Formal 08/22/17 Session - Norfolk City Council
03:30 Ceremony
05:15 IB-1 INVITATION TO BID for a Long-Term Garage Parking Agreement, for a term of twenty (20) years for fifty-six (56) parking spaces in the Freemason Street Garage...
Public Hearings
07:46 PH-1 PUBLIC HEARING on the application of the City Planning Commission, for a General Plan amendment to plaNorfolk2030 to incorporate new or modified actions, text, and maps based on recommendations from the April 2017 biennial evaluation of plaNorfolk2030
08:36 PH-2 PUBLIC HEARING on the application of Norfolk Building Corp., for a change of zoning from R-8 (Single-Family) to R-9 (Single-Family) on property located at 1101-1113 East Leicester Avenue
08:50 PH-3 PUBLIC HEARING approving the terms and conditions of a Lease Agreement between the City and the Generic Theater of Virginia, Inc., for certain premises being Little Hall located in Chrysler Hall at the corner of St. Paul's Boulevard and Charlotte Street
09:30 PH-4 PUBLIC HEARING approving a Lease Agreement between the City of Norfolk and Spirit Cruises, LLC for the Lease of a portion of the City's Face of Pier berthing area on the Downtown Norfolk Waterfront
10:12 PH-5 PUBLIC HEARING approving a Lease Agreement with the KBD Group, LLC for the lease of City owned property located at 226 E. Main Street
10:39 PH-6 PUBLIC HEARING approving the release to Cromwell 2434, LLC of the southern twenty-five feet of a fifty-foot drainage easement located over the former right-of-way of McLemore Street in the City of Norfolk, for the sum of $3,500.00
11:24 PH-7 PUBLIC HEARING approving the release to 225 West Olney, LLC of a thirty-foot drainage easement located at 225 West Olney Road in the City of Norfolk, for the sum of $10,850.00
12:04 PH-8 PUBLIC HEARING to amend and reordain Section 14.1-23, Old Dominion Precinct, SO AS TO change the name of the precinct to Larchmont School Precinct and change its boundary; to amend Subsection 14.1-74 (9) SO AS TO change the name of the precinct from Old Dominion Precinct to Larchmont School Precinct; to amend Section 14.1-89 SO AS TO change its name to Larchmont School Precinct and change the location of its voting place; to amend Section 14.1-24 SO AS TO change the boundary of the Larchmont Library Precinct; to amend Section 14.1-138, SO AS TO change the address of the voting place of the Ocean View Precinct
13:30 Consent Agenda
Regular Agenda
15:56 R-1 Ordinance permitting Norfolk Academy to encroach into the right of way of Wesleyan Drive with a sign
16:25 R-2 Ordinance granting 415 Granby Street, LLC permission to encroach into the right-of-way at 411 Granby Street approximately 102 square feet for the purpose of outdoor dining and approving the terms and conditions of the Encroachment Agreement
16:45 R-3 Ordinance permitting Old Dominion Shopping Center, Inc. to encroach into the right-of-way at 4710 Hampton Boulevard with a free-standing pole sign
17:10 R-4 Ordinance approving a Lease Agreement between Granby Street Properties, L.L.C., as Lessor, and the City of Norfolk, as Lessee, for the lease of property owned by Granby Street Properties, L.L.C. located at 100 Brooke Avenue; authorizing the City Manager to execute the Lease Agreement on behalf of the City of Norfolk; and authorizing the expenditure of a sum of up to $458,296.19 from funds heretofore appropriated to cover the rent payments for the remainder of the Fiscal Year 2017-2018
17:32 R-5 Ordinance approving a Lease Agreement between Monticello Avenue, L.L.C., as Lessor, and the City of Norfolk, Lessee, for the lease of property owned by Monticello Avenue, L.L.C. located at 861 Monticello Avenue; authorizing the City Manager to execute the Lease Agreement on behalf of the City of Norfolk; and authorizing the expenditure of a sum of up to $38,898.64 from funds heretofore appropriated to cover the rent payments for the remainder of the Fiscal Year 2017-2018
18:15 R-6 Ordinance authorizing the acquisition of a certain parcel of property located at 1001 Campos Place for the purpose of revitalizing the Campostella Heights Neighborhood; approving the terms and conditions of the Purchase and Sale Agreement; and authorizing the expenditure of a sum of up to $150,000.00 from funds heretofore appropriated for acquisition of the property and all related transactional costs
18:48 R-7 Ordinance approving a right of entry permitting Colston Jones to go upon and use certain city owned property numbered and designated as 1351 and 1371 Hanson Avenue for multiple dates for Cyclocross clinics and competition events
19:15 R-8 Ordinance appropriating $185,708 if and when received from the Sheriff...
