Bike Sharing Is Booming In U.S. Cities
Despite some financial and legal challenges, bike-sharing programs are rolling out in cities throughout North America.
Locals and visitors in Minneapolis, New York, Washington and about 30 other North American cities can now buy daily, weekly or annual program memberships or pay hourly fees to check out a bike to ride around town.
Cities such as Tampa; San Diego; Portland, Oregon and Vancouver, British Columbia, will soon be launching programs.
Seattle is the latest city to announce that it is joining the bike-share bandwagon, with a start date in September for Pronto Emerald City Cycle Share, which will kick off with 50 docking stations around town for 500 blue and green bikes.
Got EBT? Get 450+ Freebies & Discounts!
You can get free stuff - and discounts - just for having an EBT card! We've found discounts all over the United States, on everything from Amazon Prime to zoo admission! If you get food stamps or cash benefits, you can't afford to miss this!
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If you have an Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) card for food stamps or cash benefits, you can get freebies and deals all around the United States. You don't even have to spend any of the money on your card - you just show the card to get the deal! It's so easy!
We have found hundreds of museums, zoos, planetariums, science centers, symphonies, ballets and other venues that are offering discounted admission (and sometimes even free admission) to households with EBT cards. We've been reporting on this program for years and we've helped thousands of individuals and families enjoy free and low-cost adventures with their EBT cards.
It's not just admission discounts, either! If you have EBT or Medicaid, you can get Amazon Prime for just $5.99 per month. Sign up here:
Rhiannon B. from Ohio said, “I was able to take my 4 children to the Akron Children's museum for a day filled with fun and learning for only $10.....$10 for a family of 5 to do something fun all day!!! I couldn't believe it!! I'm also getting ready to take them to the Akron Zoo, another cheap fun family day, because you all gave me the info!!! Thank you so very much for all the info your Facebook page and email provide!!”
“Low Income Relief has allowed me to take my family to the Nature & Science Museum (Denver, CO) for $1 each ticket, wrote Diana M. from Colorado. This is my daughters favorite place to spend the day. We have also gone to the Denver Zoo as well.”
We’ve organized all of the freebies, deals and discounts into one single, easy-to-use master list. To see what’s available in your area, just click over to and select your state from the alphabetical list in the article.
Our list is thoroughly researched and constantly updated to ensure its accuracy. We add new museums and destinations constantly, so be sure to check back often for updates!
Some of the free and discounted admission programs we’ve found include:
-Adler Planetarium in Chicago IL - FREE!
-Cincinnati Zoo in Cinncinnati OH - $39 per YEAR
-Exploratorium in San Francisco CA - FREE!
-Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in New York City, NY - FREE!
-MoPop in Seattle WA - FREE!
-Pacific Science Center in Seattle WA - $19 / YEAR Memberships
-Phoenix Zoo in Phoenix AZ - $5 per person
-Roanoke Island Aquarium in Roanoke NC - $3 per person
...and so much more!
Of course, you can't use your food stamps funds to pay for the remaining admission cost (if any). You'll have to pay that in cash. However, you'll get an unbeatable price on admission if you show your EBT card at the admissions gate!
Some of these destinations are Museums for All participants, which means you can even use out-of-state EBT cards to get the deal!
For a full list of EBT freebies and discounts, please visit
How To Board The Bus and Pay
With the addition of new fare passes, riding GRTC is even easier! No matter how you pay for your fare on the bus, please first let your operator know which bus pass you want. Customers may still pay with exact cash/coin or Go Cards. Remember, bus operators and fareboxes do not make change.
Tying the Threads of the Past to the Future | Darcy Ottey | TEDxSnoIsleLibraries
Meaningful, community-recognized rites of passage for young people could be the key to our survival as a species.
This talk was given at TEDxSnoIsleLibraries 2016 in Edmonds, Washington.
