<p>Bread Loaf Mountain is a mountain located in Addison County, Vermont, in the Green Mountain National Forest. The mountain is part of the central Green Mountains. Bread Loaf Mountain is flanked to the northeast by Mount Wilson, part of Vermont&#39;s Presidential Range.</p><br>
<p>The southeast end of Bread Loaf Mountain drains into the headwaters of the White River, thence into the Connecticut River which drains into Long Island Sound in Connecticut. The east side of Bread Loaf Mountain drains into the headwaters of the New Haven River, thence into Otter Creek, Lake Champlain, Canada&#39;s Richelieu River, the Saint Lawrence River, and ultimately into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. The northern part of the west side of Bread Loaf Mountain drains into Blue Bank Brook, thence into the New Haven River. The southern part of the west side of Bread Loaf Mountain. drains into Sparks Brook and the Middle Branch of the Middlebury River, thence into the Middlebury River and Otter Creek.</p><br>
<p>The Long Trail, a 272 mi hiking trail running the length of Vermont, crosses Bread Loaf. It runs up the southern part of the mountain&#39;s summit ridge, then doubles back to the east, meeting the Emily Proctor Trail from South Lincoln at the Emily Proctor Shelter, then continuing on to Mt. Wilson. The true summit is reached by a spur path from the Long Trail which leads northeast to an outlook.</p><br>
<p>Bread Loaf Mountain gives its name to Middlebury Colleges Bread Loaf School of English and Bread Loaf Writers Conference, which operate in the summer at Middlebury&#39;s Bread Loaf campus.</p><br>
<p>The Central Police Station, also known as the Bridewell</p><br>
<p>is a historic building on Nelson Street, Broadmead, Bristol, England. It was opened in 1828 and finally closed in 2005. It is a grade II listed building.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Prior to the construction of the present building, the Central Police Station had been located in Bridewell Street. In 1880, the Watch Committee were involved in the setting up of an independent fire brigade and a site was chosen adjacent to the police station. A steam fire engine was purchased and arrangements were made to stable the horses needed to pull the fire engine in the yard of the police station.</p><br>
<p>The Nelson Street building was built in 1928 by Ivor Jones and Percy Thomas and opened as a police station in November 1930 near the site of a previous station. Neighbouring buildings housed law courts and a fire station.</p><br>
<p>It closed as a working police station in August 2005.</p><br>
<p>The building has been designated by English Heritage as a grade II listed building. English Heritage describes it as having an "axial plan with wings at each end. Stripped Neo-Georgian style with Mannerist detail. 2 storeys; 12-window range. A near-symmetrical front has curved ends and short returns, with a fluted frieze and parapet."</p><br>
<h2>Current and Future Uses</h2><br>
<p>In December 2007 a graffiti exhibition was held in the Old Bridewell Police Station building to raise funds for Bristol Children&#39;s Hospital. 70 artists took part and an artwork was donated by Banksy to the cause.</p><br>
<p>Currently the building is a temporary home for Art Space Life Space by agreement with the property developers Urban Splash whilst a new use for the site is found.</p><br>
<p>Ganga Talao  is a crater lake situated in a secluded mountain area in the district of Savanne, deep in the heart of Mauritius. It is about 1800 feet above sea level. The first group of pilgrims who went to Ganga Talao were from the village of Triolet and it was led by Pandit Giri Gossayne from Terre Rouge in 1898.</p><br>
<p>It is considered the most sacred Hindu place in Mauritius</p><br>
<p>The Sagar Shiv Mandir is located on the bank of the lake and is dedicated to Lord Shiva. There are temples dedicated to other Gods including Lord Hanuman, Goddess Ganga, and Lord Ganesh along the Grand Bassin. During Shivaratri, many pilgrims in Mauritius walk bare feet from their homes to the lake.</p><br>
<h2>Etymology</h2><br>
<p>Ganga Talao literally means the Lake of Ganga; an allusion to the Grand Bassin&#39;s symbolic connection with the Indian river Ganga (Ganges)</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>In 1866, when Pandi Sanjibonlal came back to Mauritius after his first indentured contract was over, he came as a merchant via Reunion Island and brought with him the souvenir of Grand Bassin and cloth from India to be sold to the resident labourers. With the money gained, he bought the mansion of Mr Langlois at Triolet and materialised his dream of making Grand bassin a pilgrimage place. The Hindus believe firmly that they should, as often as possible, visit and take a bath in the Ganga to celebrate the main festival of Shiva. Panditji had already won esteem of the French as a landowner (transcription archives can be visited to see land deals), so he easily got permission to go on his project.</p><br>
<p>During his stay as indentured labourer he had spotted the divine appeal of Grand Bassin and now the rich man could make his dream a reality. He converted the existing building into a temple and after some problems with the law he was allowed to proceed with the changes. Some artisans who were engaged in building Sockalingam Meenatchee Ammen Kovil in Port Louis helped in giving the temple the present shape. He went to India and brought back a huge Shivalingam, along with other deities, and had them consecrated in the sanctorium. The only temple in Mauritius where Bhairo Baba (a deity in the form of a dog) is consecrated inside a temple along with Shiva parivar. He was the first to start the pilgrimage towards Grand Bassin following the consecration in 1866. The consecration was a huge festival where he donated land, cart with oxen and huge amount of money to the officiating priests (Caturvedi and others from Plaine des Papayes.</p><br>
<p>Others could not go save his servants because the labourers were not allowed to take leave for religious purposes. Through word of mouth all labourers stated their wish to participate. He used his contacts and requested for permission. A first delegation headed by himself and some other rich retired labourers including Jhummun Gosagne Napal accompanied him in 1895, following the route he had already made in previous years when only his close friends have been there. The first halt was in Port Louis Madras road where he possessed a house. From there the next resting place was Vacoas at Padarath Ojha&#39;s place and then the procession with jhal and dholak and small kanvars moved to Grand Bassin. This was the nth time that Shivaratri was celebrated at Triolet under the priestship of Pandit Sanjibonlal.</p><br>
<p>In the meantime, other folk tales were added to that place and it got the name of Paritalao. It was believed that fairies used to come and dance during the night there. So, it is Sanajibonlall also popularly known as Mousse Langlois ke Baba who put dreams of Ganga in the subconscious mind of Jhummun Gossagne and helped to make the festival look as it is celebrated today. Later Prime Minister Ramgoolam brought Ganga water from Gomukh and mixed it with the already pure water of Grand Bassin and renamed it Ganga talao.</p><br>
<p>In 1897 Shri Jhummon Giri Gosagne Napal, a ‘pujari’ (priest) of Triolet together with a pujari priest from Goodlands Sri Mohanparsad saw in a dream the water of the lake of Grand Bassin springing from the ‘Jahnvi’, thus forming part of Ganga. The news of the dream spread rapidly and created quite a stir in the Hindu community. The following year, pilgrims trekked to Grand Bassin to collect its water to offer to Lord Shiva on the occasion of Maha Shivaratri. The lake was then known as the ‘Pari Talao’. In 1998 it was declared a "sacred lake". In 1972, some holy water from the Ganges River was mixed establishing a symbolic link with the sacred Indian River and the lake was renamed Ganga Talao.</p><br>
<h2>Events</h2><br>
<p>During the Maha Shivaratri most of the devotees leave their homes and start a journey to Grand Bassin on foot. It has been a tradition that volunteer people offer foods and drinks to the pilgrims (the devotees).</p><br>
<p>No one knows the depth of Ganga Talao lake.</p><br>
<h2>Mangal Mahadev - Shiva Statue</h2><br>
<p>Mangal Mahadev is 33 m-tall statue of the Hindu god, Shiva, standing with his trident at the entrance of Ganga Talao. Inaugurated in 2007, it is the tallest statue in Mauritius and a faithful copy of the Shiva statue in Sursagar Lake in Vadodara,Gujarat in India.</p><br>
<p>Glashedy Island  is an uninhabited island approximately 1 mi off Pollen strand, 2 mi west of Trawbreaga Bay, and about 7 km south of Malin Head, Donegal, Ireland. Glashedy Island has an area of 22,548 m² which is equivalent to 2.25 hectares . At its highest point, it is 119 ft high.</p><br>
<p>The sea around the island is potentially very dangerous for shipping and unsafe for anchorage. Rocks and breakers extend up to a 1,000 meters from all sides of the Island. The waters are relatively shallow at between 4 to 5 fathoms. The shoals to the north of the island are particularly dangerous, lying at a depth of just 3 fathoms. Glashedy Sound is the channel between the island and the shore. It is also shallow.</p><br>
<h2>Etymology</h2><br>
<p>Its former name until the early 17th century was Seale Island.</p><br>
<p>The English translation of the name is the Island of the Green Cloak derived from the layer of grass present on the top. The island is sometimes called Glashedy Rock.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>There are references to the Island in a number of historical geographical surveys of Inishowen. It is referred to as Seale Island in the King James Patent Role of 1621. It is called Glasseve in the Civil Survey of 1654. "Wee have likewise some small inconsiderrable ffishings, vizt one small sallmon ffishing in ye river in ye river of Boncrannogh one seale ffishing in the island of Glasseve one litle sallmon ffishing in the River of Strabregg and a less in Loghfoile all wch."Crow&#39;s Maps of Donegal Estates, which was compiled between 1767–70, uses its current name of Glashedy. In Griffiths Valuation (1858) the Island is also called Glashedy, with ownership of the island attributed to John Harvey of Clonmany, Donegal.</p><br>
<p>On Wednesday, November 24, 1841, a schooner called the James Cook was hit by a gale and struck some rocks near Glashedy Island and broke up. The vessel was bound from Sligo to Glasgow with a cargo of Oats. The master and nine crew drowned. One man, James Fitzgerald managed to reach the island. The weather was too rough to allow a rescue boat to reach the island. The Coastguard from Rockstown, Urris managed to reach the island after two days, when the survivor was rescued in an emaciated and exhausted state.</p><br>
<p>In February 1893, a group of young men took a trip out to the island, but became stranded when the weather became stormy. After several hours, they attempted to leave the island, but the boat capsized, forcing them back to the safety of the island. Eventually, experienced boatmen led by Patrick Quigley from the Isle of Doagh managed to reach the island in the evening and rescued the beleaguered day-trippers.</p><br>
<p>During the 19th and early 20th century, the Island was used as a hide-out for making illegally distilled Poitin. In August 1900, Sargent Gillespie and Sargent Quinn of Royal Irish Constabulary and Mr. Webber, the Station Master of the Malin head Coastguard mounted an expedition to the Island. They found several hundred gallons of "wash" - an intermediate input for Poitin. They also found a large quantity of distilling machinery in a cave which served a still-house. The cave was well stocked with fuel and provisions.</p><br>
<p>In the 1930s, the fishing grounds around the island were often the subject of poaching from foreign trawlers.</p><br>
<p>On occasions, the Island has been used to farm sheep and the surrounding waters have been used to fish for seals.</p><br>
<h2>Culture</h2><br>
<p>The Island is referenced in the short story Soft Rain by Trisha McKinney, which was short-listed in the 2013 Bord Gais Energy Irish Book Awards.</p><br>
<p>Tymfristos  is a mountain in the eastern part of Evrytania and the western part of Phthiotis, Greece. The mountain is a part of the Pindus mountain range. The elevation of its highest peak, Velouchi , is 2,315 m. The nearest mountains are Kaliakouda and Panaitoliko to the south, Vardousia to the southeast and the Agrafa mountains to the north. It is drained by the river Spercheios to the east and by tributaries of the Acheloos  to the west.</p><br>
<p>Forests dominate the lower areas of the mountain, and the higher elevations are covered with grasslands. The nearest town is Karpenisi, to the southwest. Other villages are Tymfristos and Agios Georgios Tymfristou to the east. The Greek National Road 38 (Agrinio - Karpenisi - Lamia) passes south of the mountain.</p><br>
