<p>The Jennings Carnegie Public Library in Jennings, Louisiana is a Carnegie library which was built in 1908. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.</p><br>
<p>It is built with buff brick with white woodwork trim, and is located on a corner lot on the edge of the business district of Jennings. The main entrance is into a domed octagonal rotunda at the corner of the V-shaped building, with four Corinthian columns topped by a full entablature and a parapet beneath the dome. It is Palladian or Italian Renaissance architecture, designed by New York City architects Whitfield & King.</p><br>
<p>It was remodeled in 1952 and the south wing of the building was extended by four bays, with compatible brickwork and details.</p><br>
<p>It is operated by the City of Jennings.</p><br>
<p>The Cabonga Reservoir  is a man-made lake in central Quebec, Canada, with a total surface area of 677 km&sup2; and a net area  of 484 km&sup2;. It is located on the boundary between the unorganized territories of Lac-Pythonga and Réservoir-Dozois, and fully within the La Vérendrye Wildlife Reserve. The First Nations reserve of Rapide Lake is on its western shores.</p><br>
<p>Its name is derived from the Algonquin kakibonga and means "completely blocked by sand."</p><br>
<p>The reservoir has 2 outlets: the Gens de Terre River flowing to the south-east which is a tributary of the Baskatong Reservoir and Gatineau River; and an outflow to the north-west flowing directly into Barrière Lake which is part of the Ottawa River system. Both outflows are controlled by dams to regulate the flow on these respective rivers.</p><br>
<p>Many fishing magazines and websites consider Cabonga Reservoir one of North America&#39;s top 20 walleye and northern pike waters. And Outdoor Canada magazine includes it among its "simply the best" hot spots for lake trout fishing.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Before its impoundment, Lake Cabonga was considered the largest body of water between the Gatineau and Ottawa Rivers. In 1851, the Hudson&#39;s Bay Company established a trading post at this lake (named Kakabonga at that time). The post burned down in 1873, and was not rebuilt but replaced by a new post on Barrière Lake. In 1928-1929, a dam at the outlet of the lake, the Gens de Terre River, was constructed to create a water reserve for logging companies to float their logs downstream. Some 37 natural lakes were thus combined and formed a single reservoir with an area of 404 km&sup2, dotted with innumerable islands (some with considerable proportions) and deep bays.</p><br>
<p>Surveyor H. C. Symmes, in a report dating from 1864, used "Kakibonga" to designate the lake. In 1911, one map named it "Lake Kakabonga". Finally in 1924, the Commission de Géographie approved its current name.</p><br>
<h2>Fauna</h2><br>
<p>Fish species found in the lake are: lake trout, yellow walleye, northern pike, lake sturgeon, lake whitefish, sauger, white sucker, and yellow perch.</p><br>
<p>254-260 Canal Street, also known as the Bruce Building, on the corner of Lafayette Street in the Chinatown neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, was built in 1856-57 and was designed in the Italian Renaissance revival style. The cast-iron elements of the facade may have been provided by James Bogardus, a pioneer in the use of cast iron in architecture. The building was constructed for George Bruce, a prosperous printer and inventor of new technologies in the printing industry, which was then one of New York&#39;s leading industries.</p><br>
<p>The use of cast-iron columns in the large, five-story tall building allowed for the installation of large windows that improved manufacturing conditions and efficiency. The lot had become available because a lumber mill standing on the site had recently been destroyed by fire, making fire-retardant cast-iron construction attractive. The mildly Italinate style of the building, makes it a particularly handsome example of nineteenth century industrial architecture. It has been called "Beautiful!" and "an important early example of cast-iron architecture in New York City". If the cast iron did in fact come from Bogardus&#39; iron works, the building would be "the largest and most important of his extant works."</p><br>
<p>The building was designated a New York City landmark in 1985, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.</p><br>
<p>The First Methodist Church in Monroe, Green County, Wisconsin, now the Monroe Arts Center, is a Gothic Revival edifice designed by the former Wisconsin State Architect E. Townsend Mix of Milwaukee and constructed of Cream City brick. It was commissioned in 1869 by the First Methodist Episcopal congregation of Monroe to replace an earlier church building that dated to 1843. The adjacent parsonage was completed in 1886, and the complete ensemble was finally dedicated in 1887.</p><br>
<p>With its pointed-arch windows as well as the steeply pitched roof and tall, narrow tower, the church exemplifies the late-Gothic revival style. The angled corner belfry tower and decorative brickwork are additional hallmarks of Mix&#39;s design. Perhaps the most striking feature is the rose window with elaborate tracery on the front facade, composed of teardrop-shaped stained-glass panes.</p><br>
<p>The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.</p><br>
<h2>Monroe Arts Center</h2><br>
<p>In 1976, the non-profit Monroe Arts Center, formed to purchase the building, took ownership and opened it to the community for performances and exhibitions.</p><br>
<p>Scott Inlet is a body of water in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. It is an arm of Baffin Bay. Scott Island lies in its middle. At its south end, it splits into Clark and Gibbs Fiords. The Inuit community of Clyde River is approximately 120 km to the southeast.</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>The habitat is characterized by steep cliffs, mostly bare, those some have grassy-turfed ledges that rise on both sides. The elevation is 0 m above sea level.</p><br>
<h2>Fauna</h2><br>
<p>Northern fulmars found here represent about 3.2% of the Canadian population. Breeding glaucous gulls represent about 1% of the Canadian population. This has earned the inlet and its surrounds, including Scott Island, a designation as an Important Bird Area (No. NU070), as well as Key Migratory Bird Terrestrial Habitat Site designation by the Canadian Wildlife Service. Polar bears, harp seals, ringed seal, and walrus frequent the area.</p><br>
<p>The Tenino Depot, located in Tenino, Washington, was built by the Northern Pacific Railroad in 1914 along the mainline from Portland, Oregon to Tacoma, Washington.</p><br>
<p>The depot is rectangular in shape and is made out of the local sandstone. (The sandstone quarry located east of the rail line was also listed in the National Register of Historic Places.) The architecture is a modernized Richardsonian style with simplified stone coursework and arched windows. The depot had a passenger waiting area on one end and a freight room on the other. The agent&#39;s office was located between the two rooms.</p><br>
<p>The depot ceased serving passengers in the 1950s, but continued to handle freight into the 1960s. It was finally closed in 1965. The depot remained abandoned. In 1975, the Burlington Northern Railroad (the successor of the Northern Pacific) gave the depot to the City of Tenino instead of demolishing it as a surplus property. The city then moved it alongside an old Northern Pacific branchline, adjacent to the old sandstone quarry.</p><br>
<p>The city refurbished the depot and turned it into the Tenino Depot Museum, a museum of local history. Exhibits include a press used to make the original wood money, logging and quarry tools, railroad memorabilia, a 1920s doctor&#39;s office, and local antiques and historic artifacts. The museum is open weekend afternoons.</p><br>
<p>The depot was listed in the National Register due to its association with the development of Tenino as well as its association with the development of railroads in Washington.</p><br>
<p>Clyde Inlet is a body of water in eastern Baffin Island, Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut. Its mouth opens into the Davis Strait from the west.</p><br>
<p>The Inuit community of Clyde River is located on the inlet&#39;s Patricia Bay.</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>At one time, before its deglaciation, Clyde Inlet was a 120 km long fjord.</p><br>
<p>The Clyde Inlet system includes three main geographic features, the 12 km long Patricia Bay close to the northern side of the entrance, where the inhabited settlement of Clyde River is located, as well as two long fjords branching roughly about 20 km from the mouth of the bay with their heads in the SW.</p><br>
<h3>Clyde Fiord</h3><br>
<p>The Clyde Fiord, or Clyde Inlet proper, is the northern branch. It is 95 km long and has the Clyde River at its head,</p><br>
<h3>Inugsuin Fiord</h3><br>
<p>The Inugsuin Fiord in the south is 90 km long and has a number of unnamed islands at its mouth.</p><br>
<p>McKenzie Mountain is a 3,861 ft mountain in western Essex County in the towns of St. Armand and North Elba in the Adirondack Park, a unit of the Forest Preserve.</p><br>
<p>The mountain was formerly known as Saddleback, due to its shape. There are two trails to the top. One, maintained by NYSDEC, begins at the Jackrabbit Ski Trail, that runs between Saranac Lake and Lake Placid. The other, maintained by the Lake Placid Shore Owner&#39;s Association, dates to 1896; it leads from the Lake Shore Path to the summit. Views from the top are extensive, from Whiteface Mountain to the north, with Lake Placid at its feet, to Gothics, Mount Marcy and the Great Range, and the Seward Mountains to the south. A ledge to the west of the trail offers views of the village of Saranac Lake and the Saranac Lakes spread out beyond, Moose Pond, Azure Mountain, Saint Regis Mountain and Debar Mountain to the north.</p><br>
<p>Lac  Ouareau is a fairly large lake located near the town of Saint-Donat, in Quebec, Canada. It is approximately 100 minutes by car north of downtown Montreal in the Laurentian Highlands and is located on the outskirts of Saint-Donat. Celine Dion currently owns a summer house on Lac Ouareau.</p><br>
<h2>Flora and fauna</h2><br>
<p>The lake is home to many ideal freshwater sport fish such as largemouth bass, yellow perch, smallmouth bass, and, in some areas, muskellunge. The lake is also home to many microorganisms that have been known to thrive in very clean, or "nutritious" Northern lakes. The temperature of the water is 55 to 78 degrees Fahrenheit in the summer.</p><br>
<h2>Camp</h2><br>
<p>An all-girls camp is located on the borders of this lake, hence its name, "Camp Ouareau". Camp Ouareau was established in 1922 by two women who after a disagreement decided to part ways. One of the women remained at Ouareau & the other went on to be a founder of an all-girls camp in Ontario, Camp Oconto.</p><br>
<p>Allegedly, while Camp Ouareau & Camp Oconto are structurally & fundamentally different they are said to have similar traditions (i.e., opening & closing traditions, which are candle lit ceremonies complete with classical music & poetry).</p><br>
<p>Originally an English camp, in the 1970s the director at the time decided to start accepting 50% francophone campers. Each individual age group has 50% anglophone & 50% francophone enrolment in order to ensure an exchange of the language & cultures while experiencing the different areas of camp life: activities, dining room, in cabins/tents, etc.</p><br>
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<p>The "Old Stone Barracks" is the last remaining structure of a proposed quadrangle of early USA Army barracks built at Plattsburgh, New York in 1838. Of the four main buildings initially planned for the Plattsburgh post, only two were ever constructed, an officers barracks and an enlisted barracks which formed an "L" shape. The buildings were utilized by the Army for nearly a Century. The officers quarters, in which Lt. Ulysses S. Grant once stayed, was torn down by the USA Air Force during the winter of 1963. The remaining building, the 200 ft long, two story "Old Stone Barracks," remained mostly empty after the early 1960s and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. In December 2010 the Barracks and more than 7 acres of property was offered to a Canadian real estate developer for $35,000 with the intention of building an apartment complex on the historic site. At the time, the Barracks property was appraised at over $775,000 and the sale sparked public outcry for its preservation. In 2014, the building was again sold to current owners Terry Schmaltz and Mary Theresa Pearl who redeveloped it as the home of the "Valcour Brewing Company." The new craft brewery is set to open early in 2016.</p><br>
<h2>Background</h2><br>
<p>In the decades following the decisive British defeat at the Battle of Plattsburgh and the close of the War of 1812, the United States Military still remained suspicious and wary of British Canada. Relations with England were not cordial following the war and the establishment of a permanent Army Post for a garrison at Plattsburgh, along the strategically important Lake Champlain corridor, which for centuries had been a route for invasion, seemed an obvious choice. Although troops had been stationed there from roughly 1812 to 1825, no permanent military installation had been constructed with the men often being housed in dilapidated and inadequate log structures left over from the War. This was especially apparent in view of the usually harsh North Country winters. In an October, 1838 letter to the Commanding General of the United States Army, Major General Alexander Macomb, who had commanded at Plattsburgh during the 1814 Battle, Brigadier General Abraham Eustis outlined the poor condition of the soldier&#39;s quarters there:</p><br>
<p>"I take the liberty of calling to your attention the deficiency of Quarters for the troops at this station. You are already informed that there is scarcely a vestige of the old barracks remaining and that in consequence I have directed the six old storehouses on the public ground to be repaired and fitted for temporary barracks..."</p><br>
<p>The establishment of a permanent Plattsburgh Barracks was also partly spurred on by the military buildup associated with the beginning of the 2nd Seminole War in 1835. The outbreak of the War had drawn nearly a quarter of the total strength of the Army to the War zone in Florida. This fact had blatantly demonstrated to lawmakers and military leaders alike that the standing peacetime strength of the United States Army was far too small to meet the nation&#39;s needs. In 1838, Congress raised the standing strength of the Army to 12,539 men and the need for housing for them ballooned overnight.</p><br>
<p>The innovative permanent Army post planned for Plattsburgh was initially to be four stone barracks structures positioned in a quadrangle around a 200 ft square parade ground and surrounded by a wooden palisade with a western facing gate. Construction began late in 1838 on a rise overlooking the lake about a mile outside of the village. The site selected for the post stood just to the south of the three remaining earthwork fortifications left over from the 1814 siege, Fort Brown, Fort Moreau, and Fort Scott. These forts, which had been carefully laid out prior to the Battle, had been constructed under the direction of Major Joseph Totten, an expert in military and tactical engineering of the period. Together with two smaller redoubts which had been erected later, Fort Tompkins and Fort Gaines, the Plattsburgh fortifications formed a pentagon of interlocking cannon fire which could have protected the barracks from any hostile forces if the need arose.</p><br>
<p>By August, 1839, during the command of Benjamin Kendrick Pierce, stonework had commenced and the exterior walls of both the officers and enlisted mens barracks had been erected. The main barracks buildings were built of native limestone which was quarried nearby and transported to the site. The water filled quarry where the limestone was excavated is still visible today. After this initial burst of progress, however, the site experienced several periods of stagnant and halted construction due in part to bureaucratic red tape from Washington. After numerous letters and solicitations were written to the Secretary of War by concerned Plattsburgh citizens, the Assistant Quartermaster General of the Army, Captain R. E. Clary was dispatched to oversee the construction project in September, 1841. Under Clary&#39;s supervision by September of the following year, it was reported to the Quartermaster General that the exterior work of the "company quarters" had been completed with the exception of the stone steps, portico floors, stairs leading to the upper level, and adjustment of the columns. Although reports claimed the buildings were nearing completion, the companies at Plattsburgh were still quartered in the old temporary wooden barracks through the winter of 1842–43 as the appropriation made for completing the work had been nearly exhausted. It would be nearly another year before two of the four buildings were ultimately finished and could be occupied in October, 1843.</p><br>
