How to make an etching
Etching is a printmaking technique that uses a corrosive liquid to etch lines in a metal printing plate which holds the applied ink and forms the image. Learn how to make your own etching with our how-to video. Created by Liverpool John Moores University Print Studio.
Discover a series of etchings in our Rembrandt in Print exhibition at the Lady Lever Art Gallery. Find out more: liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/rembrandt
jessica Care moore: We Want Our Bodies Back
Native Detroiter jessica Care moore is a playwright, author, activist, musician, performance artist, and institution-builder. A five-time Showtime at the Apollo winner and returning star of the HBO Series Def Poetry Jam, moore’s forthcoming collection of poems and visual art installation, We Want Our Bodies Back, honors the life of Sandra Bland. Moore has performed readings for audiences around the globe and has received numerous awards, including a 2016 Kresge Arts Fellowship; the 2013 Alain Locke Award from the Detroit Institute of Arts; and the 2015 Great Expectations NAACP Award. Her poetry and voice is prominently featured in the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History. Additionally, moore is the CEO of Moore Black Press, a publishing company dedicated to preserving the new generation of writers and poets, and Executive Producer of Black WOMEN Rock!, a movement showcasing the music and stories of Black women who build institutions around their craft.
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The Hard Times of Old England
Trad English folk song
C2C Care: Marking & Labeling Collections (subtítulos en español)
Collections need to be marked in some way to designate ownership and to manage the intellectual and physical control of objects in museums, libraries, archives and special collections – including living collections or research subjects in the field. This webinar will present the many ways that collections are marked and labeled. A history of marking will be briefly reviewed with an emphasis on types, technologies, considerations, problems, solutions, best practices and potential for future developments. This discussion should be of interest to registrars, collection care managers, and security, exhibits, education and programming professionals.
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Nora Lockshin shelfieis Senior Conservator at the Smithsonian Institution Archives, and has recently written a chapter on Marking and Labeling to the forthcoming volume, Collection Storage: Preventative Conservation Approaches (forthcoming 2016; Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections, American Institute for Conservation, and the Smithsonian Institution). Beyond the traditional scope of library and archive based collections, throughout her career she has had opportunity to consult on substrates as diverse as these: photographs on glass, plastic and metal; textiles, geological core samples, rubber sculpture, a leather flight helmet, compact discs, taxidermies and otherwise preserved biological specimens, bumper stickers, metal and vinyl bus sign and souvenir pins, a box of Wheaties, an newspaper printed on asbestos and an outrigger canoe.
She is an alumna of both the Rhode Island School of Design (BFA) and University of Texas at Austin (MSLIS, Certificate of Advanced Studies in Preservation and Conservation), and has worked in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the American Museum of Natural History, and throughout the Smithsonian’s 19 museums, 9 research centers and the National Zoo. She is a Professional Associate of the American Institute for Conservation, member of the Guild of Book Workers, and the Washington Conservation Guild.
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Region of Peel Council Meeting Sept 28th, 2017
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Kipper
A kipper is a whole herring, a small, oily fish, that has been split in butterfly fashion from tail to head along the dorsal ridge, gutted, salted or pickled, and cold-smoked over smouldering woodchips.
In the United Kingdom, Isle of Man, Japan, and a minority of North American regions they are often eaten for breakfast. In Great Britain, kippers, along with other preserved smoked or salted fish such as the bloater and buckling, were also once commonly enjoyed as a high tea or supper treat, most popularly with inland and urban working-class populations before World War II.
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Netherlands in World War II
The involvement of the Netherlands in World War II began with its invasion by Nazi Germany on 10 May 1940. The Netherlands had originally proclaimed neutrality when war broke out in 1939, but Germany invaded anyway. On 15 May 1940, one day after the bombing of Rotterdam, the Dutch forces surrendered. The Dutch government and the royal family escaped and went into exile in Britain.
Following the defeat, the Netherlands was placed under German occupation, which endured in some areas until the German surrender in May 1945. Active resistance was carried out by a small minority which grew in the course of the occupation. The Germans deported the majority of the country's Jews to concentration camps, with the cooperation of the Dutch police and civil service; the Netherlands saw one of the highest levels of collaboration during the Holocaust of any occupied country. 75% of the country's Jewish population were killed during the conflict; a much higher percentage than comparable countries, like Belgium and France.
