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Across America (other)
Across America is a colloquialism for something that reaches the entire continental United States of America. Music * ''Across America'' (album), a 1997 live album by American singer Art Garfunkel * '' Live Across America'', a 2002 album by The Rippingtons * ''Waltz Across America'', a 2000 album by Cowboy Junkies Events * Chick-fil-A Kyle Petty Charity Ride Across America, an annual motorcycle ride * Hands Across America, a benefit event and publicity campaign * Pledge Across America, the nationally synchronized recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance in schools * Race Across America, an ultra marathon bicycle race across the US Other * ''Across America'', a mission of Solar Impulse in May 2013 * ''Captain Mike Across America'', a 2007 film written, directed and narrated by Michael Moore * ''Rails Across America'', a railroad simulation game released in late 2001 * Read Across America, an initiative on reading created by the National Education Association * Spoons Across Ameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Continental United States
The contiguous United States (officially the conterminous United States) consists of the 48 adjoining U.S. states and the Federal District of the United States of America. The term excludes the only two non-contiguous states, Alaska and Hawaii (also the last ones admitted to the Union), and all other offshore insular areas, such as American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The colloquial term "Lower48" is used also, especially in relation to just Alaska (Hawaii is farther south). The related but distinct term continental United States includes Alaska (which is also on the continent of North America but separated from the 48 states by British Columbia and Yukon of Canada), but excludes the Hawaiian Islands and all U.S. territories in the Caribbean and the Pacific. The greatest distance (on a great-circle route) entirely within the contiguous U.S. is 2,802 miles (4,509 km), between Florida and the State of Washington; th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Across America (album)
''Across America'' is the only live album by American singer Art Garfunkel. It is the only official live recording he has released to date. The album was recorded live over two evenings - 12 and 13 April 1996 in The Registry Hall at Ellis Island, New York. It was released to celebrate the ending of his 12-year Walk Across America. The U.K. version of the album contains the additional track "I Only Have Eyes For You". A 2-disc, 19 track version was released as a freebie in the U.K. via ''The Mail On Sunday'' newspaper as ''The Very Best of Art Garfunkel Across America'' that includes the 17 tracks listed below in a slightly different order with two additional tracks: "America" and "Cecilia". Reception The Allmusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine awarded the album 2 stars stating "Art Garfunkel returned to recording in 1997 with Across America, a live album intended to commemorate his walk across America. Composed largely of oldies, the record is a pleasant enough nostalgia trip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Live Across America
''Live Across America'' is The Rippingtons' second live album (preceded by 1992's Live in L.A.) which was released in 2002. Track listing #"Road Warriors" - 4:15 #"Summer Lovers" - 6:35 #"Welcome to the St. James' Club" - 5:15 #"Hideaway" - 3:57 #"Black Diamond" - 5:00 #"South Beach Mambo" - 4:39 #"She Likes to Watch" - 5:38 #"Jewel Thieves" - 8:34 #"Rain" - 7:07 #"Avenida del Mar" - 3:59 #"Purple Haze "Purple Haze" is a song written by Jimi Hendrix and released as the second single by the Jimi Hendrix Experience on March 17, 1967. The song features his inventive guitar playing, which uses the signature Hendrix chord and a mix of blues and Ea ... / Fire Medley" - 1:42 #" Fire" - 1:42 #" The Star-Spangled Banner" - 2:46 #"Are We There Yet?" - 4:29 Personnel * Russ Freeman – guitars * Bill Heller – keyboards * Rico Belled – bass * Kim Stone – bass * Dave Hooper – drums * Dave Karasony – drums * Scott Breadman – percussion * Ray Yslas – percussion * Eri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waltz Across America
''Waltz Across America'' is a 2000 album by the Canadian alt-country band Cowboy Junkies. A live album, it was released on the band's independent label, Latent Recordings. Unlike most of the band's albums, it was not released in the United Kingdom. Another live album, '' In the Time Before Llamas'', was released there in 2003. Track listing Personnel Cowboy Junkies *Margo Timmins – vocals *Michael Timmins – guitar *Alan Anton – bass *Peter Timmins – drums Additional musicians *Jeff Bird - mandolin, electric mandolin, harmonica, 8 string bass, melodica The melodica is a handheld free-reed instrument similar to a pump organ or harmonica. It features a musical keyboard on top, and is played by blowing air through a mouthpiece that fits into a hole in the side of the instrument. The keyboard usual ..., percussion *Linford Detweiler - piano, Hammond B3 organ *Karin Bergquist - backup vocals, acoustic guitar References External links * {{Authority control C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chick-fil-A Kyle Petty Charity Ride Across America
The Kyle Petty Charity Ride Across America is an annual, cross-country motorcycle ride that travels to raise awareness and funds for Victory Junction, a camp created to enrich the lives of children with chronic or life-threatening medical illnesses. One of the most successful and popular charity events in the country, the Ride engages celebrities, sponsors, motorcycle enthusiasts, fans and local communities. The Ride was founded in 1995 by NASCAR driver Kyle Petty. About The Kyle Petty Charity Ride Across America is a week-long motorcycle trek through various cities nationwide. Since the Ride began in 1995, more than 7,950 riders have logged 11.6 million cumulative motorcycle miles and raised $17.5 million for Victory Junction and other children's charities. Beneficiaries Victory Junction Since its inception by Kyle in 2004 in honor of his late son Adam, Victory Junction has served as the Ride's primary beneficiary. Located on 84 acres in Randleman, North Carolina, Victory ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hands Across America
