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2015-48/2551/en_head.json.gz/3017 | Home » Community » Coastal History » The Star of the Everglades Its Journey From the 1920s to Today The historical Lopez home located on the Lopez River. Jim Webb recalls that at the end of mullet season there were always big parties held here; the home no longer exists. Photo by Alvin Lederer The Star of the Everglades Its Journey From the 1920s to Today
Craig Woodward
CWoodward@wpl-legal.com
Mention the vessel Star of the Everglades to local, long-time residents, and it brings a big smile to their faces. Soon, they are flooded with memories of this fabulous boat which was aptly named the Star. Not only was the Star a luxury cruise boat for its day, but it also opened up the Ten Thousand Islands to world-class fishing. Digging into the vessel’s history, one quickly hears stories. Its first owner made money in the bird feather, or plume, trade in the late 1800s. The boat’s builder was extremely wealthy, becoming famous by running whiskey during Prohibition. The Star played a role in a classic 1958 film made in the Everglades, and several U.S. presidents had been on it. Of course, there are many twists and turns to every journey, and it turns out that there were actually two vessels named the Star…
The first and original Star (the “of the Everglades” was added later) was owned by Gregorio Lopez, who was born in 1848 and is the great-grandfather of Jim Webb, a third-generation owner of the local hardware store in Everglades City. The Lopez family moved to Southwest Florida in 1873 from Spain when Gregorio left to gain economic freedom. The family settled along a very remote river located southeast of Chokoloskee Island — later named the Lopez River. The Lopez home site, like most pioneer settlements in the Ten Thousand Islands, was built on an old Indian shell mound. Today, it is one of the first campsites on the Wilderness Waterway, which winds its way for 99 miles south of Chokoloskee through the Everglades National Park to the town of Flamingo on the southernmost tip of mainline Southwest Florida, Cape Sable. A tabby mortar rainwater cistern built by Gregorio Lopez in the 1890s is located on the old homestead; the family wrote an inscription into it that reads “child Lopes born April 20, 1892.” Those who have camped at this spot say that Mr. Lopez picked the most beautiful location for his home with an awesome view over the river.
Around the end of the 19th century, Gregorio had a financially rewarding career as a plume hunter, moving on to become an alligator hunter when plume hunting became illegal. He saw the start of the tourist industry in Southwest Florida and purchased the first yacht, Star, to take fishermen south from Everglade (the future Everglades City) down to the mouth of the Shark River in the Ten Thousand Islands for sport fishing. It is not clear when the first Star was purchased, but most likely, Lopez seized the opportunity around the time of the birth of Collier County in 1923, when the southernmost of Barron G. Collier’s chain of hotels — the Rod and Gun Club and the Everglades Inn —
began bringing in eager fisherman arriving weekly on a steamship line that Collier operated.
The original Star of the Everglades (c. 1950s) owned by the Lopez family of Chokoloskee and filmed in the movie Wind Across the Everglades. PhotoS by Jim Webb
The Lopez River was not the only waterway named by Gregorio Lopez in the late 1800s. He named Plate Creek after having dropped a plate in the water, and he chose the name Onion Key for an island just inside the mouth of the Shark River simply because he ate his last onion there. Onion Key was another Indian shell mound. Its big claim to fame occurred during Florida’s 1920’s land boom when the Tropical Florida Development Corporation acquired an interest in three square miles of land, or 1,920 acres, and in 1925, drew out a subdivision of 8,933 lots, naming their project “Poinciana” and marketing it widely as “The Coming Miami of the Gulf.” It was almost impossible to travel to the project so most of their sales were by advertising this “new Miami.” They were truly selling mangrove swamp land. The “development” died after the 1926 hurricane wiped out Onion Key which killed the Florida’s 1920s land boom.
Gregorio, Sr., and his Florida born wife, Lovie, (from a local family, the Daniels) raised three boys — Gregorio, Jr. (known as “Grady”), Alphonso and Joseph (Jim Webb’s grandfather) — and a daughter, Ida Mae. Passport records showed that in 1918 Gregorio, Sr., listed his occupation as a farmer, and he left the U.S. for health reasons to go to Honduras, which was then Spanish-owned. Gregorio’s sons stepped in and followed in their dad’s footsteps all becoming fishing guides, as were some of Gregorio’s grandsons. Gregorio, Sr., died at age 84 on August 4, 1932, and is buried at the Lopez cemetery on Chokoloskee Island.
Capt. Grady Lopez with his daughter, Rosina Thompson.
An early Collier County fishing brochure mentions that the fabulous Shark River Cruiser, the Star of the Everglades, then operated by Grady (Gregorio Lopez, Jr.), was 40 feet long and could take parties of four or five. The vessel had its own cook, and in 1949, cost $55 per day with one guide (Grady). It pulled a small boat behind it; however, if one chose to have a second guide and a second small boat, the price increased by $20. At the time, there was plenty of competition, as the guide pamphlet shows 29 other captains guiding out of Everglades City in small boats ranging from 18 feet to larger Cabin Cruisers (many made locally and known as Chokoloskee Cruisers) ranging in size from 28 feet with two bunks to 34 feet with four bunks.
Grady Lopez was selected to take Franklin Delano Roosevelt fishing out of Everglades City; FDR being one of five U.S. presidents to have visited Everglades City. In 1947, President Harry Truman was in Everglades City for the opening of the Everglades National Park, and he was entertained on the Star. After the airport in Everglades opened in 1947, not only could “fresh bait” be flown to the Star, but the brochure also said that if one had “pressing business problems, arrangements can be made to fly to and from the fishing grounds by charter service.”
In 1949, Collier County’s seat of government, Everglades City, was described as: “… fishermen are drawn (to it) from every state in the Union by persistent reports of superlative fishing every month in the year. In Everglades, the official weighing station in front of the Rod and Gun Club is the center of attraction every afternoon at 5 when the fleet comes in. There you see the evidence, the prize-winning fish, the tournament-winning fish, the world’s record fish, all caught on an Everglades boat with an Everglades guide. It is from the Everglades that most of the fabulous Shark River cruisers set out, an adventure comparable to an expedition into Africa bringing back impressive trophies and motion pictures of the greatest moments in anyone’s life.” It was in the early 1950s when President Dwight Eisenhower came to Everglades to fish and also was on the Star.
Grady turned over the ownership and operation of the Star to his daughter, Rosina, and her husband, Jim Thompson. By the 1950s, fishing guides left the Rod and Gun at 8 AM and were back at 5 PM, except for the Shark River cruisers which were gone for several days or up to a week or so. Jim Webb was a cabin boy in the original Star in 1957. His job was to clean up and make the beds. He laid out food, and like the rest of the crew and the guides, slept on the top deck when the vessel overnighted down in the Ten Thousand Islands. The guests slept below in private cabins. Also located on that first level were the galley, dining area and bathrooms. The first Star did not have air conditioning and ran only in the winters.
In the most famous movie made in Collier County — the 1958 “Wind Across the Everglades” starring Christopher Plummer, Burl Ives, Peter Falk and Gypsy Rose Lee — there is a scene of a July 4 celebration filmed on the beach at Marco Island. As the Star travels just off of Marco’s beach, its decks are full of women who are, shall we say, of “dubious character.” They are seen smiling and waving at the townspeople with their families as they party on the beach and set off firecrackers. Trouble brews when a few of the local men on the beach are directly acknowledged by these women calling out to them from the Star. Immediately, the men get concerned looks and questions from their wives as to how they know these women!
‘Star of the Everglades’ painted by retired Collier County Deputy J.B. Singletary. Photo by Jim Webb
In the early 1960s, the Star left Everglades City for the last time, and later returned as the new Star, a 65-foot-long, plush, richly-appointed yacht built in 1927 and purchased by the Lopez family to upgrade the experience for those wealthy enough to charter it for long trips down to the remote rivers of the lower Ten Thousand Islands. This Star would have an equally interesting journey. It moved to Naples for a few years. Then was lived aboard on Marco, moved to Remuda Ranch (now Port of the Islands) and came back to Marco Island to its final resting place in Goodland. To be continued…
I want to thank Jim Webb for his memories of the Lopez family and the many photos and brochures of the Star he has saved. I also will be thanking many others who contributed to this story, but will save the details until the next issue.