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Trip from Kent to Anglesey in 1943. Film 8054
Hop picking. A trip along Watling Street, England and Wales. 1943
Reconstruction old cars versus horse and carts. Roman Watling Street, running from Dover, Kent to Holyhead Castle, Wales. Pub signs and weather vanes. Roman ruins. Soldiers play darts in Dover pub. Dover general views. Woman feeding chickens. Drinkers at The White Lion, Canterbury. Pool players. Canterbury, the town and cathedral general views. Wartime posters. Canterbury Cathedral interior and exterior. Archbishop. Temple of Canterbury. Hop pickers. Rochester, Kent. Unloading ships. London Wall. St. Paul's. St. Swithin's. Watling Street. London. Tower of London . Holborn. Marble Arch. St. Alban's. Farming scenes. Musket or Gun maker. Horse sale. Chester general views - very good gvs of Chester in Cheshire - streets, old buildings, people. Water mill, waterfalls.
Watling Street
A road sign reading 'tenez a gauche' -- drive on the left in Dover. In Dover a notice instructing people of means by which they will be told if there is an air raid or a shelling raid on. Publican holds glass of dark ale up. Soldiers playing doubles only darts in a pub. Soldier throws darts quite near camera position. A flat cap wearing civilian picks up glass tankard of ale and starts to drink. A bus in central Dover. Exterior of a country pub. Historical reconstruction of Edwardian era - a couple of cars drawn up in front of pub. A horse drawn wagon pulls up. Car passes past person feeding chickens. People furtively watch from behind bushes. Man waves handkerchief and Edwardian policeman steps in front of car and stops it for speeding. A sign which the AA, Automobile Association would hang to show where a police trap was ahead.
Back in 1940, soldiers and civilians in pub. Sitting near fireplace. Man playing bar billiards as he smokes. Man lighting pipe. Portrait of Churchill. General view of Canterbury in Kent. A bus pulling round a corner near one of the old city gates. Shoppers. Ruins of Norman buildings. Stephenson era locomotive. A church tower with a form of scaffolding on it. Bomb damage. Workmen clearing up damaged buildings as life goes on the background. Damaged cathedral and a poster saying 'Are you going to take this lying down', with a picture of a rampant lion on it. Patriotism. Interior of Cathedral, with bell from HMS Canterbury. Exterior of cathedral with three soldiers looking sideways at camera position as they walk by. The Archbishop, Archbishop Temple in close up.
Montage of hop pickers working in Kent fields and stripping hops. Rochester Norman castle. Loading ship's hold with sacks. Field of potatoes in neat rows. Road sign in London 'London Wall'. Watling Street near St. Paul's A pub sign 'Ye Olde Watling'. Tower of London, Traitor's Gate. Historical reconstruction of a Plantagenet lady sewing. She has a long hat. A Tudor lady with bonnet shaped. 1940's footage of black and white London building. Marble Arch. Hyde Park, traffic including buses in foreground. Watling street in country -- an old man with beard, a close up in a field. Roman artefacts found near the street.
Out in country and historical reconstruction from Edwardian era. Old man in pony and trap hits motorist with his whip.
Reconstruction of World War One soldiers marching to war in Britain. Reference to the contemptible little army.
St Albans -- Roman ruins. A man in 1940 practising flint knapping. He wears a flat cap and long apron. Man trims large rock into smaller and then still smaller stones. He is making flints for muskets. Exterior of pub claiming to be oldest pub in England, the Jerusalem Inn. Boy polishing a harness. Traditional gypsy horse fair and selling of horses. Deals completed by slaps of hands. Faces of old characters. Family take a horse and cart along road. Man following behind leading another horse. Car in a rally or race stops at a road junction and official gives driver something. Children cycle on country road, boy on bike, girl on tricycle. Packhorse bridge across wide river. Bus. Traffic lights on bridge. This is Chester. Road sign for 'Deva Terrace' on front of house. Roman ruins and pillars in countryside. Good view of Chester from river. At foot of a bridge over a road, workmen dig a narrow trench. Reference to roman remains being found. Black Prince feathers crest or motif on bridge. People walking on town walls. Good general views of buildings and streets of Chester. Black and white buildings. Bridges. Working watermill. Deeside.
