn't went for a walk today.
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- published: 02 Jul 2012
- views: 1408
- author: seanecw123
Severe Earthquake Warning for Cape Breton Island in the Near Future
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:27
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
The Large Earthquake is gonna to Hit Sydney Nova Scotia in the Near Future and it will do a lot of damage and Last Big Earthquake in Sydney Nova Scotia that was in November 1929 and the Tsunami went up all the way to the Ashby Corner way Back then and the Large Earthquake Will Hit Cape Breton Island in the Near Future.
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http://wn.com/Severe_Earthquake_Warning_for_Cape_Breton_Island_in_the_Near_Future
The Large Earthquake is gonna to Hit Sydney Nova Scotia in the Near Future and it will do a lot of damage and Last Big Earthquake in Sydney Nova Scotia that was in November 1929 and the Tsunami went up all the way to the Ashby Corner way Back then and the Large Earthquake Will Hit Cape Breton Island in the Near Future.
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- published: 02 Jul 2012
- views: 7579
- author: seanecw123
Heavy Rain for Toronto from November 14 until November 17, 2011
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:50
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Great Lakes is still warm but the air is cold and it will bring a ton of rain and ton of high winds in Toronto This week coming up and it is a Lake Effect Rain in Toronto Ontario and it will bring a lot of Rain since the Great Lakes are Warm and it will bring a lot more rain in Toronto and People in Toronto have your Rubber Boots and Rain Suits Ready.
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http://wn.com/Heavy_Rain_for_Toronto_from_November_14_until_November_17,_2011
Great Lakes is still warm but the air is cold and it will bring a ton of rain and ton of high winds in Toronto This week coming up and it is a Lake Effect Rain in Toronto Ontario and it will bring a lot of Rain since the Great Lakes are Warm and it will bring a lot more rain in Toronto and People in Toronto have your Rubber Boots and Rain Suits Ready.
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- published: 02 Jul 2012
- views: 1401
- author: seanecw123
Big windstorm to Hit Athens Greece on Sunday November 13, 2011
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- Duration: 1:48
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
English:
Wind Warning has been issued for Athens Greece this Sunday and monday coming up and it will bring powerful winds with 50+ KMH winds with up to 100+ KMH gusts and it will be powerful winds and it will knock out the power and it will bring ton of winds and it will have power outages in Athens Greece this Sunday and Monday Coming up.
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Greek:
Προειδοποίηση Wind έχει εκδοθεί για την Αθήνα Ελλάδα αυτή την Κυριακή και τη Δευτέρα έρχονται και θα φέρει ισχυρούς ανέμους με 50 + KMH ανέμους μέχρι και με 100 + ριπές KMH και θα είναι ισχυροί άνεμοι και θα νοκ-άουτ τη δύναμη και θα φέρει τον των ανέμων και θα έχει διακοπές ρεύματος στην Αθήνα, Ελλάδα αυτή την Κυριακή και τη Δευτέρα έρχεται.
http://wn.com/Big_windstorm_to_Hit_Athens_Greece_on_Sunday_November_13,_2011
English:
Wind Warning has been issued for Athens Greece this Sunday and monday coming up and it will bring powerful winds with 50+ KMH winds with up to 100+ KMH gusts and it will be powerful winds and it will knock out the power and it will bring ton of winds and it will have power outages in Athens Greece this Sunday and Monday Coming up.
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Greek:
Προειδοποίηση Wind έχει εκδοθεί για την Αθήνα Ελλάδα αυτή την Κυριακή και τη Δευτέρα έρχονται και θα φέρει ισχυρούς ανέμους με 50 + KMH ανέμους μέχρι και με 100 + ριπές KMH και θα είναι ισχυροί άνεμοι και θα νοκ-άουτ τη δύναμη και θα φέρει τον των ανέμων και θα έχει διακοπές ρεύματος στην Αθήνα, Ελλάδα αυτή την Κυριακή και τη Δευτέρα έρχεται.
- published: 02 Jul 2012
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- author: seanecw123
Big Rainstorm to hit Texas on November 14, 2011
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:23
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Big Rainstorm is Hitting Houston and Galveston Texas. Dallas and San Antonio Texas and Brownsville Texas is getting a lot of Rain this week Coming up it will Bring Ton of High Winds in Texas this week Coming up and it will have Major Floods in Houston and Galveston Texas and There will be a High Surf in Galveston Texas too.
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http://wn.com/Big_Rainstorm_to_hit_Texas_on_November_14,_2011
Big Rainstorm is Hitting Houston and Galveston Texas. Dallas and San Antonio Texas and Brownsville Texas is getting a lot of Rain this week Coming up it will Bring Ton of High Winds in Texas this week Coming up and it will have Major Floods in Houston and Galveston Texas and There will be a High Surf in Galveston Texas too.
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- published: 02 Jul 2012
- views: 971
- author: seanecw123
Big Snowstorm to Hit Seattle Later This Week
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:32
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
The Big Snowstorm is Heading for Seattle Washington Later This Week on Friday November 18, and Saturday November 19, 2011 and it will bring a lot of snow in Seattle area and Rest of the Northwestern United States and Vancouver British Columbia is Getting Part of the Big Snowstorm and in Seattle roads will get slushy and roads will be covered with snow. All kinds of cars will be sliding up and down the road and lots of cars will get in the Car Accident and it will be Snow Covered Ground and Roads will be Covered with snow too it will bring High Winds and Reduced Visibility.
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http://wn.com/Big_Snowstorm_to_Hit_Seattle_Later_This_Week
The Big Snowstorm is Heading for Seattle Washington Later This Week on Friday November 18, and Saturday November 19, 2011 and it will bring a lot of snow in Seattle area and Rest of the Northwestern United States and Vancouver British Columbia is Getting Part of the Big Snowstorm and in Seattle roads will get slushy and roads will be covered with snow. All kinds of cars will be sliding up and down the road and lots of cars will get in the Car Accident and it will be Snow Covered Ground and Roads will be Covered with snow too it will bring High Winds and Reduced Visibility.
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- published: 02 Jul 2012
- views: 5230
- author: seanecw123
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Latitude, Longitude, and Time Zones (clip)
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- Duration: 2:03
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
A skillful combination of animation, live photography and representational models of the Earth clearly illustrate latitude and longitude, the prime meridian and time zones. A Coronet release. (Revised Edition)
13 minutes, color.
Direct link to purchase the DVD:
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A skillful combination of animation, live photography and representational models of the Earth clearly illustrate latitude and longitude, the prime meridian and time zones. A Coronet release. (Revised Edition)
13 minutes, color.
Direct link to purchase the DVD:
http://www.phoenixlearninggroup.com/Products/VideoDetail.aspx?id=0822cab2-2e0d-4ad8-a684-ac0616b6ca94&cat;=⊂=
- published: 09 Feb 2010
- views: 181267
- author: captharolck2516
Map Skills: Longitude (2nd Ed.) (clip)
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- Duration: 1:30
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
To describe the location of any place on Earth, we need to know not only latitude, but longitude as well. Wildlife photographer Natalie Haymaker demonstrates the location and role of the prime meridian, the measurement of longitude, and the time zones, as well as how the distance between longitude lines gets shorter away from the equator.
Part of "Map Skills," which is a five-part series that provides a world of information through delightfully animated programs featuring the exploits of a wildlife photographer and an outdoorsman. Difficult concepts are described clearly and completely. Produced by Christianson Productions, Inc. A Coronet release. 15 minutes, color.
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http://wn.com/Map_Skills_Longitude_2nd_Ed_clip
To describe the location of any place on Earth, we need to know not only latitude, but longitude as well. Wildlife photographer Natalie Haymaker demonstrates the location and role of the prime meridian, the measurement of longitude, and the time zones, as well as how the distance between longitude lines gets shorter away from the equator.
Part of "Map Skills," which is a five-part series that provides a world of information through delightfully animated programs featuring the exploits of a wildlife photographer and an outdoorsman. Difficult concepts are described clearly and completely. Produced by Christianson Productions, Inc. A Coronet release. 15 minutes, color.
direct link to purchase complete program:
http://www.phoenixlearninggroup.com/Products/VideoDetail.aspx?id=f2fe316f-7504-4981-aaea-a65f6fa67448
- published: 09 Feb 2010
- views: 68361
- author: captharolck2516
geography seasons
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:52
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
A movie about cause of seasons changes
http://wn.com/geography_seasons
A movie about cause of seasons changes
- published: 09 Feb 2010
- views: 356438
- author: captharolck2516
What Causes Earth's Seasons?
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:17
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
It's a hot time for some cool science. And I'm telling you, you won't find a better visual for how seasons occur. This'll clear it up.
http://wn.com/What_Causes_Earth's_Seasons?
It's a hot time for some cool science. And I'm telling you, you won't find a better visual for how seasons occur. This'll clear it up.
- published: 09 Feb 2010
- views: 780055
- author: captharolck2516
Geography Tutor - Map and Globe Terms
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:30
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
http://www.tmwmedia.com/geography.html#KG101DVD
Explains map and globe differences, latitude, longitude, legends, scale, time zones, poles and more.
http://wn.com/Geography_Tutor_Map_and_Globe_Terms
http://www.tmwmedia.com/geography.html#KG101DVD
Explains map and globe differences, latitude, longitude, legends, scale, time zones, poles and more.
- published: 22 Feb 2010
- views: 40497
- author: captharolck2516
Time Zones (DS3)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:12
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Time Zones. An attempt to make logical sense of the abstract concept of different time zones in different parts of the world. The sound collage is from 1983.
http://wn.com/Time_Zones_DS3
Time Zones. An attempt to make logical sense of the abstract concept of different time zones in different parts of the world. The sound collage is from 1983.
- published: 22 Feb 2010
- views: 14698
- author: captharolck2516
The United States - Location, Size and Regions
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:45
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
A brief educational video on the geography of the United States.
http://wn.com/The_United_States_Location,_Size_and_Regions
A brief educational video on the geography of the United States.
- published: 15 Mar 2010
- views: 56047
- author: captharolck2516
US Geography (US 1)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:49
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
State & Capital
http://wn.com/US_Geography_US_1
State & Capital
- published: 15 Mar 2010
- views: 14466
- author: captharolck2516
Physical Geography of the United States
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:15
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
http://www.tmwmedia.com/physical_geography.html
See an excerpt from this beautiful and fascinating video from the Physical Geography series, from TMW Media. It's a valuable tool for introducing students to a general geology of the United States and an introduction to the major Physiographic Provinces of the United States. Discover the general geologic forces that have been in progress since the beginning of time and the effect they have on the earth.
http://wn.com/Physical_Geography_of_the_United_States
http://www.tmwmedia.com/physical_geography.html
See an excerpt from this beautiful and fascinating video from the Physical Geography series, from TMW Media. It's a valuable tool for introducing students to a general geology of the United States and an introduction to the major Physiographic Provinces of the United States. Discover the general geologic forces that have been in progress since the beginning of time and the effect they have on the earth.
- published: 15 Mar 2010
- views: 7147
- author: captharolck2516
Physical Features of the United States
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:05
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
http://wn.com/Physical_Features_of_the_United_States
- published: 15 Mar 2010
- views: 10270
- author: captharolck2516
Southeastern United States (Britannica.com)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:05
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
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Atlantic Ocean - http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9109727/Atlantic-Ocean?source=youtube_68565
Gulf of Mexico - http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9109733/Gulf-of-Mexico?source=youtube_68565
Hurricane - http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9106251/tropical-cyclone?source=youtube_68565
Appalachian Mountains - http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9110718/Appalachian-Mountains?source=youtube_68565
Everglades - http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9033362/Everglades?source=youtube_68565
Mississippi River - http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9110729/Mississippi-River?source=youtube_68565
Ohio River - http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9056860/Ohio-River?source=youtube_68565
Tennessee River - http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9071696/Tennessee-River?source=youtube_68565
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Atlantic Ocean - http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9109727/Atlantic-Ocean?source=youtube_68565
Gulf of Mexico - http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9109733/Gulf-of-Mexico?source=youtube_68565
Hurricane - http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9106251/tropical-cyclone?source=youtube_68565
Appalachian Mountains - http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9110718/Appalachian-Mountains?source=youtube_68565
Everglades - http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9033362/Everglades?source=youtube_68565
Mississippi River - http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9110729/Mississippi-River?source=youtube_68565
Ohio River - http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9056860/Ohio-River?source=youtube_68565
Tennessee River - http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9071696/Tennessee-River?source=youtube_68565
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- published: 15 Mar 2010
- views: 6416
- author: captharolck2516
United States Pacific Region (Britannica.com)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:02
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
United States: The Change of Seasons - http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-77961/United-States?source=youtube_68554
Pacific Ocean - http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9108644/Pacific-Ocean?source=youtube_68554
Sierra Nevada - http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9110724/Sierra-Nevada?source=youtube_68554
Cascade Range - http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9020604/Cascade-Range?source=youtube_68554
Coast Mountains - http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9024513/Coast-Mountains?source=youtube_68554
Alaska Range - http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9005367/Alaska-Range?source=youtube_68554
Mount McKinley - http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9049797/Mount-McKinley?source=youtube_68554
Death Valley - http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9029654/Death-Valley?source=youtube_68554
Los Angeles - http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9108473/Los-Angeles?source=youtube_68554
San Francisco - http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9109513/San-Francisco?source=youtube_68554
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United States: The Change of Seasons - http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-77961/United-States?source=youtube_68554
Pacific Ocean - http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9108644/Pacific-Ocean?source=youtube_68554
Sierra Nevada - http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9110724/Sierra-Nevada?source=youtube_68554
Cascade Range - http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9020604/Cascade-Range?source=youtube_68554
Coast Mountains - http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9024513/Coast-Mountains?source=youtube_68554
Alaska Range - http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9005367/Alaska-Range?source=youtube_68554
Mount McKinley - http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9049797/Mount-McKinley?source=youtube_68554
Death Valley - http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9029654/Death-Valley?source=youtube_68554
Los Angeles - http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9108473/Los-Angeles?source=youtube_68554
San Francisco - http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9109513/San-Francisco?source=youtube_68554
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- published: 15 Mar 2010
- views: 2364
- author: captharolck2516
New England (Britannica.com)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:09
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
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Pilgrims - http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9060020/Pilgrim-Fathers?source=youtube_68571
Cape Cod - http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9024612/Cape-Cod?source=youtube_68571
Plymouth - http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9060472/Plymouth?source=youtube_68571
Great Migration - http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9399795/Great-Migration?source=youtube_68571
United States: The Supercities - http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-77986/United-States?source=youtube_68571
New York City - http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9108761/New-York-City?source=youtube_68571
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Pilgrims - http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9060020/Pilgrim-Fathers?source=youtube_68571
Cape Cod - http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9024612/Cape-Cod?source=youtube_68571
Plymouth - http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9060472/Plymouth?source=youtube_68571
Great Migration - http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9399795/Great-Migration?source=youtube_68571
United States: The Supercities - http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-77986/United-States?source=youtube_68571
New York City - http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9108761/New-York-City?source=youtube_68571
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- published: 15 Mar 2010
- views: 1249
- author: captharolck2516
The Midwest Region.MP4
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:02
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Report on the Midwest Region of the United States. The characters are sock puppet aliens.
http://wn.com/The_Midwest_RegionMP4
Report on the Midwest Region of the United States. The characters are sock puppet aliens.
- published: 15 Mar 2010
- views: 1365
- author: captharolck2516
US overthrows Hawaii's Government
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:05
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
High School history can be boring (such as for the first 70secs of this vide), but ironically it's because they don't get into the details (rest of the video). But put the two together, and you have Part One of "Did we sleep through our History Classes?"; which gives a taste of the US forefathers' thinking and then describes one of the US's earliest imperialist and milataristic adventures.
http://wn.com/US_overthrows_Hawaii's_Government
High School history can be boring (such as for the first 70secs of this vide), but ironically it's because they don't get into the details (rest of the video). But put the two together, and you have Part One of "Did we sleep through our History Classes?"; which gives a taste of the US forefathers' thinking and then describes one of the US's earliest imperialist and milataristic adventures.
- published: 15 Mar 2010
- views: 20000
- author: captharolck2516
Part 3: Hawaii vs. U.S. Imperialism
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 25:01
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Resources here (scroll past transcript): http://pinkyshow.org/videos/part-3-hawaii-vs-us-imperialism
Hawaii is the 50th state of the USA, right? (Well, actually "no"...) Pinky zooms through 500 years of the history of imperialism in order to explain why the U.S. has worked so hard to obscure the truth about Hawaii.
http://wn.com/Part_3_Hawaii_vs_US_Imperialism
Resources here (scroll past transcript): http://pinkyshow.org/videos/part-3-hawaii-vs-us-imperialism
Hawaii is the 50th state of the USA, right? (Well, actually "no"...) Pinky zooms through 500 years of the history of imperialism in order to explain why the U.S. has worked so hard to obscure the truth about Hawaii.
- published: 15 Mar 2010
- views: 114642
- author: captharolck2516
Physical Geography of South America
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:43
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Global 2H project by Jesse Reichenstein and David Donatello
http://wn.com/Physical_Geography_of_South_America
Global 2H project by Jesse Reichenstein and David Donatello
- published: 12 Apr 2010
- views: 12011
- author: captharolck2516
Continents & Oceans
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:23
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Educational hip-hop video reviewing the World's Continents & Oceans. For more please visit http://www.songsofhigherlearning.com
http://wn.com/Continents_Oceans
Educational hip-hop video reviewing the World's Continents & Oceans. For more please visit http://www.songsofhigherlearning.com
- published: 18 Aug 2010
- views: 272007
- author: captharolck2516
The Continents Song
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:34
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Learn your continents in a fun and easy way!
http://wn.com/The_Continents_Song
Learn your continents in a fun and easy way!
- published: 18 Aug 2010
- views: 440252
- author: captharolck2516
Latitude and Longitude
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:15
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
A brief synopsis of latitude and longitude and how they are used to accurately describe locations on the surface of the earth.
Feel free to use this video! If you do, please leave a comment and let us know how you used it.
http://wn.com/Latitude_and_Longitude
A brief synopsis of latitude and longitude and how they are used to accurately describe locations on the surface of the earth.
Feel free to use this video! If you do, please leave a comment and let us know how you used it.
- published: 12 Jan 2011
- views: 231224
- author: captharolck2516
Time Zones & How They Work
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 0:59
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
NASA Kids Science News segment explaining time zones and how they work.
http://wn.com/Time_Zones_How_They_Work
NASA Kids Science News segment explaining time zones and how they work.
- published: 14 Jan 2011
- views: 72921
- author: captharolck2516
Homeschool: The Seven Continents
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:13
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
The seven (7) continents of the world.
http://wn.com/Homeschool_The_Seven_Continents
The seven (7) continents of the world.
- published: 21 Jan 2011
- views: 23352
- author: captharolck2516
Geology 101 Online Course - UniversalClass
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:44
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Interested in geology? Take this online course offered by UniversalClass.
http://wn.com/Geology_101_Online_Course_UniversalClass
Interested in geology? Take this online course offered by UniversalClass.
- published: 24 Jan 2011
- views: 22791
- author: captharolck2516
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The Final Spin - 2012 NFTR Day 5 #10 Gold Plus
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:18
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
It's The Final Spin with Ben & Ferron, covering DAY 5 of the Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping Oklahoma City, OK October 24, 2012. Day 5 included the #10 Gold Plus!
http://wn.com/The_Final_Spin_2012_NFTR_Day_5_10_Gold_Plus
It's The Final Spin with Ben & Ferron, covering DAY 5 of the Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping Oklahoma City, OK October 24, 2012. Day 5 included the #10 Gold Plus!
- published: 25 Oct 2012
- views: 5174
- author: Theustrc
The Final Spin - 2012 NFTR Day 5 Century Championship
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 7:08
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
It's The Final Spin with Ben & Ferron, covering DAY of the Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping Oklahoma City, OK October 23, 2012. This Day 5 Final Spin Includes the Century Championships.
http://wn.com/The_Final_Spin_2012_NFTR_Day_5_Century_Championship
It's The Final Spin with Ben & Ferron, covering DAY of the Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping Oklahoma City, OK October 23, 2012. This Day 5 Final Spin Includes the Century Championships.
- published: 25 Oct 2012
- views: 3156
- author: Theustrc
The Final Spin - 2012 NFTR Day 4 #12 Gold Plus
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:22
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
It's The Final Spin with Ben & Ferron, covering DAY 4 of the Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping Oklahoma City, OK October 23, 2012. Day 4 included the 12 Gold Plus!
http://wn.com/The_Final_Spin_2012_NFTR_Day_4_12_Gold_Plus
It's The Final Spin with Ben & Ferron, covering DAY 4 of the Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping Oklahoma City, OK October 23, 2012. Day 4 included the 12 Gold Plus!
- published: 24 Oct 2012
- views: 3468
- author: Theustrc
The Final Spin - 2012 NFTR Day 4 #12 Shoot Out
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 8:43
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
It's The Final Spin with Ben & Ferron, covering DAY of the Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping Oklahoma City, OK October 23, 2012. This Day 4 Final Spin Includes the #12 Shoot-Out.
http://wn.com/The_Final_Spin_2012_NFTR_Day_4_12_Shoot_Out
It's The Final Spin with Ben & Ferron, covering DAY of the Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping Oklahoma City, OK October 23, 2012. This Day 4 Final Spin Includes the #12 Shoot-Out.
- published: 24 Oct 2012
- views: 5353
- author: Theustrc
The Final Spin - 2012 NFTR Day 3
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:03
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
It's The Final Spin with Ben & Ferron, covering DAY 3 of the Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping Oklahoma City, OK October 22, 2012. Day 3 included the 13 Shoot-Out and the #12 Preliminary.
http://wn.com/The_Final_Spin_2012_NFTR_Day_3
It's The Final Spin with Ben & Ferron, covering DAY 3 of the Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping Oklahoma City, OK October 22, 2012. Day 3 included the 13 Shoot-Out and the #12 Preliminary.
- published: 24 Oct 2012
- views: 4197
- author: Theustrc
The Final Spin - 2012 NFTR Day 2
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 10:42
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
It's The Final Spin with Ben & Ferron, covering DAY 2 of the Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping Oklahoma City, OK October 21, 2012. Day 2 included the 13 Preliminary & the Priefert US Open Championships. In this episode, Ben & Ferron also visit with the year-end winners of the Priefert Open Tour, Header - Luke Brown & Heeler - Travis Graves
http://wn.com/The_Final_Spin_2012_NFTR_Day_2
It's The Final Spin with Ben & Ferron, covering DAY 2 of the Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping Oklahoma City, OK October 21, 2012. Day 2 included the 13 Preliminary & the Priefert US Open Championships. In this episode, Ben & Ferron also visit with the year-end winners of the Priefert Open Tour, Header - Luke Brown & Heeler - Travis Graves
- published: 22 Oct 2012
- views: 6720
- author: Theustrc
The Final Spin - 2012 NFTR Day 1
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:52
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
It's The Final Spin with Ben & Ferron, covering DAY 1 of the Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping Oklahoma City, OK October 2, 2012. Day 1 included the 15 & Open Preliminaries & the #15 Shoot-Out. It was a pretty rich first day of team roping!
http://wn.com/The_Final_Spin_2012_NFTR_Day_1
It's The Final Spin with Ben & Ferron, covering DAY 1 of the Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping Oklahoma City, OK October 2, 2012. Day 1 included the 15 & Open Preliminaries & the #15 Shoot-Out. It was a pretty rich first day of team roping!
- published: 21 Oct 2012
- views: 7298
- author: Theustrc
The Final Spin - 2011 NFTR Day 8
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:40
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
A wrap-up episode of the 8th day of the 2011 Cinch National Finals of Team Roping. This gives ropers an in-depth look at the winners of the day. Watch as we cover the daily highlights as well as take a look at what is going on behind the scenes.
http://wn.com/The_Final_Spin_2011_NFTR_Day_8
A wrap-up episode of the 8th day of the 2011 Cinch National Finals of Team Roping. This gives ropers an in-depth look at the winners of the day. Watch as we cover the daily highlights as well as take a look at what is going on behind the scenes.
- published: 31 Oct 2011
- views: 7623
- author: Theustrc
The Final Spin - 2011 NFTR Day 7
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 8:00
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
The Final Spin - 2011 NFTR Day 7
http://wn.com/The_Final_Spin_2011_NFTR_Day_7
The Final Spin - 2011 NFTR Day 7
- published: 29 Oct 2011
- views: 3540
- author: Theustrc
The Final Spin - 2011 NFTR Day 6
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 7:18
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
A wrap-up episode of the 6th day of the 2011 Cinch National Finals of Team Roping. This gives ropers an in-depth look at the winners of the day. Watch as we cover the daily highlights as well as take a look at what is going on behind the scenes.
http://wn.com/The_Final_Spin_2011_NFTR_Day_6
A wrap-up episode of the 6th day of the 2011 Cinch National Finals of Team Roping. This gives ropers an in-depth look at the winners of the day. Watch as we cover the daily highlights as well as take a look at what is going on behind the scenes.
