Holiday Inn Express and Suites Texarkana East - Texarkana, Arkansas
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Straddling the state line of Texas and Arkansas, Texarkana is a city filled with friendly people and many things to do and see. Whether you're here for business or pleasure, you're bound to enjoy your stay.
When you stay at the Holiday Inn Express® Hotel & Suites Texarkana East, you're conveniently near Texarkana College and Christus St. Michael Health Center, as well as companies such as Southern Refrigerate Transportation, Lab Corp., Domtar Industries and Cooper Tires. Our Texarkana, AR hotel has a great 24-hour Business Center and 1,200 square feet of event space for your use.
If you are in town to visit family and friends or to just relax, there is plenty for you to see and do. If you're with children, let them discover the living science lab and exhibits highlighting sound, astronomy, motion and electricity at Discovery Place Children's Museum in Texarkana. Our hotel's also near the Regional Arts Center and Perot Theatre if you'd like to enjoy an exhibit or performance. And if you'd rather view vintage cars, the Tex-Ark Antique Auto Museum is the place for you.
Whether you're here to close a business deal, attend an important meeting or just visit loved ones, you won't be disappointed. Our Texarkana, AR hotel has excellent amenities, including an indoor pool, a 24-hour Fitness Center and free Express Start Breakfast Bar, to make your stay a great one. Make your reservations today!
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The city of Little Rock is the state capital of Arkansas and the largest city in the natural state. This city was founded in 1821 and earned its name from a small rock formation on the south bank of the Arkansas River. Known as La Petite Roche, it served as a landmark for river traffic and was a well known river crossing for travelers and traders. The city has come a long way since those days; garnering our interesting history along the way. Family time has never been more fun than the outgoing Little Rock, with places like The Little Rock Zoo where its home to bobcats, lemurs and over 700 other interesting animals. If your family is looking for more excitement, try Magic Springs & Crystal Falls where you can find rollercoasters, water rides and live entertainment. If you want to slow things down, grab your floats and take a relaxing cruise down Fourche Creek. Covering 20 miles of floatable waters. Don’t just hang out in Little Rock; really experience what the city has to offer, with the river tour aboard The Arkansas Queen and see Little Rock in a whole new way. For the sports lover, don't miss The Arkansas Travelers the double a minor league team that has won 6 titles in the Texas league or hit up The Back Nine at the Eagle Hill Golf Club and get the club lifestyle without the club dues. Whether you’re taking the kids to see their favorite stories come to life on The Children's Theatre Stage in the Arkansas Art Center or enjoying music, drinks and food at Willy D’s Rock & Roll Piano Bar. You can’t go wrong with the spectacular city of Little Rock, Arkansas.
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Springdale, Arkansas
Springdale is the fourth-largest city in Arkansas, and is located in both Washington and Benton counties in Northwest Arkansas. Located on the Springfield Plateau deep in the Ozark Mountains, Springdale has long been an important industrial city for the region. In addition to several trucking companies, the city is home to the world headquarters of Tyson Foods, the world's largest meat producing company. Originally named Shiloh, the city changed its name to Springdale when applying for a post office in 1872. The four-county Northwest Arkansas Metropolitan Statistical Area is ranked 109th in terms of population in the United States with 463,204 in 2010 according to the United States Census Bureau. The city had a population of 69,797 at the 2010 Census.
Springdale has been experiencing a population boom in recent years, as indicated by a 133% growth in population between the 1990 and 2010 censuses. During this period of rapid growth, the city has seen a new Shiloh Museum of Ozark History, the establishment of a Springdale campus of Northwest Arkansas Community College and the Northwest Arkansas Naturals minor league baseball team move into Arvest Ballpark. Tyson remains the city's top employer, and is visible throughout the city. Many public features bear the Tyson name, including the Randal Tyson Recreational Complex, Don Tyson Parkway, Helen Tyson Middle School and Don Tyson Elementary. Governor Mike Beebe signed an act into law recognizing Springdale as the The Poultry Capital Of The World in 2013.