Lots of sheep on mountainside in Snowdonia. Anglesey, North Wales. Castle of Beaumaris. Local industry in North Wales. Telford Bridge.
Victorian era | Wikipedia audio article
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In the history of the United Kingdom, the Victorian era was the period of Queen Victoria's reign, from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901. The era followed the Georgian period and preceded the Edwardian period, and its later half overlaps with the first part of the Belle Époque era of Continental Europe. In terms of moral sensibilities and political reforms, this period began with the passage of the Reform Act 1832. There was a strong religious drive for higher moral standards led by the nonconformist churches, such as the Methodist, and the Evangelical wing of the established Church of England. Britain had relatively peaceful relations with the other Great Powers, excepting during the Crimean War; the Pax Britannica was maintained by the country's naval supremacy and industrial supremacy. Britain embarked on global imperial expansion, particularly in Asia and Africa, which made the British Empire the largest empire in history. National self-confidence peaked.Ideologically, the Victorian era witnessed resistance to the rationalism that defined the Georgian period and an increasing turn towards romanticism and even mysticism with regard to religion, social values, and arts.Domestically, the political agenda was increasingly liberal, with a number of shifts in the direction of gradual political reform, industrial reform, and the widening of the franchise. There were unprecedented demographic changes: the population of England and Wales almost doubled from 16.8 million in 1851 to 30.5 million in 1901, and Scotland's population also rose rapidly, from 2.8 million in 1851 to 4.4 million in 1901. However, Ireland's population decreased sharply, from 8.2 million in 1841 to less than 4.5 million in 1901, mostly due to emigration and the Great Famine. Between 1837 and 1901 about 15 million emigrated from Great Britain, mostly to the United States, Canada, South Africa, New Zealand, and Australia.The two main political parties during the era remained the Whigs/Liberals and the Conservatives; by its end, the Labour Party had formed as a distinct political entity. These parties were led by such prominent statesmen as Lord Melbourne, Sir Robert Peel, Lord Derby, Lord Palmerston, Benjamin Disraeli, William Gladstone, and Lord Salisbury. The unsolved problems relating to Irish Home Rule played a great part in politics in the later Victorian era, particularly in view of Gladstone's determination to achieve a political settlement in Ireland.
MAINTAINING YOUR FUEL OIL TANK - MAY 2, 2013
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is a museum located on the shore of Lake Erie in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, United States. It is dedicated to archiving the history of some of the best-known and most influential artists, producers, engineers and others who have, in some major way, influenced the music industry. The museum is part of the city's redeveloped North Coast Harbor.
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Jackie Peterson's Interview
Jackie Peterson is an independent curator and exhibit developer in Seattle, Washington. She curated an exhibition called “The Atomic Frontier: Black Life at Hanford” at the Northwest African American Museum from October 2015-March 2016. In this interview, Peterson describes the exhibition and what she learned about African American experiences at Hanford during the Manhattan Project. She explains how African Americans came to the Tri-Cities, the kinds of work they were able to obtain, and the (largely informal) segregation they faced. She also contrasts how African Americans and Japanese Americans were treated by the federal government during World War II.
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Bury St Edmunds
Bury St Edmunds is a market town in the county of Suffolk, England, and formerly the county town of West Suffolk. It is the main town in the borough of St Edmundsbury and known for Bury St Edmunds Abbey located near the town centre. Bury is the seat of the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich, with the episcopal see at St Edmundsbury Cathedral.
The town, originally called Beodericsworth, was built on a grid pattern formulated by Abbot Baldwin in around 1080. It is known for brewing and malting and for a British Sugar processing factory, where Silver Spoon sugar, one of Britain's biggest brands, is produced. Many large and small businesses are located in Bury, which traditionally has given Bury an affluent economy with low unemployment, with the town being the main cultural and retail centre for West Suffolk. Tourism is also a major part of the economy, plus local government.
