<p>Adsmore is a living history museum located on North Jefferson Street in Princeton, Kentucky. It is the only living home museum in Kentucky. Its name is believed to be derived from numerous additions and renovations over 150 years.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Adsmore was originally constructed as the Greek Revival-style residence of dry goods merchant John Higgins in 1854. Along with the residence, her endowment for the operation of a museum is said to be over $1,000,000.</p><br>
<h2>Museum</h2><br>
<p>Adsmore was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. It opened as a museum in 1986.</p><br>
<p>The grounds of Adsmore contain the house structure, the carriage house that now serves as a gift shop, and a log cabin containing Ratliffs Gun Shop, a functioning gunsmiths shop that dates to the 1840s. The Adsmore House and Museum conducts tours each weekday and for special events such as the Black Patch Festival. The tour&#39;s content and the furnishings and decor change for the different "seasons" depicted in the house.</p><br>
<p>Desborough Island is a large artificially created island in the River Thames on the reach above Sunbury Lock in Surrey, England. The island was formed in the 1930s by the digging of a channel – the Desborough Cut – by the Thames Conservancy. Both island and cut are named after Lord Desborough who was at that time chairman of the Thames Conservancy.</p><br>
<p>The 3/4 mile (1 km) cut took the river on a straight course between Weybridge and Walton on Thames creating the island between it and the meandering stretch past Shepperton and Lower Halliford which remains as a navigable route. The cut alleviated flooding in Shepperton and halved the distance of travel on that part of the river.</p><br>
<p>The island is almost uninhabited, being mainly open space, playing fields and water treatment facilities. The island has access over two bridges from Walton Lane in Walton-on-Thames. It covers 45 hectare of which 14 hectare is open space. It is a site of nature conservation importance and is looked after by Elmbridge’s commons management team. The island contains the Walton Water Treatment Works, owned by Affinity Water. There are sporting facilities owned by University Vandals Rugby Club and http://www.weybridgerpc.co.uk Weybridge Rifle and Pistol Club, and other parts of the island are owned by the Environment Agency, Surrey County Council and Elmbridge Borough council. Pleasure boats operate from Walton, making a round trip round the island.</p><br>
<p>Efforts have been made to improve the environment of the island, and hedges have been relaid to improve the habitat.</p><br>
<p>The island and surrounding river stood in for the banks of the Mississippi in the video of Culture Club&#39;s Karma Chameleon.</p><br>
<p>Swan Lake, South Dakota is a small natural lake located north-northwest of the city of Viborg, South Dakota. The lake is surrounded by cabins and is used for recreational purposes.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>It is called Swan Lake because it is shaped like a swan. From the 1920s until the late 1970s there was a resort at Swan Lake on the south side of the lake. It included a pavilion that sold food and it had a band stand, dance floor and roller skating rink on the same floor. Cabins were rented out and bands performed at the pavilion. There was a bath house to rent swim suits, several boats for rent and bait could also be bought. The pavilion was built after World War I and owned by the Ebersen family. On 2/1/1921 the pavilion was purchased by Peter N. Hansen and his wife Claudine whose children Erna, Art, Lorna, and Earl grew up on the resort. They owned it until about 1946. Some other owners of the Swan Lake Resort over the years were a Bill and Mary Myreholt and Waldo and Marilyn Jorgensen. The cabins were sold to individuals during the 60s and 70s. The pavilion burned down around 1979. Today there is a place called the Shore Store on the east side of the lake. The Shore Store is now for sale by owner and appears to be closed.</p><br>
<p>On June 7, 1965, a tornado went thru and caused a lot of damage to the north side.</p><br>
<p>The Francis G. Newlands Home is a historic house at 7 Elm Court in Reno, Nevada, United States. Built in 1890, it is the former mansion of United States Senator Francis G. Newlands , a driving force in passage of the 1902 Newlands Reclamation Act. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1963 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1966. The house is privately owned and is not open to the public.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The Francis G. Newlands Home is located in a residential area on the south side of the Truckee River southwest of downtown Reno, at the end of Elm Court, a short spur off the western end of Court Street. This area was a particularly fashionable residential area in the late 19th century. The house stands on about 2 acre overlooking the river to the north. It is a two story wood frame structure, roughly rectanguar in footprint, with a gable roof and the then-fashionable Shingle Style exterior. Queen Anne characteristics of the house include a variety of protrusions, projections and gables. A front wing and an arbor were added sometime before 1908.</p><br>
<p>The house was the first mansion built on a bluff overlooking the Truckee River in Reno, which became known as Newlands Heights. Diverse architectural styles are represented in the area, as exemplified also by the colonial revival Hawkins House next door, another mansion listed on the National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<p>Francis G. Newlands had this house built in 1890, not long after he moved to Reno from San Francisco, California. He was then managing the complex affairs of his first wife&#39;s family; she was the daughter of William Sharon, who had made his fortune in the Comstock Lode silver business. He began service in the United States House of Representatives in 1893 before winning election to the Senate in 1902. He was instrumental in advancing the Reclamation Act, which put the federal government in the business of providing irrigation infrastructure in place to facilitate agricultural development of the rural west. Later in his career he also played in important role in securing legislation that reorganized the way railroads were managed.</p><br>
<p>After Newlands&#39; death, the house was purchased by divorce lawyer George Thatcher in 1920. His client Barbara Hutton, heiress of the F.W. Woolworth Company, stayed in the house in 1935, as did other Thatcher clients from time to time.</p><br>
<p>The Indianapolis Public Library  is the public library system serving the citizens of Marion County, Indiana, United States and its largest city, Indianapolis. The library was founded in 1873 and has grown to include a Central Library building, located adjacent to the Indiana World War Memorial Plaza, and 22 branch libraries spread throughout the county. The library attracts over four million visitors each year and circulates nearly 16 million items. The library&#39;s mission is to enrich lives and build communities through lifelong learning. Its vision is to be a center of knowledge, community life, and innovation for Indianapolis.</p><br>
<p>The Central Library building was designed by architect Paul Philippe Cret, (with Zantzinger, Borie and Medary) and completed in 1917. A complete historic renovation and a major addition to the library was designed by Woollen, Molzan and Partners. The newly renovated Central Library building opened on December 9, 2007, ending a controversial multi-year rebuilding plan.</p><br>
<h2>Indianapolis Special Collections Room</h2><br>
<p>The Central Library also houses the Nina Mason Pulliam Indianapolis Special Collections Room containing a variety of archival adult and children’s materials, both fiction and nonfiction books by local authors, photographs, scrapbooks, typescripts, manuscripts, autographed editions, letters, newspapers, magazines, and realia. The collection features Kurt Vonnegut, May Wright Sewall, the Woollen family, James Whitcomb Riley, and Booth Tarkington.</p><br>
<h2>Branches</h2><br>
<p>Besides the Central Library, The Indianapolis Public Library also operates twenty-two branch libraries and provides bookmobile services. In April 2016, the boards of the Indianapolis and the Beech Grove public libraries voted to merge, with the Beech Grove library becoming the 23rd branch library of the Indianapolis library system on June 1, 2016.</p><br>
<p>Quesnel Lake is a glacial lake or fjord in British Columbia, Canada, and is the major tertiary of the Fraser River. With a maximum depth of 610 meters , it is claimed to be the deepest fjord lake in the world, the fifth-deepest lake in BC, and the deepest lake in the Cariboo region.</p><br>
<p>On August 4, 2014, the tailings pond of Mount Polley mine burst, spilling tailings into Polley Lake and Quesnel Lake and temporarily depriving residents of Likely, British Columbia, of fresh water for household use.</p><br>
<p>Forestry, mining and fishing are popular in this area. Quesnel Lake is also a trophy lake because live bait or barbed hooks are not allowed. Catch-and-release restrictions apply to Steelhead fish less than 10 cm or greater than 50cm. Rainbow trout, dolly varden and other lake trout are common.</p><br>
<p>Cerro Castillo Dynevor, also known as Castillo Dynevor is located on the northwest coast of Skyring Sound, in Magallanes Region, Chile. It is named after its resemblance with Dynevor Castle in Wales, which was noticed by British explorers in 1830.</p><br>
<p>Its access is quite harsh due to the nature that all roads end about 30 km from it, and the rest of the way must be done either on a 4x4 vehicle, motorcycle, horse or on foot, either way the appropriate track is just by the shore, not through the woods, as they are too dense.</p><br>
<p>The ascent is initially blocked by Ñirres (Nothofagus antarctica), which makes advance extremely slow. Following the wooden zone, vast masses of peat moss come across and, the final part is a mix between loosen rocks, snow and ice.</p><br>
<p>This place is nowadays part of María Consuelo Estancia.</p><br>
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<p>The Portsea Hole is a depression in the seafloor of Port Phillip near Portsea in Victoria, Australia. The undefined area of the depression, generally assessed at 10 hectare, is one of six separate areas that comprise the Port Phillip Heads Marine National Park and is a popular site for divers.</p><br>
<h2>Features</h2><br>
<p>The Portsea Hole is a remnant section of the drowned valley of the Yarra River, descending sharply from the 12 m depth of the surrounding seabed to 32 m, exposing changes in the strata of the limestone sides with depth. It is characterized by diverse and abundant fish assemblages as well as a rich benthic community of marine invertebrates, encrusting algae, sponges and soft corals.</p><br>
<p>The Portsea Hole in Port Phillip is about 500 m from the Portsea Pier. To the north there is a vertical wall approximately 75 m long. The wall has small overhangs which are home to plenty of marine life, including the beautiful Blue Devil fish. The Portsea Hole is a very popular boat dive site for recreational scuba diving activities.</p><br>
<p>The River Vartry is a river in the Republic of Ireland. It rises in Calary Bog under the Great Sugar Loaf mountain in north County Wicklow. In 1861 Parliament passed the Dublin Waterworks Act creating the project to dam the River Vartry in Roundwood to form the Vartry Reservoir. This was completed in 1865 and was the first clean source of water for Dublin, replacing the canal water. There are several references to the Vartry in James Joyces Ulysses, "… and on his expressed desire for some beverage to drink Mr Bloom in view of the hour it was and there being no pump of Vartry water available for their ablutions let alone drinking purposes...” or “Power. Particular about his drink. Flaw in the glass, fresh Vartry water.” This reservoir still supplies 40% of all of Dublins water needs.</p><br>
<p>From the reservoir lakes, it flows east towards Ashford under the Annagolan Bridge and down through Devils Glen. From there it passes the Nuns Cross Bridge (dating from the 18th century) on through Ashford, under the N11 road and continues eastwards into Broad Lough.</p><br>
<p>Broad Lough is a lake which lies approximately 1 km north of Parnell Bridge in Wicklow Town (at its closest point) and approximately 4 km north of Parnell Bridge (at its furthest point). This lake and surrounding wetlands evolved when a sand spit formed along the coastline cutting off the Vartry from its original egress. This sand spit is called The Murrough/Murragh and it carries the Dublin to Wicklow coastal railway line built in the 1860s.</p><br>