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2 comments Annie May 27, 2014 at 10:58 pm
It was owned by my Uncle Jim Lowe of Lowe’s Marine. His father was in real estate, he owned Lowe’s Marine with his brother Henry Lowe. Uncle Henry still sells boats on Marco. Jimmy Lowe has since passed away.
Pete McGill April 27, 2014 at 9:58 am
I remember the Star when it was docked at Lowe’s Marina on Marco back in the 70’s. A young couple lived aboard and were real estate sales people on the Island. Wish I could remember their names as they were very nice people.
This was also the time when there was Marco’s first practicing lawyer in residence. That would be Craig Woodwards dad Arthur who was a very good friend of mine and a super lawyer.
I used to take a lot of pictures around Marco back in those days and I’ve always regretted not having taken some pictures of the Star. I now build ship models and if anyone has a picture of the Star from any angle I would be grateful for a copy of it to build a model of her. You could email it to me at normanmcgilljr@yahoo.com if you like.
Thanks in advance. Pete (Marco resident from 1972 to 1996) | 旅游 |
2014-35/4142/en_head.json.gz/47404 | Posts Tagged ‘atlantic’
Ascension Island: Like Easter Island, Ascension Island has lessons for the planet—cheerful ones (Economist)
Monday, January 3rd, 2011
[Editor's note: Fun geo writeup of that spot of rock in the Atlantic near St. Helena. Thanks Derek!]
AT THE top of Green Mountain, the central peak of Ascension Island, there is a small pond, dotted with lilies, shadowed to one side by the fronds of a pandan tree. It is the only open body of fresh water on the island—and for a thousand kilometres in any direction. Around Dew Pond grows a grove of towering bamboo, beyond which the trade winds blow incessantly from the south-east. Within the grove the air is still and damp.
Along the trailing ridge of the summit are fig trees, Cape yews and a garland of remarkably vigorous ginger. Below, on the mountain’s lee side, trees and shrubs from all parts of the world spread down the hillside to a landscape of casuarina trees—ironwood, or she-oak—and thorny chaparral around its base. Even on the bleaker windward slope, grasses and sedges are dotted with Bermuda cedar and guava bushes. Above, the bamboo scratching at their bellies, are the clouds the trade winds bring; some days they cover the mountain top.
Once seen as too dry to be worth inhabiting, Ascension Island is becoming greener at an increasing rate. People are responsible. In part, their contribution was unwitting: the thorny mesquite that anchors a lot of the island’s scrub was introduced for a landscaping project just 50 years ago. But the forest on the peak of Green Mountain represents a deliberate attempt to change the island’s climate to make it more habitable. It is the centrepiece of a small but startling ecological transformation which is part experiment and part accident, part metaphor and part inspiration.
Ascension was discovered by the Portuguese in 1501. Just to the west of the mid-ocean ridge that separates South America’s tectonic plate from Africa’s, it is the top of a volcano which rises steeply from abyssal plains more than four kilometres below the surface of the ocean. The volcano made it above that surface only a million or so years ago, since when the island has grown to about 100 square kilometres. Before people arrived it was home to just a flightless bird, a land crab and no more than 30 species of plant, none as big as a bush. It was so barren and isolated that during the following three centuries of assiduous empire-building neither the Portuguese nor any other nation bothered to claim it. When Captain Cook passed by in 1775, Georg Forster—later to become renowned for his accounts of exploration—wrote it off as a “ruinous heap of rocks”, drearier even than Tierra del Fuego and Easter Island. But Forster’s naturalist father Johann saw something more promising:
Continue reading at The Economist . . .
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2014-35/4142/en_head.json.gz/47420 | State Fair Attracted 24,000 More Visitors Than Last Year
By Dennis Lambert November 08, 2013 Tweet
downloadThe State Fair continues to be a big attraction in the Valley. Spokeswoman Jeannie Berg said the mild weather combined with other attractions on the Midway and at the Coliseum, led to more visitors than ever.“We exceeded 1.1 million, which is a record for that five day schedule,” Berg said. “We, you know, we reduced our days down from six days to five daysfour years ago, and so this year is a record for us.”Berg said the fair attracted 1,585,515 visitors, which was an increase of 24,000 over last year. She credits the wide variety of entertainment and activities, which allowed the fair to appeal to a diverse audience. Here and Now Monday at 11 a.m. The ongoing drought in the West means more water is being drawn from underground, some say at an alarming rate. | 旅游 |
2014-35/4142/en_head.json.gz/47608 | Southwestern Montana’s Upper Missouri Lakes By Judy Jewell and W. C. McRae
Gates of the Mountains, Montana. Photo © Roger Wollstadt, licensed Creative Commons Attribution.
North of Townsend, three dams in rapid succession impound the Missouri. Because they are near major population centers and are served by good roads, these lakes are among the most popular and developed in Montana. Canyon Ferry, Hauser, and Holter Lakes are well trod by local anglers, boaters, and campers, but they bear up pretty well considering their heavy use.
The range of recreational options is boggling: There are 25 state, Bureau of Land Management, and Bureau of Reclamation parks on Canyon Ferry Lake alone, which makes a brief overview difficult. Contact the Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Parks (1420 6th Ave., Helena, 406/444-2535) for more complete information.
Butte, Helena, and Southwestern Montana
Canyon Ferry Lake
Canyon Ferry Dam was built in the 1950s by the Bureau of Reclamation, creating the largest of the three lakes on the upper Missouri. Canyon Ferry backs up 25 miles of reservoir with almost 80 miles of shoreline. At the south end nearest Townsend, the lake is widest and the surrounding countryside rolling, gentle, and treeless. To the north the reservoir narrows and begins to flow into a steep canyon.
On the east side of the lake, about 18 miles north of Townsend, is a sharp ravine in the Big Belt Mountains called Confederate Gulch. In 1864 a couple of Confederate soldiers discovered incredibly rich gravel beds here. While it lasted, individual pannings yielded up to $1,000 in gold. A boomtown surged up immediately; called Diamond City, it grew to 10,000 people and was as rowdy and tough as the economics and the era allowed. By the 1870s the gold played out, but one last blast with a huge water-cannon-like hydraulic sluice dislodged another million dollars in gold. Today, almost nothing remains of the fabulously rich workings of Confederate Gulch.
Today, however, there is popular fishing and boating at Canyon Ferry. The lake is heavily and regularly stocked with rainbow trout, and they are usually hungry and scrappy enough to make a lucky angler feel skilled. Most of the facilities, both public and private, cluster at the northern end of the lake.
Follow Canyon Ferry Road (or Montana Avenue) east nine miles out of Helena to reach the lake. If coming north on Highway 12, turn on Highway 284 eight miles north of Winston. Rent a boat or windsurfing equipment at Yacht Basin Marina (3555 W. Shore Rd., 406/475-3440).
On the southern end of the lake, the campgrounds thin out. The most convenient campsites are at Silo, seven miles north of Townsend on Highway 12, where there are both public and private campgrounds.
Hauser Lake
Built in 1908 by Montana Power, Hauser Dam is named for Samuel Hauser, an early Montanan who advocated damming the Missouri to harness electricity for regional mining enterprises. At this 3,720-acre lake, heavily used for boating and waterskiing, the fishing is OK for smallmouth bass and kokanee salmon.
There are two scenic, practically adjacent public campgrounds on Hauser Lake. If the beach at White Sandy, seven miles northeast off I-15 on Highway 453, is full, then continue a few yards farther to Black Sandy.
