The Biggest Week in American Birding 2019: THE FINALE
BQ’S BACK BABY and our last day at the Biggest Week in American Birding was definitely our BIGGEST day! We started with our final visit to the Magee Marsh boardwalk, but it was cut short to engage CHASE MODE...
Teen dies after fight outside middle school
A 13-year old girl from Attucks Middle School ended up on life support at Texas Children's Hospital two days after a fight off campus.
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Jackson says when her daughter returned home Thursday afternoon, she had a bruise on her face, but insisted she was okay.
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A photo of a hard-working plumber who went above and beyond the call of duty to fix a broken pipe is going viral. A homeowner snapped this shot of Jimmie Cox diving into murky water to try and fix the problem. Inside Edition connected Cox with Mike Rowe of Dirty Jobs, who commended the plumber for his dedication to his dirty job. A photo of a hard-working plumber who went above and beyond the call of duty to fix a broken pipe is going viral. A homeowner snapped this shot of Jimmie Cox diving into murky water to try and fix the problem. Inside Edition connected Cox with Mike Rowe of Dirty Jobs, who commended the plumber for his dedication to his dirty job. Cox was photographed with only his legs still dry and wearing Wrangler jeans, so the company is also giving him a year's supply of pants
Marching Band Drill Design - Optical Illusions - Music by Key Poulan
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West Virginia | Wikipedia audio article
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West Virginia ( (listen)) is a state located in the Appalachian region in the Southern United States and is also considered to be a part of the Middle Atlantic States. It is bordered by Pennsylvania to the north, Maryland to the east and northeast, Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, and Ohio to the northwest. West Virginia is the 41st largest state by area, and is ranked 38th in population. The capital and largest city is Charleston.
West Virginia became a state following the Wheeling Conventions of 1861, after the American Civil War had begun. Delegates from some Unionist counties of northwestern Virginia decided to break away from Virginia, although they included many secessionist counties in the new state. West Virginia was admitted to the Union on June 20, 1863, and was a key border state during the war. West Virginia was the only state to form by separating from a Confederate state, the first to separate from any state since Maine separated from Massachusetts, and was one of two states admitted to the Union during the American Civil War (the other being Nevada). While a portion of its residents held slaves, most of the residents were yeomen farmers, and the delegates provided for gradual abolition of slavery in the new state Constitution.
The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers classify West Virginia as part of the Southern United States. However the Bureau of Labor Statistics classifies West Virginia as a part of the Mid-Atlantic. 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 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. It is the only state that is entirely within the area served by the Appalachian Regional Commission; the area is commonly defined as Appalachia.The state is noted for its mountains and rolling hills, its historically significant logging and coal mining industries, and its political and labor history. It is also known for a wide range of outdoor recreational opportunities, including skiing, whitewater rafting, fishing, hiking, backpacking, mountain biking, rock climbing, and hunting.
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Twelve Years a Slave
Solomon NORTHUP
Twelve Years a Slave is the memoir of a freeborn African American from New York who is kidnapped and sold into slavery. After being held for twelve years on a Louisiana plantation, he is eventually freed and reunited with his family. (Summary by RobBoard)
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Walden by Henry David Thoreau is one of the best-known non-fiction books written by an American. Published in 1854, it details Thoreau’s life for two years, two months, and two days around the shores of Walden Pond. Walden is neither a novel nor a true autobiography, but a social critique of the Western World, with each chapter heralding some aspect of humanity that needed to be either renounced or praised. Along with his critique of the civilized world, Thoreau examines other issues afflicting man in society, ranging from economy and reading to solitude and higher laws. He also takes time to talk about the experience at Walden Pond itself, commenting on the animals and the way people treated him for living there, using those experiences to bring out his philosophical positions. This extended commentary on nature has often been interpreted as a strong statement to the natural religion that transcendentalists like Thoreau and Emerson were preaching. (Description amended from Wikipedia).
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Walden
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West Virginia | Wikipedia audio article
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West Virginia ( (listen)) is a state located in the Appalachian region in the Southern United States and is also considered to be a part of the Middle Atlantic States. It is bordered by Pennsylvania to the north, Maryland to the east and northeast, Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, and Ohio to the northwest. West Virginia is the 41st largest state by area, and is ranked 38th in population. The capital and largest city is Charleston.
