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Wilmington, North Carolina
Wilmington is a port city in- and is the county seat of- New Hanover County in coastal southeastern North Carolina, United States. The population is 106,476; according to the 2010 Census it is the eighth most populous city in the state. Wilmington is the principal city of the Wilmington Metropolitan Statistical Area, a metropolitan area that includes New Hanover and Pender counties in southeastern North Carolina, which has a population of 263,429 as of the 2012 Census Estimate.
Wilmington was settled by European Americans along the Cape Fear River. Its historic downtown has a one-mile-long Riverwalk, developed as a tourist attraction. It is minutes away from nearby beaches. The National Trust for Historic Preservation named Wilmington, North Carolina, as one of its 2008 Dozen Distinctive Destinations. City residents live between the river and the ocean, with four nearby beach communities: Fort Fisher, Wrightsville Beach, Carolina Beach, and Kure Beach, all within half-hour drives from downtown Wilmington.
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Utah Road Test
A preview of the Utah Driver License Division skills test maneuvers to assist Utah drivers in obtaining a learner permit or driver license. This video was filmed on our driving range at the West Valley Driver License Office with no other testers on the range at the same time. All offices test on the actual roadway. This skills test is being done in a vehicle with an automatic transmission.
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This is a very quick tutorial on how to use Google Earth to find awesome metal detecting sites. It focus on the Time Bar and the roads section. I am currently using it to study an empty field where an old nursing home used to be.
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Union Square is a 2.6-acre (1.1 ha) public plaza bordered by Geary, Powell, Post and Stockton Streets in downtown San Francisco, California. Union Square also refers to the central shopping, hotel, and theater district that surrounds the plaza for several blocks.[citation needed] The area got its name because it was once used for Thomas Starr King rallies and support for the Union Army during the American Civil War,[2] earning its designation as a California Historical Landmark.[1]
Today, this one-block plaza and surrounding area is one of the largest collections of department stores, upscale boutiques, gift shops, art galleries, and beauty salons in the United States, making Union Square a major tourist destination and a vital, cosmopolitan gathering place in downtown San Francisco.[3] Grand hotels and small inns, as well as repertory, off-Broadway, and single-act theaters also contribute to the area's dynamic, 24-hour character.[4]
The Dewey Monument is located at the center of Union Square. It is a statue of Nike, the ancient Greek Goddess of Victory.
Union Square was originally a tall sand dune, and the square was later set aside to be made into a public park in 1850. Union Square got its name from the pro-Union rallies held there on the eve of the Civil War. The monument itself is also a tribute to the sailors of the United States Navy.[5]
Union Square was built and dedicated by San Francisco's first American mayor John Geary in 1850 and is so named for the pro-Union rallies by Thomas Starr King that happened there before and during the United States Civil War.[2] Since then the plaza has undergone many notable changes, one of the most significant happening in 1903 with the dedication of a 97 ft (30 m) tall monument to Admiral George Dewey's victory at the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish–American War. It also commemorates U.S. President William McKinley, who had been recently assassinated. Executed by Robert Aitken, the statue at the top of the monument, Victory, was modeled after a voluptuous Danish-American stenographer and artist's model, Alma de Bretteville, who eventually married one of San Francisco's richest citizens.[6] Another significant change happened between 1939 and 1941 when a large underground parking garage was built under the square; this meant the plaza's lawns, shrubs and the Dewey monument were now on the garage roof. Designed by Timothy Pflueger, it was the world's first underground parking garage.[7]