While at Hauser Lake, try your hand at sapphire mining. The Spokane Bar Sapphire Mine (5360 Castles Rd., 406/227-8989), 10.5 miles east of Helena via York Road, offers buckets of sapphire-laden gravel. Here the novice can wash gravel to discover highly colored sapphires as well as garnets, rubies, and gold. Buckets of gravel from the sapphire mine costs $25–75, and it’s best to come equipped with a screwdriver and tweezers, essential tools of the gravel mining trade.
Holter Lake and the Gates of the Mountains
Holter Lake is the most awe-inspiring of the three upper Missouri Lakes. Behind the dam lies the Gates of the Mountains, so named by Meriwether Lewis:
July 19th, 1805: This evening we entered the most remarkable clifts that we have yet seen. These clifts rise from the waters edge on either side perpendicularly to the hight of 1,200 feet. Solid rock for the distance of 5¾ miles. I entered this place and was obliged to continue my rout until sometime after dark before I found a place sufficiently large to encamp my small party; from the singular appearance of this place I called it the gates of the mountains.
The Missouri cut a deep gorge through thick deposits of limestone; although the flooding of Holter Dam (built in 1913) has decreased the rush of the river through these gates, it is still a startlingly dramatic landscape of geologic and human history. Wildlife viewing, historical vignettes, geologic curiosities, and drop-dead beautiful riverscapes make this one of Montana’s most compelling side trips.
Gates of the Mountains (406/458-5241), two miles east from the Gates of the Mountains exit off I-15, offers guided open-air riverboat tours (Memorial Day–Sept., $14 adult, $12 senior, and $8 child) of the entire canyon. During the two-hour trip, travelers usually see bighorn sheep, mountain goats, eagles, ospreys, and deer. Guides point out Indian pictographs along the limestone cliffs. The departure schedule is complex; call or check the website for times.
Plan your day carefully, and disembark from the boat at Meriwether Picnic Area. The boat captains allow passengers to break the trip at this point. Here at the site of Lewis and Clark’s 1805 camp are trails that lead up into the Gates of the Mountains Wilderness Area, a 28,560-acre wildlife reserve within the deep limestone canyons along the east side of the Missouri River. It was back in this remote and precipitous area that 16 young firefighters died in 1949, a tragedy that led to the writing of Norman Maclean’s best-selling book Young Men and Fire.
If you lay over at the wilderness area, be certain to know when to expect a returning riverboat, and save your ticket stub.
Known simply as The Bungalow (406/235-4276 or 888/286-4250, $125–145), Charles Power’s 1911 country lodge is now one of Montana’s most historically significant bed-and-breakfasts, located near the small town of Wolf Creek in the Gates of the Mountains canyon country. Charles Power was one of the engines of early Montana capitalism. Beginning rather humbly as a trader at Fort Benton in the 1870s, by the time of his death Powers owned 95 different corporations, controlled four square blocks of downtown Helena (including Helena’s most architecturally significant, the Power Block), and was one of the state’s richest men. When it came time to build a country home, Power turned to Robert Reamer, the architect who designed the Old Faithful Lodge in Yellowstone Park. For furnishings, Power turned to young interior designer Marshall Fields. Many of the original furnishings remain in the stately log lodge, which offers four guest rooms (one with private bath).
There are three public campgrounds along Holter Lake, all on the east side. Turn south from I-15 at the Wolf Creek exit, cross Wolf Creek, then turn north (left) on Recreation Road and proceed a few miles to the bridge. Turn south on Bear Tooth Road after crossing the Missouri. Continue three miles to Holter Lake State Park. Four miles up the same road are Log Gulch and Departure Point State Parks.
Excerpted from the Eighth Edition of Moon Montana.
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Judy Jewell
Judy Jewell is the author of Moon Arches & Canyonlands National Parks, Moon Coastal Oregon, Moon Montana, Moon Oregon, Moon Utah, Moon Zion & Bryce, and nine Moon Spotlight titles. She lives in Portland, OR.
W. C. McRae
W. C. McRae is the author of Moon Arches & Canyonlands National Parks, Moon Coastal Oregon, Moon Montana, Moon Oregon, Moon Utah, Moon Zion & Bryce, and nine Moon Spotlight titles. He lives in Portland, OR. | 旅游 |
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10 North Main - Minot, ND
I had set up a morning appointment with a dealer in Minot, ND and arrived the evening before. I stayed at a Fairfield Inn on the outskirts of the town and the choices for restaurants in the immediate area were limited to chains, such as Buffalo Wings and Rings - a knock-off of Buffalo Wild Wings; and Paradiso - a North Dakota five-location chain of Mexican restaurants. I asked the young lady at the front desk of the Fairfield Inn where I could get a really good meal in town. She didn't hesitate and replied, "Oh, you'll want to go to 10 North Main. It's downtown and it's very good. It's, by far, the best restaurant for miles around." She gave me quick directions and I took off toward downtown Minot. Even beyond the restaurants around the hotel, there's not much to choose from in Minot. And that's probably why four guys who grew up in Minot chose to open a fine dining establishment in town. Friends Chad Schmidt, Jon Peterson, Josh Duhamel and Lance Behm opened the restaurant in January of 2005. Schmidt is the managing partner of the restaurant while Peterson is the chef. Behm is a local Minot dentist and Duhamel, well, he's a somewhat famous Hollywood actor.
Josh Duhamel (pronounced Duh-MEL) grew up in Minot and has starred in the movie "Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!" (he played Tad Hamilton), as well as in both of the Transformers movies (a third Transformers movie is coming out next year). For four seasons, Duhamel was also seen on the television drama "Las Vegas". But he's possibly most famous as being the husband of Stacy Ferguson, a.k.a. "Fergie" who fronted the group "The Black Eyed Peas". I understand that Duhamel and Fergie make it back to Minot from time to time (I believe his parents - his father was an advertising salesman and his mother was a teacher - still live in town) and dine at 10 North Main when in town. As one of my dealers in North Dakota told me, "I can't believe a guy from North Dakota married Fergie!"
"Good Food and Nice Drinks" is the motto for 10 North Main. It's situated in a building - at 10 North Main, naturally - just across from the Soo Line Train and Transportation Museum in downtown Minot (see map). The exterior of the building is a mixture of brick, stained glass windows on the first level and large tinted windows that light up the second level of the restaurants. It was just after 8 p.m. on a warm North Dakota evening when I stopped into 10 North Main. Two 20-something girls were at the hostess stand and I remarked to them, "I understand this is the best restaurant in Minot."
They sort of looked at one of another and one of the girls said, "Well, yeah, I guess so." It was not quite the ringing endorsement I expected to hear after my statement. One of the girls took me to a two-seat table along a short wall and dropped off a menu. My waitress for the evening, Anna - a cherub-faced young lady with pig tails in her hair - came by to greet me. If someone were to say, "Show me a typical, wholesome North Dakota girl", Anna would be the one. I told her that I would probably have some wine with dinner, but for the time being I really needed a Bud Light. Well, actually, I needed two. It had been a long drive out to Minot from Grand Forks. The interior of the restaurant was warm and inviting giving it a very laid back feel to the place. The dining room was segmented into three areas - I sat in the middle area - and there was a small bar area in the front corner of the restaurant with one of the stained glass windows helping provide light to the bar. I'm not good at describing furnishings, but the place sort of had a contemporary antique look to it - if there is such a thing. The menu at 10 North Main was an interesting mix of beef, pasta dishes, smoked entrees including smoked duck and smoked pheasant, and a handful of both seafood and fresh water fish entrees to choose from. I was hoping the food would be as good as the menu was making it sound. Anna came back and told me that they were out of prime rib for the evening - that was fine, I wasn't going to do prime rib - and she told me of a couple specials that I immediately lost interest in. I told her that I needed a little time to look through the menu and she went to wait on other people. I was looking at a couple three items on the menu. First on my list of interest was the bison New York strip - a 12 oz. lean piece of North Dakota-raised bison, seasoned and grilled over white oak wood. But I'd had a steak the night before at The Toasted Frog in Grand Forks and I wasn't certain I wanted steak two nights in a row. I was also looking at getting a half rack of the smoked baby-back ribs at 10 North Main. The menu said they topped the ribs with a homemade "sweet and snarky" barbecue sauce. I was tempted to find out what sweet and snarky tasted like. Lastly, I thought briefly about getting the Chilean sea bass - a sauteed sea bass filet served with asparagus. But thinking that it's a long way from Chile to Minot, ND, I decided to stay local. Anna came back and I told her that I wanted to start out with 10 North Main's caprese salad, then I had to quickly decide between the bison strip steak or the ribs. If it's cooked right, bison steaks are pretty damn good. I was hoping that would be the case and I ordered the bison steak - rare. A side of garlic-mashed potatoes and a vegetable medley also came with the steak. I asked Anna to leave the wine list as I was probably going to get a glass of wine or two with my meal. The wine list was surprising featuring dozens of very good wines at somewhat reasonable prices. Also surprising was the amount of wines they featured by the glass. A full bottle of the Liberty School cabernet was $25 dollars, a fair price for a good-valued wine that we like to drink at home from time to time. I knew I couldn't drink a full bottle of wine, but one of the many wines by the glass they featured at 10 North Main was the Liberty School cab for $7.00. When Anna came back with my caprese salad and a basket of bread, I told her that I'd like a glass of that. "Good choice," she said as she scribbled down my wine order.