Darcy spent her college years studying anthropology and sociology to develop an understanding of culture and social change theory. She has dedicated her life to helping young people open the door to deeper self-discovery and claim their gifts, skills and strengths. Darcy was executive director of Journeys, an organization based in suburban Seattle, and more recently helped struggling Hawaiian teens through a gardening-based therapeutic program.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at
Let's Talk: Queer Identity and Creativity
SVA Alumni Affairs presents a discussion with five accomplished SVA alumni about how queer identity and the shifting landscape of queer political liberation impacts their work as artists and creatives. A reception for alumni and current SVA students will follow the discussion. Drinks and hors d’oeuvres will be served. RSVP here.
Panelists:
Caroline Berler (MFA 2017 Social Documentary) is an award-winning documentary filmmaker based in New York City. Her debut film, Dykes, Camera, Action!, which she began making as her thesis project at SVA, premiered in 2018 at Frameline42 in San Francisco. The film earned her an Outfest Award for Emerging Talent, and was the Centerpiece Documentary of Newfest30. Prior to studying at SVA, she received a BA in Sociology from NYU.
Alexa Cassaro (MFA 2015 Illustration as Visual Essay; BFA 2013 Illustration) is a non-binary illustrator and cartoonist from the New Jersey/New York area. Much of their work is young adult and has characters ranging from sassy femme types to sensitive males and everything in between. They have been published by Pronto, ComicMix and is a contributor to Geeks OUT!. All those who are angsty, queer, glittery, or all of the above are welcome.
An educator and artist, Annie Rose Malamet (MFA 2015 Photography, Video and Related Media) teaches photography, video, and audio at BRIC Arts Media in Downtown Brooklyn. As a curator, her exhibition Fatter IRL, showcased the work of fat artists and was featured in The Huffington Post, Out magazine, Nylon magazine, Vice and Paper magazine. Her own visual work has been featured in GO magazine, Hyperallergic and Canadian Art. Annie hosts and produces Relevant, a podcast through Posture Magazine that features interviews with today's leading queer visionaries.
Antonio Pulgarin (BFA 2013 Photography) is a Colombian-American artist who utilizes photography, photographic collage and mixed media in his art practice. In his work, Pulgarin tackles the themes of cultural and sexual identity, memory and displacement. His work has been shown in various exhibitions including at the Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Brooklyn Museum, Longwood Art Gallery, The Margulies Collection at the Warehouse, Photo LA, Photoville and The International Photo Festival Leiden. His work received honors from the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, YoungArts, EnFoco, Magenta Flash Forward, Latin American Fotografia, American Photography, and PDN Photo Annual. Last year, Pulgarin's work was discovered and featured by actress, Zoe Saldana, on her newly launched digital media brand: BESE. Pulgarin is a current fellow of the 2019 cycle of the Bronx Museum of the Arts' Artist in the Marketplace Program.
Eric Rhein's (MFA 2000 Fine Arts; BFA 1985 Fine Arts) work chronicles his experiences and travels, both geographic and mystic, and his three decades of living with HIV. His ongoing project, Leaves, honors the lives of over 300 individuals he knew who died of complications from AIDS. He is a founding member of Visual AIDS' Archive and Artist Registry, the largest database and registry of works by visual artists with HIV and AIDS. Rhein’s work has been exhibited widely, including at the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Museum of the City New York, the Bronx Museum of the Arts, the Leslie Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art and the American Embassies in Austria, Cameroon, Greece, and Malta. He is also included in the Smithsonian Archives of American Art's Visual Arts and the AIDS Epidemic: An Oral History Project.
The Human Microbiome: Emerging Themes at the Horizon of the 21st Century (Day 3)
The Human Microbiome: Emerging Themes at the Horizon of the 21st Century (Day 3)
Air date: Friday, August 18, 2017, 8:15:00 AM
Category: Conferences
Runtime: 04:59:15
Description: The 2017 NIH-wide microbiome workshop will strive to cover advances that reveal the specific ways in which the microbiota influences the physiology of the host, both in a healthy and in a diseased state and how the microbiota may be manipulated, either at the community, population, organismal or molecular level, to maintain and/or improve the health of the host. The goal will be to seek input from a trans-disciplinary group of scientists to identify 1) knowledge gaps, 2) technical hurdles, 3) new approaches and 4) research opportunities that will inform the development of novel prevention and treatment strategies based on host/microbiome interactions over the next ten years.