During the late 1970s, and through the 1980s and 1990s, the area became somewhat derelict as the homeless began to camp in the space. San Francisco's rowdy New Year's parties used to happen yearly at the plaza with some sort of civil disruption and rioting happening afterward. In early 1998 city planners began plans to renovate the plaza to create more paved surfaces for easier maintenance, with outdoor cafes, and more levels to the underground garage.[8] Finally in late 2000, the park was partially closed down to renovate the park and the parking garage.[9] On July 25, 2002, the park reopened and a ceremony was held with then Mayor Willie Brown.[10] In 2004 Unwire Now, a company founded by entrepreneur Jaz Banga, launched a free Wi-Fi network in Union Square which was championed by Mayor Gavin Newsom.[11]
Union Square hosts many public concerts and events.[12] Public views of the square can be seen from surrounding high places such as the Sir Francis Drake Hotel, Macy's top floor, and the Grand Hyatt hotel. The Union Square Business Improvement District was founded in 1999[13] and focused primarily on cleaning and safety issues. The BID also deals with marketing, advocacy, streetscapes and capital improvement programs.[14] The Union Square BID has been criticized by some as acting in a harassing manner toward homeless people at times, to deter them from being there.[15]
At the center of Union Square stands the Dewey Monument, an 85-foot (26 m) column on which stand a 9-foot (2.7 m) statue of Nike, the ancient Greek Goddess of Victory.[16] The monument is dedicated to Admiral George Dewey, a hero of the Spanish–American War for his victory at the Battle of Manila Bay in 1898.[17] The monument was dedicated in 1903.[2]
Beginning in 2009, painted heart sculptures from the Hearts in San Francisco public art installation have been installed in each of the four corners of the square.[18]
United States Adult Soccer Association
The United States Adult Soccer Association is a national organization and sanctioning body for amateur soccer in the United States. It consists of 54 state organizations as well as regional and national leagues. The USL's Premier Development League and the National Premier Soccer League are USASA-affiliated but are designed to promote a higher lever of competition than the state organizations. USASA also affiliates the Women's Premier Soccer League, one of the top women's leagues in the nation. USASA has over 250,000 adult members within its leagues and teams.
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Speed limits in the United States by jurisdiction | Wikipedia audio article
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00:00:41 1 Alabama
00:01:54 2 Alaska
00:04:29 3 American Samoa
00:05:00 4 Arizona
00:08:38 5 Arkansas
00:12:36 6 California
00:12:45 6.1 Basic speed law
00:17:44 6.2 Speed limits
00:19:42 7 Colorado
00:21:01 7.1 Night speed limits
00:21:32 8 Connecticut
00:25:02 9 Delaware
00:28:28 10 Florida
00:32:15 11 Georgia
00:37:01 12 Guam
00:37:30 13 Hawaii
00:39:24 14 Idaho
00:41:45 15 Illinois
00:44:49 16 Indiana
00:46:39 17 Iowa
00:48:08 18 Kansas
00:50:10 19 Kentucky
00:51:38 20 Louisiana
00:53:43 20.1 Other laws
00:54:46 21 Maine
00:56:34 22 Maryland
00:59:23 23 Massachusetts
01:02:25 24 Michigan
01:08:51 25 Midway Atoll
01:09:08 26 Minnesota
01:11:00 27 Mississippi
01:14:08 28 Missouri
01:16:01 28.1 Variable speed limits
01:17:18 28.2 Exceptions to the statutory limits
01:23:00 29 Montana
01:23:29 29.1 Reasonable and prudent
01:25:12 29.2 No speed limit
01:27:44 29.3 75 and 80 mph speed limits
01:29:39 30 Nebraska
01:30:48 31 Nevada
01:35:17 32 New Hampshire
01:38:02 33 New Jersey
01:41:46 34 New Mexico
01:52:40 35 New York
01:57:50 35.1 History
01:59:48 36 North Carolina
02:07:01 36.1 60 mph speed limits
02:11:36 37 North Dakota
02:13:18 38 Northern Mariana Islands
02:13:37 39 Ohio
02:16:39 40 Oklahoma
02:17:56 41 Oregon
02:19:19 41.1 Engineering studies
02:21:42 41.2 Attempts to raise speed limits
02:24:07 41.3 School speed limits
02:25:56 42 Pennsylvania
02:35:24 43 Puerto Rico
02:36:55 44 Rhode Island
02:38:29 45 South Carolina
02:42:09 46 South Dakota
02:43:33 47 Tennessee
02:48:09 48 Texas
02:49:37 48.1 Truck speed limits
02:51:10 48.2 Night speed limits
02:51:54 48.3 Environmental speed limits
02:55:19 48.4 Elimination of Dallas-Fort Worth region environmental speed limits
02:56:44 48.5 75 mph limits
02:58:22 48.6 80 and 85 mph limits
03:01:58 49 US Virgin Islands
03:03:00 50 Utah
03:05:06 50.1 80 mph speed limit
03:08:02 51 Vermont
03:09:31 52 Virginia
03:15:52 53 Wake Island
03:16:09 54 Washington
03:18:56 55 West Virginia
03:21:04 56 Wisconsin
03:24:20 57 Wyoming
03:26:11 58 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.