<p>The Courbet Peninsula  is a large peninsula in northeastern Grande Terre Island, the main island of the subantarctic Kerguelen Archipelago, Southern Indian Ocean. In the south of the peninsula is Port-aux-Français, the principal station of the archipelago.</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>On the south coast of the peninsula is the French research station of Port-aux-Français, the only permanent settlement in the archipelago. Molloy, 10 km to the west of Port-aux-Francais along the north shore of the Gulf of Morbihan, is the site of a former observatory, established on 7 September 1874, by an American expedition led by G. P. Ryan, to observe the 1874 Transit of Venus.</p><br>
<p>The Courbet Peninsula occupies the northeastern portion of the main island. The eastern portion of the peninsula is relatively flat, with the surface composed mainly of alluvial deposits of glacial origin, and altitudes not exceeding 200 m. However, the western part is hillier and reaches 900 m at Mont Crozier (49&deg;17&prime;39&Prime;S latitude, 68&deg;58&prime;56&Prime;E longitude) near the isthmus. The hills and the slopes of Mont Crozier are olivine basalt with thicknesses up to 1000 m. Some 55 km long, the peninsula is about 10 km wide at its western base and widens to more than 30 km across further east. The Golfe des Baleiniers is on the northern and northwestern shore of the peninsula and includes smaller Hillsborough Bay (Baie du Hillsborough) and Accessible Bay on the northern coast further to the east. The southern coast forms the northern limit of the Gulf of Morbihan. At its south-eastern end is the small Prince of Wales Peninsula which encloses small Norwegian Bay (Baie Norvégienne). The easternmost point of the peninsula, and of Grande Terre, is Cape Ratmanoff, north of which is coastal Lake Marly. Further north still is Cape Digby, marking the north-eastern end of the peninsula. The northernmost point of the peninsula is Cape Cotter. The peninsula contains many lakes with boggy margins, the largest of which is Lake Marville, a coastal lake located at the eastern end. Even so, much of the inland area is quite arid and mostly bare, without vegetation.</p><br>
<h2>Environment</h2><br>
<p>The Courbet Peninsula holds the largest breeding population of southern elephant seals in the archipelago, with 43,782 females recorded in 1997. The peninsula also holds a breeding colony of Antarctic fur seals.</p><br>
<h3>Important Bird Area</h3><br>
<p>Much of the peninsula has been identified by BirdLife International as a 600 km Important Bird Area (IBA) because of its value as a breeding site, especially for seabirds, with at least twenty-two species nesting there. Three large colonies of king penguins are found on the north-western coast, with a combined total of 172,400 pairs. There are several macaroni penguin colonies along the northern coast. The inland parts of the peninsula are important for holding the largest population of Eaton&#39;s pintails. There are some 300 pairs of wandering albatrosses and up to 800 pairs of northern giant petrels.</p><br>
<p>There are also large numbers of breeding gentoo penguins, Kerguelen shags, black-faced sheathbills, brown skuas, Kerguelen and Antarctic terns, and kelp gulls.</p><br>
<p>One of the threats to the bird populations on the peninsula, particularly the petrels, are the feral cats.</p><br>
<p>David Glacier is the most imposing outlet glacier in Victoria Land, Antarctica, fed by two main flows which drain an area larger than 200,000 square kilometres of the East Antarctic plateau, with an estimated ice discharge rate of 7.8 +/- 0.7 km³/year. The northern flow drains from Talos Dome to the Ross Sea, but the main branch of the stream is fed by a network of tributaries which drain a common area of the inner plateau around Dome C and converge in a spectacular icefall normally known as the David Cauldron. The north wall of David Glacier near its terminus is named DUrville Wall after Admiral Jules Dumont dUrville. As the David Glacier flows into the Ross Sea, it forms a floating mass known as the Drygalski Ice Tongue.</p><br>
<p>Hughes Bluff lies nearby.</p><br>
<p>Sodwana Bay is a bay in South Africa. It is located on the KwaZulu Natal coast, between St. Lucia and Lake Sibhayi.</p><br>
<h2>Ecology</h2><br>
<p>Sodwana Bay National Park is a narrow strip of forested sand dunes located along the east coast. Proclaimed a national park in the 1950s, it is frequented by anglers and divers.</p><br>
<p>Sodwana is situated in the Maputaland Marine Reserve and the only scuba diving area along the Greater St Lucia Wetlands Park (now renamed to iSimangaliso) coastline. Classified as one of the top dive sites in the world this 50 km reef complex boasts around 95 species of hard and soft coral, sponges, other invertebrates and around 1200 fish species. It attracts 35 000 scuba divers every year. Vast 700m deep valleys, submarine canyons, are strewn over a distance of 2 km. It was in one of these that on 27 November 2000 that the coelacanth was rediscovered.</p><br>
<p>Although it is believed that in recent years fish species have declined significantly in this area of the South African coast, nothing could be further from the truth. Sailfish, king mackerel and all other pelagic species of game fish especially the kingfish migrate south down the east coast of Africa and since the activities of sea pirates off the coast of north east Africa healthy populations of pelagic game fish again reach all the way south off the coast of South Africa which has again properly re-established Sodwana as a favored and popular sport fishing destination. Sailfish are again in abundance and present in large numbers since it seems that the sea pirates off Somalia have driven away the foreign illegal Far Eastern commercial fishing trawlers.</p><br>
<p>The bay is famous for visits by endangered marine megafauna including whale sharks, great white sharks, hammerhead sharks, blacktip sharks, manta rays, orange-spotted groupers, potato cods, critically endangered leatherback turtles, loggerhead sea turtles, and even coelacanths, the living fossil appear. The discovery of presences of Coelacanths made the region world-famous.</p><br>
<p>Whale watching targeting migratory or resident cetaceans is growing. Bottlenose dolphins live here and have been observed to swim with whale sharks rather regularly. Humpback whales migrate here during winter to spring seasons while southern right whales and other species are less common due to respective recovery statuses that were severely damaged by illegal hunts by Soviet Union and Japan in 1960s to 70s. Orcas are also present in the bay waters.</p><br>
<p>In the March 2011 issue of National Geographic, a short article titled Ancient Swimmers appeared, discussing the groundbreaking discovery of elusive coelacanths in the depths of Sodwana Bay and the surrounding area. A small section of the written article explains that:</p><br>
<p>As a part of the continent of Africa, the land areas along the coasts are rich in terrestrial animals, too. the iSimangaliso Wetland Park was declared and various species such as lions, giraffes, elephants, hippos, rhinos are known to live here.</p><br>
<p>The Clear Lake Volcanic Field is a volcanic field beside Clear Lake in California&#39;s northern Coast Ranges. The site of late-Pliocene to early Holocene activity, the volcanic field consists of lava domes, cinder cones, and maars with eruptive products varying from basalt to rhyolite. and 4,285 ft respectively.</p><br>
<p>The field&#39;s magma chamber also powers a geothermal field called The Geysers, which hosts the largest complex of geothermal power plants in the world.</p><br>
<p>These can generate approximately 2000 megawatts, enough to power two cities the size of San Francisco.</p><br>
<p>The Clear Lake volcanics are thought to have been the heat source for the hot springs and hydrothermal activity that formed the mercury ores at the Sulphur Bank Mine, and the gold ore at the McLaughlin Mine.</p><br>
<p>The Confederate Martyrs Monument at the Jeffersontown City Cemetery in Jeffersontown, Kentucky marks where four Confederate soldiers were executed "without cause or trial", due to Order #59, the creation of Union General Stephen G. Burbridge, known as "Butcher Burbridge" in Kentucky, which called for the execution of four Confederate prisoners for every unarmed Union citizen killed. The total number of executions performed as a result of this order was fifty. The four soldiers commemorated on the stone were Wilson P. Lilly, Rev. Sherwood Hatley, Lindsay Duke Buckner and M. Blincoe.</p><br>
<p>The execution of the four Confederate soldiers was the only significant event of the American Civil War in Jeffersontown. It was done in retaliation for the death of a Union soldier on Bardstown Pike. The soldiers were shot while confined, and their bodies were dumped in a ditch until their interment here.</p><br>
<p>The monument was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 17, 1997, the same day as the Louisville Confederate Monument and the Union Monument in Louisville. The Confederate Soldiers Martyrs Monument in Eminence, Kentucky, that was also established to honor victims of Order 59, was also established on the same day. In total, sixty-one different memorials to the Civil War in Kentucky were placed on the National Register that day.</p><br>
<h2>Inscriptions</h2><br>
<p>The inscription on the front reads:</p><br>
<p>WILSON P. LILLY</p><br>
<p>REV. SHERWOOD HATLEY</p><br>
<p>CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS</p><br>
<p>OCTOBER 25, 1864</p><br>
<p>ROBBED OF THE GLORY OF DEATH ON THE FIELD OF BATTLE BY STEPHEN G. BURBRIDGE WHO</p><br>
<p>ORDERED THEM SHOT WITHOUT CAUSE OR TRIAL</p><br>
<p>ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF THE FOUR MARTYRS BY THE ALBERT SIDNEY JOHNSTON CHAPTER D.O.C. OF LOUISVILLE, KY. JUNE 11, 1904</p><br>
<p>MARTYRS</p><br>
<p>While on the back it reads:</p><br>
<p>WILSON P. LILLY.</p><br>
<p>SHERWOOD HATLEY.</p><br>
<p>LINDSAY DUKE BUCKNER.</p><br>
<p>M. BLINCOE.</p><br>
<p>BEING DEAD YET SPEAKETH.</p><br>
<p>File:Confederate Martyrs JTown 2.jpgFront view of monument</p><br>
<p>File:Confederate Martyrs JTown 3.jpgBack view of the monument</p><br>
<p>File:Confederate Martyrs JTown 4.jpgView of monument and the closest street</p><br>
<p>File:Confederate Martyrs JTown 5.jpgView of the monument and the farther street</p><br>
<p>The Confederate Soldiers Martyrs Monument in Eminence, Kentucky, notes the burial spot of three Confederate prisoners who were shot while imprisoned. The names of the victims were William Datbor , William Tighe, and R. W. Yates. It was done in retaliation for the deaths of two African-Americans and authorized by Union General Burbridge&#39;s Order 59, which allowed for the execution of Confederate soldiers.</p><br>
<p>It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 17, 1997, one of sixty Kentucky Civil War monuments placed on the Register on the same day.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The monument is a seven foot high white marble obelisk and rests on a marble base that is approximately two feet wide. The boundary forms a circle with a radius of ten feet.</p><br>
<h2>Inscriptions</h2><br>
<p>There are inscriptions on two faces of the monument. They read:</p><br>
<p>Three CSA Soldiers who were shot Nov 3 1864, at Pleasureville by order of Gen Burbridge in pretense of retaliation of two Negras that were killed near Port Royal; Sleep on ye braves for you have got our sympathy to our latest breath. We would not have three buried on a lot with him who caused thy death.</p><br>
<p>William Tighe aged 30 years, R W Yates aged 30 years, William Datbor aged 20 years.</p><br>
<p>File:Confederate Soldiers Martyrs Monument in Eminence 2.JPGAugust 2009.</p><br>
<p>File:Confederate Soldiers Martyrs Monument in Eminence 3.JPGCloseup of inscription. August 2009.</p><br>
<p>File:Confederate Soldiers Martyrs Monument in Eminence 4.JPGAugust 2009.</p><br>
<p>File:Confederate Soldiers Martyrs Monument in Eminence 5.JPGAugust 2009.</p><br>
<p>The Stag and Hounds Public House is on Old Market Street, Old Market, Bristol.</p><br>
<p>It was built originally in 1483, probably as a private house. However the current building is predominantly from the early 18th century, when it was a Public house and it has been partly rebuilt in the 1960s, and refurbished in 1987.</p><br>
<p>At one time the inn was flanked by houses, but the building of a dual carriageway underpass has left it isolated.</p><br>
<p>It has been designated by English Heritage as a grade II listed building.</p><br>
<p>A well in the former rear court has a 19th-century iron hand pump with flywheel and pump rods, an early example of an installation for raising water from a well. This old iron pump, operated by a wheel six feet in diameter, is in fine condition and all its parts still move. It is unique in Bristol.</p><br>
<p>There is also a minute window looking out onto the courtyard, which opens onto a small room set between floors and is only accessible through a trap-door in what is now a bathroom. It is possible that this may be a survival from the days of priest-hunting.</p><br>
<p>The modern day pub is renowned as a live music venue with a wide variety of bands ranging across many genres.</p><br>
<h2>Pie-Poudre Court</h2><br>