- published: 29 Oct 2011
- views: 4570
- author: Theustrc
The Final Spin - 2011 NFTR Day 5
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:30
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
A wrap-up episode of the 5th day of the 2011 Cinch National Finals of Team Roping. This gives ropers an in-depth look at the winners of the day. Watch as we cover the daily highlights as well as take a look at what is going on behind the scenes.
http://wn.com/The_Final_Spin_2011_NFTR_Day_5
A wrap-up episode of the 5th day of the 2011 Cinch National Finals of Team Roping. This gives ropers an in-depth look at the winners of the day. Watch as we cover the daily highlights as well as take a look at what is going on behind the scenes.
- published: 27 Oct 2011
- views: 1804
- author: Theustrc
The Final Spin - 2011 NFTR Day 4
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 8:27
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
A wrap-up episode of the 4th day of the 2011 Cinch National Finals of Team Roping. This gives ropers an in-depth look at the winners of the day. Watch as we cover the daily highlights as well as take a look at what is going on behind the scenes.
http://wn.com/The_Final_Spin_2011_NFTR_Day_4
A wrap-up episode of the 4th day of the 2011 Cinch National Finals of Team Roping. This gives ropers an in-depth look at the winners of the day. Watch as we cover the daily highlights as well as take a look at what is going on behind the scenes.
- published: 27 Oct 2011
- views: 1791
- author: Theustrc
The Final Spin - 2011 NFTR Day 3
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 8:09
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
A wrap-up episode of the 3rd day of the 2011 Cinch National Finals of Team Roping. This gives ropers an in-depth look at the winners of the day. Watch as we cover the daily highlights as well as take a look at what is going on behind the scenes.
http://wn.com/The_Final_Spin_2011_NFTR_Day_3
A wrap-up episode of the 3rd day of the 2011 Cinch National Finals of Team Roping. This gives ropers an in-depth look at the winners of the day. Watch as we cover the daily highlights as well as take a look at what is going on behind the scenes.
- published: 25 Oct 2011
- views: 3126
- author: Theustrc
The Final Spin - 2011 NFTR Day 2
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 8:53
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Special coverage of the US Open Championships by Ben Clements, Ferron Lucero, Reed Flake & Kyle Elwood. A wrap-up episode of very first day of the 2011 Cinch National Finals of Team Roping. This gives ropers an in-depth look at the winners of the day. Watch as we cover the daily highlights as well as take a look at what is going on behind the scenes.
http://wn.com/The_Final_Spin_2011_NFTR_Day_2
Special coverage of the US Open Championships by Ben Clements, Ferron Lucero, Reed Flake & Kyle Elwood. A wrap-up episode of very first day of the 2011 Cinch National Finals of Team Roping. This gives ropers an in-depth look at the winners of the day. Watch as we cover the daily highlights as well as take a look at what is going on behind the scenes.
- published: 25 Oct 2011
- views: 3546
- author: Theustrc
THE FINAL SPIN - US Open Championships Round 3 Quick Review
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:30
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Round 3 of the Cinch US Open Championships!
http://wn.com/THE_FINAL_SPIN_US_Open_Championships_Round_3_Quick_Review
Round 3 of the Cinch US Open Championships!
- published: 23 Oct 2011
- views: 1635
- author: Theustrc
THE FINAL SPIN - US Open Championships Round 2 Quick Review
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 0:49
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Round 2 of the Cinch US Open Championships!
http://wn.com/THE_FINAL_SPIN_US_Open_Championships_Round_2_Quick_Review
Round 2 of the Cinch US Open Championships!
- published: 23 Oct 2011
- views: 1131
- author: Theustrc
THE FINAL SPIN - US Open Championships Round 1 Quick Review
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 0:46
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Round 1 of the Cinch US Open Championships!
http://wn.com/THE_FINAL_SPIN_US_Open_Championships_Round_1_Quick_Review
Round 1 of the Cinch US Open Championships!
- published: 23 Oct 2011
- views: 1176
- author: Theustrc
The Final Spin - 2011 NFTR Day 1
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 9:49
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
A wrap-up episode of very first day of the 2011 Cinch National Finals of Team Roping. This gives ropers an in-depth look at the winners of the day. Watch as we cover the daily highlights as well as take a look at what is going on behind the scenes.
http://wn.com/The_Final_Spin_2011_NFTR_Day_1
A wrap-up episode of very first day of the 2011 Cinch National Finals of Team Roping. This gives ropers an in-depth look at the winners of the day. Watch as we cover the daily highlights as well as take a look at what is going on behind the scenes.
- published: 23 Oct 2011
- views: 4029
- author: Theustrc
The Final Spin - BLOOPERS 2011
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:40
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
The Final Spin - BLOOPERS 2011
http://wn.com/The_Final_Spin_BLOOPERS_2011
The Final Spin - BLOOPERS 2011
- published: 21 Oct 2011
- views: 1382
- author: Theustrc
The Final Spin - It's the Pre-Finals Show
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 9:47
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
This is a GET READY episode before the Finals next week in OKC! This episode give an in-depth look at what is in store for ropers at this year's NFTR.
http://wn.com/The_Final_Spin_It's_the_Pre-Finals_Show
This is a GET READY episode before the Finals next week in OKC! This episode give an in-depth look at what is in store for ropers at this year's NFTR.
- published: 21 Oct 2011
- views: 933
- author: Theustrc
The Final Spin - Lone Star Regionals 2011
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 22:00
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
A wrap-up episode of the entire event!
The USTRC is proud to introduce "The Final Spin." This gives ropers an in-depth look at what is going on inside the world of team roping. Watch as we cover the daily highlights as well as take a look at what is going on behind the scenes.
http://wn.com/The_Final_Spin_Lone_Star_Regionals_2011
A wrap-up episode of the entire event!
The USTRC is proud to introduce "The Final Spin." This gives ropers an in-depth look at what is going on inside the world of team roping. Watch as we cover the daily highlights as well as take a look at what is going on behind the scenes.
- published: 29 Aug 2011
- views: 1213
- author: Theustrc
THE FINAL SPIN - SOUTHWEST REGIONALS 2011
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 27:16
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
A wrap-up episode of the entire event!
The USTRC is proud to introduce "The Final Spin." This gives ropers an in-depth look at what is going on inside the world of team roping. Watch as we cover the daily highlights as well as take a look at what is going on behind the scenes.
http://wn.com/THE_FINAL_SPIN_SOUTHWEST_REGIONALS_2011
A wrap-up episode of the entire event!
The USTRC is proud to introduce "The Final Spin." This gives ropers an in-depth look at what is going on inside the world of team roping. Watch as we cover the daily highlights as well as take a look at what is going on behind the scenes.
- published: 19 Aug 2011
- views: 622
- author: Theustrc
THE FINAL SPIN - DAY 1 EASTERN REGIONALS 2011
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:21
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
"The Final Spin" Episode 1 From the Eastern Regional Finals, 2011. The USTRC is proud to introduce "The Final Spin." This gives ropers an in-depth look at what is going on inside the world of team roping. Watch as we cover the daily highlights as well as take a look at what is going on behind the scenes.
http://wn.com/THE_FINAL_SPIN_DAY_1_EASTERN_REGIONALS_2011
"The Final Spin" Episode 1 From the Eastern Regional Finals, 2011. The USTRC is proud to introduce "The Final Spin." This gives ropers an in-depth look at what is going on inside the world of team roping. Watch as we cover the daily highlights as well as take a look at what is going on behind the scenes.
- published: 01 Aug 2011
- views: 5023
- author: Theustrc
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- published: 02 Jan 2012
- views: 82361
- author: Alinvestmentsinc
Minh Tuyet - Tinh Khong La Mo (NEW SONG 2011) & Happy Birthday (MC Thuy Duong, Van Son, Quang Le)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 9:59
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
MT debuts her new song, Tinh Khong La Mo.
In celebration of MC Thuy Duong's birthday, Van Son brings out a little cake with a candle on it. Minh Tuyet and the audience sing Happy Birthday, then VS does a little 'birthday present' skit.
Quang Le makes an appearance.
Chuong Trinh Song Ca Dac Biet (Australian June Tour):
"Tim Em Mai Thuoc Ve Anh"
with Tung Chau and the band
Melbourne, Australia
(5 June 2011)
Credits go to featured artists, performers and composers of songs performed. I do not own any of it.
http://wn.com/Minh_Tuyet_Tinh_Khong_La_Mo_NEW_SONG_2011_Happy_Birthday_MC_Thuy_Duong,_Van_Son,_Quang_Le
MT debuts her new song, Tinh Khong La Mo.
In celebration of MC Thuy Duong's birthday, Van Son brings out a little cake with a candle on it. Minh Tuyet and the audience sing Happy Birthday, then VS does a little 'birthday present' skit.
Quang Le makes an appearance.
Chuong Trinh Song Ca Dac Biet (Australian June Tour):
"Tim Em Mai Thuoc Ve Anh"
with Tung Chau and the band
Melbourne, Australia
(5 June 2011)
Credits go to featured artists, performers and composers of songs performed. I do not own any of it.
- published: 02 Jan 2012
- views: 132573
- author: Alinvestmentsinc
Vinashowbiz with Thanh Pham: Van Son interview, Part 1
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 9:05
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
http://vinashowbiz.com
http://vinamaxshowbiz.com
http://wn.com/Vinashowbiz_with_Thanh_Pham_Van_Son_interview,_Part_1
http://vinashowbiz.com
http://vinamaxshowbiz.com
- published: 02 Jan 2012
- views: 50215
- author: Alinvestmentsinc
Vinashowbiz with Thanh Pham: Van Son interview, Part 2
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 7:33
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
http://vinashowbiz.com
http://vinamaxshowbiz.com
http://wn.com/Vinashowbiz_with_Thanh_Pham_Van_Son_interview,_Part_2
http://vinashowbiz.com
http://vinamaxshowbiz.com
- published: 02 Jan 2012
- views: 16429
- author: Alinvestmentsinc
Van Son 47 In Edmonton - Hè Trên Xứ Lạnh
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:43
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Sẽ phát hành vào thứ 4, 12 tháng 10, 2011.
Will be released on Wednesday 12 October, 2011.
http://wn.com/Van_Son_47_In_Edmonton_Hè_Trên_Xứ_Lạnh
Sẽ phát hành vào thứ 4, 12 tháng 10, 2011.
Will be released on Wednesday 12 October, 2011.
- published: 02 Jan 2012
- views: 188293
- author: Alinvestmentsinc
![200 đô [wWw.haikich.Us]](http://web.archive.org./web/20121208152521im_/http://i.ytimg.com/vi/ntvnkYZm9Qw/default.jpg "200 đô [wWw.haikich.Us]")
200 đô [wWw.haikich.Us]
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:56
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Welcome to http://haikich.us & http://benhvienthammy.com.vn & http://lamchuyen.com
http://wn.com/200_đô_wWwhaikichUs_
Welcome to http://haikich.us & http://benhvienthammy.com.vn & http://lamchuyen.com
- published: 02 Jan 2012
- views: 440671
- author: Alinvestmentsinc
Danh hài Vân Sơn và những dự án văn nghệ trong năm 2011
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 7:12
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Gặp nhau tại cuộc họp báo của Hội Doanh Nhân Việt Mỹ (Vietnamese American Business Association - VABA) tại nam California do Viet Press Club (VPC) tổ chức tại nhà hàng Zen trên phố Bolsa, danh hài Vân Sơn chia sẻ những dự án văn nghệ của trung tâm Vân Sơn Productions trong năm 2011.
http://wn.com/Danh_hài_Vân_Sơn_và_những_dự_án_văn_nghệ_trong_năm_2011
Gặp nhau tại cuộc họp báo của Hội Doanh Nhân Việt Mỹ (Vietnamese American Business Association - VABA) tại nam California do Viet Press Club (VPC) tổ chức tại nhà hàng Zen trên phố Bolsa, danh hài Vân Sơn chia sẻ những dự án văn nghệ của trung tâm Vân Sơn Productions trong năm 2011.
- published: 02 Jan 2012
- views: 123914
- author: Alinvestmentsinc
Guan Yin Song
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:47
- Updated: 01 Jan 1970
Nanmo Amituofo
http://wn.com/Guan_Yin_Song
Nanmo Amituofo
- published: 05 Mar 2012
- views: 317870
- author: Alinvestmentsinc
6:21
2011 Open Short Round - Southeast Regional Finals
USTRC Present sthe Open Shoot Out Short Round from the 2011 Southeastern Regional Finals
T...
published: 14 Sep 2011
author: Theustrc
2011 Open Short Round - Southeast Regional Finals
USTRC Present sthe Open Shoot Out Short Round from the 2011 Southeastern Regional Finals
Tunica, MS
- published: 14 Sep 2011
- views: 4867
- author: Theustrc
5:46
2011 #15 Short Round - Southeast Regional Finals
USTRC Presents #15 Shoot Out Short Round from the 2011 Southeastern Regional Finals
Tunica...
published: 14 Sep 2011
author: Theustrc
2011 #15 Short Round - Southeast Regional Finals
USTRC Presents #15 Shoot Out Short Round from the 2011 Southeastern Regional Finals
Tunica, MS
- published: 14 Sep 2011
- views: 2095
- author: Theustrc
7:37
2011 #13 Short Round - Southeast Regional Finals
USTRC Presents #13 Shoot Out Short Round from the 2011 Southeastern Regional Finals
Tunica...
published: 15 Sep 2011
author: Theustrc
2011 #13 Short Round - Southeast Regional Finals
USTRC Presents #13 Shoot Out Short Round from the 2011 Southeastern Regional Finals
Tunica, MS
- published: 15 Sep 2011
- views: 1995
- author: Theustrc
9:29
2011 Gold Plus Short Round - Southeast Regional Finals
USTRC Presents the Gold Plus Out Short Round from the 2011 Southeastern Regional Finals
Tu...
published: 21 Sep 2011
author: Theustrc
2011 Gold Plus Short Round - Southeast Regional Finals
USTRC Presents the Gold Plus Out Short Round from the 2011 Southeastern Regional Finals
Tunica, MS
- published: 21 Sep 2011
- views: 1274
- author: Theustrc
12:41
2011 #12 Short Round - Southeast Regional Finals
USTRC Presents #12 Shoot Out Short Round from the 2011 Southeastern Regional Finals
Tunica...
published: 15 Sep 2011
author: Theustrc
2011 #12 Short Round - Southeast Regional Finals
USTRC Presents #12 Shoot Out Short Round from the 2011 Southeastern Regional Finals
Tunica, MS
- published: 15 Sep 2011
- views: 3168
- author: Theustrc
7:24
2011 #10 Short Round - Southeast Regional Finals
USTRC Presents #10 Shoot Out Short Round from the 2011 Southeastern Regional Finals
Tunica...
published: 14 Sep 2011
author: Theustrc
2011 #10 Short Round - Southeast Regional Finals
USTRC Presents #10 Shoot Out Short Round from the 2011 Southeastern Regional Finals
Tunica, MS
- published: 14 Sep 2011
- views: 758
- author: Theustrc
7:43
2011 #11 Short Round - Southeast Regional Finals
USTRC Presents #11 Shoot Out Short Round from the 2011 Southeastern Regional Finals
Tunica...
published: 14 Sep 2011
author: Theustrc
2011 #11 Short Round - Southeast Regional Finals
USTRC Presents #11 Shoot Out Short Round from the 2011 Southeastern Regional Finals
Tunica, MS
- published: 14 Sep 2011
- views: 753
- author: Theustrc
7:30
2011 #9 Short Round - Southeast Regional Finals
USTRC Presents #9 Shoot Out Short Round from the 2011 Southeastern Regional Finals
Tunica,...
published: 14 Sep 2011
author: Theustrc
2011 #9 Short Round - Southeast Regional Finals
USTRC Presents #9 Shoot Out Short Round from the 2011 Southeastern Regional Finals
Tunica, MS
- published: 14 Sep 2011
- views: 1447
- author: Theustrc
9:46
2011 #8 Short Round - Southeast Regional Finals
USTRC Presents #8 Shoot Out Short Round from the 2011 Southeastern Regional Finals
Tunica,...
published: 14 Sep 2011
author: Theustrc
2011 #8 Short Round - Southeast Regional Finals
USTRC Presents #8 Shoot Out Short Round from the 2011 Southeastern Regional Finals
Tunica, MS
- published: 14 Sep 2011
- views: 1638
- author: Theustrc
5:11
2012 Open Short Round Final Spin Coverage - Southwest Regional Finals
USTRC Present Open Short Round From the 2012 Southwest Regional Finals
Clovis, New Mexico ...
published: 03 Aug 2012
author: Theustrc
2012 Open Short Round Final Spin Coverage - Southwest Regional Finals
USTRC Present Open Short Round From the 2012 Southwest Regional Finals
Clovis, New Mexico August 2-5.
- published: 03 Aug 2012
- views: 3741
- author: Theustrc
5:11
2012 #15 Shoot-Out Short Round Final Spin Coverage - Southwest Regional Finals
USTRC Present #15 Shoot-Out Short Round From the 2012 Southwest Regional Finals
Clovis, Ne...
published: 03 Aug 2012
author: Theustrc
2012 #15 Shoot-Out Short Round Final Spin Coverage - Southwest Regional Finals
USTRC Present #15 Shoot-Out Short Round From the 2012 Southwest Regional Finals
Clovis, New Mexico August 2-5.
- published: 03 Aug 2012
- views: 1126
- author: Theustrc
5:50
2012 #13 Shoot-Out Short Round Final Spin Coverage - Southwest Regional Finals
USTRC Present #13 Shoot-Out Short Round From the 2012 Southwest Regional Finals
Clovis, Ne...
published: 03 Aug 2012
author: Theustrc
2012 #13 Shoot-Out Short Round Final Spin Coverage - Southwest Regional Finals
USTRC Present #13 Shoot-Out Short Round From the 2012 Southwest Regional Finals
Clovis, New Mexico August 2-5.
- published: 03 Aug 2012
- views: 1682
- author: Theustrc
Vimeo results:
5:00
Earth
Time lapse sequences of photographs taken by the crew of expeditions
28 & 29 onboard the ...
published: 12 Nov 2011
author: Michael König
Earth
Time lapse sequences of photographs taken by the crew of expeditions
28 & 29 onboard the International Space Station from August to October,
2011, who to my knowledge shot these pictures at an altitude of around 350 km.
All credit goes to them.
HD, refurbished, smoothed, retimed, denoised, deflickered, cut, etc.
All in all I tried to keep the looks of the material as original as possible,
avoided adjusting the colors and the like, since in my opinion the original
footage itself already has an almost surreal and aestethical visual nature.
Music: Jan Jelinek | Do Dekor, faitiche back2001
w+p by Jan Jelinek, published by scape Publishing / Universal
http://www.janjelinek.com | http://www.faitiche.de
Image Courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory,
NASA Johnson Space Center, The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth
http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov
Editing: Michael König | http://www.koenigm.com
Shooting locations in order of appearance:
1. Aurora Borealis Pass over the United States at Night
2. Aurora Borealis and eastern United States at Night
3. Aurora Australis from Madagascar to southwest of Australia
4. Aurora Australis south of Australia
5. Northwest coast of United States to Central South America at Night
6. Aurora Australis from the Southern to the Northern Pacific Ocean
7. Halfway around the World
8. Night Pass over Central Africa and the Middle East
9. Evening Pass over the Sahara Desert and the Middle East
10. Pass over Canada and Central United States at Night
11. Pass over Southern California to Hudson Bay
12. Islands in the Philippine Sea at Night
13. Pass over Eastern Asia to Philippine Sea and Guam
14. Views of the Mideast at Night
15. Night Pass over Mediterranean Sea
16. Aurora Borealis and the United States at Night
17. Aurora Australis over Indian Ocean
18. Eastern Europe to Southeastern Asia at Night
2:34
Brood XIX Periodical Cicada 2011
The Great Southern Brood periodical cicadas are emerging across the Southeastern United St...
published: 12 May 2011
author: Mark Dolejs
Brood XIX Periodical Cicada 2011
The Great Southern Brood periodical cicadas are emerging across the Southeastern United States. This is a series of over 1500 digital still photographs taken over a seven and a half hour period on May 10, 2011, in Durham, North Carolina. Shown is a cicada nymph shedding its exoskeleton as it transforms to its adult stage.
6:52
Tornado Relief Project: Dr. Culpepper Calls the Church to Action (HD)
On Wednesday, April 27, 2011, severe storms produced a series of deadly tornadoes that rav...
published: 30 Apr 2011
author: ChurchofGod
Tornado Relief Project: Dr. Culpepper Calls the Church to Action (HD)
On Wednesday, April 27, 2011, severe storms produced a series of deadly tornadoes that ravaged the Southeastern United States. Hundreds were killed and many thousands adversely affected. Watch as Dr. Raymond Culpepper, Church of God General Overseer, surveys the damage and calls the Church of God into action to support relief efforts.
Church of God Missions Support Number: 765-0047
churchofgod.org
4:11
Quiet_Hounds "I Get Up" Take Away Show
Performed and recorded live on April 25, 2012 in the the largest brick building in the Sou...
published: 03 May 2012
author: Quiet Hounds
Quiet_Hounds "I Get Up" Take Away Show
Performed and recorded live on April 25, 2012 in the the largest brick building in the Southeastern United States. "I Get Up" is the first ever, musical performance in this historic ten story, 2.1 million square-foot structure.
It is the first single off the highly anticipated second release from Quiet Hounds, Megaphona.
Out on June 4, 2012.
3:22
Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Minnesota on May 6 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning is in Effect on Sunday May 6 2012 for Minnesota it will bring ...
published: 02 Jul 2012
author: seanecw123
Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Minnesota on May 6 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning is in Effect on Sunday May 6 2012 for Minnesota it will bring Heavy Rain and Strong Winds and it will cause Flooding and Power will Go out and Before the Storm Order your Pizzas and Order your Chinese Food and Buy Extra Batteries for the Flashlight and the Buy your Candles Unplug all your Electronics Such as Computers and Televisions just in case of the Power Surge have your Cell Phones and Tablets Charged for the Big Thunderstorm coming up on Sunday in Minnesota have your Rubber Boots and Rain Coats Ready because of that Storm it will Knock out the Power and It will Bring Down the Power Lines and Trees and Power Transformers have your Extra Supplies ready for the Big Huge Storm.
http://www.anotherdayinsydney.blogspot.com
- published: 02 Jul 2012
- views: 2172
- author: seanecw123
2:32
Severe Thunderstorm Watch for Southwestern Ontario
Severe Thunderstorm is Heading for Southwestern Ontario Including Toronto and It will Brin...
published: 02 Jul 2012
author: seanecw123
Severe Thunderstorm Watch for Southwestern Ontario
Severe Thunderstorm is Heading for Southwestern Ontario Including Toronto and It will Bring Downpour Heavy Rain with Damaging Winds and some Hail with it and Unplug your Electronics such as Televisions and Computers and don't ruin your electronics and disconnect your Televisions and Computers and Appliances and Thunderstorms will be Very Powerful and it will cause Power Surge that can break your Televisions and Computers and Have your Cell Phones Charged when the Power Goes Out and the cell phones will be Fully Charged and when it Hails stay away from windows and stay interior of the houses when it is a tornado head down to the basement. When it is a Major Flood on the Street don't go near the flood with your car since the car will break down in the flood and get stalled and stay away from the flood and Have your Rubber Boots and Rain Suits and Rain Coats Ready because the Rain will be So Heavy and most People Stay Indoors during that storm.
- published: 02 Jul 2012
- views: 2263
- author: seanecw123
1:01
The Guy is Walking like a Penguin
This Guy is Walking like a Penguin and he is walking like a Penguins down in Antarctica he...
published: 02 Jul 2012
author: seanecw123
The Guy is Walking like a Penguin
This Guy is Walking like a Penguin and he is walking like a Penguins down in Antarctica he is doing a penguin Walk.
- published: 02 Jul 2012
- views: 4551
- author: seanecw123
2:29
Be Careful Out There My Advice about the Big Rainstorm for Saturday
Northeastern United States is Getting a lot of Rain and Strong Winds is Gonna Hit Boston M...
published: 02 Jul 2012
author: seanecw123
Be Careful Out There My Advice about the Big Rainstorm for Saturday
Northeastern United States is Getting a lot of Rain and Strong Winds is Gonna Hit Boston Massachusetts, New york City, Washington DC, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh and the Rest of the Eastern United States is getting over 100+ Inches of Rain this Weekend the Floods will be Really Deep and Winds will be So Strong and it will be Over 100+ KPH it will affect Toronto and Montreal. The Rainfall will be Widespread for the Whole Entire Northeastern United States. Big Storm on Saturday April 21, 2012 into Sunday April 22, 2012.
