Weird USA. The Strangest things to see from your car. ????????PART 1????????
Thought you'd seen everything ? You're not drunk, you did just drive past a 60 foot chicken.
The weirdest, strangest, bizarre things to see when driving in America.
The weirdest roadside attractions feature:
The Big Chicken, Marietta, Georgia.
World's largest 6 pack, La Crosse, Wisconsin.
Biloxi, Missippippi.
Harvey the giant rabbit, Aloha, Oregon.
World's largest baseball bat, Louisville Slugger Museum, Kentucky.
Uniroyal giant tire, Allen Park, Michigan.
Big Blue Bug, Providence, Rhode Island.
Longaberger basket building, Newark, Ohio.
Hood Milk Bottle, Boston, Massachusetts.
World's largest chest of drawers, High Point, North Carolina.
Giant Fork, Springfield, Missouri.
Shell Service Station, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
World's largest office chair, Anniston, Alabama.
Haines Shoe House, Hellam Township, York County, Pennsylvania.
Brooks Catsup Bottle Water Tower (The World's Largest Catsup Bottle), Collinsville, Illinois.
Koontz Coffee Pot, Bedford, Pennsylvania.
Leaning Tower of Niles, Niles, Illinois.
Ear of Corn Water Tower, Rochester, Minnesota.
Paul Bunyon (not Bunyan) hotdog Statue, Route 66, Atlanta, Illinois.
Randy's Donuts, Inglewood, California. (As seen in film and TV - Iron Man 2, Get Shorty, 2012 etc, and I love LA by Randy Newman.)
Many of these are listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and are examples of novelty architecture.
If you are looking for fun things to do and see this weekend, you know what to do - Just get in your car, and drive around the USA. There are lots of things to see ! Enjoy.
WATCH: World's Biggest Chair
The World's Largest Chair Located at the Art Mart in Downtown Los Angeles.
Comfort Suites Oxford in Oxford AL
Website: . . . . . . . .. .. ... . .. .. .. Comfort Suites Oxford 125 Davis Loop Road Oxford AL 36203 The 100 percent non-smoking Comfort Suites hotel is located less than 16 miles from the Anniston Army Depot. This Oxford, AL hotel is minutes from Jacksonville State University, the Anniston Museum of Natural History, the Talladega Superspeedway, Oxford Lake and the historic Coldwater Covered Bridge. This all-suite hotel features spacious suites equipped with refrigerators, microwaves, coffee makers, irons, ironing boards, hair dryers, cable television, large work desks, ergonomic chairs, voice mail, sofa sleepers and full-length mirrors. Keep your electronic devices charged with the recharge device including AC and USB outlets provided in all guest rooms. Hotel amenities and features include: Free wired and wireless high-speed Internet access; Free evening reception Monday to Wednesday; Free local calls; Fitness center. Laundry facilities are located on the property for added guest convenience. From the moment you enter our front doors, you will be met with a modern sophisticated elegance that will follow you throughout your stay. Your Morning Breakfast is full of hot and delicious options, making breakfast at the Comfort Suites the perfect way to start your day. Enjoy our free hot breakfast featuring eggs, meat, yogurt, fresh fruit, cereal and more, including your choice of hot waffle flavors! If you're leaving early, a Your Suite Success Grab & Go bag is available for the two hours prior to breakfast. After a long day of work or play, guests of this Oxford, AL hotel will enjoy relaxing in the seasonal outdoor pool and sundeck. Corporate travelers to this Alabama hotel will appreciate conveniences like a 24-hour business center, free newspaper and access to copy and fax services. The meeting room accommodates up to 20 people. The hotel is about 20 minutes from Cheaha State Park, which is surrounded by the Talladega National Forest. A variety of restaurants is within walking distance from the hotel.
High Wind at Cheaha State Park
Sept. 12 Kentucky Chemical Demilitarization Citizens' Advisory Commission & CDCAB Meeting 2018
This is the Sept. 12 Kentucky Chemical Demilitarization Citizens’ Advisory Commission and Chemical Destruction Community Advisory Board meeting held at Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond, Kentucky. The purpose of this meeting is to discuss plans for the destruction of chemical weapons at the Blue Grass Army Depot near Richmond, Kentucky. Highlights from the meeting are listed below. Please note, YouTube uses speech recognition technology to automatically create captions; the quality of the captions may vary.