The caprese salad was good, but not quite as good as the one I had in Grand Forks the night before. The tomatoes weren't as ripened as the one at The Toasted Frog, but 10 North Main's caprese salad had a hefty amount of fresh basil on top and a lot more mozzarella cheese than the one from Grand Forks. The fresh basil and wonderful mozzarella more than made up for the under-ripened tomatoes.
I do also want to mention the homemade bread with the garlic/parmesan butter at 10 North Main. Outstanding! I made short work of the two pieces Anna had brought out with the salad and was afraid to get more because I didn't want to be eating bread instead of my steak. Actually, what was more addicting was the garlic/parmesan butter. I slathered both pieces with the butter and happily wolfed it down. Not long after I finished my caprese salad, Anna brought out my steak. I thought it looked sort of small for a 12 oz. steak, but there wasn't really anything I could do about it. I was also afraid that it was over-cooked from the char-marks on the outside. But I cut into the steak and it was definitely rare.
I'm glad I got the bison strip because after the bad cut of meat I had at The Toasted Frog the night before I needed a good piece of beef to make things right in my world. And it was a great piece of meat - tender, lean and about as juicy as a piece of bison can be. The seasoning on the steak was sort of a mixture of salt, garlic, pepper and some other spices. It worked well with the taste of the meat. The garlic mashed potatoes were OK, nothing really special to get excited about. I had a couple bites of potatoes and a couple bites of the vegetable medley. The medley of sliced carrots, zucchini, broccoli and cauliflower were cooked just right - warm, yet with a crunch with each bite.
I finished my steak and had one more bite of the potatoes before I let Anna take my plate away. She got a nice tip for the evening being very attentive, but not bugging me at the same time. I was thoroughly impressed with my meal at 10 North Main. This is a restaurant that could easily hold it's own in a much larger city. I'm hoping that the people in Minot know just how good this place is and don't take it for granted. In a city full of buffet and family restaurants, along with fast food and regional chain establishments, 10 North Main stands out as being one of the best restaurants in not only the city of Minot, but in the whole state of North Dakota. September 24, 2010 in Fine Dining, Minot, ND, Restaurants, Steak Houses | Permalink | 旅游 |
2015-48/2551/en_head.json.gz/3355 | Sudanese Discover Parallels in Visit to Yad Vashem
by Dina Kraft
Posted on Apr. 5, 2007 at 8:00 pm
Sudanese refugees who escaped genocide in Darfur by crossing into Israel comfort each other during a visit to the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem. Photo by Brian Hendler/JTA
A group of refugees from Darfur on a visit to Yad Vashem lingered next to a model of the crematorium at Auschwitz, taking in the ghastly sight of bodies carried on cots and pushed into ovens.
They walked through the museum in silence, listening to the words of the guide and trying to understand that the photographs of young boys in sailor suits and girls with silk ribbons in their hair were the same children whose names appeared on the list of those transported to concentration camps and among those killed.
"It's such a sad history, tears fell from my eyes," said G, 25, whose parents and two siblings were killed by Arab militiamen when they raided his home village. "It made me remember things that happened in my own past."
His visit to Israel's Holocaust memorial was the first time he ever set foot in a museum, and he left hoping that one day the victims of the Darfur genocide might build a similar memorial.
"I hope there will be such a place in the future, but I don't know when," he said. "Maybe in another generation far from our own."
G, who asked that his name not be used, said he escaped on foot from his village the day of the attack. He does not remember how or even where he first ran before he began the long journey through Sudan and Egypt to Israel, where he is seeking asylum.
He spent 15 months in an Israeli jail because of his status as an enemy alien before being released to Kibbutz Yotvata in southern Israel, where he works in the date fields.
Yad Vashem Chair Avner Shalev addressed the group of 11 refugees, saying they might take inspiration from the museum to one day record and document their stories and the story of their people. Although the bloodshed continues in Darfur, Shalev urged them to think about commemoration even now.
"It is important that you already begin to think about ways to remember the events and memorialize the victims," he said.
"As Jews, who have the memory of the Shoah embedded within us, we cannot stand by as refugees from genocide in Darfur are knocking on our doors," Shalev said. "The memory of the past and the Jewish values that underpin our existence command us to humanitarian solidarity with the persecuted."
He reached out to shake hands with the refugees, most of them recently released from prison. Yad Vashem has been among the more outspoken elements in Israeli society, advocating for a swift and humane response to some 300 Sudanese who have crossed into Israel in recent years via the Egyptian desert. About a third of the migrants are from Darfur; others include Christians who claim they also are victims of persecution. Since Sudan technically is at war with Israel, most of the refugees were put in prison.
Some are being released to kibbutzim and moshavim while they await word on which country might give them political asylum. Israel has yet to officially make such an offer.
The Yad Vashem tour was initiated by the Committee for the Advancement of Refugees From Darfur, which works to assist the Sudanese refugees in Israel.
Robert Rozett, director of the Yad Vashem Libraries, led the group on its tour, explaining the ideology of the Nazis and how they executed their plan to murder the Jews. The Sudanese leaned in to each other, occasionally putting a hand on each other's shoulders for comfort. Some could be seen wiping away tears.
Some images seemed to hit home especially hard: a blurry photograph of an SS soldier aiming his rifle at a mother who had wrapped her body protectively around her young child, and a portrait of a young woman with sad, empty eyes gazing at a globe and wondering if she would ever find refuge.
The Sudanese, too, live with uncertainty over what country might take them in, and with the memories of relatives and friends killed before their eyes.
The parallels told in the museum felt cruel, including the story of the St. Louis, a ship full of Jewish refugees from Europe that sailed to Cuba in 1939 only to be refused entry. After sailing to the United States and Canada, where it also was refused entry, the ship returned to Germany. Most of its passengers were killed in the Holocaust.
The Sudanese refugees also speak of no one wanting them and of their fears of being deported back to their home country. In Egypt, where many said they were abused and harassed by the authorities, some said they were threatened with being sent back to Sudan.
As Rozett guided the group into a section of the museum documenting roundups from the ghettos to concentration camps, he also talked to them about commemoration.
"You have photographs, you have documents maybe, you have your stories," he said. "It's important to know, so people in 50 years will also know" what's happening.
At the Hall of Names, the repository for Yad Vashem's collection of "Pages of Testimony" -- short biographies of each Holocaust victim -- the group gathered in a semicircle and looked up at the photographs of some victims. As they peered up at the faces, Rozett reminded them, "They don't have a cemetery, but they do have a page."