<p>Broad Lough drains southwards into the Irish Sea through Wicklow Town. The name of this stretch of water (approximately 1.5 km in length) is disputed. It is variously called the River Leitrim, the Broad Lough Estuary and the River Vartry.</p><br>
<p>According to The Life of St. Patrick and His Place in History the place where St. Patrick landed was at Inverdea, the mouth of the river Vartry in County Wicklow.</p><br>
<p>The Migneint  is a large expanse of moorland in central Snowdonia, north-west Wales. It is part of the Migneint-Arenig-Dduallt Special Area of Conservation, along with the mountains Arenig Fawr, Arenig Fach and Dduallt, covering a range of nearly 200 km². It is either the largest area of blanket bog in Wales, or the second largest, after the Berwyn range, further to the east.</p><br>
<p>The area includes a few small lakes, including Llyn Conwy, the source of the River Conwy, and is bisected by the B4407 road from Ffestiniog to Ysbyty Ifan.</p><br>
<p>Plans have been suggested to hold water on the Migneint for longer, to help prevent flooding in the Conwy valley, but local farmers have voiced concern that this could be harmful to livestock.</p><br>
<p>The Bishorn  is a mountain in the Pennine Alps in Switzerland, just north of the Weisshorn.</p><br>
<p>The mountain has two distinct summits, separated by a 600-metre easy-angled snow ridge.</p><br>
<h2>Huts</h2><br>
<p>Huts serving the peak are the Cabane de Tracuit (3,256 m) and the Turtmann hut (2,519 m).</p><br>
<p>Access to both huts is snow-free in summertime. The Tracuit hut is normally accessed from the Zinal valley, a long and demanding walk of around five hours from the village to the hut.</p><br>
<p>The Turtmann hut is primarily used for climbing the Barrhorn and the Brunegghorn. Note that climbing the Bishorn from the Turtmann hut requires a far longer glacier walk through sections with numerous crevasses.</p><br>
<h2>Access roads</h2><br>
<p>The access roads to the huts are from the Rhone valley in the north. The road to Zinal starts at Sierre, and the other road starts from Turtmann village. In both cases these are good and attractive mountain roads typical of the area.</p><br>
<p>The King William Ale House is a historic public house situated on King Street in Bristol, England. It dates from 1670 and was originally part of a row of three houses. The three have been designated by English Heritage as a grade II* listed building since 8 January 1959. It includes a mixture of 17th-century and 18th-century features, but currently serves as a public house owned and operated by Samuel Smiths Old Brewery.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The King William Ale House stands as part of a group of three houses, which were built in approximately 1670; originally built as a refuge for poor women, the buildings were later converted into public houses. The three buildings were designated as a Grade II* listed building on 8 January 1959, and currently include two public houses, the King William Ale House as well as The Famous Royal Navy Volunteer, with a restaurant between them.</p><br>
<p>The building is timber-framed, with brick stacks; the front of the building is gabled with three jettied floors. It has a single-story wing to the back block on Little King Street, which also dates to the 17th century. The sash windows of the building are in an 18th-century style, but restored in the late 20th century. The King Street entrance includes an 18th-century shop front, with a 17th-century door frame.</p><br>
<h2>Present usage</h2><br>
<p>The King William Ale House is owned and operated by Samuel Smith Brewery. It has two entrances, one on King Street, the other on Little King Street. Inside there is a stone fireplace and a number of seating booths. The pub also has sufficient space for pool tables. The draught ales are kept in kegs rather than casks.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The Governors Mansion of the State of Nevada was built between 1908 and 1909. Until that time, Nevadas governors and their families found lodging where they could in or near Carson City, the capital. State Assembly Bill 10, the "Mansion Bill," was passed in 1907 to secure a permanent site and residence for a Governors Mansion. Mrs. T.B. Rickey sold the land where the mansion now stands to the State of Nevada for $10, and George A. Ferris, a Reno architect, designed the mansion with Classical Revival features and Georgian and Jeffersonian motifs, and a construction bid was awarded for $22,700. Acting Governor Denver S. Dickerson and his family were the first residents when they occupied the mansion in July 1909. The building was first opened to the public during an open house on New Years Day, 1910. The governor&#39;s daughter, June Dickerson, was born in the mansion on September 2, 1909, and is the only child yet born in the mansion.</p><br>
<p>The mansion was at the center of a legal dispute resulting from the divorce case of Governor Jim Gibbons and his now-former wife, Dawn. Several months before filing a divorce petition in May 2008, the Governor moved out of the mansion, returning to the couples private residence in Reno. Upon filing for divorce, he filed a petition seeking his wifes eviction from the mansion, citing state law which requires that the Governor maintain his or her home and office in the state capital. Mrs. Gibbons challenged that petition, citing a desire to continue fulfilling her duties as First Lady and instead offering to live in the mansion&#39;s guest house, which would allow her husband to live separately in the main house. Furthermore, her attorney also cited state law which allows divorcing couples to divide equally anything of value enjoyed by both parties until the divorce is finalized. After their divorce, Governor Gibbons moved back into the mansion, and Dawn Gibbons relocated to an apartment in Las Vegas.</p><br>
<p>The North Carolina Executive Mansion  is the official residence of the Governor of North Carolina and their family. Building began in the year 1883 and it was designed by noted architects Samuel Sloan and A.G. Bauer. The first occupants, Governor Daniel G. Fowle and his family, moved into the unfinished building in January 1891. It is an example of Queen Anne style architecture.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The original street plan of the city of Raleigh had designated Burke Square as a possible location for the governors residence. Burke Square was already occupied by the Raleigh Academy by the time the state decided to build and a different site for the house was chosen. The legislature passed a bill in 1883 under Governor Jarviss prompting, to authorize the construction on Burke Square of Raleighs third official gubernatorial residence. The bill provided for its major furnishings and required that the governor occupy the new dwelling. Prison labor was used for construction and building materials were used that could be made at the local penitentiary when feasible. Samuel Sloan, of Philadelphia, and his assistant, Aldophus Gustavus Bauer, were chosen as architects. Sloan arrived in Raleigh with his designs for the elaborate structure in April 1883 and work began in early summer. Sloan died in 1885, six years before the completion of the house, and Bauer assumed full responsibility for the remainder of the project. Bauer remained in North Carolina to become one of the states most important nineteenth-century architects.</p><br>
<p>The bricks for the house were made from Wake County clay and molded by prison labor. Many of these bricks, particularly in the sidewalks surrounding the house, still bear the inscribed names of the men who made them. The sandstone trim came from Anson County. The marble steps in front (later moved to the north side) came from Cherokee County, and oak and heart pine were shipped from all across North Carolina for use in the building.</p><br>
<p>Since its initial construction in 1882, few major changes have been made to the building&#39;s exterior. Porches on the north and east sides have been enclosed to expand kitchen and security facilities.</p><br>
<p>A Neoclassical makeover was undertaken during Governor Angus W. McLean&#39;s administration. Many Victorian features were changed or removed, including painting of woodwork; removal of stained glass, balustrades, overmantel mirrors and whatnot shelving; and replacement of columns and pilasters.</p><br>
<p>During her tenure as first lady, Jeanelle C. Moore (wife of Dan K. Moore) began a campaign for public awareness of the mansion&#39;s historic and cultural significance. Her dedication resulted in the formation of the Executive Mansion Fine Arts Committee, a statutory committee which advises and supports the acquisition of gifts, purchases, maintenance and preservation. In 1970, the mansion was listed in the National Register of Historic Places. In 1974–75, the mansion underwent a major renovation which included the plumbing, heating, air conditioning and electrical systems. These interior and exterior rehabilitation projects were crucial to the preservation and continued use of the building.</p><br>
<p>In 1988, the Executive Mansion Fund Inc., a non-profit corporation was created in order to provide further support for restoration and preservation. The fund is charged with soliciting grants, donations, bequests and other contributions and with investing and managing these funds. Its successful Second Century campaign resulted in the establishment of a $2 million endowment. The Executive Mansion Fund Inc. has established a membership organization—the Friends of the Executive Mansion, a group of concerned individual and corporate citizens who wish to support the Executive Mansion through their annual contributions.</p><br>
<h2>Governor's Western Residence</h2><br>
<p>The State of North Carolina also owns a second residence for the use of the governor, at 45 Patton Mountain Road on Town Mountain near Asheville. It was donated to the state by the Asheville Chamber of Commerce in 1964, in the hope that future governors would spend more time in—and hence pay more attention to—the western portion of the state.</p><br>
<p>The home was built originally in 1939 by Tom Brimer, who was then owner of Good Humor Ice Cream. The 6,000 ft&sup2; mansion sits on 18 acre of land.</p><br>
<p>The Slieve Miskish Mountains are a small range of low sandstone mountains found at the extreme south-western tip of the Beara Peninsula of County Cork in Ireland. The name derives from the Irish "Sliabh Mioscais," "the Mountains of Malice." Unlike the Caha Mountains, which lie further north on the peninsula, the Slieve Miskish Mountains lie entirely on the Cork side of the peninsula, part of which belongs to County Kerry. There are only four named mountain peaks in the range: Knocknagallaun, 376 m; Knockgour, 481 m; Knockoura, 490 m; and Miskish Mountain, 386 m. They overshadow the main town on the peninsula, Castletownbere, as well as the village of Allihies on their western slope, which was once the centre of a thriving copper mining industry in the 19th century. The now-abandoned mines and surrounding buildings can still be seen on the mountain slopes above Allihies.</p><br>
<p>The Naval War College Museum in Newport, Rhode Island, is one of 10 official museums operated by the United States Navy, under the direction of the Naval History & Heritage Command and in co-operation with the Naval War College. It is located at Building 10, Luce Avenue, Naval Station Newport. It is located in the building which first house the Naval War College, a structure built in the early 19th century to house Newports poor. The building is a contributing element to a National Historic Landmark District, along with Luce Hall, the colleges first purpose-built building, in recognition of the War College&#39;s historical significance.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The Naval War College established the Naval Museum in 1952, with the approval of the Chief of Naval Operations to manage its collections of historical artifacts. Since 1978, it has occupied its present quarters on Coasters Harbor Island in Narragansett Bay. This building, now called Founders Hall, was originally built in 1819 as the Newport Poor Asylum. The city of Newport and the state of Rhode Island donated this property to the Navy for use as the Naval War College. The Colleges first president, Rear Admiral Stephen B. Luce, formally dedicated the building to the Navys use. The building became famous in the years 1886-1889, when the College&#39;s second president, Captain Alfred Thayer Mahan, first gave his lectures in this building that formed the basis for his famous book The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 (1890).</p><br>