<p>In Norman times a court was set up to deal summarily with thieves and debtors of a market called the Pie-Poudre Court (also spelt pie poudre or Piepowders). The name comes from the French, "pieds poudrés" which can be translated as "dusty feet", and was a temporary court set up for the duration of a fair or market to deal with travelers who were not resident in the town.</p><br>
<p>It was held in the open air under an ancient oak tree, the site of which the Stag and Hounds was built upon. There is no actual record of when the court moved into the inn, which was reputedly held in the first-floor room.</p><br>
<p>It is believed that this was the last "active" Court of Piepowders, being abolished by the Courts Act 1971. Although it had not actually met since the abolition of the fair in 1870, an annual proclamation was still read on the last day of September under the portico of the inn.</p><br>
<p>Petit Bé is a tidal island near the city of Saint-Malo, France, close to the larger island of Grand Bé. At low tide one can walk to the island from the nearby Bon-Secours beach.</p><br>
<h2>Fort</h2><br>
<p>In 1667 the French government built a small fort on the island of Petit Bé. Construction on the present fort began in 1689.</p><br>
<p>The fort was part of the defenses that Vauban designed to protect Saint-Malo from British and Dutch fleets. The defensive works included the walls of Saint Malo, Fort National, Fort Harbourg, Fort de la Conchée, and the forts of Cézembre and Pointe de la Varde; these last two have been destroyed.</p><br>
<p>Construction began under the direction of the engineer Siméon Garangeau. The fort was still under construction in at the time of the British attack on Saint-Malo in November 1693. When an Anglo-Dutch force attacked Saint-Malo again in 1695, the fort helped repel the attack.</p><br>
<p>The fort consists of a horseshoe-shaped battery on the seaward side that has 19 embrasures for guns. In 1695 it held nine guns; two years later it was armed with 15 guns, including four 48-pounders and six 36-pounders, as well as two mortars. A garrison of 177 men manned the fort and served its guns. On the landward side the fort consisted of two half-bastions that flank the entrance, which is a few metres above the level of the rocks. The bastions are loopholed for muskets to enable the defenders to resist attempts to scale the defences. Several different plans were advanced for a demi-lune outwork in front of the entrance but in the end none was built. Cross-fire from Petit Bé and Fort Harbourg in Dinard protected the estuary of the Rance. The fort was finally finished in 1707.</p><br>
<p>The French army occupied the fort until 1885. Later, the army turned the fort over to the city of Saint-Malo. It became a Monument historique in 1921, but was neglected until 2000, when the city gave it to a non-profit organization rent-free to renovate it and prepare it for tourism. Under the direction of Alain-Etienne Marcel, the fort has been restored. Brush was removed from the embrasures, some of which received period cannons. The cistern had to be emptied of garbage and it now retains storm water fed into it from the restored roof of the barracks building.</p><br>
<p>The William Watts Sherman House is a notable house designed by American architect H. H. Richardson, with later interiors by Stanford White. A National Historic Landmark, the house is generally acknowledged as one of Richardson&#39;s masterpieces, and the prototype for what later became known as the Shingle Style in American architecture. It is located at 2 Shepard Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island, and is now owned by Salve Regina University. It is a contributing property to the Bellevue Avenue Historic District.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The house was built in 1875-1876 by William Watts Sherman, of the banking firm Duncan, Sherman, & Co. of New York, and his first wife Annie Derby Rodgers Wetmore (daughter of William Shepard Wetmore of the nearby Chateau-sur-Mer). It was designed by the architectural firm of Gambrill and Richardson, though there is no evidence of Gambrill&#39;s involvement in the design, and built by the Norcross Brothers. According to an article in the Newport Mercury (January 9, 1875), its frame was constructed in New Jersey and shipped to Newport for assembly.</p><br>
<p>The original house was 2-1/2 stories in height and basically rectangular, about 53 by in dimensions, with porte-cochere on the east facade, and two principal entrances on the west. Its first story was faced in pink granite ashlar, with higher stories of brick, shingle, and half-timbered stucco, diamond-panel windows grouped in long, horizontal bands, and five massive red brick chimneys. Trim materials included reddish sandstone and brownstone. The roof was steeply gabled, with a broad single gable in front and multiple sharp gables to the rear, all originally shingled in wood. Its interior organizes clusters of rooms about a spacious central stair hall. Circa 1877 unusual stained-glass windows by Daniel Cottier (but often credited to John LaFarge) were added; these have subsequently been sold.</p><br>
<h2>Alterations</h2><br>
<p>This original design was extended and altered, 1879–1881, by McKim, Mead and White in a style consonant with earlier work; the parlor and library were designed by Stanford White. A second addition by Newport architect Dudley Newton (1845–1907), circa 1890, added a ballroom and service wing. The house remained in private hands until 1951 when it was willed to the Baptist Home of Rhode Island as a home for the aged. In 1963 a hospital wing was added, and in 1982 it was acquired by Salve Regina.</p><br>
<p>The house combines elements from medieval European, Renaissance English and Colonial American styles, and appears to have been inspired by British architect Norman Shaws houses in Surrey (published in 1874). According to the Newport Mercury, its builders had been "unable to find a name" for the houses architectural style, although the family termed it Queen Anne style.</p><br>
<p>On December 30, 1970, the house was designated a National Historic Landmark by the Department of the Interior.</p><br>
<p>Athamanika or Tzoumerka  is a mountain range in northwestern Greece, part of the wider Pindus mountain range. Its highest point is the mountain Kakarditsa, at 2,429 m. Its length is approximately 40 km from north to south and its width is approximately 15 to 20 km from east to west. The only major road crossing the Athamanika is the Greek National Road 30 .</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>The Athamanika is situated on the borders of the regional units of Arta, Ioannina, Karditsa and Trikala. It covers (part of) the municipalities North Tzoumerka, Central Tzoumerka, Pyli and Argithea.</p><br>
<p>It has a low population density. Forests dominate the low lying areas of the mountain. Grasslands, shrubs and barren rocks dominate the higher elevations. The main rivers draining the Athamanika are the Arachthos in the west, and the Achelous in the east.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The Athamanika mountain range became the main base of the EDES resistance organization during the Axis occupation of Greece (1941-1944).</p><br>
<p>Tomaros  is a mountain in southwestern Ioannina regional unit, Greece. Rising to the south of the archaeological site of Dodona, it is part of the Pindus mountain range. Its maximum elevation is 1,974 m. The nearest mountains are the Xerovouni to the southeast and the Souli Mountains to the southwest. There are forests in the lower areas, the highest areas consist of dry grasslands.</p><br>
<p>The nearest villages are Vargiades to the southeast, Lippa to the southwest</p><br>
<p>and Dodoni to the north. The Egnatia Odos motorway (Igoumenitsa - Ioannina -Kozani - Thessaloniki - Alexandroupoli) passes northwest of the mountain with tunnels.</p><br>
<h2>Etymology</h2><br>
<p>Two suggestions have been proposed.Zeus: A Study in Ancient Religion</p><br>
<p>By Arthur Bernard Cook</p><br>
<p>Related to Greek temno cut + oros mountain (sharp mountain) PIE *tom-/*tem- "cut", Vale of Tempe, Tomi city, Tomouroi priests of Dodona (wood-cutters)Greek Mythology</p><br>
<p>By Richmond Yancey Hathorn or chastified (with cutten tail,line oura)Larcher&#39;s notes on Herodotus</p><br>
<p>By Pierre Henri Larcher or diminutive of tomos slice, piece of land, tome, volume.</p><br>
<p>Related to Tmor and Tomori mountains in Illyria and Illyrian eponym Temus. A proposed Illyrian word for "dark", PIE *temes akin to Latin tenebrae "darkness", temere "blindly, by chance", Old Irish temel "darkness", Middle Irish teimen "dark grey", Old High German demar "darkness", dinstar "dark", Old Church Slavonic tǐma "darkness", tǐmǐnǔ "dark", etc</p><br>
<p>The Golfe du Morbihan  is a bay on the eastern coast of Grande Terre, the largest of the Kerguelen islands. It forms a deep and broad notch in the central section of the island.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>It is a relatively protected maritime space constituting a natural shelter for the ships and on the banks of which were established the stations of Port-Jeanne-dArc and Port-aux-Français. The gulf of Morbihan is strewn with many islands and islets. It was thus so called by Raymond Rallier du Baty at the time of its forwardings of the beginning of the 20th century in the honour of the Gulf of Morbihan in Brittany (Kerguelen was Breton, and many of the features in the islands have Breton names). "Morbihan" derives directly from the Breton name which is Ar Morbihan, meaning the little sea&#39; (Compare the Welsh y môr bychan), as opposed to the Ocean outside.</p><br>
<p>The name of Gulf of Morbihan appears on a chart published in 1922. Previously the place was known as Royal Sound, given by James Cook. This remains in the name of Passe Royale, the entry of the gulf. The name Golfe du Morbihan was confirmed by the French toponymy commission for the Southern and Antarctic Lands, thus respecting the hierarchy of the topographic terms, since the Golfe du Morbihan includes several smaller bays such as the Baie des Aurores Australes, where Port-aux-Français is located. However the name Baie du Morbihan appears on various charts and is often used indifferently even in official writings.</p><br>
<h2>Important Bird Area</h2><br>
<p>The islands of the gulf have been identified by BirdLife International as a 280 km Important Bird Area (IBA) because of their value as breeding sites for seabirds and for Eatons pintails. Of the 20 islands and numerous islets included in the IBA, the largest is the 20 km Île Australia. Some of the islands are free of introduced species, but others are infested by rats, mice and rabbits. Some islands still have their original subantarctic vegetation, including Kerguelen cabbages, lyallia cushions and Moseleys buttercups. They are of particular interest because of their large populations of blue and grey petrels. Other birds breeding in the IBA include Kerguelen, great-winged, white-chinned and white-headed petrels, Antarctic and slender-billed prions, Wilson&#39;s and grey-backed storm petrels, South Georgia and common diving petrels, Kerguelen shags, black-faced sheathbills, brown skuas and Kerguelen terns.</p><br>
<p>Isla Natividad is an island in the Pacific Ocean 6 km west off Punta Eugenia, the northwestern headland of the Mexican state of Baja California Sur. 200 meters off its northwestern end lies Roca María at {{coord|27|53|33|N|115|13|19|W}}, with an area of 0.074 km. Isla Natividad is separated from the mainland at Punta Eugenia by Canal de Dewey , and from Cedros Island , which is 15 km to the north, by Canal de Keller .</p><br>
<p>The island is part of Bahía Tortugas delegación of Mulegé municipality. It is 8.655 km in area. At the 2001 census, the island had a population of 384, centered in Natividad, a community of abalone, lobster, and clam fishermen, at the southeastern end ({{coord|27|51|09|N|115|10|09|W}}). Connection to the mainland is facilitated by an airstrip. There is a lighthouse in the northern part.</p><br>
<h2>Geography and ecology</h2><br>
<p>It has steep rocky shores fringed by rocks and kelp except for a small sandy beach towards the mainland. The island is barren and hilly with a peak 150 m high rising near its center. The flora consists mainly of a dense cover of Mesembryanthemum crystallinum and M. nodiflorum, cacti, and small shrubs. There are no endemic plants or animals on Natividad due to its proximity to the mainland (it was probably part of the mainland several times during the ice ages, when sea levels were lower). However, Mammillaria pondii and a little-researched Opuntioideae cactus, as well as Mentzelia hirsutissima var. nesiotes are found in few other places. Native land vertebrates are few, including the deer mouse Peromyscus maniculatus and some lizards. Seabirds – namely Brandt&#39;s cormorant – and seals use the island as a breeding and resting site. Isla Natividad is one of the southernmost breeding locations of Cassin&#39;s auklet and a main breeding site for black-vented shearwaters.</p><br>
<h2>Restoration</h2><br>
<p>Between 1997 and 2001, Conservacion de Islas removed introduced goat, Capra hircus, domestic sheep Ovis aries, domestic cats Felis catus, domestic dog Canis familiaris, from the island to primarily benefit the black-vented shearwater Puffinus opisthomelas.</p><br>
