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Youngs Skating Rink Mays Landing
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Central Park Zoo. Recommended. Conservatory Garden. Recommended. Conservatory Water. Hans Christian Andersen Statue at Conservatory Water. Belvedere Castle. Friedsam Memorial Carousel. Heckscher Playground. Ancient Playground.Below are some Park locations that are perfectly suited for families with young children. Tisch Children's Zoo. Belvedere Castle's Woods and Water Exhibit Central Park Carousel. Boat Rides on the Lake. Storytelling. Ice Skating at Wollman Rink. Swimming at Lasker Pool. Fishing at the Meer.Offering an array of educational and recreational activities, Central Park is diverse enough to offer something of interest to children and adults alike.It is located east of Central Parks entrance at 85th Street off oc Central Park West, ... that were lost over time, while adding fun new features for children to enjoy.Central Park is a vast, fantastic, one of the biggest urban parks in New York. Many attractions in Central Park were created especially with kids ...
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Amazing spinning ice circle spotted in Sheyenne River
A retired engineer out hunting in North Dakota on Saturday spotted a huge circle of ice spinning on the Sheyenne River, over 50 feet in diameter.
George Loegering posted video online on Tuesday of his unusual sighting, clearly showing the snow-covered disc rotating.
We are looking at the Sheyenne River here, down at the Owego property. Just west of the bridge is a perfect circle of ice probably close to 50 feet in diameter spinning in the river. It's an amazing wonder. Don't have a clue how it did it, but that thing is rotating, as you can see, Loegering is heard saying in the clip.
Loegering, who lives in rural Casselton, about 20 miles west of Fargo, calculated the disk's diameter to be about 55 feet, took photos and videos of it and then turned to the Internet for more information about what he, his brother-in-law and nephew had seen.
Allen Schlag, a National Weather Service hydrologist in Bismarck, and Greg Gust, a weather service meteorologist in Grand Forks, said a combination of cold, dense air last weekend and an eddy in the river likely caused the disk.
The cold, dense air - the air pressure in Saturday in nearby Fargo was a record high for the city for the month of November, according to Gust - turned the river water into ice, but since the water was relatively warm it didn't happen all at once.
Floating bits of ice got caught in the eddy and started to spin in a circle.
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Narrated by Gene Wilder, EXPO – Magic of the White City brings the Chicago World’s Fair to life. Experience the world of 1893 through a cinematic visit to Chicago’s Columbian Exposition.
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Nearly 28 million people visited the Fair. Dubbed the “White City,” it inspired future innovators like Henry Ford and Frank Lloyd Wright, unveiled the Ferris Wheel and Cracker Jack®, and, in many ways, marked the beginning of the 20th century. Many of the era’s greatest achievements in science, technology and culture were unveiled there. The grounds were designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, famous for his design of New York City’s Central Park, and constructed under the supervision of Daniel Burnham.
The Fair was an engineering marvel. On opening day, President Grover Cleveland depressed a golden telegraph key which sent the first courses of electricity throughout the Fair powering fountains, machines, electric railways and thousands of lights. It was the first use of electricity on such a massive scale.
In addition, fairgoers enjoyed the Midway Plaisance where a one-mile boulevard of fun offered camel riding and guilty pleasures such as belly dancing, street fighting and beer drinking. Against the backdrop of 1893’s troubles with workers’ rights, prejudice, discrimination and corruption, the World’s Columbian Exposition cast a brief ray of hope for the future of humanity.
