"The USA Is a Monster The USA Is a Monster (or USAISAMONSTER) was an experimental rock band from Brooklyn, New York City. For most of their existence, the USA Is a Monster was a duo composed of Colin Langenus and Thom Hohman, both of whom play multiple instruments. While living in Boston, Thom and Colin had been members of the noise rock band Bull Roarer and the theatrical rock group Elvish Presley, which later became Black Elf Speaks. The initial incarnations of the USA Is a Monster emerged from these projects, and included other musicians as documented on the band's"
"Athens, Texas Athens is a city in Henderson County, Texas, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 12,710. It is the county seat of Henderson County. The city has called itself the ""Black-Eyed Pea Capital of the World."" Athens was selected as one of the first ""Certified Retirement Communities"" in Texas. It was named after Athens, Alabama, by one of the early residents who came from there. Athens is located in central Henderson County at (32.202782, -95.849140). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which"
"Athens Athens (; , ""Athína"" ; , ""Athênai"" ) is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, with its recorded history spanning over 3,400 years and its earliest human presence starting somewhere between the 11th and 7th millennium BC. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state that emerged in conjunction with the seagoing development of the port of Piraeus, which had been a distinct city prior to its 5th century BC incorporation with Athens. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy, home of Plato's Academy and Aristotle's"
"of infected. Athens, New York Athens is a town in Greene County, New York, United States. The population was 4,089 at the 2010 census. The town of Athens has a village also called Athens. The town is on the eastern end of the county. The town of Athens was formed in 1815 from parts of the towns of Catskill and Coxsackie. In 1890, the total population was 2,361. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 28.8 square miles (74.7 km²), of which, 26.2 square miles (67.8 km²) is land and 2.7 square miles"
"those age 65 or over. Athens, West Virginia Athens is a town in Mercer County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 1,048 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Bluefield, WV-VA micropolitan area which has a population of 107,578. Athens is the home of Concord University. Being a college town, Athens has a classical name, after Athens, Greece. The community incorporated as a town on August 6, 1906. Located near Athens is the Col. William Henderson French House, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. Athens is located at (37.423849, -81.013363). The town is"
"private ""colleges"", as they called formally in Greece, as the establishment of private universities is prohibited by the constitution. Many of them are accredited by a foreign state or university such as the American College of Greece and the Athens Campus of the University of Indianapolis. Athens Athens (; , ""Athína"" ; , ""Athênai"" ) is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, with its recorded history spanning over 3,400 years and its earliest human presence starting somewhere between the 11th and 7th millennium BC. Classical Athens"
"Athena, Oregon Athena is a city in Umatilla County, Oregon, United States. The population was 1,126 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Pendleton–Hermiston Micropolitan Statistical Area. Athena, about halfway between Pendleton, Oregon, and Walla Walla, Washington, was originally called Centerville. However, confusion about the name sometimes arose because Oregon had another Centerville, in Washington County, and the state of Washington had a Centerville, in Klickitat County. In 1889, local government officials asked the Centerville school principal, D. W. Jarvis, to recommend a different name. He chose ""Athena"" after the Greek goddess, and they agreed. Centerville got its"
"including 13.6% of those under the age of eighteen and 20.0% of those sixty five or over. The United States Postal Service operates the Athens Post Office. The Mt. Olive Christian School, pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade, operates in the former Athens High School building, constructed in 1930, with the last graduating class there in 1969. Athens, Louisiana Athens is a village in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 249 at the 2010 census. The village was named after the ancient city of Athens, capital of Greece. Athens became the parish seat of Claiborne Parish in 1846, but in"