19:37 R-9 Ordinance approving the acceptance of receipts from a Special Revenue Project, the Sheriff's Community Corrections Program,...
22:00 R-10 WALK-ON
22:20 R-11 WALK-ON
23:00 Civil War monument relocation
29:00 R-13 WALK-ON
Norfolk, VA City Council Meeting, Formal meeting, August 22, 2017
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Sim Ou Não - Anitta Feat Maluma
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Sim Ou Não
Se quiser jogar, vem
Mas tem que arriscar, vem…
Vai ser sim ou não, oh no, oh no
Não, oh no
Y tú lo sabes que me gustas
Dale
Mueve el cuerpo suave
Pa mí así yeah yeah yeah yeah
Bailame que quiero verte
Posa pa mí bien sexy
No sé si volveré a verte
Pero voy a disfrutarte
Solo tú, tú, tú me enloqueces
Y solo tú tú tú te mereces
Que te diga al oído
Las cosas que me excitan
Lo que el niño necesita, baby
Não encosta, não me beija
Só me olha, me deseja
Quero ver se você vai aguentar
A noite inteira sem poder me tocar
Eu rebolo, te enlouqueço
Bate palma que eu mereço
Quero ver se você vai aguentar
A noite inteira sem poder me tocar
Tudo pode acontecer, vai ter que pagar pra ver
Se vai rolar, se é pra valer, oh no
Pode ser só diversão mas a minha intenção
Não vou dizer só vai saber
Se quiser jogar, vem
Mas tem que arriscar, vem…
Vai ser sim ou não, oh no, oh no
Não, oh no
Si quieres jugar, ven
Que quiero tocarte
Y aquí mismo dártelo
No digas que no
Bailame que quiero verte
Posa pa mí bien sexy
Então segura a pressão, muita pressão
Minha intenção, é sedução
Solo tú, tú, tú me enloqueces
Y solo tú tú tú te mereces
Cê tá querendo um sim, mas pode ser um não, no, no, no…
Tudo pode acontecer, vai ter que pagar pra ver
Se vai rolar, se é pra valer, oh no
Pode ser só diversão mas a minha intenção
Não vou dizer só vai saber
Se quiser jogar, vem
Mas tem que arriscar, vem…
Vai ser sim ou não, oh no, oh no
Não, oh no
Si quieres jugar, ven
Que quiero tocarte
Y aquí mismo dártelo
No digas que no
Randolph-Macon College 2019 Commencement
Randolph-Macon College celebrated Commencement on Saturday, June 1, 2019 at the Frank E. Brown Fountain Plaza. More than 340 graduates—a record number for R-MC—joined the ranks of Randolph-Macon alumni during the Commencement ceremony.
Cornel West: Speaking Truth to Power
A discussion on Institutional Provincialism with Dr. Cornel West and the MIT community from February 8, 2018.