<p>When finally completed, the enlisted mens barracks, which would later be called simply the "Old Stone Barracks," was finished with a very attractive and distinctive two story tuscan columned and corniced portico which runs the entire 200 ft length of the building and was covered with a skillion roof. Initially four external staircases along this portico allowed the only access to the second floor. One stairway for each of the four large second floor rooms which served as each Companys living quarters. The smaller and slightly more elaborate neighboring officers barracks was also finished with a similar two story portico although on the opposite side of the structure facing Lake Champlain where officers could enjoy the panoramic view and breeze of Plattsburgh Bay. Future 18th President of the United States Ulysses S. Grant occupied quarters in the officers barracks while stationed at Plattsburgh as a young Lieutenant sometime between his graduation from West Point in 1843 and prior to serving in the Mexican War in 1846.</p><br>
<p>The enlisted barracks originally contained 18 rooms, several of which on the first floor were utilized as a post hospital, dispensary, Company office, Sergeants room, Company kitchen, and mess hall. Four small storm-sheds and the hospital bathroom also extended off the first floor on the backside of the building. Many of the rooms were heated by individual coal stoves as well, providing a much appreciated measure of luxury for the soldiers during the winter months. Initially the western wall of the barracks was built of wood which would have allowed for an addition to be added to the structure later if the Army deemed it necessary. This never came to pass, however, and the temporary wooden wall was eventually finished in stone to match the rest of the facade. Within short order a host of smaller support buildings were erected at the post as well including a brick powder magazine, post headquarters, storehouse, carpenters shop, icehouse, guardhouse with an area for holding prisoners, and two deep wells for drinking water.</p><br>
<p>The military presence in the Champlain Valley was further augmented just four years after the completion of the new Army post at Plattsburgh when construction was begun in 1844 on Fort Montgomery at nearby Rouses Point, a massive masonry fortification mounting 125 guns which would guard the northernmost point of Lake Champlain. Fort Montgomery, by design, was never permanently garrisoned and it was assumed that if the need arose, troops from Plattsburgh could quickly be marched there to man the fortification. In May 1850, Major Thomas J. Jackson, who would later be forever immortalized with the nickname "Stonewall," attended a court martial at Plattsburgh Barracks. While there he wrote his sister Laura Ann describing his surroundings:</p><br>
<p>"Plattsburg Barracks N.Y.</p><br>
<p>May 10th 1850</p><br>
<p>My Dear Sister,</p><br>
<p>You observe that I am now on the border of Canada, it is for the purpose of trying some prisoners.</p><br>
<p>My health is still improving and in a short time I expect to return home to Fort Hamilton. In coming to this place I have passed some charming scenery. This place is on the Western bank of Lake Champlain. I should like very much to visit Montreal and Quebec before returning South, but want of time and money will prevent it. On my way here I saw the old Fort Ticonderoga and Crown Point. And in front of this Garrison, was fought the great Naval action of the late war.</p><br>
<p>Remember me kindly to Mr. A and Family.</p><br>
<p>Your brother Thomas"</p><br>
<p>Various Infantry and Artillery units were stationed at Plattsburgh Barracks in spurts throughout the latter half of the 19th Century. Beginning in the early 1890s, a sprawling expansion program greatly enlarged the Army Post at Plattsburgh to the north with the construction of 3 much larger and more modern barracks, relegating the 1840 era structures to a much more secondary role. All of the old and long abandoned defensive fortifications still present, with the exception of Fort Brown, were leveled to form a mammoth 40 acre parade ground known as the "USA Oval." In 1892 during the removal of Fort Moreau, which had been the central and largest of the three American forts during the Battle of Plattsburgh, numerous human remains, as many as 25 individuals, were unearthed which had been hurriedly buried either during or immediately following the siege. A similar situation occurred when Fort Scott was leveled, with some thirty or more skeletons being removed from that site as well. Cannon balls and other 1814 artifacts that were also recovered were purportedly sent by the Army to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. All of the recovered skeletons were buried with full military honors in the nearby "old post cemetery" in a mass grave marked by a large monument dedicated to unknown dead of the War of 1812.</p><br>
<p>It was also during this period that the 21st Infantry, known as the "Presidents Own," was stationed at Plattsburgh. Their nickname was bestowed upon them during their years at Plattsburgh by President William Mckinley, who when frequently summering nearby at the luxurious Hotel Champlain, would often visit the Post to review the troops and attend performances by the units band. From their barracks here, the unit would be dispatched to see action in the Spanish–American War in 1898, as well as the Philippine–American War the following year. Following its return from duty in Cuba, the 15th Infantry was stationed here from 1899 to 1902 prior to its deployment to China and the Philippines.</p><br>
<p>In 1899, the original interiors of the "Old Stone Barracks" were gutted and modernized to serve as a barracks for the Post Band which it remained until 1906. During the updating of the structure, two of the external staircases on the front portico were removed and several internal stairways were constructed. It is believed that during this period, the original skillion or "shed" style roof was replaced over the portico with the hip roof we see today. Also, off the backside of the building where the four storm-sheds and hospital bathroom were originally located, several small single and two story porches were built to allow more convenient access to rooms from that side.</p><br>
<p>The barracks served in a variety of capacities throughout the first half of the 20th century. During World War I and the years immediately preceding it, the building served as part of the Civilian Military Training Camp at Plattsburgh, the brainchild of General Leonard Wood and forerunner of todays ROTC program. In 1939, on the eve of World War II, Plattsburgh Barracks hosted the massive 1st United States Army maneuvers, a huge pre-War training operation involving aircraft, tanks, and roughly 20,000 soldiers. The barracks was last used as offices and then apartments for Air Force personnel at Plattsburgh Air Force Base in the late 1950s. Following the demolition of the adjoining officers quarters in 1964, the surviving "Old Stone Barracks" mostly remained dormant. Around this time the small 1899 era porch additions on the rear of the barracks were removed and the entire building was boarded up as a historical structure. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. With the impending closure of the base in 1995, one of the last official acts of the Air Force concerning the building was to perform asbestos and lead paint abatement, removing most of the remaining interior down to the studs, and replacing the barracks&#39;s slate roof.</p><br>
<h2>Today</h2><br>
<p>Today the only structures which remain of the original 1840 era Army post are the barracks, its adjacent brick powder magazine, and the nearby "old post cemetery." The original post parade ground is also still present. These structures represent one of the last remaining examples of the first generation of permanent USA Army barracks in existence in the United States. In 2007, a section of paved road which ran beside the barracks and followed the route of the original dirt road into the post compound through the palisade gate was removed by the City of Plattsburgh.</p><br>
<p>The "Old Stone Barracks" itself changed little following the departure of the Air Force in 1995, remaining boarded up and closed to the public for another 20 years. The building was often the target of vandalism and frequent break-ins, due in part to the many ghost stories which circulated on the internet concerning the building and its purported (and false) use as a "field hospital" during the Battle of Plattsburgh (24 years before the Barracks was even built). floodlights were added to illuminate the front and rear of the barracks at night, decreasing the number of forced entries into the structure.</p><br>
<p>In December 2010, It became public knowledge that the Old Stone Barracks and over 7 acres of surrounding property had been offered to Bernard Schneider, a Canadian real estate developer, for $35,000. At the time, the property was appraised at over $775,000. News of the pending sale immediately sparked a public outcry and spurred a Facebook campaign entitled "Save the Old Stone Barracks." Details of the proposed development included the construction of a large apartment complex on the historic property. Bowing to public pressure and involvement by the New York State Office of Historic Preservation, the project stalled and the Barracks was again offered for sale.</p><br>
<p>In late 2014, the Old Stone Barracks was purchased by Terry Schmaltz and his wife Mary Theresa Pearl with plans to restore and refurbish the historic building as the new home of the "Valcour Brewing Company," a craft brewery. Initial plans for the 1.5 million dollar project call for a tasting room, meeting space, restaurant, and inn.</p><br>
<p>The Southern Thames Historic District encompasses the commercial and residential area immediately to the south of the colonial center of Newport, Rhode Island. This area, covering about 135 acre, was developed both residentially and commercially between about 1850 and 1920, with the majority of its growth coming in the late 19th century. It is characterized by densely built streets, including Thames Street, Newports major north-south thoroughfare. The district includes the southern portion of Newports waterfront, extending south from Memorial Boulevard along Thames and Spring Streets to Morton Street, and west to Marchant Street in its southernmost section. The district&#39;s housing stock and commercial architecture are largely vernacular wood frame structures, set close to the sidewalk on small lots. The waterfront area is composed of wharves with warehouses and other structures, many of which have been converted to commercial use. One of the most prominent buildings in the district is the Emmanuel Episcopal Church, designed by Ralph Adams Cram and built in 1912–13.</p><br>
<p>The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008. The northern portion of the district (from Pope Street north), is also listed as part of the Newport Historic District, a National Historic Landmark District.</p><br>
<p>Ksar Akil is an archeological site 10 km northeast of Beirut in Lebanon. It is located about 800 m west of Antelias spring on the north bank of the northern tributary of the Wadi Antelias. It is a large rock shelter below a steep limestone cliff.</p><br>
<p>It was first noticed by Godefroy Zumoffen in 1900 and first studied by A. E. Day in 1926 then first systematically excavated by J.G. Doherty, S.J., and J.F. Ewing, S.J., in 1937-1938 and again in 1947-1948, then later by Jacques Tixier in 1969-1975 before research was interrupted by the Lebanese Civil War.</p><br>
<p>Excavations showed occupational deposits reaching down to a depth of 23.6 m with one of the longest sequences of Paleolithic flint industries ever found in the Middle East. The first level of 8 m contained Upper Levalloiso-Mousterian remains with long and triangular Lithic flakes. The level above this showed industries accounting for all six stages of the Upper Paleolithic. An Emireh point was found at the first stage of this level (XXIV), at around 15.2 m below datum with a complete skeleton of an eight-year-old Homo sapiens (called Egbert, now in the National Museum of Beirut after being studied in America) was discovered at 11.6 m, cemented into breccia. A fragment of a Neanderthal maxilla was also discovered in material from level XXVI or XXV, at around 15 m. Studies by Hooijer showed Capra and Dama were dominant in the fauna along with Stephanorhinus in later Levalloiso-Mousterian levels.</p><br>
<p>It is assumed to be one of the earliest known sites containing Upper Paleolithic technologies including Aurignacian cultural objects. Artifacts recovered from the site include Ksar Akil flakes, the main type of tool found at the site, along with pierced shells and chipped edge modifications that suggest these have been used as pendants or beads. This indicates that the inhabitants were among the first in Western Eurasia to use personal ornaments. Results from radiocarbon dating indicate that the early humans may have lived at the site approximately 45,000 years ago or earlier. The presence of personal ornaments at Ksar Akil is suggestive of modern human behavior. The findings of ornaments at the site are contemporaneous with ornaments found at Late Stone Age sites such as Enkapune ya muto.</p><br>
<p>The site was rescued from burial under the sludge of gravel-making machines in 1964 by the Department of Antiquities, although is mostly unrecognizable due to quarrying operations with its talus buried under tons of soil.</p><br>
<p>Lake Michigamme, one of Michigan&#39;s largest lakes, reaches a depth of over 70 ft. It covers 4,292 acre in Marquette and Baraga County, Michigan. Van Riper State Park provides public access. The vast majority of the lake lies in Marquette County, with only its westernmost part extending into Baraga County.</p><br>
<p>The lake runs about 6 mi east to west, with a southern arm extending about another 4 mi. A dam separates the Michigamme River from the main body of the lake at the end of the southern arm. The Spurr River flows into the lake&#39;s west end and the Peshekee River flows into the lake in the northeast. Van Riper State Park and Van Riper beach are located at the eastern shoreline of the main arm. The lake is speckled with many islands and rock beds that often creep over the waterline in late summer and fall.</p><br>
<p>Common fish include smallmouth bass, northern pike, walleye, rock bass, and even whitefish in the deeper parts.</p><br>
<p>Michigamme is derived from a Native American language meaning "large lake".</p><br>
<p>Sugarloaf Reservoir is a reservoir at Christmas Hills north-east of Melbourne. It was completed in 1981. Its total capacity is 96 GL. As of April 21, 2016 the reservoir sits at 62.5% of capacity. Sugarloaf reached 100% capacity in 2006. It had dropped to nearly 10% by May 2009 but rose to approximately 80% late in the same year. In February 2010, the North South Pipeline from the Goulburn River was connected to the reservoir.</p><br>
<p>It is operated by Melbourne Water.</p><br>
<h2>Recreational Facilities</h2><br>
<h3>Sugarloaf Sailing Club</h3><br>
<p>The operates on the reservoir year round. The club can be found on Ridge Road off the Eltham-Yarra Glen road. The club runs over 40 races throughout the year in three series, "Winter", "Twilight" and "Summer". There is a strong racing fraternity at Sugarloaf who can be found on the lake on race days, rain, hail or shine. New members can use the boats from the club fleet without further charges. The Club also conducts Sailability on the second Sunday of every month during the summer season. Sailability is sailing for all including the young, the elderly and disabled and uses Access dinghies which are unsinkable, uncapsizable and good fun.</p><br>
<h3>Recreational Fishing</h3><br>