Author: NIH
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Google interns' first week
Students who join Google in internships or in full-time roles work on interesting, meaningful projects and are expected to have an impact from the start. Meet five recent summer interns and hear their thoughts on what it means to work at Google.
Jeff Speck: The walkable city
How do we solve the problem of the suburbs? Urbanist Jeff Speck shows how we can free ourselves from dependence on the car -- which he calls a gas-belching, time-wasting, life-threatening prosthetic device -- by making our cities more walkable and more pleasant for more people.
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School Board Meeting 1/18/2017 Part 3
Seattle Public Schools
Blitzscaling 12: Nirav Tolia on Growing Nextdoor and the Path to Monetization
This is session 12 of Technology-enabled Blitzscaling, a Stanford University class taught by Reid Hoffman, John Lilly, Allen Blue, and Chris Yeh. This class features a guest lecture by Nirav Tolia, the Co-Founder and CEO of Nextdoor, and the Co-Founder and CEO of Epinions, who is then interviewed by John Lilly.
TEDxAmazonia - Gordon Hempton | wants to save silence from extinction - Nov.2010
One day,Gordon Hempton , slept on the grass. A storm fell and he continued asleep in the rain. That was the day he became fascinated with the sounds of nature. For 25 years, his job is to record sounds that people have forgotten to hear. He warns us: silence is becoming extinct.
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About TEDx, x = independently organized event
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized. (Subject to certain rules and regulations.)
Calling All Cars: Oakland Payroll Robbery / Murder by Blueprint / The Human Claw
The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) is the police department of the city of Los Angeles, California.
The LAPD has been copiously fictionalized in numerous movies, novels and television shows throughout its history. The department has also been associated with a number of controversies, mainly concerned with racial animosity, police brutality and police corruption.
The radio show Calling All Cars hired LAPD radio dispacher Jesse Rosenquist to be the voice of the dispatcher. Rosenquist was already famous because home radios could tune into early police radio frequencies. As the first police radio dispatcher presented to the public ear, his was the voice that actors went to when called upon for a radio dispatcher role.
The iconic television series Dragnet, with LAPD Detective Joe Friday as the primary character, was the first major media representation of the department. Real LAPD operations inspired Jack Webb to create the series and close cooperation with department officers let him make it as realistic as possible, including authentic police equipment and sound recording on-site at the police station.
Due to Dragnet's popularity, LAPD Chief Parker became, after J. Edgar Hoover, the most well known and respected law enforcement official in the nation. In the 1960s, when the LAPD under Chief Thomas Reddin expanded its community relations division and began efforts to reach out to the African-American community, Dragnet followed suit with more emphasis on internal affairs and community policing than solving crimes, the show's previous mainstay.
Several prominent representations of the LAPD and its officers in television and film include Adam-12, Blue Streak, Blue Thunder, Boomtown, The Closer, Colors, Crash, Columbo, Dark Blue, Die Hard, End of Watch, Heat, Hollywood Homicide, Hunter, Internal Affairs, Jackie Brown, L.A. Confidential, Lakeview Terrace, Law & Order: Los Angeles, Life, Numb3rs, The Shield, Southland, Speed, Street Kings, SWAT, Training Day and the Lethal Weapon, Rush Hour and Terminator film series. The LAPD is also featured in the video games Midnight Club II, Midnight Club: Los Angeles, L.A. Noire and Call of Juarez: The Cartel.
The LAPD has also been the subject of numerous novels. Elizabeth Linington used the department as her backdrop in three different series written under three different names, perhaps the most popular being those novel featuring Det. Lt. Luis Mendoza, who was introduced in the Edgar-nominated Case Pending. Joseph Wambaugh, the son of a Pittsburgh policeman, spent fourteen years in the department, using his background to write novels with authentic fictional depictions of life in the LAPD. Wambaugh also created the Emmy-winning TV anthology series Police Story. Wambaugh was also a major influence on James Ellroy, who wrote several novels about the Department set during the 1940s and 1950s, the most famous of which are probably The Black Dahlia, fictionalizing the LAPD's most famous cold case, and L.A. Confidential, which was made into a film of the same name. Both the novel and the film chronicled mass-murder and corruption inside and outside the force during the Parker era. Critic Roger Ebert indicates that the film's characters (from the 1950s) represent the choices ahead for the LAPD: assisting Hollywood limelight, aggressive policing with relaxed ethics, and a straight arrow approach.