Hands Across America was a public fundraising event on Sunday, May 25, 1986, when 5 to 6.5 million people held hands for 15 minutes in an attempt to form a continuous human chain across the contiguous United States. The attempt to have a complete line of people across the country failed, although the number of participants would have been sufficient to succeed if they had been spread out over the full length of the planned course. The various gaps in the line between participants were filled using ribbons, ropes, or banners. Many participants donated $10 each to reserve their place in line. The proceeds were donated to local charities to fight hunger and homelessness and help those in poverty. The event raised about $15 million for charities after operating costs. Cities Cities along the route included the following: * New York, New York with Brooke Shields as well as Liza Minnelli, Cardinal John O'Connor, Susan Anton, Gregory Hines, and Edward James Olmos, Yoko Ono, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pledge Across America
The synchronized Pledge Across America is conducted each year on September 17 – Constitution Day. Pledge Across America is the nationally synchronized recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance (United States), Pledge of Allegiance in schools. In 2001 shortly after September 11 the President of the United States and the United States Secretary of Education and both the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives, House of Representatives joined over 52 million students in the synchronized Pledge of Allegiance to the flag. September 17, 2008 marked the 17th year the Pledge Across America takes place, and it also marked 117 years since Francis Bellamy wrote and first recited the Pledge of Allegiance in 1892. Sources {{no footnotes, date=August 2010 * https://web.archive.org/web/20081210074428/http://www.pledgeacrossamerica.org/ * http://www.celebrationusa.org/aboutus.htm * http://www.linkedin.com/in/celebrationusa * http://usgovinfo.about.com/library/weekly/aa1010 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Race Across America
The Race Across America, or RAAM, is an ultra-distance road cycling race held across the United States that started in 1982 as the Great American Bike Race. RAAM is one of the longest annual endurance events in the world. All entrants must prove their abilities by competing in any of several qualifying events, completing a course within a specified time period. In length the RAAM is comparable to the Tour de France, but the races differ to a great extent. The courses of both races have varied over the years. However, in the Race Across America, the direction has always been from the west coast to the east coast of the United States, approximately 3,000 miles (4,800 km), making it a transcontinental event. More importantly, the race has no stages, i.e., it is in principle a nonstop event from start to finish, with the fastest competitors needing slightly over a week to complete the course. By contrast, the Tour de France features a different route each year (alternating betwee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solar Impulse
Solar Impulse is a Swiss long-range experimental solar-powered aircraft project, and also the name of the project's two operational aircraft. The privately financed project is led by Swiss engineer and businessman André Borschberg and Swiss psychiatrist and balloonist Bertrand Piccard, who co-piloted ''Breitling Orbiter 3'', the first balloon to circle the world non-stop. The Solar Impulse project's goals were to make the first circumnavigation of the Earth by a piloted fixed-wing aircraft using only solar power and to bring attention to clean technologies. The aircraft is a single-seated monoplane powered by photovoltaic cells; it is capable of taking off under its own power. The prototype, often referred to as ''Solar Impulse 1'', was designed to remain airborne up to 36 hours. It conducted its first test flight in December 2009. In July 2010, it flew an entire diurnal solar cycle, including nearly nine hours of night flying, in a 26-hour flight. Piccard and Borschberg co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain Mike Across America
''Captain Mike Across America'' is a film written, directed and narrated by Michael Moore. It was filmed prior to the 2004 election, when the polling margin between candidates George W. Bush and John Kerry could have tipped either way. It debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 7 and 8, 2007. The film was re-edited by Moore into ''Slacker Uprising'', which was released for free on the Internet on September 23, 2008. It is one of the first feature-length films made by a known director to be released as both a free and legal downloadable online movie. The free download is only available to those residing in the United States and Canada. The film was also made available free for online viewing and download on the Lycos Cinema platform as well as iTunes and blip.tv. It had a one-night-only run at the Michigan Theater, where Michael Moore spoke briefly. The film is available in DVD format. ''Slacker Uprising'' features live performances or appearances by Eddi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rails Across America
''Rails Across America'' is a railroad simulation game released in late 2001 by developer Flying Lab Software and publisher Strategy First. It received generally positive reviews. Though no official expansions have been released, a rudimentary map-editing tool was made available to the player community. Gameplay The game covers the period 1830–2040 in North America (including parts of Canada and Mexico). The game is 'strategic' with emphasis on expansion of rail networks, finance, and competition with other railroads. The general goal of the game is to accumulate the most "prestige", although specific scenarios may have other goals. Rails Across America uses a proprietary 2D engine and 3D-flavored sprites, which are outdated when compared to contemporary games of the time. The game is played in a top-down view with various zoom levels. At the closest zoom, one can see animated trains and industries. At the furthest zoom the map is an abstract of the rail network. The us ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Read Across America
The National Education Association (NEA) is the largest labor union in the United States. It represents public school teachers and other support personnel, faculty and staffers at colleges and universities, retired educators, and college students preparing to become teachers. The NEA has just under 3 million members and is headquartered in Washington, D.C. The NEA had a budget of more than $341 million for the 2012–2013 fiscal year. Becky Pringle is the NEA's current president. Per the NEA website: "Our mission is to advocate for education professionals and to unite our members and the nation to fulfill the promise of public education to prepare every student to succeed in a diverse and interdependent world." During the early 20th century, the National Education Association was among the leading progressive advocates of establishing a United States Department of Education.Slawson, Douglas J. (2005)Department of Education Battle, 1918-1932 Public Schools, Catholic Schools, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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