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The Antwerp Diamond Heist
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The Stanley Park children
The Murder of Tupac Shakur
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The Alphabet Murders
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Jurassic Quest 2018 Dinosaur Event
Jurassic Quest is Americas Largest and most realistic Dinosaur Event. Our guests will walk through the Cretaceous period, the Jurassic Period and The Triassic period and experience for themselves what it was like to be among living, breathing dinosaurs.
Jurassic Quest is the only Dinosaur event that has true to life size dinosaurs. From the very small, to the gigantic, skyscraping dinosaurs that can only be seen at Jurassic Quest events. Jurassic Quest has over 200 true to life size dinosaurs across its 2 events. In collaboration with leading paleontologists, each one was painstakingly replicated in every detail. Whether their prehistoric counterpart had skin that was scaly, had feathers or fur, Jurassic Quest has spared no expense in bringing this realism to life. In Jurassic Quests Dionosaur World, the dinosaurs roar and move, some even walk around. At a Jurassic Quest event, there’s a sometimes-blurry line between our visitors watching the dinosaurs… And the dinosaurs watching them.
The interactive baby dinosaurs are always a big hit and another feature that can only be seen at Jurassic Quest events. The Baby Dinosaurs love to see and play with our guests. They’ve been known to grab baseball caps right off of unsuspecting children’s heads, nibble at their shirts and even pose for pictures.
Turns out, even when they grow up a little, they still love the attention. Jurassic Quest has adolescent dinos that walk around and play with our guests. Just like when they were babies, they love to put smiles on families faces and with their bigger size, maybe startling them a little too. This is another dinosaur fan favorite that can only be seen at Jurassic Quest Events.
Once our visitors have experienced the Dinosaur Exhibit, they’re not finished yet… There are many attractions and activities for all kinds of dinosaur fans. Our guests can dig up fossils like a real paleontologist, They can Ride on the back of a Huge 24ft TRex, or the spiky, Overgrown, Carnotaurus. There are several different species to ride and our guests always find their favorite. There are countless dinosaur themed rides through out the event… Inflatable mazes, HUGE slides, and the multitrack Dino Bungee Pull. Jurassic Quest has a Dinosaur Petting zoo where little ones can pet dinosaurs that are more their size and take photos. do crafts with the kiddos, Dino Science stations, Visit the fossil area in our Dinosaur Museum and see real dinosaur fossils dating back over 60 million years.
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Dreaming in Different Tongues: Languages and the Way We Think
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1893 Chicago World's Fair | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
00:03:41 1 Planning and organization
00:09:37 2 Description
00:11:32 3 Attractions
00:16:18 3.1 Anthropology
00:16:57 3.2 Rail
00:18:32 3.3 Country and state exhibition buildings
00:20:21 3.4 Guns and artillery
00:21:48 3.5 Religions
00:22:32 3.6 Moving walkway
00:22:59 3.7 Horticulture
00:23:18 4 Architecture
00:23:27 4.1 White City
00:26:00 4.2 Role in the City Beautiful Movement
00:27:30 4.3 Great Buildings
00:28:55 4.4 Transportation Building
00:30:32 4.5 Surviving structures
00:33:44 4.6 Other architecture at the Fair
00:33:54 5 Visitors
00:35:58 6 Souvenirs
00:36:42 7 Assassination and end of fair
00:38:05 8 Electricity at the fair
00:43:06 9 Music at the fair
00:43:16 9.1 Musicians
00:44:18 9.2 Other music and musicians
00:47:29 10 Art at the fair
00:47:39 10.1 American artists exhibiting
00:47:49 10.1.1 Painters
00:47:57 10.1.2 Sculptors
00:48:07 10.2 Women artists exhibiting
00:49:12 11 Women artists at the Woman's Building
00:49:23 12 Notable firsts at the fair
00:50:14 12.1 Concepts
00:50:41 12.2 Commemorations
00:51:53 12.3 Edibles and potables
00:52:56 12.4 Inventions and manufacturing advances
00:53:17 12.5 Organizations
00:53:41 12.6 Performances
00:56:44 13 Later years
00:57:50 14 See also
01:00:16 14.1 Media about the fair
01:00:28 15 References and notes
01:00:38 16 Further reading
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Voice name: en-US-Wavenet-C
I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
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The World's Columbian Exposition (the official shortened name for the World's Fair: Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World's Fair and Chicago Columbian Exposition) was a world's fair held in Chicago in 1893 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World in 1492. The centerpiece of the Fair, the large water pool, represented the long voyage Columbus took to the New World. Chicago bested New York City, Washington, D.C., and St. Louis for the honor of hosting the fair. The Exposition was an influential social and cultural event and had a profound effect on architecture, sanitation, the arts, Chicago's self-image, and American industrial optimism.
