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title: History of the Jews in the United States

text: Jews moved to Florida, especially to Miami, Miami Beach, and nearby cities. They found familiar foods and better weather, and founded more open, less tradition-bound communities, where greater materialism and more leisure-oriented, less disciplined Judaism developed. Many relaxed their religiosity and attended services only during Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur. In South Florida synagogue affiliation, Jewish community center membership, and per capita contributions to the United Jewish Appeal and the Jewish Federation are among the lowest of any Jewish community in the United States. The development of Jewish (particularly Orthodox) student life at Princeton University improved rapidly since the end

title: Weather media in the United States

text: to mass evacuations within Florida which were unnecessary. Attempts to correct misperceptions amongst local media went nowhere, as reporters had left the scene, looking for areas of more significant impact. In order to use hurricane tracking charts, one needs access to latitude/longitude pairs and maximum sustained wind information in order to know which symbol to depict. New tropical cyclone information is available at least every six hours in the Northern Hemisphere from the National Hurricane Center. In decades past, newspaper, television, and radio (including weather radio) were the sources for this information. In the late 1970s, specialized programs such as

title: Weather media in the United States

text: the discussion agreed on the need to work in a more coordinated manner between the media, government weather organizations, and emergency managers. A series of tropical cyclone-related events in the state of Florida, with the media showing bumper-to-bumper traffic, empty store shelves, and unofficial evacuation announcements, led to public confusion and an overloading of emergency responders located away from the location of significant impact. Reporters made independent extrapolations based on disparate reports to guess when local bridges would close. A concentration on the current strength of Hurricane Floyd, rather than its expected track and weakening farther up the coastline, led

title: Blue Is the Warmest Colour

text: Blue Is the Warmest Colour Blue Is the Warmest Colour (; ), known as Blue Is the Warmest Color in the United States, is a 2013 French romance film co-written, co-produced, and directed by Abdellatif Kechiche, and starring Léa Seydoux and Adèle Exarchopoulos. The film follows Adèle (Exarchopoulos), a French teenager who discovers desire and freedom when an aspiring painter (Seydoux) enters her life. The film charts their relationship from Adele's high school years to her early adult life and career as a school teacher. The premise of "Blue Is the Warmest Colour" is based on the 2010 graphic novel

title: Weather media in the United States

text: Weather media in the United States The weather media in the United States includes coverage of weather and weather forecasting by farmers' almanacs, newspapers, radio, television stations, and the internet. Farmers' Almanacs have taken a stab at forecasting for the following year or so for around two centuries. At first, weather media included reporting on past events, with forecasting playing a role from the late 19th century onward. Weather-related information proliferated to near real-time after the invention of the telegraph. Radio and satellite broadcasts made weather-related communication ever quicker, with the World Wide Web making broadcasting and reporting nearly instantaneous.

title: Blue Is the Warmest Colour

text: the BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language. At the 39th César Awards, the film received eight nominations with Exarchopoulos winning the César Award for Most Promising Actress. Blue Is the Warmest Colour Blue Is the Warmest Colour (; ), known as Blue Is the Warmest Color in the United States, is a 2013 French romance film co-written, co-produced, and directed by Abdellatif Kechiche, and starring Léa Seydoux and Adèle Exarchopoulos. The film follows Adèle (Exarchopoulos), a French teenager who discovers desire and freedom when an aspiring painter (Seydoux) enters her life. The film charts their relationship

title: Weather-related fatalities in the United States

text: Weather-related fatalities in the United States Weather-related fatalities in the United States may be caused by extreme temperatures, such as abnormal heat or cold, flooding, lightning, tornado, hurricane, wind, rip currents, and others. The National Weather Service compiles statistics on weather-related fatalities and publishes reports every year. In 2016, flooding was the number-one cause of weather-related fatalities, but over a 30-year period, on average, extreme heat is the deadliest form of weather. This table represents a 6-year period and only a select type of recorded weather events. The data was tabulated by running searches on the specified weather events recorded

title: Climate change in the United States

text: coal and oil jobs, because coal industries are not limited by the agreement anymore. But, it is actually harming a great number of advanced energy workers in the United States. Most of the workers who are working on solar power, wind power or nuclear power are affected. In 2013 there were 11 weather and climate disaster events with losses over $1 billion each in the United States. In total these 11 events losses were over $110 billion. 2013 was the warmest year ever in the contiguous United States and about one-third of all Americans experienced 10 days or more of

text: death) generally hovered around 0.5 to 1 deaths per million people, with spikes in certain years. Overall, a total of more than 9,000 Americans have died from heat-related causes since 1979, according to death certificates. Cold weather is deadly too. For example, in the USA, 21 people died in a cold wave in January 2014, which also caused property damage valued at US$2.5 billion Weather-related fatalities in the United States Weather-related fatalities in the United States may be caused by extreme temperatures, such as abnormal heat or cold, flooding, lightning, tornado, hurricane, wind, rip currents, and others. The National Weather

title: Weather media in the United States

text: a slightly processed format as Wirephoto weather maps. By the mid 20th century, radio and television led to the next revolution in weather coverage. NOAA Weather Radio broadcasts began within the United States Weather Bureau in the 1950s, and expanded significantly during the 1970s, providing a more direct line of weather information from the government to the public. In 1975, NOAA Weather Radio was designated the sole government-operated radio system used to convey weather watches, warnings, and warning of nuclear attack. Local radio stations, particularly those that focus on the news, report on current weather conditions and the expected forecast

title: Weather media in the United States

text: San Francisco. An increasing amount of newspapers published weather maps over the following years, before the fad passed in 1912. While the number of newspapers carrying weather maps decreased beyond 1912, many continued publishing them until interest in flight increased interest in the maps once more in the 1930s. Beginning in 1930, radiofax broadcasts of weather information and forecasts were broadcast for use by ships at sea, emanating from the United States military and the National Weather Service on a cooperative basis. Starting in 1935, Weather Bureau/National Weather Service weather maps were published in newspapers via the Associated Press in

title: Weather media in the United States

text: (60–120 km/day) (whether by land or by sea). By the late 1840s, the telegraph allowed reports of weather conditions from a wide area to be received almost instantaneously, allowing forecasts to be made from knowledge of weather conditions further upwind. This led to United States government involvement in the weather enterprise. The 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania demonstrated that daily weather map transmission via telegraph could be accomplished. The "New York Daily Graphic" published weather maps from mid-1879 through the summer of 1882. By 1894, there were four daily newspapers publishing weather maps in Boston, New Orleans, Cincinnati, and