- published: 02 Jul 2012
- views: 2826
- author: seanecw123
1:41
Big Storm To Hit Toronto on Saturday April 21, 2012
High Winds and Heavy Rain is Set to Hit Toronto on April 21, 2012 and Dean and Blundell sh...
published: 02 Jul 2012
author: seanecw123
Big Storm To Hit Toronto on Saturday April 21, 2012
High Winds and Heavy Rain is Set to Hit Toronto on April 21, 2012 and Dean and Blundell show Be Prepared and Citizens of Toronto Be Prepared have your Rubber Boots and Rain Coats and The High Winds will be Really High and Can Knock out the Power and can Destroy the Umbrella because the Storm will be Very Powerful on Saturday. 102.1 the edge Be Prepared.
- published: 02 Jul 2012
- views: 1589
- author: seanecw123
1:53
Severe Tornado Warning for Texas on Sunday April 15, 2012
Tornado will be Very Powerful and It will Bring a lot of Downpours and Large Hail in Texas...
published: 02 Jul 2012
author: seanecw123
Severe Tornado Warning for Texas on Sunday April 15, 2012
Tornado will be Very Powerful and It will Bring a lot of Downpours and Large Hail in Texas on April 15 and The Tornado storm will be very powerful on April 15, 2012 People in Texas Be Prepared have your Medical Kits and Survival Kits Ready and Have your Flashlights and Candles Ready too.
http://www.anotherdayinsydney.blogspot.ca
- published: 02 Jul 2012
- views: 13619
- author: seanecw123
2:17
Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Southeastern United States on Saturday March 10, 2012
Tornado will Hit Southeastern United States on Saturday March 10, 2012 and the Warning wil...
published: 02 Jul 2012
author: seanecw123
Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Southeastern United States on Saturday March 10, 2012
Tornado will Hit Southeastern United States on Saturday March 10, 2012 and the Warning will go all the way from the Illinois all the Way Down to Florida and Tennessee and it will be a Powerhouse Tornado and it will Bring Baseball Sized Hail with Ultra Strong Winds and It will Toss the Cars and Trucks and it will Rip the Roof off the Peoples houses and it will be a Very Strong Storm for the Southeastern United States it will Bring Huge Hail Bigger than Baseballs it will have Powerful Thunderstorms and Everything will be Destroyed.
- published: 02 Jul 2012
- views: 1826
- author: seanecw123
1:43
Severe Rainfall Warning for Southern Australia This Week
Rainfall will be over 250+ MM of rain and it will Flood a lot of Streets and all the Cars ...
published: 02 Jul 2012
author: seanecw123
Severe Rainfall Warning for Southern Australia This Week
Rainfall will be over 250+ MM of rain and it will Flood a lot of Streets and all the Cars will be Stalled in the Flood Waters and Winds will be well Over 100 KPH and it will be powerful Thunder and Lightning the Storm will be Very Powerful for Southern Australia and It May Bring down the Power Lines and May Destroy a lots of Transformers and Knock all the Telephone Poles Down a lot of Raging Flood Waters will be in Southern Australia including Sydney.
- published: 02 Jul 2012
- views: 3352
- author: seanecw123
4:02
Huge Earthquake to Hit Vancouver Sooner
Powerful Earthquake is gonna hit Vancouver British Columbia Sooner and the Earthquake will...
published: 02 Jul 2012
author: seanecw123
Huge Earthquake to Hit Vancouver Sooner
Powerful Earthquake is gonna hit Vancouver British Columbia Sooner and the Earthquake will be Devastating and Destructive once the Huge Earthquake is over Vancouver British Columbia will be in Ruins Lots of Things will be Knocked Over such as Motor Oil, Groceries, It will Knock all the Power Lines and Telephones over and The Tsunami will Hit North Korea, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, All the other South Pacific Countries and People in Vancouver Be Prepared and the Huge Earthquake is gonna Affect Interior BC and the Places such as Kamloops and Kelowna too. It will Destroy Lots of Transformers. Lots of Destruction will Occour after the Earthquake.
my websites
http://www.sydneynovascotiacb.blogspot.com
http://www.viewofsydneynovascotia.blogspot.com
- published: 02 Jul 2012
- views: 2028
- author: seanecw123
2:24
Major Blizzard to Hit Winnipeg Manitoba This Saturday
Huge Blizzard is gonna to Hit Winnipeg This Saturday and it will bring 50+cm of snow with ...
published: 02 Jul 2012
author: seanecw123
Major Blizzard to Hit Winnipeg Manitoba This Saturday
Huge Blizzard is gonna to Hit Winnipeg This Saturday and it will bring 50+cm of snow with Strong Winds in Winnipeg and it will be Whiteout Conditions and Lots of Shoveling to do in Winnipeg this Saturday Coming up and there will be Power Outages in Winnipeg this weekend and Snow will be Blowing around and roads will be bad in Winnipeg this Saturday.
my websites.
http://www.sydneynovascotiacb.blogspot.com
http://www.viewofsydneynovascotia.blogspot.com
- published: 02 Jul 2012
- views: 9403
- author: seanecw123
2:26
Major Blizzard to Hit Denver Colorado on Wednesday
Huge Snowstorm is hitting Denver on Wednesday it will be 10+ Inches of Snow and it will be...
published: 02 Jul 2012
author: seanecw123
Major Blizzard to Hit Denver Colorado on Wednesday
Huge Snowstorm is hitting Denver on Wednesday it will be 10+ Inches of Snow and it will be Lots of Power Outages and the Roads will get Slippery. People in Denver have your Winter Boots, Winter Jackets, Hats, Gloves, Scarfs and Ski Pants. People in Denver Colorado wear your Warm Clothing it will bring Strong Winds with that too and it May Destroy All Kinds of Transformers.
my websites
http://www.sydneynovascotiacb.blogspot.com
http://www.viewofsydneynovascotia.blogspot.com
- published: 02 Jul 2012
- views: 25665
- author: seanecw123
2:12
Severe Onion Rings Warning for Southern Australia
Onion Rings Warning has Been Issued for Southern Australia it will be so powerful it will ...
published: 02 Jul 2012
author: seanecw123
Severe Onion Rings Warning for Southern Australia
Onion Rings Warning has Been Issued for Southern Australia it will be so powerful it will bring a lot of Rain and High Winds and People in Australia have your Rubber Boots and Rain Coats and Rain Suits Ready, Have your Medical Kits, Have your Flashlights ready it will be so powerful it will do tons of damage. There will be a lot of Rain and Major Flood from December 2011 until April 2012 it will be very powerful storm.
my websites
http://www.sydneynovascotiacb.blogspot.com
http://www.viewofsydneynovascotia.blogspot.com
- published: 02 Jul 2012
- views: 57608
- author: seanecw123
1:37
Deep Freeze Warning Song by Frankie MacDonald
The Music Song Christmas Carol Deep Freeze Warning by Frankie MacDonald
http://www.sydney...
published: 02 Jul 2012
author: seanecw123
Deep Freeze Warning Song by Frankie MacDonald
The Music Song Christmas Carol Deep Freeze Warning by Frankie MacDonald
http://www.sydneynovascotiacb.blogspot.com
DEEP FREEZE WARNING!
DEEP FREEZE WARNING!
DEEP FREEZE WARNING!
THE TEMPERATURE WILL DROP DRAMATICALLY
WINDCHILL WARNING!!!
Keep all your pets inside or they'll freeze solid!
Light a fire to stay warm!!
STAY INSIDE!
BE PREPARED!! Buy lots of drinks and food!!
THE LAKES WILL BE FROZEN!
CARS AND TRUCKS WILL NOT START CUZ OF THE COLD!!
PEOPLE WILL BE FROST BITTEN!
TAKE A HAT EVERYWHERE!
DON'T LET YOUR LOVED ONES ALONE!
DOWN TO -40 WITH THE WINDCHILL!
DON'T GO OUT
DEEP FREEZE WARNING!
My Christmas Song Lyrics
- published: 02 Jul 2012
- views: 4371
- author: seanecw123
7:56
Big Storm to Hit Northwestern United States on Saturday November 12, 2011
Huge Storm is Hitting the Northwestern United States late this week and it will bring ton ...
published: 02 Jul 2012
author: seanecw123
Big Storm to Hit Northwestern United States on Saturday November 12, 2011
Huge Storm is Hitting the Northwestern United States late this week and it will bring ton of high winds and Heavy Rain in the Seattle Washington and Portland Oregon and the Coastal Cities in the West coast of the United States and Eureka California will get a lot of rain on Saturday. Right Now Eastern Russia is getting a lot of snow and high winds and the Center of the Storm is sitting over in Alaska and the pressure is below 960 mbar. Right Now it is Bringing Strong Winds and Lots of Snow in Alaska and it is a lot of wind behind the Storm over in Alaska Right now and Yakutsk Russia is Getting a Real Cold Weather right now and it is Freezing Cold in Yakutsk Russia over in Siberia and Really Cold Weather is in Yakutsk Right. Baseball Field in Whitney Pier Nova Scotia has a Puddle on it and From all the Rain Sydney Nova Scotia had during the Month of October and September. There are Earth Like Planets out there in our Universe and there are Other Solar Systems out there and YU55 could be a Space Ship or a Star Ship Out there and the Aliens are in the Far Far away from the Earth and Toronto Ontario is getting a lot of Wind and Rain on Monday coming up. Toronto Ontario is Getting a lot of rain and in Sydney Nova Scotia it is Very Nice Weather outside and at the Whitney Pier Baseball Field.
my websites
http://www.sydneynovascotiacb.blogspot.com
http://www.viewofsydneynovascotia.blogspot.com
- published: 02 Jul 2012
- views: 2506
- author: seanecw123
Vimeo results:
5:00
Earth
Time lapse sequences of photographs taken by the crew of expeditions
28 & 29 onboard the ...
published: 12 Nov 2011
author: Michael König
Earth
Time lapse sequences of photographs taken by the crew of expeditions
28 & 29 onboard the International Space Station from August to October,
2011, who to my knowledge shot these pictures at an altitude of around 350 km.
All credit goes to them.
HD, refurbished, smoothed, retimed, denoised, deflickered, cut, etc.
All in all I tried to keep the looks of the material as original as possible,
avoided adjusting the colors and the like, since in my opinion the original
footage itself already has an almost surreal and aestethical visual nature.
Music: Jan Jelinek | Do Dekor, faitiche back2001
w+p by Jan Jelinek, published by scape Publishing / Universal
http://www.janjelinek.com | http://www.faitiche.de
Image Courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory,
NASA Johnson Space Center, The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth
http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov
Editing: Michael König | http://www.koenigm.com
Shooting locations in order of appearance:
1. Aurora Borealis Pass over the United States at Night
2. Aurora Borealis and eastern United States at Night
3. Aurora Australis from Madagascar to southwest of Australia
4. Aurora Australis south of Australia
5. Northwest coast of United States to Central South America at Night
6. Aurora Australis from the Southern to the Northern Pacific Ocean
7. Halfway around the World
8. Night Pass over Central Africa and the Middle East
9. Evening Pass over the Sahara Desert and the Middle East
10. Pass over Canada and Central United States at Night
11. Pass over Southern California to Hudson Bay
12. Islands in the Philippine Sea at Night
13. Pass over Eastern Asia to Philippine Sea and Guam
14. Views of the Mideast at Night
15. Night Pass over Mediterranean Sea
16. Aurora Borealis and the United States at Night
17. Aurora Australis over Indian Ocean
18. Eastern Europe to Southeastern Asia at Night
2:34
Brood XIX Periodical Cicada 2011
The Great Southern Brood periodical cicadas are emerging across the Southeastern United St...
published: 12 May 2011
author: Mark Dolejs
Brood XIX Periodical Cicada 2011
The Great Southern Brood periodical cicadas are emerging across the Southeastern United States. This is a series of over 1500 digital still photographs taken over a seven and a half hour period on May 10, 2011, in Durham, North Carolina. Shown is a cicada nymph shedding its exoskeleton as it transforms to its adult stage.
6:52
Tornado Relief Project: Dr. Culpepper Calls the Church to Action (HD)
On Wednesday, April 27, 2011, severe storms produced a series of deadly tornadoes that rav...
published: 30 Apr 2011
author: ChurchofGod
Tornado Relief Project: Dr. Culpepper Calls the Church to Action (HD)
On Wednesday, April 27, 2011, severe storms produced a series of deadly tornadoes that ravaged the Southeastern United States. Hundreds were killed and many thousands adversely affected. Watch as Dr. Raymond Culpepper, Church of God General Overseer, surveys the damage and calls the Church of God into action to support relief efforts.
Church of God Missions Support Number: 765-0047
churchofgod.org
4:11
Quiet_Hounds "I Get Up" Take Away Show
Performed and recorded live on April 25, 2012 in the the largest brick building in the Sou...
published: 03 May 2012
author: Quiet Hounds
Quiet_Hounds "I Get Up" Take Away Show
Performed and recorded live on April 25, 2012 in the the largest brick building in the Southeastern United States. "I Get Up" is the first ever, musical performance in this historic ten story, 2.1 million square-foot structure.
It is the first single off the highly anticipated second release from Quiet Hounds, Megaphona.
Out on June 4, 2012.
Youtube results:
2:33
Astroid 2005 YU55 could be a Space Ship
Asteroid 2005 YU55 could Be a Space Ship out there and there are aliens not in our galaxy ...
published: 02 Jul 2012
author: seanecw123
Astroid 2005 YU55 could be a Space Ship
Asteroid 2005 YU55 could Be a Space Ship out there and there are aliens not in our galaxy it is in the other galaxies and M33 galaxy is far far away from Milky Way Galaxy and There are other Stars besides Sun and these names of the Stars is Sirus, Red Dwarfs and YU55 could be a Spaceship with the Aliens inside and it has a Complete Strange Language we don't even know about it. There are other Earths out there i do not even know about it. These Planets are very Strange to me.
my websites
http://www.sydneynovascotiacb.blogspot.com
- published: 02 Jul 2012
- views: 6344
- author: seanecw123
4:15
Meatball Warning for our Universe
Meatball Warning is for our Universe it is outside our Solar System and the Meatballs is l...
published: 02 Jul 2012
author: seanecw123
Meatball Warning for our Universe
Meatball Warning is for our Universe it is outside our Solar System and the Meatballs is like a Shooting Star. Sirius and Red Dwarfs is far far away from our solar system. Lots of Shooting Stars are the Meat Balls and the Asteroid 2005 YU55 on Tuesday November 8, 2001 is 240,000 Miles from the Earth and 201,000 miles is from the moon and the Asteroid 2005 YU55 is moving really fast and the Planets in our solar system is Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars and once we get passed by the Asteroid Belt the Outer Planets are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and the Dwarf Planet Pluto is formerly the Planet Pluto and beyond Pluto and there is another asteroid belt we do not know and the other Dwarf Planets is Sedna and Quaoar there are the dwarf planets beyond our solar system M33 Galaxy is one of the Another Galaxy and the Andromeda Galaxy is another Galaxy and we are not alone in this universe and there are other earths out there and there are Strange Planets out there and the Shooting Meatballs are the Shooting Stars. Black Hole will form in Many Years into the Future and Black Holes are far far away from our Solar System. There are Strange Planets Beyond our Solar System.
my websites
http://www.sydneynovascotiacb.blogspot.com
http://www.viewofsydneynovascotia.blogspot.com
- published: 02 Jul 2012
- views: 2624
- author: seanecw123
6:45
Our Solar System with Planets and Moons
Planet Mercury is the First Planet in our Solar System and it is a Planet and during the D...
published: 02 Jul 2012
author: seanecw123
Our Solar System with Planets and Moons
Planet Mercury is the First Planet in our Solar System and it is a Planet and during the Daytime it is Really Hot and it is Freezing Cold during the Night. Planet Venus is the Hottest Planet in our Solar System and it has a cloud of Gas and it Melts Anything during including Metal and Rubber and it is so hot on Planet Venus. The Earth is the Right Place to Live in and Humans live on the Planet Earth and Dinosaurs lived on the Earth a long time ago and The Earth has one Moon and it has lots of Creators and The Man has Walked on the Moon in the year 1969. Mars is the Red Planet and the Sky is Red during the Daytime on Mars and the Mars is a Freezing Desert Planet and Mars has 2 Moons Phobos and Demos and it has a Asteroid Belt and there are lots of Asteroid between Jupiter and Mars. Jupiter is the Biggest Planet in our Solar System. Io is one of the Jupiter's Moon and it has a lot of Volcanoes and a lot of Lava Flowing in the Jupiter's Moon and Europa is Another One of the Jupiter's Moon and it has a lot of Ice Caps and Europa is a Ice Moon on Jupiter and it has water below the Ice Surface and there are the Strange Life Forms on the Jupiter's Moon Europa. Saturn is another Planet and the Moon is Titan and it has a Atmosphere and it also has a Oxygen too and the Day Light and it has Lakes and Rivers on the Saturn's Moon Titan and it might have plants on Titan and it is Very Cold and it has a Orange Sky on Titan and Blue Sky on Titan too and it has a Alien Life on Titan and Uranus Moon Miranda has Broken Apart and Brought Back Together and Miranda has a Strange Looking Creator and Neptune has the Strongest Storms and it is the Worst Planet on our Solar System and The Wind Storm is Size of the Earth and Neptune's Moon Triton has lots of Creators and Pluto is a Former Planet in our Solar System and it has a moon Charon and another Asteroid Beyond Neptune and Pluto is called the Kupio Belt beyond Kupio Belt it has Dwarf Planets such as Quaoar, Eris, Ceres and Sedna. Andromeda Galaxy and M33 Galaxy is another Galaxy's Out there and Sun, Sirus and the Red Dwarfs and other Earths is somewhere in outer Space we are not alone.
http://www.sydneynovascotiacb.blogspot.com
- published: 02 Jul 2012
- views: 1836
- author: seanecw123
1:37
Big Storm Hits Sydney Nova Scotia on Remembrance Day
The Storm Has Brought High Winds and Heavy Rain and gusting up to 90 KPH in Sydney Nova Sc...
published: 02 Jul 2012
author: seanecw123
Big Storm Hits Sydney Nova Scotia on Remembrance Day
The Storm Has Brought High Winds and Heavy Rain and gusting up to 90 KPH in Sydney Nova Scotia and Knocked out the Power in Edwardsville, Baddeck and Frenchvale Nova Scotia and All of Sydney Nova Scotia still have Power and People had to Stay Indoors because it was a lot of Rain and Flooded the Streets and People are Board in Sydney Nova Scotia and they couldn't went for a walk today.
http://www.sydneynovascotiacb.blogspot.com
- published: 02 Jul 2012
- views: 1408
- author: seanecw123
2:03
Latitude, Longitude, and Time Zones (clip)
A skillful combination of animation, live photography and representational models of the E...
published: 09 Feb 2010
author: captharolck2516
Latitude, Longitude, and Time Zones (clip)
A skillful combination of animation, live photography and representational models of the Earth clearly illustrate latitude and longitude, the prime meridian and time zones. A Coronet release. (Revised Edition)
13 minutes, color.
Direct link to purchase the DVD:
http://www.phoenixlearninggroup.com/Products/VideoDetail.aspx?id=0822cab2-2e0d-4ad8-a684-ac0616b6ca94&cat;=⊂=
- published: 09 Feb 2010
- views: 181267
- author: captharolck2516
1:30
Map Skills: Longitude (2nd Ed.) (clip)
To describe the location of any place on Earth, we need to know not only latitude, but lon...
published: 09 Feb 2010
author: captharolck2516
Map Skills: Longitude (2nd Ed.) (clip)
To describe the location of any place on Earth, we need to know not only latitude, but longitude as well. Wildlife photographer Natalie Haymaker demonstrates the location and role of the prime meridian, the measurement of longitude, and the time zones, as well as how the distance between longitude lines gets shorter away from the equator.
Part of "Map Skills," which is a five-part series that provides a world of information through delightfully animated programs featuring the exploits of a wildlife photographer and an outdoorsman. Difficult concepts are described clearly and completely. Produced by Christianson Productions, Inc. A Coronet release. 15 minutes, color.
direct link to purchase complete program:
http://www.phoenixlearninggroup.com/Products/VideoDetail.aspx?id=f2fe316f-7504-4981-aaea-a65f6fa67448
- published: 09 Feb 2010
- views: 68361
- author: captharolck2516
5:52
geography seasons
A movie about cause of seasons changes...
published: 09 Feb 2010
author: captharolck2516
geography seasons
A movie about cause of seasons changes
- published: 09 Feb 2010
- views: 356438
- author: captharolck2516
2:17
What Causes Earth's Seasons?
It's a hot time for some cool science. And I'm telling you, you won't find a better visual...
published: 09 Feb 2010
author: captharolck2516
What Causes Earth's Seasons?
It's a hot time for some cool science. And I'm telling you, you won't find a better visual for how seasons occur. This'll clear it up.
- published: 09 Feb 2010
- views: 780055
- author: captharolck2516
2:30
Geography Tutor - Map and Globe Terms
http://www.tmwmedia.com/geography.html#KG101DVD
Explains map and globe differences, latit...
published: 22 Feb 2010
author: captharolck2516
Geography Tutor - Map and Globe Terms
http://www.tmwmedia.com/geography.html#KG101DVD
Explains map and globe differences, latitude, longitude, legends, scale, time zones, poles and more.
- published: 22 Feb 2010
- views: 40497
- author: captharolck2516
2:12
Time Zones (DS3)
Time Zones. An attempt to make logical sense of the abstract concept of different time zon...
published: 22 Feb 2010
author: captharolck2516
Time Zones (DS3)
Time Zones. An attempt to make logical sense of the abstract concept of different time zones in different parts of the world. The sound collage is from 1983.
- published: 22 Feb 2010
- views: 14698
- author: captharolck2516
2:45
The United States - Location, Size and Regions
A brief educational video on the geography of the United States....
published: 15 Mar 2010
author: captharolck2516
The United States - Location, Size and Regions
A brief educational video on the geography of the United States.
- published: 15 Mar 2010
- views: 56047
- author: captharolck2516
2:49
US Geography (US 1)
State & Capital...
published: 15 Mar 2010
author: captharolck2516
US Geography (US 1)
State & Capital
- published: 15 Mar 2010
- views: 14466
- author: captharolck2516
2:15
Physical Geography of the United States
http://www.tmwmedia.com/physical_geography.html
See an excerpt from this beautiful and fa...
published: 15 Mar 2010
author: captharolck2516
Physical Geography of the United States
http://www.tmwmedia.com/physical_geography.html
See an excerpt from this beautiful and fascinating video from the Physical Geography series, from TMW Media. It's a valuable tool for introducing students to a general geology of the United States and an introduction to the major Physiographic Provinces of the United States. Discover the general geologic forces that have been in progress since the beginning of time and the effect they have on the earth.
- published: 15 Mar 2010
- views: 7147
- author: captharolck2516
3:05
Physical Features of the United States
...
published: 15 Mar 2010
author: captharolck2516
Physical Features of the United States
- published: 15 Mar 2010
- views: 10270
- author: captharolck2516
4:05
Southeastern United States (Britannica.com)
****CLICK HERE for RELATED CONTENT****
United States: The Atlantic Plain - http://www.brit...
published: 15 Mar 2010
author: captharolck2516
Southeastern United States (Britannica.com)
****CLICK HERE for RELATED CONTENT****
United States: The Atlantic Plain - http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-77953/United-States?source=youtube_68565
Atlantic Ocean - http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9109727/Atlantic-Ocean?source=youtube_68565
Gulf of Mexico - http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9109733/Gulf-of-Mexico?source=youtube_68565
Hurricane - http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9106251/tropical-cyclone?source=youtube_68565
Appalachian Mountains - http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9110718/Appalachian-Mountains?source=youtube_68565
Everglades - http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9033362/Everglades?source=youtube_68565
Mississippi River - http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9110729/Mississippi-River?source=youtube_68565
Ohio River - http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9056860/Ohio-River?source=youtube_68565
Tennessee River - http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9071696/Tennessee-River?source=youtube_68565
FREE NEWSLETTERS - http://mailinglist.britannica.com/settings/
- published: 15 Mar 2010
- views: 6416
- author: captharolck2516
4:02
United States Pacific Region (Britannica.com)
United States: The Change of Seasons - http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-77961/United-S...
published: 15 Mar 2010
author: captharolck2516
United States Pacific Region (Britannica.com)
United States: The Change of Seasons - http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-77961/United-States?source=youtube_68554
Pacific Ocean - http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9108644/Pacific-Ocean?source=youtube_68554
Sierra Nevada - http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9110724/Sierra-Nevada?source=youtube_68554
Cascade Range - http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9020604/Cascade-Range?source=youtube_68554
Coast Mountains - http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9024513/Coast-Mountains?source=youtube_68554
Alaska Range - http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9005367/Alaska-Range?source=youtube_68554
Mount McKinley - http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9049797/Mount-McKinley?source=youtube_68554
Death Valley - http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9029654/Death-Valley?source=youtube_68554
Los Angeles - http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9108473/Los-Angeles?source=youtube_68554
San Francisco - http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9109513/San-Francisco?source=youtube_68554
FREE TRIAL - http://www.britannica.com/youtube
- published: 15 Mar 2010
- views: 2364
- author: captharolck2516
4:09
New England (Britannica.com)
****CLICK HERE for RELATED CONTENT****
United States: Urban Settlement - http://www.britan...
published: 15 Mar 2010
author: captharolck2516
New England (Britannica.com)
****CLICK HERE for RELATED CONTENT****
United States: Urban Settlement - http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-77981/United-States?source=youtube_68571
Pilgrims - http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9060020/Pilgrim-Fathers?source=youtube_68571
Cape Cod - http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9024612/Cape-Cod?source=youtube_68571
Plymouth - http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9060472/Plymouth?source=youtube_68571
Great Migration - http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9399795/Great-Migration?source=youtube_68571
United States: The Supercities - http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-77986/United-States?source=youtube_68571
New York City - http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9108761/New-York-City?source=youtube_68571
FREE NEWSLETTERS - http://mailinglist.britannica.com/settings/
- published: 15 Mar 2010
- views: 1249
- author: captharolck2516
5:02
The Midwest Region.MP4
Report on the Midwest Region of the United States. The characters are sock puppet aliens....
published: 15 Mar 2010
author: captharolck2516
The Midwest Region.MP4
Report on the Midwest Region of the United States. The characters are sock puppet aliens.