The layout of the Chicago Columbian Exposition was, in large part, designed by John Wellborn Root, Daniel Burnham, Frederick Law Olmsted and Charles B. Atwood. It was the prototype of what Burnham and his colleagues thought a city should be. It was designed to follow Beaux Arts principles of design, namely French neoclassical architecture principles based on symmetry, balance, and splendor. The color of the material generally used to cover the buildings façades gave the fairgrounds its nickname, the White City. Many prominent architects designed its 14 great buildings. Artists and musicians were featured in exhibits and many also made depictions and works of art inspired by the exposition.
The exposition covered 690 acres (2.8 km2), featuring nearly 200 new (but deliberately temporary) buildings of predominantly neoclassical architecture, canals and lagoons, and people and cultures from 46 countries. More than 27 million people attended the exposition during its six-month run. Its scale and grandeur far exceeded the other world's fairs, and it became a symbol of the emerging American Exceptionalism, much in the same way that the Great Exhibition became a symbol of the Victorian era United Kingdom.
Dedication ceremonies for the fair were held on October 21, 1892, but the fairgrounds were not actually opened to the public until May 1, 1893. The fair continued until October 30, 1893. In addition to recognizing the 400th anniversary of the discovery of the New World by Europeans, the fair also served to show the world that Chicago had risen from the ashes of the Great Chicago Fire, which had destroyed much of the city in 1871.On October 9, 1893, the day designated as ...
World's Columbian Exposition | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
00:03:03 1 Planning and organization
00:08:01 2 Description
00:09:41 3 Attractions
00:13:42 3.1 Anthropology
00:14:17 3.2 Rail
00:15:38 3.3 Country and state exhibition buildings
00:17:12 3.4 Guns and artillery
00:18:27 3.5 Religions
00:19:06 3.6 Moving walkway
00:19:29 3.7 Horticulture
00:19:47 4 Architecture
00:19:56 4.1 White City
00:22:05 4.2 Role in the City Beautiful Movement
00:23:24 4.3 Great Buildings
00:24:35 4.4 Transportation Building
00:25:58 4.5 Surviving structures
00:28:39 4.6 Other architecture at the Fair
00:28:49 5 Visitors
00:30:35 6 Souvenirs
00:31:15 7 Assassination and end of fair
00:32:25 8 Electricity at the fair
00:36:36 9 Music at the fair
00:36:46 9.1 Musicians
00:37:39 9.2 Other music and musicians
00:40:22 10 Art at the fair
00:40:31 10.1 American artists exhibiting
00:40:41 10.1.1 Painters
00:40:49 10.1.2 Sculptors
00:40:59 10.2 Women artists exhibiting
00:41:55 11 Women artists at the Woman's Building
00:42:06 12 Notable firsts at the fair
00:42:50 12.1 Concepts
00:43:15 12.2 Commemorations
00:44:17 12.3 Edibles and potables
00:45:08 12.4 Inventions and manufacturing advances
00:45:28 12.5 Organizations
00:45:50 12.6 Performances
00:48:27 13 Later years
00:49:23 14 See also
00:51:26 14.1 Media about the fair
00:51:38 15 References and notes
00:51:47 16 Further reading
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- improves your listening skills
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- learn while on the move
- reduce eye strain
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Speaking Rate: 0.89658975324587
Voice name: en-GB-Wavenet-A
I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
=======
The World's Columbian Exposition (the official shortened name for the World's Fair: Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World's Fair and Chicago Columbian Exposition) was a world's fair held in Chicago in 1893 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World in 1492. The centerpiece of the Fair, the large water pool, represented the long voyage Columbus took to the New World. Chicago bested New York City, Washington, D.C., and St. Louis for the honor of hosting the fair. The Exposition was an influential social and cultural event and had a profound effect on architecture, sanitation, the arts, Chicago's self-image, and American industrial optimism.