title: Weather media in the United States

text: early 1980s, The Weather Channel would have tropical updates at 25 minutes after the hour each hour with this information. When hurricanes were closer to the coast, updates would occur at 25 and 52 minutes past the hour. By the 1990s, the updates became 50 minutes after the hour on a permanent basis. Starting in the mid 1990s, the World Wide Web allowed for the development of ftp and web sites by the National Hurricane Center which allowed the end user to get their information from their official products. Weather media in the United States The weather media in the

title: Climate change in the United States

text: Climate change in the United States Because of global warming, there has been concern in the United States and internationally, that the country should reduce total greenhouse gas which is relatively high per capita and is the second largest in the world after China, as of 2014. In 2012, the United States experienced its warmest year on record. , the thirteen warmest years for the entire planet have all occurred since 1998, transcending those from 1880. From 1950 to 2009, the American government's surface temperature record shows an increase by , approximately. Global warming has caused many changes in the

title: Blue Is the Warmest Colour

text: the Warmest Color" through The Criterion Collection on 25 February 2014. As "Blue Is the Warmest Colour", the film was also released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc in Canada on 25 February 2014 by Mongrel Media, in the United Kingdom on 17 March 2014 by Artificial Eye and on 18 June 2014 in Australia by Transmission Films. In Brazil, Blu-ray manufacturing companies Sonopress and Sony DADC are refusing to produce the film because of its content. The distributor is struggling to reverse this situation. "Blue Is the Warmest Colour" grossed a worldwide total of $19,492,879. During its opening in France,

title: Climate change in the United States

text: by humans. In this region, conversion of abandoned farmland to pine forests is projected to have a slight surface cooling effect, with evapotranspiration outweighing decreased albedo. In July 2012, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reported that the 12-month period July 2011 to June 2012 was the warmest 12-month period on record in the continental United States, with average temperature 3.23 °F above the average for the 20th century. Earlier it was reported that exceptionally warm months between January and May 2012 had made the 12 month previous to June 2012 the warmest 12-month block since record keeping began,

text: with at least "1" fatality. The yearly timeframes were selected to cover "January 1" to "December 31" of each year for each event type. This table does not provide a comprehensive total of all weather-related events. "Also", this is not necessarily a weather event severity comparison, but is more of an indicator of frequency of fatal occurrences for some events. However, the "unexpected" leader of fatalities comes from the temperature extremes category. That category includes heat waves as well as cold extremes. Between 1979 and 2014, the death rate as a direct result of exposure to heat (underlying cause of

title: Blue Is the Warmest Color (comics)

text: due to what is strongly hinted to be irreconcilable differences between them. Blue Is the Warmest Color (comics) Blue Is the Warmest Color ("Le bleu est une couleur chaude", originally announced as Blue Angel) is a French graphic novel by Julie Maroh, published by Glénat in March 2010. The English-language edition was published by Arsenal Pulp Press in 2013. The novel tells a love story between two young women in France at the end of the 1990s. Abdelatif Kechiche directed a film adaptation in 2013, titled "Blue Is the Warmest Colour", which was awarded the Palme d'Or at the 2013

title: Blue Is the Warmest Color (comics)

text: Blue Is the Warmest Color (comics) Blue Is the Warmest Color ("Le bleu est une couleur chaude", originally announced as Blue Angel) is a French graphic novel by Julie Maroh, published by Glénat in March 2010. The English-language edition was published by Arsenal Pulp Press in 2013. The novel tells a love story between two young women in France at the end of the 1990s. Abdelatif Kechiche directed a film adaptation in 2013, titled "Blue Is the Warmest Colour", which was awarded the Palme d'Or at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. The story takes place in France at the beginning

title: Weather media in the United States

text: the radar display of Carla to give Rather's audience an idea of the Carla's size, and the position of the hurricane's eye. Rather's reporting was the first ever display of a meteorological surveillance radar on television, and has been imitated by more recent reporters. Weather-centered programming began in the 1970s, with the advent of the PBS-broadcast Aviation Weather (1972–1976), A.M. Weather (1978–1995) and NWS-broadcast Alaskan weather (1976–present) broadcasts, with programs staffed by Federal Aviation Administration and National Weather Service employees. After the development of cable television, the first weather-centered network, the Atlanta, Georgia-based The Weather Channel, went on the air

title: Weather media in the United States

text: in 1982. The Weather Channel, owned by NBC, Bain Capital, and The Blackstone Group since 2008, moved from all weather-centered coverage to a mix of weather coverage and documentary/entertainment based programming arena during the 2000s. Other weather-centered television networks were created as competition to The Weather Channel, such as NBC's Weather Plus (2004–2008) and WeatherNation (2010–current), which came into being during the first decade of the 21st century. Other proposed television networks from the Pennsylvania-based AccuWeather company and Atlanta-based NetworkWeather are slated to come into existence during mid to late 2014. Internet-based weather information began experimentally with the Viewtron television

title: Weather media in the United States

text: A.M. Weather allowed people to tune at a specific time in the morning to get tropical cyclone-related information for the northeast Pacific and north Atlantic basins. The advent of NOAA Weather Radio in the 1950s, which expanded during the 1970s in the wake of Hurricane Camille, by the National Weather Service allowed those with receivers that had access to the "weather bands" to listen in for tropical cyclone advisories in coastal/near coastal areas. Local television stations within threatened markets would advertise tropical cyclone positions within the morning, evening, and nightly news during their weather segments every half hour. In the

title: Blue Is the Warmest Colour

text: Wong Kar-wai's most matured effort in cinema, "Happy Together", director Abdellatif Kechiche knows love and relationship well and the details he goes about everything is almost breathtaking to endure. There is a scene in the restaurant where two meet again, after years of separation, the tears that dwell on their eyes shows precisely how much they love each other, yet there is no way they will be together again. "Blue Is the Warmest Colour" is likely to be 2013's most powerful film and easily one of the best." At Cannes, the film shocked some critics with its long and graphic

title: Weather media in the United States

text: weather segments, stream their programming online onto the World Wide Web. National weather-centered television networks such as The Weather Channel and WeatherNation stream their content online. In 1954 and 1955, hurricane-related news cracked the top ten news items of the year, due to the busy hurricane seasons along the East coast. As nightly network news broadcasts featured weather-related items more prominently within their newscasts – from outside the top 10 news items in the late 1980s and early 1990s to the fourth most-covered item by 1998 – concerns were raised concerning media hype and sensationalism in 2000. Those involved in