Program:
Welcome & Introduction: Mr. Ty Austin (SA+P, GSC DIS Chair)
Keynote: Dr. Cornel West (Harvard) (3:28)
Discussion (43:10)
Professor Ceasar McDowell (SA+P), Moderator,
Ms. Joy Buolamwini (PhD Candidate, MIT Media Lab)
Professor Jennifer Light (SA+P, SHASS),
Professor Sasha Costanza-Chock (SHASS)
Closing Remarks: Dr. Duane Lee (MLK Visiting Scholar, SoS) (1:57:05)
This event was sponsored by:
Institute of Community and Equity Office (ICEO)
Media Lab and Program in Media Arts & Sciences (ML, MAS)
Office of Graduate Education (OGE)
Presidential Committee on Race and Diversity (CRD)
School of Architecture and Planning (SA+P)
School of Engineering (SoE)
School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (SHASS)
School of Science (SoS)
Sloan School of Management (Sloan)
Hosted by:
GSC Diversity and Inclusion Subcommittee (DIS)
Dr. Cornel West is a prominent and provocative democratic intellectual. He is Professor of the Practice of Public Philosophy at Harvard University and holds the title of Professor Emeritus at Princeton University. He has also taught at Union Theological Seminary, Yale, Harvard, and the University of Paris. Cornel West graduated Magna Cum Laude from Harvard in three years and obtained his M.A. and Ph.D. in Philosophy at Princeton.
He has written 20 books and has edited 13. He is best known for his classics, Race Matters and Democracy Matters, and for his memoir, Brother West: Living and Loving Out Loud. His most recent book, Black Prophetic Fire, offers an unflinching look at nineteenth and twentieth-century African American leaders and their visionary legacies.
This video documents a free public event held at MIT on February 8, 2018, 5-7PM. Learn more at MIT News:
The Final Fourteen Days of Abraham Lincoln (Lecture)
Watch as National Park Ranger Chuck Teague tells the story of the final two weeks of Abraham Lincoln's presidency in 1865, ending with his assassination at Ford's Theater.
Magic Kingdom Live Stream - 2-9-18 - Walt Disney World
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Regular 05/22/12 Session - Norfolk City Council
03:30 COUNCIL INTERESTS
35:12 GOVERNOR'S SCHOOL OF THE ARTS - Presenter: Darrell V. Hill, Assistant City Manager
49:30 SELECT AGENDA ITEMS JUNE 12TH - FAS FUEL, JACK QUINN'S, NICK'S DINER, CHARACTER DISTRICTS Presenter: Frank Duke, Director of Planning & Community Development
01:05:30 SUBMISSION OF WATERSIDE PROPOSAL QUESTIONS IN PREPARATION FOR JUNE 5TH COUNCIL WORK SESSION - Presenter: Marcus D. Jones, City Manager
Green Day Announces 2017 North American Tour!
Full Tour Information
Against Me!, who released their own new LP Shape Shift With Me in September, will serve as the entire tour's opening act.
Presale tickets for the trek first go live for members of the band's Idiot Nation fan club on October 12th, followed by a general on-sale on October 14th. Check out Green Day's site for VIP packages, on-sale times and ticket information.
Green Day are on the road for their short jaunt of small venue shows, which includes an October 17th gig at Los Angeles' Palladium before a hometown gig October 20th at Berkeley's UC Theatre.
After that, Billie Joe Armstrong and company spend the rest of 2016 and first two months of 2017 touring Europe before heading back stateside.