The layout of the Chicago Columbian Exposition was, in large part, designed by John Wellborn Root, Daniel Burnham, Frederick Law Olmsted and Charles B. Atwood. It was the prototype of what Burnham and his colleagues thought a city should be. It was designed to follow Beaux Arts principles of design, namely French neoclassical architecture principles based on symmetry, balance, and splendor. The color of the material generally used to cover the buildings façades gave the fairgrounds its nickname, the White City. Many prominent architects designed its 14 great buildings. Artists and musicians were featured in exhibits and many also made depictions and works of art inspired by the exposition.
The exposition covered 690 acres (2.8 km2), featuring nearly 200 new (but deliberately temporary) buildings of predominantly neoclassical architecture, canals and lagoons, and people and cultures from 46 countries. More than 27 million people attended the exposition during its six-month run. Its scale and grandeur far exceeded the other world's fairs, and it became a symbol of the emerging American Exceptionalism, much in the same way that the Great Exhibition became a symbol of the Victorian era United Kingdom.
Dedication ceremonies for the fair were held on October 21, 1892, but the fairgrounds were not actually opened to the public until May 1, 1893. The fair continued until October 30, 1893. In addition to recognizing the 400th anniversary of the discovery of the New World by Europeans, the fair also served to show the world that Chicago had risen from the ashes of the Great Chicago Fire, which had destroyed much of the city in 1871.On October 9, 1893, the day designated as C ...
World Columbian Exposition | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
00:03:24 1 Planning and organization
00:08:53 2 Description
00:10:41 3 Attractions
00:15:07 3.1 Anthropology
00:15:44 3.2 Rail
00:17:12 3.3 Country and state exhibition buildings
00:18:55 3.4 Guns and artillery
00:20:18 3.5 Religions
00:20:59 3.6 Moving walkway
00:21:25 3.7 Horticulture
00:21:43 4 Architecture
00:21:52 4.1 White City
00:24:15 4.2 Role in the City Beautiful Movement
00:25:41 4.3 Great Buildings
00:27:01 4.4 Transportation Building
00:28:33 4.5 Surviving structures
00:31:30 4.6 Other architecture at the Fair
00:31:40 5 Visitors
00:33:36 6 Souvenirs
00:34:18 7 Assassination and end of fair
00:35:36 8 Electricity at the fair
00:40:18 9 Music at the fair
00:40:28 9.1 Musicians
00:41:26 9.2 Other music and musicians
00:44:26 10 Art at the fair
00:44:36 10.1 American artists exhibiting
00:44:46 10.1.1 Painters
00:44:55 10.1.2 Sculptors
00:45:05 10.2 Women artists exhibiting
00:46:06 11 Women artists at the Woman's Building
00:46:17 12 Notable firsts at the fair
00:47:04 12.1 Concepts
00:47:32 12.2 Commemorations
00:48:39 12.3 Edibles and potables
00:49:37 12.4 Inventions and manufacturing advances
00:49:58 12.5 Organizations
00:50:22 12.6 Performances
00:53:15 13 Later years
00:54:17 14 See also
00:56:34 14.1 Media about the fair
00:56:46 15 References and notes
00:56:56 16 Further reading
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.
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Speaking Rate: 0.8831141167111901
Voice name: en-GB-Wavenet-C
I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
=======
The World's Columbian Exposition (the official shortened name for the World's Fair: Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World's Fair and Chicago Columbian Exposition) was a world's fair held in Chicago in 1893 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World in 1492. The centerpiece of the Fair, the large water pool, represented the long voyage Columbus took to the New World. Chicago bested New York City, Washington, D.C., and St. Louis for the honor of hosting the fair. The Exposition was an influential social and cultural event and had a profound effect on architecture, sanitation, the arts, Chicago's self-image, and American industrial optimism.