The Fall of America
Coming off parts 1 and 2 where we talked about the theoretical possibility of time travel, and the predictions one time traveler made for America part 3 looks at what the Bible and contemporary prophets have to say about Americas future.
The Simply Stated series is purposely simplistic in an attempt to make complex theological concepts easier to understand, and to reveal the true loving heart of God.
The Great Gildersleeve: A Motor for Leroy's Bike / Katie Lee Visits / Bronco Wants to Build a Wall
Premiering on August 31, 1941, The Great Gildersleeve moved the title character from the McGees' Wistful Vista to Summerfield, where Gildersleeve now oversaw his late brother-in-law's estate and took on the rearing of his orphaned niece and nephew, Marjorie (originally played by Lurene Tuttle and followed by Louise Erickson and Mary Lee Robb) and Leroy Forester (Walter Tetley). The household also included a cook named Birdie. Curiously, while Gildersleeve had occasionally spoken of his (never-present) wife in some Fibber episodes, in his own series the character was a confirmed bachelor.
In a striking forerunner to such later television hits as Bachelor Father and Family Affair, both of which are centered on well-to-do uncles taking in their deceased siblings' children, Gildersleeve was a bachelor raising two children while, at first, administering a girdle manufacturing company (If you want a better corset, of course, it's a Gildersleeve) and then for the bulk of the show's run, serving as Summerfield's water commissioner, between time with the ladies and nights with the boys. The Great Gildersleeve may have been the first broadcast show to be centered on a single parent balancing child-rearing, work, and a social life, done with taste and genuine wit, often at the expense of Gildersleeve's now slightly understated pomposity.
Many of the original episodes were co-written by John Whedon, father of Tom Whedon (who wrote The Golden Girls), and grandfather of Deadwood scripter Zack Whedon and Joss Whedon (creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly and Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog).
The key to the show was Peary, whose booming voice and facility with moans, groans, laughs, shudders and inflection was as close to body language and facial suggestion as a voice could get. Peary was so effective, and Gildersleeve became so familiar a character, that he was referenced and satirized periodically in other comedies and in a few cartoons.
Boulder City Council Meeting 8-28-19
Minnesota | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
Minnesota
00:02:21 1 Etymology
00:03:12 2 Geography
00:04:11 2.1 Geology
00:07:46 2.2 Flora and fauna
00:09:46 2.3 Climate
00:11:03 2.4 Protected lands
00:12:15 3 History
00:18:31 4 Cities and towns
00:20:01 5 Demographics
00:20:10 5.1 Population
00:22:47 5.2 Religion
00:24:28 6 Economy
00:25:55 6.1 Industry and commerce
00:27:43 6.2 Energy use and production
00:28:23 6.3 State taxes
00:29:41 7 Culture
00:29:50 7.1 Fine and performing arts
00:31:06 7.2 Literature
00:32:01 7.3 Entertainment
00:33:53 7.4 Popular culture
00:36:14 8 Health
00:38:16 9 Education
00:39:59 10 Transportation
00:42:44 11 Law and government
00:43:03 11.1 Executive
00:44:05 11.2 Legislature
00:46:44 11.3 Judiciary
00:47:54 11.4 Regional
00:48:37 11.5 Federal
00:49:54 11.6 Tribal
00:51:21 12 Politics
00:55:14 13 Media
00:57:25 14 Sports, recreation and tourism
00:58:03 14.1 Organized sports
01:03:07 14.2 Tourism
01:05:29 14.3 Outdoor recreation
01:07:04 15 See also
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
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Minnesota ( (listen)) is a state in the Upper Midwest and northern regions of the United States. Minnesota was admitted as the 32nd U.S. state on May 11, 1858, created from the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory. The state has a large number of lakes, and is known by the slogan the Land of 10,000 Lakes. Its official motto is L'Étoile du Nord (French: Star of the North).