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Voice name: en-US-Wavenet-B
I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
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Speed limits in the United States vary depending on jurisdiction, with 75 to 80 mph (120 to 130 km/h) common in the Western United States and 65 to 75 mph (100 to 120 km/h) common in the Eastern United States. States may also set special speed limits for trucks and night travel along with minimum speed limits. The highest speed limit in the country is 85 mph (140 km/h), which is posted on a single stretch of tollway in rural Texas.
Building Amazing Homes & Mobile Spaces Using Shipping Containers!
In this video we explore and learn how to use shipping containers as strong, durable and mobile building blocks to create amazing structures of all kinds, like a house, addition, office space, or cabin; and we feature a few stunning projects to get you inspired!
Anthony Ruggiero from Storstac Inc. ( showed us around their yard in Toronto, Ontario and took the time to teach us about the ins and outs of building with shipping containers. We're excited to share the tips and information we learned with you.
Shipping containers come in standard 20 foot and 40 foot lengths, and there are other specialty custom sizes like the 10', 45', 48', 53' long containers.
Almost all shipping containers are made in China, and can be bought used (after they've been used for 10-20 years), or new, which means they've one been used once.
Since there are no shipping manifests for used containers to show what was transported in them over the course of their lifetime (it could be anything from clothes to nuclear waste), it's better to build with a new shipping container that's only been used once.
They're made with COR-TEN steel, which is a weathering steel that can withstand harsh weather conditions and elements like salt water because the rust on weathering steel creates a protective patina to keep it strong, whereas rust on mild steel would actually weaken the metal.
While building with shipping containers is not necessarily cheaper than conventional building, it does have advantages because the containers are modular, movable and mobile, durable, and have a unique, modern look.
They can be do it yourself friendly if you've worked with steel before, or if you find a company to take care of the steel work for you so you can focus on how to frame it and finish it from the inside.
Let us know what you think of shipping containers as alternative building blocks in the comments!
And if you're interested in learning more about Storstac and the projects they've worked on, check out the links below:
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List of defunct department stores of the United States | Wikipedia audio article
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00:00:20 1 Department stores merged with Federated and May
00:07:34 2 Other department stores
00:07:44 2.1 Alabama
00:09:09 2.2 Alaska
00:09:23 2.3 Arizona
00:10:04 2.4 Arkansas
00:10:39 2.5 California
00:20:50 2.6 Colorado
00:21:54 2.7 Connecticut
00:24:16 2.8 Delaware
00:25:07 2.9 District of Columbia
00:25:48 2.10 Florida
00:27:58 2.11 Georgia
00:30:20 2.12 Hawaii
00:30:31 2.13 Idaho
00:31:39 2.14 Illinois
00:36:08 2.15 Indiana
00:39:51 2.16 Iowa
00:40:47 2.17 Kansas
00:41:36 2.18 Kentucky
00:43:29 2.19 Louisiana
00:45:37 2.20 Maine
00:46:59 2.21 Maryland
00:48:43 2.22 Massachusetts
00:53:32 2.23 Michigan
00:57:54 2.24 Minnesota
01:00:25 2.25 Mississippi
01:01:23 2.26 Missouri
01:02:57 2.27 Montana
01:03:52 2.28 Nebraska
01:04:51 2.29 New Hampshire
01:05:18 2.30 New Jersey
01:07:15 2.31 New Mexico
01:07:37 2.32 New York
01:14:27 2.33 North Carolina
01:15:26 2.34 North Dakota
01:15:56 2.35 Ohio
01:28:12 2.36 Oklahoma
01:29:18 2.37 Oregon
01:29:44 2.38 Pennsylvania
01:35:19 2.39 Rhode Island
01:35:55 2.40 South Carolina
01:36:48 2.41 South Dakota
01:37:03 2.42 Tennessee
01:38:43 2.43 Texas
01:42:20 2.44 Utah
01:43:19 2.45 Vermont
01:44:09 2.46 Virginia
01:45:14 2.47 Washington
01:47:48 2.48 West Virginia
01:48:53 2.49 Wisconsin
01:50:47 2.50 National and regional
01:54:01 3 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:
Other Wikipedia audio articles at:
Upload your own Wikipedia articles through:
Speaking Rate: 0.7869532477934984
Voice name: en-US-Wavenet-E
I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
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This is a list of defunct department stores of the United States, from small-town one-unit stores to mega-chains, which have disappeared over the past 100 years. Many closed, while others were sold or merged with other department stores.