Major highlights from the meeting are outlined below
and embedded in the video’s summary description:
·At approximately 6:13, Doug Hindman, CAC chair and Craig Williams, co-chair, CDCAB, provide opening remarks.
·At approximately 12:31, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Threat Reduction and Arms Control, Dr. Charles Ball, speaks about the future of the ACWA program and progress at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant (BGCAPP), including additional safety reviews of the Supercritical Water Oxidation process. Dr. Ball also introduces the new ACWA Program Executive Officer, Mr. Micahel Abaie.
·At approximately 18:36, Abaie introduces himself and expresses his appreciation to join the ACWA program. Abaie affirms the program’s commitment to safety.
·At approximately 22:57, Jeff Brubaker, site project manager, BGCAPP, and Ron Hink, project manager, Bechtel Parsons Blue Grass, provide BGCAPP updates on the following topics: safety, systemization progress, economic impact, public and community involvement, and Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant operations in Colorado.
·At approximately 46:17, Williams asks about the Static Detonation Chamber (SDC) hiring progress. In addition, he asks if the projected closing phase of the BGCAPP main plant is still three to four years
in duration.
·At approximately 51:51, Williams comments on the Process Working Group (PWG) progress. Brubaker also provides a PWG update, including: hydrolysate contingency criteria planning, a recent PWG meeting tour of BGCAPP focused on bypass piping, the proposed sequence of operation for GB nerve agent in the BGCAPP main plant and the proposed testing of nerve agent destruction in the SDC.
·At approximately 1:12:22, Jeanne Hibberd, CDCAB member, and David Benge, CDCAB member, ask for clarification regarding whether
the SDC is being classified as an incinerator, the proposed SDC testing process with inert munitions and when the BGCAPP main plant plans to start destroying the Sarin rockets.
·At approximately 1:25:41, Dale Burton, Blue Grass Army Depot Section, Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection, gives an environmental protection permitting update.
The Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant (BGCAPP) is a state-of-the-art facility that was built to safely destroying the chemical weapons stockpile at the Blue Grass Army Depot near Richmond, Kentucky. For more project information and news, visit the BGCAPP homepage on the ACWA website:
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Monsanto | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
00:02:18 1 History
00:02:27 1.1 Pre-Pharmacia Monsanto
00:02:38 1.1.1 1901 to WWII
00:05:20 1.1.2 Post-WWII
00:06:27 1.1.3 1960s and 1970s
00:08:45 1.1.4 1980 to 1989: Becoming an agribiotech
00:09:59 1.1.5 1990 to 1999: Moving into the seed market & industry consolidation
00:11:50 1.1.6 Pre-Pharmacia Monsanto overview
00:12:01 1.2 Post-Pharmacia Monsanto
00:12:12 1.2.1 2000 to 2009: Birth of the new Monsanto
00:14:39 1.2.2 2010 to 2017: Further growth, Syngenta
00:15:49 1.2.3 Post-Pharmacia Monsanto overview
00:16:01 1.3 Sale to Bayer
00:16:49 2 Products and associated issues
00:17:00 2.1 Current products
00:17:09 2.1.1 Glyphosate herbicides
00:17:55 2.1.2 Crop seed
00:18:12 2.1.3 Row crops
00:22:20 2.1.3.1 India-specific issues
00:24:07 2.1.4 Vegetables
00:24:52 2.2 Former products
00:25:01 2.2.1 Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
00:26:26 2.2.2 Agent Orange
00:26:53 2.2.3 Bovine somatotropin
00:28:11 2.3 Uncommercialized products
00:28:28 2.3.1 Terminator seeds
00:29:42 2.3.2 GM wheat
00:30:12 3 Legal affairs
00:31:14 3.1 Argentina
00:33:54 3.2 Brazil
00:35:10 3.3 China
00:35:29 3.4 India
00:39:42 3.5 United Kingdom
00:40:39 3.6 United States
00:40:48 3.6.1 PCBs
00:42:01 3.6.2 Polluted sites
00:42:34 3.6.3 GM wheat
00:44:15 3.6.4 Cancer risks of Roundup
00:47:06 3.7 March Against Monsanto
00:47:57 3.8 Improper accounting for incentive rebates
00:48:54 3.9 Alleged ghostwriting controversy
00:49:41 4 Government relations
00:49:50 4.1 United States
00:52:15 4.1.1 Revolving door
00:54:47 4.2 United Kingdom
00:56:20 4.3 European Union
00:58:59 4.4 Haiti
01:00:57 5 Public relations
01:01:29 5.1 Sponsorships
01:02:55 6 University relationships
01:03:44 7 Awards
01:04:54 8 Documentaries
01:05:13 9 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-GB-Wavenet-A
I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
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The Monsanto Company () was an American agrochemical and agricultural biotechnology corporation founded in 1901. In 2018, it was acquired by Bayer as part of its crop science division. It was headquartered in Creve Coeur, Missouri. Monsanto developed Roundup, a glyphosate-based herbicide, in the 1970s, and became a major producer of genetically engineered crops.