Green Day Tour Dates
March 1 - Phoenix, AZ @ Talking Stick Resort Arena
March 2 - El Paso, TX @ El Paso County Coliseum
March 4 - Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center
March 5 - Houston, TX @ Toyota Center
March 7 - Tulsa, OK @ BOK Center
March 8 - North Little Rock, AR @ Verizon Arena
March 10 - Duluth, GA @ Infinite Energy Center
March 12 - Norfolk, VA @ Constant Convocation Center
March 13 - Washington, DC @ Verizon Center
March 15 - Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center
March 17 - Worcester, MA @ DCU Center
March 19 - London, ON @ Budweiser Gardens
March 20 - Hamilton, ON @ FirstOntario Centre
March 22 - Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre
March 23 - Quebec, QC @ Vidéotron Centre
March 25 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Petersen Events Center
March 27 - Detroit, MI @ Joe Louis Arena
March 28 - Champaign, IL @ State Farm Center
March 30 - Green Bay, WI @ Resch Center
April 1 - Saint Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Center
April 3 - Des Moines, IA @ Wells Fargo Arena
April 5 - Broomfield, CO @ 1stBank Center
April 7 - Las Vegas, NV @ MGM Grand Garden Arena
April 8 - San Diego, CA @ Valley View Casino Center
Work 04/04/17 Session pt. 1 - Norfolk City Council
00:02 Agenda Overview by Douglas L. Smith, Interim City Manager
02:00 HRSD update
05:15 Norfolk Public Schools Update by Dr. Melinda Boone, Superintendent
01:04:00 Selden Arcade by Wynter C. Benda, Deputy City Manager
Closed Session for a Real Estate Matter
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Greensboro, North Carolina | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
00:02:27 1 History
00:02:36 1.1 Early history
00:06:57 1.2 Civil War and last days of the Confederacy
00:09:37 1.3 Industrialization and growth
00:12:58 1.4 Civil rights movement
00:17:14 1.5 Dudley High School/A&T protests
00:18:53 1.6 Greensboro Massacre
00:20:23 2 Geography
00:21:27 2.1 Downtown area
00:22:21 2.2 Four Seasons/Coliseum area
00:24:20 2.3 Airport area
00:25:31 2.4 Climate
00:28:03 3 Demographics
00:31:36 3.1 Religion
00:32:44 4 Economy
00:33:58 4.1 Largest employers
00:34:14 4.2 Top industries
00:34:28 5 Arts
00:40:38 5.1 Attractions
00:48:00 5.2 Shopping
00:49:32 6 Sports
00:53:23 7 Government
00:53:55 7.1 City Council
00:54:31 7.2 Participatory budgeting
00:55:07 8 Education
00:55:16 8.1 Higher education
00:56:15 8.2 Secondary education
00:56:25 8.3 Public education
00:56:59 8.4 Private education
00:57:44 9 Media
00:57:53 9.1 Newspapers
00:58:41 9.2 Broadcast television
01:00:05 9.3 Radio
01:00:13 9.3.1 FM stations
01:01:09 9.3.2 AM stations
01:01:40 9.4 Documentaries
01:02:41 9.5 Local media censorship
01:03:32 10 Transportation
01:05:13 10.1 Interstate highways
01:06:32 11 Notable inhabitants
01:06:42 11.1 Animals
01:07:32 12 Sister cities
01:08:03 13 See also
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Voice name: en-GB-Wavenet-B
I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
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Greensboro ( (listen); formerly Greensborough) is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the 3rd-most populous city in North Carolina, the 68th-most populous city in the United States, and the county seat and largest city in Guilford County and the surrounding Piedmont Triad metropolitan region. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 269,666, and in 2015 the estimated population was 285,342. Three major interstate highways (Interstate 40, Interstate 85, and Interstate 73) in the Piedmont region of central North Carolina were built to intersect at this city.
In 1808, Greensborough (the spelling before 1895) was planned around a central courthouse square to succeed Guilford Court House as the county seat. The county courts were thus placed closer to the geographical center of the county, a location more easily reached at the time by the majority of the county's citizens, who depended on horse and foot for travel.
In 2003, the previous Greensboro – Winston-Salem – High Point metropolitan statistical area (MSA) was re-defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget. This region was separated into the Greensboro–High Point MSA and the Winston-Salem MSA. The 2010 population for the Greensboro–High Point MSA was 723,801. The combined statistical area (CSA) of Greensboro–Winston-Salem–High Point, popularly referred to as the Piedmont Triad, had a population of 1,599,477.