"It was very hard; I was shocked," said M, 24, from Darfur. "It reminded me of my own people, seeing the killings, the shootings. I want to say that I am sorry that this happened to the Jews."
G said it will take him a long time to digest what he saw at Yad Vashem.
"People were supposed to learn from history," he said. "But still it happens now. In 1994 in Rwanda and now in Darfur. I thought the world was supposed to learn."
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2015-48/2551/en_head.json.gz/3369 | About Kawerau
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Numerous events are held in Kawerau, including the Kawerau Woodfest, World Rafting Champs, bird shows, equestrian events, golf, weaving and the Antiques Roadshow.
If you’re looking for a great place to visit, live or retire to, where neighbours care for each other’s well-being, then Kawerau is well worth the consideration.
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If you appreciate rivers, forests, pristine lakes and beaches - Kawerau is your paradise.
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A motorhome friendly town in the heart of the Bay of Plenty, Kawerau’s small town lifestyle offers facilities such as a laundromat, supermarket, chemist, dump station, free camping, free hot pools and free spring water for drinking.
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Kawerau is situated in the Eastern Bay of Plenty, in the middle of the North Island of New Zealand.
Kawerau is at the centre of a district rich in fresh air, great bush walks and unspoilt New Zealand landscape.
It is close to beaches, lakes and forestry and offers a unique place to rest and relax.
Find out more about Kawerau in New Zealand's Eastern Bay of Plenty - a great place to live, work and play...
Kawerau began as a mill town for the new Tasman Pulp and Paper Mill. The site for the mill was chosen because of the availability of geothermal energy, easy access for rail, water from the Tarawera River and the large supply of pine timber from the nearby Kaingaroa forest. Unlike most other towns of its size, Kawerau was carefully planned before construction. The town was built with an impressive number of facilities, to accommodate a multinational specialist workforce.
Kawerau Enterprise Agency and Kawerau District Council work with local, national and international companies and government to diversify Kawerau industries. ‘Industrial Symbiosis Kawerau’ is an exciting initiative where a collaboration of like-minded parties work together for mutual gain. Shared resources, shared values, shared benefits. To find out more about this exciting new direction – visit www.embracechange.co.nz
The 820m volcanic cone of Mount Edgecumbe/Putauaki lies 3 km to the east of Kawerau, and is easily visible from the town. The Tarawera River straddles Kawerau to the east and continues north to the Bay of Plenty.
Water is supplied to the town from two natural springs. Kawerau's water was judged the best-tasting in New Zealand in 2003 and 2004.
Kawerau has access to vast geothermal resources. There are a number of geothermal hot springs in the surrounding bush owned and operated by local families. The Kawerau geothermal field provides steam power for the paper mill, and a 90 MW geothermal power station is currently under construction.
The district has a land area of 21.9357 km² (8.4694 sq mi), making it the smallest territorial authority in New Zealand in terms of land area. It is completely surrounded by the Whakatane District.
During summer (December to February), the average daily maximum temperature in Kawerau is 23.7 °C. In January 2008, the temperature exceeded 30 °C on five days. In winter (July to August) crisp early morning frosts are usually followed by clear, sunny days, and the average daily maximum temperature is around 15.6 °C.
Rainfall is spread throughout the year, though it is not uncommon to experience a drought during summer.
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2015-48/2551/en_head.json.gz/3542 | Honister slate mine owners call for zip wire support
Published at 11:25, Monday, 24 December 2012
THE owners of Honister Slate Mine are urging people to back their controversial plans for a temporary zip wire. Planners at the Lake District National Park Authority are due to consider the proposal next month but it has attracted opposition from Buttermere and Borrowdale parish councils.A meeting was held by mine bosses in Borrowdale to tell locals about the plans, but it was only attended by a few people. Celia Taylor-Weir, mother of late mine owner Mark Weir, said it was not viable to run a business on slate production alone, as shown by the fact other county slate firms had recently folded. Honister survives by a combination of slate production and tourism, she said, but the visitor experience needed to be regularly updated.The 3,400ft zip wire, from near the top of Fleetwith Pike to its visitor centre, would be erected for 18 months, during which time independent research to assess its impact would be carried out by the University of Cumbria. If the results are positive, the company says it would seek permanent planning permission for the zip wire.It would be used by people who have completed the Via Ferrata attraction.The proposal is an amended plan which has been resubmitted to the authority after plans for a permanent wire were refused last year. Jan Wilkinson, mine owner and partner of the late Mr Weir, said: “We have got people working here who live in the parishes. There are two gentlemen who lost their jobs early in 2012 who are working here now. Honister’s giving them a future. We’re fighting to retain visitors.”If the plans are turned down the company fears it could lose visitors, affecting its viability and that of other tourism business.The park authority has received hundreds of letters both in favour of the zip wire and against it.Among the objectors is campaign group Friends of the Lake District.Mrs Taylor-Weir said: “We love the Lake District but we want to be able to work in the Lake District. It has been a mine for hundreds of years. We want a sustainable community.“If they’re calling this the adventure capital of the UK we have got to give them adventure. How any of that can be bad for the whole community I don’t know.”The application will be considered on January 9. | 旅游 |
2015-48/2551/en_head.json.gz/3825 | BARFLY ON THE WALL
Insomniacs: A homelike bar worth staying up for
By Justin Grant, Times correspondent
JUSTIN GRANTTampa Bay TimesThursday, January 20, 2011 10:59am
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There will be no desire to take a nap at Insomniacs Bar and Lounge.
Remember in high school, when you had the cool friend who had a drum set in his parents' garage and you would go over there after school to listen to punk records and make horrible noise on the drums and generally get the sense that you were young and rebellious and clever? Or maybe you were invited to a house party a few years later, and someone had a mini-bar set up in their den, and you couldn't believe how brilliant the idea was? Related News/Archive
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That's what I was reminded of when I arrived at Insomniacs Bar and Lounge in New Port Richey. I had set a goal to explore Pasco County a bit more, and Insomniacs seemed like an interesting place to check out. Insomniacs has a bit of a garage-slash-living room feel to it, with couches and coffee tables making up the bulk of seating inside. Pool tables, a beer pong table, and yes, even a drum set, complete the scene. Insomniacs Bar and Lounge originally was an all-night coffee shop. Staying open until sunrise, it was a place where people could stop in after the bars closed and drink coffee and tea while most people were sound asleep — hence the name. Now Insomniacs is primarily a bar, serving more beer and wine than coffee, and it's open only until 2 a.m., as the law dictates. Of course, coffee is still on the menu: $2 a cup, or $5 for all you can drink. The bar serves beer and wine only, the latter category including sake and several liquor-flavored beverages that are meant to stand in for the real thing. I've had a few of these, more for personal amusement than anything else, and I will say that it's not impossible to make a pleasant cocktail with them. Insomniacs has a few creative options to choose from, should you go that route. Beer-wise, the usual domestics are on draft, and pints are cheap. There are a few more options in bottles, but the selection is certainly not overwhelming. Insomniacs occasionally hosts concerts for local bands, as well as open-mic nights. As I sat on the couch and sipped my beer, the jukebox was suddenly muted and a Rush song came on over the PA by the drum set. A young man positioned himself at the drums and proceeded to play along with Neil Peart at full volume. No one flinched or seemed at all surprised. This is where Insomniacs excels — the casual atmosphere and anything-goes attitude gives the impression that you're at someone's house rather than at a bar. So, have a seat, snack on some popcorn, order a drink and make yourself at home. — jg@saintbeat.com Insomniacs Bar and Lounge 4319 U.S. 19 N, New Port Richey; (727) 326-7847 The vibe: About as informal as it gets — Insomniacs feels like a bar set up in a friend's den or game room. Booze: Beer and wine. Beer is $2-$4 and wine is generally $3-$7, including mixed drinks. Specialty: Cold drafts are cheap and plentiful, and there are several decent bottles in the cooler. The bar makes several specialty cocktails, such as the colorfully named Green Voodoo and Purple Haze, that are made with wine-based imitation liquors. I let the bartender make the call and enjoyed a rum and Sprite with a splash of sweet and sour mix. The Tequila Sunrise is also a great choice. Hours: Hours are flexible, but the bar is open daily, usually 5:30 p.m. to 2 a.m. Insomniacs: A homelike bar worth staying up for 01/20/11 | 旅游 |
2015-48/2551/en_head.json.gz/4034 | Cliffed coast
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"Sea cliff" redirects here. For other uses, see Seacliff (disambiguation).