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David Dixon Porter | Wikipedia audio article
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David Dixon Porter
00:02:21 1 Family
00:04:45 2 Time of training
00:04:54 2.1 In the Mexican Navy
00:06:46 3 Peacetime navy
00:08:03 4 Marriage and family
00:09:10 5 Advance to officer
00:09:34 5.1 Mission to Santo Domingo
00:10:50 6 In command of ships
00:11:00 6.1 Mexican War
00:12:58 6.2 Civilian service
00:14:28 7 Civil War
00:14:37 7.1 iPowhatan/i and the relief of Fort Pickens
00:16:43 7.2 Mortar fleet at New Orleans and Vicksburg
00:19:06 7.3 Acting rear admiral: the Vicksburg Campaign
00:24:28 7.4 Red River Expedition
00:26:00 7.5 Capture of Fort Fisher
00:28:32 7.6 Tour of Richmond
00:29:47 7.7 Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
00:30:21 8 Postwar
00:30:30 8.1 U.S. Naval Academy
00:31:40 8.2 Presidency of Ulysses S. Grant
00:32:35 8.3 Final years
00:34:28 9 Dates of rank
00:35:09 10 Books
00:36:11 11 Legacy
00:36:41 12 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.
You can find other Wikipedia audio articles too at:
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
- Socrates
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David Dixon Porter (June 8, 1813 – February 13, 1891) was a United States Navy admiral and a member of one of the most distinguished families in the history of the U.S. Navy. Promoted as the second U.S. Navy officer ever to attain the rank of admiral, after his adoptive brother David G. Farragut, Porter helped improve the Navy as the Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy after significant service in the American Civil War.
Porter began naval service as a midshipman at the age of 10 years under his father, Commodore David Porter, on the frigate USS John Adams. For the remainder of his life, he was associated with the sea. Porter served in the Mexican War in the attack on the fort at the City of Vera Cruz. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he was part of a plan to hold Fort Pickens, near Pensacola, Florida, for the Union; its execution disrupted the effort to relieve the garrison at Fort Sumter, leading to its fall. Porter commanded an independent flotilla of mortar boats at the capture of New Orleans. Later, he was advanced to the rank of (acting) rear admiral in command of the Mississippi River Squadron, which cooperated with the army under Major General Ulysses S. Grant in the Vicksburg Campaign. After the fall of Vicksburg, he led the naval forces in the difficult Red River Campaign in Louisiana. Late in 1864, Porter was transferred from the interior to the Atlantic coast, where he led the U.S. Navy in the joint assaults on Fort Fisher, the final significant naval action of the war.
Porter worked to raise the standards of the U.S. Navy in the position of Superintendent of the Naval Academy when it was restored to Annapolis. He initiated reforms in the curriculum to increase professionalism. In the early days of President Grant's administration, Porter was de facto Secretary of the Navy. When his adoptive brother David G. Farragut was advanced from rank of vice-admiral to admiral, Porter took his previous position; likewise, when Farragut died, Porter became the second man to hold the newly created rank of admiral. He gathered a corps of like-minded officers devoted to naval reform.
Porter's administration of the Navy Department aroused powerful opposition by some in Congress, who forced the Secretary of the Navy Adolph E. Borie to resign. His replacement, George Robeson, curtailed Porter's power and eased him into semi-retirement.
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