- published: 15 Mar 2010
- views: 1365
- author: captharolck2516
Vimeo results:
5:00
Earth
Time lapse sequences of photographs taken by the crew of expeditions
28 & 29 onboard the ...
published: 12 Nov 2011
author: Michael König
Earth
Time lapse sequences of photographs taken by the crew of expeditions
28 & 29 onboard the International Space Station from August to October,
2011, who to my knowledge shot these pictures at an altitude of around 350 km.
All credit goes to them.
HD, refurbished, smoothed, retimed, denoised, deflickered, cut, etc.
All in all I tried to keep the looks of the material as original as possible,
avoided adjusting the colors and the like, since in my opinion the original
footage itself already has an almost surreal and aestethical visual nature.
Music: Jan Jelinek | Do Dekor, faitiche back2001
w+p by Jan Jelinek, published by scape Publishing / Universal
http://www.janjelinek.com | http://www.faitiche.de
Image Courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory,
NASA Johnson Space Center, The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth
http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov
Editing: Michael König | http://www.koenigm.com
Shooting locations in order of appearance:
1. Aurora Borealis Pass over the United States at Night
2. Aurora Borealis and eastern United States at Night
3. Aurora Australis from Madagascar to southwest of Australia
4. Aurora Australis south of Australia
5. Northwest coast of United States to Central South America at Night
6. Aurora Australis from the Southern to the Northern Pacific Ocean
7. Halfway around the World
8. Night Pass over Central Africa and the Middle East
9. Evening Pass over the Sahara Desert and the Middle East
10. Pass over Canada and Central United States at Night
11. Pass over Southern California to Hudson Bay
12. Islands in the Philippine Sea at Night
13. Pass over Eastern Asia to Philippine Sea and Guam
14. Views of the Mideast at Night
15. Night Pass over Mediterranean Sea
16. Aurora Borealis and the United States at Night
17. Aurora Australis over Indian Ocean
18. Eastern Europe to Southeastern Asia at Night
2:34
Brood XIX Periodical Cicada 2011
The Great Southern Brood periodical cicadas are emerging across the Southeastern United St...
published: 12 May 2011
author: Mark Dolejs
Brood XIX Periodical Cicada 2011
The Great Southern Brood periodical cicadas are emerging across the Southeastern United States. This is a series of over 1500 digital still photographs taken over a seven and a half hour period on May 10, 2011, in Durham, North Carolina. Shown is a cicada nymph shedding its exoskeleton as it transforms to its adult stage.
6:52
Tornado Relief Project: Dr. Culpepper Calls the Church to Action (HD)
On Wednesday, April 27, 2011, severe storms produced a series of deadly tornadoes that rav...
published: 30 Apr 2011
author: ChurchofGod
Tornado Relief Project: Dr. Culpepper Calls the Church to Action (HD)
On Wednesday, April 27, 2011, severe storms produced a series of deadly tornadoes that ravaged the Southeastern United States. Hundreds were killed and many thousands adversely affected. Watch as Dr. Raymond Culpepper, Church of God General Overseer, surveys the damage and calls the Church of God into action to support relief efforts.
Church of God Missions Support Number: 765-0047
churchofgod.org
4:11
Quiet_Hounds "I Get Up" Take Away Show
Performed and recorded live on April 25, 2012 in the the largest brick building in the Sou...
published: 03 May 2012
author: Quiet Hounds
Quiet_Hounds "I Get Up" Take Away Show
Performed and recorded live on April 25, 2012 in the the largest brick building in the Southeastern United States. "I Get Up" is the first ever, musical performance in this historic ten story, 2.1 million square-foot structure.
It is the first single off the highly anticipated second release from Quiet Hounds, Megaphona.
Out on June 4, 2012.
Youtube results:
4:05
US overthrows Hawaii's Government
High School history can be boring (such as for the first 70secs of this vide), but ironica...
published: 15 Mar 2010
author: captharolck2516
US overthrows Hawaii's Government
High School history can be boring (such as for the first 70secs of this vide), but ironically it's because they don't get into the details (rest of the video). But put the two together, and you have Part One of "Did we sleep through our History Classes?"; which gives a taste of the US forefathers' thinking and then describes one of the US's earliest imperialist and milataristic adventures.
- published: 15 Mar 2010
- views: 20000
- author: captharolck2516
25:01
Part 3: Hawaii vs. U.S. Imperialism
Resources here (scroll past transcript): http://pinkyshow.org/videos/part-3-hawaii-vs-us-i...
published: 15 Mar 2010
author: captharolck2516
Part 3: Hawaii vs. U.S. Imperialism
Resources here (scroll past transcript): http://pinkyshow.org/videos/part-3-hawaii-vs-us-imperialism
Hawaii is the 50th state of the USA, right? (Well, actually "no"...) Pinky zooms through 500 years of the history of imperialism in order to explain why the U.S. has worked so hard to obscure the truth about Hawaii.
- published: 15 Mar 2010
- views: 114642
- author: captharolck2516
4:43
Physical Geography of South America
Global 2H project by Jesse Reichenstein and David Donatello...
published: 12 Apr 2010
author: captharolck2516
Physical Geography of South America
Global 2H project by Jesse Reichenstein and David Donatello
- published: 12 Apr 2010
- views: 12011
- author: captharolck2516
2:23
Continents & Oceans
Educational hip-hop video reviewing the World's Continents & Oceans. For more please visit...
published: 18 Aug 2010
author: captharolck2516
Continents & Oceans
Educational hip-hop video reviewing the World's Continents & Oceans. For more please visit http://www.songsofhigherlearning.com
- published: 18 Aug 2010
- views: 272007
- author: captharolck2516
6:18
The Final Spin - 2012 NFTR Day 5 #10 Gold Plus
It's The Final Spin with Ben & Ferron, covering DAY 5 of the Cinch USTRC National Finals o...
published: 25 Oct 2012
author: Theustrc
The Final Spin - 2012 NFTR Day 5 #10 Gold Plus
It's The Final Spin with Ben & Ferron, covering DAY 5 of the Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping Oklahoma City, OK October 24, 2012. Day 5 included the #10 Gold Plus!
- published: 25 Oct 2012
- views: 5174
- author: Theustrc
7:08
The Final Spin - 2012 NFTR Day 5 Century Championship
It's The Final Spin with Ben & Ferron, covering DAY of the Cinch USTRC National Finals of...
published: 25 Oct 2012
author: Theustrc
The Final Spin - 2012 NFTR Day 5 Century Championship
It's The Final Spin with Ben & Ferron, covering DAY of the Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping Oklahoma City, OK October 23, 2012. This Day 5 Final Spin Includes the Century Championships.
- published: 25 Oct 2012
- views: 3156
- author: Theustrc
5:22
The Final Spin - 2012 NFTR Day 4 #12 Gold Plus
It's The Final Spin with Ben & Ferron, covering DAY 4 of the Cinch USTRC National Finals o...
published: 24 Oct 2012
author: Theustrc
The Final Spin - 2012 NFTR Day 4 #12 Gold Plus
It's The Final Spin with Ben & Ferron, covering DAY 4 of the Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping Oklahoma City, OK October 23, 2012. Day 4 included the 12 Gold Plus!
- published: 24 Oct 2012
- views: 3468
- author: Theustrc
8:43
The Final Spin - 2012 NFTR Day 4 #12 Shoot Out
It's The Final Spin with Ben & Ferron, covering DAY of the Cinch USTRC National Finals of...
published: 24 Oct 2012
author: Theustrc
The Final Spin - 2012 NFTR Day 4 #12 Shoot Out
It's The Final Spin with Ben & Ferron, covering DAY of the Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping Oklahoma City, OK October 23, 2012. This Day 4 Final Spin Includes the #12 Shoot-Out.
- published: 24 Oct 2012
- views: 5353
- author: Theustrc
6:03
The Final Spin - 2012 NFTR Day 3
It's The Final Spin with Ben & Ferron, covering DAY 3 of the Cinch USTRC National Finals o...
published: 24 Oct 2012
author: Theustrc
The Final Spin - 2012 NFTR Day 3
It's The Final Spin with Ben & Ferron, covering DAY 3 of the Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping Oklahoma City, OK October 22, 2012. Day 3 included the 13 Shoot-Out and the #12 Preliminary.
- published: 24 Oct 2012
- views: 4197
- author: Theustrc
10:42
The Final Spin - 2012 NFTR Day 2
It's The Final Spin with Ben & Ferron, covering DAY 2 of the Cinch USTRC National Finals o...
published: 22 Oct 2012
author: Theustrc
The Final Spin - 2012 NFTR Day 2
It's The Final Spin with Ben & Ferron, covering DAY 2 of the Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping Oklahoma City, OK October 21, 2012. Day 2 included the 13 Preliminary & the Priefert US Open Championships. In this episode, Ben & Ferron also visit with the year-end winners of the Priefert Open Tour, Header - Luke Brown & Heeler - Travis Graves
- published: 22 Oct 2012
- views: 6720
- author: Theustrc
4:52
The Final Spin - 2012 NFTR Day 1
It's The Final Spin with Ben & Ferron, covering DAY 1 of the Cinch USTRC National Finals o...
published: 21 Oct 2012
author: Theustrc
The Final Spin - 2012 NFTR Day 1
It's The Final Spin with Ben & Ferron, covering DAY 1 of the Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping Oklahoma City, OK October 2, 2012. Day 1 included the 15 & Open Preliminaries & the #15 Shoot-Out. It was a pretty rich first day of team roping!
- published: 21 Oct 2012
- views: 7298
- author: Theustrc
5:40
The Final Spin - 2011 NFTR Day 8
A wrap-up episode of the 8th day of the 2011 Cinch National Finals of Team Roping. This gi...
published: 31 Oct 2011
author: Theustrc
The Final Spin - 2011 NFTR Day 8
A wrap-up episode of the 8th day of the 2011 Cinch National Finals of Team Roping. This gives ropers an in-depth look at the winners of the day. Watch as we cover the daily highlights as well as take a look at what is going on behind the scenes.
- published: 31 Oct 2011
- views: 7623
- author: Theustrc
7:18
The Final Spin - 2011 NFTR Day 6
A wrap-up episode of the 6th day of the 2011 Cinch National Finals of Team Roping. This gi...
published: 29 Oct 2011
author: Theustrc
The Final Spin - 2011 NFTR Day 6
A wrap-up episode of the 6th day of the 2011 Cinch National Finals of Team Roping. This gives ropers an in-depth look at the winners of the day. Watch as we cover the daily highlights as well as take a look at what is going on behind the scenes.
- published: 29 Oct 2011
- views: 4570
- author: Theustrc
6:30
The Final Spin - 2011 NFTR Day 5
A wrap-up episode of the 5th day of the 2011 Cinch National Finals of Team Roping. This gi...
published: 27 Oct 2011
author: Theustrc
The Final Spin - 2011 NFTR Day 5
A wrap-up episode of the 5th day of the 2011 Cinch National Finals of Team Roping. This gives ropers an in-depth look at the winners of the day. Watch as we cover the daily highlights as well as take a look at what is going on behind the scenes.
- published: 27 Oct 2011
- views: 1804
- author: Theustrc
8:27
The Final Spin - 2011 NFTR Day 4
A wrap-up episode of the 4th day of the 2011 Cinch National Finals of Team Roping. This gi...
published: 27 Oct 2011
author: Theustrc
The Final Spin - 2011 NFTR Day 4
A wrap-up episode of the 4th day of the 2011 Cinch National Finals of Team Roping. This gives ropers an in-depth look at the winners of the day. Watch as we cover the daily highlights as well as take a look at what is going on behind the scenes.
- published: 27 Oct 2011
- views: 1791
- author: Theustrc
8:09
The Final Spin - 2011 NFTR Day 3
A wrap-up episode of the 3rd day of the 2011 Cinch National Finals of Team Roping. This gi...
published: 25 Oct 2011
author: Theustrc
The Final Spin - 2011 NFTR Day 3
A wrap-up episode of the 3rd day of the 2011 Cinch National Finals of Team Roping. This gives ropers an in-depth look at the winners of the day. Watch as we cover the daily highlights as well as take a look at what is going on behind the scenes.
- published: 25 Oct 2011
- views: 3126
- author: Theustrc
8:53
The Final Spin - 2011 NFTR Day 2
Special coverage of the US Open Championships by Ben Clements, Ferron Lucero, Reed Flake &...
published: 25 Oct 2011
author: Theustrc
The Final Spin - 2011 NFTR Day 2
Special coverage of the US Open Championships by Ben Clements, Ferron Lucero, Reed Flake & Kyle Elwood. A wrap-up episode of very first day of the 2011 Cinch National Finals of Team Roping. This gives ropers an in-depth look at the winners of the day. Watch as we cover the daily highlights as well as take a look at what is going on behind the scenes.
- published: 25 Oct 2011
- views: 3546
- author: Theustrc
Vimeo results:
5:00
Earth
Time lapse sequences of photographs taken by the crew of expeditions
28 & 29 onboard the ...
published: 12 Nov 2011
author: Michael König
Earth
Time lapse sequences of photographs taken by the crew of expeditions
28 & 29 onboard the International Space Station from August to October,
2011, who to my knowledge shot these pictures at an altitude of around 350 km.
All credit goes to them.
HD, refurbished, smoothed, retimed, denoised, deflickered, cut, etc.
All in all I tried to keep the looks of the material as original as possible,
avoided adjusting the colors and the like, since in my opinion the original
footage itself already has an almost surreal and aestethical visual nature.
Music: Jan Jelinek | Do Dekor, faitiche back2001
w+p by Jan Jelinek, published by scape Publishing / Universal
http://www.janjelinek.com | http://www.faitiche.de
Image Courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory,
NASA Johnson Space Center, The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth
http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov
Editing: Michael König | http://www.koenigm.com
Shooting locations in order of appearance:
1. Aurora Borealis Pass over the United States at Night
2. Aurora Borealis and eastern United States at Night
3. Aurora Australis from Madagascar to southwest of Australia
4. Aurora Australis south of Australia
5. Northwest coast of United States to Central South America at Night
6. Aurora Australis from the Southern to the Northern Pacific Ocean
7. Halfway around the World
8. Night Pass over Central Africa and the Middle East
9. Evening Pass over the Sahara Desert and the Middle East
10. Pass over Canada and Central United States at Night
11. Pass over Southern California to Hudson Bay
12. Islands in the Philippine Sea at Night
13. Pass over Eastern Asia to Philippine Sea and Guam
14. Views of the Mideast at Night
15. Night Pass over Mediterranean Sea
16. Aurora Borealis and the United States at Night
17. Aurora Australis over Indian Ocean
18. Eastern Europe to Southeastern Asia at Night
2:34
Brood XIX Periodical Cicada 2011
The Great Southern Brood periodical cicadas are emerging across the Southeastern United St...
published: 12 May 2011
author: Mark Dolejs
Brood XIX Periodical Cicada 2011
The Great Southern Brood periodical cicadas are emerging across the Southeastern United States. This is a series of over 1500 digital still photographs taken over a seven and a half hour period on May 10, 2011, in Durham, North Carolina. Shown is a cicada nymph shedding its exoskeleton as it transforms to its adult stage.
6:52
Tornado Relief Project: Dr. Culpepper Calls the Church to Action (HD)
On Wednesday, April 27, 2011, severe storms produced a series of deadly tornadoes that rav...
published: 30 Apr 2011
author: ChurchofGod
Tornado Relief Project: Dr. Culpepper Calls the Church to Action (HD)
On Wednesday, April 27, 2011, severe storms produced a series of deadly tornadoes that ravaged the Southeastern United States. Hundreds were killed and many thousands adversely affected. Watch as Dr. Raymond Culpepper, Church of God General Overseer, surveys the damage and calls the Church of God into action to support relief efforts.
Church of God Missions Support Number: 765-0047
churchofgod.org
4:11
Quiet_Hounds "I Get Up" Take Away Show
Performed and recorded live on April 25, 2012 in the the largest brick building in the Sou...
published: 03 May 2012
author: Quiet Hounds
Quiet_Hounds "I Get Up" Take Away Show
Performed and recorded live on April 25, 2012 in the the largest brick building in the Southeastern United States. "I Get Up" is the first ever, musical performance in this historic ten story, 2.1 million square-foot structure.
It is the first single off the highly anticipated second release from Quiet Hounds, Megaphona.
Out on June 4, 2012.
Youtube results:
1:30
THE FINAL SPIN - US Open Championships Round 3 Quick Review
Round 3 of the Cinch US Open Championships!...
published: 23 Oct 2011
author: Theustrc
THE FINAL SPIN - US Open Championships Round 3 Quick Review
Round 3 of the Cinch US Open Championships!
- published: 23 Oct 2011
- views: 1635
- author: Theustrc
0:49
THE FINAL SPIN - US Open Championships Round 2 Quick Review
Round 2 of the Cinch US Open Championships!...
published: 23 Oct 2011
author: Theustrc
THE FINAL SPIN - US Open Championships Round 2 Quick Review
Round 2 of the Cinch US Open Championships!
- published: 23 Oct 2011
- views: 1131
- author: Theustrc
0:46
THE FINAL SPIN - US Open Championships Round 1 Quick Review
Round 1 of the Cinch US Open Championships!...
published: 23 Oct 2011
author: Theustrc
THE FINAL SPIN - US Open Championships Round 1 Quick Review
Round 1 of the Cinch US Open Championships!
- published: 23 Oct 2011
- views: 1176
- author: Theustrc
9:49
The Final Spin - 2011 NFTR Day 1
A wrap-up episode of very first day of the 2011 Cinch National Finals of Team Roping. This...
published: 23 Oct 2011
author: Theustrc
The Final Spin - 2011 NFTR Day 1
A wrap-up episode of very first day of the 2011 Cinch National Finals of Team Roping. This gives ropers an in-depth look at the winners of the day. Watch as we cover the daily highlights as well as take a look at what is going on behind the scenes.
- published: 23 Oct 2011
- views: 4029
- author: Theustrc
4:18
Van Son in MA
...
published: 02 Jan 2012
author: Alinvestmentsinc
Van Son in MA
- published: 02 Jan 2012
- views: 82361
- author: Alinvestmentsinc
9:59
Minh Tuyet - Tinh Khong La Mo (NEW SONG 2011) & Happy Birthday (MC Thuy Duong, Van Son, Quang Le)
MT debuts her new song, Tinh Khong La Mo.
In celebration of MC Thuy Duong's birthday, Van ...
published: 02 Jan 2012
author: Alinvestmentsinc
Minh Tuyet - Tinh Khong La Mo (NEW SONG 2011) & Happy Birthday (MC Thuy Duong, Van Son, Quang Le)
MT debuts her new song, Tinh Khong La Mo.
In celebration of MC Thuy Duong's birthday, Van Son brings out a little cake with a candle on it. Minh Tuyet and the audience sing Happy Birthday, then VS does a little 'birthday present' skit.
Quang Le makes an appearance.
Chuong Trinh Song Ca Dac Biet (Australian June Tour):
"Tim Em Mai Thuoc Ve Anh"
with Tung Chau and the band
Melbourne, Australia
(5 June 2011)
Credits go to featured artists, performers and composers of songs performed. I do not own any of it.
- published: 02 Jan 2012
- views: 132573
- author: Alinvestmentsinc
9:05
Vinashowbiz with Thanh Pham: Van Son interview, Part 1
http://vinashowbiz.com
http://vinamaxshowbiz.com...
published: 02 Jan 2012
author: Alinvestmentsinc
Vinashowbiz with Thanh Pham: Van Son interview, Part 1
http://vinashowbiz.com
http://vinamaxshowbiz.com
- published: 02 Jan 2012
- views: 50215
- author: Alinvestmentsinc
7:33
Vinashowbiz with Thanh Pham: Van Son interview, Part 2
http://vinashowbiz.com
http://vinamaxshowbiz.com...
published: 02 Jan 2012
author: Alinvestmentsinc
Vinashowbiz with Thanh Pham: Van Son interview, Part 2
http://vinashowbiz.com
http://vinamaxshowbiz.com
- published: 02 Jan 2012
- views: 16429
- author: Alinvestmentsinc
3:43
Van Son 47 In Edmonton - Hè Trên Xứ Lạnh
Sẽ phát hành vào thứ 4, 12 tháng 10, 2011.
Will be released on Wednesday 12 October, 2011...
published: 02 Jan 2012
author: Alinvestmentsinc
Van Son 47 In Edmonton - Hè Trên Xứ Lạnh
Sẽ phát hành vào thứ 4, 12 tháng 10, 2011.
Will be released on Wednesday 12 October, 2011.
- published: 02 Jan 2012
- views: 188293
- author: Alinvestmentsinc
4:56
200 đô [wWw.haikich.Us]
Welcome to http://haikich.us & http://benhvienthammy.com.vn & http://lamchuyen.com...
published: 02 Jan 2012
author: Alinvestmentsinc
200 đô [wWw.haikich.Us]
Welcome to http://haikich.us & http://benhvienthammy.com.vn & http://lamchuyen.com
- published: 02 Jan 2012
- views: 440671
- author: Alinvestmentsinc
7:12
Danh hài Vân Sơn và những dự án văn nghệ trong năm 2011
Gặp nhau tại cuộc họp báo của Hội Doanh Nhân Việt Mỹ (Vietnamese American Business Associa...
published: 02 Jan 2012
author: Alinvestmentsinc
Danh hài Vân Sơn và những dự án văn nghệ trong năm 2011
Gặp nhau tại cuộc họp báo của Hội Doanh Nhân Việt Mỹ (Vietnamese American Business Association - VABA) tại nam California do Viet Press Club (VPC) tổ chức tại nhà hàng Zen trên phố Bolsa, danh hài Vân Sơn chia sẻ những dự án văn nghệ của trung tâm Vân Sơn Productions trong năm 2011.
- published: 02 Jan 2012
- views: 123914
- author: Alinvestmentsinc
6:47
Guan Yin Song
Nanmo Amituofo...
published: 05 Mar 2012
author: Alinvestmentsinc
Guan Yin Song
Nanmo Amituofo
- published: 05 Mar 2012
- views: 317870
- author: Alinvestmentsinc
Vimeo results:
5:00
Earth
Time lapse sequences of photographs taken by the crew of expeditions
28 & 29 onboard the ...
published: 12 Nov 2011
author: Michael König
Earth
Time lapse sequences of photographs taken by the crew of expeditions
28 & 29 onboard the International Space Station from August to October,
2011, who to my knowledge shot these pictures at an altitude of around 350 km.
All credit goes to them.
HD, refurbished, smoothed, retimed, denoised, deflickered, cut, etc.
All in all I tried to keep the looks of the material as original as possible,
avoided adjusting the colors and the like, since in my opinion the original
footage itself already has an almost surreal and aestethical visual nature.
Music: Jan Jelinek | Do Dekor, faitiche back2001
w+p by Jan Jelinek, published by scape Publishing / Universal
http://www.janjelinek.com | http://www.faitiche.de
Image Courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory,
NASA Johnson Space Center, The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth
http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov
Editing: Michael König | http://www.koenigm.com
Shooting locations in order of appearance:
1. Aurora Borealis Pass over the United States at Night
2. Aurora Borealis and eastern United States at Night
3. Aurora Australis from Madagascar to southwest of Australia
4. Aurora Australis south of Australia
5. Northwest coast of United States to Central South America at Night
6. Aurora Australis from the Southern to the Northern Pacific Ocean
7. Halfway around the World
8. Night Pass over Central Africa and the Middle East
9. Evening Pass over the Sahara Desert and the Middle East
10. Pass over Canada and Central United States at Night
11. Pass over Southern California to Hudson Bay
12. Islands in the Philippine Sea at Night
13. Pass over Eastern Asia to Philippine Sea and Guam
14. Views of the Mideast at Night
15. Night Pass over Mediterranean Sea
16. Aurora Borealis and the United States at Night
17. Aurora Australis over Indian Ocean
18. Eastern Europe to Southeastern Asia at Night
2:34
Brood XIX Periodical Cicada 2011
The Great Southern Brood periodical cicadas are emerging across the Southeastern United St...
published: 12 May 2011
author: Mark Dolejs
Brood XIX Periodical Cicada 2011
The Great Southern Brood periodical cicadas are emerging across the Southeastern United States. This is a series of over 1500 digital still photographs taken over a seven and a half hour period on May 10, 2011, in Durham, North Carolina. Shown is a cicada nymph shedding its exoskeleton as it transforms to its adult stage.