Section through a cliffed coast.
A cliffed coast, also called an abrasion coast, is a form of coast where the action of marine waves has formed steep cliffs that may or may not be precipitous. It contrasts with a flat or alluvial coast.
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Crags on the southwestern coast of Portugal
Cliffs near Nienhagen, Mecklenburg
Dingli Cliffs in Malta.
Abrasion cliff in Jinshitan Coastal National Geopark, Dalian, Liaoning Province, China. Wave-like texture was produced by coastal erosion
Cliff is a Romance loanword that has its origins in the Latin forms clivus / clevus ("slope" or "hillside").[1][2]
In coastal areas in which the land surface dips at a relatively steep angle below the water table, the continuous action of marine waves on the coastline, known as abrasion, may create a steep declivity known as a cliff, the slope angle of which depends on a variety of factors including the jointing, bedding and hardness of the materials making up the cliff as well as the erosional processes themselves.[3][4] The slope is constantly being eroded. The waves attacking the cliff-foot form a wave-cut notch by constant abrasion action producing an overhang. This overhang grows in size as the cliff is undercut, until it collapses under its own weight. The loose debris that has broken off is gradually carried away from the area in front of the cliff by the action of the sea. As the coastal cliffs collapse, the shoreline recedes inland. The speed at which this happens depends, in particular, on the strength of the surf, the height of the cliff, the frequency of storm surges and the hardness of the | 旅游 |
2015-48/2551/en_head.json.gz/4058 | National Airspace System
This article is outdated. Please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (April 2013)
The National Airspace System (NAS) is the airspace, navigation facilities and airports of the United States along with their associated information, services, rules, regulations, policies, procedures, personnel and equipment.[1] It includes components shared jointly with the military. It is one of the most complex aviation systems in the world and services air travel in the United States and over large portions of the world's oceans.
A flight through the NAS typically begins and ends at an airport which may be controlled (by a tower) or uncontrolled. On departure, the aircraft is in one of five of the six classes of airspace administered by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and different flight rules apply to each class. Depending on the class of airspace and flight conditions, communication with controllers may or may not be required. Operation of each flight is always the responsibility of the pilot in command, but air traffic controllers give instructions for sequencing and safety as needed. When a controlled flight is airborne, control passes from the tower controller who authorized the takeoff, if the airport is controlled. The next step is typically Terminal Radar Approach Control or TRACON which may be identified as "approach" or "departure". Between the sectors administered by TRACONs are areas of Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC) typically referred to on the radio as "Center". A flight is handed off from one Center to another until it nears its destination, when control is transferred to the TRACON serving the destination, and ultimately to the tower controller serving the airport. Some airports have no TRACON around them, so control goes directly to or from a Center, and some flights are short enough that control is kept within one or more TRACONs without ever being passed to Center. As of February 2015[update] the NAS is transitioning to a new system known as NextGen, which is a satellite-based navigation system. It lets pilots know the exact locations of other aircraft in the NAS, which accommodates more traffic and improves safety. Using NextGen to land will let pilots arrive at airports more predictably and efficiently which helps improve passenger and cargo loading. NextGen is being phased in piece by piece.[2]
Approximately 14,500 air traffic controllers, 4,500 aviation safety inspectors, and 5,800 technicians operate and maintain services for the NAS. It has more than 19,000 airports and 600 air traffic control facilities. In all, there are 41,000 NAS operational facilities. In addition, there are over 71,000 pieces of equipment, ranging from | 旅游 |
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Hotel Principe di Savoia - Iconic hotel in Milan A Rich Tradition in Excellence
From the very beginning, the Hotel Principe di Savoia has been a classy contradiction in terms – symbolising gracious living for a clientele focused on business, offering the traditional hospitality of a grand resort in an unapologetically urban setting, hosting captains of industry, counts of nobility and cultural icons with equal aplomb.
In 1927, the year the Principe opened its doors as the Principe e Savoia, Milan had already begun building its reputation as Italy’s business centre. So the hotel’s location in what was then a nondescript plaza called Piazza Fiume, far north of what was considered the heart of Milan, was less illogical than it first appeared. Although staunch traditionalists among the Milanese believed that everything that really mattered in the city had to be located between Piazza del Duomo and Piazza della Scala, the fact that the plaza – then as now – overlooked the 19th-century-style facade of the city’s central railway station, Stazione Centrale, made it logistically convenient for the burgeoning business tycoons of the era.
The Principe e Savoia was developed by a limited company called S.A. Acquisto ed Esercizio Alberghi Savoia. The company entrusted the design of their project to Cesare Tenca, a prominent Milanese architect.
The site was chosen on well-reasoned grounds:
It stood in a fairly open space amidst trees
It was close to the railway station
The city centre could be reached both easily and quickly
La Scala (the world’s most famous opera house and Milan’s leading social attraction), where Arturo Toscanini conducted until 1928, was less than ten minutes away by carriage
Nevertheless, the proximity of Milan’s industrial area was determinant in its success, as the hotel was originally intended, above all, for businessmen.
The Opening Announcement
Proof of the hotel’s intended clientele can be deduced from the advertising decisions made for its opening on 6th April 1927. Although all the local newspapers carried the information, only one daily carried a full-page advertisement. This paper was Il Sole, a business publication – then as now – read for its coverage of stock market and raw material prices, wholesale and retail price trends. This decision was akin to choosing The Wall Street Journal or the Financial Times to carry a hotel ad today, rather than The New York Times or The Times of London.
The text of that first ad is also revealing. Although the name of the architect, Cesare Tenca, is mentioned, significant space is dedicated to a meticulous listing of room prices, suggesting that the target customer is someone attentive to making financial decisions based on value for money. Mention of the featured ‘direct dial phone in every room’, is geared to the appeal of practical business calls rather than leisurely social conversations.
The ad also mentions that an orchestra was to play classical music for dinner every evening from 8 till 11 o’clock. This offering was intended to enhance the prestige and social standing of the hotel’s clients, who might wish to invite guests to dinner to work out the final details of a contract nearly ready for signing.
Celebrities Among the Hotel’s Guests
From the outset, the hotel’s success exceeded all expectations. The first guests were international business people and power brokers. But soon, attracted by the novelty of the hotel, by the lure of a quiet stay in the midst of the trees and gardens surrounding the building, by ‘all the comforts one could possibly think of’ (as the opening-day advertisement promised), other guests arrived: kings, queens, international royalty and world-renowned artists and intellectuals. They quickly realised that La Scala was less than ten minutes away by carriage.
Legend also has it that among the guests of the new Milanese hotel was Italy’s dashing literary icon, Gabriele d’Annunzio. And in the years both before and after World War II the Principe e Savoia registered the names of guests more associated with the world of society and letters than with business: the Duke of Windsor and Erich Maria Remarque, Charlie Chaplin and Josephine Baker, Evita Peron and Maria Callas. The Aga Khan and Aristotle Onassis were also regulars. Thus the fame of the hotel spread through the quality of the guests who patronised it.
In more recent times, an American magazine, well qualified in matters of tourism, commented: ‘The Principe di Savoia is a kind of private club both for the aristocracy of money and for that of great names. If you want to catch a glimpse of Gianni Agnelli and his wife, Marella, together with Henry Ford and David Rockefeller, or Elizabeth Taylor, Rudolf Nureyev, the Prince of Monaco and the Visconti di Modrone all having an aperitif together, just pop into the bar at the Principe di Savoia in Milan’.