Among Greensboro's many notable attractions, some of the most popular include the Wet 'n Wild Emerald Pointe water park, the Greensboro Science Center, the International Civil Rights Museum, the Weatherspoon Art Museum, the Greensboro Symphony, the Greensboro Ballet, Triad Stage, the Wyndham Golf Championship, the headquarters of the Atlantic Coast Conference, the Greensboro Coliseum Complex which hosts various sporting events, concerts, and other events, the Greensboro Grasshoppers of the South Atlantic Baseball League, the Carolina Dynamo of the Premier Development Soccer League, the Greensboro Swarm of the NBA G League, the Greensboro Roller Derby, and the National Folk Festival.
Greensboro, NC | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
00:02:50 1 History
00:02:59 1.1 Early history
00:08:09 1.2 Civil War and last days of the Confederacy
00:11:19 1.3 Industrialization and growth
00:15:16 1.4 Civil rights movement
00:20:18 1.5 Dudley High School/A&T protests
00:22:16 1.6 Greensboro Massacre
00:23:59 2 Geography
00:25:12 2.1 Downtown area
00:26:15 2.2 Four Seasons/Coliseum area
00:28:31 2.3 Airport area
00:29:53 2.4 Climate
00:32:49 3 Demographics
00:36:50 3.1 Religion
00:38:07 4 Economy
00:39:34 4.1 Largest employers
00:39:51 4.2 Top industries
00:40:06 5 Arts
00:47:24 5.1 Attractions
00:56:02 5.2 Shopping
00:57:49 6 Sports
01:02:21 7 Government
01:02:57 7.1 City Council
01:03:36 7.2 Participatory budgeting
01:04:18 8 Education
01:04:27 8.1 Higher education
01:05:34 8.2 Secondary education
01:05:44 8.3 Public education
01:06:24 8.4 Private education
01:07:16 9 Media
01:07:25 9.1 Newspapers
01:08:21 9.2 Broadcast television
01:09:56 9.3 Radio
01:10:05 9.3.1 FM stations
01:11:09 9.3.2 AM stations
01:11:42 9.4 Documentaries
01:12:53 9.5 Local media censorship
01:13:51 10 Transportation
01:15:49 10.1 Interstate highways
01:17:20 11 Notable inhabitants
01:17:30 11.1 Animals
01:18:28 12 Sister cities
01:19:01 13 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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- 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.
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Speaking Rate: 0.8534783423391965
Voice name: en-GB-Wavenet-D
I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
=======
Greensboro ( (listen); formerly Greensborough) is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the 3rd-most populous city in North Carolina, the 68th-most populous city in the United States, and the county seat and largest city in Guilford County and the surrounding Piedmont Triad metropolitan region. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 269,666, and in 2015 the estimated population was 285,342. Three major interstate highways (Interstate 40, Interstate 85, and Interstate 73) in the Piedmont region of central North Carolina were built to intersect at this city.
In 1808, Greensborough (the spelling before 1895) was planned around a central courthouse square to succeed Guilford Court House as the county seat. The county courts were thus placed closer to the geographical center of the county, a location more easily reached at the time by the majority of the county's citizens, who depended on horse and foot for travel.
In 2003, the previous Greensboro – Winston-Salem – High Point metropolitan statistical area (MSA) was re-defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget. This region was separated into the Greensboro–High Point MSA and the Winston-Salem MSA. The 2010 population for the Greensboro–High Point MSA was 723,801. The combined statistical area (CSA) of Greensboro–Winston-Salem–High Point, popularly referred to as the Piedmont Triad, had a population of 1,599,477.