Minnesota is the 12th largest in area and the 22nd most populous of the U.S. states; nearly 60% of its residents live in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area (known as the Twin Cities), the center of transportation, business, industry, education, and government, and home to an internationally known arts community. The remainder of the state consists of western prairies now given over to intensive agriculture; deciduous forests in the southeast, now partially cleared, farmed, and settled; and the less populated North Woods, used for mining, forestry, and recreation.
Minnesota was inhabited by various indigenous peoples for thousands of years prior to the arrival of Europeans. French explorers, missionaries, and fur traders began exploring the region in the 17th century, encountering the Dakota and Ojibwe/Anishinaabe tribes. Much of what is today Minnesota was part of the vast French holding of Louisiana, which was purchased by the United States in 1803. Following several territorial reorganizations, Minnesota in its current form was admitted as the country's 32nd state on May 11, 1858. Like many Midwestern states, it remained sparsely populated and centered on lumber and agriculture. During the 19th and early 20th centuries, a large number of European immigrants, mainly from Scandinavia and Germany, began to settle the state, which remains a center of Scandinavian American and German American culture.
In recent decades, immigration from Asia, the Horn of Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America has broadened its demographic and cultural composition. The state's economy has heavily diversified, shifting from traditional activities such as agriculture and resource extraction to services and finance. Minnesota's standard of living index is among the highest in the United States, and the state is also among the best-educated and wealthiest in the nation.
Minnesota | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
Minnesota
00:02:20 1 Etymology
00:03:12 2 Geography
00:04:10 2.1 Geology
00:07:44 2.2 Flora and fauna
00:09:44 2.3 Climate
00:11:01 2.4 Protected lands
00:12:12 3 History
00:18:27 4 Cities and towns
00:19:57 5 Demographics
00:20:06 5.1 Population
00:22:42 5.2 Religion
00:24:22 6 Economy
00:25:49 6.1 Industry and commerce
00:27:37 6.2 Energy use and production
00:28:16 6.3 State taxes
00:29:34 7 Culture
00:29:43 7.1 Fine and performing arts
00:30:59 7.2 Literature
00:31:53 7.3 Entertainment
00:33:45 7.4 Popular culture
00:36:05 8 Health
00:38:06 9 Education
00:39:42 10 Transportation
00:42:27 11 Law and government
00:42:46 11.1 Executive
00:43:48 11.2 Legislature
00:46:27 11.3 Judiciary
00:47:37 11.4 Regional
00:48:20 11.5 Federal
00:49:37 11.6 Tribal
00:51:03 12 Politics
00:54:57 13 Media
00:57:07 14 Sports, recreation and tourism
00:57:46 14.1 Organized sports
01:02:49 14.2 Tourism
01:05:10 14.3 Outdoor recreation
01:06:45 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.
You can find other Wikipedia audio articles too at:
You can upload your own Wikipedia articles through:
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
=======
Minnesota ( (listen)) is a state in the Upper Midwest and northern regions of the United States. Minnesota was admitted as the 32nd U.S. state on May 11, 1858, created from the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory. The state has a large number of lakes, and is known by the slogan the Land of 10,000 Lakes. Its official motto is L'Étoile du Nord (French: Star of the North).
Minnesota is the 12th largest in area and the 22nd most populous of the U.S. states; nearly 60% of its residents live in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area (known as the Twin Cities), the center of transportation, business, industry, education, and government, and home to an internationally known arts community. The remainder of the state consists of western prairies now given over to intensive agriculture; deciduous forests in the southeast, now partially cleared, farmed, and settled; and the less populated North Woods, used for mining, forestry, and recreation.
Minnesota was inhabited by various indigenous peoples for thousands of years prior to the arrival of Europeans. French explorers, missionaries, and fur traders began exploring the region in the 17th century, encountering the Dakota and Ojibwe/Anishinaabe tribes. Much of what is today Minnesota was part of the vast French holding of Louisiana, which was purchased by the United States in 1803. Following several territorial reorganizations, Minnesota in its current form was admitted as the country's 32nd state on May 11, 1858. Like many Midwestern states, it remained sparsely populated and centered on lumber and agriculture. During the 19th and early 20th centuries, a large number of European immigrants, mainly from Scandinavia and Germany, began to settle the state, which remains a center of Scandinavian American and German American culture.