Monsanto was one of four groups to introduce genes into plants in 1983, and was among the first to conduct field trials of genetically modified crops in 1987. It was one of the top 10 US chemical companies until it divested most of its chemical businesses between 1997 and 2002, through a process of mergers and spin-offs that focused the company on biotechnology. Monsanto was one of the first companies to apply the biotechnology industry business model to agriculture, using techniques developed by biotech drug companies. In this business model, companies recoup R&D expenses by exploiting biological patents.Monsanto's roles in agricultural changes, biotechnology products, lobbying of government agencies, and roots as a chemical company, resulted in controversies. The company once manufactured controversial products such as the insecticide DDT, PCBs, Agent Orange, and recombinant bovine growth hormone. Its seed patenting model was criticized as biopiracy and a threat to biodiversity as invasive species.
In September 2016, Bayer announced its intent to acquire Monsanto for US$66 billion. After gaining US and EU regulatory approval, the sale was completed on June 7, 2018.
The company ranked 199th on the 2018 Fortune 500 of the largest United States corporations by revenue.In May 2019, Bayer was ordered by a California jury to pay US$2 billion in damages to a Livermore couple, for Monsanto's Roundup product, containing glyphosate, that couple said had caused their development of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
Monsanto Company | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
00:01:49 1 History
00:01:58 1.1 Pre-Pharmacia Monsanto
00:02:09 1.1.1 1901 to WWII
00:04:54 1.1.2 Post-WWII
00:06:01 1.1.3 1960s and 1970s
00:08:18 1.1.4 1980 to 1989: Becoming an agribiotech
00:09:34 1.1.5 1990 to 1999: Moving into the seed market & industry consolidation
00:11:23 1.1.6 Pre-Pharmacia Monsanto overview
00:11:34 1.2 Post-Pharmacia Monsanto
00:11:45 1.2.1 2000 to 2009: Birth of the new Monsanto
00:14:13 1.2.2 2010 to 2017: Further growth, Syngenta
00:15:23 1.2.3 Post-Pharmacia Monsanto overview
00:15:34 1.3 Sale to Bayer
00:16:23 2 Products and associated issues
00:16:33 2.1 Current products
00:16:42 2.1.1 Glyphosate herbicides
00:17:27 2.1.2 Crop seed
00:17:44 2.1.3 Row crops
00:21:59 2.1.3.1 India-specific issues
00:23:49 2.1.4 Vegetables
00:24:35 2.2 Former products
00:24:44 2.2.1 Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
00:26:08 2.2.2 Agent Orange
00:26:35 2.2.3 Bovine somatotropin
00:27:54 2.3 Uncommericalized products
00:28:10 2.3.1 Terminator seeds
00:29:26 2.3.2 GM wheat
00:29:56 3 Controversies and litigation
00:31:00 3.1 Argentina
00:33:41 3.2 Brazil
00:34:58 3.3 China
00:35:17 3.4 India
00:39:36 3.5 United Kingdom
00:40:34 3.6 United States
00:40:43 3.6.1 PCBs
00:41:57 3.6.2 Polluted sites
00:42:30 3.6.3 GM wheat
00:44:13 3.6.4 Cancer risks of Roundup
00:46:53 3.7 March Against Monsanto
00:47:45 3.8 Improper accounting for incentive rebates
00:48:40 3.9 Alleged ghostwriting controversy
00:49:28 4 Government relations
00:49:38 4.1 United States
00:52:14 4.1.1 Revolving door
00:54:50 4.2 United Kingdom
00:56:24 4.3 European Union
00:59:08 4.4 Haiti
01:01:07 5 Public relations
01:01:39 5.1 Sponsorships
01:03:06 6 Awards
01:04:16 7 Documentaries
01:04:34 8 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: 0.9224161896421609
Voice name: en-US-Wavenet-A
I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
=======
The Monsanto Company () was an American agrochemical and agricultural biotechnology corporation that existed from 1901 until 2018 when it was acquired by Bayer. It was headquartered in Creve Coeur, Missouri. Monsanto developed Roundup, a glyphosate-based herbicide in the 1970s, and became a major producer of genetically engineered crops.