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1964 New York World's Fair | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
00:03:11 1 Site history
00:04:38 2 Beginnings
00:08:54 3 Architecture
00:11:08 4 International participation
00:16:19 5 Federal and state exhibits
00:16:29 5.1 US Pavilion
00:17:19 5.2 United States Space Park
00:18:29 5.3 New York State Pavilion
00:20:03 5.4 Other state pavilions
00:20:40 5.5 New York City Pavilion
00:21:11 5.6 Bourbon Street Pavilion
00:22:59 6 American industry
00:23:19 6.1 General Motors
00:24:14 6.2 IBM
00:25:07 6.3 Bell System
00:25:34 6.4 Westinghouse
00:26:10 6.5 Sinclair Oil
00:26:38 6.6 Ford
00:27:13 6.7 DuPont
00:27:30 6.8 Parker Pen
00:27:46 6.9 Chunky Candy
00:28:17 7 Films
00:29:48 8 Disney influence
00:32:59 9 Failure of amusements
00:34:54 10 Controversial ending
00:36:28 11 On-site legacy
00:40:08 12 Reuse of pavilions and major exhibits elsewhere
00:48:31 13 Cultural references
00:49:45 14 Gallery
00:49:54 15 See also
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The 1964/1965 New York World's Fair held over 140 pavilions, 110 restaurants, for 80 nations (hosted by 37), 24 US states, and over 45 corporations to build exhibits or attractions at Flushing Meadows Park in Queens, NY. The immense fair covered 646 acres (261 ha) on half the park, with numerous pools or fountains, and an amusement park with rides near the lake. However, the fair did not receive official sanctioning from the Bureau of International Expositions (BIE). Hailing itself as a universal and international exposition, the fair's theme was Peace Through Understanding, dedicated to Man's Achievement on a Shrinking Globe in an Expanding Universe. American companies dominated the exposition as exhibitors. The theme was symbolized by a 12-story-high, stainless-steel model of the earth called the Unisphere, built on the foundation of the Perisphere from the 1939 NYC fair. The fair ran for two six-month seasons, April 22 – October 18, 1964, and April 21 – October 17, 1965. Admission price for adults (13 and older) was $2 in 1964 (equivalent to $16.16 in 2018) but $2.50 (equivalent to $19.88 in 2018) in 1965, and $1 for children (2–12) both years (equivalent to $8.08 in 2018).The fair is noted as a showcase of mid-20th-century American culture and technology. The nascent Space Age, with its vista of promise, was well represented. More than 51 million people attended the fair, though fewer than the hoped-for 70 million. It remains a touchstone for many American Baby Boomers, who visited the optimistic fair as children before the turbulent years of the Vietnam War and many cultural changes.
In many ways the fair symbolized a grand consumer show covering many products produced in America at the time for transportation, living, and consumer electronic needs in a way that would never be repeated at future world's fairs in North America. Many major American manufacturing companies from pen manufacturers, to chemical companies, to computers, to automobiles had a major presence. This fair gave many attendees their first interaction with computer equipment. Corporations demonstrated the use of mainframe computers, computer terminals with keyboards and CRT displays, teletype machines, punch cards, and telephone modems in an era when computer equipment was kept in back offices away from the public, decades before the Internet and home computers were at everyone's disposal.
1964-1965 New York World's Fair | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
00:02:56 1 Site history
00:04:18 2 Beginnings
00:08:11 3 Architecture
00:10:15 4 International participation
00:15:00 5 Federal and state exhibits
00:15:10 5.1 US Pavilion
00:15:58 5.2 United States Space Park
00:17:02 5.3 New York State Pavilion
00:18:30 5.4 Other state pavilions
00:19:06 5.5 New York City Pavilion
00:19:36 5.6 Bourbon Street Pavilion
00:21:16 6 American industry
00:21:36 6.1 General Motors
00:22:27 6.2 IBM
00:23:17 6.3 Bell System
00:23:43 6.4 Westinghouse
00:24:18 6.5 Sinclair Oil
00:24:45 6.6 Ford
00:25:17 6.7 DuPont
00:25:34 6.8 Parker Pen
00:25:50 6.9 Chunky Candy
00:26:20 7 Films
00:27:45 8 Disney influence
00:30:44 9 Failure of amusements
00:32:32 10 Controversial ending
00:34:01 11 On-site legacy
00:37:25 12 Reuse of pavilions and major exhibits elsewhere
00:45:15 13 Cultural references
00:46:24 14 Gallery
00:46:33 15 See also
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Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone.