title: Wheat production in the United States

text: winter wheat is grown in the southern U.S. states of Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Nebraska, and Colorado. In the hot climatic conditions of these states, winter wheat is raised by planting in fall and harvesting in the spring, taking advantage of autumn rains. Under harsh cold weather conditions in parts of Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Minnesota where winter wheat cannot be grown, the crop is planted in the spring and grows during the long summer days of the high latitudes so that it can be harvested in the fall. Of wheat grown in the United States, 36% percent is

title: Weather media in the United States

text: and can act as the main source of information during power outages. On television, weather segments are included within local and national news coverage. Dan Rather In early September 1961 reported live from the Galveston Seawall as Hurricane Carla threatened the Texas coastline. He took a camera crew to the U.S. Weather Bureau (National Weather Service) office with a WSR-57 radar console located on the 5th floor of the Post Office Building on 25th Street in downtown Galveston. A meteorologist drew for him a rough outline of the Gulf of Mexico on a sheet of plastic, and held that over

title: Weather media in the United States

text: activity, tidal action, planetary position and many other factors." (The use of planetary position or astrology to forecast weather dates back to Ptolemy's work in the second century of the Common Era, and it was thus an outgrowth of the almanacs' other main purpose to provide the positions of celestial bodies. Like other forms of astrology, the scientific community considers it a discredited pseudoscience.) Newspapers, early in their history, reported on current and past weather events. Prior to the telegraph, distant weather reports travelled around 100 miles per day (160 km/d), though it was more typically 40–75 miles per day

title: Winter: The Warmest Gift

text: One", sung by Super Junior with Super Junior-M members Henry and Zhou Mi. The music video was released on 13 December 2011 on SMTown official YouTube Channel. It features the Super Junior members with Henry and Zhou Mi singing in the studio and behind the scenes footage of SM artists during the album's photoshoot. Winter: The Warmest Gift 2011 SMTown Winter: The Warmest Gift is the eighth winter album by SMTown, released on December 13, 2011 by SM Entertainment and distributed by KMP Holdings in South Korea. It is the first winter compilation album in four years and also their

title: Weather media in the United States

text: By the 1990s, sensationalism played a role in weather coverage. Farmers' Almanacs have published long-term forecasts for around 200 years. While almanac publishers have attributed an 80 to 85 percent accuracy rate to the publication’s annual forecasts, independent studies that retrospectively compare the weather with the predictions have not shown them more accurate than chance. Predictions for each edition are made as far as two years in advance. The "Farmers’ Almanac" publishers are highly secretive about the method used to make its predictions, only stating publicly that it is a "top secret mathematical and astronomical formula, that relies on sunspot

title: Open data in the United States

text: for civilian use, once it was sufficiently developed, as a common good. During the presidency of Bill Clinton the data actually was made available for public use. Industry collects, processes, and resells open data from the United States government. United States government weather data is the base of industry which generates billion annually. GPS data is the base of an industry estimated to generate billion annually. Vivek Kundra noted that "Zillow is valued at over $1 billion, the Weather Channel was sold for approximately $3.5 billion in 2008, and Garmin has a market cap of $7.24 billion. These are all

title: West Nile virus in the United States

text: West Nile virus in the United States The West Nile virus quickly spread across the United States after the first reported cases in Queens, New York in 1999. The virus is believed to have entered in an infected bird or mosquito, although there is no clear evidence. The disease spread quickly through infected birds. Mosquitoes spread the disease to mammals. It was mainly noted in horses but also appeared in a number of other species. The first human cases usually followed within three months of the first appearance of infected birds in the area except where cold weather interrupted the

title: Domestic terrorism in the United States

text: armed action. Such an alliance would, according to Weather, "help create the 'sea' for the guerrillas to swim in." The Order, also known as the Brüder Schweigen or Silent Brotherhood, was an organization active in the United States between 1983 and 1984. The Order, a white nationalist revolutionary group, is probably best known for the 1984 murder of radio talk show host Alan Berg, but the group also carried out several bank and car robberies, three murders, and money counterfeiting until their leader, Robert Jay Mathews, was killed in a shootout with FBI agents on Whidbey Island, Washington, in December

title: Climate of the United States

text: range from 70 to 80 °F (21 to 27 °C) in the summer to 50 to 65 °F (10 to 16 °C) in winter, with low temperatures from the 60 °F (16 °C)s in summer to the mid 40s F in winter. Like most Mediterranean climates, much of coastal California has a wet winter and dry summer. Early summers can often bring cool, overcast weather (fog and low stratus clouds) to coastal California. As such, the warmest summer weather is delayed until August, even September in many areas of the California coast; on average, September is the warmest month in

title: Severe weather terminology (United States)

text: Severe weather terminology (United States) This article describes severe weather terminology used by the National Weather Service (NWS) in the United States. The NWS, a government agency operating as an arm of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) branch of the United States Department of Commerce (DoC), defines precise meanings for nearly all of its weather terms. This article describes NWS terminology and related weather scales used by the agency. Some terms may be specific to certain cities or regions. The NWS divides severe weather alerts into a few types of hazardous weather/hydrologic events: "See also Windchill section below."

title: Weather media in the United States

text: service in the mid-1980s, and later on through gopher and World Wide Web sites in the 1990s. The National Weather Service formed a direct line of communication with the public through the internet in 1995, with the establishment of internet websites from each local forecast office, river forecast offices, and the various offices within the National Centers for Environmental Prediction. By the 2000s, when internet coverage expanded to cell phone usage and automobiles, various applications allowed users to get information graphically while on the go. Many local and national television stations which are either weather-centered in their programming or contain

title: Blue Is the Warmest Color (comics)

text: writes the final pages of her diary at the hospital, then dies. As Emma reads the conclusion of the diary, she remembers that Clémentine urged her to continue living her life as she knows it. Julie Maroh started the comic when she was 19. It took her five years to complete it. The comic has been supported by the French Community of Belgium. From 27 to 30 January 2011, this novel was promoted during the 2011 Angoulême International Comics Festival, where it is part of the official selection. During this festival, "Blue Is the Warmest Color" was awarded the "Fnac-SNCF