"customer purchase, though the city does offer municipal garbage pick up as a service. Natural gas is supplied by Atlanta Gas Light through various marketers within the deregulated market. Phaedra Parks - Attorney, The Real Housewives of Atlanta Athens, Georgia Athens, officially Athens–Clarke County, is a consolidated city–county and college town in the U.S. state of Georgia. Athens lies about northeast of downtown Atlanta. The University of Georgia, the state's flagship public university and a Tier I research institution, is in the city and contributed to its initial growth. In 1991, after a vote the preceding year, the original City"
"Athens, New York Athens is a town in Greene County, New York, United States. The population was 4,089 at the 2010 census. The town of Athens has a village also called Athens. The town is on the eastern end of the county. The town of Athens was formed in 1815 from parts of the towns of Catskill and Coxsackie. In 1890, the total population was 2,361. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 28.8 square miles (74.7 km²), of which, 26.2 square miles (67.8 km²) is land and 2.7 square miles (6.9 km²,"
"Athens, Ohio Athens is a city in and the county seat of Athens County, Ohio, United States. Athens is most widely known as the home of Ohio University, a large public research university with an enrollment of more than 36,800 students across all campuses. Located along the Hocking River in the southeastern part of Ohio about southeast of Columbus, Athens is the principal city of the Athens, Ohio Micropolitan Statistical Area. The official population of Athens in the 2010 U.S. Census was 23,832, with a daytime population of over 40,000 Athens is a qualified Tree City USA as recognized by"
"for the Athens area. Bank of America Building (Athens, Georgia) The Bank of America Building, formerly known as the Holman Hotel, is a commercial and financial building in Athens, Georgia. It is the tallest building in the city with 10 floors. The building was originally designed as an office building, but it was later converted for hotel use, and again in the 1960s it was remodeled in the Colonial revival style for banking purposes. Inside the building, fire insurance maps show that the building, not including the penthouse, has a height of 120 feet. It is also the official headquarters"
"Athens (village), New York Athens is a village in Greene County, New York, United States. The population was 1,668 at the 2010 census. The village is named after the classical city of Athens. It is in the eastern part of the town of Athens, across the Hudson River from the city of Hudson. The history of the village and historic sites worth preservation are detailed in a New York State study, ""Village of Athens Multiple Resource Area"". Historic sites in Athens listed on the National Register of Historic Places in or near the village include: The land was purchased from"
"unit, with many offices & specialists. Plus the clinic has a heliport. Athens, Ohio Athens is a city in and the county seat of Athens County, Ohio, United States. Athens is most widely known as the home of Ohio University, a large public research university with an enrollment of more than 36,800 students across all campuses. Located along the Hocking River in the southeastern part of Ohio about southeast of Columbus, Athens is the principal city of the Athens, Ohio Micropolitan Statistical Area. The official population of Athens in the 2010 U.S. Census was 23,832, with a daytime population of"
"was then Jackson County. On July 25, John Milledge, one of the trustees and later governor of Georgia, bought from Daniel Easley and donated it to the university. Milledge named the surrounding area Athens after the city that was home to the Platonic Academy of Plato and Aristotle in Greece. Athens officially became a town in December 1806 with a government made up of a three-member commission. The university and town continued to grow with cotton mills fueling the industrial and commercial development. Athens became known as the ""Manchester of the South"" after the city in England known for its"
"Athens, Georgia Athens, officially Athens–Clarke County, is a consolidated city–county and college town in the U.S. state of Georgia. Athens lies about northeast of downtown Atlanta. The University of Georgia, the state's flagship public university and a Tier I research institution, is in the city and contributed to its initial growth. In 1991, after a vote the preceding year, the original City of Athens abandoned its charter to form a unified government with Clarke County, referred to jointly as Athens–Clarke County. , the U.S. Census Bureau's estimated population of the consolidated city-county (all of Clarke County except Winterville and a"
"Athens, Pennsylvania Athens is a borough in Bradford County, Pennsylvania, United States, located south of the New York state line on the Susquehanna and Chemung rivers. The population was 3,749 in 1900 and 3,796 in 1910. The population was 3,367 at the 2010 census. Athens is in a small area locally known as ""The Valley"", a group of four contiguous communities in Pennsylvania and New York: Waverly, New York; South Waverly, Pennsylvania; Sayre, Pennsylvania; and Athens. The Valley has a population near 30,000. In September 2011, Athens was heavily damaged by river flooding from Tropical Storm Lee. Much of Athens"