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Day 2: Uber Elevate Summit 2019 | Uber
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The third annual Uber Elevate Summit, convenes the world’s foremost urban air mobility experts and collaborators in our nation’s capital. This year’s Uber Elevate Summit will build off of the energy and momentum into the Uber Elevate flywheel — this not only continues to increase the inevitability of urban aerial ridesharing, but it further cements our place in history as the undeniable leader of this transformation.
Highlights from Day 2:
0:05:02 - EVENT BEGINS
0:06:03 - Uber Eats Drone Announcement | Uber Elevate | Uber -
0:30:26 - Urban Air Mobility Industry | Uber Elevate | Uber -
1:45:36 - New Mobility Services - Bikes & Scooters | Uber Elevate Summit | Uber -
1:52:32 - An Electric Future with Uber | Uber Elevate | Uber -
1:57:24 - Uber Elevate Infrastructure Partner | Uber Elevate | Uber -
2:02:58 - Skyport Mobility Hub Reveal | Uber Elevate | Uber -
3:09:35 - Energy Storage for Urban Aviation | Uber Elevate | Uber -
3:25:06 - Self Driving Technology at Scale | Uber Elevate | Uber -
4:40:52 - Making eVTOL Real | Uber Elevate | Uber -
4:58:49 - Achieving eVTOL Network Efficiency | Uber Elevate | Uber
5:13:03 - eVTOL Vehicles: Queieter than Helicopters | Uber Elevate | Uber -
5:31:41 - Driving eVTOL Community Acceptance | Uber Elevate | Uber -
5:52:31 - eVTOL Cabin Development and Certification | Uber Elevate | Uber -
6:02:59 - eVTOL Cost Drivers | Uber Elevate | Uber -
6:10:38 - eVTOL Safety, Criticality, and Complexity | Uber Elevate | Uber -
6:29:44 - Certifying eVTOL | Uber Elevate | Uber -
7:47:54 - Investing in the Future of Mobility | Uber Elevate | Uber -
8:36:43 - Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi Speaks at Uber Elevate Summit 2019 | Uber Elevate | Uber -
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Prairie Pulse 933; Sara Otte Coleman; North Dakota Tourism Director
Prairie Pulse 933; Sara Otte Coleman; North Dakota Tourism Director
Prairie Mosaic 101
A visit to the interactive museum In Their Own Words in Perham, Alvarado pastelist Jean Ranstrom, storyteller Mary Louise Defender Wilson, potter Brad Bachmeier and the restoration efforts of Sifton Manitoba to save their historic church
Toronto | Wikipedia audio article
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Toronto ( (listen) tə-RON-toh) is the capital city of the province of Ontario and the largest city in Canada by population, with 2,731,571 residents in 2016. Current to 2016, the Toronto census metropolitan area (CMA), of which the majority is within the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), held a population of 5,928,040, making it Canada's most populous CMA. Toronto is the anchor of an urban agglomeration, known as the Golden Horseshoe in Southern Ontario, located on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A global city, Toronto is a centre of business, finance, arts, and culture, and is recognized as one of the most multicultural and cosmopolitan cities in the world.People have travelled through and inhabited the Toronto area, situated on a broad sloping plateau interspersed with rivers, deep ravines, and urban forest, for more than 10,000 years. After the broadly disputed Toronto Purchase, when the Mississauga surrendered the area to the British Crown, the British established the town of York in 1793 and later designated it as the capital of Upper Canada. During the War of 1812, the town was the site of the Battle of York and suffered heavy damage by United States troops. York was renamed and incorporated in 1834 as the city of Toronto. It was designated as the capital of the province of Ontario in 1867 during Canadian Confederation. The city proper has since expanded past its original borders through both annexation and amalgamation to its current area of 630.2 km2 (243.3 sq mi).