6:52
Tornado Relief Project: Dr. Culpepper Calls the Church to Action (HD)
On Wednesday, April 27, 2011, severe storms produced a series of deadly tornadoes that rav...
published: 30 Apr 2011
author: ChurchofGod
Tornado Relief Project: Dr. Culpepper Calls the Church to Action (HD)
On Wednesday, April 27, 2011, severe storms produced a series of deadly tornadoes that ravaged the Southeastern United States. Hundreds were killed and many thousands adversely affected. Watch as Dr. Raymond Culpepper, Church of God General Overseer, surveys the damage and calls the Church of God into action to support relief efforts.
Church of God Missions Support Number: 765-0047
churchofgod.org
4:11
Quiet_Hounds "I Get Up" Take Away Show
Performed and recorded live on April 25, 2012 in the the largest brick building in the Sou...
published: 03 May 2012
author: Quiet Hounds
Quiet_Hounds "I Get Up" Take Away Show
Performed and recorded live on April 25, 2012 in the the largest brick building in the Southeastern United States. "I Get Up" is the first ever, musical performance in this historic ten story, 2.1 million square-foot structure.
It is the first single off the highly anticipated second release from Quiet Hounds, Megaphona.
Out on June 4, 2012.
photo: AP / Bullit Marquez
06 Dec 2012
NEW BATAAN, Philippines - A powerful typhoon that washed away emergency shelters, a military camp and possibly entire families in the southern Philippines has killed almost 350 people with nearly 400 missing, authorities said Thursday ... A man sprayed insecticide on the remains to keep away swarms of flies ... "It was horrible ... The United States extended its condolences and offered to help its Asian ally deal with the typhoon's devastation ... ....(size: 8.0Kb)
photo: US Navy / Matthew Stroup
05 Dec 2012
ISAF today issued an operational update on combat operations in Afghanistan. It noted, among other things, that Afghan and coalition security forces conducted an operation in Watahpur district yesterday that resulted in the “death of insurgent leader Mohammad Yar Gul.” ... Mohammed Yar Gul coordinated the movement of insurgent fighters throughout Kunar province ... ....(size: 1.7Kb)
photo: AP / Photo
06 Dec 2012
Lionel Messi missed out on a chance to match Gerd Mueller's record of 85 goals in a calendar year as he was injured during Barcelona's draw with Benfica. Messi, who hurt his left knee in a collision with Benfica keeper Artur, was taken off 30 minutes after coming on as a second-half substitute ... Elsewhere, Galatasaray pipped CFR Cluj to second place behind Manchester United in Group H after a dramatic late win over Braga ... ....(size: 2.5Kb)
photo: AP / Vahid Salemi
07 Dec 2012
In Medina, the concept of a global community united by faith, justice, security, peace, and a concern for the poor and marginalized, had emerged ... Can Muslims in Saudi Arabia and Iran form new associations founded on a universal belief and code of conduct, as taught and lived by Prophet Muhammad? Can they again establish a regional-global community united by faith, justice, security, peace, and a concern for the poor and marginalized?....(size: 7.5Kb)
The Examiner
08 Dec 2012
In 2012, there are three Festival of Lights events taking place in the greater Gainesville, FL area ... Festival of Lights at the Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park. November 30th - December 31st (Closed on Christmas night) Open Sunset - 9.00PM ... Children under 3 are free. Named a Top 20 Event in the southeastern United States, visitors can enjoy award-winning holiday sights and sounds throughout the park ... until 8.30 p.m ... ....(size: 3.3Kb)
Stockhouse
07 Dec 2012
... have been able to create a brand new, profitable and strongly-capitalized bank serving Southeastern customers, and we are now helping our customers grow with loans, deposits, and a host of other financial services." ... is a national bank holding company, formed in 2009 to create a premier regional banking franchise in the southeastern United States....(size: 2.2Kb)
Chicago Sun-Times
07 Dec 2012
Two Chicago startups are in a court battle over who owns a money-transfer technology before they’ve even introduced a product ... The technology is aimed at helping people who have no bank accounts or little access to them ... 5 ... POMS expects to release its product in early 2013 at Preway Sales, a retailer in the Southeastern United States with 15,000 stores, and with two partners in Mexico whose names are not being revealed ... ....(size: 2.9Kb)
Yahoo Daily News
06 Dec 2012
For the past 15 years, The Breeze Kings have been wowing blues fans in Atlanta, all around the southeastern United States, and as far away as France. Singer Carlos Capote, guitarist Jim Ransone, bassist Aaron Trubic, and drummer Trevor Roberts deliver dynamic entertainment every time they hit the stage ... During those years, they won the Creative Loafing Reader's Choice Award for Best Blues Band eight times and Critic's Choice once ... ....(size: 2.2Kb)
The Examiner
06 Dec 2012
Ini the United States corner door houses can only be found in a relatively narrow band across the Southern Highlands ... States, but no one asked, “Why?” ... For exactly the same reason that redware shards have been ignored in the Southeastern United States, archaeologists generally ignored the redware potsherds and the modest house ruins in their midst....(size: 8.3Kb)
Stockhouse
05 Dec 2012
is a leading independently operated convenience store chain in the southeastern United States and one of the largest independently operated convenience store chains in the country. The Company operates 1,573 stores in thirteen states under select banners, including Kangaroo Express®, its primary operating banner....(size: 1.9Kb)
The Examiner
05 Dec 2012
If you are planning a trip to the Gainesville, Georgia area, you may want to consider staying in one of the nearby Georgia State Parks. While there are no state parks located in the city of Gainesville, there are four options within 30 miles of the North Georgia city ... Amicalola Falls State Park and Lodge ... The highlight of this park is Amicalola Falls, the tallest waterfall in the southeastern United States ... Fort Yargo State Park....(size: 4.7Kb)
The New York Times
05 Dec 2012
The Next Level. Avoiding the pitfalls of fast growth. Dr. Jeffrey M. Gallups is the founder of the Ear, Nose and Throat Institute, which is based in Atlanta and claims to be the largest ear, nose and throat practice in the southeastern United States. Dr. Gallups transformed a traditional practice into an entrepreneurial enterprise that is growing so fast that its revenue has been doubling every 18 months ... I doubled my salary doing this ... Dr ... ....(size: 12.6Kb)
Yahoo Daily News
04 Dec 2012
Despite the ongoing multi-state recovery and relief effort associated with Superstorm Sandy, the United States was fortunate that only three tropical storms and one hurricane made landfall in 2012 ... states affected by Sandy with a cost up to $12 billion ... This Category 5 mega-storm also hit Louisiana and other parts of the southeastern United States....(size: 4.4Kb)
Yahoo Daily News
04 Dec 2012
4, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Pennsylvania Game Commission officials are urging wildlife enthusiasts to join the tens of thousands of volunteers throughout the United States in the Audubon Society's 114th Annual Christmas Bird Count (CBC), which will take place Dec ... "An example of this is the rusty blackbird that migrates from the boreal taiga forests of Canada and Alaska to the southeastern United States in winter....(size: 5.8Kb)
Yahoo Daily News
04 Dec 2012
Halifax rolls out Caspio’s Cloud Database Publishing Platform to its 33 news outlets for Hyper-Local App Creation. Santa Clara, CA (PRWEB) December 04, 2012 Caspio, Inc ... Halifax Media Group’s holdings represent 33 newspapers and affiliated web sites in five states in the southeastern United States ... About Halifax Media Group ... The group consists of 33 newspapers and affiliated websites, published in five states in the Southeast ... Ph ... Email ... ....(size: 4.0Kb)
Lexington Herald-Leader
04 Dec 2012
In the past 10 years, 22,500 jobs in logging have disappeared in the United States, a 32 percent decline, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics ... The strand board industry has moved to other states ... The reason, Vongroven said, is that the biggest, newest and most efficient strand board plants are in the Southeastern United States....(size: 6.8Kb)
Yahoo Daily News
04 Dec 2012
... Crescent Resources to build a 320-unit, Class A luxury garden apartment community in northeast Charlotte, N.C ... It intends to take advantage of opportunities in the commercial real estate market, in the United States and internationally ... Crescent Resources is a real estate development company with interests throughout the southeastern United States....(size: 7.7Kb)
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| Southeastern United States | |
|---|---|
| Population (2009) | |
| • Total | 78,320,977 |
| Time zone | EST/CST |
The Southeastern United States, colloquially referred to as the Southeast, is the eastern portion of the Southern United States, and the southern portion of the Eastern United States. It is one of the most populous regions in the United States of America.
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Demographics[link]
There is no official Census Bureau definition of the southeastern United States. However, the Association of American Geographers defines the southeastern United States as Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.[1]
With over 18 million people, Florida is the most populous of the states. It is followed by Georgia, with over 9.8 million residents, and followed closely behind by North Carolina with over 9.6 million people.
Jacksonville, Charlotte, and Memphis are the largest cities in the region by city-proper population; however, Miami, Washington, D.C., Atlanta, and Tampa are the most populous metropolitan areas in the region.
History[link]
Main article: History of the Southern United States
Culture[link]
Main article: Culture of the Southern United States
The predominant culture of the South has its origins with the settlement of the region by British colonists and African slaves in the 17th century, large groups of English, Scots and Ulster-Scots.
Economy[link]
In the last two generations, the South has changed dramatically. In recent decades it has seen a boom in its service economy, manufacturing base, high technology industries, and the financial sector. Examples of this include the surge in tourism in Florida and along the Gulf Coast; numerous new automobile production plants such as Mercedes-Benz in Tuscaloosa, Alabama; Hyundai in Montgomery, Alabama; Kia in West Point, Georgia; the BMW production plant in Spartanburg, South Carolina; Volkswagen in Chattanooga, Tennessee; the GM manufacturing plant in Spring Hill, Tennessee; and the Nissan North American headquarters in Franklin, Tennessee; the two largest research parks in the country: Research Triangle Park in the Triangle area of North Carolina (the world's largest) and the Cummings Research Park in Huntsville, Alabama (the world's fourth largest); and the corporate headquarters of major banking corporations Bank of America in Charlotte, North Carolina; Regions Financial Corporation, AmSouth Bancorporation, and BBVA Compass in Birmingham; SunTrust Banks and the district headquarters of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta; and BB&T in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The region is home many Fortune 500 companies including 20 in Virginia, 16 in Florida, 15 in North Carolina, and 14 in Georiga. This economic expansion has enabled parts of the South to boast of some of the lowest unemployment rates in the United States.[2] The many automotive manufacturing plants in Alabama, primarily those owned by automakers Mercedes-Benz, Hyundai, and Honda,[citation needed] in coordination with countless automotive supplier corporations, have made the state of Alabama the number one center for automotive manufacturing and production, having surpassed Detroit in recent years.[citation needed] Alabama is also home to a large-scale manufacturing project owned by the German steel megacorporation Thyssen-Krupp, which operates a massive, state-of-the-art facility in the Alabama port city of Mobile.
Higher education[link]
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The Southeastern United States is home to a number of prominent universities, with several large research universities of longstanding significance (such as University of Georgia, Georgia State University, Emory University, Georgia Institute of Technology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Duke University, Elon University, High Point University, Wake Forest University, North Carolina State University, University of Maryland, Clemson University, University of South Carolina, University of Florida, Florida International University, University of Central Florida, University of South Florida, Nova Southeastern University, Florida State University, University of Miami, University of Virginia, University of Kentucky, Vanderbilt University, University of Tennessee, Auburn University, University of Alabama, University of Alabama at Birmingham, University of Alabama at Huntsville, Mississippi State University, University of Mississippi, Louisiana Tech University, Louisiana State University, Tulane, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, University of Louisiana at Monroe, and University of Southern Mississippi) exerting an influence beyond the region.[dubious – discuss]
Research Triangle Park, in the Raleigh-Durham urban area of North Carolina has emerged (over a nearly 50-year existence) as a major hub of technology, governmental and biotechnological research and development, as has the Virginia BioTechnology Research Park in Richmond. The Cummings Research Park in the Huntsville, Alabama area is the second largest research complex in the nation. It is one of the biggest areas of aerospace engineering and missile defense technology.[citation needed] Huntsville is also home to Redstone Arsenal, United States Army Missile Command, the U.S. Space and Rocket Center, NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center and many other key government, military, and aerospace agencies. The National High Magnetic Field Laboratory in Tallahassee, Florida is the largest laboratory in the world devoted to the study of magnetism.[citation needed] The University of South Carolina is currently constructing a research campus in downtown Columbia, and the University is the nation’s only National Science Foundation-funded Industry/University Cooperative Research Center for Fuel Cells.[3]
Duke University, Emory University, the University of Florida, Georgia Institute of Technology, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Tulane, Vanderbilt University, the University of Maryland at College Park, and the University of Virginia are the only educational institutions in the Southeastern United States that are members of the Association of American Universities (AAU).[4] The AAU is an organization of leading research universities devoted to maintaining a strong system of academic research and education.
Largest cities[link]
These are the largest cities in the Southeastern region of the United States by population, according to the United States Census Bureau:[5][discuss]
| Rank | City | State | Population |
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| 1 | Jacksonvillea[›] | Florida | &10000000000813518000000813,518[citation needed] |
| 2 | Charlotte | North Carolina | &10000000000731424000000731,424 |
| 3 | Memphis | Tennessee | &10000000000676640000000676,640 |
| 4 | Baltimore | Maryland | &10000000000620961000000620,961 |
| 5 | Washington | District of Columbia | &10000000000617996000000617,996 |
| 6 | Nashvillea[›] | Tennessee | &10000000000605473000000605,473[citation needed] |
| 7 | Louisvillea[›] | Kentucky | &10000000000566503000000566,503[citation needed] |
| 8 | Virginia Beach | Virginia | &10000000000437994000000437,994 |
| 9 | Miami | Florida | &10000000000433136000000433,136 |
| 10 | Atlanta | Georgia | &10000000000420003000000420,003 |
| 11 | Raleigh | North Carolina | &10000000000405791000000405,791 |
| 12 | Tampa | Florida | &10000000000343890000000343,890 |
- ^ a: Jacksonville, Louisville and Nashville are consolidated city-counties; the population given is for the entire city excluding other incorporated places lying within the county limits.
Largest metropolitan areas, 2009[link]
These are the fifteen metropolitan areas of the Southeastern region which exceed 1 million in population according to the United States Census Bureau's 2009 estimates:[6]
Beyond Megalopolis by Virginia Tech's Metropolitan Institute, an attempt to update Jean Gottmann's work with current trends, defines two "megapolitan areas" contained within the Southeast, out of a total of ten such areas in the United States:
- "Piedmont" extending from North Carolina to Alabama
- "Peninsula" covering South Florida and Central Florida
Two others tie some areas on the margins of the Southeast to urban centers in other regions:
- "Gulf Coast" extending as far east as the western tip of Florida
- "Northeast" including much of eastern Virginia
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See also[link]
- Southeastern mixed forests — Southeastern habitat
- Hammock (ecology) — Southeastern habitat
- East Coast of the United States — the southern Eastern Seaboard portion.
References[link]
- ^ Association of American Geographers
- ^ "State jobless rate below US average". The Decatur Daily. August 19, 2005. http://www.decaturdaily.com/decaturdaily/news/050819/jobless.shtml. Retrieved 2007-02-12.
- ^ http://innovista.sc.edu/research/future_fuels.aspx
- ^ http://www.aau.edu/about/article.aspx?id=5476
- ^ "Table 1: Annual Estimates of the Population for Incorporated Places Over 100,000, Ranked by July 1, 2009 Population: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2009" (CSV). 2009 Population Estimates. United States Census Bureau, Population Division. 2010-11-02. http://www.census.gov/popest/cities/tables/SUB-EST2009-01.csv. Retrieved 2010-11-02.
- ^ "http://www.census.gov/popest/data/metro/totals/2009/tables/CBSA-EST2009-01.csv" (CSV). 2009 Population Estimates. United States Census Bureau. 2009-07-01. http://www.census.gov/popest/data/metro/totals/2009/tables/CBSA-EST2009-01.csv. Retrieved 2010-04-28.
External links[link]
- Flora Atlas of the Southeastern United States — by the North Carolina Botanical Garden & University of North Carolina Herbarium (NCU).
- Sea Level Changes in the Southeastern United States. Past, Present, and Future — University of South Florida (August 2011)
- Britannica Southeast U.S. - video on YouTube
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| Capital | Washington, D.C. 38°53′N 77°01′W / 38.883°N 77.017°W / 38.883; -77.017 |
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| Largest city | New York City | |||||
| Official language(s) | None at federal level[a] | |||||
| National language | English (de facto)[b] | |||||
| Demonym | American | |||||
| Government | Federal presidential constitutional republic | |||||
| - | President | Barack Obama (D) | ||||
| - | Vice President | Joe Biden (D) | ||||
| - | Speaker of the House | John Boehner (R) | ||||
| - | Chief Justice | John Roberts | ||||
| Legislature | Congress | |||||
| - | Upper house | Senate | ||||
| - | Lower house | House of Representatives | ||||
| Independence | from the Kingdom of Great Britain | |||||
| - | Declared | July 4, 1776 | ||||
| - | Recognized | September 3, 1783 | ||||
| - | Current constitution | June 21, 1788 | ||||
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| - | Total | 9,826,675 km2 [1][c](3rd/4th) 3,794,101 sq mi |
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| - | Water (%) | 6.76 | ||||
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| - | 2012 estimate | 313,802,000[2] (3rd) | ||||
| - | Density | 33.7/km2 87.4/sq mi |
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| - | Total | $15.094 trillion[3] (1st) | ||||
| - | Per capita | $48,386[3] (6th) | ||||
| GDP (nominal) | 2011 estimate | |||||
| - | Total | $15.094 trillion[3] (1st) | ||||
| - | Per capita | $48,386[3] (15th) | ||||
| Gini (2007) | 45.0[1] (39th) | |||||
| HDI (2011) |  0.910[4] (very high) (4th) |
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| Internet TLD | .us .gov .mil .edu | |||||
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| ^ a. English is the official language of at least 28 states—some sources give a higher figure, based on differing definitions of "official".[5] English and Hawaiian are both official languages in the state of Hawaii.
^ b. English is the de facto language of American government and the sole language spoken at home by 80% of Americans age five and older. Spanish is the second most commonly spoken language. ^ c. Whether the United States or China is larger is disputed. The figure given is from the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency's World Factbook. Other sources give smaller figures. All authoritative calculations of the country's size include only the 50 states and the District of Columbia, not the territories. ^ d. The population estimate includes people whose usual residence is in the fifty states and the District of Columbia, including noncitizens. It does not include either those living in the territories, amounting to more than 4 million U.S. citizens (mostly in Puerto Rico), or U.S. citizens living outside the United States. |
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The United States of America (commonly abbreviated to the United States, the U.S., the USA, America, and the States) is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its forty-eight contiguous states and Washington, D.C., the capital district, lie between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. The state of Alaska is in the northwest of the continent, with Canada to the east and Russia to the west, across the Bering Strait. The state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific. The country also possesses several territories in the Pacific and Caribbean.
At 3.79 million square miles (9.83 million km2) and with over 312 million people, the United States is the third or fourth largest country by total area, and the third largest by both land area and population. It is one of the world's most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, the product of large-scale immigration from many countries.[6] The U.S. economy is the world's largest national economy, with an estimated 2011 GDP of $15.1 trillion (22% of nominal global GDP and over 19% of global GDP at purchasing-power parity).[3][7] Per capita income is the world's sixth-highest.[3]
Indigenous peoples descended from forebears who migrated from Asia have inhabited what is now the mainland United States for many thousands of years. This Native American population was greatly reduced by disease and warfare after European contact. The United States was founded by thirteen British colonies located along the Atlantic seaboard. On July 4, 1776, they issued the Declaration of Independence, which proclaimed their right to self-determination and their establishment of a cooperative union. The rebellious states defeated the British Empire in the American Revolution, the first successful colonial war of independence.[8] The current United States Constitution was adopted on September 17, 1787; its ratification the following year made the states part of a single republic with a stronger central government. The Bill of Rights, comprising ten constitutional amendments guaranteeing many fundamental civil rights and freedoms, was ratified in 1791.
Through the 19th century, the United States displaced native tribes, acquired the Louisiana territory from France, Florida from Spain, part of the Oregon Country from the United Kingdom, Alta California and New Mexico from Mexico, and Alaska from Russia, and annexed the Republic of Texas and the Republic of Hawaii. Disputes between the agrarian South and industrial North over the expansion of the institution of slavery and states' rights provoked the Civil War of the 1860s. The North's victory prevented a permanent split of the country and led to the end of legal slavery in the United States. By the 1870s, its national economy was the world's largest.[9] The Spanish–American War and World War I confirmed the country's status as a military power. It emerged from World War II as the first country with nuclear weapons and a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council. The end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the Soviet Union left the United States as the sole superpower. The country accounts for 41% of global military spending,[10] and is a leading economic, political, and cultural force in the world.[11]
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Etymology[link]
See also: Names for United States citizens
In 1507, German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller produced a world map on which he named the lands of the Western Hemisphere "America" after Italian explorer and cartographer Amerigo Vespucci.[12] The former British colonies first used the country's modern name in the 1776 Declaration of Independence, the "unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America".[13] On November 15, 1777, the Second Continental Congress adopted the Articles of Confederation, which states, "The Stile of this Confederacy shall be 'The United States of America'." The Franco-American treaties of 1778 used "United States of North America", but from July 11, 1778, "United States of America" was used on the country's bills of exchange, and it has been the official name ever since.[14]
The short form "United States" is also standard. Other common forms include the "U.S.", the "USA", and "America". Colloquial names include the "U.S. of A." and, internationally, the "States". "Columbia", a once popular name for the United States, derives from Christopher Columbus; it appears in the name "District of Columbia".
The standard way to refer to a citizen of the United States is as an "American". Although "United States" is the official appositional term, "American" and "U.S." are more commonly used to refer to the country adjectivally ("American values", "U.S. forces"). "American" is rarely used in English to refer to people not connected to the United States.[15]
The phrase "United States" was originally treated as plural—e.g., "the United States are"—including in the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified in 1865. It became common to treat it as singular—e.g., "the United States is"—after the end of the Civil War. The singular form is now standard; the plural form is retained in the idiom "these United States".[16]
Geography and environment[link]
Main articles: Geography of the United States, Climate of the United States, and Environment of the United States
The land area of the contiguous United States is approximately 1,900 million acres (7,700,000 km2). Alaska, separated from the contiguous United States by Canada, is the largest state at 365 million acres (1,480,000 km2). Hawaii, occupying an archipelago in the central Pacific, southwest of North America, has just over 4 million acres (16,000 km2).[17] The United States is the world's third or fourth largest nation by total area (land and water), ranking behind Russia and Canada and just above or below China. The ranking varies depending on how two territories disputed by China and India are counted and how the total size of the United States is measured: calculations range from 3,676,486 square miles (9,522,055 km2)[18] to 3,717,813 square miles (9,629,091 km2)[19] to 3,794,101 square miles (9,826,676 km2).[1] Including only land area, the United States is third in size behind Russia and China, just ahead of Canada.[20]
The coastal plain of the Atlantic seaboard gives way further inland to deciduous forests and the rolling hills of the Piedmont. The Appalachian Mountains divide the eastern seaboard from the Great Lakes and the grasslands of the Midwest. The Mississippi–Missouri River, the world's fourth longest river system, runs mainly north–south through the heart of the country. The flat, fertile prairie of the Great Plains stretches to the west, interrupted by a highland region in the southeast. The Rocky Mountains, at the western edge of the Great Plains, extend north to south across the country, reaching altitudes higher than 14,000 feet (4,300 m) in Colorado. Farther west are the rocky Great Basin and deserts such as the Chihuahua and Mojave. The Sierra Nevada and Cascade mountain ranges run close to the Pacific coast. At 20,320 feet (6,194 m), Alaska's Mount McKinley is the tallest peak in the country and in North America. Active volcanoes are common throughout Alaska's Alexander and Aleutian Islands, and Hawaii consists of volcanic islands. The supervolcano underlying Yellowstone National Park in the Rockies is the continent's largest volcanic feature.[21]
The United States, with its large size and geographic variety, includes most climate types. To the east of the 100th meridian, the climate ranges from humid continental in the north to humid subtropical in the south. The southern tip of Florida is tropical, as is Hawaii. The Great Plains west of the 100th meridian are semi-arid. Much of the Western mountains are alpine. The climate is arid in the Great Basin, desert in the Southwest, Mediterranean in coastal California, and oceanic in coastal Oregon and Washington and southern Alaska. Most of Alaska is subarctic or polar. Extreme weather is not uncommon—the states bordering the Gulf of Mexico are prone to hurricanes, and most of the world's tornadoes occur within the country, mainly in the Midwest's Tornado Alley.[22]
The U.S. ecology is considered "megadiverse": about 17,000 species of vascular plants occur in the contiguous United States and Alaska, and over 1,800 species of flowering plants are found in Hawaii, few of which occur on the mainland.[23] The United States is home to more than 400 mammal, 750 bird, and 500 reptile and amphibian species.[24] About 91,000 insect species have been described.[25] The Endangered Species Act of 1973 protects threatened and endangered species and their habitats, which are monitored by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. There are fifty-eight national parks and hundreds of other federally managed parks, forests, and wilderness areas.[26] Altogether, the government owns 28.8% of the country's land area.[27] Most of this is protected, though some is leased for oil and gas drilling, mining, logging, or cattle ranching; 2.4% is used for military purposes.[27]
Political divisions[link]
Main article: U.S. state
Further information: Territorial evolution of the United States and United States territorial acquisitions
The United States is a federal union of fifty states. The original thirteen states were the successors of the thirteen colonies that rebelled against British rule. Early in the country's history, three new states were organized on territory separated from the claims of the existing states: Kentucky from Virginia; Tennessee from North Carolina; and Maine from Massachusetts. Most of the other states have been carved from territories obtained through war or purchase by the U.S. government. One set of exceptions comprises Vermont, Texas, and Hawaii: each was an independent republic before joining the union. During the American Civil War, West Virginia broke away from Virginia. The most recent state—Hawaii—achieved statehood on August 21, 1959.[28] The states do not have the right to secede from the union.