title: Tornadoes in the United States

text: could identify those conditions that were likely to produce severe weather and generate a watch. If a tornado was spotted a warning was issued. More recently Doppler radar allows investigators to see a circulation develop in the storm. Because of their size and intensity, there are few storm observations. Increasing information has been gathered in the field from those chasing the storm. Tornadoes in the United States Tornadoes are more common in United States than in any other country. The United States receives more than 1,200 tornadoes annually—four times the amount seen in Europe. Violent tornadoes—those rated EF4 or EF5

title: Winter: The Warmest Gift

text: Winter: The Warmest Gift 2011 SMTown Winter: The Warmest Gift is the eighth winter album by SMTown, released on December 13, 2011 by SM Entertainment and distributed by KMP Holdings in South Korea. It is the first winter compilation album in four years and also their first album to have all songs sung entirely in English. This is also their first album to feature f(x) and the Japanese-active SM artist J-Min. It is the last album to feature Zhang Liyin, Girls' Generation's Jessica, f(x)'s Sulli, SHINee's Jonghyun, and Super Junior-M's Henry. The album's lead single is "Santa U Are the

title: Cannabis in the United States

text: in states where it is illegal. The policy will be implemented on a case-by-case basis and tribes must still follow federal guidelines. On May 30, 2014, the United States House of Representatives passed the Rohrabacher–Farr amendment, prohibiting the Justice Department from spending funds to interfere with the implementation of state medical marijuana laws. The amendment became law in December 2014, and must be renewed each year in order to remain in effect. On March 10, 2015, U.S. Senators Rand Paul, Kirsten Gillibrand, and Cory Booker introduced the Compassionate Access, Research Expansion and Respect States Act or CARERS Act. The bipartisan

title: Manufacturing in the United States

text: Manufacturing in the United States Manufacturing in the United States is a vital sector. The United States is the world's second largest manufacturer (after China) with a record high real output in Q1 2018 of $2.00 trillion (i.e., adjusted for inflation in 2009 Dollars) well above the 2007 peak before the Great Recession of $1.95 trillion. The U.S. manufacturing industry employed 12.35 million people in December 2016 and 12.56 million in December 2017, an increase of 207,000 or 1.7%. Though still a large part of the US economy, in Q1 2018 manufacturing contributed less to GDP then the 'Finance, insurance,

title: Open data in the United States

text: Open data in the United States Open data in the United States refers to the Federal government of the United States' perspectives, policies, and practices regarding open data. In the 1970s the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration began releasing weather information, which could now be called "open data". After Korean Air Lines Flight 007, a Boeing 747 carrying 269 people, was shot down in 1983 after straying into the USSR's prohibited airspace, in the vicinity of Sakhalin and Moneron Islands, President Ronald Reagan issued a directive making the United States Global Positioning System of Air Force Space Command, freely available

title: Poultry farming in the United States

text: Poultry farming in the United States Poultry farming is a part of the United States's agricultural economy. In the United States, chickens were raised primarily on family farms or in some cases, in poultry colonies, such as Judge Emery's Poultry Colony until about 1960. Originally, the primary value in poultry keeping was eggs, and meat was considered a byproduct of egg production. Its supply was less than the demand, and poultry was expensive. Except in hot weather, eggs can be shipped and stored without refrigeration for some time before going bad; this was important in the days before widespread refrigeration.

title: Blue Is the Warmest Colour

text: trying to make their flesh more familiar to us than his own." "Blue Is the Warmest Colour" is also filled with visual symbolism. The colour blue is used extensively throughout the film—from the lighting in the gay club Adèle visits, to the dress she wears in the last scene and most notably, in Emma's hair and eyes. For Adèle, blue represents emotional intensity, curiosity, love, and sadness. Adèle also references Pablo Picasso a number of times, who famously went through a melancholy Blue Period. As Emma grows out of her relationship with Adèle and their passion wanes, she removes the

title: Instrument Rating in the United States

text: Instrument Rating in the United States An Instrument Rating is required for a pilot to fly under instrument flight rules (IFR). In the United States, the rating is issued by the Federal Aviation Administration. To be eligible to pursue an Instrument Rating, the applicant must: A pilot must have an instrument rating in order to act as Pilot in Command of a flight below VFR weather minimums and/or under IFR. The rating is also required: Under FAR 61.57, to be eligible to fly in Instrument Meteorological Conditions (IMC) an IFR-rated pilot must accomplish and log at least the following IFR

title: Blue Is the Warmest Colour

text: blue from her hair and adopts a more natural, conservative hairstyle. Reviewer Spencer Wolff noted the political stance adopted by Adèle, which changes as her life experiences change and reflect her alternating views: ""Blue is the Warmest Colour" is no different; at least, at first. Framed by black and Arab faces, Adèle marches in a protest to demand better funding for education. The music, "On lâche rien" ("We will never give up!"), by the Algerian-born Kaddour Haddadi, is the official song of the French Communist Party. Yet, soon after she begins her relationship with Emma, we see Adèle marching again,

title: Blue Is the Warmest Colour

text: as shown here in Adèle's touching reverence for teaching, is another notable characteristic", was noted by a "Film Comment" critic. Kechiche explores how food can evoke varying levels of symbolism, for instance through the sexually suggestive food metaphors of Adèle's liking of the fat on ham and her learning to eat oysters from Emma. Additionally, he looks at how food can be seen as an indicator of social class. Director and screenwriter Abdellatif Kechiche developed the premise for "Blue Is the Warmest Colour" while directing his second feature film, "Games of Love and Chance" (2003). He met teachers "who felt

title: Model United Nations in the United States

text: Model United Nations in the United States Model United Nations in the United States is a popular extracurricular activity for middle school, high school, and college students. The United States was where Model United Nations originated and was popularized, and is also where many of the world's most respected conferences are held. The U.S. has several regional centers of Model UN, each with its own distinct style. Traditionally, Model UN has been associated with affluent schools and communities, but in recent years, the activity has expanded to reach more students. Model United Nations is popular across the United States, with

title: Fungicide use in the United States

text: with plant resistance. The symptoms of the disease include long, thin dead areas on the leaf that slowly grow and coalesce. These lesions produce spores that can infect other plants. However much of the spread and severity of the disease is dependent upon weather conditions. Heavy rains, low temperatures, and relatively high humidity increase the number of life cycles of the fungus, producing additional spores. The most common control practice for NCLB is chlorothalonil, maneb, and mancozeb. Southern corn leaf blight thrives in the southern United States because unlike NCLB it requires warm weather to develop. During favorable conditions the