The diverse population of Toronto reflects its current and historical role as an important destination for immigrants to Canada. More than 50 percent of residents belong to a visible minority population group, and over 200 distinct ethnic origins are represented among its inhabitants. While the majority of Torontonians speak English as their primary language, over 160 languages are spoken in the city.Toronto is a prominent centre for music, theatre, motion picture production, and television production, and is home to the headquarters of Canada's major national broadcast networks and media outlets. Its varied cultural institutions, which include numerous museums and galleries, festivals and public events, entertainment districts, national historic sites, and sports activities, attract over 25 million tourists each year. Toronto is known for its many skyscrapers and high-rise buildings, in particular the tallest free-standing structure in the Western Hemisphere, the CN Tower.The city is home to the Toronto Stock Exchange, the headquarters of Canada's five largest banks, and the headquarters of many large Canadian and multinational corporations. Its economy is highly diversified with strengths in technology, design, financial services, life sciences, education, arts, fashion, business services, environmental innovation, food services, and tourism.
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Huntsville, Alabama | Wikipedia audio article
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00:01:14 1 History
00:01:23 1.1 First settlers
00:02:41 1.2 Incorporation
00:04:00 1.3 Emerging industries
00:04:59 1.4 Civil War
00:06:46 1.5 After the Civil War
00:08:06 1.6 Great Depression 1930s
00:08:32 1.7 World War II
00:09:21 1.8 Missile development
00:11:11 1.9 Space flight
00:13:30 1.10 Biotechnology
00:14:43 2 Geography
00:16:19 2.1 Boundaries
00:17:12 2.2 Climate
00:20:33 3 Demographics
00:22:29 3.1 2010 census
00:24:08 3.2 Demographic distribution
00:24:17 3.3 Sex ratio and income distribution
00:24:28 4 Politics and government
00:26:03 5 Public safety and health
00:26:32 5.1 Fire
00:27:16 5.1.1 Volunteer organizations
00:28:02 5.2 EMS
00:28:36 5.3 Police
00:29:01 5.3.1 Police Academy
00:29:22 5.4 Hospitals
00:29:35 6 Economy
00:30:56 6.1 Retail
00:31:33 6.2 Space and defense
00:32:02 7 Infrastructure
00:32:11 7.1 Transportation
00:34:33 7.1.1 Public transit
00:35:14 7.1.2 Railroads
00:37:19 7.2 Air service
00:37:48 7.3 Ports
00:38:19 7.4 Bicycle routes
00:38:33 7.5 Utilities
00:39:27 8 Media and communications
00:39:37 8.1 Newspapers
00:40:59 8.2 Magazines
00:41:19 8.3 Radio
00:41:40 8.4 Television
00:43:38 8.5 Film
00:45:15 9 Education
00:45:24 9.1 K–12 education
00:47:35 9.2 Budgeting
00:48:05 9.3 Higher education
00:50:05 10 Culture
00:50:13 10.1 Historic districts
00:51:15 10.2 Museums
00:53:03 10.3 Parks
00:56:11 10.4 Festivals
00:59:34 10.5 Public golf courses
00:59:59 10.6 Private golf courses
01:00:50 10.7 Libraries
01:01:47 10.8 Arts associations
01:02:14 10.8.1 Arts Council
01:03:30 10.9 Performing arts
01:09:26 10.10 Visual arts
01:10:27 10.11 Convention center and arena
01:11:07 10.12 Local breweries
01:12:09 10.13 Comedy and other entertainment
01:12:34 10.14 Other
01:13:04 11 Sports
01:13:13 11.1 Current sports franchises
01:14:20 11.2 Past sports franchises
01:15:34 11.3 Stadiums
01:15:51 12 Notable people
01:16:00 13 Sister cities
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Huntsville is a city located primarily in Madison County in the Appalachian region of northern Alabama. Huntsville is the county seat of Madison County. The city extends west into neighboring Limestone County and south into Morgan County. Huntsville's population was 180,105 as of the 2010 census. Huntsville is the third-largest city in Alabama and the largest city in the five-county Huntsville-Decatur-Albertville, AL Combined Statistical Area, which at the 2013 census estimate had a total population of 683,871. The Huntsville Metropolitan Area's population was 417,593 in 2010 to become the 2nd largest in Alabama. Huntsville metro's population reached 441,000 by 2014.It grew across nearby hills north of the Tennessee River, adding textile mills, then munitions factories, NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center and the United States Army Aviation and Missile Command nearby at the Redstone Arsenal. The National Trust for Historic Preservation named Huntsville to its America's Dozen Distinctive Destinations for 2010 list.