"Athens, West Virginia Athens is a town in Mercer County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 1,048 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Bluefield, WV-VA micropolitan area which has a population of 107,578. Athens is the home of Concord University. Being a college town, Athens has a classical name, after Athens, Greece. The community incorporated as a town on August 6, 1906. Located near Athens is the Col. William Henderson French House, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. Athens is located at (37.423849, -81.013363). The town is situated on a bluff above"
"thermometers. Attica Attica (, ""Attikḗ"" or ; or ), or the Attic peninsula, is a historical region that encompasses the city of Athens, the capital of Greece. It is a peninsula projecting into the Aegean Sea, bordering on Boeotia to the north and Megaris to the west. The history of Attica is tightly linked with that of Athens, and specifically the Golden Age of Athens during the classical period. Ancient Attica (Athens city-state) was divided into demoi or municipalities from the reform of Cleisthenes in 508/7 BC, grouped into three zones: urban (""astu"") in the region of Athens main city"
"the Atheneum. New Harmony's Atheneum New Harmony's Atheneum is the visitor center for New Harmony, Indiana. It is named for the Greek Athenaion, which was a temple dedicated to Athena in ancient Greece. Funded by the Indianapolis Lilly Endowment in 1976, with the help of the Krannert Charitable Trust, it was opened on October 10, 1979. The architect was Richard Meier, whose other works include the Getty Center in Los Angeles, California. When it opened in 1979 it won the Progressive Architecture Award, and in 1982 won the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Honor Award. In 2008 it won the"
"(AMA) Vintage Motorcycle Days at Mid-Ohio. Reunions of former PABATCO employees, vintage enthusiasts, and present-day Hodaka owners and riders are held in Athena annually, including swap meet, bike show, scrambles, and observed trials. Athena, Oregon Athena is a city in Umatilla County, Oregon, United States. The population was 1,126 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Pendleton–Hermiston Micropolitan Statistical Area. Athena, about halfway between Pendleton, Oregon, and Walla Walla, Washington, was originally called Centerville. However, confusion about the name sometimes arose because Oregon had another Centerville, in Washington County, and the state of Washington had a Centerville, in"
"was under water, with the most damage in the downtown area along the river. Damage in nearby Tioga County, New York, was estimated at $100 million. The Athens Historic District, Protection of the Flag Monument, and Spalding Memorial Library-Tioga Point Museum are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Athens is located in northern Bradford County at (41.963809, -76.522608). It lies on land between the Susquehanna River to the east and the Chemung River to the west, extending southward to their confluence at Tioga Point. The borough of Sayre borders Athens to the north, and Athens Township borders the"
"maintained by UGA Campus Transit. Athens has been named one of the top ten places in America to live and is home to many popular music artists including the American rock bands R.E.M. and Widespread Panic. UGA has been ranked number one among ""campus scenes that rock!"" by ""Rolling Stone"" magazine. Every summer since 1996 the city has hosted AthFest, a non-profit music and arts festival in the downtown area. While university students can enjoy the college town of Athens, they are less than an hour away by automobile from a large metropolitan city – Atlanta, Georgia, a designated global"
"population were below the poverty line, including 12.3% of those under age 18 and 11.7% of those age 65 or over. Athens (village), New York Athens is a village in Greene County, New York, United States. The population was 1,668 at the 2010 census. The village is named after the classical city of Athens. It is in the eastern part of the town of Athens, across the Hudson River from the city of Hudson. The history of the village and historic sites worth preservation are detailed in a New York State study, ""Village of Athens Multiple Resource Area"". Historic sites"
"Athens, Louisiana Athens is a village in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 249 at the 2010 census. The village was named after the ancient city of Athens, capital of Greece. Athens became the parish seat of Claiborne Parish in 1846, but in 1848 fire destroyed the courthouse and all the records in it. Soon thereafter the Claiborne Parish Police Jury decided to move the parish seat to its present location in Homer. Athens has been home to a Pilgrim's Pride poultry hatchery for many years. Their location in Athens was designated for closure early in 2009, along"