<p>St Peter and St Paul, Bristol is the church of Bristol&#39;s principal Greek Orthodox congregation. It is situated in the Lower Ashley Road.</p><br>
<p>The building was constructed in the 1840s as the Church of St Simon. It was designed by S.J.Hicks and S.B Gabriel with a nave, chancel, north aisle and chapel. It originally had a 121 ft high spire however this has been shortened when it became unsafe.</p><br>
<p>The church is part of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain. The Greek Orthodox community in Bristol grew up in the 19th century from sailors arriving in the port. Services were held in Anglican churches, particularly the Temple of St Simon during the 1950s and 1960s. In 1963 it was renamed for the Apostles St Peter and Paul and in 1978 purchased by the Greek Orthodox church.</p><br>
<p>The churchyard wall has coping blocks formed from copper-slag, the same material used to construct the Black Castle Public House.</p><br>
<p>Hiroshima Bay is a bay in the Inland Sea, Japan. Administratively, the bay is divided between Hiroshima and Yamaguchi Prefectures. The bay&#39;s shore is a Ria. Its surface area is about 1,000 km², with a mean depth of 25 meters.</p><br>
<h2>Municipalities</h2><br>
<p>*Kure, Hiroshima</p><br>
<p>*Saka, Hiroshima</p><br>
<p>*Kaita, Hiroshima</p><br>
<p>*Fuchū, Hiroshima</p><br>
<p>*Hiroshima</p><br>
<p>*Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima</p><br>
<p>*Ōtake, Hiroshima</p><br>
<p>*Etajima, Hiroshima</p><br>
<p>*Waki, Yamaguchi</p><br>
<p>*Iwakuni, Yamaguchi</p><br>
<h2>Major Rivers</h2><br>
<p>*Kyōbashi River</p><br>
<p>*Motoyasu River</p><br>
<p>*Ōta River</p><br>
<p>*Oze River</p><br>
<p>*Tenma River</p><br>
<h2>Major Islands</h2><br>
<p>*Kanawajima</p><br>
<p>*Tōgejima</p><br>
<p>*Ninoshima</p><br>
<p>*Enoshima</p><br>
<p>*Etajima</p><br>
<p>*Ōnasabijima (Ōnasamitō)</p><br>
<p>*Ogurokamijima</p><br>
<p>*Nomijima</p><br>
<p>**West Nomijima</p><br>
<p>**East Nomijima</p><br>
<p>*Ōkurokamishima</p><br>
<p>*Kurahashijima</p><br>
<p>*Nasakejima</p><br>
<p>*Atatajima</p><br>
<p>*Inokojima</p><br>
<p>*Itsukushima</p><br>
<p>*Nagashima</p><br>
<p>*Okinoshima</p><br>
<p>*Kabutojima</p><br>
<h2>Trivia</h2><br>
<p>Jaco Pastorius once threw his "Bass of Doom" (Fender Jazz Bass) into the Hiroshima Bay.</p><br>
<p>Khirbet Sharta is an ancient tell in northern Israel, northeast of Kiryat Atta, that covers two hills.</p><br>
<h2>Archaeology</h2><br>
<p>In 1965, the Israel Antiquities Authority conducted excavations of the western hill prior to the construction of residential housing in Kiryat Atta.</p><br>
<p>Discoveries include burial caves with remains from the Bronze, Iron, Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, and Arabic eras. The eastern hill is still unexcavated, with visible remains of a 150-meter stone wall built with a double row of large stones, rock cuttings and two wine presses.</p><br>
<h2>Significance</h2><br>
<p>Khirbet Sharta was the first site in the region scientifically excavated that produced a jar handle with a LMLK seal impression, previously thought to have been limited to southern Israel. Similar specimens have been recovered from three other northern sites, the most important being Nahal Tut.</p><br>
<p>Vergadeika  is a small village within the larger Longanikos settlement in Laconia, southern Greece. Vergadeika is a one- to two-hour drive to the cities Sparta , Tripoli , and Kalamata . It is approximately 202 km from Athens.</p><br>
<p>Vergadeika lies less than a kilometer away from the large settlement of Longanikos, which has a current population of approximately 300 people. Due to the larger size of Longanikos, Vergadeika is considered to be "within" Longanikos for purposes of classification and official administration.</p><br>
<p>The village has an approximate population of 80 people and consists of a "north part" and a "south part". This village, as well its neighboring villages, had a much higher population several decades ago, but migration to the major Greek cities, such as Athens, and abroad, namely to the United States, diminished the population tremendously. Presently, there are mostly elderly Greeks who reside in the village, while their children return from the large metropolitan areas for weekend vacations or major holidays.</p><br>
<p>Coming from Athens by car, one would take highway E94 to E65. From E65 in Tripoli the village is only accessible by small mountain roads. A visitor may also travel by bus or train to the nearest large city, Tripoli, and take an automobile from there.</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>Vergadeika is settled on the side of the Taygetos mountain range, a historically famous and geographically prominent feature in the Peloponnese. Below Vergadeika is the fertile Evrotas Valley(named after the ancient Evrotas river), which is formed by the convergence of the Taygetos and Parnonas mountains. Historically, this strategic flat plain was used for the transportation of people and ancient Spartan armies. Agriculturally, olives are cultivated in this fertile valley. Many of the residents of the village also make homemade wine, although this is strictly for local consumption.</p><br>
<h2>Life of the village</h2><br>
<p>Due to the high population of elderly Greeks living in Vergadeika, many of the residents spend their time in their homes or in their gardens. The younger population of the village works during the day, typically in the close cities of Tripoli, Sparta and Megalopoli.</p><br>
<p>Life is very traditional and laid back in Vergadeika. It is not uncommon to find neighbors having coffee and cigarettes for many hours.</p><br>
<p>During the day, a local grocery truck drives to the villages of the Longanikos settlement and sells goods to the villagers. This service is specifically performed for the elderly villagers who do not have the means to travel far for groceries.</p><br>
<h3>Education and other services</h3><br>
<p>There are many schools serving the municipality. There are two Kindergartens in Longanikos and Pellana, five primary schools in Pellana, Kastori, Agoriani, Georgitsi, and Longanikos, and one junior school and one highschool in Kastori.</p><br>
<p>The nearest clinics to Vergadeika are located in Longanikos, Georgitsi, and Kastori. The nearest post offices are located in Georgitsi and Kastori, and the Mayor&#39;s office is located in Pellana.</p><br>
<h2>Ruins in the area</h2><br>
<p>Because the village is an ancient village in the Peloponnese, one of the oldest regions of the Greece, it lies very close to many important ruins. In the actual village of Vergadeika stands the church of Agios Demetrios. This church dates from the 15th century.</p><br>
<p>The closest ruins to the village are in the larger towns of Longanikos and Kastoria. In Longanikos, a visitor can find sites such as: the church of Agios Georgios (1375 A.D.), the church of the Holy Apostles of Agioi Theodoroi (1380 A.D.), the church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary (15th century), the Fountain at Vergdeika, the mansion of "Papakalos" (end of the 18th century), and the church of the Prophet Elias (built in 1810) which is decorated with artifacts from the 10th to 11th centuries. Many of the surrounding villages have ancient, medieval, and early modern attractions as well, such as Kastoria, Agoriani, and Vordonia. In the latter the remains of a medieval Frankish Fort can be found.</p><br>
<p>The close village of Pellana, which is the namesake for the municipality, holds the ruins of an ancient town from the days of Sparta.</p><br>
<p>Vergadeika is very close to the famous sites of Mystras and ancient Sparta. It is also within 30 km of sites such as Mantineia, the Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae, and the ancient site at Megalopoli.</p><br>
<h2>Greek fires of 2007</h2><br>
<p>In August 2007, devastating forest fires ripped through southern Greece, killing 64 souls. Vergadeika and surrounding villages were threatened and many residents, specifically elderly ones, were evacuated. Some of the villagers, however, refused to leave and helped battle nearby smaller fires that had broken out.</p><br>
<h2>Miscellaneous</h2><br>
<p>The professional baseball player for the Boston Red Sox, Harry Agganis, is a Greek-American whose parents hail from the village of Longanikos. He is a local Greek-American hero in Boston, Massachusetts.</p><br>
<p>The Loganikos Society, a Greek-American organization, was founded in Massachusetts. The current president of the Society is Nick Vergados, a former resident of Vergadeika.</p><br>
<p>Daniel Knight, a Greek-American who graduated from the George Washington University traces his family roots to the town of Vergadeika</p><br>
<p>The villages of Longanikos, Vergadeika, Agoriani, Pardali, and many others in the municipality, are believed to be derived from the Slavic and Turkish languages. For instance, Pardali is believed to come from a Turk named Pardali who owned the entire area. Also, a large family in the village of Vergadeika, whose surname is Arvanitis, reinforces this hypothesis. The name Arvanitis is believed to be derived from a migratory Albanian-Greek tribe, the Arvanites, from northern Greece.</p><br>
<h2>Pictures of the village</h2><br>
<p>The 32nd Indiana Monument, also known as the August Bloedner Monument, honors the Union soldiers of the 32nd Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment, also known as Indianas "1st German" regiment, who died in the Battle of Rowletts Station on 17 December 1861, near Munfordville, Kentucky. Originally placed at Fort Willich, near Munfordville, in January 1862, the monument was moved to Cave Hill National Cemetery at Louisville, Kentucky, in June 1867. Due to its fragile condition, the monument was removed from the national cemetery in 2008. After undergoing conservation treatment at the University of Louisville, it was placed on display at the Frazier History Museum lobby in August 2010. Although it is no longer in its original location, the 32nd Indiana Monument is generally considered to be the oldest surviving memorial to the American Civil War. A replacement monument at Cave Hill National Cemetery was dedicated in December 2011.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>On 17 December 1861, the 32nd Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment experienced its first major action during the American Civil War at the Battle of Rowletts Station, south of Munfordville, Kentucky. Its efforts to successfully defend a crucial bridge received national recognition in the newspapers for its stand against Confederate forces. The battle became notable as one of the few occasions during the war when the Union infantry successfully defended itself in the open against repeated Confederate cavalry assaults. The 32nd Indianas battle casualties were 46 (13 killed, 28 wounded, and 5 captured).</p><br>
<p>Shortly after the battle, Christian Friedrich August Bloedner of Cincinnati, Ohio, who served as a Union private in the 32nd Indiana, carved a limestone memorial to honor his comrades who had died. The monument was placed at the Union soldiers&#39; gravesite at Fort Willich, near Munfordville, Kentucky, in mid-January 1862. In June 1867, after Cave Hill National Cemetery was established at Louisville, Kentucky, the monument and the remains of 21 Union soldiers, 14 of them from the 32nd Indiana, were moved from the Cemetery at Fort Willich to the national cemetery.</p><br>
<p>On 17 July 1997, the 32nd Indiana Monument was added to the National Register of Historic Places. The porous limestone monument has been severely damaged over time by artificial pollutants and natural weathering, and most of the original inscription has faded away. A wooden structure was erected to protect the monument from further decay. Due to its deteriorating condition, the monument was removed from the national cemetery in December 2008 for conservation treatment at the University of Louisville. Conservation Solutions, Inc. (CSI), who treated the monument, recommended that it should be removed to an indoor display. Conservation methods included "cleaning, re-attaching flaking and spalled stone surfaces, removal of inappropriate patch materials and patching".</p><br>
<p>Due to its fragile condition, one plan to preserve the monument suggested that it be moved indoors to the Hart County Historical Society Museum in Munfordville, with granite copies placed at Cave Hill National Cemetery and at its original location at Fort Willich. In addition to the Hart County museum, the Frazier History Museum at Louisville and the Patton Museum at Fort Knox, Kentucky, vied to display the monument after conservation efforts were completed. The Frazier History Museum was selected to house the monument on long-term loan from the National Cemetery Administration. In August 2010 the refurbished monument was installed in the museum&#39;s lobby, where visitors need not pay to see it.</p><br>
<p>On 19 November 2010, the monument was removed from the National Register of Historic Places. A new monument to the 32nd Indiana that contains German and English inscriptions was dedicated at Cave Hill National Cemetery on 16 December 2011.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The monument was originally intended to lie flat on the ground; however, after its move to Cave Hill National Cemetery, it was installed upright on a stone base, a contribution from Louisville&#39;s German community. The base measured 16 in wide, 67 in long, and 8 in above ground. The monument weighs 3,500 lb.</p><br>