Monsanto was one of four groups to introduce genes into plants (1983), and was among the first to conduct field trials of genetically modified crops, (1987). It was one of the top 10 U.S. chemical companies until it divested most of its chemical businesses between 1997 and 2002, through a process of mergers and spin-offs that focused the company on biotechnology. Monsanto was one of the first companies to apply the biotechnology industry business model to agriculture, using techniques developed by biotech drug companies. In this business model, companies recoup R&D expenses by exploiting biological patents.Monsanto's roles in agricultural changes, biotechnology products and lobbying of government agencies and roots as a chemical company resulted in controversies. The company once manufactured controversial products such as the insecticide DDT, PCBs, Agent Orange and recombinant bovine growth hormone. Its seed patenting model was criticized as biopiracy and a threat to biodiversity.In September 2016, Bayer announced its intent to acquire Monsanto for US$66 billion. After gaining US and EU regulatory approval, the sale was completed on June 7, 2018.
CJA 04.05 - Panel 4 - Birmingham
Panel 4 - Views from a Mixed Pane
Ad Hoc Committee to Review the Criminal Justice Act
Special Proceedings Courtroom #8
Hugo L. Black United States Courthouse
1729 5th Avenue North, Birmingham, Alabama
Panel Participants:
Ken Gomany, CJA Panel Attorney (N.D. Ala.)
Andrew Lee, CJA Panel Attorney (W.D. La.)
Kathy Luker, CJA Panel Attorney (N.D. Ala.)
Emily Olson-Gault, Director ABA Death Penalty Representation Project
Terryl Rushing, Death Penalty Law Clerk (S.D. Miss.)
Fort Jackson Shakedown at Basic Training
Take a look inside basic combat training at Fort Jackson. If you have questions, reach out to us:
Mission: Possible
Emergency Response for Cultural Heritage Institutions in Puerto Rico.
Presented by the National Archives Assembly and Preservation Programs..
Recorded May 21, 2018
The Living Legacy National Speaking Tour
David C. Driskell, artist, curator, and Distinguished University Professor of Art, Emeritus, University of Maryland, College Park; and Curlee R. Holton, artist and director, David C. Driskell Center for the Study of the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora at the University of Maryland, College Park
The David C. Driskell Center for the Study of the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora organized the Living Legacy National Speaking Tour to present, celebrate, and document the achievements and legacy of its founder, David C. Driskell (b. 1931). This tour, a series of conversations between Driskell and Curlee R. Holton, highlights his contributions as an artist, scholar, and cultural historian and the contributions of African American artists to the country’s artistic heritage. Driskell has lived through and witnessed firsthand the dynamic historic changes that define America’s contemporary cultural landscape. In addition to Driskell’s singular accomplishments, he is a gifted and inspiring speaker whose personal narrative brings with it an intimate and powerful voice. The National Gallery of Art provided a Washington, DC, venue for the national tour on September 22, 2019.
My First 3 Gun Competition! USPSA MultiGun Area 6 Championship at Universal Shooting Academy!
I attend my first USPSA Multigun 3 gun Championship in Frostproof, FL at Universal Shooting Academy. I got to meet a ton of cool people and some female shooters like Anniston Baluyot, Jessica Hook, and Tory Jordan. I even got to run a Stage 6 at the USPSA Championship. Everyone was super friendly and it was a great experience.
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Portland Civil Rights: Lift Ev'ry Voice
Lift Ev’ry Voice explores Portland’s African American history with a focus on the turbulent 1960s, ’70s and early ’80s. At the time, issues surrounding urban renewal, school desegregation and brittle police relations were exploding both nationally and locally.
By the mid-20th century, Portland was still considered the most segregated and prejudiced city on the West Coast.
World War II would fuel racial tensions in the city. During that time, thousands of African Americans migrated north to work in the shipyards. In Portland most were funneled into a hastily constructed public housing project called Vanport. After the war, many continued to live there because of a severe housing shortage.
A spring day in 1948 would change everything. The Columbia River flooded and washed away the town, leaving hundreds of both black and white families homeless. African Americans had little choice where they could move because of discriminatory real estate and banking practices. Most were forced to relocate to an inner northeast district called Albina. As blacks moved into the area, whites moved out into newly created suburbs — off limits to people of color.