<p>Sugarloaf Reservoir is also a very popular waterway for recreational fishing. Rainbow and brown trout, redfin, roach and European carp can be caught in these waters all year round. No natural bait or berley is permitted, there are signs posted around the reservoir stating this.This is due to the reservoir being an integral component of Melbourne&#39;s domestic water supply.</p><br>
<p>There have been studies conducted that suggest that the Mercury levels in the Redfin (and most likely other predatory fish in the reservoir) are higher than is regarded safe for human consumption.</p><br>
<p>Lake Balanan is a lake situated in Siaton, Negros Oriental in the Philippines. It is a freshwater lake in the forested mountains of the southern portion of the island of Negros, with a shape resembling a figure of eight, the narrowest point between the two main portions of the lake being only 90 m wide. The lake is surrounded by mountain ranges, and is fed by three tributaries, all located in the northern end. These are the Lamarao Creek at the northeastern corner with two waterfalls, the Balanan Creek at the middle of the northern end with another waterfall, and the Nasig-id Creek at the northwestern end.</p><br>
<p>The lake has a humid tropical climate with two pronounced seasons, a dry season from November to April and a wet season for the rest of the year.</p><br>
<p>The lake was formed by a tectonic earthquake with the magnitude of a 6.8 on the Richter scale that hit the southern portion of the island of Negros, and caused landslides in the southern ends of both the Balanan and Nasig-id ranges in Siaton. The fallen rocks and soil dammed the Balanan River that flowed between these mountain ranges forming a 25 hectare "humerus" bone-formed lake oriented along the Northwest-Southeast line.</p><br>
<p>The lake and surrounding forests are currently being managed as a Watershed Area by the Bureau of Forest Development. A proposal has been made to designate the area as a Game Refuge and Wildlife Sanctuary to protect the large population of bats and other wildlife. This proposal was endorsed by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Region 7, in January 1987.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>At 5 pm on May 5, 1925, the town of Siaton was hit by an earthquake that registered 6.8 on the Richter Scale. The quake triggered a landslide that created a natural dam. The dam, called Sampong (meaning "to close"), blocked the flow of Balanan River, turning it into a lake.</p><br>
<p>Lake Wedowee, or R. L. Harris Reservoir, is a reservoir, located in Randolph County, Alabama on the upper part of the Tallapoosa River. The lake is 10,660 acres. This lake was built at one of the last hydro sites in Alabama.</p><br>
<h2>Construction</h2><br>
<p>The lake was created by the flooding of the plains behind the R.L. Harris Dam, which began construction on November 1, 1974. The last part of construction of the dam ended on April 20, 1983. There are two generating units that produce up to 67 megawatts of power for each unit.</p><br>
<h2>Recreation</h2><br>
<p>There are many recreational attractions on Lake Wedowee such as: boating, swimming, fishing and camping. Fishing brings the most attraction to the lake. It is known to be one of the finest lakes in the Southeast because the quality of the water and its sizeable bass population. There are many different species of fish in the lake that include crappie, largemouth bass, spotted bass, channel catfish, and flathead catfish. This lake was an original striper lake prior to 1993.</p><br>
<h2>Community</h2><br>
<p>The town of Wedowee is relatively small with an estimated population of 800 people. Wedowee is also the county seat of Randolph County. USA Highway 431 intersects the town as well as Alabama Highway 48. The community has grown over the years as the lake continues to develop.</p><br>
<p>The General Ice Cream Corporation Building is a historic industrial building at 485 Plainfield Street in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Providence, Rhode Island, United States. It is a brick building with two sections, one two stories and the other three. The two parts were built in separate stages between 1915 and 1918, occasioned by the rapid growth of the Dolbey Ice Cream Company, which was by 1921 the largest ice cream producer in the state. The facility was operated continuously, via a series of corporate mergers by the General Ice Cream Corporation, until 1960. The property was then used to produce Sealtest brand ice cream by the National Dairy Products Corporation , but was shuttered by 1967.</p><br>
<p>The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2008, as a distinctive example of an early ice cream production facility.</p><br>
<p>Brukkaros Mountain is an extinct volcano in ǁKaras Region, Namibia. Measuring 1,590 metres at its peak, Brukkaros is located about 15 kilometres northeast of the primarily Nama town of Berseba. It is over 600 metres taller than the surrounding area.</p><br>
<p>The mountain is a large extinct volcano, in the form of a ring mountain (a so-called tuff ring) with a diameter of about 4 km and has been formed by an explosion when rising magma met groundwater and superheated it. It is formed of an indistinctly bedded red-brown microbreccia, composed of finely fragmented rocks of the Nama System that were blown out of a volcanic vent about 80 million years ago. The breccia layers slope inwards (unlike the slope around a volcanic crater), and removal of the softer upper layers by erosion has created the central hollow. The hollow is drained by a stream which runs southwards through the ring mountain in a narrow valley. The route into the interior of the mountain is along this valley. At its head is a dry waterfall, over which the stream plunges down some 45 m after rain, and the river bed directly below the fall is the principal source of water.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>From 1926-1931, the National Geographic Society, in cooperation with the Smithsonian Institution, ran the Brukkaros Solar Observatory on the mountain to measure daily solar radiation.</p><br>
<p>Sherburne Pass, is a mountain pass in the Green Mountains of Vermont, between 3,957 ft Pico Peak to the south and 2,782 ft Deer Leap Mountain to the north.</p><br>
<p>The height of land of the pass is located in the town of Killington, while its western ascent begins in the town of Mendon.</p><br>
<p>On the east side, the pass drains into Kent Brook, thence into the Ottauquechee River, the Connecticut River, and into Long Island Sound in Connecticut.</p><br>
<p>To the west, the pass drains via Mendon Brook, then East Creek, into Otter Creek, thence into Lake Champlain. Lake Champlain drains into the Richelieu River in Québec, thence into the Saint Lawrence River, and into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.</p><br>
<p>Pico Mountain, part of Killington Ski Resort since December 1997, is on the south side of Sherburne Pass, with a ski lifts running from Rte. 4 to the summit of Pico Peak.</p><br>
<p>The Long Trail (LT), a 272 mi hiking trail, runs the length of Vermont from Massachusetts to Québec along the spine of the Green Mountains, crossing USA Route 4 about half a mile west of the height of Sherburne Pass. The Appalachian Trail (AT), a 2,170 mi National Scenic Trail from Georgia to Maine, is contiguous with the LT to the south of the pass. The AT diverges from the LT about a mile north of Rt. 4 at Maine Junction — northwest of Deer Leap Mtn. in Willard Gap — and runs east to New Hampshire and the White Mountains. The AT and LT formerly crossed Rt. 4 at the height of Sherburne Pass, and split on the east side of Deer Leap Mountain. Until 1999, the trails passed 0.3 mi east of the summit of Pico Peak, along the 3,500 ft contour. Both were moved to the west slope of the mountain. The old route of the AT/LT is now a blue-blazed trail, named the Sherburne Pass Trail.</p><br>
<p>Eilean I Vow or Eilean a&#39; Bhò  is a small island in Loch Lomond, in west central Scotland. Other variants of the name include Ellan I Vow, Eilean a&#39; Vow, Elanvow, Ellan Vhow and Island I Vow. The island is listed in 14th century charters as "Elanvow".</p><br>
<p>It is opposite Rubha Bàn, a point on the mainland, and north of Inveruglas Isle. It is 10 m at its highest point, and 0.08 km long.</p><br>
<p>The island was a stronghold of Clan MacFarlane, and there are the remains of their castle on it, which was built to replace the one on Inveruglas Isle. In 1710, Buchanan of Auchmar described it as "a pretty good house with gardens".</p><br>
<p>The etymology of the name may alternatively represent "Eilean a Bhuth" (island of the shop or store) or "Eilean a Bhogha" (Island of the Sunken Rock). For more research on the historical names of Island I Vow click.</p><br>
<h2>Island I Vow archaeology and preservation</h2><br>
<p>Island I Vow is protected by the Scottish Government under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979. This site is listed as Scheduled Ancient Monument 11073. The castle is of national and international importance for its historical associations with the MacFarlane chiefs and for the potential of its above and below ground archaeology as a representative example of medieval island strongholds. See the associated for more information. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS) provides and lists Ellan Vhow as an alternate name for the island. These notes reference some of the archaeological work done at the site since 1995 as well as describing the condition of the site and the need for preservation. The Ellan Vhow Preservation Fund (The Elanvow Preservation Fund) has been set up to support archaeological study and preservation of this historic site. and information on some of the associated preservation works there can be found.</p><br>
<p>Ave Maria Grotto, in Cullman, Alabama, is a landscaped, 4 acre park in an old quarry on the grounds of St. Bernard Abbey, providing a garden setting for 125 miniature reproductions of some of the most famous religious structures of the world. It was added to the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage on February 24, 1976, and to the National Register of Historic Places on January 19, 1984.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The stone and concrete models are the work of Brother Joseph Zoettl, a Benedictine monk of St. Bernard Abbey, who devoted some 50 years to the project, the last three decades (1932 to 1961) almost without interruption. They incorporate discarded building supplies, bricks, marbles, tiles, pipes, sea shells, plastic animals, costume jewellery, toilet bowl floats and cold cream jars.</p><br>
<p>Born in 1878 in the Kingdom of Bavaria, Brother Joseph was maimed in an accident that left him slightly hunched due to cervical kyphosis. He immigrated to the United States as a teenager, settling in northern Alabama. Soon afterward he began studying at the newly founded Benedictine monastery of St. Bernard, where he took his vows in 1897. Br. Joseph was not allowed to be ordained as a priest, due to the rule of the period that stated any man with a distracting disability could not be ordained a priest. He ran the monasterys power plant and was, even by a monks standards, a withdrawn, quiet man. Brother Joseph rarely left Alabama, where he died in 1961.</p><br>
<p>The display is strung out along a forested trail that winds down past several building clusters built into a steep hillside. Roman Catholic cathedrals and monasteries predominate — notably St. Peters Basilica, the Monte Cassino Abbey and the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes — along with scenes from ancient Jerusalem, whence the grottos sobriquet, "Jerusalem in Miniature". Half of the hillside features buildings and scenes from the Holy Land. Also displayed are a number of secular buildings and the occasional pagan temple, including the Alamo Mission in San Antonio, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, Spanish missions, German castles, South African shrines, Hansel and Gretel&#39;s Temple of the Fairies, and even the St. Bernard Abbey power station, where the monk worked shoveling coal.</p><br>
<p>Near the beginning of the path stands an imagined Tower of Babel, recalling the vainglorious attempt of humans to build a tower to the heavens. Close to the end, a Tower of Thanks expresses Brother Joseph&#39;s gratitude for the support he received throughout the years building his sculptures.</p><br>
<p>Though executed in great detail, the scale of the edifices is often distorted, with towers and buttresses too large or small, as onsite literature acknowledges. A central artificial cave constitutes the Ave Maria Grotto proper, with pretend-stalactite-encrusted ceiling and statues of the Virgin Mary and assorted monks and nuns.</p><br>
<p>A fictionalized depiction of the Grotto serves as the backdrop for Jacob Appel&#39;s love story, Winter Honeymoon.</p><br>
<p>The C. Burton Hotel, also known as the Sycamore House, is located on NY 55 a mile west of Grahamsville, New York, United States. It is a wooden Greek Revival structure dating to 1851.</p><br>
<p>In its later years it was used as a house and a medical office; currently it is unoccupied. In 2005 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<h2>Building</h2><br>
<p>As it currently stands the building is a rectangular two-story six-by-two-bay structure on a stone foundation. Its front facade is centered on a recessed porch, with large fluted Doric columns, echoed by similar cornerboards. A broad gabled roof is covered in metal cladding, and round-arched louver windows are near the top at either end. The rear features a polygonal bay with two entrance doors.</p><br>
<p>The building is sided in clapboard. The roofline is marked by a deep molded cornice with returns and a wide entablature.</p><br>
<p>Three French doors give entrance from the recessed front porch to the interior, which retains its original plan. The large entrance hall has a set of stairs which lead to the ballroom upstairs, as well as a smaller area that may have been partitioned off from it to make a kitchen. Many areas, particularly in the central portion of the building, also have their original finishes and trim, including some marble mantels.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The building&#39;s seamless and symmetrical appearance belies its original construction and expansion. C. Burton originally built the small southern section as a roadside tavern in 1851. Although he was not on the main turnpike route through the area at the time, business was apparently good enough that he expanded the building threefold two years later, adding the current main block.</p><br>
<p>It continued to do well under his and other ownership throughout the rest of the century, first for travelers and then as a regional vacation center, with guests coming via stagecoach from the New York, Orange & Western station in nearby Fallsburg. Starting in 1898, the Grahamsville Fair was held on the land behind the hotel, boosting annual visitation. Early in the new century, the first of two doctors began using it as a residence and office while continuing to put up guests as well, under the names Sycamore House and Hawthorne House.</p><br>
<p>Grahamsville&#39;s resort traffic began to decline with the change in vacationing patterns as the 20th century progressed, and it was just north of Fallsburg and other areas to the south and east that had been dominated by Jewish summer communities, which captured most of that market, the largest segment still regularly visiting the Catskills for extended periods in the summer.</p><br>
<p>From 1938 until 1953 or 1954, it was owned by Dr. Karl H. Messinger, who used the ground floor as his offices, surgery and waiting room. The upper floor was the family&#39;s living quarters, including the ballroom which served as the living/dining room. The north extension was rented as a two storey apartment. Dr. Messinger extensively restored the building during his ownership, including adding a garage to the west side of the building, removing four outdated and unsafe fireplaces, while retaining the marble mantels and surrounds where possible, and replacing the essentially unusable floor in the entrance porch. The flooring he used was marble from tombstones abandoned when the Rondout Reservoir was flooded. They were laid face down in red grout, except for one at the main entrance which was engraved "Home At Last". Dr. Messinger and his family moved away from Grahamsville in 1953, the completion of the Reservoir having made the essentially cashless economy of the area unable to support a medical practice, and sometime within the next couple of years, he sold the property.</p><br>