The states compose the vast bulk of the U.S. land mass; the two other areas considered integral parts of the country are the District of Columbia, the federal district where the capital, Washington, is located; and Palmyra Atoll, an uninhabited but incorporated territory in the Pacific Ocean. The United States also possesses five major overseas territories: Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands in the Caribbean; and American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands in the Pacific.[29] Those born in the major territories (except for American Samoa) possess U.S. citizenship.[30] American citizens residing in the territories have many of the same rights and responsibilities as citizens residing in the states; however, they are generally exempt from federal income tax, may not vote for president, and have only nonvoting representation in the U.S. Congress.[31]
History[link]
Main article: History of the United States
Native American and European settlement[link]
The indigenous peoples of the U.S. mainland, including Alaska Natives, are believed to have migrated from Asia, beginning between 40,000 and 12,000 years ago.[32] Some, such as the pre-Columbian Mississippian culture, developed advanced agriculture, grand architecture, and state-level societies. After Europeans began settling the Americas, many millions of indigenous Americans died from epidemics of imported diseases such as smallpox.[33]
In 1492, Genoese explorer Christopher Columbus, under contract to the Spanish crown, reached several Caribbean islands, making first contact with the indigenous people. On April 2, 1513, Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de León landed on what he called "La Florida"—the first documented European arrival on what would become the U.S. mainland. Spanish settlements in the region were followed by ones in the present-day southwestern United States that drew thousands through Mexico. French fur traders established outposts of New France around the Great Lakes; France eventually claimed much of the North American interior, down to the Gulf of Mexico. The first successful English settlements were the Virginia Colony in Jamestown in 1607 and the Pilgrims' Plymouth Colony in 1620. The 1628 chartering of the Massachusetts Bay Colony resulted in a wave of migration; by 1634, New England had been settled by some 10,000 Puritans. Between the late 1610s and the American Revolution, about 50,000 convicts were shipped to Britain's American colonies.[34] Beginning in 1614, the Dutch settled along the lower Hudson River, including New Amsterdam on Manhattan Island.
In 1674, the Dutch ceded their American territory to England; the province of New Netherland was renamed New York. Many new immigrants, especially to the South, were indentured servants—some two-thirds of all Virginia immigrants between 1630 and 1680.[35] By the turn of the 18th century, African slaves were becoming the primary source of bonded labor. With the 1729 division of the Carolinas and the 1732 colonization of Georgia, the thirteen British colonies that would become the United States of America were established. All had local governments with elections open to most free men, with a growing devotion to the ancient rights of Englishmen and a sense of self-government stimulating support for republicanism. All legalized the African slave trade. With high birth rates, low death rates, and steady immigration, the colonial population grew rapidly. The Christian revivalist movement of the 1730s and 1740s known as the Great Awakening fueled interest in both religion and religious liberty. In the French and Indian War, British forces seized Canada from the French, but the francophone population remained politically isolated from the southern colonies. Excluding the Native Americans (popularly known as "American Indians"), who were being displaced, those thirteen colonies had a population of 2.6 million in 1770, about one-third that of Britain; nearly one in five Americans were black slaves.[36] Though subject to British taxation, the American colonials had no representation in the Parliament of Great Britain.
Independence and expansion[link]
Tensions between American colonials and the British during the revolutionary period of the 1760s and early 1770s led to the American Revolutionary War, fought from 1775 to 1781. On June 14, 1775, the Continental Congress, convening in Philadelphia, established a Continental Army under the command of George Washington. Proclaiming that "all men are created equal" and endowed with "certain unalienable Rights", the Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence, drafted largely by Thomas Jefferson, on July 4, 1776. That date is now celebrated annually as America's Independence Day. In 1777, the Articles of Confederation established a weak confederal government that operated until 1789.
After the British defeat by American forces assisted by the French and Spanish, Great Britain recognized the independence of the United States and the states' sovereignty over American territory west to the Mississippi River. Those wishing to establish a strong federal government with powers of taxation organized a constitutional convention in 1787. The United States Constitution was ratified in 1788, and the new republic's first Senate, House of Representatives, and president—George Washington—took office in 1789. The Bill of Rights, forbidding federal restriction of personal freedoms and guaranteeing a range of legal protections, was adopted in 1791.
Attitudes toward slavery were shifting; a clause in the Constitution protected the Atlantic slave trade only until 1808. The Northern states abolished slavery between 1780 and 1804, leaving the slave states of the South as defenders of the "peculiar institution". The Second Great Awakening, beginning about 1800, made evangelicalism a force behind various social reform movements, including abolitionism.
Americans' eagerness to expand westward prompted a long series of Indian Wars. The Louisiana Purchase of French-claimed territory under President Thomas Jefferson in 1803 almost doubled the nation's size.[37] The War of 1812, declared against Britain over various grievances and fought to a draw, strengthened U.S. nationalism. A series of U.S. military incursions into Florida led Spain to cede it and other Gulf Coast territory in 1819. The Trail of Tears in the 1830s exemplified the Indian removal policy that stripped the native peoples of their land. The United States annexed the Republic of Texas in 1845, amid a period when the concept of Manifest Destiny was becoming popular.[38] The 1846 Oregon Treaty with Britain led to U.S. control of the present-day American Northwest. The U.S. victory in the Mexican-American War resulted in the 1848 cession of California and much of the present-day American Southwest. The California Gold Rush of 1848–49 further spurred western migration. New railways made relocation easier for settlers and increased conflicts with Native Americans. Over a half-century, up to 40 million American bison, or buffalo, were slaughtered for skins and meat and to ease the railways' spread. The loss of the buffalo, a primary resource for the plains Indians, was an existential blow to many native cultures.
Civil War and industrialization[link]
Tensions between slave and free states mounted with arguments about the relationship between the state and federal governments, as well as violent conflicts over the spread of slavery into new states. Abraham Lincoln, candidate of the largely antislavery Republican Party, was elected president in 1860. Before he took office, seven slave states declared their secession—which the federal government maintained was illegal—and formed the Confederate States of America. With the Confederate attack upon Fort Sumter, the Civil War began and four more slave states joined the Confederacy. Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 declared slaves in the Confederacy to be free. Following the Union victory in 1865, three amendments to the U.S. Constitution ensured freedom for the nearly four million African Americans who had been slaves,[39] made them citizens, and gave them voting rights. The war and its resolution led to a substantial increase in federal power.[40] The war remains the deadliest conflict in American history, resulting in the deaths of 620,000 soldiers.[41]
After the war, the assassination of Abraham Lincoln radicalized Republican Reconstruction policies aimed at reintegrating and rebuilding the Southern states while ensuring the rights of the newly freed slaves. The resolution of the disputed 1876 presidential election by the Compromise of 1877 ended Reconstruction; Jim Crow laws soon disenfranchised many African Americans. In the North, urbanization and an unprecedented influx of immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe hastened the country's industrialization. The wave of immigration, lasting until 1929, provided labor and transformed American culture. National infrastructure development spurred economic growth. The 1867 Alaska Purchase from Russia completed the country's mainland expansion. The Wounded Knee Massacre in 1890 was the last major armed conflict of the Indian Wars. In 1893, the indigenous monarchy of the Pacific Kingdom of Hawaii was overthrown in a coup led by American residents; the United States annexed the archipelago in 1898. Victory in the Spanish–American War the same year demonstrated that the United States was a world power and led to the annexation of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines.[42] The Philippines gained independence a half-century later; Puerto Rico and Guam remain U.S. territories.
World War I, Great Depression, and World War II[link]
At the outbreak of World War I in 1914, the United States remained neutral. Most Americans sympathized with the British and French, although many opposed intervention.[43] In 1917, the United States joined the Allies, and the American Expeditionary Forces helped to turn the tide against the Central Powers. After the war, the Senate did not ratify the Treaty of Versailles, which established the League of Nations. The country pursued a policy of unilateralism, verging on isolationism.[44] In 1920, the women's rights movement won passage of a constitutional amendment granting women's suffrage. The prosperity of the Roaring Twenties ended with the Wall Street Crash of 1929 that triggered the Great Depression. After his election as president in 1932, Franklin D. Roosevelt responded with the New Deal, a range of policies increasing government intervention in the economy, including the establishment of the Social Security system.[45] The Dust Bowl of the mid-1930s impoverished many farming communities and spurred a new wave of western migration.
The United States, effectively neutral during World War II's early stages after Nazi Germany's invasion of Poland in September 1939, began supplying materiel to the Allies in March 1941 through the Lend-Lease program. On December 7, 1941, the Empire of Japan launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, prompting the United States to join the Allies against the Axis powers as well as the internment of Japanese Americans by the thousands.[46] Participation in the war spurred capital investment and industrial capacity. Among the major combatants, the United States was the only nation to become richer—indeed, far richer—instead of poorer because of the war.[47] Allied conferences at Bretton Woods and Yalta outlined a new system of international organizations that placed the United States and Soviet Union at the center of world affairs. As victory was won in Europe, a 1945 international conference held in San Francisco produced the United Nations Charter, which became active after the war.[48] The United States, having developed the first nuclear weapons, used them on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August. Japan surrendered on September 2, ending the war.[49]
Cold War and protest politics[link]
The United States and the Soviet Union jockeyed for power after World War II during the Cold War, dominating the military affairs of Europe through NATO and the Warsaw Pact, respectively. While they engaged in proxy wars and developed powerful nuclear arsenals, the two countries avoided direct military conflict. Resisting leftist land and income redistribution projects around the world, the United States often supported authoritarian governments. American troops fought Communist Chinese forces in the Korean War of 1950–53. The House Un-American Activities Committee pursued a series of investigations into suspected leftist subversion, while Senator Joseph McCarthy became the figurehead of anticommunist sentiment.
The 1961 Soviet launch of the first manned spaceflight prompted President John F. Kennedy's call for the United States to be first to land "a man on the moon", achieved in 1969. Kennedy also faced a tense nuclear showdown with Soviet forces in Cuba. Meanwhile, the United States experienced sustained economic expansion. A growing civil rights movement, symbolized and led by African Americans such as Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King, Jr., used nonviolence to confront segregation and discrimination. Following Kennedy's assassination in 1963, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965 were passed under President Lyndon B. Johnson.[50][51] He also signed into law the Medicare and Medicaid programs.[52] Johnson and his successor, Richard Nixon, expanded a proxy war in Southeast Asia into the unsuccessful Vietnam War. A widespread countercultural movement grew, fueled by opposition to the war, black nationalism, and the sexual revolution. Betty Friedan, Gloria Steinem, and others led a new wave of feminism that sought political, social, and economic equality for women.
As a result of the Watergate scandal, in 1974 Nixon became the first U.S. president to resign, to avoid being impeached on charges including obstruction of justice and abuse of power. The Jimmy Carter administration of the late 1970s was marked by stagflation and the Iran hostage crisis. The election of Ronald Reagan as president in 1980 heralded a rightward shift in American politics, reflected in major changes in taxation and spending priorities. His second term in office brought both the Iran-Contra scandal and significant diplomatic progress with the Soviet Union. The subsequent Soviet collapse ended the Cold War.
Contemporary era[link]
Under President George H. W. Bush, the United States took a lead role in the UN–sanctioned Gulf War. The longest economic expansion in modern U.S. history—from March 1991 to March 2001—encompassed the Bill Clinton administration and the dot-com bubble.[53] A civil lawsuit and sex scandal led to Clinton's impeachment in 1998, but he remained in office. The 2000 presidential election, one of the closest in American history, was resolved by a U.S. Supreme Court decision—George W. Bush, son of George H. W. Bush, became president.
On September 11, 2001, al-Qaeda terrorists struck the World Trade Center in New York City and The Pentagon near Washington, D.C., killing nearly three thousand people. In response, the Bush administration launched the global War on Terror, invading Afghanistan and removing the Taliban government and al-Qaeda training camps. Taliban insurgents continue to fight a guerrilla war. In 2002, the Bush administration began to press for regime change in Iraq on controversial grounds.[54] Forces led by the U.S. invaded Iraq in 2003, ousting Saddam Hussein. In 2005, Hurricane Katrina caused severe destruction along much of the Gulf Coast, devastating New Orleans. In 2008, amid a global economic recession, the first African American president, Barack Obama, was elected. Major health care and financial system reforms were enacted two years later. In 2011, a raid by Navy SEALs in Pakistan killed al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. The Iraq War ended with the pullout of the remaining U.S. troops from the country.
Government and politics[link]
Main articles: Federal government of the United States, state governments of the United States, and elections in the United States
The United States is the world's oldest surviving federation. It is a constitutional republic and representative democracy, "in which majority rule is tempered by minority rights protected by law".[55] The government is regulated by a system of checks and balances defined by the U.S. Constitution, which serves as the country's supreme legal document.[56] In the American federalist system, citizens are usually subject to three levels of government, federal, state, and local; the local government's duties are commonly split between county and municipal governments. In almost all cases, executive and legislative officials are elected by a plurality vote of citizens by district. There is no proportional representation at the federal level, and it is very rare at lower levels.
The federal government is composed of three branches:
- Legislative: The bicameral Congress, made up of the Senate and the House of Representatives, makes federal law, declares war, approves treaties, has the power of the purse, and has the power of impeachment, by which it can remove sitting members of the government.
- Executive: The president is the commander-in-chief of the military, can veto legislative bills before they become law, and appoints the members of the Cabinet (subject to Senate approval) and other officers, who administer and enforce federal laws and policies.
- Judicial: The Supreme Court and lower federal courts, whose judges are appointed by the president with Senate approval, interpret laws and overturn those they find unconstitutional.
The House of Representatives has 435 voting members, each representing a congressional district for a two-year term. House seats are apportioned among the states by population every tenth year. As of the 2000 census, seven states have the minimum of one representative, while California, the most populous state, has fifty-three. The Senate has 100 members with each state having two senators, elected at-large to six-year terms; one third of Senate seats are up for election every other year. The president serves a four-year term and may be elected to the office no more than twice. The president is not elected by direct vote, but by an indirect electoral college system in which the determining votes are apportioned to the states and the District of Columbia. The Supreme Court, led by the Chief Justice of the United States, has nine members, who serve for life.
The state governments are structured in roughly similar fashion; Nebraska uniquely has a unicameral legislature. The governor (chief executive) of each state is directly elected. Some state judges and cabinet officers are appointed by the governors of the respective states, while others are elected by popular vote.
The original text of the Constitution establishes the structure and responsibilities of the federal government and its relationship with the individual states. Article One protects the right to the "great writ" of habeas corpus, and Article Three guarantees the right to a jury trial in all criminal cases. Amendments to the Constitution require the approval of three-fourths of the states. The Constitution has been amended twenty-seven times; the first ten amendments, which make up the Bill of Rights, and the Fourteenth Amendment form the central basis of Americans' individual rights. All laws and governmental procedures are subject to judicial review and any law ruled in violation of the Constitution is voided. The principle of judicial review, not explicitly mentioned in the Constitution, was declared by the Supreme Court in Marbury v. Madison (1803).
Parties and ideology[link]
Main articles: Politics of the United States and Political ideologies in the United States
The United States has operated under a two-party system for most of its history.[57] For elective offices at most levels, state-administered primary elections choose the major party nominees for subsequent general elections. Since the general election of 1856, the major parties have been the Democratic Party, founded in 1824, and the Republican Party, founded in 1854. Since the Civil War, only one third-party presidential candidate—former president Theodore Roosevelt, running as a Progressive in 1912—has won as much as 20% of the popular vote.
Within American political culture, the Republican Party is considered center-right or conservative and the Democratic Party is considered center-left or liberal. The states of the Northeast and West Coast and some of the Great Lakes states, known as "blue states", are relatively liberal. The "red states" of the South and parts of the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains are relatively conservative.
The winner of the 2008 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama, is the 44th U.S. president. The 2010 midterm elections saw the Republican Party take control of the House and make gains in the Senate, where the Democrats retain the majority. In the 112th United States Congress, the Senate comprises 51 Democrats, two independents who caucus with the Democrats, and 47 Republicans; the House comprises 242 Republicans and 192 Democrats—one seat is vacant. There are 29 Republican and 20 Democratic state governors, as well as one independent.
Foreign relations and military[link]
Main articles: Foreign policy of the United States and United States Armed Forces
The United States exercises global economic, political, and military influence. It is a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council and New York City hosts the United Nations Headquarters. It is a member of the G8,[58] G20, and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Almost all countries have embassies in Washington, D.C., and many have consulates around the country. Likewise, nearly all nations host American diplomatic missions. However, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Bhutan, and the Republic of China (Taiwan) do not have formal diplomatic relations with the United States.
The United States has a "special relationship" with the United Kingdom[59] and strong ties with Canada,[60] Australia,[61] New Zealand,[62] the Philippines,[63] Japan,[64] South Korea,[65] Israel,[66] and several European countries. It works closely with fellow NATO members on military and security issues and with its neighbors through the Organization of American States and free trade agreements such as the trilateral North American Free Trade Agreement with Canada and Mexico. In 2008, the United States spent a net $25.4 billion on official development assistance, the most in the world. As a share of America's large gross national income (GNI), however, the U.S. contribution of 0.18% ranked last among twenty-two donor states. By contrast, private overseas giving by Americans is relatively generous.[67]
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The president holds the title of commander-in-chief of the nation's armed forces and appoints its leaders, the secretary of defense and the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The United States Department of Defense administers the armed forces, including the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force. The Coast Guard is run by the Department of Homeland Security in peacetime and the Department of the Navy in time of war. In 2008, the armed forces had 1.4 million personnel on active duty. The Reserves and National Guard brought the total number of troops to 2.3 million. The Department of Defense also employed about 700,000 civilians, not including contractors.[68]
Military service is voluntary, though conscription may occur in wartime through the Selective Service System.[69] American forces can be rapidly deployed by the Air Force's large fleet of transport aircraft, the Navy's eleven active aircraft carriers, and Marine Expeditionary Units at sea with the Navy's Atlantic and Pacific fleets. The military operates 865 bases and facilities abroad,[70] and maintains deployments greater than 100 active duty personnel in 25 foreign countries.[71] The extent of this global military presence has prompted some scholars to describe the United States as maintaining an "empire of bases".[72]
Total U.S. military spending in 2010, almost $700 billion, was 43% of global military spending and greater than the next fourteen largest national military expenditures combined. At 4.8% of GDP, the rate was the second-highest among the top fifteen military spenders, after Saudi Arabia.[73] The proposed base Department of Defense budget for 2012, $553 billion, is a 4.2% increase over 2011; an additional $118 billion is proposed for the military campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan.[74] The last American troops serving in Iraq departed in December 2011;[75] 4,484 servicemen were killed during the Iraq War.[76] Approximately 90,000 U.S. troops were serving in Afghanistan as of April 2012;[77] as of April 4, 1,924 had been killed during the War in Afghanistan.[78]
Economy[link]
Main article: Economy of the United States
| Economic indicators | ||
|---|---|---|
| Unemployment | 8.2% (May 2012) | [79] |
| GDP growth | 2.2% (1Q 2012), 1.7% (2011) | [80] |
| CPI inflation | 2.3% (April 2011 – April 2012) | [81] |
| Poverty | 15.1% (2010) | [82] |
| Public debt | $15.62 trillion (April 13, 2012) | [83] |
| Household net worth | $58.5 trillion (4Q 2011) | [84] |
The United States has a capitalist mixed economy, which is fueled by abundant natural resources, a well-developed infrastructure, and high productivity.[85] According to the International Monetary Fund, the U.S. GDP of $15.1 trillion constitutes 22% of the gross world product at market exchange rates and over 19% of the gross world product at purchasing power parity (PPP).[3] Though larger than any other nation's, its national GDP is about 5% smaller than the GDP of the European Union at PPP in 2008. The country ranks ninth in the world in nominal GDP per capita and sixth in GDP per capita at PPP.[3] The U.S. dollar is the world's primary reserve currency.[86]
The United States is the largest importer of goods and third largest exporter, though exports per capita are relatively low. In 2010, the total U.S. trade deficit was $635 billion.[87] Canada, China, Mexico, Japan, and Germany are its top trading partners.[88] In 2010, oil was the largest import commodity, while transportation equipment was the country's largest export.[87] China is the largest foreign holder of U.S. public debt.[89]
In 2009, the private sector was estimated to constitute 86.4% of the economy, with federal government activity accounting for 4.3% and state and local government activity (including federal transfers) the remaining 9.3%.[91] While its economy has reached a postindustrial level of development and its service sector constitutes 67.8% of GDP, the United States remains an industrial power.[92] The leading business field by gross business receipts is wholesale and retail trade; by net income it is manufacturing.[93] Chemical products are the leading manufacturing field.[94] The United States is the third largest producer of oil in the world, as well as its largest importer.[95] It is the world's number one producer of electrical and nuclear energy, as well as liquid natural gas, sulfur, phosphates, and salt. While agriculture accounts for just under 1% of GDP,[92] the United States is the world's top producer of corn[96] and soybeans.[97] Coca-Cola and McDonald's are the two most recognized brands in the world.[98]
In August 2010, the American labor force comprised 154.1 million people. With 21.2 million people, government is the leading field of employment. The largest private employment sector is health care and social assistance, with 16.4 million people. About 12% of workers are unionized, compared to 30% in Western Europe.[99] The World Bank ranks the United States first in the ease of hiring and firing workers.[100] In 2009, the United States had the third highest labor productivity per person in the world, behind Luxembourg and Norway. It was fourth in productivity per hour, behind those two countries and the Netherlands.[101] Compared to Europe, U.S. property and corporate income tax rates are generally higher, while labor and, particularly, consumption tax rates are lower.[102]
Income and human development[link]
Main article: Income in the United States
See also: Income inequality in the United States, Poverty in the United States, and Affluence in the United States
According to the United States Census Bureau, the pretax median household income in 2010 was $49,445. The median ranged from $64,308 among Asian American households to $32,068 among African American households.[82] Using purchasing power parity exchange rates, the overall median is similar to the most affluent cluster of developed nations. After declining sharply during the middle of the 20th century, poverty rates have plateaued since the early 1970s, with 11–15% of Americans below the poverty line every year, and 58.5% spending at least one year in poverty between the ages of 25 and 75.[103][104] In 2010, 46.2 million Americans lived in poverty, a figure that rose for the fourth year in a row.[82]
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The U.S. welfare state is one of the least extensive in the developed world, reducing both relative poverty and absolute poverty by considerably less than the mean for rich nations,[105][106] though combined private and public social expenditures per capita are relatively high.[107] While the American welfare state effectively reduces poverty among the elderly,[108] it provides relatively little assistance to the young.[109] A 2007 UNICEF study of children's well-being in twenty-one industrialized nations ranked the United States next to last.[110]
Between 1947 and 1979, real median income rose by over 80% for all classes, with the incomes of poor Americans rising faster than those of the rich.[111] However, income gains since then have been slower, less widely shared, and accompanied by increased economic insecurity.[111][112] Median household income has increased for all classes since 1980,[113] largely owing to more dual-earner households, the closing of the gender pay gap, and longer work hours, but the growth has been strongly tilted toward the very top.[105][111][114] Consequently, the share of income of the top 1%—21.8% of total reported income in 2005—has more than doubled since 1980,[115] leaving the United States with the greatest income inequality among developed nations.[105][116] The United States has a progressive tax system which equates to higher income earners paying a larger percentage of their income in taxes.[117] The top 1% pays 27.6% of all federal taxes, while the top 10% pays 54.7%.[118] Wealth, like income and taxes, is highly concentrated: The richest 10% of the adult population possesses 69.8% of the country's household wealth, the second-highest share among developed nations.[119] The top 1% possesses 33.4% of net wealth.[120] In 2011 the United Nations Development Programme ranked the United States 23rd among 139 countries on its inequality-adjusted human development index (IHDI), nineteen places lower than in the standard HDI.[121]
Infrastructure[link]
Science and technology[link]
Main article: Science and technology in the United States
The United States has been a leader in scientific research and technological innovation since the late 19th century. In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell was awarded the first U.S. patent for the telephone. Thomas Edison's laboratory developed the phonograph, the first long-lasting light bulb, and the first viable movie camera. Nikola Tesla pioneered alternating current, the AC motor, and radio. In the early 20th century, the automobile companies of Ransom E. Olds and Henry Ford popularized the assembly line. The Wright brothers, in 1903, made the first sustained and controlled heavier-than-air powered flight.[122]
The rise of Nazism in the 1930s led many European scientists, including Albert Einstein, Enrico Fermi, and John von Neumann, to immigrate to the United States. During World War II, the Manhattan Project developed nuclear weapons, ushering in the Atomic Age. The Space Race produced rapid advances in rocketry, materials science, and computers. IBM, Apple Computer, and Microsoft refined and popularized the personal computer. The United States largely developed the ARPANET and its successor, the Internet. Today, 64% of research and development funding comes from the private sector.[123] The United States leads the world in scientific research papers and impact factor.[124] As of April 2010, 68% of American households had broadband Internet service.[125] The country is the primary developer and grower of genetically modified food, representing half of the world's biotech crops.[126]
Transportation[link]
Main article: Transportation in the United States
Personal transportation is dominated by automobiles, which operate on a network of 13 million roads,[128] including one of the world's longest highway systems.[129] The world's second largest automobile market,[130] the United States has the highest rate of per-capita vehicle ownership in the world, with 765 vehicles per 1,000 Americans.[131] About 40% of personal vehicles are vans, SUVs, or light trucks.[132] The average American adult (accounting for all drivers and nondrivers) spends 55 minutes driving every day, traveling 29 miles (47 km).[133]
Mass transit accounts for 9% of total U.S. work trips,[134] ranking last in a survey of 17 countries.[135] While transport of goods by rail is extensive, relatively few people use rail to travel,[136] though ridership on Amtrak, the national intercity passenger rail system, grew by almost 37% between 2000 and 2010.[137] Light rail development has increased in recent years but, like high speed rail, is below European levels.[138] Bicycle usage for work commutes is minimal.[139]
The civil airline industry is entirely privately owned and has been largely deregulated since 1978, while most major airports are publicly owned. The three largest airlines in the world by passengers carried are U.S.-based; Delta Air Lines is number one.[140] Of the world's thirty busiest passenger airports, sixteen are in the United States, including the busiest, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.[141]
Energy[link]
See also: Energy policy of the United States
The United States energy market is 29,000 terawatt hours per year. Energy consumption per capita is 7.8 tons of oil equivalent per year, the 10th highest rate in the world. In 2005, 40% of this energy came from petroleum, 23% from coal, and 22% from natural gas. The remainder was supplied by nuclear power and renewable energy sources.[142] The United States is the world's largest consumer of petroleum.[143] For decades, nuclear power has played a limited role relative to many other developed countries, in part due to public perception in the wake of a 1979 accident. In 2007, several applications for new nuclear plants were filed.[144] The United States has 27% of global coal reserves.[145]
Education[link]
Main article: Education in the United States
American public education is operated by state and local governments, regulated by the United States Department of Education through restrictions on federal grants. Children are required in most states to attend school from the age of six or seven (generally, kindergarten or first grade) until they turn eighteen (generally bringing them through twelfth grade, the end of high school); some states allow students to leave school at sixteen or seventeen.[147] About 12% of children are enrolled in parochial or nonsectarian private schools. Just over 2% of children are homeschooled.[148]
The United States has many competitive private and public institutions of higher education. According to prominent international rankings, 13 or 15 American colleges and universities are ranked among the top 20 in the world.[149][150] There are also local community colleges with generally more open admission policies, shorter academic programs, and lower tuition. Of Americans twenty-five and older, 84.6% graduated from high school, 52.6% attended some college, 27.2% earned a bachelor's degree, and 9.6% earned graduate degrees.[151] The basic literacy rate is approximately 99%.[1][152] The United Nations assigns the United States an Education Index of 0.97, tying it for 12th in the world.[153]
Health[link]
See also: Health care in the United States, Health care reform in the United States, and Health insurance in the United States
The United States life expectancy of 78.4 years at birth ranks it 50th among 221 nations.[155] Increasing obesity in the United States and health improvements elsewhere have contributed to lowering the country's rank in life expectancy from 1987, when it was 11th in the world.[156] Approximately one-third of the adult population is obese and an additional third is overweight;[157] the obesity rate, the highest in the industrialized world, has more than doubled in the last quarter-century.[158] Obesity-related type 2 diabetes is considered epidemic by health care professionals.[159] The infant mortality rate of 6.06 per thousand places the United States 176th out of 222 countries, higher than all of Western Europe.[160]
The U.S. health care system far outspends any other nation's, measured in both per capita spending and percentage of GDP.[161] The World Health Organization ranked the U.S. health care system in 2000 as first in responsiveness, but 37th in overall performance.