"international symbol of wisdom, the arts, and classical learning. Western artists and allegorists have often used Athena as a symbol of freedom and democracy. Athena is associated with the city of Athens. The name of the city in ancient Greek is ""Ἀθῆναι"" (""Athenai""), a plural toponym, designating the place where—according to myth—she presided over the ""Athenai"", a sisterhood devoted to her worship. In ancient times, scholars argued whether Athena was named after Athens or Athens after Athena. Now scholars generally agree that the goddess takes her name from the city; the ending -""ene"" is common in names of locations, but"
"Battle of Athens (1946) The Battle of Athens (sometimes called the McMinn County War) was a rebellion led by citizens in Athens and Etowah, Tennessee, United States, against the local government in August 1946. The citizens, including some World War II veterans, accused the local officials of predatory policing, police brutality, political corruption and voter intimidation. Concern over the election of Abraham Lincoln brought the Southern States to consider secession. The Northern and middle Southern states were opposed. Tennessee citizens voted 69,675 to 57,798 against disunion. Much of the anti-secession votes came from the mountainous Eastern portion of Tennessee,such as"
"Attica Attica (, ""Attikḗ"" or ; or ), or the Attic peninsula, is a historical region that encompasses the city of Athens, the capital of Greece. It is a peninsula projecting into the Aegean Sea, bordering on Boeotia to the north and Megaris to the west. The history of Attica is tightly linked with that of Athens, and specifically the Golden Age of Athens during the classical period. Ancient Attica (Athens city-state) was divided into demoi or municipalities from the reform of Cleisthenes in 508/7 BC, grouped into three zones: urban (""astu"") in the region of Athens main city and"
"Athens, Kentucky Athens ( ) is a small unincorporated village in the rural services area of Lexington-Fayette Urban County to the east of Interstate 75 in Kentucky in the United States. First settled in 1786 as the community of Cross Plains, the town was chartered as Athens in 1826 and had its own post office from that time until 1906. The current commercial center was reduced to its present size by a series of fires in the mid-19th century. The Athens Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979 for its Italianate, Greek Revival, and"
"on the campus of Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond, Kentucky. At age 27, Yandell was commissioned to create a monumental sculpture of Pallas Athena for the 1897 Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition. The Greek sculpture was in keeping with Nashville's nickname as ""The Athens of the South."" Yandell created the statue in her studio in Paris. She based the design on the Pallas de Velletri, found near Rome, Italy, in the eighteenth century, which was itself a copy of an ancient Greek statue. It depicted Athena with one arm raised victoriously and the other arm with upturned palm in a"
"Athens, Illinois Athens is a city in Menard County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,726 at the 2000 census, and 1,778 at a 2009 estimate. It is part of the Springfield, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the census of 2000, there were 1,726 people, 695 households, and 462 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,175.4 people per square mile (453.3/km²). There were 740 housing units at an average density of 504.0 per square mile (194.4/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 98.26% White, 0.41% African American, 0.12% Native American, 0.23% Asian, 0.46% from other"
"has never had a characteristic style of rock; most of the bands have been united only in their quirky and iconoclastic image. Music author Richie Unterberger describes the town as an unlikely center for musical development, as a ""sleepy [place where] it's difficult to imagine anyone working up a sweat, let alone playing rock music."" The contributions of Athens to rock, country music, and bluegrass have earned it the nickname ""the Liverpool of the South"", and the city is known as one of the American birthplaces for both modern alternative rock and new wave music. Athens was home to the"
"Athens, Tennessee Athens is a city in McMinn County, Tennessee, United States. It is the county seat of McMinn County and the principal city of the Athens Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is part of the larger Chattanooga-Cleveland-Athens Combined Statistical Area. The city is located almost equidistantly between the major cities of Knoxville and Chattanooga. The population was 13,220 at the 2000 census and 13,458 at the 2010 census. The Cherokee were living in McMinn County at the time of the arrival of the first Euro-American explorers. The Athens area was situated nearly halfway between the Overhill Cherokee villages of Great"