West Virginia became a state following the Wheeling Conventions of 1861, after the American Civil War had begun. Delegates from some Unionist counties of northwestern Virginia decided to break away from Virginia, although they included many secessionist counties in the new state. West Virginia was admitted to the Union on June 20, 1863, and was a key border state during the war. West Virginia was the only state to form by separating from a Confederate state, the first to separate from any state since Maine separated from Massachusetts, and was one of two states admitted to the Union during the American Civil War (the other being Nevada). While a portion of its residents held slaves, most of the residents were yeomen farmers, and the delegates provided for gradual abolition of slavery in the new state Constitution.
The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers classify West Virginia as part of the Southern United States. However the Bureau of Labor Statistics classifies West Virginia as a part of the Mid-Atlantic. 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 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. It is the only state that is entirely within the area served by the Appalachian Regional Commission; the area is commonly defined as Appalachia.The state is noted for its mountains and rolling hills, its historically significant logging and coal mining industries, and its political and labor history. It is also known for a wide range of outdoor recreational opportunities, including skiing, whitewater rafting, fishing, hiking, backpacking, mountain biking, rock climbing, and hunting.
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West Virginia
West Virginia i/ˌwɛst vərˈdʒɪnjə/ is a U.S. state located in the Appalachian region of the Southern United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Ohio to the northwest, Pennsylvania to the north, and Maryland to the northeast. West Virginia is the 41st largest by area and the 38th most populous of the 50 United States. The capital and largest city is Charleston.
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Staten Island | Wikipedia audio article
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00:02:44 1 History
00:02:53 1.1 Native Americans
00:05:59 1.2 European settlement
00:08:08 1.3 Richmond County
00:11:46 1.4 18th century and the American Revolution
00:16:22 1.5 19th century
00:17:15 1.6 Consolidation with New York City
00:20:59 2 Geology
00:23:37 3 Geography
00:26:05 3.1 Wildlife
00:26:56 3.2 Parkland
00:29:43 3.3 Adjacent counties
00:29:52 4 Demographics
00:34:29 4.1 Languages
00:36:10 5 Government and politics
00:36:20 5.1 History
00:38:36 5.2 Staten Island flag
00:39:22 5.3 Politics
00:43:00 5.3.1 Local politics
00:44:39 6 Tourism
00:46:14 7 Culture
00:46:23 7.1 Local support for the arts
00:47:26 7.2 Attractions
00:48:36 7.2.1 Museums
00:49:53 7.3 Newspapers
00:50:11 7.4 In culture
00:50:19 7.4.1 Film
00:50:32 7.4.2 Literature
00:51:15 7.4.3 Music
00:51:54 7.4.4 Television
00:53:23 7.4.5 Theater
00:55:20 8 Sports
00:55:29 8.1 Baseball
00:56:50 8.2 Basketball
00:57:20 8.3 Bowling
00:57:49 8.4 College athletics
00:58:44 8.5 Cricket
00:59:03 8.6 Football
01:00:43 8.7 Golf
01:07:04 8.8 Ice hockey
01:07:23 8.9 Motor sports
01:08:23 8.10 Olympians
01:09:55 8.11 Soccer
01:10:18 8.12 Tennis
01:11:04 9 Education
01:11:13 9.1 Public schools
01:12:31 9.2 Private schools
01:13:31 9.3 Colleges and universities
01:14:13 10 Transportation
01:14:22 10.1 Bridges
01:15:53 10.2 Roads
01:16:44 10.3 Public transit
01:17:19 10.3.1 Ferry
01:18:26 10.3.2 Trains
01:20:27 10.3.3 Buses
01:21:57 10.4 Freight rail
01:22:44 11 Infrastructure
01:22:54 11.1 Hospitals
01:23:15 11.2 Jails
01:24:17 12 Nicknames
01:25:15 13 See also
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Staten Island () is a borough of New York City, coterminous with Richmond County, in the U.S. state of New York. Located in the southwest portion of the city, the borough is separated from New Jersey by the Arthur Kill and the Kill Van Kull and from the rest of New York by New York Bay. With an estimated population of 479,458 in 2017, Staten Island is the least populated of the boroughs but is the third-largest in land area at 58.5 sq mi (152 km2). The borough also contains the southern-most point in the state, South Point.
The borough was referred to as the Borough of Richmond until 1975. Staten Island has sometimes been called the forgotten borough by inhabitants who feel neglected by the city government.The North Shore—especially the neighborhoods of St. George, Tompkinsville, Clifton and Stapleton—is the most urban part of the island; it contains the designated St. George Historic District and the St. Paul's Avenue-Stapleton Heights Historic District, which feature large Victorian houses. The East Shore is home to the 2.5-mile (4 km) F.D.R. Boardwalk, the fourth-longest boardwalk in the world. The South Shore, site of the 17th-century Dutch and French Huguenot settlement, developed rapidly beginning in the 1960s and 1970s and is now mostly suburban in character. The West Shore is the least populated and most industrial part of the island.
