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Young America (other)
Young America may refer to: Places United States *Young America, Indiana *Young America, Wisconsin *Norwood Young America, Minnesota * Young America Township, Carver County, Minnesota * Young America Township, Edgar County, Illinois *Young America Lake, a lake in Minnesota Media * ''Young America'' (1897 film), a short film * ''Young America'' (1932 film), starring Spencer Tracy * ''Young America'' (1942 film), starring Jane Withers * ''Young America'' (1918 film), starring Madelyn Clare *Young America (magazine) *The Sound of Young America, now called '' Bullseye with Jesse Thorn'', a public radio program Politics * Young America movement, a political and cultural movement in the U.S. during the mid-nineteenth century * Young America's Foundation, a 20th-century conservative group * Young Americans for Freedom, a similarly named organization Other *Young America Corporation, an engagement and promotional marketing company * ''Young America'' (clipper), an 1853 clipper ship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Young America, Indiana
Young America is an unincorporated community in Deer Creek Township, Cass County, Indiana. History Young America was platted about 1856. The town sprang up around a saw mill. When someone wrote "Young America" on the mill's boiler, to indicate the promise of the enterprise, the name stuck. The Young America post office was established in 1876 and ceased operations in 2019. Geography Young America is located at . Climate According to the Köppen Climate Classification The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by German-Russian climatologist Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940) in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen, notabl ... system, Young America has a hot-summer humid continental climate, abbreviated "Dfa" on climate maps. The hottest temperature recorded in Young America was on June 29, 2012, while the coldest temperature recorded was on January 19, 1994. References External ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bullseye With Jesse Thorn
''Bullseye with Jesse Thorn'' (formerly ''The Sound of Young America'') is a public radio program and podcast based in Los Angeles, California, and distributed by National Public Radio (NPR). The weekly show is currently heard on over 50 public radio stations. The program features host Jesse Thorn interviewing personalities in arts and culture, with a special focus on comedy. History ''The Sound of Young America'' began in 2000 on the college radio station KZSC-FM, based at the University of California, Santa Cruz. At first, ''The Sound of Young America'' was a variety college radio show featuring Thorn and two other cohosts, Matt Dobbs (who soon dropped out in favor of Jordan Morris) and Gene O'Neill. Initially a morning show, it later ran from 5 to 6 p.m. each Thursday. O'Neill left in 2003, and Brian Lane filled in periodically thereafter. Upon Morris' departure in May 2004, the show began to use rotating co-hosts. That autumn, Thorn went solo. Past contributors to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Vuitton Cup
The Louis Vuitton Cup was the name of the Challenger Selection Series sailing competition from 1983, named after its sponsor, Louis Vuitton. The winner of the competition became the challenger to compete with the defender of the America's Cup. The competition for the 2017 America's Cup changed format and name to the '' Louis Vuitton Challenger’s Trophy''. The following series, in 2021, was named the Prada Cup after its new sponsor. Five out of the nine winners of the Louis Vuitton Cup competitions subsequently won the America's Cup itself. History In 1970, for the first time in America's Cup history, multiple "international" challengers competed for the right to challenge the New York Yacht Club, the defender of the America's Cup (the key word being "international": in 1964, for example, two British challengers competed for the right to challenge the NYYC.) For the 1983 America's Cup match, the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron, the "Challenger of Record", contracted with New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Young America (1999 Farr Yacht)
Young America may refer to: Places United States *Young America, Indiana *Young America, Wisconsin *Norwood Young America, Minnesota * Young America Township, Carver County, Minnesota * Young America Township, Edgar County, Illinois * Young America Lake, a lake in Minnesota Media * ''Young America'' (1897 film), a short film * ''Young America'' (1932 film), starring Spencer Tracy * ''Young America'' (1942 film), starring Jane Withers * ''Young America'' (1918 film), starring Madelyn Clare * Young America (magazine) *The Sound of Young America, now called '' Bullseye with Jesse Thorn'', a public radio program Politics * Young America movement, a political and cultural movement in the U.S. during the mid-nineteenth century * Young America's Foundation, a 20th-century conservative group * Young Americans for Freedom, a similarly named organization Other *Young America Corporation YA is a marketing services company with locations in the United States and Canada. The corporat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dennis Conner
Dennis Walter Conner (born September 16, 1942) is an American yachtsman. He is noted for winning a bronze medal at the 1976 Olympics, two Star World Championships, and three wins in the America's Cup. Sailing career Conner was born September 16, 1942, in San Diego. He competed in the 1976 Olympics together with Conn Findlay and took the bronze medal in the Tempest class. Conner also took part in the 1979 Admiral's Cup, as helmsman on the Peterson 45 named ''Williwaw''. America's Cup Conner has won the America's Cup three times, successfully defending the Cup in 1980, and 1988 and winning as the challenger in 1987. His 4-3 loss in 1983 to Australian Alan Bond's controversial wing-keeled challenger '' Australia II'' was the first Cup defender to be defeated in the 132-year history of the race, simultaneously ending a run by the New York Yacht Club that began with the first contest. Following the loss Conner formed his own syndicate, the Sail America Foundation, through ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Young America (1994 Yacht)