title: Blue Is the Warmest Colour

text: hip-to-hip with her new lover, at a gay pride parade." "Blue Is the Warmest Colour" had its world premiere at the 66th Cannes Film Festival on 23 May 2013. It received a standing ovation and ranked highest in critics' polls at the festival. In August 2013, the film had its North American premiere at the 2013 Telluride Film Festival and was also screened in the Special Presentation section of the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival on 5 September 2013. The film was screened at more than 131 territories and was commercially released on 9 October 2013 in France with a

title: Blue Is the Warmest Colour

text: with Adele's exploration of her identity in this context. However, the film's treatment of lesbian sexuality has been questioned by academics, due to its being directed from a straight, male perspective. In "Sight & Sound", film scholar Sophie Mayer suggests that in "Blue is the Warmest Colour", "Like homophobia, the lesbian here melts away. As with many male fantasies of lesbianism, the film centres on the erotic success and affective failures of relations between women". The issue of perspective has also been addressed in a "Film Comment" review by Kristin M. Jones who points out that "Emma's supposedly sophisticated friends

title: Blue Is the Warmest Colour

text: US Blu-ray/DVD sales alone). On review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 90% based on 175 reviews with a weighted average of 8.2/10. The site's critical consensus is: "Raw, honest, powerfully acted, and deliciously intense, "Blue Is the Warmest Colour" offers some of modern cinema's most elegantly composed, emotionally absorbing drama." On Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 based on reviews from mainstream critics, the film has a score of 88 averaged from 41 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". More than 40 critics named the film as one of the ten best of

title: Pesticide regulation in the United States

text: hazardous chemical releases and exposures, including incidents involving federal workers. DOT requires that all buildings and vehicles containing hazardous materials must have signs that disclose specific types of hazards. Hazardous materials shipper must meet the DOT's hazardous materials regulations (HMR), which are required for certified first responder to recognize unsafe conditions during hazardous substance release that can occur during transportation accidents, building fires, and weather (tornado, hurricane, ...). Pesticide regulation in the United States Pesticide regulation in the United States is primarily a responsibility of the Environmental Protection Agency. In most countries, pesticides must be approved for sale and use

title: Transportation in the United States

text: United States, all subject to deterioration in the absence of preventative maintenance. In December 2008, 72,868 bridges in the United States (12.1%) were categorized as "structurally deficient", representing an estimated $48 billion in repairs. President Barack Obama proposed $50 billion of spending on road and bridge repair, plus a national infrastructure bank, but as of 2013 Congress has not acted on these proposals. As of 2010, seat belt use is mandatory in all states except New Hampshire. Greyhound Lines is the largest intercity bus company in the United States, with routes in all parts of the contiguous U.S. There are

title: Handball in the United States

text: Handball in the United States Handball in the United States is a minor sport. The U.S. is represented in international competitions, such as the Summer Olympics and the Pan American Games, by the United States men's national handball team and the United States women's national handball team. The U.S. men's and women's teams have struggled in international competitions against nations where handball is more popular. It is governed by USA Team Handball, which is funded in part by the U.S. Olympic Committee. Previously, the governing body was the United States Team Handball Federation, but was revoked of its governing duties

title: Where the Heart Is (novel)

text: Where the Heart Is (novel) Where the Heart Is is a 1995 novel by Billie Letts. It was chosen as an Oprah's Book Club selection in December 1998. A 2000 film of the same name was directed by Matt Williams, starring Natalie Portman, Ashley Judd and Stockard Channing. "Where the Heart Is" follows the lives of Novalee Nation, Willy Jack Picken, and their daughter Americus Nation for a period of seven years in the 1980s and early 1990s. Above all, the book dramatizes in detail the tribulations of lower-income and foster children in the United States. This novel opens with

title: Wealth in the United States

text: began in December 2007 its value was at $65.9 trillion. After, it plunged to $48.5 trillion during the first quarter of 2009. The total household net worth rose 1.3% by the fourth quarter of 2009 to $54.2 trillion, indicating the American economy is recovering. Wealth in the United States Wealth in the United States is commonly measured in terms of net worth, which is the sum of all assets, including the market value of real estate, like a home, minus all liabilities. The United States is the wealthiest country in the world. For example, a household in possession of an

title: Soccer in the United States

text: the United States hosted the 1994 FIFA World Cup and 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup. It is the fourth most popular sport in the United States behind American football, baseball and basketball, and is the second fastest growing sport in America, surpassed only by lacrosse. The highest-level men's professional soccer league in the U.S. is Major League Soccer. MLS began play in 1996 with 10 teams and has grown to 23 teams (20 in the United States and 3 in Canada), with further expansion planned. The MLS season runs from March to December, with the regular-season winner awarded the Supporters'

text: alumni. It is not uncommon for parents to volunteer to help at conferences, and many are present at closing ceremonies. Model United Nations in the United States Model United Nations in the United States is a popular extracurricular activity for middle school, high school, and college students. The United States was where Model United Nations originated and was popularized, and is also where many of the world's most respected conferences are held. The U.S. has several regional centers of Model UN, each with its own distinct style. Traditionally, Model UN has been associated with affluent schools and communities, but in

title: LGBT history in the United States

text: or off military installations, in states where such weddings are allowed. On December 5, 2011, the Obama administration announced the United States would use all the tools of American diplomacy, including the potent enticement of foreign aid, to promote LGBT rights around the world. In March and April 2012, Obama expressed his opposition to state constitutional bans on same-sex marriage in North Carolina, and Minnesota. On May 3, 2012, the Federal Bureau of Prisons has agreed to add an LGBT representative to the diversity program at each of the 120 prisons it operates in the United States. On May 9,

title: Effects of the El Niño–Southern Oscillation in the United States

text: western Great Lakes. During El Niño, the jet stream is oriented from west to east across the southern portion of the United States, making the region more susceptible to severe weather outbreaks. During La Niña, the jet stream and severe weather are likely to be farther north than normal. Due to changes in upper level winds caused by variations in the ENSO cycle, the likelihood of a North Atlantic hurricane hitting the Continental United States is increased during La Niña conditions, and decreased during El Niño conditions. On the other hand, however, hurricanes in the eastern and central Pacific are