Health care coverage in the United States is a combination of public and private efforts, and is not universal as in all other developed countries. In 2004, private insurance paid for 36% of personal health expenditures, private out-of-pocket payments covered 15%, and federal, state, and local governments paid for 44%.[162] In 2005, 46.6 million Americans, 15.9% of the population, were uninsured, 5.4 million more than in 2001. The main cause of this rise is the drop in the number of Americans with employer-sponsored health insurance.[163] The subject of uninsured and underinsured Americans is a major political issue.[164] A 2009 study estimated that lack of insurance is associated with nearly 45,000 deaths a year.[165] In 2006, Massachusetts became the first state to mandate universal health insurance.[166] Federal legislation passed in early 2010 will create a near-universal health insurance system around the country by 2014.
Crime and law enforcement[link]
Main articles: Law enforcement in the United States and Crime in the United States
See also: Law of the United States, Incarceration in the United States, and Capital punishment in the United States
Law enforcement in the United States is primarily the responsibility of local police and sheriff's departments, with state police providing broader services. Federal agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the U.S. Marshals Service have specialized duties. At the federal level and in almost every state, jurisprudence operates on a common law system. State courts conduct most criminal trials; federal courts handle certain designated crimes as well as certain appeals from the state systems. Federal law prohibits a variety of drugs, although states sometimes pass laws in conflict with federal regulations. The smoking age is generally 18, and the drinking age is generally 21.
Among developed nations, the United States has above-average levels of violent crime and particularly high levels of gun violence and homicide.[168] There were 5.0 murders per 100,000 persons in 2009, 10.4% fewer than in 2000.[169] Gun ownership rights are the subject of contentious political debate.
The United States has the highest documented incarceration rate[170] and total prison population[171] in the world. At the start of 2008, more than 2.3 million people were incarcerated, more than one in every 100 adults.[172] The current rate is about seven times the 1980 figure,[173] and over three times the figure in Poland, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) country with the next highest rate.[174] African American males are jailed at about six times the rate of white males and three times the rate of Hispanic males.[170] The country's high rate of incarceration is largely due to sentencing and drug policies.[170][175]
Though it has been abolished in most Western nations, capital punishment is sanctioned in the United States for certain federal and military crimes, and in thirty-four states. Since 1976, when the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty after a four-year moratorium, there have been more than 1,000 executions.[176] In 2010, the country had the fifth highest number of executions in the world, following China, Iran, North Korea, and Yemen.[177] In 2007, New Jersey became the first state to legislatively abolish the death penalty since the 1976 Supreme Court decision, followed by New Mexico in 2009 and Illinois in 2011.[178]
Demographics[link]
Main articles: Demographics of the United States and Americans
| Race/Ethnicity (2010)[179] | |
|---|---|
| White | 72.4% |
| Black/African American | 12.6% |
| Asian | 4.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.9% |
| Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander | 0.2% |
| Other | 6.2% |
| Two or more races | 2.9% |
| Hispanic/Latino (of any race) | 16.3% |
The U.S. Census Bureau estimates the country's population now to be 313,802,000,[2] including an estimated 11.2 million illegal immigrants.[180] The U.S. population almost quadrupled during the 20th century, from about 76 million in 1900.[181] The third most populous nation in the world, after China and India, the United States is the only major industrialized nation in which large population increases are projected.[182] Even with a birth rate of 13.82 per 1,000, 30% below the world average, its population growth rate is positive at 1%, significantly higher than those of many developed nations.[183] In fiscal year 2011, over 1 million immigrants (most of whom entered through family reunification) were granted legal residence.[184] Mexico has been the leading source of new residents for over two decades; since 1998, China, India, and the Philippines have been in the top four sending countries every year.[185]
The United States has a very diverse population—thirty-one ancestry groups have more than one million members.[186] White Americans are the largest racial group; German Americans, Irish Americans, and English Americans constitute three of the country's four largest ancestry groups.[186] African Americans are the nation's largest racial minority and third largest ancestry group.[186] Asian Americans are the country's second largest racial minority; the two largest Asian American ethnic groups are Chinese Americans and Filipino Americans.[186] In 2010, the U.S. population included an estimated 5.2 million people with some American Indian or Alaska Native ancestry (2.9 million exclusively of such ancestry) and 1.2 million with some native Hawaiian or Pacific island ancestry (0.5 million exclusively).[187] The census counted more than 19 million people of "Some Other Race" who were "unable to identify with any" of its five official race categories in 2010.[187]
The population growth of Hispanic and Latino Americans (the terms are officially interchangeable) is a major demographic trend. The 50.5 million Americans of Hispanic descent[187] are identified as sharing a distinct "ethnicity" by the Census Bureau; 64% of Hispanic Americans are of Mexican descent.[188] Between 2000 and 2010, the country's Hispanic population increased 43% while the non-Hispanic population rose just 4.9%.[179] Much of this growth is from immigration; as of 2007, 12.6% of the U.S. population was foreign-born, with 54% of that figure born in Latin America.[189] Fertility is also a factor; as of 2010 the average Hispanic woman gave birth to 2.4 children in her lifetime, compared to 2.0 for non-Hispanic black women and 1.8 for non-Hispanic white women (below the replacement rate of 2.1).[190] Minorities (as defined by the Census Bureau as all those beside non-Hispanic, non-multiracial whites) constituted 36.3% of the population in 2010,[191] and nearly 50% of children under age 1,[192] and are projected to constitute the majority by 2042.[193]
About 82% of Americans live in urban areas (including suburbs);[1] about half of those reside in cities with populations over 50,000.[194] In 2008, 273 incorporated places had populations over 100,000, nine cities had more than 1 million residents, and four global cities had over 2 million (New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Houston).[195] There are fifty-two metropolitan areas with populations greater than 1 million.[196] Of the fifty fastest-growing metro areas, forty-seven are in the West or South.[197] The metro areas of Dallas, Houston, Atlanta, and Phoenix all grew by more than a million people between 2000 and 2008.[196]
| Leading population centers | |||||||
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| Rank | Core city | Metro area pop.[198] | Metropolitan Statistical Area | Region[199] |  New York City  Los Angeles |
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| 1 | New York City | 19,015,900 | New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA MSA | Northeast | |||
| 2 | Los Angeles | 12,944,801 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA MSA | West | |||
| 3 | Chicago | 9,504,753 | Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI MSA | Midwest | |||
| 4 | Dallas | 6,526,548 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX MSA | South | |||
| 5 | Houston | 6,086,538 | Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown, TX MSA | South | |||
| 6 | Philadelphia | 5,992,414 | Philadelphia–Camden–Wilmington, PA–NJ–DE–MD MSA | Northeast | |||
| 7 | Washington, D.C. | 5,703,948 | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV MSA | South | |||
| 8 | Miami | 5,670,125 | Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL MSA | South | |||
| 9 | Atlanta | 5,359,205 | Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA MSA | South | |||
| 10 | Boston | 4,591,112 | Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH MSA | Northeast | |||
| based on the 2011 U.S. Population Estimate | |||||||
Language[link]
Main article: Languages of the United States
| Languages (2010)[200] | |
|---|---|
| English (only) | 229.7 million |
| Spanish, incl. Creole | 37.0 million |
| Chinese | 2.8 million |
| French, incl. Creole | 2.1 million |
| Tagalog | 1.6 million |
| Vietnamese | 1.4 million |
| Korean | 1.1 million |
| German | 1.1 million |
English is the de facto national language. Although there is no official language at the federal level, some laws—such as U.S. naturalization requirements—standardize English. In 2010, about 230 million, or 80% of the population aged five years and older, spoke only English at home. Spanish, spoken by 12% of the population at home, is the second most common language and the most widely taught second language.[200][201] Some Americans advocate making English the country's official language, as it is in at least twenty-eight states.[5] Both Hawaiian and English are official languages in Hawaii by state law.[202]
While neither has an official language, New Mexico has laws providing for the use of both English and Spanish, as Louisiana does for English and French.[203] Other states, such as California, mandate the publication of Spanish versions of certain government documents including court forms.[204] Many jurisdictions with large numbers of non-English speakers produce government materials, especially voting information, in the most commonly spoken languages in those jurisdictions. Several insular territories grant official recognition to their native languages, along with English: Samoan and Chamorro are recognized by American Samoa and Guam, respectively; Carolinian and Chamorro are recognized by the Northern Mariana Islands; Spanish is an official language of Puerto Rico.
Religion[link]
Main article: Religion in the United States
See also: History of religion in the United States, Freedom of religion in the United States, Separation of church and state in the United States, and List of religious movements that began in the United States
The United States is officially a secular nation; the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution guarantees the free exercise of religion and forbids the establishment of any religious governance. In a 2002 study, 59% of Americans said that religion played a "very important role in their lives", a far higher figure than that of any other wealthy nation.[205] According to a 2007 survey, 78.4% of adults identified themselves as Christian,[206] down from 86.4% in 1990.[207] Protestant denominations accounted for 51.3%, while Roman Catholicism, at 23.9%, was the largest individual denomination. The study categorizes white evangelicals, 26.3% of the population, as the country's largest religious cohort;[206] another study estimates evangelicals of all races at 30–35%.[208] The total reporting non-Christian religions in 2007 was 4.7%, up from 3.3% in 1990.[207] The leading non-Christian faiths were Judaism (1.7%), Buddhism (0.7%), Islam (0.6%), Hinduism (0.4%), and Unitarian Universalism (0.3%).[206] The survey also reported that 16.1% of Americans described themselves as agnostic, atheist, or simply having no religion, up from 8.2% in 1990.[206][207]
Family structure[link]
In 2007, 58% of Americans age 18 and over were married, 6% were widowed, 10% were divorced, and 25% had never been married.[209] Women now mostly work outside the home and receive a majority of bachelor's degrees.[210]
Same-sex marriage is a contentious issue. Some states permit civil unions or domestic partnerships in lieu of marriage. Since 2003, several states have legalized gay marriage as the result of judicial or legislative action. Meanwhile, the federal government and a majority of states define marriage as between a man and a woman and/or explicitly prohibit same-sex marriage. Public opinion on the issue has shifted from general opposition in the 1990s to a statistical deadlock, to a majority in support.[211]
The U.S. teenage pregnancy rate, 79.8 per 1,000 women, is the highest among OECD nations.[212] Abortion policy was left to the states until the Supreme Court legalized the practice in 1973. The issue remains highly controversial, with public opinion closely divided for many years. Many states ban public funding of the procedure and restrict late-term abortions, require parental notification for minors, and mandate a waiting period. While the abortion rate is falling, the abortion ratio of 241 per 1,000 live births and abortion rate of 15 per 1,000 women aged 15–44 remain higher than those of most Western nations.[213]
Culture[link]
Main article: Culture of the United States
See also: Social class in the United States
The United States is a multicultural nation, home to a wide variety of ethnic groups, traditions, and values.[6][215] Aside from the now small Native American and Native Hawaiian populations, nearly all Americans or their ancestors immigrated within the past five centuries.[216] Mainstream American culture is a Western culture largely derived from the traditions of European immigrants with influences from many other sources, such as traditions brought by slaves from Africa.[6][217] More recent immigration from Asia and especially Latin America has added to a cultural mix that has been described as both a homogenizing melting pot, and a heterogeneous salad bowl in which immigrants and their descendants retain distinctive cultural characteristics.[6]
American culture is considered the most individualistic in the world.[218] The American Dream, or the incorrect perception that Americans enjoy high social mobility, plays a key role in attracting immigrants.[219] While the mainstream culture holds that the United States is a classless society,[220] scholars identify significant differences between the country's social classes, affecting socialization, language, and values.[221] The American middle and professional class has initiated many contemporary social trends such as modern feminism, environmentalism, and multiculturalism.[222] Americans' self-images, social viewpoints, and cultural expectations are associated with their occupations to an unusually close degree.[223] While Americans tend greatly to value socioeconomic achievement, being ordinary or average is generally seen as a positive attribute.[224]
Popular media[link]
Main articles: Cinema of the United States, Television in the United States, and Music of the United States
The world's first commercial motion picture exhibition was given in New York City in 1894, using Thomas Edison's Kinetoscope. The next year saw the first commercial screening of a projected film, also in New York, and the United States was in the forefront of sound film's development in the following decades. Since the early 20th century, the U.S. film industry has largely been based in and around Hollywood, California. Director D. W. Griffith was central to the development of film grammar and Orson Welles's Citizen Kane (1941) is frequently cited as the greatest film of all time.[225] American screen actors like John Wayne and Marilyn Monroe have become iconic figures, while producer/entrepreneur Walt Disney was a leader in both animated film and movie merchandising. The major film studios of Hollywood have produced the most commercially successful movies in history, such as Star Wars (1977) and Titanic (1997), and the products of Hollywood today dominate the global film industry.[226]
Americans are the heaviest television viewers in the world,[227] and the average viewing time continues to rise, reaching five hours a day in 2006.[228] The four major broadcast networks are all commercial entities. Americans listen to radio programming, also largely commercialized, on average just over two-and-a-half hours a day.[229] Aside from web portals and search engines, the most popular websites are Facebook, YouTube, Wikipedia, Blogger, eBay, and Craigslist.[230]
The rhythmic and lyrical styles of African-American music have deeply influenced American music at large, distinguishing it from European traditions. Elements from folk idioms such as the blues and what is now known as old-time music were adopted and transformed into popular genres with global audiences. Jazz was developed by innovators such as Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington early in the 20th century. Country music developed in the 1920s, and rhythm and blues in the 1940s. Elvis Presley and Chuck Berry were among the mid-1950s pioneers of rock and roll. In the 1960s, Bob Dylan emerged from the folk revival to become one of America's most celebrated songwriters and James Brown led the development of funk. More recent American creations include hip hop and house music. American pop stars such as Presley, Michael Jackson, and Madonna have become global celebrities.[231]
Literature, philosophy, and the arts[link]
In the 18th and early 19th centuries, American art and literature took most of its cues from Europe. Writers such as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar Allan Poe, and Henry David Thoreau established a distinctive American literary voice by the middle of the 19th century. Mark Twain and poet Walt Whitman were major figures in the century's second half; Emily Dickinson, virtually unknown during her lifetime, is now recognized as an essential American poet.[232] A work seen as capturing fundamental aspects of the national experience and character—such as Herman Melville's Moby-Dick (1851), Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885), and F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby (1925)—may be dubbed the "Great American Novel".[233]
Eleven U.S. citizens have won the Nobel Prize in Literature, most recently Toni Morrison in 1993. William Faulkner and Ernest Hemingway are often named among the most influential writers of the 20th century.[234] Popular literary genres such as the Western and hardboiled crime fiction developed in the United States. The Beat Generation writers opened up new literary approaches, as have postmodernist authors such as John Barth, Thomas Pynchon, and Don DeLillo.
The transcendentalists, led by Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson, established the first major American philosophical movement. After the Civil War, Charles Sanders Peirce and then William James and John Dewey were leaders in the development of pragmatism. In the 20th century, the work of W. V. O. Quine and Richard Rorty, and later Noam Chomsky, brought analytic philosophy to the fore of American philosophical academia. John Rawls and Robert Nozick led a revival of political philosophy.
In the visual arts, the Hudson River School was a mid-19th-century movement in the tradition of European naturalism. The realist paintings of Thomas Eakins are now widely celebrated. The 1913 Armory Show in New York City, an exhibition of European modernist art, shocked the public and transformed the U.S. art scene.[235] Georgia O'Keeffe, Marsden Hartley, and others experimented with new, individualistic styles. Major artistic movements such as the abstract expressionism of Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning and the pop art of Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein developed largely in the United States. The tide of modernism and then postmodernism has brought fame to American architects such as Frank Lloyd Wright, Philip Johnson, and Frank Gehry.
One of the first major promoters of American theater was impresario P. T. Barnum, who began operating a lower Manhattan entertainment complex in 1841. The team of Harrigan and Hart produced a series of popular musical comedies in New York starting in the late 1870s. In the 20th century, the modern musical form emerged on Broadway; the songs of musical theater composers such as Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, and Stephen Sondheim have become pop standards. Playwright Eugene O'Neill won the Nobel literature prize in 1936; other acclaimed U.S. dramatists include multiple Pulitzer Prize winners Tennessee Williams, Edward Albee, and August Wilson.
Though little known at the time, Charles Ives's work of the 1910s established him as the first major U.S. composer in the classical tradition, while experimentalists such as Henry Cowell and John Cage created a distinctive American approach to classical composition. Aaron Copland and George Gershwin developed a new synthesis of popular and classical music. Choreographers Isadora Duncan and Martha Graham helped create modern dance, while George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins were leaders in 20th-century ballet. Americans have long been important in the modern artistic medium of photography, with major photographers including Alfred Stieglitz, Edward Steichen, and Ansel Adams. The newspaper comic strip and the comic book are both U.S. innovations. Superman, the quintessential comic book superhero, has become an American icon.[236]
Food[link]
Main article: American cuisine
Mainstream American cuisine is similar to that in other Western countries. Wheat is the primary cereal grain. Traditional American cuisine uses indigenous ingredients, such as turkey, venison, potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn, squash, and maple syrup, which were consumed by Native Americans and early European settlers. Slow-cooked pork and beef barbecue, crab cakes, potato chips, and chocolate chip cookies are distinctively American foods. Soul food, developed by African slaves, is popular around the South and among many African Americans elsewhere. Syncretic cuisines such as Louisiana creole, Cajun, and Tex-Mex are regionally important.
Characteristic dishes such as apple pie, fried chicken, pizza, hamburgers, and hot dogs derive from the recipes of various immigrants. French fries, Mexican dishes such as burritos and tacos, and pasta dishes freely adapted from Italian sources are widely consumed.[237] Americans generally prefer coffee to tea. Marketing by U.S. industries is largely responsible for making orange juice and milk ubiquitous breakfast beverages.[238]
The American fast food industry, the world's largest, pioneered the drive-through format in the 1930s. Fast food consumption has sparked health concerns. During the 1980s and 1990s, Americans' caloric intake rose 24%;[237] frequent dining at fast food outlets is associated with what public health officials call the American "obesity epidemic".[239] Highly sweetened soft drinks are widely popular, and sugared beverages account for 9% of American caloric intake.[240]
Sports[link]
Main article: Sports in the United States
Baseball has been regarded as the national sport since the late 19th century, while American football is now by several measures the most popular spectator sport.[241] Basketball and ice hockey are the country's next two leading professional team sports. College football and basketball attract large audiences. Boxing and horse racing were once the most watched individual sports,[242] but they have been eclipsed by golf and auto racing, particularly NASCAR. Soccer is played widely at the youth and amateur levels. Tennis and many outdoor sports are popular as well.
While most major U.S. sports have evolved out of European practices, volleyball, skateboarding, snowboarding, and cheerleading are American inventions. Basketball was invented in Massachusetts by Canadian-born James Naismith. Lacrosse and surfing arose from Native American and Native Hawaiian activities that predate Western contact. Eight Olympic Games have taken place in the United States. The United States has won 2,301 medals at the Summer Olympic Games, more than any other country,[243] and 253 in the Winter Olympic Games, the second most.[244]
Measurement systems[link]
Main article: United States customary units
The nation retains United States customary units, comprising mainly former British imperial units such as miles, yards, and degrees Fahrenheit. Distinct units include the U.S. gallon and U.S. pint volume measurements. The United States is one of only three countries that do not rely primarily on the International System of Units. However, metric units are increasingly used in science, medicine, and many industrial fields.[245]
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| Batting average | .276 |
| Hits | 3,184 |
| Home runs | 431 |
| Runs batted in | 1,695 |
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Calvin Edwin "Cal" Ripken, Jr. (born August 8, 1960), nicknamed "Iron Man",[1] is a former Major League Baseball shortstop and third baseman. He played his entire 21-year baseball career for the Baltimore Orioles (1981–2001).