<p>In 1994 those owners in turn sold to another family, which has been trying to restore the house while living elsewhere.</p><br>
<h2>Aesthetics</h2><br>
<p>The hotel&#39;s implementation of the Greek Revival style, and its size, is unusually sophisticated for a rural commercial building far from any major city then (or now).</p><br>
<p>The First White House of the Confederacy was the executive residence of President Jefferson Davis and family while the capital of the Confederate States of America was in Montgomery, Alabama. Completely furnished with original period pieces from the 1850s and 1860s, the 1835 Italianate-style house is open to the public. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1974 and the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage since 2012.</p><br>
<h2>Layout</h2><br>
<p>The First White House of the Confederacy was a large two story wooden frame house painted white and green in Montgomery, Alabama. It had five bays across its frontal facade and four on either side. The main section of the house had a one-story wing extending from its rear, upon which two end-exterior chimneys were positioned. It was built on a foundation of brick piers and had a heavy bracketed cornice encircling the hipped roof. The cornice was unique in that it had a ventilation system ornamented with a Liberty cap design. A similar cornice could be found upon the rear one-story wing but with a flower design instead of the Liberty Cap one. The exterior walls are weather-boarded. The house had a portico in the center of its facade supported by fluted columns and a balustrade. In the portico area, the wall was built with wooden planks built to simulate a stone texture. The central entrance was framed with two pilasters with side lights. A transom built with an architrave was placed above the door. The central stairhall had access to a double parlor, two bedrooms, and a back hallway. The parlors had simple wooden doorways and were connected by sliding doors. The bedrooms were designed in a similar fashion. The hallway ended in an archway that was built with Greek revival doorways and an elaborate cornice design surrounding the roof of the doorway. The back hall which intersected with the main hallway had access to a side porch. The side porch was connected to the dining room through a hinged window that doubled as a door. The second floor had four bedrooms and what was most likely a nursery.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The First Confederate White House is thought to have been built in 1825 by William Sayre, one of Montgomery’s merchants. Afterwards, the house passed into the possession of Col. J. G. Winter who remodeled it and afterwards sold it to Col. Edmond Harrison of nearby Prattville, Alabama. In February 1861, shortly after selecting Davis as president, the Provisional Confederate Congress, meeting in Montgomery, authorized the leasing of an executive mansion. An offer came from Harrison, who offered to rent the house fully furnished and staffed for $5,000 per year. But after the Davises asked for extra furnishings of silver and linen, another $987 were added to the price of the lease. Additional furnishings were brought from the Davises’ own house in Biloxi, Mississippi. During the Davises’ stay at this house, they threw many lavish parties and entertainments. The first of these was held by Mrs. Davis for ladies of Montgomery. Records of the events say that they were both lavish and also well-managed. On May 27, 1861, they vacated the house and moved to the house in Richmond. When the capital moved from Montgomery to Richmond, the Confederate government sold the lease on the house. After the Civil War the house passed on to William Crawford Gibb and then eventually to the Tyson family in 1871.</p><br>
<h2>Current status</h2><br>
<p>The First White House of the Confederacy survived the war, and passed through the hands of a number of private owners, until the United Daughters of the Confederacy began planning to take it over, but progress was halting until the foundation of the White House Association of Alabama in 1900, which took over the project. The owner was unwilling to sell the land on which the house stood and the organization did not have the funding to move it. By 1919, with the help of $25,000 from the Alabama legislation, the White House Association bought the house and moved it; by 1921 it was restored on its present location.</p><br>
<p>Alabama tax payers subsidize the First White House with $100,000 per year, which led to criticism from various groups and individuals including Alabama State Senator Hank Sanders, who took issue with the history of Alabama and the ideology of the Lost Cause of the Confederacy which they say was perpetuated by the displays and materials in the house, and the fact that slavery as an issue leading to the American Civil War seems to play no part in the historical presentation in the house. A spokesperson for the Southern Poverty Law Center said, "You’re essentially giving money to push historical narratives that we haven’t heard since the Klan era in the 1920s".</p><br>
<p>Sagchudak Island  is a small island in the Andreanof Islands group in the Aleutian Islands of southwestern Alaska. The roughly rectangular island is approximately 1.4 mi long and 0.6 mi  wide and lies about 0.93 mi off the southern coast of Atka Island. The island&#39;s current name is nearly identical to the native Aleut name for the island and it entered navigational charts by the early 1850s. In the 1900s and 1910s, the island was one of many Aleutian islands stocked with foxes by the United States government for hunting and fur trading purposes. Although the foxes on uninhabited Sagchudak were not directly hunted, some were occasionally trapped and moved to and from the island to help ensure genetic stability in the various separated colonies.</p><br>
<p>Uliaga Island  is the northernmost member of the Islands of the Four Mountains group in the Aleutian Islands of southwestern Alaska. The island&#39;s name is probably derived from the Aleut place name ulaĝa, which is itself derived from ulaẍ - "bearberry." The triangular shaped island measures about 2.4 mi across and consists of a single stratovolcano cone that reaches a height of 2,913 ft. The island has an area of 3.44 mi2. No eruptions have been recorded in historical times, though it is thought to have been active at some time during the Holocene Epoch.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>According to writings by Ivan Popov in the 19th century, the southeastern part of Uliaga was home to a small settlement of "thieving, quarrelsome people" in 1764. This settlement was destroyed by Stephen Golottof, a Russian settler who had made his home on Umnak Island, at the request of the natives of the latter island. Today, the island is uninhabited, though tourists to the Islands of Four Mountains group occasionally visit it by boat.</p><br>
<h3>F/V Tae Woong shipwreck</h3><br>
<p>On May 6, 1987, the Tae Woong #603, a 210 ft, 1,500-ton South Korean fishing boat, ran aground on the east side of the island. Although the crew of 49 was quickly rescued by the United States Coast Guard, the ship was too far grounded to be salvageable. Fortunately, the shipwreck had occurred a few weeks before the horned puffin population had returned to the island for the summer, though the leaking fuel could potentially affect the 500,000 to 1 million migratory birds that resided on Chagulak Island, 40 mi to the west, if not cleaned up quickly. They concluded that the other option of transferring the remaining fuel on the ship to another vessel would be impossible due to the hazardous navigational conditions around the island and the time that would be required to implement the plan. The ship was detonated on May 13 and the slick and remaining fuel were successfully eliminated. The wreck was determined to be the result of navigational error.</p><br>
<p>Jemur Island  is an island of Indonesia which is located in the Strait of Malacca, about 45 miles or 72.4 kilometers from capital of Rokan Hilir regency, Bagansiapiapi, and about 45 miles from Malaysia. Actually, Pulau Jemur is named for several of small island, the isles are Pulau Tekong Emas, Pulau Tekong Simbang, Pulau Labuhan Bilik and some others small isles.</p><br>
<p>Pulau Jemur has a good natural sea view and beautiful panorama, and serves as home for sea turtles. It has a strategic location on the Strait of Malacca; during the Second World War, the Japanese built a defence on here.</p><br>
<p>Many places can be found there, such as Japanese Cave, Light House tower,</p><br>
<p>Pulau Jemur has a natural golden sand beaches. Local government are trying to develop it as a resort area.</p><br>
<p>Jemur islands are uninhabited and only a stopover place for fishermen who are to sea. A post of Indonesian Navy (TNI-AL) was established in this island for the purposes of observation and navigation. Currently, there is no accommodation in this island.</p><br>
<p>There is no regular transportation to the island. However, one can rent a speedboat from Bagansiapiapi (takes about 1.5–2 hours) or Panipahan (takes about 1 hour).</p><br>
<h2>Controversy</h2><br>
<p>In August 2009, Malaysian claim of the Island as part of Selangor state sparked resentment and protest in the Indonesian community. Jemur Island is part of Rokan Hilir, Indonesia not Malaysia. Pulau Jemur is included as part of a tourist destination in Selangor state as reported in However,the claim was based on a travel Website of unidentifiable origin that inaccurately listed Jemur Island as part of Malaysia. Note that there is no plausible link whatsoever between the Website and the Malaysia government or any Malaysian. The news station went on to ask a Riau government official’s comment on the “claim.” Misled by the channel, the government official immediately reacted by stating that Malaysia has no right to claim Jemur Island, without pausing to question the accuracy of the news. The news turned out to be another news TV hoax, as later verified by the general counsel of Malaysia and the director of tourism in Medan.</p><br>
<p>Congregation Adath Israel Brith Sholom is a Reform synagogue located in Louisville, Kentucky. Originally the Adath Israel Temple, it adopted its current name following a merger, but is more commonly known by the informal name The Temple.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The congregation, the oldest in Kentucky, was chartered in 1842 and has occupied six buildings. It is a founding member of the Union for Reform Judaism.</p><br>
<p>Brith Sholom, Louisville&#39;s third oldest synagogue, was organized in 1880. It was established for those wishing to pray in German, rather than the English used in Adath Israel. It joined the Reform movement in 1920.</p><br>
<p>In 1976, Adath Israel merged with Brith Sholom. This was motivated by the desire of both groups to improve their physical facilities and to relocate to the eastern part of Jefferson County. For a few years after it was organized as Adath Israel Brith Sholom, it held services in the Brith Sholom building. In 1980, the congregation was able to move into its new sanctuary on Brownsboro Road.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>In 1868 the congregation built an elaborate domed synagogue in an Orientalist style that featured twin towers topped by tall domes and a Torah Ark with a horseshoe arch topped by a similar dome. The architect was H. P. Bradshaw.</p><br>
<p>The congregation&#39;s third building, designed by architects Kenneth McDonald and J.F. Sheblessy, was dedicated on June 3, 1906, was informally known as the "Third Street Synagogue." The neo-classical building was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1975 as a result of the strength and prestige of the architects. In 1977 it was sold to an Apostolic Church, the Greater Bethel Temple.</p><br>
<p>The Aberdeen Reservoirs are a group of two reservoirs, consisting of the Upper Aberdeen Reservoir and the Lower Aberdeen Reservoir , in Aberdeen, Hong Kong.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The Aberdeen Reservoirs were built to augment Pok Fu Lam Reservoir in providing water supply to the west of Hong Kong Island. The Lower Aberdeen Reservoir, with a capacity of 44.2 e6impgal, was originally a private reservoir owned by Tai Shing Paper Factory, built in 1890, which also provided water to nearby residents. The Government bought the reservoir at a price of HK$460,000 and expanded it to a capacity of 91 e6impgal. At the same time, the Government built a new reservoir with a capacity of 175 e6impgal above the original one, increasing the total capacity to 266 e6impgal. The reservoirs were officially opened on 15 December 1931 by Governor of Hong Kong William Peel, becoming the fourth and last reservoir group ever built on Hong Kong Island, after Pok Fu Lam, Tai Tam and Wong Nai Chung.</p><br>
<p>In 1977, a 4.23 square kilometre area around the reservoir was designated as Aberdeen Country Park, one of the earliest country parks in Hong Kong.</p><br>
<p>A total of 41 pre-World War II waterworks structures located in six reservoir areas, namely Pok Fu Lam Reservoir, Tai Tam Group of Reservoirs, Wong Nai Chung Reservoir, Kowloon Reservoir, Shing Mun (Jubilee) Reservoir and Aberdeen Reservoir, were declared as monuments in September 2009; the dam, a valve house and a bridge of the Aberdeen Upper Reservoir and a dam of the Aberdeen Lower Reservoir were declared as monuments in 2009.</p><br>
<p>The Tasman Island, part of the Tasman Island Group, is an oval island with an area of 1.2 km&sup2, lying close to the south-eastern coast of Tasmania, Australia. The island is located in the Tasman Sea, situated off the Tasman Peninsula and is contained within the Tasman National Park.</p><br>
<p>The island is a plateau surrounded by steep dolerite cliffs, with its highest point 300 m above sea level (asl) and an average plateau height of 280 m asl. It is the site of the Tasman Island Lighthouse and weather station, which has been automated since 1976 and unmanned since 1977.</p><br>
<h2>Flora and fauna</h2><br>
<h3>Plants</h3><br>
<p>The island was once thickly forested. The forest has largely disappeared as a result of cutting the trees for firewood and of intense fires. When the lighthouse was manned the keepers kept livestock, including cattle, sheep and draught horses, and maintained grassland for their grazing. Areas of grassland remain along with other vegetation communities of heathy scrub, regenerating scrub, sheoak woodland, sedgeland and coastal mosaic. An important plant present is the rare Cape Pillar Sheoak (Allocasuarina crassa).</p><br>
<h3>Birds</h3><br>
<p>Tasman Island is a very important breeding site for fairy prions, with an estimated 300,000-700,000 pairs, making it the largest such colony in Tasmania, and possibly in Australia. It has been identified as an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports over 1% of the world population of the species. Other recorded breeding seabird species are little penguin (now extinct there as a breeding species), short-tailed shearwater and sooty shearwater. The swamp harrier has also bred on the island.</p><br>
<p>The breeding seabirds were preyed on by a feral cat population estimated at about 50, feeding mainly on fairy prions and taking about 50,000 birds annually. The cats were eradicated by a baiting, trapping and hunting program carried out in May 2010.</p><br>
<h3>Other animals</h3><br>
<p>Australian and New Zealand fur seals use the rocky shore as a haul-out site, and the latter species has bred there in small numbers. Humpback whales pass through the surrounding waters. Reptiles recorded from the island include the metallic skink, White&#39;s skink, spotted skink and she-oak skink. A notable invertebrate, so far recorded only from Tasman Island, is the cricket Tasmanoplectron isolatum.</p><br>
<h2>Climate</h2><br>
<p>TasmanIsland2.jpgShowing lighthouse and keepers&#39; cottages.</p><br>
<p>Fairy Prion with egg.jpgThe island is a major breeding site for fairy prions.</p><br>
<p>Tasman Island, c.1987.jpgThe Tasman Island with the Tasman Peninsula in the background, ca. 1987.</p><br>
<p>Hiw  is the northernmost island in Vanuatu, located in Torba Province.</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>Hiw is the largest island in the Torres Islands in Torba Province. It is situated east of the Torres Trench, south of Vanikoro in the Solomon Islands. It has an area of 51 km&sup2;. The highest point is Mount Wonvara (366 m.</p><br>