<p>On the front of the monument, near the top, a relief carving of an eagle clutches a brace of cannon with two stacks of cannonballs paired below. Olive and oak branches border American flags on each side. Below the frieze a stone-carved tablet bears a German inscription and the names of 13 soldiers from the 32nd Indiana who died at the Battle of Rowlett&#39;s Station, along with their ranks and birth years.</p><br>
<p>Although the German inscription is no longer legible, the National Cemetery records inscription, transcribed into English, reads as follows:HERE REST THE FIRST HEROES OF THE 32ND INDIANA GERMAN REGIMENT WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES FOR PRESERVATION OF THE FREE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF NORTH AMERICA. THEY WERE KILLED DECEMBER 17, 1861. IN A FIGHT WITH THE REBELS AT ROWLETT&#39;S STATION, KENTUCKY, IN WHICH ONE REGIMENT TEXAS RANGERS, TWO REGIMENTS OF INFANTRY, AND A BATTERY OF SIX CANNON, OVER 3,000 STRONG, WERE DEFEATED BY 500 GERMAN SOLDIERS.</p><br>
<p>An English inscription on the monuments base reads:IN MEMORY OF THE FIRST VICTIMS OF THE 32 REG. INDIANA VOL. WHO FELL AT THE BATTLE OF ROWLETTS STATION DECEMBER 17, 1861</p><br>
<h2>Legacy</h2><br>
<p>Although the 32nd Indiana Monument has been moved from its original location, it is generally considered to be the oldest surviving memorial to the American Civil War. The National Park Service considers the Hazen Brigade Monument at Stones River National Battlefield, Tennessee, placed in 1863, a year after the 32nd Indiana Monument&#39;s installation at Fort Willich, the oldest intact Civil War monument in the United States. An earlier monument erected after First Battle of Bull Run (1861) in Virginia has not survived.</p><br>
<p>Clay Pit Pond, also known as Claypit Pond, is a pond in the Boston suburb of Belmont in Middlesex County, Massachusetts situated between Concord Avenue and Belmont High School. It is a man-made pond, excavated as the source of clay for industrial brick-making on the site from 1888 to 1926. The Pond was formed in 1933 when the Wellington Brook was redirected to flood the site, making it an essential part of the drainage system for much of Belmont.</p><br>
<p>The Parry Brothers first opened a brickyard in the vicinity of the current Pond in 1888. In 1900, nearly all brick making operations in Middlesex County were merged into the New England Brick Company, which acquired the site and increased production to 15 million bricks per year with a work force of 75. By 1926 the highest quality clay was exhausted and the site was abandoned, reportedly leaving behind an 1884 Marion steam shovel at the bottom of the pit.</p><br>
<p>The Town of Belmont purchased the abandoned pit in 1927 for $22,500 to use as a waste dump site. However in 1933, the Town diverted the Wellington Brook through a culvert to flood the site with 80 million gallons of water, creating the Clay Pit Pond.</p><br>
<p>In March 2010, the pond overflowed onto the road after two days of rain, closing down the adjacent high school.</p><br>
<p>Lake Skegemog  is a Northern Michigan lake located on the border of three counties, Antrim County, Michigan, Grand Traverse County, Michigan, and Kalkaska County, Michigan, with a surface area of 2,561 acre. The Lake is attached to Elk Lake and is considered to be part of the Northwest Michigan Chain O&#39;Lakes. The lake is well known for its nature and beauty, along with its fishing.</p><br>
<p>The Torch River brings the inflow of water in from Torch Lake. From Lake Skegemog the water flows into Elk Lake, which then enters Lake Michigan in Grand Traverse Bay.</p><br>
<p>The Lake contains many stumps and logs in it which provides a nice living area for many species of fish. In addition, much of the surrounding land around the Lake is covered in a swamp.</p><br>
<p>Ghoramara Island is an island 92 km south of Kolkata, India in the Sundarban Delta complex of the Bay of Bengal. The island is small, roughly five square kilometers in area, and is quickly disappearing due to erosion and sea level rise.</p><br>
<h2>Shrinking of island</h2><br>
<p>Global warming has caused the rivers that pour down from the Himalayas and empty into the Bay of Bengal to swell and shift in recent decades, placing these islands, known as the Sundarbans, in danger. Four islands are completely underwater, and another 10 in the area are at risk.</p><br>
<p>A recent study by Sugata Hazra, an oceanographer at Jadavpur University in nearby Kolkata, found that during the last 30 years, roughly 80 square kilometers, or 31 square miles, of the Sundarbans have disappeared. More than 600 families have been displaced, according to the local government authorities. Ghoramara alone has shrunk to under five square kilometers, about half its size in 1969, Hazra&#39;s study concluded.</p><br>
<h2>Population</h2><br>
<p>Ghoramara island once had a population of 40,000. The 2001 Government of India census showed a population of 5,000 on Ghoramara; this population is believed to have shrunk as families are displaced by the island&#39;s sinking. As of 2016 the island has 3,000 residents.</p><br>
<p>Mount Longhu , is located in Jiangxi, China. It is famous for being one of the birthplaces of Taoism, with many Taoist temples built upon the mountainside. It is particularly important to the Zhengyi Dao as it the Shangqing Temple and the Mansion of the Taoist Master are located here. It is known as one of the Four Sacred Mountains of Taoism.</p><br>
<p>Two of them are the temples of Immortal City (仙岩) and Zheng Yi (正一), all founded by Zhang Daoling (张道陵), the Han Dynasty founder of the religion. There are more Taoist temples in nearby Shangqing Town (上清). One of the temples in Shangqing is mentioned in the beginning of the famous Chinese novel (水滸傳) "Outlaws of the Marsh".</p><br>
<p>Mount Longhu also has cultural significance has a historical burial site of the Guyue people, who placed their dead in hanging coffins on the mountains cliff faces.</p><br>
<p>In August 2010 UNESCO inscribed Mount Longhu on the World Heritage List as part of the complex of six sites that make up the China Danxia.</p><br>
<p>Mount Longhu can be reached from the nearby city of Yingtan.</p><br>
<p>Bassas de Pedro, also known as Munyal Par or Pedro Bank, is a submerged bank or sunken atoll belonging to the Amindivi Subgroup of islands of the Union Territory of Lakshadweep, India, with a distance of 1,795 km south of the city of Delhi.</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>It is the largest feature of Lakshadweep, with a lagoon area of 2,474.33 km&sup2, which is more than half of the sum of all lagoon sizes in Lakshadweep (59 percent). It is also one of the northernmost features, second only to Cora Divh. Bassas de Pedro, Cora Divh and Sesostris Bank, all submerged, form the north of Lakshadweep. Bassas de Pedro stretches over 130 km from 12°31N to 13°41N, in the shape of an arch open to the east. Its width ranges from 15 km in the north to 33 km in the south. Its southern end is 63 km east of North Cay of Cherbaniani Reef, the closest land feature.</p><br>
<p>There are no emergent cays or islands. The general depth ranges from 46 to 50 meters, with extremes between 16.4 and 73 meters. The bank is steep-to, smooth with minor undulations in topography, and composed of sand, shells, and decayed coral. The water on the bank is not discolored.</p><br>
<h2>Administration</h2><br>
<p>The bank belongs to the township of Chetlat Island of Aminidivi Tehsil.</p><br>
<p>Dry Falls, also known as Upper Cullasaja Falls, is a 65-foot  waterfall located in the Nantahala National Forest, northwest of Highlands, North Carolina.</p><br>
<h2>Geology</h2><br>
<p>Dry Falls flows on the Cullasaja River through the Nantahala National Forest. It is part of a series of waterfalls on an 8.7-mile (14 km) stretch of the river that eventually ends with Cullasaja Falls. Dry Falls flows over an overhanging bluff that allows visitors to walk up under the falls and remain relatively dry when the waterflow is low, hence its name. Visitors will get wet if the waterflow is high.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The falls has been called Dry Falls for a long time, but has also gone by a few other names, including High Falls, Pitcher Falls, and Cullasaja Falls.</p><br>
<h2>Visiting The Falls</h2><br>
<p>Dry Falls is located on the side of USA Highway 64 3.1 miles (5.0 km) north of Highlands, North Carolina. There is a parking area on the side of the road, where visitors can park before walking the short path with stairs to the falls.</p><br>
<p>During 2008-2009 the Forest Service made improvements to the parking area, which included renovation and expansion and the addition of bathroom facilities. A new walkway and overlook were also constructed adjacent to the parking area.</p><br>
<h2>Nearby Falls</h2><br>
<p>Quarry Falls</p><br>
<p>Cullasaja Falls</p><br>
<p>Bridal Veil Falls</p><br>
<p>Nimitz Hill is the home of the United States Navy Commander Naval Forces Marianas located in Asan on the southern half of the island of Guam. It overlooks Agana Bay on its western edge. Chester Nimitz based his headquarters here in January 1945.</p><br>
<p>The Joint Typhoon Warning Center was established at Nimitz Hill in 1959, but Typhoon Karen destroyed the center in 1962. After being rebuilt in 1965, it remained until January 1, 1999 when the center was relocated to Pearl Harbor following the Base Realignment and Closure legislation of 1995. Nimitz Hill is also home to former United States Naval family housing.</p><br>
<p>On August 6, 1997 Korean Air Flight 801 crashed in the Nimitz Hill area.</p><br>
<p>In 2009, the headquarters of Joint Region Marianas, combining the operations of Naval Base Guam and Andersen Air Force Base, was established on Nimitz Hill, which is situated between the two bases.</p><br>
<p>It is also the transmitter location for NOAA Weather Radio station WXM85, programmed by NWS Tiyan.</p><br>
<p>The Rice Lofts, formerly the Rice Hotel, is a historic building at 909 Texas Avenue in Downtown Houston, Texas, United States. The current building is the third to occupy the site. It was completed in 1913 on the site of the former Capitol building of the Republic of Texas, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The old Capitol building was operated as a hotel until it was torn down and replaced by a new hotel around 1881. Jesse H. Jones built a new seventeen-story, double-winged hotel in 1913, also called "The Rice Hotel." This building underwent major expansions: adding a third wing in 1925, adding an eighteenth floor in 1951, and adding a five-story "motor lobby in 1958. In addition, there were several renovations during its life as a hotel. It continued to operate as a hotel before finally shutting down in 1977. The Rice, renamed the Post Rice Lofts, was renovated and turned into apartments in 1998 after twenty-one years of standing unused.</p><br>
<h2>Capitol Building</h2><br>
<p>When Augustus Allen and John Kirby Allen commissioned the first survey of Houston in the fall of 1836, they made plans to set aside property for use by the Republic of Texas. Eventually they chose property on the south side of Texas Avenue between Travis and Main Street. They also agreed to construct a capitol building for the Texas government, and leased the building on easy terms.</p><br>
<p>Republic of Texas used this as its capitol building from 1837 to 1839, and again from 1842 to 1845. In 1841, Mr. M. Norwood leased the building from Augustus Allen, and ran it as the Capitol Hotel. After the Texas government left Houston again, Augustus Allen resumed leasing the building to various hotel operators. Charlotte Allen sold the property to R.S. Blount in 1857. There were various hotel operators between 1857 and 1881 with a few name changes (Houston House and Barnes House).</p><br>
<p>Anson Jones, the last president of the Republic of Texas, committed suicide at the hotel in 1858.</p><br>
<h2>First Rice Hotel building</h2><br>
<p>Col. Abraham Groesbeck razed the original building and constructed a five-story Victorian hotel in 1881. The building, then known as the Capitol Hotel, was designed by George E. Dickey, and represented his first major commission since relocating to Houston in 1878.</p><br>
<p>William Marsh Rice bought the hotel after Groesbeck died in 1886. He added a three-story annex. Rice was murdered in 1900, and the hotel property was transferred to the Rice Institute, which he had established in 1891. The Rice Institute trustees renamed it the Rice Hotel.</p><br>
<p>Jessie H. Jones, who would later redevelop the site, resided at the original Rice Hotel when he first arrived in Houston around 1898. Texas Governor James Hogg maintained a Houston residence there in 1904.</p><br>
<h2>Second Rice Hotel building</h2><br>