The layout of the Chicago Columbian Exposition was, in large part, designed by John Wellborn Root, Daniel Burnham, Frederick Law Olmsted and Charles B. Atwood. It was the prototype of what Burnham and his colleagues thought a city should be. It was designed to follow Beaux Arts principles of design, namely French neoclassical architecture principles based on symmetry, balance, and splendor. The color of the material generally used to cover the buildings façades gave the fairgrounds its nickname, the White City. Many prominent architects designed its 14 great buildings. Artists and musicians were featured in exhibits and many also made depictions and works of art inspired by the exposition.
The exposition covered 690 acres (2.8 km2), featuring nearly 200 new (but deliberately temporary) buildings of predominantly neoclassical architecture, canals and lagoons, and people and cultures from 46 countries. More than 27 million people attended the exposition during its six-month run. Its scale and grandeur far exceeded the other world's fairs, and it became a symbol of the emerging American Exceptionalism, much in the same way that the Great Exhibition became a symbol of the Victorian era United Kingdom.
Dedication ceremonies for the fair were held on October 21, 1892, but the fairgrounds were not actually opened to the public until May 1, 1893. The fair continued until October 30, 1893. In addition to recognizing the 400th anniversary of the discovery of the New World by Europeans, the fair also served to show the world that Chicago had risen from the ashes of the Great Chicago Fire, which had destroyed much of the city in 1871.On October 9, 1893, the day designated as ...
World's Columbian Exhibition | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
00:02:54 1 Planning and organization
00:07:27 2 Description
00:08:58 3 Attractions
00:12:39 3.1 Anthropology
00:13:10 3.2 Rail
00:14:25 3.3 Country and state exhibition buildings
00:15:50 3.4 Guns and artillery
00:17:00 3.5 Religions
00:17:35 3.6 Moving walkway
00:17:57 3.7 Horticulture
00:18:13 4 Architecture
00:18:21 4.1 White City
00:20:20 4.2 Role in the City Beautiful Movement
00:21:33 4.3 Great Buildings
00:22:39 4.4 Transportation Building
00:23:56 4.5 Surviving structures
00:26:28 4.6 Other architecture at the Fair
00:26:37 5 Visitors
00:28:14 6 Souvenirs
00:28:50 7 Assassination and end of fair
00:29:53 8 Electricity at the fair
00:33:43 9 Music at the fair
00:33:52 9.1 Musicians
00:34:42 9.2 Other music and musicians
00:37:10 10 Art at the fair
00:37:19 10.1 American artists exhibiting
00:37:28 10.1.1 Painters
00:37:35 10.1.2 Sculptors
00:37:44 10.2 Women artists exhibiting
00:38:36 11 Women artists at the Woman's Building
00:38:46 12 Notable firsts at the fair
00:39:26 12.1 Concepts
00:39:50 12.2 Commemorations
00:40:47 12.3 Edibles and potables
00:41:35 12.4 Inventions and manufacturing advances
00:41:53 12.5 Organizations
00:42:13 12.6 Performances
00:44:41 13 Later years
00:45:34 14 See also
00:47:30 14.1 Media about the fair
00:47:41 15 References and notes
00:47:50 16 Further reading
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:
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- 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: 0.9517419079661632
Voice name: en-AU-Wavenet-C
I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
=======
The World's Columbian Exposition (the official shortened name for the World's Fair: Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World's Fair and Chicago Columbian Exposition) was a world's fair held in Chicago in 1893 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World in 1492. The centerpiece of the Fair, the large water pool, represented the long voyage Columbus took to the New World. Chicago bested New York City, Washington, D.C., and St. Louis for the honor of hosting the fair. The Exposition was an influential social and cultural event and had a profound effect on architecture, sanitation, the arts, Chicago's self-image, and American industrial optimism.