<p>Vewoag Point (locally called Ngrë Twome), the northern cape of Hiw, is the northernmost point of land of Vanuatu. 1.6 km of Hiw is a submerged coral reef, Ngwey Gakwe (formerly Recif Giraudeau), over which the waves break.</p><br>
<h2>Population</h2><br>
<p>Hiw has a population of about 270 inhabitants.</p><br>
<p>They are distributed in three villages, all located on the east coast: Yogwye ; Yaqane ; and the main village Yögevigemëne , whose name is sometimes shortened to Yugemëne .</p><br>
<p>The language spoken on the island is also called Hiw.</p><br>
<h2>Transportation</h2><br>
<p>The Torres islands are served by Torres Airport, which is located on the Linua island, south of Hiw.</p><br>
<p>The Stitt House is an Italianate style house located in Hot Springs, Arkansas. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Located in Hot Springs National Park, the Stitt House was built in 1877 by industrialist and early city founder Samuel H. Stitt. Together with Colonel Fordyce, he built the Fordyce bathhouse and founded Mountain Valley Spring Water company, and also built the first Arlington Hotel. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.</p><br>
<p>One of the children of Samuel and Augusta Stitt, Herbert Stitt, grew up in the house. His interest in art led him to Boston, Massachusetts, where he won fame as an illustrator. Included among his work are several cover illustrations for the Saturday Evening Post.</p><br>
<p>The Stitt House has been occupied by three individuals whose lives were either closely connected with the history of Hot Springs or whose achievements transcended the local level and received national recognition. Furthermore, the Stitt House is a century-old example of eclectic Victorian architecture, which survives intact and in good condition.</p><br>
<p>The Dearborn Inn, A Marriott Hotel, is a luxurious historic hotel, conceived by Henry Ford, who saw a need for food and accommodations for visitors flying into the nearby Ford Airport, making it one of the first airport hotels. It is located in Metro Detroit at 20301 Oakwood Boulevard in the suburban city of Dearborn, Michigan near The Henry Ford and the world headquarters building of Ford Motor Company. Albert Kahn designed the Dearborn Inn in the Georgian architectural style. The Dearborn Inn is owned by Ford Motor Land Development Corporation and managed by Marriott International.</p><br>
<h2>Features</h2><br>
<p>Inspired by a passion for Colonial Revival architecture, Henry Ford commissioned renowned architect Albert Kahn to design The Dearborn Inn, who in 1931 would create a Georgian inn to serve Ford’s Dearborn airport. The Dearborn hotel is now recognized on the National Register of Historic Places and features 231 rooms, including five Colonial guest homes, built in 1937. While thoughtful interior renovations have occurred over the Dearborn hotel’s 82-year history, the exterior has remained the same as Ford’s original vision. Additional features include Edison&#39;s, a fine dining restaurant; the Ten Eyck Tavern, a home-style dining establishment; a seasonal outdoor pool; and 17,000 ft&sup2; of meeting space including the Alexandria Ballroom, which Ford commissioned to satisfy his love of dancing.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>In 1931, Henry Ford determined the need for lodging near his airport in Dearborn, Michigan, and he commissioned prominent architect Albert Kahn, who built many of Detroit’s magnificent landmarks to design The Dearborn Inn. Characteristically, Ford took a very active part in the development of the hotel.</p><br>
<p>The Dearborn Inn was situated on a 23 acre site on Oakwood Boulevard across the street from Ford Airport. The Colonial Revival style of the Inn was in harmony with the nearby Edison Institute, and the Inn’s décor was early American colonial, a style favored by Henry Ford. With great fanfare, The Dearborn Inn opened for business in July 1931; Henry Ford was the first person to sign the guestbook.</p><br>
<p>Though the Ford Airport closed in 1933, replaced by the Ford vehicle test track, The Dearborn Inn continued to offer accommodations and dining, as the hotel already had a reputation as one of the nation’s premier inns.</p><br>
<p>In 1933, the Dormitory Building was added to house employees of The Dearborn Inn; however, in the 1960s, it was converted into changing rooms for The Dearborn Inn’s Swim Club.</p><br>
<p>Five replica homes were constructed in 1937, creating a small Colonial Village and adding 31 guestrooms to the Inn. Guests today can still enjoy a stay in the reproduction homes of famous Americans: Edgar Allan Poe, Walt Whitman, Barbara Fritchie, Oliver Wolcott, and Patrick Henry. While the original plan called for 18 historic homes in the Colonial Village, World War II halted further expansion. During the war, pilots from the Detroit airport, just a few miles away, had special accommodations on the Inn’s first floor, and today, one wing of the first floor is still known as “Pilot’s Row”.</p><br>
<p>The Dearborn Inn secured its place in hospitality history with many industry “firsts”. It was called the first airport hotel when it opened although the Oakland Airport Inn had, in fact, opened two years earlier. In 1937, it became the nation’s first hotel to have air conditioning, and in 1961, it was the first hotel in Michigan to install a direct-dial telephone system for guests. The Dearborn hotel is also said to have influenced the evolution of destination resorts and is considered to be one of the industry’s first such properties. The hotel offered families many popular activities of the era, such as horseback riding, tennis, badminton, ballroom dancing for adults, a playground for children, and even sightseeing trips over Detroit and Windsor, Ontario in a Ford Tri-Motor airplane.</p><br>
<p>In 1960, two motor lodges were completed, adding another 54 rooms to The Dearborn Inn complex. Named after two geniuses of American ingenuity admired by Henry Ford, the Burbank House (in honor of horticulturalist Luther Burbank) and the McGuffey House (in honor of Dr. William Holmes McGuffey, author of the McGuffey Readers) were designed to offer larger rooms and suites for families and bridal couples.</p><br>
<p>Ballroom dancing was one of Henry Ford’s great passions, and, emulating a space he had admired in Virginia, Ford designed the 3,444 ft&sup2; Alexandria Ballroom to provide a place to dance with family and friends. When the Greenfield Room, now the hotel’s executive offices, was added in 1965, it was said to be the first of its kind with a ground floor, drive-in meeting and exhibit room. Today, the hotel’s meeting and event space includes 17,000 total square feet.</p><br>
<p>On December 10, 1982, the Federal Government placed The Dearborn Inn on the National Register of Historic Places. The Michigan State Historic Register listed The Dearborn Inn and Colonial Homes on February 10, 1983. The hotel underwent extensive renovation and expansion in 1987, which enlarged the banquet facilities, increased and completely refurbished the guestrooms, including the historical homes. Also, the grounds were extensively landscaped and three of the guest cottages were relocated to an expansive common area behind the Inn. Throughout the design and construction phases, great care was taken to maintain the historical integrity of the Inn. The Dearborn Inn was rededicated upon its opening in 1989 as a Marriott Hotel.</p><br>
<p>As part of its 75th anniversary, The Dearborn Inn underwent another renovation in 2008, including a complete renovation of guest rooms and corridors as well as the addition of modern technological amenities. In 2009, AAA recognized The Dearborn Inn as one of its top 10 USA historic hotels.</p><br>
<p>The Dearborn Inn is located two blocks from The Henry Ford, home of the Henry Ford Museum, Greenfield Village, Rouge Factory Tour, and IMAX Theatre, and near other area attractions, such as the Henry Ford Estate, Detroit Casinos, Detroit Institute of Arts, Museum of African American History, Automobile Hall of Fame, Arab American National Museum, and the Detroit Zoo.</p><br>
<p>The First Congregational Church of Zumbrota is an historic congregational church in Zumbrota, Minnesota, United States. It was built in 1862 in the form of a colonial meeting house. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places for being one of Southeast Minnesota&#39;s oldest standing churches and a reflection of New Englander settlement in many of its towns.</p><br>
<p>On June 28, 1857, fifty people attended a meeting in the Webster and Thompson Land Office to formally organize the church. The fourteen charter members of the church were:</p><br>
<p>Josiah and Nancy W. Thompson, Charles and Harriet E. Ward, and Thomas P. Kellett, all of Lowell, Massachusetts; Charles C. and Elizabeth D. Webster of Canaan, New Hampshire; George and Abby R. Sanderson of Red Wing, Minnesota; Albert and Lucy Ann Barrett of Staffordville, Connecticut; D. Berkley and Susan H. Goddard of Worcester, Massachusetts; and Nathaniel Mullihan of Brookline, Massachusetts.</p><br>
<p>A hall on the second floor of T.P. Kellett’s store (on the corner where the downtown Bank of Zumbrota now stands) was used for a church service for the first time on Thanksgiving Day of 1857. By 1860, the members began to seriously consider building a church, but because of the poor harvests in 1857-59, people had very little cash, and so one of the members was authorized to go back to Massachusetts to ask for donations. He collected $1,000, which made it possible to begin construction in the fall of 1861.</p><br>
<p>The lumber was purchased in Red Wing and hauled to the site by teams of oxen, because railroads had not yet come to Zumbrota. Each trip took two days. The lime was hauled from Lake City. One member had a stone quarry on his farm northwest of the town; this provided stone for the foundation. The stove pipe was donated by a Detroit hardware firm. John Willard of New York donated fifty hymnals. The first service in the new sanctuary was held in 1862. A bell, donated by the Ladies’ Society at a cost of $640, was hung in the belfry in 1868. The bell weighs 1,202 pounds and is still in use. Formerly it served as a school bell and a fire bell, as well as the church bell.</p><br>
<p>The back section of the church was added in 1880 as a social room and Sunday school area. A furnace was also added, along with chandeliers which held kerosene lamps. Old photos show wallpaper in the sanctuary, probably part of this same redecoration. Later, however, the walls were returned to their original New England white.</p><br>
<p>The first musical instrument in the church was a melodeon. After that, a reed organ was used until 1885 when the current organ was purchased from the Winona Congregational Church for $700. The organ was built in 1867 by the Steere and Turner Company. For many years the organ was pumped by hand. A complete record of the boys who pumped is carried in the initials carved during dull moments. Payment for this task was $6/year for many years, but was later raised to twenty-five cents per Sunday. The organ is believed to be the oldest pipe organ in Minnesota in regular use.</p><br>
<p>In 1916, the Congregational Church became federated with the Methodist Episcopal Church of Zumbrota. This federation was dissolved in 1920. In 1957, the Congregational Church became part of the United Church of Christ. In 1968, it was yoked with the Presbyterian Church of Oronoco. The yoke was subsequently dissolved in 2017.</p><br>
<p>The First Congregational United Church of Christ was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982 through the efforts of Alvin Schlasner, in memory of his wife, Laura Schlasner.</p><br>
<p>Today’s members strive to blend the building’s historic character with the church’s mission “to listen to the still speaking voice of God, to welcome all, to love our neighbor, to serve those in need, to live in faith, to accept grace, and in all things to give God the glory.” The church affirms ecumenical activity that fosters peacemaking and enrichment for all. It proclaims its commitment to the ministry of Jesus Christ for and with all persons without regard to race, gender, age, ability, economic status, or sexual orientation. The congregation voted to become a United Church of Christ Open and Affirming church in 2010.</p><br>
<p>The Peace Pole located near the church was created for the church’s sesquicentennial in 2007. Each square of iron was carved by a member, then cast as part of the Zumbrota Area Arts Council’s Iron Pour, which coincided with the anniversary celebration. The words, “Peace: Let It Begin With Me,” echo the words of the Peace Hymn frequently sung at Sunday worship. First Congregational United Church of Christ, Zumbrota, welcomes visitors. Tours can be arranged by calling the church office, 507-367-4711.</p><br>
<p>Wedge Island is an island in the Australian state of South Australia located within the island group known as the Gambier Islands near the entrance to Spencer Gulf. It is the largest of the Gambier Islands, covers an area of about 10 km&sup2; and is partly privately owned.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>There is a lighthouse at the south-eastern end, and highest point, of the island. There is an airstrip on the island as well as a jetty. The island is not permanently inhabited, but has buildings used for holiday accommodation and as a base for local and offshore recreational fishing. It is also a dive site.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Wedge Island was named in 1802 by Matthew Flinders. It was originally settled in the mid-19th century as a farm for breeding horses for the British Indian Army, with various agricultural activities such sheep and cattle grazing and wheat cropping continuing for the next 130 years.</p><br>
<p>During World War II, Wedge Island was used as a radar station by the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). A bunker was constructed near the lighthouse and was occupied by about 40 RAAF personnel for several years.</p><br>
<h2>Flora and fauna</h2><br>
<h3>Fauna</h3><br>
<p>The endangered Brush-tailed Bettong has been introduced to the island.</p><br>
<p>An account of the wildlife on Wedge Island from 1928 reads:</p><br>
<p>"The penguins were busy with their half-grown youngsters, and after dark the night echoed to their weird and ghostlike cries. Quail were plentiful among the grass paddocks and flew up almost from beneath our feet, while high above our heads a pair of wedge-tailed eagles wheeled and circled then planed slowly down to alight upon a lone pinnacle of the rocky western coast."</p><br>
<p>Little penguins are known to have lived on the island from at least as early as 1924. In 2004 there were estimated to be fewer than 100 little penguins in the colony.Wiebkin, A. S. (2011), Adelaide. SARDI Publication No. F2011/000188-1. SARDI Research Report Series No.588. 97pp.</p><br>
<p>Southern hairy-nosed Wombats were introduced in 1971 to boost tourism appeal and there are now about 300 living on the island.</p><br>
<h4>Wedge Island Important Bird Area</h4><br>
<p>Wedge island has been identified as an Important Bird Area by BirdLife International, an international non-governmental organization, because it supports over 1% of the world population, with up to about 16,000 breeding pairs, of white-faced storm-petrels.</p><br>
<p>The Sweetwater Mountains  is a small mountain range in northern Mono County, California and western Lyon County, Nevada, separating the West Walker River from the East Walker River. Most of the range is only accessible by four wheel drive vehicle, on foot, or pack animal. Most of the range is contained in the Toiyabe National Forest. The place name appears on the 1874 California Geologic Survey map of California and Nevada.</p><br>
<p>The ghost towns of Belfort and Clinton are small gold mining camps on the south-eastern slope of Mt. Patterson. The Sweetwater post office existed on the eastern boundary of the range in the 1920s. The Fales post office existed on the south-western boundary in 1877. Both Clinton and Belfort had post offices in the 1880s. There are several other inactive small gold mining camps and gold mines in the range, including Boulder Flat, Montague Mine, Angelo Mission Mine, Kentuck Mine, Frederick Mine, Longstreet Mine, Lilly Mine, Deep Creek Mine, and Tiger Mine. The area roughly forming a SE quadrant from the summit of Mt Patterson, bounded by Sweetwater Canyon (easterly line) and Frying Pan Canyon (southerly line), is known as the Patterson Mining District of Mono County according to the 1888 report of the State of California Mineralologist. The 1888 report also records the Cameron mining camp, which is now unknown. At least one mining company issued stock: Monte Cristo Consolidated Mining Company, 100,000 shares issued in 1887 at $10 each.</p><br>