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I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
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The 1964/1965 New York World's Fair held over 140 pavilions, 110 restaurants, for 80 nations (hosted by 37), 24 US states, and over 45 corporations to build exhibits or attractions at Flushing Meadows Park in Queens, NY. The immense fair covered 646 acres (261 ha) on half the park, with numerous pools or fountains, and an amusement park with rides near the lake. However, the fair did not receive official sanctioning from the Bureau of International Expositions (BIE). Hailing itself as a universal and international exposition, the fair's theme was Peace Through Understanding, dedicated to Man's Achievement on a Shrinking Globe in an Expanding Universe. American companies dominated the exposition as exhibitors. The theme was symbolized by a 12-story-high, stainless-steel model of the earth called the Unisphere, built on the foundation of the Perisphere from the 1939 NYC fair. The fair ran for two six-month seasons, April 22 – October 18, 1964, and April 21 – October 17, 1965. Admission price for adults (13 and older) was $2 in 1964 (equivalent to $16.16 in 2018) but $2.50 (equivalent to $19.88 in 2018) in 1965, and $1 for children (2–12) both years (equivalent to $8.08 in 2018).The fair is noted as a showcase of mid-20th-century American culture and technology. The nascent Space Age, with its vista of promise, was well represented. More than 51 million people attended the fair, though fewer than the hoped-for 70 million. It remains a touchstone for many American Baby Boomers, who visited the optimistic fair as children before the turbulent years of the Vietnam War and many cultural changes.
In many ways the fair symbolized a grand consumer show covering many products produced in America at the time for transportation, living, and consumer electronic needs in a way that would never be repeated at future world's fairs in North America. Many major American manufacturing companies from pen manufacturers, to chemical companies, to computers, to automobiles had a major presence. This fair gave many attendees their first interaction with computer equipment. Corporations demonstrated the use of mainframe computers, computer terminals with keyboards and CRT displays, teletype machines, punch cards, and telephone modems in an era when computer equipment was kept in back offices away from the public, decades before the Internet and home computers were at everyone's disposal.
1964 World's Fair | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
00:03:11 1 Site history
00:04:38 2 Beginnings
00:08:55 3 Architecture
00:11:08 4 International participation
00:16:20 5 Federal and state exhibits
00:16:30 5.1 US Pavilion
00:17:20 5.2 United States Space Park
00:18:30 5.3 New York State Pavilion
00:20:04 5.4 Other state pavilions
00:20:40 5.5 New York City Pavilion
00:21:12 5.6 Bourbon Street Pavilion
00:23:00 6 American industry
00:23:20 6.1 General Motors
00:24:15 6.2 IBM
00:25:07 6.3 Bell System
00:25:35 6.4 Westinghouse
00:26:11 6.5 Sinclair Oil
00:26:39 6.6 Ford
00:27:13 6.7 DuPont
00:27:31 6.8 Parker Pen
00:27:47 6.9 Chunky Candy
00:28:18 7 Films
00:29:48 8 Disney influence
00:32:59 9 Failure of amusements
00:34:55 10 Controversial ending
00:36:29 11 On-site legacy
00:40:09 12 Reuse of pavilions and major exhibits elsewhere
00:48:33 13 Cultural references
00:49:47 14 Gallery
00:49:56 15 See also
Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago.
Learning by listening is a great way to:
- increases imagination and understanding
- improves your listening skills
- improves your own spoken accent
- learn while on the move
- reduce eye strain
Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone.
Listen on Google Assistant through Extra Audio:
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Speaking Rate: 0.881356140083294
Voice name: en-US-Wavenet-D
I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
=======
The 1964/1965 New York World's Fair held over 140 pavilions, 110 restaurants, for 80 nations (hosted by 37), 24 US states, and over 45 corporations to build exhibits or attractions at Flushing Meadows Park in Queens, NY. The immense fair covered 646 acres (261 ha) on half the park, with numerous pools or fountains, and an amusement park with rides near the lake. However, the fair did not receive official sanctioning from the Bureau of International Expositions (BIE). Hailing itself as a universal and international exposition, the fair's theme was Peace Through Understanding, dedicated to Man's Achievement on a Shrinking Globe in an Expanding Universe. American companies dominated the exposition as exhibitors. The theme was symbolized by a 12-story-high, stainless-steel model of the earth called the Unisphere, built on the foundation of the Perisphere from the 1939 NYC fair. The fair ran for two six-month seasons, April 22 – October 18, 1964, and April 21 – October 17, 1965. Admission price for adults (13 and older) was $2 in 1964 (equivalent to $16.16 in 2018) but $2.50 (equivalent to $19.88 in 2018) in 1965, and $1 for children (2–12) both years (equivalent to $8.08 in 2018).The fair is noted as a showcase of mid-20th-century American culture and technology. The nascent Space Age, with its vista of promise, was well represented. More than 51 million people attended the fair, though fewer than the hoped-for 70 million. It remains a touchstone for many American Baby Boomers, who visited the optimistic fair as children before the turbulent years of the Vietnam War and many cultural changes.