title: Abolitionism in the United States

text: Kentucky and Delaware. In 1863, Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed slaves held in the Confederate States as contraband. Border states, except Delaware, began their own emancipation programs. Thousands of slaves escaped to freedom behind Union Army lines, and in 1863 many men started serving as the United States Colored Troops. The 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution took effect in December 1865 and ended slavery throughout the United States. It also abolished slavery among the Indian tribes. Abolitionism in the United States Abolitionism in the United States was the movement before and during the American Civil War to

title: White Christmas (weather)

text: some of the warmest weather on record, with such places as Quebec City experiencing their first green Christmas in recorded history. In 2008, Canada experienced the first nationwide white Christmas in 37 years, as a series of pre-Christmas storms hit the nation, including the normally rainy BC Pacific coast. In the United States, there is often—but not always—snow on the ground at Christmas in the northern states, except in the Pacific Northwest, with Alaska the most likely to see snow on the ground at Christmas. In the contiguous United States, the highest probabilities are in the Upper Midwest and parts

title: Civil liberties in the United States

text: white male adult property owners to vote (about 6% of the population). The 'Three-Fifths Compromise' allowed the southern slaveholders to consolidate power and maintain slavery in America for eighty years after the ratification of the Constitution. And the Bill of Rights had little impact on judgements by the courts for the first 130 years after ratification. The text of Amendment I to the United States Constitution, ratified December 15, 1791, states that: The text of Amendment I to the United States Constitution, ratified December 15, 1791, states that: The text of Amendment I to the United States Constitution, ratified December

title: Pollution in the United States

text: The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is an agency of the federal government of the United States charged with protecting human health and with safeguarding the natural environment: air, water, and land. The EPA was proposed by President Richard Nixon and began operation on 2 December 1970, when it was passed by Congress, and signed into law by President Nixon, and has since been chiefly responsible for the environmental policy of the United States. Environmental Justice is defined as "the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, sex, national origin, or income with respect

title: Droughts in the United States

text: water restrictions in much of the Ozarks, Mid-Mississippi and Ohio River Valleys. Lagging effects of La Niña, climate change, and also a large persistent upper level ridge of high pressure present over much of North America since the late winter have all contributed to the drought and above average temperatures since February 2012. This further lead to the vicious cycle of reduced evaporation and decreased rainfall all through the spring of 2012. While the summer of 2011 was the second-warmest () in U.S. history after the Dust Bowl era of 1936 the summer of 2012 was the third-warmest at ().

title: Metrication in the United States

text: was named "Smiles"). Aircraft speed is often measured in knots and elevation in feet (flight level) in many countries. For both domestic and international routes, U.S. airlines set luggage size and weight restrictions in terms of customary units. Conversely, international airlines that fly to the U.S. often restrict baggage to metric sizes. The temperatures in aviation-related weather reports are given in degrees Celsius in the United States. For carry on luggage, the Transportation Security Administration restricts liquids to 3.4 fluid ounces (100 mL). Originally, the agency planned to restrict to 3 ounces but switched it to 3.4 oz / 100

title: Muslims in the United States military

text: Quantico, VA, after graduation. At the end of his service, Burpee was the highest ranking Muslim in the U.S. Marine Corps. Muslims in the United States military Service by Muslims in the United States military dates back to the American Revolutionary War where records indicate that at least a few Muslims fought on the rebel side. Muslims have fought in all major US wars including the American Civil War, World War I, World War II, and the Vietnam War. More recently they have served in Gulf War, Iraq War, and the War in Afghanistan. On December 14, 1993, the Army

title: Muslims in the United States military

text: Muslims in the United States military Service by Muslims in the United States military dates back to the American Revolutionary War where records indicate that at least a few Muslims fought on the rebel side. Muslims have fought in all major US wars including the American Civil War, World War I, World War II, and the Vietnam War. More recently they have served in Gulf War, Iraq War, and the War in Afghanistan. On December 14, 1993, the Army Chief of Chaplains requested that an insignia be created to represent Muslim chaplains, and the design (a crescent) was completed January

text: 1, 2007. The Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale, assigns a numerical classification of hurricanes into five categories distinguished by the intensities of their sustained winds. The scale spans from Category 1 (winds of at least ) to Category 5 (exceeding ). Unlike the Enhanced Fujita Scale, which assigns ratings for tornadoes after damage has been incurred and thoroughly assessed, categories on the Saffir-Simpson scale are assigned to most active cyclones that reach the minimum hurricane threshold, even before landfall. Severe weather terminology (United States) This article describes severe weather terminology used by the National Weather Service (NWS) in the United States.

title: Where in the U.S.A. Is Carmen Sandiego? (1986 video game)

text: IBM software from Egghead stores in the United States and Canada. Where in the U.S.A. Is Carmen Sandiego? (1986 video game) Where in the U.S.A. Is Carmen Sandiego? is a video game released by Broderbund in 1986, and is part of the "Carmen Sandiego" series. The game is a sequel to 1985's "Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?". A Deluxe version was released in 1992 with updated graphics and interface, while a rebooted version was released a decade later in 1996. The goal of the game is to track Carmen's henchmen across the United States, arrest them, and ultimately

title: Bandy in the United States

text: the Blades by virtue of their first-place regular-season finish, as inclement weather in Minnesota caused the cancellation of that year's post-season tournament. In the 2005-2006 season, the Blades finished 4th in the regular season, and were eliminated from the league playoffs by expansion side OBS. In both 2005 and 2006, the Blades were the runners-up in the North American Cup competition. The Blades are captained by Steve "Jazz Hands" Nelson; he earned the nickname due to his indelible stick-handling prowess in the 2006 Federation Cup. "(Division I)" The Mississippi Mojo is based in northern United States, despite its name. The

title: Human rights in the United States

text: population, where there have been reported abuses. As of December 2017 the United States had the highest percentage of people in prison of any nation. There were more than 2.2 million in prisons or jails, or 737 per 100,000 population, or roughly 1 out of every 136 Americans. According to The National Council on Crime and Delinquency, since 1990 the incarceration of youth in adult jails has increased 208%. In some states youth - juvenile is defined as young as 13 years old. The researchers for this report found that juveniles often were incarcerated to await trial for up to

title: Karate in the United States

text: the major criticism of martial arts teaching in the United States is an American Karate style where teaching for profit at the expense of good quality self-defense instruction. Karate in the United States Karate was first introduced to American service men after World War II by Japanese karate masters. With the new found skills many of these US servicemen took these skills to the United States and established their own dojos. Many Japanese karate instructors also sent instructors to popularize the martial art in the United States. Robert Trias was the first American to open a karate dojo in the