<p>The Sweetwater Mountains geology largely consists of a pluton surrounded by volcanic flow from the Little Walker Caldera. Mt. Patterson is a volcano of uncertain age which is capped with white rhyolite.</p><br>
<p>Besides Mount Patterson, other peaks in the Sweetwater Range include Middle Sister and East Sister.</p><br>
<p>West Vernor–Junction Historic District is a commercial historic district located along West Vernor Highway between Lansing and Cavalry in Detroit, Michigan. The district includes 160 acre and 44 buildings. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>During the 1860s and 1870s the area that is now the West Vernor–Junction Historic District was a quiet farming community. However, in the 1880s the farmland began to be divided for residential occupation. By 1881, a wood frame Catholic church (which later developed into the Most Holy Redeemer Church) was in place on the corner of what now is Vernor and Junction. A number of wood frame commercial buildings (some still extant) were built along Vernor in the 1880s and 1890s, as well as a few early brick commercial buildings. More brick commercial buildings were constructed in the 1910s and 1920s when the nearby Ford River Rouge Complex was constructed, leading to a boom in the neighborhood.</p><br>
<p>Many Lithuanians settled in Detroit during the World War II era, especially on the citys Southwest side in the West Vernor area where the renovated Lithuanan Hall reopened in 2006. St. Anthonys parish at 1750 25th Street became a predominantly attended by Lithuanian immigrants and continues to hold services in Lithuanian.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The West Vernor–Junction Historic District is adjacent to Mexicantown and contains a large vibrant Latino community and resurgent neighborhoods. The commercial district contains one of the few concentrations of early wood frame commercial buildings in the city of Detroit, and is one of the few neighborhood commercial districts to survive through Detroit&#39;s economic problems.</p><br>
<p>The district is primarily composed of two-story wood frame and brick commercial buildings. The buildings east of Junction are in general older, with some structures dating to the 1890s, while the blocks west of Junction date primarily to the 1900s and 1910s. Significant structures include the 600-seat Stratford Theatre at 4751 W. Vernor Hwy., designed by Joseph P. Jogerst, which seated 1,137 when it opened in 1916. The Art Deco-styled Stratford has operated as a retail store since 1985. The nearby Brown&#39;s Bun Bakery, with a white enameled metal panel facade, is an excellent example of Art Deco style.</p><br>
<p>The district also includes the historic Most Holy Redeemer Church, designed by architects Donaldson and Meier, which was once estimated as the largest Catholic parish in North America, and is physically one of the largest parish complexes in the state of Michigan. The complex contains the 1923 Neo-Romanesque church and monastery, a Late Gothic Revival auditorium, the 1928 school and gymnasium (now Detroit Cristo Rey high school), and the 1939 convent building. Most of these buildings were designed by the firm of Donaldson and Meier. The church still serves the local community.</p><br>
<h2>In Culture</h2><br>
<p>A Hollywood movie, The Rosary Murders (1987), starring actor Donald Sutherland prominently featured the neighborhood.</p><br>
<p>The West Vernor–Lawndale Historic District is a two-block commercial historic district located along West Vernor Highway between Cabot and Ferris Streets in Detroit, Michigan. The district includes 30 acre and 10 buildings. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>This area around West Vernor Highway was settled by German immigrants in the 1870s, and became a small farming community. By the early 1900s, the farms began to be platted into subdivisions. A few commercial buildings were constructed during this time, but commercial development in the district rapidly increased in the 1920s after the completion of the nearby Ford River Rouge Complex and the subsequent expansion of the nearby residential districts. Most of the buildings within the district date to this time.</p><br>
<p>Development ceased during the Great Depression. Afterward, the area remained economically viable into the 1960s when the effects of the citywide population loss and disinvestment became apparent. However, the Vernor/Lawndale District retains a diverse mixture of ethnic groups, with the original German immigrants making way for a primarily African-American and Latino population.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The West Vemor/Lawndale District includes ten commercial and commercial/apartment buildings along West Vernor. These buildings include:</p><br>
<p>8547-8605 West Vernor, 1925. A two-story brick building with two storefronts below and residential apartments above.</p><br>
<p>8617-19 West Vernor, 1925. A two-story brick building with storefronts below and residential apartments above.</p><br>
<p>8623-27 West Vernor, 1916. A two-story Commercial brick building with storefronts below and residential apartments above.</p><br>
<p>8633 West Vernor, 1925. A two-story brick building with storefronts below and residential apartments above.</p><br>
<p>8634-40 West Vernor, (Weisburg Building) 1926. A large three-story Georgian Revival brick building which originally had three storefronts below and 18 apartments above.</p><br>
<p>8701-11 West Vernor, (Odd Fellows Hall) 1917. An Adamesque two-story brick structure, designed by Fred Swirsky, with a storefront below and public hall space upstairs.</p><br>
<p>8710 West Vernor, (People&#39;s State Bank) 1919. A Neoclassical single-story temple front brick commercial building.</p><br>
<p>715-41 West Vernor, (Ferndale Apartments) 1923. A large three-story Georgian Revival brick building built in an H shape, with storefronts below, and apartments on the two upper levels.</p><br>
<p>8734-36 West Vernor, 1915. A two-story brick building with storefronts below and residential apartments above.</p><br>
<p>8740-48 West Vernor (Cabot Apartments), 1926. A three-story Georgian Revival brick building with flat roof capped with stone. Apartments are located above street level storefronts.</p><br>
<p>The West Vernor–Springwells Historic District is a six block long commercial historic district located along West Vernor Highway between Honorah and Norman in Detroit, Michigan. The district includes 80 acre and 28 buildings. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>In the late 19th century, the area around this historic district was a small farming community. However, as Detroit expanded and industry moved into the area in the late 1880s, the farms began to be subdivided. Shortly thereafter, a few frame commercial buildings were erected along what is now Vernor Highway. In the 1910s and 1920s, the neighborhood grew rapidly as a result of the construction of the nearby Ford River Rouge Complex. At that time, a substantial number of brick commercial buildings were constructed along Vernor.</p><br>
<p>In 1915, in response to the growing population of primarily German immigrants, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit established St. Gabriel&#39;s Church (located at Vernor and Norman). The Vernor/Springwells commercial district continued to grow through the 1920s and into the 1930s. In the 1950s, African Americans began moving into the neighborhood, and the 1980s saw an influx of Hispanic residents.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The West Vernor–Springwells Historic District spans six blocks along West Vernor, centered on the West Vernor/Springwells intersection, but also containing the West Vernor/Central Avenue intersection. The district contains a high concentration of early twentieth century two-story commercial buildings. Some of these buildings are quite long, containing four to six storefronts apiece. The most visually striking structure is the former Rio theatre, designed by architect Cyril Edward Schley, at the northwest corner of West Vernor and Central Avenue</p><br>
<p>The district also the St. Gabriel&#39;s Church parish complex. This complex contains a 1916 Italian Renaissance style rectory, the original 1918 Romanesque Revival church designed by Oscar C. Gottesleben, which was later converted into the parish school, and the 1953 St. Gabriel Church designed by Diehl and Diehl. The church still serves Catholic parishioners in the neighborhood. The school operated as a Catholic school until the early 1990s, and in 1996 reopened as the Caesar CHavez Academy.</p><br>
<p>The Longfellow School, also known as Church Street School, is a historic school building at 6 Church Street in Rutland, Vermont. Built in 1890, it was the first purpose-built graded school in the city, serving as a model for later schools. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. It now houses the administrative offices of the city schools.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The former Longfellow School building is located in central Rutland, on the east side of Church Street near its junction with West Street. It is a 2-1/2 story brick building, with a hip roof and a raised basement, which is separated from the ground floor by a stone beltcourse. Gabled wings project slightly to either side, and the roof is pierced by a number of hip-roof dormers. The front facade is twelve bays wide, with a four-bay gabled section projecting from the roof above the central bays, topped by an octagonal belfry. The main entrance is recessed in a round-arch opening that occupies the center four bays. Windows on the other bays have rusticated stone sills and lintels, with the upper-floor lintels joined in a continuous band. The central four windows on the second floor are articulated by slightly projecting pilasters supported by stone brackets.</p><br>
<p>The school was built in 1890, not long after the city adopted a graded schooling plan, and was thus the first school built to specifically support this type of teaching. Although standards for lighting, ventilation, and other features of schools had not yet been standardized by the state, this school was also at the forefront of advances in those areas, and served as a model for later schools built by the city.</p><br>
<p>The Smooth Island, part of the Sloping Island Group, is a privately owned island with an area of 59.31 hectare lying close to the south-eastern coast of Tasmania, Australia. The island is situated in Norfolk Bay, surrounded by the Tasman and Forestier Peninsulas. The towns Dunalley and Murdunna are nearby. Smooth Island is particularly unique as it is one of the only islands in Tasmania where absolutely all of the land  is privately owned with unrestricted freehold tenure.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<h2>Ecology</h2><br>
<h3>Terrestrial</h3><br>
<h4>Fauna</h4><br>
<p>Smooth Island is home to a wide range of native Australian birds. Recorded breeding seabird species are little penguin (Eudyptula minor), little pied cormorant, black-faced cormorant, great cormorant and short-tailed shearwater (Ardenna tenuirostris). The following native birds occupy the island: Tasmanian nativehen and forest raven. No reptiles have been recorded on the island apart from a small population of blue tongue lizards.</p><br>
<h4>Flora</h4><br>
<p>The island has been classified as a drooping she-oak (Allocasuarina verticillata) forest, despite having relatively sparse foliage. Large macrocarpa have been identified around the remnants of an old cottage on the north-east coast. Eucalyptus globulus and Allocasuarina striata (small bull-oak) are also present on the island. The Marrubium vulgare weed has been identified towards the islands north. Occasional Blackberry bushes have been identified near the Southern peak and southern shoreline. Kangaroo apple is also occasionally found along the southern shoreline. The islands fire attributes are "medium flammability, low sensitivity".</p><br>
<h3>Marine</h3><br>
<p>Smooth Island is surrounded by a low profile reef. A region of gravel or hard sand extends from the reef on the eastern coast towards King George Island and King George Sound. The reef on the western coast is surrounded by sand and a body of silt approaches the south-west coast of the island. Between Smooth Island and King George Island lies a dense bed of seagrass (Halophila australis) and eelgrass (Zostera tasmanica) approximately 12.5 hectares in size. Studies have found dense populations of South Australian cobbler (Gymnapistes marmoratus) and within this region, as this fish has a preference for patchy beds of eelgrass near Smooth Island. The east coast of Smooth Island has the most dense concentration of Little weed whiting (Neoodax balteatus) in Norfolk Bay. An assessment via a beam-trawl in 1995-1996 revealed that 88% of the fish caught were of two species: Little Rock Whiting (Neoodax balteatus) and Bridled Leatherjacket (Acanthaluteres spilomelanurus). (further information in this link.)</p><br>
<p>A species of red algae (Rhabdonia verticillata) has been found very close to the island. The following fish can be found in the waters immediately surrounding the island: flathead, trumpeter, perch, cod and Australian salmon. Dolphins are frequently sighted and killer whales are infrequently sighted near the island. The Spotted handfish and the Live-bearing Seastar (Parvulastra vivipara) are threatened marine species which may be present in the waters surrounding Smooth Island. A killer whale (Orcinus orca) was identified 1 kilometre north-east of the current lighthouse position. Several humpback whales were spotted near Smooth Island in June 2017.</p><br>
<p>Recreational fishing restrictions: "All waters 200 metres seaward from the low water mark of Smooth Island: Shark Refuge Area. No taking of shark, skates or rays, except elephantfish. Where permitted, graball nets must not be set for more than 2 hours and can only be set from sunrise until one hour before sunset. No mullet nets. No set lines (long lines and drop lines)."</p><br>
<h3>Ecological rehabilitation</h3><br>
<p>The terrestrial ecosystem of Smooth Island has previously been damaged through overgrazing, slashing-and-burning and through the commercial hunting of wildlife. The island&#39;s natural vegetation has been largely displaced with exotic grass, thistle, bracken, scattered eucalypts and African boxthorn bushes. Between 0.86 and 18 hectares of shearwater rookeries are present on Smooth Island and the impact of repeated fires on these habitats has been studied.</p><br>
<p>The current owners intend to systematically restore the islands native ecosystem. Since March 2014, a diverse range of native Tasmanian flora have been planted throughout the island. Remnant eucalypts are also expected to seed from the islands south-east coast now that grazing has ceased.</p><br>
<h2>Landscape</h2><br>
<p>Smooth Island has two hilly peaks separated by a saddle. The North peak, South peak and saddle are located at -42.9444&deg; latitude, 147.78219&deg; longitude, -42.94877&deg; latitude, 147.7862&deg; longitude and -42.9461&deg; latitude, 147.78472&deg; longitude respectively. The height above sea level of the North peak, South peak and saddle are 43 metres, 40 metres and 30 metres respectively. Smooth Island lies 2.24 km from both Dunbabin Point and Chronicle Point on the mainland and lies 2.3 km from King George Island, measured from the nearest coastlines.</p><br>
<p>Smooth Island consists of diabase (or dolerite) rock, a subvolcanic intrusion which probably occurred from during the Eocene epoch of the Cenozoic era. A geological survey identified consolidated brownish fine-grained quartz sandstone occurring on the north east coastline of Smooth Island at approximately 2 metres above sea level, covered by sand. It was said to be similar to the sandstone samples retrieved from South Arm which contained numerous fossils, but no fossils were found in the samples taken from Smooth Island. The western aspect of the island contains Dolerite (tholeiitic) with locally developed granophyre, from the Jurassic period.</p><br>
<p>Given the island predominantly has a sloping hard rock shore, there is minimal vulnerability to flooding or erosion due to a rise in sea level.</p><br>
<p>A "coastal acid sulfate soil analysis" was conducted producing a result of "extremely low" along the north/north east side of the island.</p><br>