Milan in the 30s
The Great Depression of the 1930s was a difficult time for many businesses, including the S.A. Acquisto ed Esercizio Alberghi Savoia. In 1938, the company was incorporated into the Ciga Hotels group. This signalled the start of a greater international prominence for the Principe and marked a shift in direction for Ciga, whose well-known properties included the Danieli and Gritti Palace in Venice. Such hotels catered to upmarket holidaymakers, not business people, so the decision to acquire the Principe, in the words of Paolo Guarneri, the hotel’s General Manager, ‘had a revolutionary air about it: the divorcing of the idea of hospitality from that of leisure, the prospect of operating in a city where the word “holiday” seemed completely out of place’.
The military and political upheaval of World War II took an even greater toll on Milan and its economy than the economic upheaval of the Depression. The Principe became a headquarters for the Germans and later for the Americans. By the time the smoke cleared in post-war Italy, Milan’s geography had changed markedly. What had been the suburbs of the city was now part of the centre. Wide new streets had been laid out, and the factory chimneys of the early photo were no more. Factories had begun migrating to the suburbs and beyond. The Central train station, damaged during the war, had been rebuilt on what is its current site north of Piazza della Repubblica.
From the 50s Up To the Present Day
After 1950, the Principe, not seriously damaged by wartime events, was also renovated and enlarged. Two new wings, called Principe Rosso and Metallico, were opened between 1956 and 1957. When this renovation was complete, the management of the hotel was taken over by Ciga Hotels. They decided to rename the hotel the Principe di Savoia in the 1980s. This change was prompted by the fact that Principe di Savoia is the correct way to refer to the Italian royal family, rather than Principe e Savoia.
A change of greater underlying significance occurred in 2003 when the Dorchester Group, a company entirely controlled by The Brunei Investment Agency, took over the Principe. The new owners have embarked on a programme to ensure that Milan’s leading hotel maintains its position, a commitment that will be seen in everything from interior design to remodelling of rooms and meeting areas, and a large number of suites, a sophisticated spa and gym with swimming pool, a fully equipped Business Centre, Michelin-starred chef in the restaurant and the most avant-garde technology such as Wi-Fi and interactive television. All is clothed in classic Liberty style, which evokes the hotel’s original character.
Service is of course paramount, and the hotel staff come from the finest schools, receive careful training, have experience dealing with a demanding clientele and often also have experience abroad.
These high standards of service and style are appropriate to a city that is the financial, fashion, media and design capital of Italy. Milan is both the southernmost of European financial capitals and the most northern of the great Mediterranean cities. Milan is also an international centre for conferences, congresses, scientific meetings, fashion events and social happenings, events in which the hotel plays a highly visible role.
Today the Principe di Savoia continues the tradition it has culled since its founding – a place where the international elite of business and leisure meet in an atmosphere of cutting-edge class and sophisticated style.
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2015-48/2551/en_head.json.gz/4537 | A guide to black, off-piste and difficult skiing in the Trois Vallées
Part 1. An Introduction to the Trois Vallées
Who should stay where?
The Trois Vallées (Three Valleys, 3-V) comprises a group of resorts in Savoie. The valleys all run roughly north to south. They claim, I believe correctly, to be "le plus grande domaine skiable du monde" (the biggest ski area in the world). However you measure it, its probably true, each valley separately could make a case to be included in the Worlds Top Ten resorts, put them together and you come up with an impressive ensemble. The resort consists of several separate lift companies. Beginners and weak intermediates can buy a lift pass for a single company, or even a sub-set of lifts in a restricted area but the vast majority of skiers will buy a 3-valleys lift pass. However, if you start off with one of the fairly restricted passes, it is always possible to buy a day's extension to make a special trip outside the specific area of your original pass. Each valley is made up of a number of villages, each of which has a distinctive character. I will briefly give a guide to who should stay where, then move on to the skiing.
Courchevel is the most french, the most chic, and the most expensive. The valley also has the prettiest views and the most varied skiing. It would suite all grades of skiers from absolute beginner to expert, and is therefore particularly suited to groups of mixed ability. The resort is split into various villages. Courchevel 1850 (the premiere accommodation), Courchevel 1650, Courchevel 1550, Le Praz (1300), Le Tania and various smaller hamlets. (The number are the altitude in meters). 1850 is easily the most convenient but also the most expensive. 1650 is quiet and seclude but should only be considered by intermediate skiers, or groups with intermediates and beginners. Skiers wanting to take full advantage of all three valleys should choose a more central village, ideally 1850. The lower villages are all less convenient for skiing, but are more interesting older villages and not purpose built resorts.
Meribel is a British enclave. If you want to apres-ski with the French stay elsewhere. It has two main centres and a number of satellite villages lower down the valley. Meribel's main advantage is its central position in the Three Valleys. It is ideal for advanced intermediates who want to ski everything. If you have beginners in the party choose Centre rather than Mottaret (the nursery slopes at Mottaret are impossible), otherwise there is no skiing reason for choosing between them. The main disadvantage of Meribel is the altitude of the main lift station, only 1450 meters. In an average year one safely skis to the bottom from mid-December to early April, but in poor years there will be weeks when the day starts and ends on grass (or mud :-). Timid intermediates would probably prefer Courchevel. All of the satellite villages are charming but are to some degree inconvenient for those expecting easy access to the lifts or the certitude of skiing back to the village. If in these lower satellites or in the more remote suburbs of Meribel Centre you will either need your own transport or a good minibus service from your tour operator.
Belleville, the third valley, has two very different resorts: Val Thorens and Les Menuires. Val Thorens is the highest village (2000m), and therefore the safest for snow (it even boasts summer skiing). At one time it was the most secluded and quietest area but now it is unpleasantly crowded at peak times. I used to recommend it to beginners, because it has excellent nursery slopes. I no longer do so except perhaps out of season. Val Thorens is probably the best resort for dedicated off-piste snow boarders. Les Menuires is the least fashionable village (“Les Manures” to the Brits). But, do not sneer at it. It is easily the cheapest (most of us were poor once) and has enormous numbers of modest self catering apartments. If you want to ski on a shoe string, consider Les Menuires. You get the same skiing as those paying much more in Courchevel, and still get to stand in the same lift queues as Brigitte Bardot and Giscard d'Estaing. (Oh dear, I suspect that my choice of Courchevel celebrities clearly reveals my generation.) There are very few hotels. St. Martin (the original village for the valley) is now much expanded and does have easy lift and piste access to the rest of the 3 valleys. However, like Courchevel 1650 it is too remote for anyone expecting to take full advantage of the rest of the ski domaine.
Other thoughts: prices in Brides-les-Bains may look tempting but it is a very long trip on the gondola connection to the skiing. I wouldn't recommend it except for the odd night.
Copyright: © Dennis Summerbell, 2003,
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2015-48/2551/en_head.json.gz/4747 | Cathedral of Christ the Saviour (Moscow)
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Cathedral of Christ the Saviour (Russian: Хра́м Христа́ Спаси́теля), located in Moscow on the bank of the Moscow River, is the largest church in Russia. The origin of the Cathedral began with the signing of a manifesto on December 25, 1812 by Tsar Alexander I declaring his intention of building a cathedral in honor of Christ the Savior, as the last of Napoleon’s forces retreated from Moscow. The present structure is a replica of the original cathedral built in the nineteenth century and destroyed on December 5, 1931. The Patriarch of Russia is the rector of the cathedral.
Early History
Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, Moscow
In the December 1812 manifesto, Tsar Alexander declared the cathedral would “…signify Our gratitude to Divine Providence for saving Russia from the doom that overshadowed Her and to preserve the memory of the unheard of efforts, loyalty, and love for our faith and homeland displayed during these difficult days by the Russian people…” While planning for the cathedral began as Napoleon and his army retreated from Russia its completion was decades later. Under a plan by the architect Vitberg an initial start of the construction of cathedral began on October 12, 1817 with laying and blessing of the cornerstone. The site chosen was on Sparrow Hills between the Smolensk and Kaluga roads. The site, however, was found to be unstable and not suitable for the planned structure. As alternatives were considered Alexander was succeeded by his brother Nicholas I who had different architectural preferences. Konstantin A. Ton presented a second plan that placed the cathedral on a different site on the bank of the Moscow River that was occupied by the Aleksevevsky Convent and the Church of All Saints. The new plan was approved by Nicholas I on April 10, 1832.