title: Blue Is the Warmest Color (comics)

text: Essential" prize, an award that was elected by the public. A film adaptation has been made by Abdelatif Kechiche, with Léa Seydoux and Adèle Exarchopoulos in the main roles, which was released in 2013 under the title "Blue Is the Warmest Colour". The film, as with the book, received overwhelming critical acclaim; it won several awards including the "Palme d'Or" at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. While the first two thirds of the film are similar (albeit with Clémentine renamed "Adèle"), the ending is different from the book, in which Adèle is still alive, and the two lovers split up

title: Mass surveillance in the United States

text: national security of the United States, in which case the head of such element shall provide to the congressional intelligence committees a written certification describing-- (I) the reasons extended retention is necessary to protect the national security of the United States; (II) the duration for which the head of the element is authorizing retention; (III) the particular information to be retained; and (IV) the measures the element of the intelligence community is taking to protect the privacy interests of United States persons or persons located inside the United States. On 10 December 2014, Republican U.S. Representative for member of Congress

title: Scholarships in the United States

text: Scholarships in the United States A scholarship is defined as a grant or payment made to support a student's education, awarded on the basis of academic or other distinction. "Scholarship" has a different meaning in the United States than it does in other countries, with the partial exception of Canada. Outside the U.S., scholarship is any type of monetary award to fund education. In the United States, the only country with a national system that determines a student's financial need (see Expected Family Contribution), and where universities are far more expensive than in other countries, a scholarship is money for

title: Salmonellosis in the United States

text: 150 people were sickened by "Salmonella"-tainted chocolate cake produced by a major bakery chain in Singapore, in December 2007.[http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/316110/1/.html <nowiki>[2]</nowiki>] From April 10, 2008 to July 8, 2008, the rare Saintpaul serotype of "S. enteritidis" caused at least 1017 cases of salmonellosis in 41 states throughout the United States, the District of Columbia, and Canada. As of July 2008, the U.S. FDA suspected the contaminated food product was a common ingredient in fresh salsa, such as raw tomato, fresh jalapeño pepper, fresh serrano pepper, and fresh cilantro. It is the largest reported salmonellosis outbreak in the United States since 1985.

title: BMW in the United States

text: Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States to strengthen its international production system. The plant opened in 1994. In 2010 BMW announced that it would spend $750 million to expand operations at the Greer plant. This expansion will allow production of 240,000 vehicles a year and will make the plant the largest car factory in the United States by number of employees. BMW's largest single market is the United States, where 339 dealerships sold 346,023 cars in 2015. The $2.2 billion plant, which employs 23,000 (BMW and contract), is part of the company’s global five-plant production network. The automaker announced in

title: Scholarships in the United States

text: hours of instruction. Scholarships in the United States A scholarship is defined as a grant or payment made to support a student's education, awarded on the basis of academic or other distinction. "Scholarship" has a different meaning in the United States than it does in other countries, with the partial exception of Canada. Outside the U.S., scholarship is any type of monetary award to fund education. In the United States, the only country with a national system that determines a student's financial need (see Expected Family Contribution), and where universities are far more expensive than in other countries, a scholarship

title: Hunger in the United States

text: Hunger in the United States Hunger in the United States is an issue that affects millions of Americans, including some who are middle class, or who are in households where all adults are in work. Research from the USDA found that 14.9% of American households were food insecure during at least some of 2011, with 5.7% suffering from very low food security. Journalists and charity workers have reported further increased demand for emergency food aid during 2012 and 2013. The United States produces far more food than it needs for domestic consumption - hunger within the U.S. is caused by

title: Hunger in the United States

title: Secession in the United States

text: negro, or slavery question." South Carolina also threatened to secede in 1850 over the issue of California's statehood. It became the first state to declare its secession from the Union on December 20, 1860, with the Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union and later joined with the other southern states in the Confederacy. The most famous secession movement was the case of the Southern states of the United States. Secession from the United States was accepted in eleven states (and failed in two others). The seceding states joined

title: Pacifism in the United States

text: In contrast to pacifism based on religious beliefs, some in the U.S. have opposed violent conflict on economic grounds, or for other practical, non-religious reasons. U.S. Congress created the United States Institute of Peace in 1984 to promote international peace through education. The war ended in February 1815. Peace groups formed shortly thereafter: the New York Peace Society (est. August 1815) and Massachusetts Peace Society (est. December 1815). The American Peace Crusade formed in 1951, in opposition to U.S. involvement in the Korean War. Pacifism in the United States Pacifism has manifested in the United States in a variety of

title: Puerto Ricans in the United States

text: Virginia, North Carolina, and Georgia as well. The Northeast Corridor remains a major destination for Puerto Ricans, however the population is also growing throughout the United States, particularly in the South. Although Puerto Ricans constitute over 9 percent of the Hispanic population in the United States, there are some states where Puerto Ricans make up over half of the Hispanic population, including Connecticut, where 57 percent of the state's Hispanics are of Puerto Rican descent and Pennsylvania, where Puerto Ricans make up 53 percent of the Hispanics. Other states where Puerto Ricans make up a remarkably large portion of the

title: Unemployment in the United States

text: attributable to property imported into the United States by such corporation or a related person, except for property exported before substantial use in the United States and for agricultural commodities not grown in the United States in commercially marketable quantities." President Barack Obama proposed the American Jobs Act in September 2011, which included a variety of tax cuts and spending programs to stimulate job creation. The White House provided a fact sheet which summarized the key provisions of the $447 billion bill. However, neither the House nor the Senate has passed the legislation as of December 2012. President Obama stated

title: Sports in the United States

text: these holding its first edition in 2018. The PGA of America organizes the PGA Championship, Senior PGA Championship and Women's PGA Championship. Three legs of the Grand Slam of Golf are based in the United States: the PGA Championship, U.S. Open and The Masters. (The Open Championship, known in the U.S. as the British Open, is played in the United Kingdom.) The PGA Tour is the main professional golf tour in the United States, and the LPGA Tour is the main women's professional tour. Also of note is PGA Tour Champions, where players 50 and older compete. Golf is aired

title: Censorship in the United States

text: weakened the authority of the code. President Barack Obama said on December 19, 2014 that Sony "made a mistake" in pulling its film "The Interview" from distribution following a cyber-attack that American officials may have linked to North Korea. "We cannot have a society where some dictator someplace can start imposing censorship here in the United States," Obama said. The film has since been released in limited distribution at select theaters. In the early 1960s, British films such as "Victim" (1961), "A Taste of Honey" (1961), and "The Leather Boys" (1963) offered a daring social commentary about gender roles and