<p>On 13 October 1941, a geological survey of Smooth Island was conducted to determine the possibility of mining phosphate on the island, concluding that phosphate mining on Smooth Island was unlikely to be viable. Further details of this study are available.</p><br>
<h2>Nomenclature</h2><br>
<p>Matthew Flinders discovered the island on 15 December 1798 and named it "Smooth Island" as it appears on his maps at the time however the island did not appear on his subsequent map in 1814. In 1824 Thomas Scott referred to Smooth Island as Garden Island in his maps. The origins of this are not entirely clear, and other sources are inconclusive about the above assertions. and also state that the island was first named on a map by "Cross (1830)" and "Frankland" (1837)", before stating several pages later that the island was first named "Smooth Island".</p><br>
<p>According to a 1911 newspaper article, the island "is not named in the map of D&#39;Entrecasteaux, even though it was marked". During the early 21st century, Smooth Island was occasionally listed as "Lot 1 Norfolk Bay, Dunalley TAS 7177" on certain real-estate classifieds.</p><br>
<p>Much confusion exists about the names of many of the islands in South East Tasmania. Garden Island is an island along the Huon River, but Garden Island has become the pseudonym for both Green Island as well as Smooth Island. A newspaper article from 1836 refers to a Garden Island in the Pembroke Land District. Green Island in turn has become a pseudonym for Fulham Island. Doughboy Island has replaced Isle of Caves</p><br>
<h2>Tenure</h2><br>
<p>All of Smooth island is private property. It has a freehold title with no covenants whatsoever. In 2014 Smooth Island was gazetted as a Private Forest Timber Reserve. The coast line ~ 200 metres from the Smooth Island waterline has been classified Zone 23 (Environmental management) under the "Tasman Interim Planning Scheme 2015".</p><br>
<h2>Administration</h2><br>
<p>For administrative purposes, the island is within the Tasman Council, the land district of Pembroke, the legislative council of Rumney and the electorate of Lyons at state and federal levels. It lies within the Fire Management Area Committee Boundary (FMAC) of East Coast.</p><br>
<h2>Climate</h2><br>
<p>Smooth island&#39;s climate is classified Cfb under the Köppen Climate Classification.</p><br>
<h2>Access</h2><br>
<p>Smooth Island is easily accessible by boat or helicopter, whilst the island&#39;s smooth and gently undulating topography also favours the construction of a small airstrip for light planes.</p><br>
<h2>Services and facilities</h2><br>
<p>The island receives radio coverage from ABC Local Radio (936 AM), 3G mobile phone coverage from Telstra and wireless coverage from the National Broadband Network.</p><br>
<p>The table below outlines the nearest services and facilities to Smooth Island.</p><br>
<h2>Features</h2><br>
<p>A lighthouse with the international marker identifier K 3621.2 was present on Smooth Island. However, since the island is private property to the water line, in 2014 Marine and Safety Tasmania were obligated to relocate it into the ocean around the northern tip of the island. The lighthouse was relocated to the following position: -42.9399167&deg; latitude, 147.7812667&deg; longitude. The light characteristic remains unchanged since this relocation. Its height is 2 m. The light&#39;s range was 6 nmi in clear weather. It is a stainless steel pole in the water. The technical specifications of the lighthouse are: FL(3)W, period 6.1 seconds (i.e.: a cluster of 3 flashes of a white light is produced, which repeats every 6.1 seconds).</p><br>
<h2>Modern culture</h2><br>
<p>Smooth Island has been the subject of a range of artistic works. Michael Weitnauer won the $3,000 first prize at the Wrest Point Art Award with his painting of Smooth Island titled Norfolk Bay.</p><br>
<p>The Australian artist Dale Frank also produced a painting named "Dunalley, Smooth Island".</p><br>
<p>Smooth Island and its lighthouse have also featured in poetry:</p><br>
<p>I could lose or find myself</p><br>
<p>in this private Bermuda triangle-</p><br>
<p>Connelly&#39;s Bay, Lime Bay, Smooth Island</p><br>
<p>In the dusk Smooth Island&#39;s navigation light</p><br>
<p>begins to blink its code name</p><br>
<p>to sailors bound for Dunalley</p><br>
<h2>Modern media</h2><br>
<p>Smooth island has featured in recent local newspapers. It is often referred to when discussing other local island sales, but also as it has been the subject of paintings by award winning artists.</p><br>
<p>Riverside Park is a historic park located in Buffalo in Erie County, New York. Located in northwest Buffalo, it is an individual park designed by the Olmsted Architectural Firm in 1898 after Frederick Law Olmsteds retirement. It is on a 22 acre site on a bluff overlooking the Niagara River. Riverside Park was designed for active recreation and periodic alterations have occurred as the communitys recreation needs have changed. Despite the changes, the park retains numerous original design elements and remains as the final element completed as a part of the Olmsted plan for Buffalo&#39;s park system.</p><br>
<p>The park was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.</p><br>
<h2>Facilities and events</h2><br>
<p>Some attractions include a playground, picnic areas, two public pools, tennis court, and a basketball court. The lighthouse facing Tonawanda street was recently relit after years of inoperation. The Bud Bakewell Arena, located on the Niagara Street side of the park directly facing the river, is an ice rink and lacrosse field, as well as home to youth hockey, Hasek&#39;s Heroes, and other sports affiliations. The park is also home to several baseball diamonds maintained by the River Rock Baseball League, a youth baseball and softball organization, and a fully renovated football field, home to the Black Rock Riverside Little League Football and Cheerleading organization. A winding road, Hotaling Drive, bisects the park at the edge of the football field. In July 2011, the park received additional grant funding for future development.</p><br>
<p>Riverside Parks hosted the annual Friendship Festival in the past along this road during the Independence Day holiday in conjunction with Fort Erie, Canada. In addition, the park hosts a seasonal farmer&#39;s market and other community events.</p><br>
<p>Maglić  is the highest peak at an elevation of 2,386 m in the hill ranges of Plješevica, Grmeč, Cincar and Raduša in the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Maglić borders Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro. It is oriented in a northwest-southeast direction.</p><br>
<p>Maglić is the highest mountain in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It lies within the Sutjeska National Park, which was established in 1962. The park is drained by the Sutjeska River, the watershed of the river is partly formed by the canyon parts of Maglić mountain; with Vučevo (1,862 m) and Zelengora (2,014 m) also forming part of the watershed boundary.</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>Foča city near the border with Montenegro is 20 km away from the Maglić massif and the nearest town is Mratinje.Karst lime stone formations in the region of limestone plateau are the general geological setting in the south and southwest region.</p><br>
<p>Maglić massif consists of two peaks namely, the Veliki Maglić (2,386 m) on the Bosnia and Herzegovina side and the Crnogorski Maglić (2,388 m) on the Montenegrin side, which is 2 m higher. The Montenegrin part of Maglić massif has formed the Trnovačko Jezero (Trnovačko Lake), said to be "one of the most beautiful of Montenegro." This lake is a glacier lake at an elevation of 1,517 m, is 700 m long and 400 m wide set amidst a "huge amphitheater of rocky peaks". The lake is drained from the Maglić, the Volujak and the Bioč hill ranges. The north side of the lake which is open has the wooded Vratnice. The lake water has green-blue colour. The headwaters of Sutjeska River are in the canyon parts of Maglić Mountain. The mountain is bounded by the Sutjeska river on the north and west, by the Volujak mountain on the southwest, by the Drina River and Piva River on the east and by the Mratinjska Uvala valley on the south. It presents a challenging climb.</p><br>
<p>The rich forests on the mountainside consist of the Perućica forest, a protected reserve within the Sutjeska National Park, which is the oldest and one of the two last remaining primeval forests in Europe. The northwestern slope has thick coniferous and beech trees up to elevation 1,600 m, while in the other directions the hill slopes are very steep, barren and rocky. Pastures are found at elevations above 1,600 m in the plateaus. The mountain peak is accessible through the park and is visited by mountaineers and nature lovers. Most of the routes to the peak require two days of hiking. Mountaineering access to the summit of the Maglić massif is only from the southern side, which has rich vegetation of grass and mountain pine. From the top of the peak, are scenic vistas of Volujak, Bioč, Trnovačko Lake, Durmitor (in Montenegro), apart from the Bosnian mountains in the north and northwestern direction which can be seen.</p><br>
<p>Mont Idoukal-n-Taghès  is the highest mountain in Niger. Mont Idoukal-n-Taghès is located in the south central Aïr Mountains, and is at the northern end of the Bagzane plateau. The village and pilgrimage site of Abatol sits at the base of the peak. The Aouderas valley, the path of a seasonal wash  runs south from the foot of Idoukal-n-Taghès towards Agadez, the regional capital. The oasis town of Aouderas is just southwest of the mountain. Due to its high elevation, mount IdoukalnTaghes has been found to host a number of Saharan-Mediterranean and Tropical plant species that have never been recorded elsewhere in Niger.</p><br>
<p>Official Nigerien and international sources believed Mont Gréboun, far to the north, to be the highest peak in the nation as late as 2001, when Gréboun&#39;s long standing lower measurement confirmed at 1944 m, which had variously been measured as high as 2310 m. Greboun has a much greater local relief, rising from near the desert floor, while Idoukal-n-Taghès sits atop a high massif with an average altitude above 1600 meters.</p><br>
<p>To honour the highest point in Niger, the official aircraft of the President of Niger is named Mont Bagzane.</p><br>
<p>The Red Hill Fire Observation Station consists of a fire lookout tower, cabin and pit privy located on the summit of Red Hill, a 2,990 ft Catskill Mountain peak in Denning, New York, United States. It is the southernmost fire tower in the Catskill Park.</p><br>
<p>One of the last state towers built, in 1920, it filled a missing link in the Catskills forest fire detection network. Except for a few brief periods of closure, observers working for the state conservation agencies manned the tower through 1990, making it the last fire tower closed in the Catskills. The abandoned tower and its views of the region remained a popular destination for local hikers, and it was slated to be torn down in accordance with state policy prohibiting nonessential structures on Forest Preserve land. Preservationists and forest historians campaigned to save and restore it and four other Catskill fire towers, and in the early 21st century they were listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). Red Hills observer&#39;s cabin, included as part of the listing, is one of the oldest such buildings in New York.</p><br>
<p>A short trail was constructed to provide access to hikers, since the road used by the observers was later closed by the private landowner. Hikers continue to climb the peak and tower for its views of the Catskill High Peaks to the north.</p><br>
<h2>Property</h2><br>
<p>The tower is a 60 ft high steel frame Aermotor structure, anchored by bolts into the exposed bedrock, with a glazed steel cab on top reached by an eight-flight staircase. It is located in a grassy clearing of roughly 500 ft&sup2, just east of the mountains summit, along a narrow ridge. At the clearings west end, the upper end of the trail and the mountain&#39;s true summit, is the rustic one-room cabin where observers lived during their shifts in the tower. Just to its north is a small wooden privy. Two picnic tables are in the area between the cabin and the tower.</p><br>
<p>The cabin is a small, one-story, 14 by gable-roofed frame building. It is sided with "brainstorm", edge board stained reddish brown. It has a mortared rubblestone foundation and a covered porch on the south elevation, originally decked in wood but since replaced with concrete. Built in 1931, it is one of the oldest remaining observer&#39;s cabins in New York, a rare intact example of the earlier style used by the then-state Conservation Commission.</p><br>
<p>The tower and cabin are old enough to be considered contributing resources to the NRHP listing. The privy and picnic tables were added later for the convenience of hikers, and are not contributing.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<h3>Construction</h3><br>
<p>The biggest challenge to New York following the establishment of the Forest Preserve in 1885 had been fire control and prevention. Illegal logging operations often disposed of their remaining slash by setting it on fire without remaining to make sure it burned out safely and sparks from the steam locomotives of the region&#39;s railroads also caused conflagrations.</p><br>
<p>In 1889 members of the Balsam Lake Club built the Catskills first fire tower on the summit of Balsam Lake Mountain; twenty years later, after the fires two drought-plagued summers had taken a heavy toll on the forests, the states Forest, Fish and Game Commission (FFGC) took it over as part of a new strategy, proven successful in Maine. of putting trained observers in strategically placed towers to spot the first traces of fire and report its location via dedicated telephone lines. The state built its first tower on Greene County&#39;s highest peak, Hunter Mountain later in 1909, and within a decade there were several others throughout the range and in the nearby Shawangunks.</p><br>
<p>In 1919, the Conservation Commission, which the FFGC had become, found that there was still a large area of the southern Catskills, in Sullivan and Ulster counties, poorly served by the existing towers. Red Hill was chosen as the site for a new tower (supposedly after political pressure forced the state to reconsider Sullivan County&#39;s Denman Mountain to the south), and early in 1920 a forest ranger brought the disassembled tower up to the summit via horse-drawn wagon. A state crew cut a road through the Dibble farm up from nearby Red Hill Road, strung the telephone line along it, and put up the tower and cabin later that year.</p><br>
<h3>Active use</h3><br>
<p>The cabin was replaced with the current one in 1931. There were no other changes to the site during its years of use. Former observers spoke fondly of the job, whose only serious risk was lightning strikes on the tower while they were in it, which slightly injured a few of them. Many of them kept busy during idle stretches by maintaining the road and telephone line, and hobbies such as woodcarving. They also entertained hikers and other visitors who came up the road from the Dibble farm. It was sometimes necessary for them to live off the land, harvesting wild plants, particularly leeks, and game in the nearby woods, as the cabin had no electricity. They drew their water from a spring at the base of a small cliff on the mountain&#39;s west slope, about 0.3 mi from the tower via a short path.</p><br>
<p>In 1971 the state briefly closed the tower, but it was reopened the next year due to problems with communications in that region. The Dibbles sold their farm in the early 1980s, and the new owner was not as hospitable to hikers, closing it off to all but state access per its easement. Shortly afterward it was closed, as the fire risk to the region had declined since the early 20th century due to the decline of the railroads and logging and the public&#39;s greater vigilance in reporting fires. But a renewed period of heavy fires led the state to reopen it in 1987. This time it remained in use until 1990, the last fire tower in the Catskills to be closed.</p><br>
<h3>Preservation and restoration</h3><br>