<p>Founders Hall and Luce Hall were designated a National Historic Landmark District in 1964, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1966.</p><br>
<h2>Museum</h2><br>
<p>Today, the Naval War College Museum uses this building to display exhibits on three themes: (a) the history of the Naval War College since 1884; (b) the history of naval activities in the Narragansett Bay area since the colonial period; and (3) the history of the art and science of naval warfare since ancient times.</p><br>
<p>Wolf Cave  is a crack in the Pyhävuori mountain  in Kristinestad, near the Karijoki municipality in Finland. The upper part of the crack has been packed with soil, forming a cave. In 1996, some objects were found in the cave that brought about speculations that it could have been inhabited in the Paleolithic, between 120,000 and 130,000 years ago. These objects, if authentic, would be the only known Neanderthal artifacts in the Nordic countries.</p><br>
<h2>Excavation history</h2><br>
<p>In 1996, plans were made to empty the cave of soil and turn it into a tourist attraction, but during the process, stone objects that might have been created by humans were found and the work to empty the cave was halted. In 1997, an excavation of the cave was begun as a collaboration between the National Board of Antiquities, the Geological Survey of Finland, the Department of Geology of the University of Helsinki, and the Finnish Museum of Natural History. This excavation lasted until 2000, and was focused on determining the age of the materials, finding out if similar items could be found elsewhere in Europe, and reconstructing the prehistoric surroundings. The results were presented in a 2002 report.</p><br>
<p>Work was interrupted in 2001, because of the risk that the cave was about to collapse, in part as a result of the excavation itself, but the cave was stabilized in 2002, and a protecting wire netting of steel was set up to prevent chips of stone from falling. In 2003, a follow-up was carried out, and in 2004, the National Board of Antiquities received funds to start a three-year research project. Work began again later that year, and in the following years, excavations took place in the early summer each year.</p><br>
<h2>Findings</h2><br>
<p>After eight summers of digging, about 200 artifacts, some 600 pieces of strike waste, scrapers and bolt stone, and heated stones from an open fire have been found. The objects are made of various materials, including siltstone, quartz, quartzite, volcanic rock, jasper and sandstone; as siltstone and quartzite do not occur naturally in the area, at least some of these must have come from elsewhere.</p><br>
<p>The ground in Wolf Cave consists of at least eight layers, of which the fourth and the fifth are the geologically and archeologically most interesting. The stone material that has been found appears to have been worked with several different techniques—tools of stone with good processing structure, such as fine-grained quartzite and red siltstone, have been worked in a way that is typical of the Middle Paleolithic, and probably of the Mousterian type, while quartz, other quartzite, and sandstone have been worked with the earlier Clactonian technique.</p><br>
<p>Large quantities of bones from mammals and their prey have also been found, mostly in the upper layers of the cave, though it is not certain that any of the bone material dates from before the last ice age.</p><br>
<h2>Criticism</h2><br>
<p>There is disagreement as to whether Neanderthals actually settled in the cave. In 2006, Joakim Donner, Professor Emeritus in Geology and Paleontology, published in the journal Tieteessä tapahtuu criticisms of the idea that the materials found in the cave were created by humans. Donner claims not only that stones from Wolf Cave are not similar to Neanderthal objects found in France, but also that the cave was located under water during the time period in question, and that there is no proof that fire was made there.</p><br>
<p>Hans-Peter Schulz of the National Board of Antiquities has defended the findings, saying that it is very possible that the cave was situated above water level at the time, and that soot from the fireplace that has been found is over 40,000 years old and cannot have come from outside the cave. The justification that the pieces of stone found in the cave are actually products of human beings is, according to Schulz, that the objects have been exposed to a rapid and aimed blow, leaving a surface that does not look similar to one that has been exposed to exogenous processes, but does resemble those of man-made objects from the Paleolithic found in central Europe. The debate was widely reported in the press.</p><br>
<p>In 2007, several critical papers from Finnish geologists and archaeologists were published in the archaeological journal Fennoscandia archaeologica (vol. XXIV). The authors in question were not convinced that the finds and features found in the cave are man-made. Debate continues.</p><br>
<p>Mangerton or Mangerton Mountain is a mountain in County Kerry, Republic of Ireland. At a height of 839 m  it is the tallest of the Mangerton range and 25th tallest in Ireland. Its western slope lies within Killarney National Park.</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>Mangerton is part of a massif that also includes the summits of Mangerton North Top (782 m), Glencappul Top (700 m) and Stoompa (705 m). Each of these summits are flat or slightly rounded. Enclosed within the massif is a deep U-shaped valley called Glencappul or Horses Glen. There are three lochs within Glencappul—Lough Garagarry (Loch Garaigre), Lough Mannagh (Loch Meáin) and Lough Erhogh. A short walk north of Mangertons summit is The Devil&#39;s Punchbowl (Poll Ifrinn), an oval-shaped hollow with a loch in the middle.</p><br>
<h2>Battle</h2><br>
<p>The far northern slope of Mangerton was the site of a battle in 1262 between the Mac Cárthaigh (Gaelic forces) and FitzGeralds (Anglo-Norman forces). The battle-site is known as Tooreencormick (from Tuairín Cormaic meaning "little field of Cormac") after Cormac MacCárthaigh, who was killed during the clash. The battle is considered a MacCarthy success however because the Normans were kept out of the region.</p><br>
<p>The Utah Governor&#39;s Mansion is the official residence of the Governor of Utah and family. It is located at 603 E. South Temple St., Salt Lake City, Utah.</p><br>
<p>Built in 1902 by United States Senator and mining magnate Thomas Kearns, the house was designed by notable Utah architect Carl M. Neuhausen, who also designed the Cathedral of the Madeleine in Salt Lake City. The elegant home was built using the finest materials by the finest craftsmen available, resulting in a quality and style similar to that of Eastern mansions like those of the Vanderbilts and Carnegies. The mansion also served not only as a home and a place for the Senator to conduct official business, but also as a venue for entertainment where guests would dance and enjoy the music of live orchestras. During this period many political and religious dignitaries were guests in the Kearns mansion, including President Theodore Roosevelt, who was a personal friend of Senator Kearns.</p><br>
<p>In February 1937 Jennie Judge Kearns donated the Kearns Mansion to the State of Utah after the passing of Senator Kearns. The mansion was donated with the condition that it serve as the Governors Residence. For the next twenty years the governors of Utah used the mansion as their primary residence. From 1957 to 1977, the Utah Historical Society occupied the mansion as a library, museum, and office space. In 1977, Governor Scott Matheson proposed that the mansion be restored as a governors residence and, after an extensive renovation, the mansion became a residence once again in 1980.</p><br>
<p>On December 15, 1993, a fire, caused by faulty wiring on the Christmas tree in the main hall, destroyed much of the mansion. Governor Leavitt was not at home at the time, but Mrs. Leavitt and her staff were quick to notify the Salt Lake City Fire Department, and their response kept the mansion from suffering more significant damage. A long and painstaking restoration was begun, to restore the mansion to its original state and salvage as much of the historical interior as possible.</p><br>
<p>The $7.8 million restoration brought the home back to its original 1902 style, while providing many current safety standards, such as a fire sprinkler system, new wiring and plumbing, new heating and cooling, a security system, and seismic upgrades.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the USA National Register of Historic Places as, and is also known as, the Thomas Kearns Mansion and Carriage House. The listing included two contributing buildings on a 9 acre property.</p><br>
<p>The West Virginia Governor&#39;s Mansion  is a historic residence located next to the Kanawha River in Charleston, West Virginia and is the official residence of the Governor of West Virginia.</p><br>
<p>The Colonial Revival (Georgian Revival) building was completed in 1925 by Charleston architect Walter F. Martens and is part of the West Virginia Capitol Complex, which also includes the West Virginia State Capitol. The building itself has a red brick exterior, with a columned portico at the entrance. The foyer was inspired by the White House, with checkered black-and-white marble flooring and dual staircases. The first floor of the mansion includes the drawing room, ballroom, state dining room, library, and a sitting room. The second floor houses the governor&#39;s own rooms, as well as those of his family, while additional bedrooms are on the third floor. The mansion also features walled gardens, a separate garage, and servant quarters.</p><br>
<p>The total cost of the mansion, including land, construction, and furnishings, was approximately $203,000 at the time of its construction.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The first Governors Mansion was bought by the state in 1893 from a private company, using $22,000 appropriated by the state with the help of outgoing governor Aretas B. Fleming. The first governor to live in this mansion was William MacCorkle, who succeeded Fleming. The building, a large, wooden, white, two-story structure in the Queen Anne style, was built originally as a private residence for local merchants. It served eight different governors, from 1893–1925. Prior to its purchase, governors of West Virginia were responsible for their own housing. A fire on January 3, 1921 resulted in the destruction of the old state capitol building in Charleston. As a result, a 1921 session of the West Virginia Legislature created a seven-member "Capitol Building Commission". On July 23 of that year, Cass Gilbert was chosen to direct construction for the new complex, which was to include a capitol building as well as an executive mansion. The location for the complex was chosen on December 20, 1921. Groundbreaking for the complex occurred on January 7, 1924, and the entire state capitol building was completed in 1932. Three parcels of land for the actual mansion were acquired on July 7, 1921, at a cost of $64,270, and construction began in 1924 and ended in 1925. The work was overseen by local architect Walter F. Martens, but he was not greatly involved in the design of the neighboring capitol building. Compared to Gilbert, who was already an accomplished architect, Martens had less experience and had never worked on a project of this size. However, Martens had traveled to New York City to talk with Gilbert about designs for the project, and both had similar ideas for the buildings Georgian style. Martens also traveled to see the White House, which was to be a model for the new mansion. His visit allowed him to learn how to create a floor plan able to accommodate heavy traffic of guests, as many as 2,000 visitors at once.</p><br>
<p>The buildings first occupant, Ephraim F. Morgan, who had first proposed to the state the construction of a new residence, only lived in the new mansion for one week because his term expired during 1925. In 1926, servants quarters were added atop a garage, along with private gardens. Since its completion, the mansion has had several redecorations, including one in 1937 and one in 1958. The original building plans for the mansion included a third story, but one was not added until much later, in 1946. Before this addition, the second floor had been covered with a roof composed of tin, but it was replaced by one made of slate.</p><br>