Motor traffic can reach the borough from Brooklyn via the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge and from New Jersey via the Outerbridge Crossing, Goethals Bridge and Bayonne Bridge. Staten Island has Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) bus lines and an MTA rapid transit line, the Staten Island Railway, which runs from the ferry terminal at St. George to Tottenville. Staten Island is the only borough that is not connected to the New York City Subway system. The free Staten Island Ferry connects the borough across New York Harbor to Manhattan and is a tourist attraction which provides views of the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island and Lower Manhattan.
Staten Island had the Fresh Kills Landfill, which was the world's largest landfill before closing in 2001, although it was temporarily reopened that year to receive debris ...
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore | Wikipedia audio article
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00:01:42 1 History
00:03:51 1.1 Preserving the dunes
00:05:37 2 Geography
00:07:10 3 Geology
00:10:14 4 Flora and fauna
00:10:29 4.1 Rare, threatened, and endangered species
00:11:27 4.2 Species count
00:11:36 4.3 Wildlife
00:12:05 4.4 Flowering plants
00:12:40 4.5 Invasive plants
00:13:03 4.6 Unusual sightings
00:13:38 4.7 Extirpated species
00:13:57 4.8 Exotic and invasive species
00:14:31 4.9 BioBlitz
00:15:27 5 Natural areas
00:15:36 5.1 Calumet Prairie
00:16:04 5.2 Cowles Bog
00:16:46 5.3 Great Marsh
00:17:57 5.4 Heron Rookery
00:18:33 5.5 Hoosier Prairie
00:19:06 5.6 Miller Woods
00:19:41 5.7 Mnoke Prairie
00:19:57 5.8 Mount Baldy
00:21:03 5.9 Pinhook Bog
00:21:46 6 Historic areas
00:21:55 6.1 Bailly-Chellberg Farms
00:22:14 6.2 Bailly Homestead
00:22:42 6.3 Chellburg Farm
00:23:05 6.4 Bailly Cemetery
00:24:39 6.5 Century of Progress Architectural District
00:25:09 6.6 Good Fellow Club Youth Camp
00:25:44 6.7 Lustron Homes
00:26:24 6.8 Swedish Farmsteads Historic District (pending)
00:26:59 7 Recreation
00:29:49 7.1 Trails
00:33:27 7.2 Burnham Plan trails
00:33:59 7.2.1 Water Trail
00:34:21 7.2.2 Long Distance Hike/Bike Trail
00:35:12 7.3 Lake Michigan
00:36:39 8 Education
00:36:48 8.1 Public programs
00:38:14 8.2 Rail programs
00:38:50 8.3 Field trip programs
00:42:12 8.4 Professional development
00:43:00 8.5 Sister park
00:43:15 9 Accessibility
00:44:00 10 Facilities
00:46:57 11 Climate
00:48:25 12 Gallery
00:48:34 13 Dunes National Park Association
00:49:14 14 See also
00:49:46 14.1 People associated with the Dunes
00:52:30 14.2 National park units in Indiana
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Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore is a unit of the National Park System designated as a U.S. National Lakeshore located in northwest Indiana and managed by the National Park Service. It was authorized by Congress in 1966. The national lakeshore runs for nearly 25 miles (40 km) along the southern shore of Lake Michigan, in Chesterton, Indiana. The park contains approximately 15,000 acres (6,100 ha).
The National Lakeshore has acquired about 95% of the property within the authorized boundaries. Its holdings are non-contiguous and include the 2,182-acre (883 ha) Indiana Dunes State Park (1925), which is owned and managed by the state of Indiana.
The park is physically divided into 15 disconnected pieces. Along the lakefront, the eastern area is roughly the lakeshore south to U.S. 12 or U.S. 20 between Michigan City, Indiana on the east and the ArcelorMittal steel plant on the west. A small extension, south of the steel mill continues west along Salt Creek to Indiana 249. The western area is roughly the shoreline south to U.S. 12 between the Burns Ditch west to Broadway, downtown Gary, Indiana. In addition, there are several outlying areas, including; Pinhook Bog, in LaPorte County to the east. The Heron Rookery in Porter County, the center of the park, and the Calumet Prairie State Nature Preserve and Hobart Prairie Grove, both in Lake County, the western end of the park. Also within the National Lakeshore is the Hoosier Prairie State Nature Preserve, managed by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources.