Among Greensboro's many notable attractions, some of the most popular include the Wet 'n Wild Emerald Pointe water park, the Greensboro Science Center, the International Civil Rights Museum, the Weatherspoon Art Museum, the Greensboro Symphony, the Greensboro Ballet, Triad Stage, the Wyndham Golf Championship, the headquarters of the Atlantic Coast Conference, the Greensboro Coliseum Complex which hosts various sporting events, concerts, and other events, the Greensboro Grasshoppers of the South Atlantic Baseball League, the Carolina Dynamo of the Premier Development Soccer League, the Greensboro Swarm of the NBA G League, the Greensboro Roller Derby, and the National Folk Festival.
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Jack Parsons (rocket engineer) | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
00:03:56 1 Biography
00:04:05 1.1 Early life: 1914–34
00:10:04 1.2 GALCIT Rocket Research Group and the Kynette trial: 1934–38
00:18:12 1.3 Embracing Thelema; advancing JATO and foundation of Aerojet: 1939–42
00:31:02 1.4 Foundation of JPL and leading the Agape Lodge: 1942–44
00:40:48 1.5 L. Ron Hubbard and the Babalon Working: 1945–46
00:50:10 1.6 Work for Israelis and espionage accusations: 1946–52
01:00:21 1.7 Death: 1952
01:04:46 2 Personal life
01:04:55 2.1 Personality
01:06:47 2.2 Professional associations
01:07:20 3 Philosophy
01:07:29 3.1 Religious beliefs
01:10:52 3.2 Politics
01:15:47 4 Legacy and influence
01:24:16 5 Patents
01:24:24 6 See also
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Speaking Rate: 0.8115597021614531
Voice name: en-AU-Wavenet-D
I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
=======
John Whiteside Jack Parsons (born Marvel Whiteside Parsons; October 2, 1914 – June 17, 1952) was an American rocket engineer and rocket propulsion researcher, chemist, and Thelemite occultist. Associated with the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Parsons was one of the principal founders of both the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and the Aerojet Engineering Corporation. He invented the first rocket engine to use a castable, composite rocket propellant, and pioneered the advancement of both liquid-fuel and solid-fuel rockets.
Born in Los Angeles, Parsons was raised by a wealthy family on Orange Grove Avenue in Pasadena. Inspired by science fiction literature, he developed an interest in rocketry in his childhood and in 1928 began amateur rocket experiments with school friend Ed Forman. He dropped out of Pasadena Junior College and Stanford University due to financial difficulties during the Great Depression, and in 1934 he united with Forman and graduate student Frank Malina to form the Caltech-affiliated Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory (GALCIT) Rocket Research Group, supported by GALCIT chairman Theodore von Kármán. In 1939 the GALCIT Group gained funding from the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) to work on Jet-Assisted Take Off (JATO) for the U.S. military. Following American entry into World War II, in 1942 they founded Aerojet to develop and sell their JATO technology; the GALCIT Group became JPL in 1943.
After a brief involvement with Marxism in 1939, Parsons converted to Thelema, the English occultist Aleister Crowley's new religious movement. In 1941, alongside his first wife Helen Northrup, Parsons joined the Agape Lodge, the Californian branch of the Thelemite Ordo Templi Orientis (O.T.O.). At Crowley's bidding, he replaced Wilfred Talbot Smith as its leader in 1942 and ran the Lodge from his mansion on Orange Grove Avenue. Parsons was expelled from JPL and Aerojet in 1944 due to the Lodge's infamous reputation, along with his hazardous workplace conduct.
In 1945 Parsons separated from Helen after having an affair with her sister Sara; when Sara left him for L. Ron Hubbard, he conducted the Babalon Working, a series of rituals designed to invoke the Thelemic goddess Babalon to Earth. He and Hubbard continued the procedure with Marjorie Cameron, whom Parsons married in 1946. After Hubbard and Sara defrauded him of his life savings, Parsons resigned from the O.T.O. and went through various jobs while acting as a consultant for the Israeli rocket program. Amid the climate of McCarthyism, he was accused of espionage and left unable to work in rocketry. In 1952 Parsons died at the age of 37 in a home laboratory explosion that attracted national media attention; the police ruled it an accident, but many associates suspected suicide or murder.