The layout of the Chicago Columbian Exposition was, in large part, designed by John Wellborn Root, Daniel Burnham, Frederick Law Olmsted and Charles B. Atwood. It was the prototype of what Burnham and his colleagues thought a city should be. It was designed to follow Beaux Arts principles of design, namely French neoclassical architecture principles based on symmetry, balance, and splendor. The color of the material generally used to cover the buildings façades gave the fairgrounds its nickname, the White City. Many prominent architects designed its 14 great buildings. Artists and musicians were featured in exhibits and many also made depictions and works of art inspired by the exposition.
The exposition covered 690 acres (2.8 km2), featuring nearly 200 new (but deliberately temporary) buildings of predominantly neoclassical architecture, canals and lagoons, and people and cultures from 46 countries. More than 27 million people attended the exposition during its six-month run. Its scale and grandeur far exceeded the other world's fairs, and it became a symbol of the emerging American Exceptionalism, much in the same way that the Great Exhibition became a symbol of the Victorian era United Kingdom.
Dedication ceremonies for the fair were held on October 21, 1892, but the fairgrounds were not actually opened to the public until May 1, 1893. The fair continued until October 30, 1893. In addition to recognizing the 400th anniversary of the discovery of the New World by Europeans, the fair also served to show the world that Chicago had risen from the ashes of the Great Chicago Fire, which had destroyed much of the city in 1871.On October 9, 1893, the day designated as ...
Italian Americans | Wikipedia audio article
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Italian Americans
00:02:45 1 History
00:02:54 1.1 Early period (1492–1775)
00:07:08 1.2 War of Independence to Civil War (1775–1861)
00:11:39 1.3 Civil War and after (1861–90)
00:14:44 1.4 The period of mass immigration (1890–1920)
00:27:26 1.5 1917-1941
00:35:04 1.6 World War II
00:39:05 1.7 Wartime violation of Italian-American civil liberties
00:42:20 1.8 Post-World War II period
00:48:37 1.9 Close of the twentieth century
00:51:49 2 Politics
00:55:57 3 Business and economy
00:56:58 3.1 Workers
00:58:50 3.2 Women
01:04:17 4 Culture
01:07:10 4.1 Literature
01:13:06 4.2 Religion
01:16:56 4.2.1 Italian Jews
01:20:04 4.3 Education
01:21:23 4.4 Language
01:27:55 4.5 Newspapers
01:32:17 4.6 Folklore
01:34:15 5 Discrimination and stereotyping
01:40:52 6 Communities
01:43:01 6.1 New York City
01:46:25 6.2 Philadelphia
01:49:15 6.3 Boston
01:50:19 6.4 Newark
01:52:12 6.5 Saint Louis
01:52:21 6.6 Syracuse
01:53:42 6.7 Providence
01:54:34 6.8 Chicago
01:56:57 6.9 Cleveland
01:58:41 6.10 Milwaukee
01:59:39 6.11 Ybor City
02:00:57 6.12 Birmingham
02:01:39 6.13 San Francisco
02:02:10 6.14 Los Angeles
02:03:29 6.15 San Diego
02:04:43 7 Demographics
02:10:14 7.1 U.S. States with over 10% people of Italian ancestry
02:10:48 7.2 U.S. Communities with the most residents of Italian ancestry
02:13:05 8 Notable people
02:13:14 9 See also
02:13:55 10 References and notes
02:14:05 11 Bibliography
02:14:14 12 External links
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Italian Americans (Italian: italoamericani or italo-americani [ˌitalo.ameriˈkaːni]) are an ethnic group consisting of Americans who have ancestry from Italy. Italian Americans are the seventh largest Census-reported ethnic group in the United States (which includes American ethnicity, an ethnonym used by many in the United States; overall, Italian Americans rank seventh, behind German American, African American, Irish American, Mexican American, English American, and American).About 5.5 million Italians immigrated to the United States from 1820 to 2004. By 1870, there were less than 25,000 Italian immigrants in America, many of them Northern Italian refugees from the wars that accompanied the Risorgimento—the struggle for Italian unification and independence from foreign rule. Immigration began to increase during the 1870s, when more than twice as many Italians immigrated (1870–79: 46,296) than during the five previous decades combined (1820–69: 22,627). The 1870s were followed by the greatest surge of immigration, which occurred between 1880 and 1914 and brought more than 4 million Italians to the United States, the great majority being from Southern Italy and Sicily, with most having agrarian backgrounds. This period of large scale immigration ended abruptly with the onset of the First World War in 1914 and, except for one year (1922), never fully resumed.