<p>The hotel had been losing money and its taxes unpaid. Jesse H. Jones offered to lease the land from the Rice Institute and replace the existing hotel through his company, the Houston Hotel Association. Jones obtained a ninety-nine year lease with an option for a ninety-nine year extension. The Rice Institute also invested funds from its endowment to assist Jones in building a new hotel. After demolishing the original Rice Hotel in 1912, Jones hired Mauran, Russell & Crowell to design the new hotel. The new seventeen-story, C-shaped (or U-shaped) hotel opened in May 1913.</p><br>
<p>In the first five years, the new Rice Hotel was losing money, but the Houston Hotel Association was able to repay its loans. Jesse Jones continued improving the building. In 1922, he installed air-conditioning in the Rice Hotel Cafeteria, the first for a public room in Houston. In 1924, he expanded the capacity of the cafeteria. In 1925, Jones hired Alfred C. Finn to design a new wing for the hotel, increasing the number of rooms to over 1,000 and creating the building&#39;s current E-shaped configuration. The Crystal Ballroom was air-conditioned in 1928, the same year that Houston hosted the National Democratic Convention. More than preparing the Rice Hotel for convention delegates, Jones lured the Democratic Convention to Houston in the first place, donating $200,000 to the cause. A famous guest was during the convention was Franklin D. Roosevelt, the not yet Governor of New York. Jones placed a large shed on the hotel roof before the Democratic Convention to serve as temporary accommodations. This hotel deck was a popular dance venue during the 1930s.</p><br>
<p>Jones continued investing in the Rice Hotel through the 1930s. The Rice Barber Shop was remodeled in 1930, and a major remodeling of the bottom floors in 1938 coincided with a new, art-deco dining area, the Empire Room. In 1940, Jones embarked on another major remodeling, transforming the cafeteria into the Skyline Room, replete with plastic upholstery and fluorescent lighting. A first among Houston hotels, the Rice installed an escalator in 1946. By 1949, all the guest rooms were air-conditioned.</p><br>
<p>After Jones died in 1956, the estate conveyed the Rice Hotel building to the Jones family non-profit, the Houston Endowment. The Rice continued to operate as a hotel under the management of the Houston Endowment until 1971. In 1957, Houston Endowment remodeled the Old Capital Club and the Flag Room from the previously existing Empire Room. They commissioned a five-story annex for a motor lobby and a second grand ballroom in 1958. The hotel featured fine dining in the Flag Room, a casual first-floor coffee shop, and the underground Rice Hotel Cafeteria, known for its signature dish, rice pudding. It had a variety of retail shops, including a lobby news stand, a hat store, and Bilton&#39;s Fine Jewelry.</p><br>
<p>In 1962 the Rice Hotel was used for a meeting of NASA Astronaut Group 2 - The New Nine - all of whom booked in with the code name "Max Peck" as portrayed on the 1998 HBO miniseries From the Earth to the Moon.</p><br>
<p>John F. Kennedy visited the Rice Hotel in 1962, and in 1963 before traveling to Fort Worth, and then Dallas, where he was assassinated. Kennedy used a suite at the Rice Hotel to hold meetings, which was supplied with caviar, champagne, and his favorite beer. After a brief visit at a LULAC event and his speech at the Albert Thomas Convention Center, he returned to his suite for a change of clothes. After less than six hours in Houston, he headed to the airport for his flight to Fort Worth. He also delivered his famous speech on religion in politics there to the Greater Houston Ministerial Conference on Sept. 12, 1960. Other notable people who have orated at the Rice are Texas Governor William P. Hobby and Captain James A. Baker of Baker and Botts.</p><br>
<p>Other notable guests of the Rice Hotel include Groucho Marx and Liberace. Notable musicians who have performed at the Rice include Tommy Dorsey, Perry Como, Xavier Cugat, Woody Herman, and Laurence Welk.</p><br>
<p>Rice University assumed ownership of the Rice Hotel through a donation from the Houston Endowment. The university had already owned the land since 1900, and the hotel had been operating under a ninety-nine year lease. The hotel ran profitably for a couple of years. However, Rice University estimated compliance to a new 1974 Houston fire code would cost as much as $1.2 million. In December 1974, the university warned that they might demolish the hotel if they could not sell it. Rittenhouse Capital Corporation purchased the property in 1975, and briefly operated as the Rice-Rittenhouse, opening in April 1976 after being closed for remodeling. The hotel closed again in August 1977.</p><br>
<p>Several entities assumed financial interests in the Rice Hotel after the August 1977 closure. The Rice Preservation Corporation purchased the Rice Hotel property at auction in September 1977. Portfolio Management of Texas bought the property early in 1978 for $3 million, much more than the $542,962 paid at the 1977 foreclosure auction. The new owners secured a listing on the National Register of Historic Places and federal funding to convert the building into apartments. Portfolio Management of Texas did not raise enough capital and did not execute the federal grant. In 1981, Rovi Texas Corporation purchased the property for $7.75 million and announced they would operate it as a luxury hotel. The business plan was based on federal aid of $9.7 million, which was not forthcoming. Rovi Texas allowed its bank, Frankfurt BFG-Bank AG, to assume ownership of the property. The German Bank was asking $15 million to $17 million to sell until they discovered structural problems with the building, leading them to cut their asking price in half.</p><br>
<h2>Restoration</h2><br>
<p>Randall Davis inquired about redeveloping the Rice Hotel property in 1995. He had already rehabilitated old buildings and repurposed them as loft apartments. Three examples are the Dakota Lofts, the Hogg Palace, and the Tribeca Lofts.</p><br>
<p>Michael Stevens, head of the Houston Housing Finance Corporation (HHFC), proposed a public-private partnership, which included $5 million in capital from the Randall Davis investment group with a $5 million matching funds from the City of Houston. However, as cost estimates for the renovation increased, private investors backed out. Stevens developed a tax increment financing (TIF) scheme in which the Rice project would borrow against future tax revenue increases. The City of Houston planned a Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone (TIRZ), placing the Rice within its boundaries. Based on projected tax revenue of $700,000, he coaxed a $6 million loan from Wells Fargo Bank, replacing the $5 million from the Davis group under the original plan. As head of HHFC, Stevens committed another $8 million to the project, $3 million of which would go toward buying the Rice outright. HHFC would recover its investment through selling federal tax credits for restoring historic buildings.</p><br>
<p>Stevens sold most of the municipal interest in the hotel to Columbus Properties for $4.5 million in cash. Columbus (later renamed Post Properties) also assumed all the municipal debt related to the project, but also gained the tax credits and the ground lease. The city retained ownership of the property, while Davis obtained a forty-year lease.</p><br>
<p>Davis hired the architectural firm of Page Southerland Page to plan the renovation of the abandoned Rice Hotel. The firm presented Davis with a plan to limit public rooms to the ground floor. Alternatively, the Texas State Historical Association proposed restoring the Crystal Ballroom. Davis decided to model the public area after the 1913 Rice Hotel. This included restoration of the former two-story lobby, the Crystal Ballroom, and the Empire Room. The ground floor reserved 25,000-square feet of retail space, with a wide cast iron awning covering the sidewalks on the Texas Avenue side and part of the Main Street side.</p><br>
<h2>Rice Lofts</h2><br>
<p>Post Properties (renamed from Columbus Properties) opened the Rice Lofts for tenants in April 1998. After renovation from 1000 hotel rooms into lofts, the building housed 312 apartments, including some 500-square foot efficiencies, many 1500-square foot apartments, and a few three-story penthouses. Efficiency apartments rented as low as $750 per month.</p><br>
<p>Sambuca, a jazz club, opened in ground floor space at the Rice on October 28, 1998. Sambuca, which was still operating at the same location as of November 19, 2014, announced plans to open a new bar "Lawless" on the second floor.</p><br>
<p>In early 2014, Post Properties listed the building for sale, while claiming an apartment occupancy rate of ninety-five percent and an average rental price of $1,700 per month. Later that year, CH Realty/MF Houston Rice VI (Crow Holding Capital Partners) acquired the building from Post Properties.</p><br>
<p>In 2014, Crow Holding Capital Partners announced plans to make renovations. The owners hired architectural firm Page to design the renovations. The plan includes installing appliances and remodeling each apartment, and moving a swimming pool and fitness center from the basement to the second floor. Along with new appliances for the apartments, there were plans for remodeling of each kitchen and bathroom. The management company also announced valet service would be offered to tenants. Early in 2014 Post Properties claimed that average rent was almost $1,700 per month and the building had a vacancy rate of about five percent. One person interviewed late in 2014 said his one-bedroom apartment rented for $1,550.</p><br>
<h2>Tenants</h2><br>
<p>The Petroleum Club of Houston, founded in 1946, was originally located in the top area of the Rice Hotel. It moved to the ExxonMobil Building in 1963.</p><br>
<h2>Zoned schools</h2><br>
<p>The Rice Lofts is zoned to the Houston Independent School District.</p><br>
<p>Residents are zoned to Crockett Elementary School, Gregory Lincoln Education Center (for middle school), and Northside High School (formerly Davis High).</p><br>
<p>By Spring 2011 Atherton Elementary School and E.O. Smith Education Center were consolidated with a new K-5 campus in the Atherton site. As a result, the building was rezoned from Smith to Gregory Lincoln."."</p><br>
<p>Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on April 7, 2009.</p><br>
<p>The Carnegie Center for Art & History, within the Downtown Historic District of New Albany, Indiana, is a contemporary art gallery and local history museum. The building was initially built as a Carnegie Library, first opened on March 2, 1904, with 11,125 total books. It is of Beaux-Arts architecture style. It was used as a library until 1969, when the new New Albany-Floyd County Public Library was built. After a 1.2 million dollar renovation in 1998, the name was changed to the Carnegie Center for Art & History to better reflect its mission and library heritage. In 2015, total attendance was 26,690 and Carnegie Center staff presented 107 programs to participants of all ages. The Carnegie Center has a full-time staff of four employees, which includes a Director, Curator, Coordinator of Public Programming and Outreach and First Impression Receptionist and a part-time maintenance person. Three part-time trained volunteers come in weekly to manage a collection of over 5,000 objects. All exhibits and programs are offered free of charge to the public.</p><br>
<p>In addition to changing exhibits of contemporary art, the Carnegie Center has two permanent exhibitions. The first is entitled "Ordinary People, Extraordinary Courage: Men and Women of the Underground Railroad," which includes an interactive multimedia program. The exhibit&#39;s brochure states: "This unique exhibit draws the national phenomenon of the Underground Railroad into sharp focus by revealing the contributions of ordinary people from New Albany and Southern Indiana, whose courageous acts helped overthrow the institution of slavery." The second permanent exhibit is entitled "Remembered: The Life of Lucy Higgs Nichols".</p><br>
<p>Bridal Veil Falls is a 45 ft waterfall located in the Nantahala National Forest, northwest of Highlands, North Carolina. With a short curve of roadway located behind the falls, it has the distinction of being the only waterfall in the state that one can drive a vehicle under.</p><br>
<h2>Geology</h2><br>
<p>Bridal Veil Falls flows on a tributary of the Cullasaja River through the Nantahala National Forest. The falls flows over an overhanging bluff that allows visitors to walk behind the falls and remain dry when the waterflow is low. During periods of drought, the stream may nearly dry up, though visitors will get wet if the waterflow is moderate or high.</p><br>
<h2>Location</h2><br>
<p>Bridal Veil Falls is located on the side of US 64 2.3 miles (3.7 km) north of Highlands, North Carolina. Highway 64 originally used the curve of roadway behind the falls exclusively so that all traffic went behind them; however, this caused problems with icing of the roadway during freezing weather, and Hwy. 64 has been re-routed around the front of the falls since. There is a parking area on the side of the road, where visitors can park and view the falls as well.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>In 2003, a massive boulder slid off the left side of the falls, blocking that side of the drive-under completely. However, in July 2007, that boulder was removed by a local developer.</p><br>
