Vicksburg, Mississippi
Vicksburg is a city in and county seat of Warren County, Mississippi, United States. It is located 234 miles northwest of New Orleans on the Mississippi and Yazoo rivers, and 40 miles due west of Jackson, the state capital. It is located on the Mississippi River across from the state of Louisiana. Its southern border is formed by the Yazoo River.
The city has increased in population since 1900, when 14,834 people lived here. The population was 26,407 at the 2000 census. In 2010, it was designated as the principal city of a Micropolitan Statistical Area with a total population of 49,644. This MSA includes all of Warren County.
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University of North Texas
The University of North Texas, based in Denton, is a public institution of higher education and research committed to a wide array of sciences, engineering fields, liberal arts, fine arts, performing arts, humanities, public policy, and graduate professional education. Ten colleges, two schools, an early admissions math and science academy for exceptional high-school-age students from across the state, and a library system comprise the university. Its research is driven by about 34 doctoral degree programs. During the 2013–2014 school year, the university had a budget of $865 million, of which $40 million was allocated for research. North Texas was founded as a nonsectarian, coeducational, private teachers college in 1890; and, as a collaborative development in response to enrollment growth and public demand, its trustees ceded control to the state in 1899. In 1901, North Texas was formally adopted by the State.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer. His most famous works are Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.
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00:00:50 1 Population, economic setting, and major location developments
00:03:37 2 Official designations
00:05:03 3 Enrollment
00:05:39 4 Academics
00:07:59 4.1 College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
00:08:30 4.2 College of Science
00:09:59 4.3 College of Business
00:11:00 4.3.1 Undergraduate business education
00:11:23 4.3.2 Business Graduate School
00:12:22 4.4 College of Education
00:14:07 4.5 College of Engineering
00:15:45 4.6 College of Information
00:16:27 4.7 College of Merchandising, Hospitality, and Tourism
00:17:08 4.8 College of Music
00:18:24 4.9 College of Health and Public Service
00:20:26 4.10 College of Visual Arts and Design
00:21:37 4.11 Honors College
00:23:00 4.12 Mayborn School of Journalism
00:24:56 4.13 Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science
00:25:29 4.14 Toulouse Graduate School
00:26:26 4.15 Libraries
00:27:53 4.16 The Intensive English Language Institute (IELI)
00:28:45 5 Student life
00:28:55 5.1 Residential life
00:29:38 5.2 Student residence halls
00:30:40 5.3 Social Greek organizations
00:31:04 6 Traditions
00:31:14 6.1 Primary colors
00:31:37 6.2 Mascot
00:33:00 6.3 Nickname for intercollegiate athletics
00:34:16 6.4 Fight song
00:36:15 6.5 Alma mater
00:36:52 6.6 Other traditions
00:39:42 7 Broadcast, print, and digital media
00:39:53 7.1 Broadcast
00:41:11 7.2 Student publications
00:43:01 8 Intercollegiate athletics
00:44:53 9 Arts in the community
00:45:47 10 Notable alumni
00:46:11 10.1 Music
00:48:53 10.2 Intercollegiate and pro sports
00:49:03 10.3 Theatrical athletics
00:49:46 10.4 Government and public service
00:51:27 10.5 Broadcast media and entertainment
00:51:57 10.6 Science and research
00:53:16 10.7 Primary and secondary education
00:53:40 10.8 Higher education
00:56:37 10.9 Architecture
00:56:56 10.10 Business and commerce
00:57:45 10.11 Humanities
00:58:23 11 Sustainability
01:01:17 12 Further reading
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The University of North Texas (UNT) is a public research university in Denton, Texas. Eleven colleges, two schools, an early admissions math and science academy for exceptional high-school-age students from across the state, and a library system comprise the university core. Its research is driven by about 38 doctoral degree programs. North Texas was founded as a nonsectarian, coeducational, private teachers college in 1890 and was formally adopted by the state 11 years later. UNT is the flagship institution of the University of North Texas System, which includes additional universities in Dallas and Fort Worth. UNT also has a satellite campus in Frisco.