<p>From 1965–1969, during the term of Hulett C. Smith, the mansion underwent a thorough renovation process, with a total of $300,000 spent in both structural improvements and historic preservation efforts. In 1985, during Governor Arch Moores third term, First Lady Shelley Moore established the West Virginia Mansion Preservation Foundation, which raised funds for the maintenance of the mansions interior and furnishings. Later, in 2005, Governor Joe Manchin cited structural defects as a reason for repairing and remodeling the mansion. Their efforts, which cost an estimated $1.2 million, used both leftover campaign money as well as private funds. Later that year, in July, it was announced that the total cost of renovations to the building had exceeded $3 million, excluding furnishings.</p><br>
<p>Store Hellstugutinden is a mountain in Lom, Oppland, Norway and is in the mountain range Jotunheimen. Store Hellstugutinden is the highest of several peaks along the ridge Hellstugutindane, between Hellstugubrean/Vestre Memurubrean in east and Urdadalen in west.</p><br>
<p>The ridge Hellstugutindane consists of:</p><br>
<p>Nordre Hellstugutinden</p><br>
<p>Midtre Hellstugutinden</p><br>
<p>Store Hellstugutinden</p><br>
<p>Nestsøndre Hellstugutinden</p><br>
<p>Søndre Hellstugutinden</p><br>
<h2>The name</h2><br>
<p>The first element is the name of the cabin (shelter for hunters) Hellstugu, the last element is the finite form of tind m mountain peak. The name of the cabin is a compound of hella f flat stone, flagstone and stugu f house with one room, cabin. (Houses in Norway are mostly made of wood, but here they had to use stone because the lack of wood.)</p><br>
<p>The word store means the big.</p><br>
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<p>The Wraysbury Reservoir is a water supply reservoir for London, just west of the M25 near the village of Wraysbury, and directly under the western approach path of London Heathrow airport. The reservoir was begun in 1967 and completed by W. & C. French in 1970 with a capacity of 34,000 million litres.</p><br>
<p>The reservoir is owned and operated by Thames Water; 400 million litres of water are pumped daily from an inlet at Datchet on the River Thames. A neighbouring reservoir is the King George VI Reservoir, opened in 1947, which is supplied from Hythe End. To keep the grass short and make inspections easier, Thames Water maintains a flock of sheep on the earthen banks.</p><br>
<p>Wraysbury Reservoir has an area of 2.05 km&sup2; excluding its embankment. It has been designated since 1999 as a Site of Special Scientific Interest. Its citation reads:</p><br>
<p>The SSSI is close to another in Berkshire resulting from gravel extractions at Wraysbury.</p><br>
<p>The Queen Mary Reservoir is one of the largest of London&#39;s reservoirs supplying fresh water to London and parts of surrounding counties and is in the borough of Spelthorne in Surrey. The reservoir covers 707 acre and lies 45 ft above the surrounding area.</p><br>
<h2>Location</h2><br>
<p>It lies south of the A308 and at its closest point 0.25 mi northwest of the M3 motorway.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Designed by John Watson Gibson for the Metropolitan Water Board and opened in 1925, the reservoir since the organisation&#39;s formation has been owned by Thames Water. It was named after the Queen Consort of the time, Mary of Teck, and a plaque commemorates the event.</p><br>
<p>The county of the reservoir, as with Spelthorne and Potters Bar, was from Anglo Saxon England until 1965, in Middlesex, which is no longer used for administration.</p><br>
<p>In 1943, during World War II, the reservoir was used for testing submersibles. The submersible was nicknamed "Sleeping Beauty". In 2010 Prince Philip visited the reservoir to unveil a modern replica of the submersibles tested here. The model is on display at the Eden Camp museum near Malton in North Yorkshire.</p><br>
<h2>Operation</h2><br>
<p>200,000,000 impgal of water are pumped into the reservoir each day from an inlet on the River Thames at Laleham between Chertsey Lock and Penton Hook Lock.</p><br>
<p>The Queen Mary Sailing Club is a members sailing club on the reservoir. It owns a subsidiary company Queen Mary Sailsports, bringing all training operations "in house".</p><br>
<p>The Queen Mother Reservoir is a public water supply reservoir that lies between the M4 and the M25 to the west of London. It is 475 acre in size or about 1 km in diameter - making it one of the largest inland areas of water in Southern England. It is managed by Thames Water.</p><br>
<p>This is one of a number of reservoirs to the west of London and was built in 1976. It was inaugurated on 9 July that year by Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, after whom it is named. Its water is pumped from the River Thames nearby. The water improves in quality during its retention in the reservoir as solids settle and organic contaminants are adsorbed and degraded through a combination of natural biological processes aided by sunlight and oxygenation. Water from the reservoir is treated (often using slow sand filters) before being put into supply as London tap water.</p><br>
<p>The reservoir lies within the Colne Valley regional park and like other local reservoirs is popular for sailing and bird-watching. Petrels have been spotted at this reservoir.</p><br>
<p>The Stain Hill Reservoirs lie to the north of the River Thames near Kempton Park Racecourse between Kempton Park and Hampton.</p><br>
<p>The reservoirs were built by the Southwark and Vauxhall Waterworks Company and are now managed by Thames Water.</p><br>
<p>The reservoirs are no longer used for pre-treatment water storage, but are now used for the storage of wash water from the adjacent treatment works to allow the settlement of solids out of suspension. The water is then discharged to Sunnyside reservoir for further settlement before being discharged back to the river Thames.</p><br>
<p>Stain Hill has significant populations of moulting and wintering waterfowl, particularly where the water is shallow and marginal vegetation has developed. There are nationally significant numbers of shoveler and gadwall in late winter. The dry concrete banks support one of the UK&#39;s largest populations of the nationally scarce plant tower mustard (arabis glabra), a UK Biodiversity Action Plan Priority species. Other locally uncommon plants include field mouse-ear (cerastium arvense), vervain (verbena officinalis) and wild clary (salvia verbenaca).</p><br>
<p>The Bessborough Reservoir is an embanked reservoir south of the River Thames in Surrey near the Knight Reservoir and the Molesey Reservoirs. The A3050 runs to the north of the reservoir and the neighbouring town is Molesey to the east. It forms part the green buffer between Molesey and Walton on Thames. The reservoir is the borough of Elmbridge.</p><br>
<p>The Bessborough and Knight Reservoirs were built by the Southwark and Vauxhall Waterworks Company, whose works were across the river at Hampton. Work began in 1898 replacing an old mansion and its farmed or landscaped estate, a manor, named Apps Court, and the reservoirs opened in 1907. They have a combined area of 125.5 acre and hold 1,198 e6impgal.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<h3>Apps Court</h3><br>
<p>The last noble owner was John, Duke of Montagu, from 1709 until 1749 who died without surviving male issue in that year.</p><br>
<p>Either the son or the grandson of late 18th century landowner, Jeremiah Hodges, Colonel Hodges sold the manor in 1802 to Edmund Hill who finally bequeathed it on his death to John Hamborough, after whose death it was sold by the trustees of his estate to Richard Sharpe. Robert Gill bought it before 1867 and his widow took it after his death.</p><br>
<p>It was sold in 1898–9 to the Southwark and Vauxhall Water Company, who pulled down the house, and "excavated the whole estate for a reservoir". A barrel of ale, and a quarter of corn made into bread, were still in the 19th century distributed annually to the poor by the owners of the property on All Souls&#39; Day in respect of their customary tenure. The water company tried to evade the tenure, but on petition of the tenant farmers, the Charity Commissioners sanctioned a scheme in 1903, by which the interest of £200 paid by the Water Board was vested in trustees for the use of the poor of Walton and Molesey.</p><br>
<h2>Present use of the Apps Court Estate</h2><br>
<p>The reservoirs have a combined area of 125.5 acre and hold 1,198 e6impgal. The site is managed and operated by Thames Water.</p><br>
<p>Much of the farm of the estate remains by the road running parallel to and closest to the River Thames, and is used as a car boot sale location, the owners host the August fireworks event that coincides with Sunbury regatta.</p><br>
<p>The two reservoirs are a Site of Special Scientific Interest.</p><br>
<p>The Island Barn Reservoir lies south of the River Thames in England at West Molesey. The reservoir is 122 acre large with a capacity of 992 million gallons and is managed by Thames Water. It is within the borough of Elmbridge and is surrounded by the River Mole to the west and the River Ember to the east. Queen Elizabeth II Reservoir is a larger reservoir to the West.</p><br>
<p>Island Barn Reservoir was authorized by the Lambeth Water Act of 1900. It was built by Sir Robert McAlpine for the Metropolitan Water Board, and opened in 1911.</p><br>
<p>Island Barn Reservoir Sailing Club hosts dinghy sailing races and training at the reservoir. Among many successful current and past members has been Fireball world champion and ISO designer John Caig.</p><br>
<p>The reservoir is a bird watching site and Black-necked grebes have been sighted here.</p><br>
<p>The Queen Elizabeth II Reservoir lies to the south of the River Thames and to the west of the Island Barn Reservoir. To the north are the reservoirs of Bessborough and Knight. The A3050 runs to the north of the reservoir and it is situated in Walton on Thames. It is managed by Thames Water.</p><br>
<p>The reservoir was authorised by an Act of Parliament in 1935, but construction was halted on the outbreak of World War II. Work did not begin again until 1957 and, after the works were completed by W. & C. French, it was commissioned in 1962. The reservoir covers 317 acre, has a mean depth of 15.3 m, a maximum depth of 17.8 m and holds 4,300 million gallons (4,300 impgal million litres).</p><br>
<p>Bewick&#39;s swans have been spotted on this reservoir.</p><br>
<p>In March 2016 Thames Water commissioned a farm of Solar Panels onto the reservoir which at the time was the worlds largest floating solar farm. More than 23,000 panels float on the reservoir generating 6.3mw of power (enough to power approximately 1,800 homes). The Solar Farm is expected to offset Thames Water&#39;s energy expenses used to power their nearby water treatment and pumping stations. The Solar Farm covers 1/10th of the reservoirs surface.</p><br>
<p>The Whitehall Museum House is the farmhouse modified by Dean George Berkeley, when he lived in the northern section of Newport, Rhode Island that comprises present-day Middletown in 1729–1731, while working to open his planned St Paul&#39;s College on Bermuda. It is also known as Berkeley House or Bishop George Berkeley House and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>George Berkeley (1685–1753)—or Bishop Berkeley, the famous Anglo-Irish philosopher—disembarked from his ship in the harbor of Newport, Rhode Island, on Thursday, 23 January 1729. The Reverend James Honyman, minister of Trinity Church, Newport, Rhode Island welcomed Berkeley and the group that accompanied him, inviting him to stay in his home in Newport until he could find accommodation elsewhere. In February 1729, Berkeley purchased a 96 acre farm with a small house on it, adjacent to Honeymans own farm. Berkeley enlarged the house to his own design and named it "Whitehall," saying that this was "in loyal remembrance of the palace of the English Kings from Henry VIII to James II." During the period he lived in this house, he wrote his book Alciphron, and occasionally preached for Revd Honeyman at nearby Trinity Church, and for Revd James McSparran at the St Pauls Church, Wickord (The Old Narragansett Church). In Newport, he founded the Philosophical Society, which eventually developed into the Redwood Library. Berkeley wrote to his friend Thomas Prior of Dublin, Ireland that Newport exhibited some of the softest rural and grandest ocean scenery in the world.</p><br>