<p>Glassmine Falls is an ephemeral waterfall in Buncombe County, North Carolina, on Glassmine Branch, near Dillingham, North Carolina.</p><br>
<h2>Geology</h2><br>
<p>When it flows, the falls slides down the rock face of Blackstock Knob Mountain down to the North Fork Swannanoa River. The flow is not constant and can sometimes nearly dry up completely. It is most visible after heavy rains, which can be at any time during the year. A sign at the overlook for the falls claims that the falls is over 800 ft (247m) high. At this height, Glassmine Falls is one of the tallest waterfalls east of the Mississippi River.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>At the base of the falls is the old Abernathy Mine, a mica mine. The miners referred to the mineral they mined as "glass", which is how the falls got its name.</p><br>
<h2>Visiting The Falls</h2><br>
<p>Access to the falls is restricted to a viewing platform at milemarker 361.2 on the Blue Ridge Parkway. The falls is directly in the City of Asheville&#39;s watershed, so direct access to the falls is strictly prohibited.</p><br>
<h2>Nearby Falls</h2><br>
<p>Walker Falls</p><br>
<p>Douglas Falls</p><br>
<p>Mitchell Falls</p><br>
<p>Setrock Creek Falls</p><br>
<p>Roaring Fork Falls</p><br>
<p>Whiteoak Creek Falls</p><br>
<p>The Sikome Aquatic Facility, commonly referred to as Sikome Lake, is a man-made lake in the city of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south-east quadrant of the city, within the Fish Creek Provincial Park, and is part of the Bow River basin. It lies at an elevation of 1,005 m and has a surface of 0.4 km&sup2;.</p><br>
<p>First opened in August 1978, it is a swimming area open during the summer as a public beach. Up to 20,000 swimmers a day visit the lake during summer week-ends. The beach is staffed by Alberta Provincial Parks aquatic staff. Until the mid-to-late 1990s, the lake was used as a skating rink in the Winter months. Now, during the winter the water is drained, and it takes three weeks to fill the lake every spring. A filtration system that chlorinates the water supply was implemented in 1988 at a cost of $1.8 million.</p><br>
<p>For the 2007 season, the lake was closed to public due to construction. It has been closed before, in July 1991 and August 1999, due to excessive contamination from bird droppings and in July 2005 due to flooding. A fence was constructed in 2008 to increase public safety and control unwanted behaviour.</p><br>
<p>Although there are aquatic staff on duty, policy dictates that it is the responsibility of adults to supervise their children. There are change rooms, a concession stand and a playground in the immediate area of the sandy beach. Barbecues are permitted in the area, as long as they are gas-powered and are used in the lawn areas adjacent to the beach. The lake facilities are open 10 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. every day from mid-June to the Labour Day weekend. Pets are not permitted in the Sikome Lake area.</p><br>
<p>New for 2012, the facility is participating in the Kids Don&#39;t Float life-jacket program, a joint partnership between the provincial government and the Lifesaving Society of Alberta and Northwest Territories. The program promotes the use of life-jackets for children six and younger, and aims to increase child and water safety awareness through education. A life-jacket loaner station is available; however families are encouraged to bring their own life-jackets to the facility.</p><br>
<p>The Wade Memorial Chapel is a historic chapel in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. The Neoclassical chapel was built in 1901 in Cleveland&#39;s Lake View Cemetery, which is the location of over 104,000 burials. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. The chapel is located at the intersection of Lake and Chapel Roads, near the cemetery offices and north of the Garfield Memorial.</p><br>
<p>The chapel was constructed in honor of Jeptha Wade, a Cleveland industrialist who founded Western Union Telegraph. Its interior, which is largely decorated with glass, was designed by Louis Comfort Tiffany. The interior walls of the chapel walls contain large mosaics consisting of thousands of glass pieces showcasing the River of Life and the River of Death.</p><br>
<p>The Fisher Building is 20-story, 275 ft neo-Gothic landmark building located at 343 South Dearborn Street in the Chicago Loop community area of Chicago. Commissioned by paper magnate Lucius Fisher, the original building was completed in 1896 by D.H. Burnham & Company with an addition later added in 1907.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>At the time of its completion, the building was one of two buildings in Chicago that was 18 stories or greater, the other being the Masonic Building (which was 21 stories tall). To this day, the Fisher Building is the oldest 18 story building in Chicago that has not been demolished. The Masonic Temple, while taller and older, was demolished in 1939.</p><br>
<p>Though a project of D.H. Burnham & Company, the original structure was designed by Charles Atwood. In 1906, an addition on the northern side of the building raised it from 18 to 20 stories. A former employee of the Burnham firm, Peter J. Weber, designed and oversaw the building&#39;s addition which was completed in 1907.</p><br>
<p>The Fisher Building features terra-cotta carvings of various aquatic creatures including fish and crabs. In addition, there are eagles, dragons and mythical creatures depicted on the facade as well.</p><br>
<p>Currently owned and managed by Village Green Management Company, the building houses apartments on floors 3–20 and commercial stores on the first and second floors.</p><br>
<p>The Fisher Building was designated a Chicago Landmark on June 7, 1978, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 16, 1976.</p><br>
<p>The Isolino di San Giovanni is a small island belonging to the Borromean group of Lake Maggiore, one of the main subalpine lakes of northern Italy. It is situated some way to the north of the others in the group, 30 metres west of the shoreline of Pallanza, a frazione of Verbania. It is part of the frazione Pallanza.</p><br>
<p>The earliest extant record of the island is from the year 999, when it was identified as Isola di Sant’Angelo, referring to a chapel dedicated to Saint Michael found within its castle. In the middle of the twelfth century the island was in the possession of counts belonging to the Barbavara family. The Borromeos made various attempts to obtain the Isolino di San Giovanni in the late sixteenth century with the aim of establishing a Barnabite college. They finally acquired it in 1632 and embellished it with a palazzo and gardens. Today the Borromean palazzo reflects for the most part its nineteenth-century aspect. A well-known resident during parts of the 1930s and 1940s was the conductor Arturo Toscanini.</p><br>
<p>The Arc at Old Colony  is 17-story landmark building in the Chicago Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois. Designed by the architectural firm Holabird & Roche in 1893-94, it stands at approximately 215 feet and was the tallest building in Chicago at the time it was built. The building was designated a Chicago Landmark on July 7, 1978. It was the first tall building to use a system of internal portal arches as a means of bracing the structure against high winds.</p><br>
<p>The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. It is directly across the street to the west of the Harold Washington Library. The address of the Old Colony Building is 407 S. Dearborn Street.</p><br>
<p>Built as an office building, the Old Colony was converted to an apartment building in 2015. The units are marketed to college students attending school in the South Loop.</p><br>
<p>The Caguana Ceremonial Ball Courts Site in barrio Caguana, Utuado, Puerto Rico, is considered one of the most important archeological sites in the West Indies. Studies estimate it is over 700 years old, built by the Taíno around 1270 AD. Approximately 30 ball courts  have been identified and many have been restored to their original state. The game of batey is believed to have originated in Mesoamerica and is said to have been played in Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, the Bahamas and the Virgin Islands. Monoliths and petroglyphs carved by the Taínos can be seen among the rocks and stones, some weighing over a ton, that were most likely brought from the Tanama River located adjacent to the site. Also located near the site is the Cemí Mountain  which was believed, by the Taínos, to be the home of their gods and the reason they built the ball courts in that area.</p><br>
<p>The Caguana Site most likely served several different functions. First it was used for ceremonial dances, religious rituals and other rites; it was used for playing ball games in which two teams of equal numbers tossed a ball to each other; and third, it is believed to be used to make astronomical observations.</p><br>
<p>The Institute of Puerto Rican Culture manages the site as a park under the name Caguana Indigenous Ceremonial Center (Centro Ceremonial Indígena de Caguana). The National Park Service has placed it on the National Register of Historic Places, and designated it as a National Historic Landmark (under the name Caguana Site).</p><br>
<p>The park also includes a small museum containing Taíno artifacts, archaeological exhibits and a botanical garden featuring the plants the Taínos harvested for food, such as sweet potatoes, cassava, corn, and yautía. Many of the trees used by the Taínos to construct their homes (bohíos), such as mahogany and ceiba can be seen throughout the park.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register in 1992 and designated a USA National Historic Landmark in 1993.</p><br>
<p>The Victory Monument, created by sculptor Leonard Crunelle, was built to honor the Eighth Regiment of the Illinois National Guard, an African-American unit that served in France during World War I. It is located in the Black Metropolis-Bronzeville District in the Douglas community area of Chicago, Illinois. It was designated a Chicago Landmark on September 9, 1998. The structure was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 30, 1986. An annual Memorial Day ceremony is held at the monument.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The Smithsonian Institution’s Archives of American Art describes the monument:</p><br>
<p>In 1908 while Aaron Montgomery Ward was contesting the land use law for Grant Park for a second time in the Illinois Supreme Court, the Art Institute of Chicago considered locating the Fountain of the Great Lakes at 35th Street and Grand Boulevard (the latter has been renamed as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive.) Instead, the Victory Monument was installed at this intersection.</p><br>
<p>The Bud Billiken Parade has for many years traveled along King Drive. In some years, the Parade has started at 31st and King and in other years it has started as far south as 39th and King Drive. It has often started very near this monument.</p><br>
<p>Recently, the monument has received a grant for restoration as part of World War I centennial activities.</p><br>
<h2>Features</h2><br>
<p>The monument features 4 bronze panels and a sculpture of a soldier atop that was added in 1936. To the north of the monument is a court with 4 plaques in the large tilings. The plaques honor Robert Henry Lawrence, Jr., Truman Gibson, Sr./Truman Gibson, Jr., Franklin A. Denison, & George R. Giles. To the south of the monument is a flagpole that flies the United States flag, Municipal Flag of Chicago, POW/MIA flag.</p><br>
<p>The Boot Heel volcanic field is located in the Bootheel region of southwest New Mexico, adjacent areas of southeastern Arizona, and northwest Mexico. The field covers an area of more than 24,000 km. The field includes nine volcanic calderas ranging in age from 26.9 to 35.3 Ma. Extrusive products include rhyolitic ignimbrites along with basalt, andesite, and rhyolite lava flows. The major ash flow tuff sheets produced, range in volume from 35 to 650 km.</p><br>
<p>The field includes the Geronimo-Animas volcanic field and the Palomas volcanic field.</p><br>
<h2>Geronimo volcanic field</h2><br>
<p>The Geronimo volcanic field (also known as the San Bernardino volcanic field) is a monogenetic volcanic field and a sub-section of the Boot Heel volcanic field in southeastern Arizona, US.</p><br>
<h2>Calderas</h2><br>
<p>The calderas of the Boot Heel field include:</p><br>
<p>Pyramid Mountains</p><br>
<p>Muir caldera 35.3 Ma</p><br>
<p>Peloncillo Mountains</p><br>
<p>Steins caldera 34.4 Ma</p><br>
<p>Animas Mountains</p><br>
<p>Juniper caldera 33.5 Ma</p><br>
<p>Animas Peak caldera 33.5 Ma</p><br>
<p>Tullous caldera 35.1 Ma</p><br>
<p>Chiricahua Mountains</p><br>
<p>Geronimo Trail caldera 32.7 Ma</p><br>
<p>Clanton Draw caldera 27.4 Ma</p><br>
<p>Portal caldera 27.6 Ma</p><br>
<p>Turkey Creek caldera 26.9 Ma</p><br>