Further immigration was greatly limited by several laws Congress passed in the 1920s.Approximately 84% of the Italian immigrants came from the former Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. This was the poorest and least developed part of Italy, still largely rural and agricultural, where much of the populace had been impoverished by centuries of foreign misrule, and an oppressive taxation system imposed after Italian unification in 1861. After unification, the Italian government initially encouraged emigration to relieve economic pressures in the South. After the American Civil War, which resulted in over a half million killed or wounded, immigrant workers were recruited from Italy and elsewhere to fill the labor shortage caused by the war. In the United States, most Italians began their new lives as manual laborers in Eastern cities, mining camps and in agriculture.
The descendants of the Italian immigrants gradually rose from a lower economic class in the first generation to a level comparable to the national average by 1970. The Italian community has often been characterized by strong ties to family, the Roma ...
Little Rock, Arkansas | Wikipedia audio article
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Little Rock, Arkansas
00:02:04 1 Etymology
00:02:36 2 History
00:02:45 2.1 Prehistory
00:03:55 3 Geography
00:05:29 3.1 Neighborhoods
00:05:37 3.2 Metropolitan area
00:06:14 3.3 Climate
00:06:47 4 Demographics
00:10:44 5 Crime
00:11:41 6 Economy
00:13:55 7 Arts and culture
00:15:49 7.1 Museums
00:18:01 7.2 Theatre
00:19:02 8 Government
00:20:29 9 Education
00:20:38 9.1 Colleges and universities
00:25:18 9.2 Secondary schools
00:25:27 9.2.1 Public schools
00:26:45 9.2.2 Private schools
00:27:19 9.3 Public libraries
00:27:43 10 Notable places
00:29:10 11 Sports
00:32:22 12 Media
00:32:30 12.1 Print
00:33:53 12.2 Television
00:34:24 12.3 Radio
00:34:40 13 Infrastructure
00:34:49 13.1 Healthcare
00:35:00 13.2 Transportation
00:35:09 13.2.1 List of highways
00:36:21 13.2.2 Rail
00:36:52 13.2.3 Aviation
00:37:30 13.2.4 Bus
00:37:58 13.2.5 Public transportation
00:39:17 13.2.6 Modal characteristics
00:40:13 14 Notable people
00:43:10 15 Sister cities
00:43:47 16 Friendship cities
00:44:05 17 See also
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Little Rock is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Arkansas. It is also the county seat of Pulaski County. It was incorporated on November 7, 1831, on the south bank of the Arkansas River close to the state's geographic center. The city derives its name from a rock formation along the river, named the Little Rock (French: La Petite Roche) by the French explorer Jean-Baptiste Bénard de la Harpe in the 1720s. The capital of the Arkansas Territory was moved to Little Rock from Arkansas Post in 1821. The city's population was 198,541 in 2016 according to the United States Census Bureau. The six-county Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) is ranked 78th in terms of population in the United States with 738,344 residents according to the 2017 estimate by the United States Census Bureau.Little Rock is a cultural, economic, government, and transportation center within Arkansas and the South. Several cultural institutions are in Little Rock, such as the Arkansas Arts Center, the Arkansas Repertory Theatre, and the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, in addition to the hiking, boating, and other outdoor recreational opportunities. Little Rock's history is available through history museums, historic districts or neighborhoods like the Quapaw Quarter, and historic sites such as Little Rock Central High School. The city is the headquarters of Dillard's, Windstream Communications, Acxiom, Stephens Inc., University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Heifer International, the Clinton Foundation, and the Rose Law Firm. Other large corporations, such as Dassault Falcon Jet and LM Wind Power have large operations in the city. State government is a large employer, with many offices being in downtown Little Rock. Two major Interstate highways, Interstate 30 and Interstate 40, meet in Little Rock, with the Port of Little Rock serving as a shipping hub.