<p>While living at Whitehall, his wife, Anne gave birth to their eldest son, Henry, and to a daughter, Lucia, who died in infancy and was buried in the churchyard at Trinity Church on 5 September 1731. On his departure in September 1731, Berkeley donated his library and the Whitehall property to Yale University, with the stipulation that the income from the property would be used to support three scholars at Yale.</p><br>
<p>After his return, Berkeley commissioned the London organ-maker, Richard Bridge to provide an organ to Trinity Church, which was installed in 1733.</p><br>
<p>By 1743, the Whitehall farmhouse was being operated as an inn. The traveler Dr. Alexander Hamilton described a visit to the inn during that year in his Itinerarium, when he was served by a daughter of the proprietor, a grandfather of the future artist Gilbert Stuart. Yale University leased the property for many years as an inn, but, by the late nineteenth century, it had fallen into derelict condition. In 1899, the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America obtained a 999-year lease on the property, and in 1936, commissioned the noted restoration architect Norman Isham to restore two rooms.</p><br>
<p>The Colonial Dames in Rhode Island maintain the house and garden, which is furnished with period pieces and opened for tours on a limited basis during the summer months, when it is also used by accommodation for scholars specializing in studies on Berkeley.</p><br>
<p>The Koch Family Childrens Museum of Evansville is an interactive childrens museum in Evansville, Indiana, United States. The museum educates and inspires children about the world. Exhibits include deconstructing objects, a water exhibit that spans multiple floors, experiences about the human body and its senses, and a gallery for freedom of expression.</p><br>
<p>Built inside the historic old Central Library, the museum opened in September 2006. The Art Deco building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and now offers visitors three floors of interactive exhibits and galleries. The museum was designed by Roto Studio, a museum design and engineering firm specializing in creating interactive educational environments and experiences for children as well as adults.</p><br>
<h2>Permanent galleries</h2><br>
<p>Live Well: The Live Well Gallery exhibit provides children with hands on experiences about the human body, sun protection, healthy eating, and the importance of exercise in order to encourage healthy lifestyle choices. Activities in the exhibit include opportunities to explore being a doctor, test reaction time, memory, a hands-on play kitchen, bistro, and farmers market.</p><br>
<p>Speak Loud: The Speak Loud exhibit encourages children to dramatize a familiar story, play instruments from around the world, create an artistic masterpiece and express their feelings through music, drama and the visual arts.</p><br>
<p>Quack Factory- Upper Deck: Every visitor has a role to play in feeding the Great Duck Machine. Visitors are "workers" and each have a task as balls and ducks are hoisted, dropped, launched, and pushed.</p><br>
<p>Quack Factory- Wet Deck: Water flows through the exhibit in amazing ways. Send a duck around the basin or see if it can survive the nearby lock system. Create a spouting masterpiece out of pipes and see if it springs a leak.</p><br>
<p>Work Smart: is a place things can be built and taken part. Exhibit activities includes digging for dinosaur bones in the Dino Dig, estimating weight, and deconstructing tools and objects.</p><br>
<p>Aluminate: a new play tower inspired by aluminum and renewable energy! Come play and slide down the two story indoor slide!</p><br>
<p>The Governor Henry Lippitt House is a historic house museum at 199 Hope Street on the East Side of Providence, Rhode Island. A National Historic Landmark, it is one of the finest Italianate mansion houses in the state, and considered one of the best-preserved examples of Victorian-era houses in the US. It is notable for its association with Henry Lippitt , a wealthy textile magnate who was the 33rd Governor of Rhode Island. The house is owned by Preserve Rhode Island, and is open to the public for tours seasonally or by appointment.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The Lippitt House is a large three-story brick structure, resting on a brownstone foundation, and topped by a roof that is hipped except for a projecting gable at the front (western) elevation. A two-story wing projects to the rear (east) of the house. The corners of the building are quoined in brownstone, and there are brownstone belt courses between the first and second floors. The main entry is sheltered by a semicircular porch supported by fluted and cabled Corinthian columns. The porch has an elaborately decorated roof line, as does the main roof and the porte cochere on the north side.</p><br>
<p>The interior is in a remarkable state of preservation. The public rooms in particular exhibit a wide variety of materials and are richly decorated with wallpaper, woodwork, plasterwork, and stenciling. Original gas lighting fixtures are still present, but have been converted to electricity. Stained glass windows adorn the stair landings.</p><br>
<p>The house is the finest of a group of mansion houses built along Hope Street by wealthy Providence businessmen and politicians, which are now a part of the Hope-Power-Cooke Streets Historic District.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The house was built in 1865 by Governor Henry Lippitt and was loosely based upon a design by Russell Warren. Lippitt descendants lived in the house until the 1970s.</p><br>
<p>The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972, and designated a National Historic Landmark in 1976. In 1981, the Lippitt family donated it to Preserve Rhode Island, which maintains the house as a Victorian period historic house museum.</p><br>
<h3>150th anniversary</h3><br>
<p>To commemorate the 150th anniversary of Lippitt House, the museum held a series of exhibits and events in 2015. The first of these was an outdoor exhibit of six brushed aluminum sculptures by artist Aaron Pexa. The sculptures, viewable on the front lawn of the mansion, were colorful silhouettes which represent domestic workers who worked for Henry Lippitt.</p><br>
<p>The Vršac Mountains , also known as Vršac Hill , are located in the Banat region near the city of Vršac, Serbia and partially also in Romania. They represent an independent and distinct massif, 19 kilometers long and spreading on an area of 170 square kilometers, of which 122 belong to Serbia and 48 to Romania.</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>The Vršac mountains have a shape of an arch, where the basic mountain mass takes the central position, while the hills extend to the south and north. The mountains are built of Paleozoic rocks (which date back over 260 million years) which are surrounded by Neogene sediments (about 60 mya), including those of the ancient Pannonian sea (about 25 mya). Contrary to some literature data, the Vršac Mountains are not part of the Carpathians but are a Pannonian island mountain according to their geotectonic position and geological structure. Specific forms of geomorphological diversity, naturally sculpted – made of gneiss and schist are represented in solitary or clustered hummocks.</p><br>
<h2>Peaks</h2><br>
<p>In respect to the appearance of the Vršac mountains, four distinct shapes are clearly visible:</p><br>
<p>The Tower of Vršac (Vršačka kula), 399 m</p><br>
<p>The Fox Head (Lisičija glava), with its three peaks:</p><br>
<p>The Gudurica peak (Gudurički vrh), the highest peak of Vojvodina, with its 641 m altitude</p><br>
<p>The Vršac Peak (Vršački vrh), 590 m</p><br>
<p>Lower Vršišor (Donji Vršišor), 463 m</p><br>
<p>Between them there are vast rifts. Turska glava (402 m), Đakov vrh (449 m), and Kamenarica are also interesting places for climbers.</p><br>
<h2>Fauna</h2><br>
<p>Owing to the exceptional natural conditions, the Vršac mountains with 120 registered species of birds are one of the richest ornithological habitats in Vojvodina and the whole Serbia. It is necessary to mention some other representatives of the fauna, like grey and red fox, deer, wild boars and wolves that appear from time to time.</p><br>
<p>Vršac Mountains have been classified since 1982 as a "landscape of outstanding features" in the national Registry of Protected Natural Resources.</p><br>
<h2>Culture</h2><br>
<p>The most important cultural monuments include The Tower of Vršac from the 15th century and Mesić monastery, which according to the documents from 18th century was built in the 15th century, while tradition claim that it was erected in 1225.</p><br>
<p>Aguas Calientes Volcano or Cerro Aguas Calientes, also called Simba, is a cone-shaped stratovolcano located 5 km east of the Lascar volcano and 10 km north of Laguna Lejía, Chile. Aguas Calientes is located within a 500 km&sup2; area where the Cordón de Puntas Negras and the Cordón Chalviri volcanic chains intersect. The volcano is constructed from andesite and dacite containing hornblende and also anhydrite and its pyroclastics are all older than Lascar. The volcano has a diameter of about 7 km. Some xenoliths of calc-alkaline material are found in Aguas Calientes lavas, and magma mixing has generated lavas containing andesite inclusions in dacites. One eruption of Aguas Calientes postdates the first centre of Lascar and was originally linked to the Lascar Piedras Grandes eruption, before sampling on the deposits of this eruption indicated a relationship with the Lascar volcano itself. Effusion of lava ceased after the cone was built. One summit lava flow may be of Holocene age, but no evidence of historical activity is found .</p><br>
<p>The volcano has been affected by glaciation. Glacial U-shaped valleys are found on the northern and western flanks, giving the volcano some angular patterns. One valley with glacial features and a subglacial river channel at 4,650 m altitude is found on the northern flank. It extends down to the valley north of Aguas Calientes and intersects the youngest lavas of the volcano.</p><br>
<p>The volcano has a well formed summit crater. A small crater lake is found within the Aguas Calientes summit crater, making it one of the highest lakes in the world at an altitude of 5,870 m. The lake has a surface area of 2,500 m&sup2; and is tinged red from a population of microorganisms. The lake water is acidic and is frequently influenced by activity from Lascar, with winds carrying sulfuric acid and water vapour clouds to the crater lake. Precipitation was measured at 146 mm/yr with most precipitation falling during the winter months, and strong UV irradiation. The lake has a bacterial ecosystem that is primarily reliant on photosynthesis but may also be influenced by hydrothermal activity from Aguas Calientes volcano. Research has found only limited numbers of bacterial taxa and a large number of DNA sequences that can&#39;t be identified as known phylogenetic groups. The lake has been studied as a possible terrestrial analogy to Mars.</p><br>
<p>Chiliques is a stratovolcano located in the Antofagasta Region of Chile.</p><br>
<p>Chiliques is capped off by a 500 m wide summit crater, which contains two crater lakes. One of these lakes is found in the northern part and the other east-southeastern part. The volcano is formed by rocks ranging from andesite to dacite; the andesites of the main stratocone building phase contain pyroxene. Together with Tumisa, Leija and Cordón de Puntas Negras it forms a northwest-trending volcano alignment.</p><br>
<p>The first part of Chiliques to form was a block lava field, which still crops out northeast of the main volcano to a distance of 6.5 km. Lava flows with lengths of up to 10 km then constructed the stratovolcano proper and were later buried by shorter (up to 5 km) lava flows that cover a surface of 16.26 km&sup2; around the summit crater. The Cerro Overo maar northeast of Chiliques is occasionally considered the last phase of Chiliques&#39;s activity, and the two have erupted rocks with similar chemical composition. There is no evidence for historical activity.</p><br>
<p>Over years, Chiliques has been monitored from space by ASTER imagery. In 2002, the imagery showed evidence of a temperature anomaly on Chiliques, which occasionally reached a scale of 15 &deg;C. This temperature anomaly may reflect either thermal events in crater lakes or fumarolic activity, although evidence for the occurrence of either is equivocal. Some of the anomalies were observed in the crater and others on the upper slopes of the volcano. This anomaly lasted only a few months.</p><br>
