UnionThe Battle of Gettysburg ( locally / ˈɡɛtɪsbɜːrɡ / ( listen ) , with an / s / sound ) was fought July 1 -- 3 , 1863 , in and around the town of Gettysburg , Pennsylvania , by Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War . The battle involved the largest number of casualties of the entire war and is often described as the war 's turning point . Union Maj. Gen. George Meade 's Army of the Potomac defeated attacks by Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee 's Army of Northern Virginia , halting Lee 's invasion of the North .

`` Walk on Water '' is a song recorded by American rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars , featured on their fifth studio album America . It was produced by lead vocalist Jared Leto , who wrote the song alongside drummer Shannon Leto , with production contributions from Stevie Aiello and Mike Elizondo , among others .

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Shawn D. FontenoShawn D. Fonteno , also known as Solo , is an American actor and rapper who is known as the voice and the acting performer of Franklin Clinton from the video game Grand Theft Auto V. Fonteno 's performance in Grand Theft Auto V was mainly recorded using motion capture technology .

The Day the Earth Stood Still is a 2008 American science fiction thriller film , a loose adaptation of the 1951 film of the same name . The screenplay by David Scarpa is based on the 1940 classic science fiction short story `` Farewell to the Master '' by Harry Bates and on the 1951 screenplay adaptation by Edmund H. North .

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The most outstanding feature in the United States is that verdicts in criminal cases must be unanimous .

mid-August and early SeptemberSummer vacation ( also called summer holiday or summer break ) is a school holiday in summer between school years and the longest break in the school year . Students and instructors are off school typically between 6 and 14 weeks , depending on the country and district . In the United States , summer break is approximately 2.5 months , with students typically getting out of school between late May and mid-June and starting the new school year between mid-August and early September . In Republic of Ireland , Italy , Greece , Lithuania , Latvia , Lebanon , Romania and Russia , the summer break is normally three months , compared to six to eight weeks in Australia , Britain , Canada , India , and Germany .

The Tea Party movement is an American conservative movement within the Republican Party . Members of the movement have called for a reduction of the national debt of the United States and federal budget deficit by reducing government spending , and for lower taxes . The movement opposes government - sponsored universal healthcare and has been described as a mixture of libertarian , populist , and conservative activism . It has sponsored multiple protests and supported various political candidates since 2009 . According to the American Enterprise Institute , various polls in 2013 estimate that slightly over 10 percent of Americans identify as part of the movement .

Second messengers are intracellular signaling molecules released by the cell in response to exposure to extracellular signaling molecules -- the first messengers . Second messengers trigger physiological changes such as proliferation , differentiation , migration , survival , and apoptosis . They are one of the triggers of intracellular signal transduction cascades .

`` Pleasant Valley Sunday '' is a song by Gerry Goffin and Carole King , most famous for the version recorded by The Monkees in 1967 . Goffin 's and King 's inspiration for the name was a street named Pleasant Valley Way , in West Orange , New Jersey where they were living at the time . The road follows a valley through several communities among the Watchung Mountains . The lyrics were a social commentary on status symbols , creature comforts , life in suburbia and `` keeping up with the Joneses '' . It became one of the Monkees ' most successful singles .

The blood -- brain barrier ( BBB ) is a highly selective semipermeable membrane barrier that separates the circulating blood from the brain and extracellular fluid in the central nervous system ( CNS ) . The blood -- brain barrier is formed by brain endothelial cells and it allows the passage of water , some gases , and lipid - soluble molecules by passive diffusion , as well as the selective transport of molecules such as glucose and amino acids that are crucial to neural function . Furthermore , it prevents the entry of lipophilic potential neurotoxins by way of an active transport mechanism mediated by P - glycoprotein . Astrocytes have been claimed to be necessary to create the blood -- brain barrier . A few regions in the brain , including the circumventricular organs , do not have a blood -- brain barrier .

the late 1970sThe United States became the world 's largest producer of ethanol fuel in 2005 . The U.S. produced 13.9 billion U.S. liquid gallons ( 52.6 billion liters ) of ethanol fuel in 2011 , an increase from 13.2 billion U.S. liquid gallons ( 49.2 billion liters ) in 2010 , and up from 1.63 billion gallons in 2000 . Brazil and U.S. production accounted for 87.1 % of global production in 2011 . In the U.S , ethanol fuel is mainly used as an oxygenate in gasoline in the form of low - level blends up to 10 percent , and to an increasing extent , as E85 fuel for flex - fuel vehicles .

Band on the Run is the third studio album by Paul McCartney and Wings , released in December 1973 . It marked the fifth album by Paul McCartney since his departure from the Beatles in April 1970 . Although sales were modest initially , its commercial performance was aided by two hit singles -- `` Jet '' and `` Band on the Run '' -- such that it became the top - selling studio album of 1974 in the United Kingdom and Australia , in addition to revitalising McCartney 's critical standing . It remains McCartney 's most successful album and the most celebrated of his post-Beatles works .

The Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents , the Apostille Convention , or the Apostille Treaty , is an international treaty drafted by the Hague Conference on Private International Law . It specifies the modalities through which a document issued in one of the signatory countries can be certified for legal purposes in all the other signatory states . A certification under the terms of the convention is called an apostille ( from Latin post illa and then French : a marginal note ) . It is an international certification comparable to a notarisation in domestic law , and normally supplements a local notarisation of the document . If the convention applies between two countries , such an apostille is sufficient to certify a document 's validity , and removes the need for double - certification , by the originating country and then by the receiving country .

Lansford Warren Hastings ( 1819 -- 1870 ) is best remembered as the developer of Hastings Cutoff , a shortcut across what is now the state of Utah , a factor in the Donner Party disaster of 1846 . He was a Major in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War .

Facebook was blocked following the July 2009 Ürümqi riots because Xinjiang independence activists were using Facebook as part of their communications networkSeveral countries have interfered with or banned access to the social networking website Facebook , including Bangladesh , China ( not including Hong Kong , Macau , and Taiwan ) , Iran , and North Korea . Use of the website has also been restricted in other ways in other countries . As of May 2016 , the only countries to ban access around the clock to the social networking site are China , Iran , and North Korea . However , since the vast majority of North Korean residents do not have access to the internet , China and Iran are the only countries where access to Facebook is actively restricted in a wholesale manner .

federal governmentThe Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ( SNAP ) , formerly known as the Food Stamp Program , provides food - purchasing assistance for low - and no - income people living in the United States . It is a federal aid program , administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture , under the Food and Nutrition Service ( FNS ) , though benefits are distributed by each U.S. state 's Division of Social Services or Children and Family Services .

Diary of a Wimpy Kid : The Long Haul is a 2017 American family road comedy film directed by David Bowers . It is the fourth installment in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid film series , and is based on the ninth and tenth books in the series , The Long Haul and Old School , and one element based on the eighth book , Hard Luck about Meemaw . Despite not being a reboot , the original cast members from the first three films do not reprise their roles . It was theatrically released on May 19 , 2017 , by 20th Century Fox . The film grossed $39.3 million on a $22 million budget , and was panned by critics .