In many ways the fair symbolized a grand consumer show covering many products produced in America at the time for transportation, living, and consumer electronic needs in a way that would never be repeated at future world's fairs in North America. Many major American manufacturing companies from pen manufacturers, to chemical companies, to computers, to automobiles had a major presence. This fair gave many attendees their first interaction with computer equipment. Corporations demonstrated the use of mainframe computers, computer terminals with keyboards and CRT displays, teletype machines, punch cards, and telephone modems in an era when computer equipment was kept in back offices away from the public, decades before the Internet and home computers were at everyone's disposal.
New York City | Wikipedia audio article
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The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York (NY), is the most populous city in the United States. With an estimated 2017 population of 8,622,698 distributed over a land area of about 302.6 square miles (784 km2), New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the United States. Located at the southern tip of the state of New York, the city is the center of the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban landmass and one of the world's most populous megacities, with an estimated 20,320,876 people in its 2017 Metropolitan Statistical Area and 23,876,155 residents in its Combined Statistical Area. A global power city, New York City has been described uniquely as the cultural, financial, and media capital of the world, and exerts a significant impact upon commerce, entertainment, research, technology, education, politics, tourism, art, fashion, and sports. The city's fast pace has inspired the term New York minute. Home to the headquarters of the United Nations, New York is an important center for international diplomacy.Situated on one of the world's largest natural harbors, New York City consists of five boroughs, each of which is a separate county of the State of New York. The five boroughs – Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, The Bronx, and Staten Island – were consolidated into a single city in 1898. The city and its metropolitan area constitute the premier gateway for legal immigration to the United States. As many as 800 languages are spoken in New York, making it the most linguistically diverse city in the world. New York City is home to more than 3.2 million residents born outside the United States, the largest foreign-born population of any city in the world. In 2017, the New York metropolitan area produced a gross metropolitan product (GMP) of US$1.73 trillion. If greater New York City were a sovereign state, it would have the 12th highest GDP in the world.New York City traces its origins to a trading post founded by colonists from the Dutch Republic in 1624 on Lower Manhattan; the post was named New Amsterdam in 1626. The city and its surroundings came under English control in 1664 and were renamed New York after King Charles II of England granted the lands to his brother, the Duke of York. New York served as the capital of the United States from 1785 until 1790. It has been the country's largest city since 1790. The Statue of Liberty greeted millions of immigrants as they came to the Americas by ship in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and is a world symbol of the United States and its ideals of liberty and peace. In the 21st century, New York has emerged as a global node of creativity and entrepreneurship, social tolerance, and environmental sustainability, and as a symbol of freedom and cultural diversity.Many districts and landmarks in New York City are well known, with the city having three of the world's ten most visited tourist attractions in 2013 and receiving a record 62.8 million tourists in 2017. Several sources have ranked New York the most photographed city in the world. Times Square, iconic as the world's heart and its Crossroads, is the brightly illuminated hub of the Broadway Theater District, one of the world's busiest pedestrian intersections, and a major center of the world's entertainment industry. The names of many of the city's landmarks, skyscrapers, and parks are known around the world. Manhattan's real estate market is among the most expensive in the world. New York is home to the largest ethnic Chinese population outside of Asia, with multiple signature Chinatowns developing across the city. Providing continuous 24/7 service, the New York City Subway is the largest single-operator rapid transit system worldwide, with 472 rail stations. Over 120 colleges and universities are located in New York City, including Columbia University, New York University, and Rockefeller University, which ha ...
Central Park
Central Park is an urban park in Manhattan in New York City. The park was initially opened in 1857, on 778 acres of city-owned land . In 1858, Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux won a design competition to improve and expand the park with a plan they entitled the Greensward Plan. Construction began the same year, continued during the American Civil War, and was completed in 1873. Central Park is the most visited urban park in the United States.
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