title: Labor trafficking in the United States

text: Labor trafficking in the United States Labor trafficking in the United States is a form of human trafficking where victims are made to perform a task through force, fraud or coercion as it occurs in the United States. Labor trafficking is typically distinguished from sex trafficking, where the task is sexual in nature. People may be victims of both labor and sex trafficking. Many Native American tribes practiced some form of slavery before the European introduction of African slavery into North America; but none exploited slave labor on a large scale. The arrival of the Europeans ushered in the Atlantic

title: Labor trafficking in the United States

title: Internet in the United States

text: on a desktop computer or a mobile device." In summary the new rules are as follows: On December 14, 2017, the FCC voted to reverse the 2015 Title II classifications of ISPs, and the classifications fell out of use on June 11, 2018. The strong protections for freedom of speech and expression against federal, state, and local government censorship are rooted in the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. These protections extend to the Internet and as a result very little government mandated technical filtering occurs in the U.S. Nevertheless, the Internet in the United States is highly regulated,

title: Shinty in the United States

text: founders of US Camanachd, the club's players have also spread the game as ambassadors to other parts of the United States and there are, as of December 2010, 4 other clubs in the USA. The Northern California Camanachd Club also has Regional Challenge matches during the off Highland Games season, both clubs train year round. On 4 September 2005 the first international Shinty match between a team from USA and a team from Scotland on Scottish soil was played. The event was hosted by the Blairgowrie Highland Games where the Northern California Camanachd Club (NCCC) played a series matches against

title: Sodomy laws in the United States

text: under "Lawrence" in both "United States v. Meno" and "United States v. Bullock". On December 26, 2013, President Barack Obama signed into law the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014, which repealed the ban on consensual sodomy found in Article 125. Below is a table of sodomy laws and penalties in U.S. states and territories prior to their invalidation in 2003. The table indicates which acts or groups were covered under each sodomy law, as pertaining to consenting adults. It also indicates the year and method of repeal or strikedown. Sodomy laws in the United States Sodomy laws

title: Political parties in the United States

text: One significant base of support for the Republican Party are Evangelical Christians, who have wielded significant clout in the party since the early 1970s. President Donald Trump is the 20th and the current Republican to be elected to the office of President of the United States. Since the 2010 midterm elections, the Republicans have held a majority in the United States House of Representatives, and since the 2014 elections, the Senate. The Libertarian Party was founded on December 11, 1971. It is the largest continuing third party in the United States, claiming more than 511,277 registered voters across all 50

title: Floods in the United States: 2001–present

text: from the remnants of Hurricane Linda fell over southern Utah, causing flash floods in Zion National Park and the town of Hildale. The floods killed between 16 and 20 people. in December 2015, major floods occurred in Missouri. In early March 2016, a dip in the jet stream and collection of moisture from the gulf caused a large, slow-moving weather system that produced torrential rains and severe weather as it made its way from Texas into the Mississippi Valley. On March 8, the storm hit northwest Louisiana, where it proceeded to create huge flood events in the area near Shreveport.

title: Metrication in the United States

text: Fahrenheit instead of Celsius for dew point and air temperatures, miles per hour for wind speed, inches of mercury for atmospheric pressure (millibars are used only when reporting tropical phenomena such as hurricanes), and other customary units. In some northern border states, temperatures are described in both Fahrenheit and Celsius for the benefit of the cross-border Canadian audience. NOAA Weather Radio broadcasts from the National Weather Service in the Twin Cities of Minnesota provide the local temperature reports in Fahrenheit and in Celsius, as does WXL57 weather radio in Des Moines, Iowa. Some U.S. consumer products come in rounded metric

title: Electronic waste in the United States

text: Electronic waste in the United States Electronic waste or e-waste in the United States refers to electronic products that have reached the end of their operable lives, and the United States is beginning to address its waste problems with regulations at a state and federal level. Used electronics are the quickest-growing source of waste and can have serious health impacts. The United States is the world leader in producing the most e-waste, followed closely by China; both countries domestically recycle and export e-waste. Only recently has the United States begun to make an effort to start regulating where e-waste goes

title: Retail clinics in the United States

text: Retail clinics in the United States A retail clinic is a category of walk-in clinic located in retail stores, supermarkets and pharmacies that treat uncomplicated minor illnesses and provide preventative health care services. They are sometimes called "retail-based clinics," "convenient care clinics," or "nurse-in-a-box." Retail clinics in the United States are usually staffed by nurse practitioners (NPs) or physician assistants (PAs) and do not necessarily have a doctor physically available onsite. Some, however, are staffed by physicians. As of December 2015, there are more than 2,000 retail clinics located in 41 states and Washington, DC in the United States. Retail

title: Juries in the United States

text: handed down in bench trials. In United States Federal courts, there is no absolute right to waive a jury trial. Per Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 23(a), only if the prosecution and the court consent may a defendant have a waiver of jury trial. However, most states give the defendant the absolute right to waive a jury trial. The right to a jury trial is exclusively that of the criminal defendant; where one has the right to waive a jury trial, and does so, the prosecution cannot ask for one. In "Patton v. United States", one of the jurors became

title: Radio in the United States

text: time signal broadcasts. In 1913 the high-powered station NAA in Arlington, Virginia began broadcasting daily time signals and weather reports in Morse code which covered much of the eastern United States. It was recognized that developing audio-capable transmitters would be a significant advance, but it took many years of research before quality audio transmissions became possible. In 1904 Valdemar Poulsen developed an arc converter transmitter, which, although still somewhat limited, would be the most commonly used transmitter employed for early audio experimentation. Initially the main objective for most inventors was developing devices usable for individual point-to-point communication, and the fact

title: Human trafficking in the United States

text: U.S. State Department, Arizona is a main destination and transit point for labor and sex trafficking, both nationally and internationally. Some contributing factors include its proximity to Mexico, San Diego and Las Vegas, its warm weather, its network of freeways, and the fact that it is a major conference destination, and home to many professional sporting events. The Great Recession also hit Phoenix particularly hard, leading to a spike in homeless youth who are vulnerable to human traffickers. Cindy McCain has raised awareness of human trafficking in Arizona and across the United States and served as co-chair of the Arizona