Walden Audiobook by Henry David Thoreau | Audiobook with subtitles| Part 2
Walden by Henry David Thoreau is one of the best-known non-fiction books written by an American. Published in 1854, it details Thoreau’s life for two years, two months, and two days around the shores of Walden Pond. Walden is neither a novel nor a true autobiography, but a social critique of the Western World, with each chapter heralding some aspect of humanity that needed to be either renounced or praised. Along with his critique of the civilized world, Thoreau examines other issues afflicting man in society, ranging from economy and reading to solitude and higher laws. He also takes time to talk about the experience at Walden Pond itself, commenting on the animals and the way people treated him for living there, using those experiences to bring out his philosophical positions. This extended commentary on nature has often been interpreted as a strong statement to the natural religion that transcendentalists like Thoreau and Emerson were preaching. (Description amended from Wikipedia).
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Walden
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0:20 | Chapter 8 - The Village
14:26 | Chapter 9 - The Ponds
1:27:26 | Chapter 10 - Baker Farm
1:49:37 | Chapter 11 - Higher Laws
2:25:55 | Chapter 12 - Brute Neighbors
3:02:41 | Chapter 13 - House-Warming
3:45:41 | Chapter 14 - Former Inhabitants and Winter Visitors
4:24:45 | Chapter 15 - Winter Animals
4:51:42 | Chapter 16 - The Pond in Winter
5:29:56 | Chapter 17 - Spring
6:25:45 | Chapter 18 - Conclusion
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Auburn Coach Wife Kristi Malzahn Agrees with Match & eHarmony: Men are Jerks
My advice is this: Settle! That's right. Don't worry about passion or intense connection. Don't nix a guy based on his annoying habit of yelling Bravo! in movie theaters. Overlook his halitosis or abysmal sense of aesthetics. Because if you want to have the infrastructure in place to have a family, settling is the way to go. Based on my observations, in fact, settling will probably make you happier in the long run, since many of those who marry with great expectations become more disillusioned with each passing year. (It's hard to maintain that level of zing when the conversation morphs into discussions about who's changing the diapers or balancing the checkbook.)
Obviously, I wasn't always an advocate of settling. In fact, it took not settling to make me realize that settling is the better option, and even though settling is a rampant phenomenon, talking about it in a positive light makes people profoundly uncomfortable. Whenever I make the case for settling, people look at me with creased brows of disapproval or frowns of disappointment, the way a child might look at an older sibling who just informed her that Jerry's Kids aren't going to walk, even if you send them money. It's not only politically incorrect to get behind settling, it's downright un-American. Our culture tells us to keep our eyes on the prize (while our mothers, who know better, tell us not to be so picky), and the theme of holding out for true love (whatever that is—look at the divorce rate) permeates our collective mentality.
Even situation comedies, starting in the 1970s with The Mary Tyler Moore Show and going all the way to Friends, feature endearing single women in the dating trenches, and there's supposed to be something romantic and even heroic about their search for true love. Of course, the crucial difference is that, whereas the earlier series begins after Mary has been jilted by her fiancé, the more modern-day Friends opens as Rachel Green leaves her nice-guy orthodontist fiancé at the altar simply because she isn't feeling it. But either way, in episode after episode, as both women continue to be unlucky in love, settling starts to look pretty darn appealing. Mary is supposed to be contentedly independent and fulfilled by her newsroom family, but in fact her life seems lonely. Are we to assume that at the end of the series, Mary, by then in her late 30s, found her soul mate after the lights in the newsroom went out and her work family was disbanded? If her experience was anything like mine or that of my single friends, it's unlikely.
And while Rachel and her supposed soul mate, Ross, finally get together (for the umpteenth time) in the finale of Friends, do we feel confident that she'll be happier with Ross than she would have been had she settled down with Barry, the orthodontist, 10 years earlier? She and Ross have passion but have never had long-term stability, and the fireworks she experiences with him but not with Barry might actually turn out to be a liability, given how many times their relationship has already gone up in flames. It's equally questionable whether Sex and the City's Carrie Bradshaw, who cheated on her kindhearted and generous boyfriend, Aidan, only to end up with the more exciting but self-absorbed Mr. Big, will be better off in the framework of marriage and family. (Some time after the breakup, when Carrie ran into Aidan on the street, he was carrying his infant in a Baby Björn. Can anyone imagine Mr. Big walking around with a Björn?)