<p>George Profous, a forester for what had by then become the states Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) wrote in an early 1990s planning document that the aged, deteriorating tower should be dismantled and removed, not only due to its age but because, out of use, it was no longer permitted on state-owned Forest Preserve land, which New Yorks constitution requires be kept forever wild. Worried residents of Denning and the nearby hamlet of Claryville contacted the Catskill Center for Conservation and Development, a regional advocacy group, to see what they could do to save it, a development Profous had been hoping for. DECs guidelines governing the use of the Forest Preserve do allow the retention of otherwise incompatible structures within it if they enhance the publics understanding of the Forest Preserve, and many visitors and past observers wrote about how seeing the vastness of the Catskill wildlands at once helped them appreciate the importance of protecting it.</p><br>
<p>Within a few years, the campaign had gotten all five remaining Catskill fire towers listed on the Forest Fire Lookout Associations Historic Lookout Register and later the NRHP. State grants matched by money raised through local efforts such as bake sales, dances, fundraising drives, raffling of a quilt and T-shirt sales raised enough money to begin restoring the tower and cabin in 1998. Volunteers from the New York–New Jersey Trail Conference extended the path from the tower to the spring into a trail that would remain within state land down the mountains never-logged northwestern slope to a new trailhead, avoiding the closed road. When all these efforts were complete, in 2000, the Red Hill tower became the first of the restored Catskill fire towers to be reopened to the public.</p><br>
<h2>The tower today</h2><br>
<p>The tower is located within a discontiguous parcel of the Sundown Wild Forest management unit. The old road still exists, but is now closed even to state use. Access is via the trail, which begins on Dinch Road, an old, rocky dirt road that winds down around the mountain&#39;s northwest slope towards the East Branch of the Neversink River. The trail follows yellow plastic markers 1.5 mi and vertically 890 ft up to the tower. Along the way are 10 numbered wooden signs corresponding to listings in an interpretive brochure created by the Red Hill Fire Tower Committee, available at the trail register. They identify plant species found in the area of the markers, many common to Catskill forests.</p><br>
<p>At the summit, volunteer guides man the tower on weekends with good weather between late June and early October every year. There are guides available to bring visitors to the cab of the Firetower on holiday weekends, including Columbus Day. The cab is equipped with paper cutouts identifying the mountains and other landmarks visible within the 50 mi area of the tower on clear days. This 360-degree panorama is dominated by Peekamoose and Table mountains, southernmost of the Catskill High Peaks, and other features of the Slide Mountain Wilderness Area to the north. To the southeast the view takes in the Shawangunk Ridge and the Hudson Valley beyond. It is possible to see the river itself, as well as New Jerseys highest mountain, High Point, when visibility is at its maximum. The southwest horizon is in Northeastern Pennsylvanias Poconos, the southern extension of the Catskills. Elk Mountain, the highest in Pennsylvania outside of the Alleghenies, can be seen.</p><br>
<p>The cabin is also open. It is used as an informal museum of fire protection in the Catskills, with wall displays showing how that was accomplished and artifacts within the cabin showing how observers lived. The porch and picnic tables are available for use. Since the summit is below 3,500 ft in elevation, camping is permitted year-round.</p><br>
<p>Dundalk Bay  is a large , exposed estuary on the east coast of Ireland.</p><br>
<p>The inner bay is shallow, sandy and intertidal, though it slopes into a deeper area 2 km from the transitional water boundary. It is predominantly influenced by the sea, though several rivers drain into the bay from the west. In the northwest corner of the bay, the Castletown River cuts through the intertidal zone and the smaller River Fane flows into the southeast corner. While the bay is largely made up of intertidal flats, there is a significant area of salt marsh on the western shore. The catchment around the bay is of mixed agriculture and urban land use. The Castletown River is routinely dredged for navigation purposes for the deep water port of Dundalk.</p><br>
<h2>Rivers</h2><br>
<p>Rivers which flow into Dundalk Bay:</p><br>
<p>* Castletown River ( Creggan River) - 45 km (28 miles)</p><br>
<p>** Tributary - Cully Water River (Falmore River, Dungooley River) - 23.3 km (14.5 miles)</p><br>
<p>** Tributary - Kilcurry River (a.k.a. Forkhill River) - 18.5 km (11.5 miles)</p><br>
<p>* River Fane - 61.56 km (38.25 miles)</p><br>
<p>* Flurry River (a.k.a. River Ballymascanlan)</p><br>
<p>* Rampart River</p><br>
<p>* River Glyde</p><br>
<p>* River Dee</p><br>
<p>Cougar Reservoir  is a reservoir on the South Fork McKenzie River in the USA state of Oregon. It is in Lane County, 46 mi east of Eugene and about 3 mi south of the community of Rainbow in the Willamette National Forest. In 1963 the United States Army Corps of Engineers built Cougar Dam on the river primarily to generate hydroelectricity and control flooding, and the reservoir formed behind the dam.</p><br>
<p>The lake is also used for recreation, including boating, fishing, swimming, and waterskiing. The United States Forest Service maintains three campgrounds&mdash;Cougar Crossing, Slide Creek, and Sunnyside&mdash;near the reservoir, with opportunities for hiking and picnicking as well as camping. Other campgrounds in the general vicinity include French Pete and Delta. Terwilliger Hot Springs is along Rider Creek just west of the lake.</p><br>
<p>Cougar Reservoir supports populations of stocked rainbow trout and stocked landlocked Chinook salmon as well as naturally reproducing cutthroat trout. Fishing for rainbow trout, especially in winter, is said to be "fair". The lake also supports bull trout, but it is not legal to catch and keep them.</p><br>
<p>Lookout Point Lake  is a large reservoir on the Middle Fork Willamette River in Lane County, Oregon, United States. It was created in 1953 with the construction of Lookout Point Dam.</p><br>
<p>The downstream end of the reservoir is about 20 mi southeast of Eugene. It lies immediately upriver from Dexter Lake, another reservoir. The city of Lowell is nearby, along the north shore of Dexter Lake. Oregon Route 58 follows the lake&#39;s southern shore and Boundary Road the northern shore. The lake, about 10 mi long, continues upriver to within about 7 mi of Oakridge.</p><br>
<p>Lookout Point Dam, 276 ft high, impounds up to 477,700 acre.ft of water. It helps control flooding, generates electricity, and provides a place for boating and other outdoor recreation.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The two reservoirs, Lookout Point and Dexter, were created in the early 1950s, when the United States Army Corps of Engineers finished building the dams that contain them. Dexter exists partly as a re-regulating basin that controls water surges from Lookout Point Lake. The pair of dams work together to prevent downstream flooding.</p><br>
<p>Both dams are equipped with powerhouses that generate electricity. Lookout Point Dam has three generating units that can produce a combined 120,000 kilowatts of power. Water levels in the dam are usually high from May through August. To supply demands for water downriver, a gradual drawdown of lake water begins in July and extends through September. After September, the lake is emptied more rapidly to make room for high river flows that enter the lake during the winter. The Lookout Point and Dexter projects are among 13 built by the Corps in the Willamette Valley.</p><br>
<h2>Recreation</h2><br>
<p>Recreation on or near the lake includes boating and fishing, camping and picnicking. Large populations of rough fish such as northern pikeminnows and suckers limit the catch of fish such as rainbow trout considered desirable by sports fishers. Strong winds, big waves, and annual fluctuations in the lake level also make fishing more difficult.</p><br>
<p>Several picnicking and boat launches run by the county, the state, or the Willamette National Forest are located around the lake. Some of the ramps become disconnected from the lake when the water is low, but the ramps near Lowell and the dam remain operational all year. Camping spots are available at Black Canyon Campground, managed by the United States Forest Service, near the southeast end of the lake.</p><br>
<p>Laurel Hill, also known as Laurel Ridge or Laurel Mountain, is a 70 mi mountain in Pennsylvania&#39;s Allegheny Mountains. This ridge is flanked by Negro Mountain to its east and Chestnut Ridge to its west. The mountain is home to six state parks: Laurel Ridge State Park, Laurel Mountain State Park, Linn Run State Park, Kooser State Park, Laurel Hill State Park, and Ohiopyle State Park. The 70 mi Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail runs the length of the ridge.</p><br>
<p>Two state forests, comprising over 22,000 acre, are located on Laurel Hill: Gallitzin State Forest and Forbes State Forest. State Game Lands 42 and 111 are also located on the mountain and also comprise a little over 22,000 acre.</p><br>
<p>Laurel Hill has an average elevation of 2,700 ft along its length, while there are individual "knobs" that rise above 2,900 ft. The highest point is above the Seven Springs Mountain Resort at 2,994 ft. Laurel Hill is flanked on its north end by the Conemaugh Gorge and on its south end by the Youghiogheny Gorge, both water gaps being approximately 1,700 ft in depth. The ridge continues north of the Conemaugh Gorge for several miles as Rager Mountain, which reaches an elevation of 2,580 ft. South of the Youghiogheny Gorge, a short ridge, generally still labeled Laurel Hill, at the edge of Ohiopyle State Park, reaches above 2,920 ft.</p><br>
<p>The city of Johnstown and borough of Ligonier are located near its northern end, while the boroughs of Confluence and Ohiopyle are located towards its southern end. Two major highways cross Laurel Hill, the Pennsylvania Turnpike and USA Route 30. The abandoned Laurel Hill Tunnel goes beneath Laurel Hill. A number of smaller state roads cross at other points on the mountain.</p><br>
<h2>Geology</h2><br>
<p>Laurel Hill is made up of Mississippian and Pennsylvanian clastic sedimentary rocks, consisting mostly of conglomerate, sandstone, and shale. Formations include the Burgoon, Mauch Chunk, Pottsville, and Allegheny. The mountain is anticlinal in structure.</p><br>
<p>Along the length of this ridge there are several prominent knobs that rise from the ridgeline. They are as follows south to north: Sugarloaf Knob 2,667 ft, Highpoint 2,994 ft, Birch Rock Hill 2,934 ft, Painter Rock Hill 2,920 ft, Bald Knob 2,930 ft, Ulery Hill 2,820 ft, Pea Vine Hill 2,900 ft, Pikes Peak 2,840 ft, Mystery Hill 2,880 ft, and Sugar Camp Hill 2,908 ft.</p><br>
<h2>Climate</h2><br>
<p>The Laurel Hill region shares the humid continental climate of the Middle Atlantic Region of the United States. The mountain ridge, however, has an influence on the local weather patterns, and can cause air temperatures to be several degrees cooler than the surrounding towns and valleys. A difference of 5 to 10 F cooler can be noted depending on weather variables. The orography along with moisture from the Great Lakes can cause heavy snowfall during winter months.</p><br>
<p>The mountain ridge is oriented at right angles to approaching weather systems, forcing the prevailing westerly airflows upward. As rising air cools, moisture in the air mass condenses, once reaching the saturation point, precipitation results. Laurel Hill may also act as a barrier to systems and slow the movement of storms having an impact on the local area, forming a "micro-climate". Although this mountain is not high enough to create its own weather, its structure is enough to gently nudge weather from hot to warm, cool to cold and from rain to snow.</p><br>
<h2>Flora and fauna</h2><br>
<p>Laurel Hill has a diversity of habitats, and with that comes a variety of birds and mammals. The raven and wild turkey are frequently seen on this mountain. The hermit thrush, Canada warbler, brown creeper, and winter wren all nest near the bog at Spruce Flats. During the summer, black-throated and blue warblers, solitary and red-eyed vireos are seen. Raptors on the mountain include the broad winged, red tailed and red shouldered hawks, along with barred owls.</p><br>
<p>Commonly seen mammals on the mountain include; white-tailed deer, chipmunks, red and gray squirrels. More elusive animals include the woodchuck, raccoon, and opossum. Black bear have also been seen on this mountain but are shy and reclusive and not likely to be come across.</p><br>
<p>Snakes also make their home on Laurel Hill including the timber rattler and copperhead snakes. Caution should be exercised during the summer months when hiking around rocks and scree areas.</p><br>
<p>Mount Minsi forms the Pennsylvania side of the Delaware Water Gap, and is the eastern extent of the Blue Mountain. It is composed of sandstone and conglomerates of the Shawangunk Formation.</p><br>
<h2>Hiking</h2><br>
<p>The easiest route to the summit of Minsi is by way of the Appalachian Trail, from the Lake Lenape trailhead near the town of Delaware Water Gap. The Mount Minsi fire road shares and parallels parts of the same route on the same northwest slopes. Both travel about 5 mi round trip, and gain 1,020 ft of elevation.</p><br>
<h2>Climbing</h2><br>
<p>The band of exposed metaquartzite cliffs on east face of Minsi hold a number of traditional climbing routes. The earliest of these were put up in 1975, and established routes range from 5.0 to 5.12+. Winter can offer some mixed and ice climbing as well.</p><br>
<p>Monroe County Courthouse in Bloomington, Indiana is a Beaux Arts building built in 1908. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. It is located in the Courthouse Square Historic District and is the seat of government for Monroe County, Indiana.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The first Monroe County Courthouse was ordered built in 1818 by the county commissioners, as one of the earliest items of business for the new county. "On Tuesday, April 14, (the fifth day ), very specific directions were written for the construction of a temporary log courthouse - a double cabin to be completed by the first of August. This log courthouse was probably located somewhere in the immediate area of where the Waldron Arts building is today."</p><br>
<p>The courthouse was built in August 1818 by Samuel Elliot. The cost of the structure was not to exceed $400. It was a single-story two-room cabin in the manner of a double log cabin. One room was 20 ft square, and the other was 20 ft by 12 ft; the two were separated by a 10 ft entryway. The building was to be 10 ft high to the eaves, and each room was to contain one window facing the east in order to take advantage of the sun. Villagers erected a chimney for each room after it was decided to use the structure as a school.</p><br>
<p>The log cabin courthouse was located on what now would be the south side of the square, now 116 South Walnut Street. Bloomington historian Dennis E. Matthews commissioned Jim Woods, owner of Woods and Nordberg Signs, to sketch the first courthouse in 1988. The charcoal sketch was drawn from a description by Bloomington historian Robert Leffler. Later Matthews made a model of the log cabin courthouse, which can be seen at the Monroe County History Center.</p><br>
<p>The building was unable to handle all the county&#39;s business, and in May 1819 a contract was let for the construction of a brick courthouse with a stone foundation. This replacement was finished in May 1826. It was expanded and remodeled in the 1850s and again in the 1870s.</p><br>
<p>The second courthouse was replaced with a new stone building that was designed by architects Wing and Mahurin of Fort Wayne, Indiana. It was constructed from 1907 to 1908 by contractors Drake and Caldwell, at a cost of $188,000. The weather vane from the old building, made of copper and shaped like a fish, was saved and used on the dome of the new courthouse. In 1984, the building received an extensive renovation costing about $2.3 million.</p><br>
<h2>In the media</h2><br>
<p>The courthouse may be seen briefly in the 1979 film, Breaking Away.</p><br>
<p>In April 1994, the hosts of Rox smoked marijuana on the steps of the courthouse as a way of dramatizing the argument for legalization. Clips of the stunt ultimately landed on MTV.</p><br>