Ripken is perhaps best known for breaking New York Yankees first baseman Lou Gehrig's record for consecutive games played, a record many deemed unbreakable. He surpassed the 56-year-old record when he played in his 2,131st consecutive game on September 6, 1995, against the California Angels in front of a sold-out crowd at Oriole Park at Camden Yards.[2] To make the feat even more memorable, Ripken hit a home run in the previous night's game that tied Gehrig's record and another home run in his 2,131st game. Fans later voted his 2,131st game as Major League Baseball's "Most Memorable Moment" in MLB history.[3] Ripken played in an additional 501 straight games over the next three years, and his streak ended at 2,632 games when he voluntarily removed his name from the lineup for the final Orioles home game of the 1998 season.[4] His record 2,632 straight games spanned over seventeen seasons, from May 30, 1982, to September 20, 1998.
A 19-time Major League Baseball All-Star Game and member of the 3000 hit club, Ripken is considered one of the best shortstops and third basemen to ever play the game. At 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m), 225 lb. (102.27 kg), he pioneered the way for taller, larger shortstops to be successful in that position.[5][6][7] When inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2007, he was a first ballot inductee with the third highest voting percentage (98.53%) in Hall of Fame history, behind Tom Seaver (98.84%) and Nolan Ryan (98.79%).[8]
He is a best-selling author and the President and CEO of Ripken Baseball, Inc.,[9] whose goal is to grow the love of baseball from a more grassroots level. Established in 2001, Ripken Baseball represents Cal and his brother Bill's business and philanthropy dealings[10] and focuses on several subsidiaries: Ripken Management and Design, Youth Camps and Clinics, Cal Ripken, Sr. foundation, Ripken Professional Baseball, with three minor-league teams—the Aberdeen IronBirds (affiliated with the Orioles);[11] the Augusta GreenJackets (affiliated with the San Francisco Giants);[12] and the Charlotte Stone Crabs (affiliated with the Tampa Bay Rays).He is also one of the Board of Directors at ZeniMax Media.[3][10]
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Personal life[link]
Ripken was born to Cal Sr. and Violet "Vi" Ripken in Havre de Grace and was raised in Aberdeen, Maryland, in a baseball family. His father, Cal Sr., was a long-time coach in baseball who managed the Orioles in the late 1980s. Ripken attended Aberdeen High School as did his brother Billy, who later played second base for various teams, including the Orioles. He has two other siblings, Ellen and Fred. Ripken married the former Kelly Geer at Towson United Methodist Church on Friday, November 13, 1987. They have a daughter, Rachel,[13] and a son, Ryan, who will play college baseball at the University of South Carolina.[14]
Playing career[link]
Ripken was drafted by the Orioles in the second round of the 1978 Major League Baseball Draft.
1981–82[link]
Ripken, as a member of the Rochester Red Wings (the Orioles Triple-A farm club at the time), played in the longest professional baseball game. Ripken started at third base and played all 33 innings against the Pawtucket Red Sox (which featured another future Hall of Famer, Wade Boggs) in a game that took parts of three days to complete.[15] He made his big-league debut in a strike year. Ripken split time between shortstop and third base in 1981 and 1982, but he started to achieve prominence right away. Ripken homered in his very first at bat of the first game of the Orioles 1982 season against Kansas City and he hit 28 home runs that year en route to the American League's Rookie of the Year Award. Ripken would eventually win the shortstop job from veteran Mark Belanger, an eight-time Gold Glover. Ripken began his consecutive-games-played streak on May 30, 1982, and broke Lou Gehrig's "unbreakable" record 14 years later in what would be seen by many as a bright spot following the devastating 1994 strike. For example, the writeup in the 1996 Sporting News Baseball Guide called it "what almost everyone considered the high point of the major league season."[16]
1983[link]
Ripken took an even bigger step forward in 1983, when he earned the first of his 19 All-Star berths and was named the American League Most Valuable Player (MVP) in 1983, hitting .318 with 27 home runs and 102 RBI. His fielding percentage that year was .970. He would go on to hit at least 20 home runs in each of the next eight seasons, for a total of ten consecutive years (1982–1991).
The Orioles defeated the Chicago White Sox in the ALCS before beating the Philadelphia Phillies four games to one in the 1983 World Series. In the series Ripken hit just .167 with no homers and only one RBI.[17] Although not contributing significantly in the World Series with his bat, he made a number of key plays defensively at shortstop, including the final out of the series on a Garry Maddox lineout in Game 5.
1987[link]
1987 was a family affair year for Ripken as his father, Cal Ripken, Sr., became manager of the Orioles. That year, he became the first manager to write two of his sons into the lineup card when both Ripken Jr and his brother and fellow Oriole, Billy Ripken, played in the same game.[6] Later in the season, Ripken Sr. decided to take Ripken out of the game on September 14, in a blow out loss to the Toronto Blue Jays at Exhibition Stadium. Replacing him in the eighth inning was current Rangers Manager Ron Washington, thus ending Ripken's streak of 8,243 consecutive innings.
1991[link]
While Ripken narrowly missed out on a Gold Glove in 1990—when he made just three errors in 162 games—he had a career year in 1991. Ripken led the American League with 211 hits and a .348 batting average at the All-Star Break. He finished the season by hitting .323/.374/.566 over 650 plate appearances, with 34 HR and 114 RBI. In addition to that, Ripken hit 46 doubles, stole a career-high 6 bases and was caught once, and hit 5 triples, while posting his career lowest strikeout rate and lowest number of strikeouts in a season with 600 or more plate appearances. His 1991 season is the fourth-greatest in baseball history (second among non-pitchers) as measured by WARP3 at 17.0 wins, bested only by Walter Johnson's 1913 (18.1 wins), Babe Ruth's 1923 (18 wins), and Amos Rusie's 1894 season (17.6 wins).[18]
Ripken won his second AL MVP award, the Gold Glove Award, 1991 All Star Game MVP award (going 2 for 3 including a 3-run home run off Dennis Martínez), the Gatorade Home Run Derby contest (hitting a then record 12 home runs in 22 swings, including 7 consecutive homers to start the contest), Louisville Slugger "Silver Slugger Award", AP Player of the Year Award, and The Sporting News Player of the Year Award. The only other player in MLB history to win all those awards in the same season, excluding the Home Run Derby, was Maury Wills in 1962.
Ripken became the first player ever to win the Home Run Derby and be named All Star Game MVP in the same year.[citation needed] The only other player that has accomplished this feat is Garret Anderson of the Anaheim Angels in 2003. He was the first AL MVP in MLB history to win the award while playing with a sub .500 club. The Orioles finished in 6th place that year with a 67–95 record.
At the end of the 1991 season, Memorial Stadium, the Orioles' home since 1954, saw its last MLB game against the Detroit Tigers. Ripken was the last Oriole to bat at Baltimore's Memorial Stadium, hitting into a double play against Detroit's Frank Tanana on Oct. 6, 1991.[19]
1993[link]
Ripken achieved a personal milestone on July 10, 1993, when he collected his 2,000th career hit, during a game at Oriole Park against the Chicago White Sox.[20] This came on the Saturday of "All-Star Weekend", just prior to the All-Star Game played at Camden Yards on July 13.
1995[link]
On September 6, 1995, many baseball fans within and out of the United States tuned in to cable TV network ESPN to watch Ripken surpass Lou Gehrig's 56-year-old record for consecutive games played (2,130 games). The game, between the Orioles and the California Angels, still ranks as one of the network's most watched baseball games (Baseball's most-watched game was Game 7 of the 1986 World Series). Cal's children, Rachel and Ryan, threw out the ceremonial first balls. Both President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore were at the game. Clinton was in the WBAL local radio broadcast booth when Ripken hit a home run[21] in the fourth inning, and called the home run over the air. When the game became official after the Angels' half of the fifth inning, the numerical banners that displayed Ripken's streak on the wall of the B&O Warehouse outside the stadium's right field wall changed from 2130 to 2131.
Everyone attending (including the opposing Angels and all four umpires) erupted with a standing ovation lasting more than 22 minutes, one of the longest standing ovations for any athlete; ESPN did not go to a commercial break during the entire ovation. During the ovation, Ripken did a lap around the entire Camden Yards warning track to shake hands and give high-fives to the fans.
"It was very spontaneous. I was feeling a sense of anxiety that it was unfair to stop the game in the middle of the game. You felt for the pitchers—it's almost like a rain delay. I just kept saying to myself, 'okay, let's get the game started. Thank you very much. I'll celebrate it as much as you want after it's over, but let's stay with the game.'
"Bobby Bonilla and Rafael Palmeiro pushed me out of the dugout and said, 'Hey, if you don't do a lap around this thing, we'll never get the game started.' I thought it was a ridiculous sort of thing... but as I started to do it, the celebration of 50,000 started to be very one-on-one and very personal. I started seeing people I knew... Those were the people that had been around the ballpark all those years, and it was really a wonderful human experience."[6]
1996[link]
On June 14 at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City against the Royals, Ripken broke the world record of consecutive games played of 2,216. The record had been held by Sachio Kinugasa of Japan. Kinugasa was at the game to watch Ripken break his record.[citation needed] On July 15, Ripken was moved to third base as an experiment, with Manny Alexander taking the shortstop position.[22] In the first inning, Ripken dove for a grounder down the line and threw from his knees to get the runner out at first. This was the first time someone other than Cal Ripken had started a game at shortstop for the Orioles since his streak began on May 30, 1982.
Following the 1996 season, Cal Ripken released an autobiography, titled The Only Way I Know.[23]
1997–98[link]
The Orioles signed free agent shortstop Mike Bordick from Oakland and moved Ripken back to third base permanently.[citation needed]
On September 20, 1998, before the final home game of the season against the New York Yankees, Ripken decided to end his streak at 2,632 games, having surpassed Gehrig's previous record by 502 games. Rookie third baseman Ryan Minor started in his place (at first he thought it was a rookie prank). Realizing that the streak was coming to an end, the fans, his teammates, and the visiting Yankees (with David Wells being the first to notice that Ripken was not playing during batting practice) gave Ripken an ovation after the game's first out was recorded. Ripken later stated that he decided to end the streak at the end of the season to avoid any off-season controversy about his playing status, and to end the streak entirely on his own terms while he still could.
1999–2000[link]
In 1999, Ripken had his statistically best season since 1991. Although he was injured at both the beginning and the end of the 1999 season; and, also mourned the loss of his father and former coach Cal Ripken, Sr. only a few days before 1999's opening game, he managed to hit 18 homers in only 332 at-bats (one HR every 18.4 AB's) while hitting a career high .340. He had the best individual game of his career, going 6 for 6 with 2 homers off John Smoltz and tying a club record with 13 total bases against the Atlanta Braves on June 13, 1999.
Ripken's 1999 season ended early due to injury when he was only 9 hits away from joining the 3000 hit club. He finally achieved the milestone early in the 2000 season when he singled off reliever Héctor Carrasco in a game against the Minnesota Twins on April 15, 2000, in the Metrodome. Ripken had a good night at the plate, getting three hits, the third of which was the milestone.[24] The Twins distributed a commemorative certificate to the fans as they left the Metrodome after the game.
2001[link]
In June 2001, Ripken announced he would retire at the end of the season. He was voted the starting third baseman in the All-Star game at Safeco Field on July 10, 2001, in Seattle. In a tribute to Ripken's achievements and stature in the game, shortstop Alex Rodriguez (unknowingly foreshadowing his own future) insisted on exchanging positions with third baseman Ripken for the first inning, so that Ripken could play shortstop as he had for most of his career. In the third inning, Ripken made his first plate appearance and was greeted with a standing ovation. Ripken then homered off the first pitch from Chan Ho Park. Ripken ended up with All Star MVP honors. He is one of four players in MLB history with multiple All Star Game MVP Awards (1991 and 2001) and is the only player to win All Star Game MVP in two different decades.
The Orioles planned to retire Ripken's #8 in a ceremony before the final home game of the 2001 season, in late September. Ripken's final game was originally set to be played at Yankee Stadium; however, the September 11, 2001 attacks led to the postponement of a week's worth of games. The games missed were added on to the end of the season's schedule. Since all the games the Orioles missed were at home, this changed the location of Ripken's final game to Oriole Park, much to the delight of Orioles fans. On October 6, Cal Ripken ended his career in the on deck circle in the bottom of the ninth inning. Long-time teammate Brady Anderson, also playing in his last game for the Orioles, swung and missed a fastball high and tight on a 3–2 count to end the game. After the game, Ripken gave a speech thanking the fans for their support over 20 seasons.
Post-baseball life[link]
2001–2005[link]
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| Cal Ripken's number 8 was retired by the Baltimore Orioles in 2001. |
Ripken has made donations to many charity causes, including donations supporting research on Lou Gehrig's disease. Along with his brother Billy, he formed the Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation to give underprivileged children the opportunity to attend baseball camps around the country and learn the game. The Foundation is a branch of Ripken Baseball. In addition to controlling these camps and Ripken's minor league teams, Ripken Baseball operates for-profit camps and designs ballfields for youth, college, and professional teams. Cal Ripken youth leagues compete with Little League and are growing in importance while Little League shrinks. He gives speeches about his time in baseball and some of the lessons he has learned. Between 2001 and 2004, inclusive, Ripken served as commissioner of the White House Tee Ball Initiative of President George W. Bush, in which capacity he worked to promote the value of teamwork amongst players and volunteership amongst the public and helped to teach tee ball fundamentals to teams of children at the White House.
Ripken retired on October 6, 2001. He is a part owner of the New York-Penn League's Aberdeen IronBirds, the Short-season Class A affiliate Minor League Baseball team within the Orioles' system. The team plays at Ripken Stadium in Cal's hometown of Aberdeen, Maryland.
On June 28, 2005, he announced that he was purchasing the Augusta GreenJackets of the South Atlantic League, a Class A affiliate of the San Francisco Giants.
In 2005, the Orioles honored Ripken on the 10th anniversary of his 2,131st consecutive game. After the top of the 5th inning, the numbers 2130 on the warehouse behind the stadium changed to 2131, just as they did on September 6, 1995.
2007[link]
In 2007, Ripken, along with Andre Agassi, Muhammad Ali, Lance Armstrong, Warrick Dunn, Mia Hamm, Jeff Gordon, Tony Hawk, Andrea Jaeger, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Mario Lemieux, and Alonzo Mourning founded Athletes for Hope, a charitable organization, which helps professional athletes get involved in charitable causes and inspires millions of non-athletes to volunteer and support the community.[25]
On January 9, 2007, Ripken was elected to the Hall of Fame, appearing on 537 out of 545 of the ballots cast (98.53%), eight votes short of a unanimous selection. His percentage is the third highest in history, behind Tom Seaver who received 98.84 percent of the vote and Nolan Ryan who received 98.79 percent, and the highest ever for a regular position player. Tony Gwynn, who appeared on his first ballot, was chosen alongside Ripken. Both Hall of Fame-Elects were formally inducted on July 29, 2007.[26] The induction ceremony was attended by a record 75,000 people including special guests of Ripken: Ernie Tyler, John Travolta, Richard Gere and Brett Herman.[citation needed]
On January 10, 2007, Ripken expressed interest in purchasing the Baltimore Orioles if current owner Peter Angelos were to sell the team. He has yet to be approached about the potential purchase of the team. At a National Press Club speech in Washington D.C. on April 13, 2007, he denied having an interest in purchasing the Orioles due to lack of sufficient funds.
Ripken is still a popular figure in Baltimore and Washington, DC area advertising, and frequently appears in regional commercials for Comcast cable and internet service. His appearance at a Washington Capitals game on February 10, 2007, prompted a standing ovation from the crowd.[27]
In April 2007, he released two books, Get in the Game, described as a motivational guide to success, and The Longest Season, a children's book about the Orioles' 1988 season. He writes a weekly youth sports advice newspaper column in the Baltimore Sun which is syndicated nationwide and has produced a line of baseball training videos.
On April 9, 2007, Ripken announced a partnership with the recently formed "Reviving Baseball in the Inner City" program, with the donation of US$1 million in cash and equipment from the Cal Ripken Sr Foundation.[28]
On August 13, 2007, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice announced that Ripken has been named Special Sports Envoy for the US State Department and that he will be going to China in October: "...we're just delighted that somebody of Cal Ripken's stature is going to be someone who will go out and represent America so well and represent what we consider to be American values, but universal values; that hard work and diligence and the willingness to really put it all on the line every day is something that kids need to learn," said Rice.[29]
In October 2007, Ripken began working as a studio analyst for TBS Sports during the 2007 Major League Baseball playoffs.[30]
2008[link]
On February 28, 2008, Ripken announced his venture into the massively multiplayer online sports game market with "Cal Ripken's Real Baseball".[31][32]
On March 30, 2008, I-395 Eastern's Branch in Baltimore, from I-95 to Conway Street, was named Cal Ripken Way.[33]
On May 31, 2008, Ripken received an honorary Doctor of Humanities degree from the University of Delaware and served as the university's commencement speaker.[34]
Ripken added to his baseball business portfolio in August 2008, purchasing the Vero Beach Devil Rays of the Florida State League with plans to move the team to the Gulf Coast city of Port Charlotte. The team debuted in its new city in 2009 as the Charlotte Stone Crabs.[35]
2009[link]
On May 2, 2009, Ripken, his wife, and several friends attended the Kentucky Derby, as they do every year. In this race he placed a bet on the race horse Mine That Bird claiming that the horse's name appealed to him given his career with the Orioles along with the jockey's name, Calvin Borel. The gelding also wearing saddle cloth number "8" post position, with odds set at 50 to 1, went on to win the race. This is the second time since 1913 that a horse won the Kentucky Derby after being given such odds. Ripken has not disclosed his winnings.[36]
On May 8, 2009, "A Shortstop in China" premiered on the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network. The hour-long special chronicles Ripken's October 2008 trip to China to share the game of baseball with youth and coaches while nurturing American-Chinese diplomacy.[37][38]
Return to the Orioles[link]
In the summer of 2010, reports started to come alive that Ripken would be rejoining the Orioles organization. Ripken was quoted in a July 17 Associated Press article as saying he would consider rejoining the Orioles part time as an advisor, and full time after his son graduates from high school in 2012.[39]
Legacy[link]
At 6 ft 4 in, 225 lb (1.93 m, 102 kg), Ripken was a departure from the prototypical shortstop of the time—small, fleet-of-foot players who played a defensively difficult position but often did not post the home run and batting average totals that an outfielder might. Power hitting shortstops such as Alex Rodriguez, Nomar Garciaparra and Miguel Tejada are often seen by fans, to be part of Ripken's legacy.
Nonetheless, Ripken demonstrated the ability to play excellent defense at shortstop, and as a result remained a fixture there for well over a decade, leading the league in assists several times, winning the Gold Glove twice, and, in 1990, setting the MLB record for best fielding percentage in a season at his position. Though not a flashy fielder, Ripken displayed excellent fundamentals, and studied batters and even his own pitching staff so he could position himself to compensate for his lack of physical speed, even calling pitches at times. Ripken's legacy as a fielder is reflected by his place near the top of almost every defensive statistical category—he holds at least one all-time record (for either season, career, or most seasons leading the league) in assists, putouts, fielding percentage, double plays, and fewest errors. Ripken's career range factor was 4.73 (and as high as 5.50 for a single season), a mark few shortstops have reached.
Ripken's power, which led to records like the most home runs by shortstop and 13th for career doubles, had consequences. His propensity to drive the ball often led to his grounders getting to fielders quickly for tailor-made double-play balls. In 1999, Ripken passed Hank Aaron as the player who had grounded into the most double plays in his career. Ripken is second on the fielding side for double plays by a shortstop.
Billy and Cal Ripken are one of only four two-brother combinations in major league history to play second base/shortstop on the same club, Baltimore Orioles, during the 1980s. The others are Garvin and Granny Hamner, for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1945; the twins Eddie and Johnny O'Brien, with the Pittsburgh Pirates in the mid-1950s, and Frank and Milt Bolling, for the Detroit Tigers in 1958.[40]
On September 23, 2001, the NASCAR Winston Cup series and MBNA renamed the fall race at Dover International Speedway in Dover, Delaware, naming the race the MBNA Cal Ripken Jr. 400. The race paid tribute to the legacy of Ripken, who was in attendance greeting the competing drivers as they crossed the stage during driver introductions. Driver Bobby Labonte had a special paint scheme on his #18 Interstate Batteries car featuring Baltimore Orioles colors along with Ripken's retirement seal. The race was won by Dale Earnhardt Jr., who was then driving the #8 car (coincidentally matching Ripken's jersey number).
Awards and records[link]
Awards[link]
| Award / Honor | Time(s) | Date(s) |
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| American League All-Star | 19 | 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 |
| American League Silver Slugger Award (SS) | 8 | 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994 |
| American League Most Valuable Player | 2 | 1983, 1991 |
| MLB All-Star Game Most Valuable Player | 2 | 1991, 2001 |
| American League Gold Glove Award (SS) | 2 | 1991, 1992 |
| American League Rookie of the Year | 1 | 1982 |
| Roberto Clemente Award | 1 | 1992 |
| Lou Gehrig Memorial Award | 1 | 1992 |
| Sports Illustrated magazine's "Sportsman of the Year" | 1 | 1995 |
| The Associated Press "Athlete of the Year" | 1 | 1995 |
| The Sporting News' "Sportsman of the Year" | 1 | 1995 |
| Commissioner's Historic Achievement Award | 1 | 2001 |
Records and honors[link]
- 1999: Ranked Number 78 on The Sporting News' list of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players
- 1999: Elected to the Major League Baseball All-Century Team.
- Beat Lou Gehrig's Consecutive Games Streak
- 2001: Ranked third greatest shortstop all-time in the The New Bill James Historical Abstract.
- 2001: Uniform number (8) retired by the Baltimore Orioles
- 2007: Elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by 98.53 percent of voters. The highest percentage of votes ever for a position player, as well as third highest overall.
- 2007: Inducted to the Baseball Hall of Fame on July 29 with the San Diego Padres' great Tony Gwynn in front of a record crowd of 75,000 people
- Most consecutive games played at 2,632
- Most consecutive innings played at 8,243 (World record until 2005, current MLB record)
- Most grounded into double plays at 350
- Most home runs by a shortstop at 345
- Most double plays by a shortstop, American League, at 1,682
- All-time leader in MLB All-Star fan balloting (36,123,483)[41]
- Most American League, MLB All-Star team selections (19) – 1983–2001[42]
- Most MLB All-Star Game appearances at shortstop (15) – 1983–1996, 2001
- Most consecutive MLB All-Star Game starts (17)[43]
- Most plate appearances by one player in one game at 15 (Triple-A game tied with Tom Eaton and Dallas Williams).[dubious – discuss][44]
Team records[link]
- Games Played: 3,001
- Consecutive games: 2,632
- At bats: 11,551
- Hits: 3,184
- Runs: 1,647
- RBI: 1,695
- Extra Base Hits: 1,078
- Doubles: 603
- Home runs: 431 (Baltimore has had five members of the 500 home run club on its roster, but none have hit more with the Orioles than Ripken)
- Total Bases: 5,168
- Walks: 1,129
- Strikeouts: 1,305
- Assists: 8,212
- Double Plays: 1,682
See also[link]
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- MLB consecutive games played streaks
- DHL Hometown Heroes
- List of MLB individual streaks
- List of top 300 Major League Baseball home run hitters
- List of major league players with 2,000 hits
- List of Major League Baseball doubles records
- List of Major League Baseball players with 400 doubles
- List of Major League Baseball players with 1000 runs
- List of Major League Baseball players with 1000 RBI
- List of Major League Baseball doubles champions
- 3,000 hit club
- Hitting for the cycle
- List of Major League Baseball runs scored champions
- List of second-generation Major League Baseball players
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- ^ Milt Bolling | BaseballLibrary.com
- ^ Baseball begins to bid farewell to Ripken, Gwynn
- ^ Alex Rodriguez fondly recalls 2001 All-Star tribute to Cal Ripken Jr.
- ^ The Ballplayers - Cal Ripken, Jr. | BaseballLibrary.com
- ^ A Look Back at Professional Baseball's Longest Game
External links[link]
- Baltimore Sun Gallery and archive – Cal Ripken Jr.
- Cal Ripken, Jr. at the Baseball Hall of Fame
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube
- Ripken Baseball
- "The most powerful-hitting middle infielders of all time" from The Hardball Times
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| Alternative names | Ripken, Calvin Edwin, Jr. |
| Short description | Major League baseball player |
| Date of birth | August 24, 1960 |
| Place of birth | Havre de Grace, Maryland, United States |
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