<p>Magnetotelluric investigation of the region has shown evidence of a high-conductivity structure underground between Chiliques, Cordón de Puntas Negras and Láscar. This high conductivity zone reaches a depth of 6 km at its southern end, and it might reflect the presence of magma underground.</p><br>
<p>The lake Laguna Lejia lies north of Chiliques volcano, other parts of the volcano drain into the Salar de Atacama; the volcano forms part of the drainage divide of the salar. A pre-modern route goes up the mountain and aside from the steep slopes and height of the mountain, does not feature any major difficulties.</p><br>
<p>The town of Socaire is found west of Chiliques, and the volcano has cultural importance to the town, with the volcano being considered the origin of the water for Socaire and part of a cosmological representation together with the neighbouring mountains Tumisa, Lausa, Ipira and Miñiques. Seen from Socaire, the sun rises behind Chiliques during St. Bartholomew&#39;s Day; St. Bartholomew is an important saint for the town. Archeological findings made on Chiliques include pottery, a stone room and an elliptical structure in the summit area. Additional platforms and stone structures are found lower on its slopes, and an Incan tambo even farther down. Such archeological sites on mountains are common in Chile, with Licancabur and Cerro Quimal being examples of other mountains with such structures.</p><br>
<p>Snow Mountain is a mountain in Northern California in the Snow Mountain Wilderness of Mendocino National Forest. The highest point on the mountain, known as Snow Mountain East, is the highest point in both Colusa and Lake counties. Snow Mountain West, a subsidiary peak also near the county line,</p><br>
<p>is 0.58 mi to the southwest at an elevation of 7,043 ft.</p><br>
<p>On clear days, the peak should be seen from Mount Diablo, and from several peaks, including Mount Saint Helena and Mount Konocti, in the Mayacamas Mountains. The peaks are visible from Arbuckle on Interstate 5 in California&#39;s Central Valley.</p><br>
<p>The summits and nearby high mountains get snowfall in winter.</p><br>
<p>The mountain&#39;s winter snowpack can last until June.</p><br>
<p>Falketind is a mountain in the municipality of Årdal in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It is located in the Jotunheimen mountain range inside the Utladalen Landscape Protection Area. The mountain is 7 km east of the old mountain farm, Vettismorki, and 7.5 km northwest of the lake Tyin.</p><br>
<p>The 1820 ascent was the first ascent on an alpine mountain in Norway. A climbing party which included Baltazar Mathias Keilhau and Christian Peder Bianco Boeck went via Snøggeken (Falkbreen) and the northern ridge. At that time the mountain was named Koldedalstinden, but Aasmund Olavsson Vinje renamed the mountain Falketind more than fifty years later. In retrospect, the expedition leading to the first ascent became known as the "discovery of Jotunheimen" (Jotunheimens oppdagelse).</p><br>
<h2>Name</h2><br>
<p>The first element is falk which means "falcon" and the last element is tind which means "mountain peak".</p><br>
<p>Besshø , is a mountain in Vågå, Oppland, Norway, and is part of the Jotunheimen mountain range. It lies right above Bessvatnet, along the Besseggen hiking trail. On the mountain&#39;s north-eastern side a small cirque glacier, and is surrounded by a large ice-cored moraine, a relatively rare feature in Norway.</p><br>
<p>From Besseggen there is a nice view over Gjende and Bessvatnet. Gjende is about 400 m lower than Bessvatnet. While Bessvatnet has a blue colour common to lakes, Gjende has a green colour due to glacier runoff depositing clay into the lake (rock flour).</p><br>
<h2>Toponymy</h2><br>
<p>The mountain is named after Bessvatnet, the last element is the finite form of hø for "large and round mountain".</p><br>
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<p>Neill Island is an island of the Andaman Islands, located in Ritchie&#39;s Archipelago. It belongs to the South Andaman administrative district, part of the Indian union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.</p><br>
<p>the island lies 36 km northeast from Port Blair.</p><br>
<h2>Etymology</h2><br>
<p>Neill is named after British Brigadier general James Neill, who had fought on the side of the British East Indian company in the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Neill Island was uninhabited until the arrival of settlers in the late 1960s. Like Havelock, the vast majority of settlers at Neill were refugees from erstwhile Bangladesh, following the exodus of Hindu Bangladeshis prior to that country&#39;s war of independence in 1971.</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>The island belongs to the Ritchie&#39;s Archipelago and is located between Havelock Island and Rose Island.</p><br>
<p>It is a comparatively flat island, and much of the landmass was deemed suitable for paddy cultivation. Unfortunately, as a result of this, very little forest cover remains at Neil, and almost all of it is concentrated in the reserve forest on Neil&#39;s north-western side.</p><br>
<p>Neill island tends to remain a degree or two warmer than Havelock as a result of the lack of forest cover. The island is not without charm however, but it is a different, pastoral sort of charm that the island offers.</p><br>
<h2>Administration</h2><br>
<p>Politically, Neill Island is part of Neill Kendra panchayat, of Port Blair Taluk.</p><br>
<h2>Demographics</h2><br>
<p>The population of 3040 lives in five villages, listed below, with population at 2011 census in parentheses:</p><br>
<p>Sitapur (274)</p><br>
<p>Bharatpur (629)</p><br>
<p>Neill Kendra (1000)</p><br>
<p>Lakshmanpur (382)</p><br>
<p>Ram Nagar (755)</p><br>
<h2>Transport</h2><br>
<p>There is a jetty at Neill Kendra, which serves as the only access point of the island.</p><br>
<p>There are regular Government ferry from Port Blair to Neill Island.</p><br>
<p>There are private cruise ships such as Makruzz and Coastal Cruise.</p><br>
<h2>Economy</h2><br>
<p>Agriculture is the primary occupation of the villagers, and the island supplies vegetables to the rest of Andaman.</p><br>
<h2>Tourism</h2><br>
<p>Despite its minuscule tourist infrastructure, an increasing number of tourists have chosen to stay at Neill Island instead of neighboring Havelock Island. There are a handful of restaurants and basic beach hotels that cater to international and domestic tourists.</p><br>
<h2>Image gallery</h2><br>
<p>Hornindalsrokken is a 1,529 m tall mountain in Norway. It is located on the border of three municipalities in two different counties: Stranda Municipality and Ørsta Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county and Hornindal Municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county. The mountain is sometimes also called Honndalsrokken or sometimes just Rokken or Rokkjen.</p><br>
<p>The mountain is located about 14 km northeast of the village of Grodås and lake Hornindalsvatnet in Hornindal Municipality. It is also located about 11 km west of the village of Hellesylt in Stranda Municipality. It also lies about 6 km southeast of the village of Leira in Ørsta Municipality. The mountain Kvitegga is 3 km to the northeast on the Ørsta/Stranda municipal border.</p><br>
<p>The easiest ways to climb the mountain are from the Sæterdalen valley in Hornindal Municipality or from the Kjellstaddalen valley in Stranda Municipality. A popular viewpoint of the summit is from the Honndøla bridge which was built in 1810. The bridge lies near Norwegian County Road 60 in Indre Hornindal. North of the mountain lies the lake Tyssevatnet which is the innermost lake in the Hjørundfjorden area.</p><br>
<p>Botley Hill is a hill in Surrey and is the highest point of the North Downs with a height of 269.6 m. The Prime Meridian crosses the hill.</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>Botley Hill is a Marilyn (a hill with topographic prominence of at least 150m), and the third highest point in the county (as it follows the peaks of Leith Hill south of Dorking and Gibbet Hill in Hindhead both in the Greensand Ridge).</p><br>
<p>Botley Hill was a main surveying point for the Anglo-French Survey (1784–1790) which sought to precisely measure the relative positions of the Royal Greenwich Observatory and the Paris Observatory. This task was led by General William Roy. By coincidence Botley Hill lies due south of the Greenwich Observatory, as the Prime Meridian of the world passes over the top of the hill, just to the west of the summit.</p><br>
<p>The summit lies at the edge of a water tower enclosure to the north of The Ridge, less than 1 km from the North Downs Way. Previously the location of the Marilyn was given as the 267 m trig point at TQ396553 as this is the highest point marked on current maps. However, the 1965 1" Ordnance Survey map shows a spot height of 882 feet at the site of the present water tower. A levelling survey confirmed the new location. To the south is Oxted, which is the nearest railway station.</p><br>
<p>It can be seen from the highest points in Croydon, skyscrapers in London, and for example from Alexandra Palace, Stanmore Hill, Primrose Hill, Highgate and Hampstead on the opposite side of the Thames Basin.</p><br>
<p>Mount Kelam  is an exposed granitic dome in West Kalimantan, Borneo, with an elevation of 1,002 m.</p><br>
<p>In 1894, German botanist Johannes Gottfried Hallier became the second European to climb Mount Kelam, after a certain Dr. Gürtler. Hallier ascended the summit 5 times between January 30 and February 13. He wrote the following account of the mountain:</p><br>
<p>Mount K&#39;lamm is a unique mountain of grand beauty. It rises singly and abruptly from a wide plain overgrown by young forest almost up to 1000 m above seal level and stretches approximately from west to east. Up to about half the mountain the steep slopes are covered with vigorous virgin forest, but the upper half is encompassed by mighty, almost vertical cliffs made of rock, over which water runs down in numerous gullies. Above the upper edge of the cliff there is high mountain vegetation compiled of bushes and small trees.</p><br>
<p>The mountains summit area was relatively inaccessible in Halliers time and remains so today. Hallier described it as follows:</p><br>
<p>After once again climbing a steep slope with Gleichenia thickets, one stands suddenly beneath the high enclosing rock wall of the mountain ring. The smooth water-washed stone seamed with water channels shows no variation in structure, and it appears almost as if the whole mountain was composed of a single monstrous block of rock. On this wall has been erected the steep 45 metre high rattan ladder; it is secured only at the bottom, in the middle and in the solid earth at the top, the rest lying free against the stone.</p><br>
<p>Leptospermum trees form a sparse canopy on the mountain&#39;s upper slopes, while grasses and Sphagnum moss cover the ground. Other Nepenthes native to this mountain include N. albomarginata, N. ampullaria, N. rafflesiana, and N. reinwardtiana. The highly sought-after N. clipeata has additionally suffered from overcollection by plant hunters and is now close to extinction in the wild.</p><br>
<p>The Grossglockner High Alpine Road  is the highest surfaced mountain pass road in Austria. It connects Bruck in the state of Salzburg with Heiligenblut in Carinthia via Fuscher Törl and Hochtor Pass at 2,504 m. The road is named after the Grossglockner, Austria&#39;s highest mountain. Built as a scenic route, a toll is assessed for passage.</p><br>
<h2>Course</h2><br>
<p>The road leads from Bruck in the Salzach Valley via the northern toll both at Ferleiten (near Fusch) with numbered hairpin curves up to Hochtor Pass, with a 1.5 km branch-off from Fuscher Törl at 2,428 m to the Edelweißspitze viewpoint. The scenic route crosses the Alpine divide in a tunnel and runs southwards passing another branch-off which leads to the Glocknerhaus mountain hut and the Kaiser-Franz-Josefs-Höhe visitors&#39; centre at 2,369 m.</p><br>
<p>The popular overlook was named after a visit by Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria and his consort Elisabeth in 1856. It offers a panoramic view over the Pasterze Glacier, the Grossglockner massif, the Glocknerwand, and the Johannisberg in the northwest. From here the road runs downhill to the southern toll booth near Heiligenblut.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>When, in 1924, a group of Austrian experts presented a plan for a road over the Hochtor (the high pass), they were ridiculed in a time when in Austria, Germany, and Italy there were only 154,000 private automobiles, 92,000 motorcycles, and 2,000 km of long-distance asphalt roads. Austria had suffered from the catastrophic economic results of losing the First World War, had shrunk to a seventh of its imperial size, lost its international markets and suffered devastating inflation.</p><br>