Parsons' occult and libertarian writings were published posthumously, with Western esoteric and countercultural circles citing him as one of the most significant figures in propagating Thelema across North America. Although academ ...
Birmingham, Alabama | Wikipedia audio article
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Birmingham, Alabama
00:03:21 1 History
00:03:30 1.1 Founding and early growth
00:08:06 1.2 Birmingham civil rights movement
00:10:52 1.3 Recent history
00:13:59 2 Geography
00:16:24 2.1 Suburbs
00:17:15 2.2 Cityscape
00:17:23 2.3 Climate
00:19:58 2.4 Earthquakes
00:20:47 3 Demographics
00:20:56 3.1 Census data
00:21:05 3.1.1 2010
00:21:45 3.1.2 2000
00:24:28 3.2 Religion
00:26:15 3.3 Crime
00:27:40 4 Economy
00:34:39 5 Arts and culture
00:40:04 5.1 Museums
00:41:22 5.2 Festivals
00:44:11 5.3 Other attractions
00:46:33 5.4 Cultural references
00:47:35 6 Sports
00:53:27 7 Government
00:55:01 7.1 State and federal representation
00:55:41 7.2 Political controversy
00:56:40 8 Education
00:59:09 9 Media
01:01:48 10 Urban planning
01:04:08 11 Infrastructure
01:04:17 11.1 Transportation
01:04:52 11.1.1 Highways
01:06:12 11.1.2 Public transport
01:07:46 11.2 Utilities
01:09:34 12 Notable people
01:09:43 13 Sister cities
01:09:59 14 See also
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- Socrates
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Birmingham ( BUR-ming-ham) is a city located in the north central region of the U.S. state of Alabama. With an estimated 2017 population of 210,710, it is the most populous city in Alabama. Birmingham is the seat of Jefferson County, Alabama's most populous and fifth largest county. As of 2017, the Birmingham-Hoover Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 1,149,807, making it the most populous in Alabama and 49th-most populous in the United States. Birmingham serves as an important regional hub and is associated with the Deep South, Piedmont, and Appalachian regions of the nation.
Birmingham was founded in 1871, during the post-Civil War Reconstruction era, through the merger of three pre-existing farm towns, most notably Elyton. The new city was named for Birmingham, England, the UK's second largest city and, at the time, a major industrial city. The Alabama city annexed smaller neighbors and developed as an industrial center, based on mining, the new iron and steel industry, and rail transport. Most of the original settlers who founded Birmingham were of English ancestry. The city was developed as a place where cheap, non-unionized immigrant labor (primarily Irish and Italian), along with African-American labor from rural Alabama, could be employed in the city's steel mills and blast furnaces, giving it a competitive advantage over unionized industrial cities in the Midwest and Northeast.
From its founding through the end of the 1960s, Birmingham was a primary industrial center of the southern United States. Its growth from 1881 through 1920 earned it nicknames such as The Magic City and The Pittsburgh of the South. Its major industries were iron and steel production. Major components of the railroad industry, rails and railroad cars, were manufactured in Birmingham. Since the 1860s, the two primary hubs of railroading in the Deep South have been Birmingham and Atlanta. The economy diversified in the latter half of the 20th century. Banking, telecommunications, transportation, electrical power transmission, medical care, college education, and insurance have become major economic activities. Birmingham ranks as one of the largest banking centers in the U.S. Also, it is among the most important business centers in the Southeast.
In higher education, Birmingham has been the location of the University of Alabama School of Medicine (formerly the Medical College of Alabama) and the University of Alabama School of Dentistry since 1947. In 1969 it gained the University of Alabama at Birmingham, one of three main campuses of the University of Alabama System. It is home to three private institutions: Samford University, Birmingham-Southern College, and Miles College. The Birmingham area has major colleges of medicine, dentistry, optometry, physical therapy, pharmacy, law, engineering, and nursing. The city has three of the state's five law schools: Cumberland School of Law, Birmingham School of Law, and Miles Law School. Birmingham ...