Tim McGraw
Samuel Timothy Tim McGraw (born May 1, 1967) is an American singer and actor. Many of his albums and singles have topped the country music charts with total album sales in excess of 40 million units in the US, making him the eighth best-selling artist, and the third best-selling country singer, in the Soundscan era. He is married to country singer Faith Hill and is the son of baseball player Tug McGraw.
McGraw had 11 consecutive albums debut at Number One on the Billboard albums charts. Twenty-five of his singles hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs or Country Airplay charts. He has also won three Grammys, 14 Academy of Country Music awards, 11 Country Music Association (CMA) awards, 10 American Music Awards, and three People's Choice Awards. His Soul2Soul II Tour with Faith Hill is the highest grossing tour in country music history, and one of the Top 5 among all genres of music.
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Calling All Cars: Nine Years a Safecracker / Corpse in the Red Necktie / Baby Dillinger Gang
The radio show Calling All Cars hired LAPD radio dispacher Jesse Rosenquist to be the voice of the dispatcher. Rosenquist was already famous because home radios could tune into early police radio frequencies. As the first police radio dispatcher presented to the public ear, his was the voice that actors went to when called upon for a radio dispatcher role.
The iconic television series Dragnet, with LAPD Detective Joe Friday as the primary character, was the first major media representation of the department. Real LAPD operations inspired Jack Webb to create the series and close cooperation with department officers let him make it as realistic as possible, including authentic police equipment and sound recording on-site at the police station.
Due to Dragnet's popularity, LAPD Chief Parker became, after J. Edgar Hoover, the most well known and respected law enforcement official in the nation. In the 1960s, when the LAPD under Chief Thomas Reddin expanded its community relations division and began efforts to reach out to the African-American community, Dragnet followed suit with more emphasis on internal affairs and community policing than solving crimes, the show's previous mainstay.
Several prominent representations of the LAPD and its officers in television and film include Adam-12, Blue Streak, Blue Thunder, Boomtown, The Closer, Colors, Crash, Columbo, Dark Blue, Die Hard, End of Watch, Heat, Hollywood Homicide, Hunter, Internal Affairs, Jackie Brown, L.A. Confidential, Lakeview Terrace, Law & Order: Los Angeles, Life, Numb3rs, The Shield, Southland, Speed, Street Kings, SWAT, Training Day and the Lethal Weapon, Rush Hour and Terminator film series. The LAPD is also featured in the video games Midnight Club II, Midnight Club: Los Angeles, L.A. Noire and Call of Juarez: The Cartel.
The LAPD has also been the subject of numerous novels. Elizabeth Linington used the department as her backdrop in three different series written under three different names, perhaps the most popular being those novel featuring Det. Lt. Luis Mendoza, who was introduced in the Edgar-nominated Case Pending. Joseph Wambaugh, the son of a Pittsburgh policeman, spent fourteen years in the department, using his background to write novels with authentic fictional depictions of life in the LAPD. Wambaugh also created the Emmy-winning TV anthology series Police Story. Wambaugh was also a major influence on James Ellroy, who wrote several novels about the Department set during the 1940s and 1950s, the most famous of which are probably The Black Dahlia, fictionalizing the LAPD's most famous cold case, and L.A. Confidential, which was made into a film of the same name. Both the novel and the film chronicled mass-murder and corruption inside and outside the force during the Parker era. Critic Roger Ebert indicates that the film's characters (from the 1950s) represent the choices ahead for the LAPD: assisting Hollywood limelight, aggressive policing with relaxed ethics, and a straight arrow approach.
Frank Ocean
Christopher Francis Ocean , better known by his stage name Frank Ocean, is an American singer-songwriter and rapper. Ocean started his career as a ghostwriter for artists such as Brandy, Justin Bieber, and John Legend. In 2010, he became a member of alternative hip hop collective OFWGKTA also known as Odd Future, and his debut mixtape, Nostalgia, Ultra, was released to critical acclaim in 2011. The singles Novacane and Swim Good both achieved chart success.
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