The 1950s became a time of hard-fought civil rights victories led by organizations like the NAACP and the Urban League of Portland. The early pioneers helped break the color barrier in housing and jobs, but racist policies and powerful negative stereotypes would prevail in the city.
By the late 1950s, Portland’s disinvestment in the Albina district, lack of capital for mortgages and home improvements, and high unemployment among young African American men had created what was being called Portland’s Negro ghetto. The “ghetto” would soon be targeted for federally funded urban renewal projects.
In 1957 Portland voted to build the Memorial Coliseum and the East Bank freeway in Albina. The construction uprooted the southern and oldest end of the district first — destroying hundreds of homes and businesses owned by both blacks and whites.
In the late 1960s the Emanuel expansion project would displace hundreds more in Albina’s central core. Displaced African-American families were continually shifted further north and east.
In Portland and across the country, a new generation of young black activists was emerging with more militant strategies for changing the status quo. They began demanding equal rights as first class citizens, more jobs and better housing, and an end to police harassment and brutality.
By the late 1970s the Portland chapter of the Black United Front had emerged and gained tremendous power. Its members advocated for equal and effective educational opportunities for all children in their own neighborhoods, and demanded an end to the forced bussing of black children to white schools.
Continual pressure from the black community would ultimately end mandatory bussing in the city. At the same time, activists would focus attention on institutional racism in the Portland Police Bureau and demand accountability of the bureau and its officers.
Portland Civil Rights: Lift Ev’ry Voice is told largely through the words of men and women who lived through and led the struggles for human rights in Portland, and with archival film and images illustrating these remarkable times.
For more, including links to extensive resources, see:
Ketch Secor & Joe Andrews: Old Crow Medicine Show | Talks at Google
In this Talk, Ketch Secor and Joe Andrews from the Grammy award winning band, Old Crow Medicine Show, join us to discuss how they went from busking on street corners 20+ years ago, to winning audiences over along the way with their boundless energy and spirit, to playing sold out stadium shows along with Willie Nelson, Brandi Carlile, Mumford & Sons, The Lumineers, John Prine, The Avett Brothers and Bob Dylan. The band has gone on to receive the honor of being inducted as members of the Grand Ole Opry, and have won two Grammy Awards: “Best Folk Album” & “Best Long Form Music Video” and their classic single, “Wagon Wheel”, received the RIAA’s Platinum certification for selling over 1,000,000 copies.
Ketch & Joe's colorful storytelling takes us on a journey covering topics form meeting Willie Nelson for the first time, the influence that Bob Dylan has had on the band, the earliest days of Old Crow Medicine Show and Ketch's passion in working with kids (he's opened a school in his hometown of Nashville and just released his first Children's book), all while intertwining some classic bluegrass music.
Moderated by: Jason Andreas
The Art of Activism: Women Civil Rights Leaders Tell Their Stories
A panel made up of the editors of Hands on the Freedom Plow: Personal Accounts by Women in SNCC discusses their book. Feminist historian Debra Schultz moderates. Panelists include: Betty Robinson, editor; Dorothy Zellner, organizer; Faith Holsaert, editor; Judy Richardson, editor; Martha Noonan, editor. This event took place at the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art on November 14, 2010. Video courtesy Elizabeth A. Sackler Foundation.
5/12/14: White House Press Briefing
White House Press Briefings are conducted most weekdays from the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room in the West Wing.
Stay Hungry
Jeff Bridges and Sally Field star in this quirky, sensitive drama about a wealthy Southern bachelor who learns that money and charm have their limitations. Arnold Schwarzenegger also appears.
Hidden Figures
The incredible untold true story of Katherine Johnson (Taraji P. Henson), Dorothy Vaughan (Octavia Spencer) & Mary Jackson (Janelle Monae)—brilliant African-American women working at NASA, who served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history: the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit. This stunning achievement galvanized the world and inspired generations to dream big.
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2017 Debra Lee Lecture on Slavery and Justice: Stanley Nelson
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
This year’s Debra Lee lecturer is distinguished filmmaker and MacArthur “Genius” Fellow, Mr. Stanley Nelson Jr. Mr. Nelson received the 2013 National Medal in the Humanities from President Barack Obama. Nelson’s films examine the history and experiences of African Americans; his previous film, Freedom Riders, premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival and aired nationally in May 2011 on PBS to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Freedom Rides, and received 4 Primetime Emmys.
Brown University
May 2, 2017