<p>Even the modest design of a 3 m gravel road, with overtaking points, appeared too expensive. The impulse for building a road, which was meant to open up the barren alpine valleys to motorized tourism, was given by the New York stock market slump in 1929. This catastrophe shook an impoverished Austria with terrible force.</p><br>
<p>Within three years, the economic output dropped by a quarter, and unemployment rate reached 26%. The government then revived the Grossglockner project to give work to 3,200 (from an average of 520,000 jobless). The project was extended to a width of 6 m to serve the needs of the "excessive international traffic" - which was roundly mocked - in the belief that an annual 120,000 visitors would come. The State advanced the building costs, and the users were to pay off this sum with a toll fee for usage.</p><br>
<p>On 30 August 1930 at 9:30am, the first explosives roared in Ferleiten. Four years later, the moving force of the road building, the Salzburg provincial head of government Franz Rehrl, and the technician Franz Wallack climbed into their Steyr 100 car, and achieved the first alpine crossing in an automobile on a graded road.</p><br>
<p>A year later, on 3 August 1935, the Grossglockner High Alpine Road was opened and put into full service a day later with an international automobile and motorcycle race.</p><br>
<p>Including the building of the access roads, the Glockner Road cost Austrian Schilling 910 million (at 1990 rates), around seven million less than estimated.</p><br>
<p>Planners had reckoned with 120,000 visitors in 1930, but the road&#39;s attraction for tourists in 1938 brought 375,000 visitors in 98,000 vehicles. After the Second World War it took until 1952 before the pre-war record was surpassed with 412,000 visitors and 91,000 vehicles. In 1962, 360,000 vehicles and 1.3 million visitors crossed the pass.</p><br>
<p>The opening of the Felbertauern Road (1967) and the Tauern Motorway (1975) throttled traffic by nearly 15 per cent, but it also permanently changed the character of the Großglockner High Alpine Road: from the only transalpine road over the 158 km main alpine crest between the Brenner Pass and the Katschberg Pass, to an excursion road from a catchment area with a radius of around 130 km.</p><br>
<p>The Glockner Road also reflects the material advance of the people: in the early years, the motorcycle - as the poor man&#39;s car - accounted for up to a quarter of the traffic; 1955 was the highpoint with 47,500 motorcycles (26% of the traffic); in 1968, only 2,071 motorcycles were to be counted. The number of motorcycles on the Grossglockner High Alpine Road then rose by 2003 to over 76,000.</p><br>
<p>Increasing numbers of visitors made the stage-by-stage modernization of the road necessary after 1953 to a width of 7.5 m, to 15 m in place of 10 m bend radius, and 4,000 parking places instead of 800 and an annual capacity of up to 350,000 vehicles.</p><br>
<h3>Snow clearing</h3><br>
<p>In the years 1936 and 1937, 350 men shovelled 250,000 m&sup3; of snow in an average of seventy days to keep at least one lane on the road free. Since 1953, the five Wallack rotary plows, and twelve GROHAG workers, have been clearing 600000 to 800000 m3 of snow from the road and parking areas in around fourteen days every year in April.</p><br>
<p>In 1937, the road could only be traversed for 132 days, but in 1963 the road could be traversed for 276 days. The Grossglockner High Alpine Road is normally open from the beginning of May to the end of October.</p><br>
<h2>Giro d'Italia</h2><br>
<p>Grossglockner has been featured in the mens Giro dItalia twice so far. The first time was in the 17th stage of the 1971 Giro dItalia, won by Pierfranco Vianelli. Grossglockner was featured for a second time in 13th stage of the 2011 Giro dItalia. It was José Rujano who arrived first, after an escape with Alberto Contador.</p><br>
<h3>Winners of Grossglockner stage at the Giro d'Italia</h3><br>
<p>St. John&#39;s Catholic Church, established in 1834, is an historic Roman Catholic parish church in Worcester, Massachusetts. It is the oldest established Catholic religious institution in the city, and the oldest Catholic parish in New England outside of Boston. On March 5, 1980, its 1845 church building was added to the National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<h3>Early establishment</h3><br>
<p>Catholics immigrated to the Worcester area as early as 1826. Most of them were Irish people hired to build the railroads and the Blackstone Canal. When they first settled, they had no clergy with them. Since all of the churches were Protestant, Robert Laverty, a private citizen, petitioned Bishop Benedict Fenwick of Boston to assign a priest to celebrate mass in Worcester.</p><br>
<p>In result, Father James Fitton, a Boston native, visited Worcester monthly starting in 1834. He laid the foundation for a church on Front Street, known as "Christ&#39;s Church". That structure was completed in 1836 and served as a church, rectory, Sunday school, and infirmary.</p><br>
<p>After 2,000 parishioners had joined the church, a new building was needed. The current building, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, was constructed at number 44 Temple Street in 1845 and dedicated in honor of St. John in 1846.</p><br>
<p>Besides that building, Father Fitton established Mount Saint James Seminary, which became the College of the Holy Cross in 1839. The Society of Jesus bought the school in 1843, and still own and operate it today.</p><br>
<p>From 1836-48, the Penobscot Indians visited the church each winter from Maine.</p><br>
<h3>Mother Church of Springfield</h3><br>
<p>The current presbytery in use was built in 1865. When the Diocese of Springfield was established in 1870, Father Patrick T. OReilly was appointed the first Bishop of Springfield. He made the house the chancery for Springfield, and kept his pastorship at St. Johns.</p><br>
<h3>Mother Church of Worcester</h3><br>
<p>When the Worcester Diocese was established in 1950, St. Johns was (and still is) known as "The Mother Church of the Diocese". However, because of the architectural elements, St. Pauls Parish on Chatham Street was selected as the cathedral for the See of Worcester.</p><br>
<h3>Tradition</h3><br>
<p>A Novena of Grace in honor of St. Francis Xavier had been held every March 4–12 since 1922.</p><br>
<p>The first charismatic prayer group in Worcester began meeting in 1970. The group is still active.</p><br>
<p>A vigil mass at 9:15 PM on Saturday has been held from the 1980s to 2008.</p><br>
<h3>"Preserve the Flame"</h3><br>
<p>On Labor Day weekend in 2004, the interior ceiling collapsed into the sanctuary, destroying the altar and baptistry. Mass was celebrated that weekend on the parish lawn and from thenceforth at sister parish, Ascension Church, on Vernon Street, until the beginning of 2005. That weekend, masses were moved to the basement church, where space was limited. All celebrations of Confirmation and First Communion were moved to St. Paul&#39;s Cathedral to accommodate the large crowd.</p><br>
<p>The renovations were complete in September 2005 and the Mass of Rededication was celebrated on October 15, 2005 by Bishop Robert J. McManus.</p><br>
<h2>List of pastors</h2><br>
<p>Rev. James Fitton 1834–1843</p><br>
<p>Rev. Adolphus Williamson 1843–1845</p><br>
<p>Rev. Matthew W. Gibson 1845–1856</p><br>
<p>Rev. John Boyce 1856–1864</p><br>
<p>Most Rev. Patrick T. O’Reilly, D.D. 1864–1885</p><br>
<p>Rt. Rev. Msgr. Thomas Griffin, D.D. P.R. 1885–1910</p><br>
<p>Rev. Thomas S. Donohue, P.R. 1911–1922</p><br>
<p>Rev. Edward J. Fitzgerald, P.R. 1923–1937</p><br>
<p>Rev. John F. McDonnell, P.R. 1937–1944</p><br>
<p>Rev. Michael E. Lahey, P.R. 1944–1953</p><br>
<p>Rev. John Donohue 1954–1963</p><br>
<p>Rt. Rev. Msgr. John J. O’Brien 1964–1967</p><br>
<p>Rev. James B. Kelly (Priest-in-charge) 1967–1971</p><br>
<p>Most Rev. Timothy J. Harrington 1969–1972*</p><br>
<p>Rev. William W. McGovern (administrator) 1971–1972</p><br>
<p>Rev. Cyril A. LeBeau 1972–1977</p><br>
<p>Rt. Rev. Msgr. Francis J. Scollen (administrator) 1977–1982; (pastorate) 1983–1984</p><br>
<p>Rev. Michael G. Foley 1984–1991</p><br>
<p>Rev. Charles F. Monroe 1991–1994</p><br>
<p>Rev. Joseph A. Coonan 1994–2008**</p><br>
<p>Rev. John F. Madden (administrator) 2004–2008; (pastorate) 2008–present</p><br>
<p>Rev. Richard A. Jakubauskas (chaplain for the Lithuanian community) 2008–present</p><br>
<h2>Architectural style</h2><br>
<p>The church is constructed like a Baptist or Puritan church, so that visitors may think that the building is a Protestant church. The current steeple has been in place since 1951. The brick walls have been in place since the beginning in 1846.</p><br>
<p>The interior walls have been repainted several times, most recently in 2005. The congregation has 50 rows of 4 pews (total lower seating 1,000), including a handicapped section. There are another thousand pews in a balcony on both sides of the nave, including 500 people per side. The total capacity is 2,000 persons and 100 musicians.</p><br>
<p>In the sanctuary, the high altar is located in the center, with the Blessed Sacrament located behind it. The original Tridentine Mass altar houses the tabernacle, and is in Romanesque style. The pulpit is to the left of the altar and the presider&#39;s chair at the right. To the direct left, a devotional shrine is dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and often other statues, such as of St. Francis Xavier and St. Theresa, may be displayed. The baptistry dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary is at the direct right. The flooring is hardwood.</p><br>
<h2>Basement church</h2><br>
<p>The basement church is half the basement foundation. Confraternity of Christian Doctrine classes are taught in a format to "practice" for the "real church". The Blessed Sacrament is lit only at mass time. The "chapel" has a pre-Vatican II altar rail without the gate. The tabernacle is to the right of the altar, but the high altar is at the center with a bench as the "Novus Ordo" mass location. It is not nailed to the floor, which is marble.</p><br>
<h2>Staff</h2><br>
<p>Rev. John F. Madden, Pastor</p><br>
<p>Rev. Richard A. Jakubauskas, Lithuanian Chaplain</p><br>
<p>Msgr. Edmond T. Tinsley, Assisting Priest</p><br>
<p>Dianne Gustowski, Religious Education Coordinator</p><br>
<p>Dr. Sean Redrow, Organist and Director of Music Ministry</p><br>
<p>David M. Moulton, Organist and Asst. Director of Music Ministry</p><br>
<p>Lucia Clemente Falco, Organist</p><br>
<p>John LeDoux, Musician</p><br>
<p>Jane Rabion, Safe Environment Coordinator</p><br>
<p>Jean Grenier, Altar Server Director Emeritus</p><br>
<p>The Grand Opera House, also known as the Janey Slaughter Briscoe Grand Opera House is a historic theater in Uvalde, Texas. Built in 1891, it became a premier arts venue in Southwest Texas for plays, musicals, and cultural performances. The Opera house is the oldest functioning theater in the state of Texas and presents plays and concerts by local and touring companies. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 22, 1978.</p><br>
<p>The Opera House was built by a partnership formed between local businessmen, merchants and ranchers called the Uvalde Real Estate and Building Company. The 2-story brick structure has Richardsonian Romanesque elements in its architecture. In typical Texas opera house style of the period, the building has the auditorium above commercial spaces on the first floor. There were also fashionable offices on the second floor. The Opera House was an immediate success and became the social center of Uvalde and quite well known throughout the region.</p><br>
<p>The building was sold to Fred Locke in 1900 and the John Nance Garner family in 1916. By the early 1940s, most of the office tenants had moved out, and the building went though a period of decline. In July, 1978, the dilapidated property, now owned by the descendants of Garner, was donated to the City of Uvalde. The city restored the Opera House to its 1890 condition.</p><br>
<p>St. John&#39;s Evangelical Lutheran Church is an historic Lutheran church located at 112 Walters Street in Corning, Missouri. It was founded as a Confessional Church, adhering to the Unaltered Augsburg Confession. It later became a member of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod .</p><br>