In recent decades, immigration from Asia, the Horn of Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America has broadened its demographic and cultural composition. The state's economy has heavily diversified, shifting from traditional activities such as agriculture and resource extraction to services and finance. Minnesota's standard of living index is among the highest in the United States, and the state is also among the best-educated and wealthiest in the nation.
Minnesota | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
Minnesota
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:
You can upload your own Wikipedia articles through:
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
=======
Minnesota ( (listen)) is a state in the Upper Midwest and northern regions of the United States. Minnesota was admitted as the 32nd U.S. state on May 11, 1858, created from the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory. The state has a large number of lakes, and is known by the slogan the Land of 10,000 Lakes. Its official motto is L'Étoile du Nord (French: Star of the North).
Minnesota is the 12th largest in area and the 22nd most populous of the U.S. states; nearly 60% of its residents live in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area (known as the Twin Cities), the center of transportation, business, industry, education, and government, and home to an internationally known arts community. The remainder of the state consists of western prairies now given over to intensive agriculture; deciduous forests in the southeast, now partially cleared, farmed, and settled; and the less populated North Woods, used for mining, forestry, and recreation.
Minnesota was inhabited by various indigenous peoples for thousands of years prior to the arrival of Europeans. French explorers, missionaries, and fur traders began exploring the region in the 17th century, encountering the Dakota and Ojibwe/Anishinaabe tribes. Much of what is today Minnesota was part of the vast French holding of Louisiana, which was purchased by the United States in 1803. Following several territorial reorganizations, Minnesota in its current form was admitted as the country's 32nd state on May 11, 1858. Like many Midwestern states, it remained sparsely populated and centered on lumber and agriculture. During the 19th and early 20th centuries, a large number of European immigrants, mainly from Scandinavia and Germany, began to settle the state, which remains a center of Scandinavian American and German American culture.
In recent decades, immigration from Asia, the Horn of Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America has broadened its demographic and cultural composition. The state's economy has heavily diversified, shifting from traditional activities such as agriculture and resource extraction to services and finance. Minnesota's standard of living index is among the highest in the United States, and the state is also among the best-educated and wealthiest in the nation.
Diamond and Silk talk about how messed up left wing politics really is
Diamond and Silk talk about how messed up left wing politics really is
Minnesota | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
Minnesota
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:
You can upload your own Wikipedia articles through:
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
=======
Minnesota ( (listen)) is a state in the Upper Midwest and northern regions of the United States. Minnesota was admitted as the 32nd U.S. state on May 11, 1858, created from the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory. The state has a large number of lakes, and is known by the slogan the Land of 10,000 Lakes. Its official motto is L'Étoile du Nord (French: Star of the North).
Minnesota is the 12th largest in area and the 22nd most populous of the U.S. states; nearly 60% of its residents live in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area (known as the Twin Cities), the center of transportation, business, industry, education, and government, and home to an internationally known arts community. The remainder of the state consists of western prairies now given over to intensive agriculture; deciduous forests in the southeast, now partially cleared, farmed, and settled; and the less populated North Woods, used for mining, forestry, and recreation.
Minnesota was inhabited by various indigenous peoples for thousands of years prior to the arrival of Europeans. French explorers, missionaries, and fur traders began exploring the region in the 17th century, encountering the Dakota and Ojibwe/Anishinaabe tribes. Much of what is today Minnesota was part of the vast French holding of Louisiana, which was purchased by the United States in 1803. Following several territorial reorganizations, Minnesota in its current form was admitted as the country's 32nd state on May 11, 1858. Like many Midwestern states, it remained sparsely populated and centered on lumber and agriculture. During the 19th and early 20th centuries, a large number of European immigrants, mainly from Scandinavia and Germany, began to settle the state, which remains a center of Scandinavian American and German American culture.
In recent decades, immigration from Asia, the Horn of Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America has broadened its demographic and cultural composition. The state's economy has heavily diversified, shifting from traditional activities such as agriculture and resource extraction to services and finance. Minnesota's standard of living index is among the highest in the United States, and the state is also among the best-educated and wealthiest in the nation.