<p>The Union Station, at 801 South 10th Street in Omaha, Nebraska, known also as Union Passenger Terminal, is "one of the finest examples of Art Deco architecture in the Midwest." Designated an Omaha Landmark in 1978, it was listed as "Union Passenger Terminal" on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971, and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2016. The Union Station is also a contributing property to the Omaha Rail and Commerce Historic District. It was the Union Pacific&#39;s first Art Deco railroad station, and the completion of the terminal "firmly established Omaha as an important railroad terminus in the Midwest."</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The second depot was designed by Chicago architect Charles Sumner Frost, and construction began in October, 1898. Completed on December 1, 1899 at a cost of $405,782, the building&#39;s façade rose 60 ft above the Tenth Street Viaduct the building faced. It was primarily built from pressed brick made in Omaha, as well as Bedford stone used in the architectural details. A canopy of glass and iron protected passengers from the elements as they entered the station, and three synchronized clocks were visible both day and night from different directions. The tracks had the modern innovation of interlocking switches on all tracks approaching or serving the station.</p><br>
<h3>Current structure</h3><br>
<p>Designed by Gilbert Stanley Underwood of Los Angeles, the current building features a steel frame structure that is clad with cream-colored glazed terra cotta. At its dedication, Carl R. Gray, president of the Union Pacific, declared the station to be, "Dedicated by the railways of Omaha to serve, comfort and convenience of the people."</p><br>
<p>The construction of the station was preceded by the construction of the Burlington Train Station one block away. Within ten years that station was served by seven railroads. Upon its completion, the Union Station became renowned for its technological innovations, including electric luggage conveyor belts, escalators and extensive lighting throughout the building. Simultaneously, patrons and critics alike appreciated the traditional and lavish attributes of the building, including massive women&#39;s restrooms, beautiful marble columns and flooring throughout, and deep oak woodwork surrounding every window and door in the station. During its first year, 1.5 million passengers passed through.</p><br>
<p>By 1946, 64 steam locomotives were in operation bringing 10,000 passengers daily in and out of the Union Station. However, within a decade everything changed. In 1956 the Chicago and North Western Railroad stopped its line running through Omaha. 1960 saw the exit of Wabash Railroad. In 1965 the Missouri Pacific Railroad and the Chicago Great Western Railway quit running, followed by the Rock Island Railroad in 1969. Passenger service ceased in 1971, and the Union Station was donated to the City of Omaha by the Union Pacific Railroad in 1973.</p><br>
<p>That year the station quickly became the home of the Durham Museum. The Union Pacific Museum and Archives were also located there. In 1997 the Union Station underwent a renovation that included a 22,000 ft&sup2; addition and new climate controls for the museum, and today the building is a contributing property to the Omaha Rail and Commerce Historic District, bordering the Old Market Historic District and Omaha&#39;s Little Italy.</p><br>
<p>Nubble Peak, also known as The Peak Above The Nubble, is a mountain located in Grafton County, New Hampshire.</p><br>
<p>The mountain is part of the Twin Range of the White Mountains. A rock outcrop on its northwestern ridge is known as The Nubble, but topographic maps identify the formation as Haystack Mountain.</p><br>
<p>Nubble Peak is flanked to the south by North Twin Mountain. The mountain is officially trailless and is one of New England&#39;s hundred highest summits.</p><br>
<p>Nubble Peak stands within the watershed of the Ammonoosuc River, which drains into the upper Connecticut River, and into Long Island Sound in Connecticut.</p><br>
<p>The east and southeast faces of Nubble Peak drain into the Little River, thence into the Ammonoosuc River.</p><br>
<p>The northwest side of Nubble Peak drains into Haystack Brook, thence into the Ammonoosuc.</p><br>
<p>The southwest end of Nubble Peak drains to the North Branch of the Gale River, another tributary of the Ammonoosuc River.</p><br>
<p>Sesostris Bank is a submerged bank or sunken atoll belonging to the Amindivi Subgroup of islands of the Union Territory of Lakshadweep, India, and has a distance of 1,800 km south of the city of Delhi.</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>It is the second largest feature of Lakshadweep, after Bassas de Pedro, with a lagoon area of 388.53 km&sup2;. It is also one of the northernmost features, after Cora Divh and Bassas de Pedro. Those coral banks, all submerged, form the north of Lakshadweep. Sesostris Bank is about 22 km in diameter.</p><br>
<p>There are no emergent cays or islands. Depths range from 20 to 77 meters. Depths near the bank reach 700 meters.</p><br>
<p>This bank was named after steam frigate vessel HMS Sesostris of the Royal Navy.</p><br>
<h2>Administration</h2><br>
<p>The bank belongs to the township of Chetlat Island of Aminidivi Tehsil.</p><br>
<p>Cora Divh, also called Coradeeve or Little Bassas de Pedro Bank , is a submerged bank or sunken atoll belonging to the Amindivi Subgroup of islands of the Union Territory of Lakshadweep, India.</p><br>
<p>It has a distance of 1,733 km south of the city of Delhi.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>An Indian patrol ship is named after this bank.</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>Cora Divh is the third largest feature of Lakshadweep, after Bassas de Pedro and Sesostris Bank, with a lagoon area of 339.45 km&sup2;. It is also the northernmost feature, reaching to 13°58&#39;N. Those coral banks, all submerged, form the north of Lakshadweep. Adas Bank, which lies 90 km to the north of Cora Divh, is the same type of formation but is not part of Lakshadweep.</p><br>
<p>Cora Divh is 42 km long southwest-northeast, and 12 about km wide. Its southwest point is located 34 km NNE of Sesostris Bank.</p><br>
<p>There are no emergent cays or islands. Cora Divh has depths of 27.4 to 55 m, and is covered by sand, coral rubble and broken shells. According to other sources, the least depth is 16 meters. Depths in the neighborhood of the bank reach 700 meters.</p><br>
<h2>Administration</h2><br>
<p>The bank belongs to the Ward of Chetlat Island of Aminidivi Tehsil.</p><br>
<p>Mount Pihanga is a 1325m volcanic peak in the North Island Volcanic Plateau, located to the north of Mount Tongariro, between Tongariro and Lake Taupo. Lake Rotoaira lies to the south-west of Pihanga, and the smaller Lake Rotopounamu is situated on the south-western flank of the volcano, near Te Ponanga Saddle. Mt. Pihanga and Lake Rotopounamu are part of the 5,129ha Pihanga Scenic Reserve, which in 1975 was added to the Tongariro National Park. Mt. Pihanga appears to have a large crater, but this is in fact the result of erosion, and the "crater" quickly narrows into a steep gorge.</p><br>
<h2>Maori Mythology</h2><br>
<p>In Maori mythology, Pihanga was the female mountain whom Taranaki and Tongariro fought over, at a time when Taranaki was also located among the central North Island mountains. Tongariros victory resulted in Taranakis banishment to the west coast, with his movement creating features such as the Whanganui and Patea Rivers, and the Ngaere swamp.</p><br>
<p>The Nathaniel Hill Brick House, locally referred to as just the Brick House, is located on NY 17K in the Orange County, New York Town of Montgomery. It was built in 1768 by Hill, one of the earliest settlers of the region. His family has lived there ever since. Nathaniel Hill was born in 1705, emigrated from Ireland in about 1725, and died May 5, 1780. At the time of his death, he was the owner and possessor of some 700 acre of land. Hill originally built a home in the town of Crawford, New York, which he only lived in for two years. He left that home to his son James, who made Applejack Brandy there. The first public record of Hill is his enlistment in Captain Bayard&#39;s militia in 1738.</p><br>
<p>The Brick House was passed down for seven generations, from Nathaniel Hill, to Captain Peter Hill (July 22, 1752- October 14, 1795), to Nathaniel Peter Hill (Feb. 14, 1781- May 2, 1841), to Augustus Hill (May 4, 1838- November 2, 1903) to Charles Borland Hill (June 5, 1868–1959), to C.B. Hill, Jr. (Nov. 30, 1901-?), to C.B. Hill III (May 26, 1931-?).But it was originally made as a retierment house for Nathanieal Hill.</p><br>
<p>The house was featured in Good Housekeeping Magazine, the Dec. 1968 edition.</p><br>
<p>The house was donated by C.B. Hill, Jr. on Dec. 26, 1975, to the County of Orange, it was entered on the National Register of Historical Places on Jan. 5, 1978, and opened as a museum June 22, 1978.</p><br>
<p>Much of the original design and appointments (including some Chippendale furniture pieces) remain, though improvements have been made. In the 1830s the Hills added a large rear wing to the house and renovated part of the interior; almost a century later indoor plumbing was added.</p><br>
<p>The Hills have cooperated with the county in allowing the land around the house to be used as a park, and the Orange County Farmers&#39; Museum. It and their house are open 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. on weekends between mid-May and early October (actual dates vary each year). Admission is $3 for adults and $2 for children.</p><br>
<p>The Old Chicago Water Tower District is a historic district along the Magnificent Mile shopping district in the Near North Side community area of Chicago, Illinois. The district is located on both sides of North Michigan Avenue between East Chicago and East Pearson Streets. It includes the Chicago Water Tower, Chicago Avenue Pumping Station, and Chicago Fire Department Fire Station No. 98. All three structures are part of the Chicago Landmark district designated on October 6, 1971 . The Water Tower and Pumping Station were jointly added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 23, 1975. In addition the Tower was named an American Water Landmark in 1969. The Water Tower was also one of the few buildings to survive the Great Chicago Fire. The district is the namesake of the nearby Water Tower Place.</p><br>
<p>Columbus Park is a 135 acre park on the far West Side of Chicago, Illinois in the Austin neighborhood. It is considered the finest work by landscape architect Jens Jensen and was consequently named a National Historic Landmark in 2003.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The concept of Columbus Park was first pitched in 1912 by the West Park Commission as a way to develop recreational facilities for densely populated neighborhoods. At the time, the West Side of Chicago had a population of nearly 900,000, but only two small playgrounds. The commission had acquired the property a year earlier from the Catholic church for $560,000; the church had recently abandoned plans to build a seminary on the site. It was the first large park conceived by the commission since 1869. Jens Jensen was a Danish immigrant who joined the commission in the 1880s as a laborer and rose to the rank of chief landscape artist and general superintendent of the system by 1905. Columbus Park was Jensen&#39;s first large park, and he began designing it in 1915.</p><br>
<p>The park was largely completed by 1920, when Jensen was removed from his position by Illinois Governor Frank Lowden. The only uncompleted section was the refectory and boathouse. The new West Park Commissioners ignored Jensen&#39;s plan and instead hired local architectural firm Chatten & Hammond, who completed the structure in 1923. Although a contradiction to the rest of the park, the refectory was well received. Works Progress Administration funds in the late 1930s allowed for the conversion of an old stable building into a gymnasium. The funds also allowed for the replanting of the landscape. In 1953, the southern 9 acre of Columbus Park were demolished to make way for the Eisenhower Expressway. The waterfalls and surrounding landscape were restored in 1991; the refectory was restored a few years later. The park was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 20, 1991, and designated a National Historic Landmark on July 31, 2003. It is considered one of "150 great places in Illinois" by the American Institute of Architects.</p><br>
<h2>Landscape</h2><br>
<p>The 135 acre park reflected Jensens Prairie School approach to landscape design. This method emphasized the natural beauty of the area and was inspired by the horizontality of the prairie landscape. Jensen preferred to use native plants in his designs, a technique that was rare at the time. Jensens stonework, inspired by natural rock outcroppings in the Midwest, is exemplified by his waterfalls, council ring, and stone paths. Buildings in the part constructed prior to 1920 also reflect Jensen&#39;s Prairie approach. Schmidt, Garden & Martin designed massive entry lanterns for the east entrance in this motif, and evidence suggests that noted Prairie School architect John S. Van Bergen may have designed a small playground shelter.</p><br>