<p>On January 4, 2008, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places as St. Johns Evangelical Lutheran Church and Parochial School. In 2011, another flood of the Missouri River devastated the building, which is now in the possession of the St. Johns Historical Society, which is currently in the process of restoring it.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The congregation was founded as the "Deutsch Evangelish Lutheraner St. Johannes" by German immigrants to Northwest Missouri in the spring of 1860. This congregation built its first church structure, a wooden building nicknamed the "Church in the Timber," in October 1860 at Hemme&#39;s Landing next to the Missouri River, approximately two miles from Corning. By 1872, the congregation began outgrowing this structure and purchased the land in Corning on which the current structure now stands.</p><br>
<p>The current brick building was constructed in 1893 by Pete Thull of Rock Port, Missouri and has been in use ever since. The wooden, parochial, one-room schoolhouse was constructed behind the church in 1912. It held regular classes in German until 1917. The parish hall addition was constructed in 1953.</p><br>
<p>The church survived damage inflicted in the Great Floods of 1951 and 1993. It is currently awaiting restoration due to severe and long-term flooding in 2011.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The current brick structure was designed in the Latin cross design (complete with narthex, nave, transepts, and choir) and with pointed-arch windows, both characteristic of churches in the Gothic Revival style.</p><br>
<p>The stained glass windows were installed in 1943 and were made with blue glass from Czechoslovakia. They depict various Judeo-Christian symbols, including the Luther rose, an eagle in a boiling cauldron (both symbols for St. John), a crown of thorns, a throne, a Bible, and the Ark of the Covenant (among others).</p><br>
<p>The interior also houses the original hand-stenciled pipe organ and three murals (one of Christ the Good Shepherd, one of Jesus preaching at the Sea of Galilee, and one of Heaven). A white, wooden altar-pulpit with a large hand-made representation of the Kingdom of Heaven as it is described in the Book of Revelation rises 24 feet from the floor.</p><br>
<p>Kallithea Elassonos  is a village and a community of the Elassona municipality. Before the 2011 local government reform it was a part of the municipality of Olympos.</p><br>
<h2>Administrative division</h2><br>
<p>The community of Kallithea Elassonos consists of two settlements:</p><br>
<p>Kallithea</p><br>
<p>Petroto</p><br>
<h2>Population</h2><br>
<p>According to the 2011 census, the population of the settlement of Kallithea was 652 people, a decrease of almost 5% compared with the population of the previous census of 2001.</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>Kallithea Elassonos is situated at an elevation above 500 m in a plain southwest of Greece&#39;s tallest mountain, Mount Olympus. It is 10 km north of Elassona, 42 km southwest of Katerini, 44 km northwest of Larissa, and 49 km southeast of Kozani. The Greek National Road 13 (Elassona - Katerini) passes west of the village.</p><br>
<p>Parc écologique des Sansonnets or Parc Sansonnets  is a forested natural reserve located in Brossard, Quebec. As a rare example of a mature deciduous forest in the suburbs of Montreal, it covers 14.1 acre in the S section of Brossard and is located at the southeast corner of the intersection of Saguenay Avenue and Pelletier Boulevard . Numerous footpaths start from these major streets to provide access to the inner parts of this park.</p><br>
<p>This park was officially recognized by the city of Brossard as a natural reserve on September 14, 1981. It was named after a species of bird that is common to this area: l&#39;étourneau sansonnet (common starling or Sturnus vulgaris).</p><br>
<p>The dominant tree in this forest is the northern red oak. Poison ivy occurs in the understorey, along with various species of moss and mushroom. The soil is an imperfectly drained loamy sand podzol, mapped as Saint-Damase series.</p><br>
<p>Glencairn  is a castle-like mansion in Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania, that was home to the Pitcairn family for more than 40 years. Now the Glencairn Museum, it contains a collection of about 8,000 artworks, mostly religious in nature, from cultures such as ancient Egypt, ancient Greece, the Roman Empire and medieval Europe, as well as Islamic, Asian, and Native American works. The museum is affiliated with The New Church, and the building is on the National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<h2>Mansion</h2><br>
<p>Multi-millionaire businessman Raymond Pitcairn (1885–1966) and his wife, Mildred Glenn (died 1979) built "Glencairn" between 1928 and 1939. Its name was a combination of their surnames. Pitcairn, a member of the New Church himself, had no formal training in architecture and designed the Romanesque-style building using a series of models. The nine-story, granite-and-ruddy-colored-stone mansion features more than 90 rooms on 10 floors. It has three main sections &ndash; a central rectangle, and two large rectangular wings &ndash; that together measure approximately 175 feet by 135 feet. The exterior features a nine-story tower, carved doorways, pillars, and wall insets. The building also contains elaborate interior mosaics, monel metalwork, Early Medieval stained glass windows, and a replica of the Biblical tabernacle.</p><br>
<p>The Pitcairn fortune derived from control of Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company, of which his father John Pitcairn, Jr. (1841-1916), was director, 1896-1906. Adjacent to "Glencairn" is Raymond Pitcairns first architectural success, the Gothic Revival Bryn Athyn Cathedral (1913–19), and his fathers house "Cairnwood." The Pitcairns were funders of the American Liberty League. Following Mildred&#39;s death in 1979 (Raymond died in 1966), the mansion, with its collections and Pitcairn archives, was given to the Academy of the New Church.</p><br>
<p>"Glencairn" was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978 and is a contributing property of the Bryn Athyn Historic District.</p><br>
<h2>Glencairn Museum</h2><br>
<p>Guided tours of the building and collection are available year-round. Tours are offered Tuesday through Friday at 2:30pm or by appointment, and weekends at 1:00, 1:45, 2:30 and 3pm. The Museum&#39;s first floor, including the Great Hall, Upper Hall, Bird Room, and current temporary exhibition, is open free of charge for self-guided viewing on weekends from 1:00 to 4:30 pm.</p><br>
<p>Glencairn Museum also offers a variety of events and exhibitions throughout the year.</p><br>
<p>Highfield House is a high-rise condominium in the Tuscany-Canterbury neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It was designed by Mies van der Rohe and completed in 1964. It was the second of two buildings designed by Mies in Baltimore. One Charles Center was the first.</p><br>
<p>Highfield House was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.</p><br>
<p>Highfield House was featured in held at the in October 2012. The Baltimore Modernism Project included renderings from the archives of the, alongside a rendering and drawings on loan from the Highfield House Board, and contemporary photography by Jeremy Kargon. In October 2014, Highfield House celebrated its by revealing a new plaque noting its addition to the National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>Highfield House is a 15 story concrete tower facing east. Set on a platform, the main residential floors are 20 feet above the base. 36 columns frame an enclosed lobby and two equally sized areas of sheltered terrace to the north and south. The windows are made of dark gray tinted glass. Below each window is a brick panel. The use of brick decoration can also be seen in his buildings at IIT.</p><br>
<p>The Royal Fort House is a historic house in Tyndalls Park, Bristol. The building currently houses the University of Bristol&#39;s Faculty of Science offices, Elizabeth Blackwell Institute for Health Research and the Cabot Institute.</p><br>
<p>The house was built for Thomas Tyndall KCB, in the 18th century, on the site of bastions which were fought over during the English Civil War and demolished in 1655. The Baroque, Palladian and Rococo styles of architecture are because of the work of three different architects: James Bridges, Thomas Paty, John Wallis. The garden was laid out by Humphry Repton around 1800.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The house was constructed on the site of a Civil War fortification, which had two bastions on the inside of the lines and three on the outside. It was the strongest part of the defences of Bristol, designed by Dutch military engineer Sir Bernard de Gomme. It was one of the few purpose-built defensive works of the war era. The fort was designed as the western headquarters of the Royalist army under Prince Rupert.</p><br>
<p>Royalists retreated into the fort when the Parliamentarians had broken through the lines in the siege of 1645, before eventually surrendering to Cromwell&#39;s forces.</p><br>
<p>The fort was demolished around 1655. The "Royal" in the name was in honour of Prince Rupert, when he was made Governor of Bristol. An archaeological investigation in 2009 discovered a defence ditch, two bastions and the possible foundations of a defensive wall on the summit of St Michaels&#39; Hill.</p><br>
<h2>Design</h2><br>
<p>The design of the mid-eighteenth-century house by James Bridges, for Thomas Tyndall KCB, was a compromise between the separate designs of architects Thomas Paty, John Wallis and himself. This led to different classical styles: Baroque, Palladian and Rococo, for three of the facades of the house. It was built between 1758 and 1761, by Thomas Paty with plasterwork by Thomas Stocking.</p><br>
<p>A later Colonel Thomas Tyndall employed Humphry Repton from 1799 to landscape the gardens which form a small part of Tyndall&#39;s Park, which extended to Whiteladies Road in the west, Park Row in the south and Cotham Hill to the north. Over the years large parts of the park were sold for housing development, as the site for the Bristol Grammar School, purchased in 1877, and only a small part of the original area remains, as Royal Fort Gardens. The siting of drives in the Royal Fort park is still reflected in street plans today.</p><br>
<p>The current stone gatehouse, built in the Victorian era and known as the Royal Fort Lodge, stands at the entrance to the driveway leading to Royal Fort House. It currently houses the University of Bristol security services.</p><br>
<p>The house has been designated by Historic England as a grade I listed building.</p><br>
<h2>Royal Fort Gardens</h2><br>
<p>Although owned by the University of Bristol, the Royal Fort Gardens are open to the public for the majority of the year. Following a failed attempt to develop the gardens for housing, at the end of the eighteenth century, renowned landscape architect Humphry Repton was commissioned to reinstate a garden in the English Landscape fashion.</p><br>
<p>Repton produced a design which filled in the unsightly excavations; created an undulating lawn and screened the undesirable - or framed the desirable - views. A high wall surrounds and retains the garden. This would have acted as a ha-ha to gain what, at the time, would have been unspoiled vistas.</p><br>
<p>The garden is now widely used for student activities and general relaxing. It contains a small pond, trees and habitats, to increase the biodiversity, and visitors can also appreciate a mirror maze (called "Follow Me") designed by the internationally recognised artist Jeppe Hein. In 2016 a new installation called Hollow was produced by Katie Paterson (with the assistance of Zeller & Moye); which brings together samples taken from 10,000 species of wood that grow throughout the world.</p><br>
<h2>Ownership</h2><br>
<p>It is now owned by the University of Bristol, who were given the estate as a gift by Henry Herbert Wills of the Bristol tobacco company W. D. & H. O. Wills. For many years it housed the universitys Music Department (which in 1996 moved to the Victoria Rooms), then became a conference and banqueting venue, and now houses the universitys Faculty of Science, the Elizabeth Blackwell Institute for Health Research, Brisgstow Institute, Jean Golding Institute for data-intensive research and the Cabot Institute.</p><br>