Jack Parsons (rocket propulsion engineer) | Wikipedia audio article
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00:03:58 1 Biography
00:04:07 1.1 Early life: 1914–34
00:10:08 1.2 GALCIT Rocket Research Group and the Kynette trial: 1934–38
00:18:17 1.3 Embracing Thelema; advancing JATO and foundation of Aerojet: 1939–42
00:31:10 1.4 Foundation of JPL and leading the Agape Lodge: 1942–44
00:40:59 1.5 L. Ron Hubbard and the Babalon Working: 1945–46
00:50:19 1.6 Work for Israelis and espionage accusations: 1946–52
01:00:29 1.7 Death: 1952
01:04:56 2 Personal life
01:05:05 2.1 Personality
01:06:56 2.2 Professional associations
01:07:29 3 Philosophy
01:07:38 3.1 Religious beliefs
01:10:58 3.2 Politics
01:15:50 4 Legacy and influence
01:24:19 5 Patents
01:24:27 6 See also
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John Whiteside Jack Parsons (born Marvel Whiteside Parsons; October 2, 1914 – June 17, 1952) was an American rocket engineer and rocket propulsion researcher, chemist, and Thelemite occultist. Associated with the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Parsons was one of the principal founders of both the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and the Aerojet Engineering Corporation. He invented the first rocket engine to use a castable, composite rocket propellant, and pioneered the advancement of both liquid-fuel and solid-fuel rockets.
Born in Los Angeles, Parsons was raised by a wealthy family on Orange Grove Avenue in Pasadena. Inspired by science fiction literature, he developed an interest in rocketry in his childhood and in 1928 began amateur rocket experiments with school friend Ed Forman. He dropped out of Pasadena Junior College and Stanford University due to financial difficulties during the Great Depression, and in 1934 he united with Forman and graduate student Frank Malina to form the Caltech-affiliated Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory (GALCIT) Rocket Research Group, supported by GALCIT chairman Theodore von Kármán. In 1939 the GALCIT Group gained funding from the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) to work on Jet-Assisted Take Off (JATO) for the U.S. military. Following American entry into World War II, in 1942 they founded Aerojet to develop and sell their JATO technology; the GALCIT Group became JPL in 1943.
After a brief involvement with Marxism in 1939, Parsons converted to Thelema, the English occultist Aleister Crowley's new religious movement. In 1941, alongside his first wife Helen Northrup, Parsons joined the Agape Lodge, the Californian branch of the Thelemite Ordo Templi Orientis (O.T.O.). At Crowley's bidding, he replaced Wilfred Talbot Smith as its leader in 1942 and ran the Lodge from his mansion on Orange Grove Avenue. Parsons was expelled from JPL and Aerojet in 1944 due to the Lodge's infamous reputation, along with his hazardous workplace conduct.
In 1945 Parsons separated from Helen after having an affair with her sister Sara; when Sara left him for L. Ron Hubbard, he conducted the Babalon Working, a series of rituals designed to invoke the Thelemic goddess Babalon to Earth. He and Hubbard continued the procedure with Marjorie Cameron, whom Parsons married in 1946. After Hubbard and Sara defrauded him of his life savings, Parsons resigned from the O.T.O. and went through various jobs while acting as a consultant for the Israeli rocket program. Amid the climate of McCarthyism, he was accused of espionage and left unable to work in rocketry. In 1952 Parsons died at the age of 37 in a home laboratory explosion that attracted national media attention; the police ruled it an accident, but many associates suspected suicide or murder.
Parsons' occult and libertarian writings were published posthumously, with Western esoteric and countercultural circles citing him as one of the most significant figures in propagating Thelema across North America. Although academi ...
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?)