Toronto | Wikipedia audio article
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Toronto
00:03:05 1 History
00:03:14 1.1 Before 1800
00:06:02 1.2 1800–1899
00:11:22 1.3 Since 1900
00:16:42 2 Geography
00:17:34 2.1 Topography
00:21:17 2.2 Climate
00:24:34 3 Cityscape
00:24:43 3.1 Architecture
00:26:20 3.2 Neighbourhoods
00:27:45 3.2.1 Old Toronto
00:29:12 3.2.2 Suburbs
00:31:33 3.2.3 Industrial
00:34:54 3.3 Public spaces
00:38:09 4 Culture
00:40:58 4.1 Media
00:42:14 4.2 Tourism
00:44:39 4.3 Sports
00:45:24 4.3.1 Professional sports
00:48:45 4.3.2 Collegiate sports
00:49:25 4.3.3 Events
00:51:12 5 Economy
00:53:30 6 Demographics
00:55:11 6.1 Ethnicity
00:56:49 6.2 Religion
00:57:42 6.3 Language
00:58:37 7 Government
01:01:12 8 Crime
01:04:02 9 Education
01:06:05 10 Infrastructure
01:06:14 10.1 Health and medicine
01:09:08 10.2 Transportation
01:09:36 10.2.1 Public transportation
01:11:43 10.2.2 Airports
01:12:58 10.2.3 Intercity transportation
01:13:47 10.2.4 Road system
01:15:33 11 Notable people
01:15:42 12 Sister cities
01:15:51 12.1 Partnership cities
01:16:18 12.2 Friendship cities
01:16:44 13 See also
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
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Toronto ( (listen) tə-RON-toh) is the capital city of the province of Ontario and the largest city in Canada by population, with 2,731,571 residents in 2016. Current to 2016, the Toronto census metropolitan area (CMA), of which the majority is within the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), held a population of 5,928,040, making it Canada's most populous CMA. Toronto is the anchor of an urban agglomeration, known as the Golden Horseshoe in Southern Ontario, located on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A global city, Toronto is a centre of business, finance, arts, and culture, and is recognized as one of the most multicultural and cosmopolitan cities in the world.People have travelled through and inhabited the Toronto area, situated on a broad sloping plateau interspersed with rivers, deep ravines, and urban forest, for more than 10,000 years. After the broadly disputed Toronto Purchase, when the Mississauga surrendered the area to the British Crown, the British established the town of York in 1793 and later designated it as the capital of Upper Canada. During the War of 1812, the town was the site of the Battle of York and suffered heavy damage by United States troops. York was renamed and incorporated in 1834 as the city of Toronto. It was designated as the capital of the province of Ontario in 1867 during Canadian Confederation. The city proper has since expanded past its original borders through both annexation and amalgamation to its current area of 630.2 km2 (243.3 sq mi).
The diverse population of Toronto reflects its current and historical role as an important destination for immigrants to Canada. More than 50 percent of residents belong to a visible minority population group, and over 200 distinct ethnic origins are represented among its inhabitants. While the majority of Torontonians speak English as their primary language, over 160 languages are spoken in the city.Toronto is a prominent centre for music, theatre, motion picture production, and television production, and is home to the headquarters of Canada's major national broadcast networks and media outlets. Its varied cultural institutions, which include numerous museums and galleries, festivals and public events, entertainment districts, national historic sites, and sports activities, attract over 25 million tourists each year. Toronto is known for its many skyscrapers and high-rise buildings, in particular the tallest free-standing structure in the Western Hemisphere, the CN Tower.The city is home to the Toronto Stock Exchange, the headquarters of Canada's five largest banks, and the headquarters of many large Canadian and multinational corporations. Its economy is highly diversified with strengths in technology, design, financial services, life sciences, education, arts, fashion, business services, environmental innovation, food services, and tourism.