''Young America'' (USA-36) is an American International America's Cup Class yacht that unsuccessfully defended the 1995 America's Cup. History ''Young America'' was built for the PACT 95 racing syndicate, based in Maine and led by John Marshall, for the 1995 Citizen Cup. The Team Dennis Conner syndicate, sailing ''Stars & Stripes'' (USA-34), won the Citizen Cup and the right to defend the America's Cup against the challenge of Team New Zealand, sailing the yacht ''Black Magic'' (NZL 32). Judging that the ''Young America'' yacht was the fastest of the regatta, Team Dennis Conner petitioned and was granted the right to use ''Young America'' in place of ''Stars & Stripes'', in what proved to be an unsuccessful attempt to defend the America's Cup. ''Young America'' was designed by Bruce Farr. The original graphics on her hull were created by Roy Lichtenstein and produced by students at RISD. In 2003, the yacht was donated to the Storm King Art Center in New York. In 2017, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Young America (clipper)
The ''Young America'' was built by William H. Webb of New York. She was launched in 1853, at the height of the clipper construction boom. She sailed in the California trade, on transatlantic routes, and made voyages to Australia and the Far East. Fast passages and records “Among her many fine passages may be mentioned: from New York to San Francisco, 103, 107, 110, 112, 117, and, 116 days, and from San Francisco to New York, 92, 97, 85, 101, 103, and 83 days; San Francisco to Liverpool, 103 and 106 days; Liverpool to San Francisco, 117, 111, and 99 days; and twenty consecutive passages from New York to San Francisco averaging 117 days. Her best performance, however, was from 50° S. in the Atlantic to 50° S. in the Pacific, in the record time of 6 days.” She set a record for the passage from Liverpool to San Francisco in 1872, of 99 days. She set a record for a loaded sailing ship between San Francisco to New York in 1870, 83 days: "the record for a loaded sailing ship." ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Young America Corporation
YA is a marketing services company with locations in the United States and Canada. The corporation handles rebates, enter to win, loyalty, sampling and channel incentive programs and business process outsourcing for a number of major clients. History Originally named Dile Corporation, YA began in 1972 as a three-client promotion fulfillment company in Plymouth, Minnesota. In 1973, the corporation relocated to Young America, Minnesota, and took on the name of the town. In June 2015, the company renamed itself YA. Locations YA is headquartered in Minneapolis. Additionally it has a Contact Center in Chatham-Kent, Canada. In April 2008, YA announced the scheduled closure of the call center in Thunder Bay, ON, transferring all call handling services to the Chatham-Kent center. In June 2015, YA moved out of their Norwood Young America, MN and Edina, MN offices to the Lumber Exchange building in downtown Minneapolis. Criticism On November 7, 2005, officials in Massachusetts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Young Americans For Freedom
Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) is a conservative youth activism organization that was founded in 1960 as a coalition between traditional conservatives and libertarians on American college campuses. It is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and the chapter affiliate of Young America's Foundation. The purposes of YAF are to advocate public policies consistent with the Sharon Statement, which was adopted by young conservatives at a meeting at the home of William F. Buckley in Sharon, Connecticut, on September 11, 1960. While the 1960s were its most successful years in terms of numbers and influence, YAF has experienced a resurgence in recent years, becoming active as a national organization with chapters on college and high school campuses throughout the United States. YAF's official publication is ''The New Guard''. History Volatile early years Historians have documented the volatility inside YAF during its early years as a coalition of conservatives and libertarians. Kenne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Young America's Foundation
Young America's Foundation (YAF) is a conservative youth organization founded in 1969. In 2018, the ''Los Angeles Times'' called YAF "one of the most preeminent, influential and controversial forces in the nation's conservative youth movement." Scott Walker, former governor of Wisconsin and 2016 Republican presidential candidate, became President of YAF on February 1, 2021. Notable alumni members include Jeff Sessions and Stephen Miller. History Young America's Foundation was founded in 1969 at Vanderbilt UniversityYoung America's Foundation history at official website. when students formed an organization called University Information Services (UIS). UIS was established to provide students with a familial atmosphere to express their conservative beliefs. When UIS became a national organization in the early 1970s, it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Young America Movement
The Young America Movement was an American political, cultural and literary movement in the mid-19th century. Inspired by European reform movements of the 1830s (such as Junges Deutschland, Young Italy and Young Hegelians), the American group was formed as a political organization in 1845 by Edwin de Leon and George Henry Evans. It advocated free trade, social reform, expansion westward and southward into the territories, and support for republican, anti-aristocratic movements abroad. The movement also inspired a drive for self-consciously "American" literature in writers such as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, and Walt Whitman. It became a faction in the Democratic Party in the 1850s. Senator Stephen A. Douglas promoted its nationalistic program in an unsuccessful effort to compromise sectional differences. The breakup of the movement left many of its adherents discouraged and disillusioned. John L. O'Sullivan described the general purpose of the Young America Movement ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Young America (magazine)
Young America was a magazine published for American schoolchildren. It was founded by Stuart Scheftel, with backing by Marshall Field III, after Scheftel left '' The New York Times'' in 1935, ''Young America'' (YA) was sold to students in elementary and junior high schools. Each issue was a 12-page tabloid "with plenty of pictures, cartoons, maps, ndcharts. An 18-week subscription cost 25 cents. By September 1940, YA had the fourth-highest circulation for an American publication for children. Its 296,000 circulation trailed ''American Boy-Youth's Companion'', ''Boys' Life'', and ''Open Road for Boys''. In October 1945, Scheftel announced expansion of the Young America franchise with the formation of Young America Films Inc. (YAF). Scheftel became the film company's president, and Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt Jr. Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt Jr. (September 22, 1912 – November 12, 1999) was a British-born member of the prominent Vanderbilt railroad family, and a noted figure of Ameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