After moving the convent to Sokolniki, construction of the Cathedral began on September 10, 1839 with the laying of the cornerstone. Construction of the huge structure continued for forty years. By 1841, the walls of the lower level were completed, followed by the joining of the arch of the main cupola in 1846. Covered by scaffolding, work continued on the exterior facing of the building and a start was made on construction of the metal roofs and lesser cupolas. The main cupola was completed in 1849. In 1860, the scaffolding was removed and the Cathedral was revealed for the first time in all its glory.
Construction continued on details of the structure while areas around the Cathedral, including riverbank terraces and squares, were completed. By 1881 the major construction was finished, including a bronze balustrade and exterior lanterns. Work on the interior frescoes continued for another twenty years. The Cathedral was formally named the Cathedral of Christ the Savior on December 13, 1880, when the priests and other clergy were also assigned to it for the first time. The Cathedral was consecrated on Ascension Day, May 26, 1883, the day that Tsar Alexander III was crowned. Chapels, located in the upper | 旅游 |
2015-48/2551/en_head.json.gz/4841 | Home / Articles / Santa Fe Guides / Summer Guide / WHEEEEEEEE! WE, WE, WHEEEEEEEE!
This summer, you will believe a man can fly.
WHEEEEEEEE! WE, WE, WHEEEEEEEE!
Your summer is about to get a lot more exciting
By R Harrison Dilday
This past winter, my uncle sent me a text message asking if any ziplines are located near Santa Fe. He and his family want to ride one when they visit this summer. My first thought: I didn’t know he was visiting this summer. But I quickly shook that off and dutifully set about trying to locate the nearest wire-cable attraction. I once rode an epic zipline over a canyon in Muscat, Oman, so I’m thinking these things are a dime a dozen. Twenty minutes of Google asking me, “Did you mean…” later, I finally accept the reality that the closest place to embrace gravity while attached to a highly tensioned metal wire is Durango, Colo. Not too far, but if you’ve only got five days to spend in Santa Fe, you shouldn’t be wasting one of them on the road—not even Cerrillos Road. I admitted defeat, gave my uncle the bad news and decided to continue living my life, albeit a life devoid of adrenaline-inducing ziplines.Until now.Angel Fire Resort is clearly in bed with the NSA (or Google, Inc.), and, after reviewing my web history (and getting over the initial shock of how little I visit websites like YouTube or reddit), decided to construct a zipline.More realistically, Angel Fire developers thought to themselves, “Hey, we already have a lot of cool things to do in the summer; let’s build a zipline, too.” And so they did. Opening July 6, the Angel Fire Zipline Adventure Tour anchors the resort’s Summit Adventure Center, which already features mountain biking, disc golf and hiking. “We’re always looking out for new attractions and innovative ways to add more fun and excitement into a family’s Rocky Mountain vacation,” says Dave Dekema, director of marketing for Angel Fire Resort. He adds that the new zipline, the first in New Mexico, perfectly complements the resort’s scenic views and mountain topography—“not to mention it’s an absolutely unforgettable, thrill-a-minute experience.”The tour consists of six different ziplines that allow guests to travel an incredible 4,475 feet, at one point 50 stories above the forest floor. Angel Fire Resort spokeswoman Krysty Ronchetti says everyone on the mountain is very excited about the addition of the zipline. “It’s not a straight, one-line kind of thing,” Ronchetti says, “it gives the true outdoors person something great to do in the summer.”She’s quick to add, however, that in keeping with the mountain resort’s dedication to families, the tour can be enjoyed at whatever level of excitement a guest prefers. “If you don’t want to ride the 500 feet drop, or 500-feet above the ground, you don’t have to,” Ronchetti explains. Angel Fire also offers a “flight school” for anyone who wants some instruction before tackling the entire course. But there’s still plenty of opportunity for excitement.“It’s a true adventure,” Ronchetti adds. After the rider adjusted to the idea that this is fun and death is not imminent, Angel Fire turns the knobs up to 11.The fifth segment of the tour is made up of two parallel wires that allow friends or relatives to race one another the 1,600 feet distance. “The tandem is the hook of the course,” Jamie Seifert, director of mountain operations, tells SFR.Parents, if you’re worried that the last portion of this tour will result in sibling bickering about who won the race (probably decided by who weighs more), do not fret.The final zip, which takes riders across the last 1,150 feet, is “pretty steep and pretty fast,” Seifert says. “It’s exciting. Those last two zips are the ones people will be talking about.”Unfortunately, SFR was unable to ride before press time, but merely hearing the excitement of those I spoke with has me hankering to try it out. Now, to tell my uncle, and wish that all my problems could be solved with dead-end Internet searches. | 旅游 |
2015-48/2551/en_head.json.gz/5128 | Explore New EnglandBoston Visitors' GuideDestinationsVacation dealsLodgingFlights
Travel When it's light, Swedes swarm for the solstice
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By Nathan Hegedus
Globe Correspondent
HUDIKSVALL, Sweden -- Summer in Sweden should be a kaleidoscope of colors in a bewitching northern light. Last summer, however, was a succession of damp, gray days, save for the green grass in the fields and meadows.So on June 25, with intermittent fog obscuring the countryside, a group composed mostly of Swedes drove up the Baltic coast, the car full of home-baked breads and potato dishes with names like Jansson's Temptation. They waited on a lonely dock outside this town, about 160 miles north of Stockholm. It was almost 10 p.m., though the overcast sky remained light, when two small boats glided out of the sea mist.Lars-Ake Asell, 58, a financial controller from Gävle, a city about halfway between Stockholm and Hudiksvall, greeted the group from one of the boats and helped load their backpacks for the journey to the island of Olmen.After easing through almost 2 miles of calm seas, the boats entered a cove ringed by a cluster of small red cottages with white trim. The Swedes marveled at the authenticity of the cottages, a return to the 1950s, with musty wool blankets, sturdy wooden furniture, no electricty, and a portrait of the king in the outhouse.This is a perfect place for Midsummer's Eve, they said.Now if only the sun would shine. The next morning, for the first time seemingly in weeks, it did.From beyond the Arctic Circle to the southern tip of their long country, Swedes flee their cities on Midsummer's Eve to celebrate the longest days of the year, the return of the sun after its winter death. They gather around maypoles to dance and sing, to feast with family and friends, and to pick wildflowers and dream of love.''The best option is always to be close to the sea," says Annika Magnusson-Walander, 30, a medical device sales rep from Stockholm who made her first trip to Olmen last June. ''I've been close to the sea before but [Olmen] was such a small island, with water everywhere -- and transported there by a small boat."The Midsummer celebration probably has its origins in pagan tributes to the sun as it reaches its apex on the summer solstice. Midsummer Day later became a Christian holiday set on June 24, the feast of St. John the Baptist, though the significance of this has faded in secular Sweden.The official Midsummer's Eve has been moved to the third Friday in June, usually close to but not exactly on the traditional Midsummer's Eve of June 23. Yet the spirit remains unchanged from days past. This is the biggest party of the year, a holiday that rivals Christmas and Easter in Swedish hearts.''Swedes live for summer holidays," says Jenny Noreng, 30, Asell's stepdaughter and an environmental consultant in Stockholm. ''When we have a bad summer, people are really depressed, not prepared for the winter. People need the light."
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2015-48/2551/en_head.json.gz/5323 | Tourism and public lands
By COREY BLUEMELStaff Writer
In Emery and Carbon counties, the biggest percentage of land is public land. As a result, the tourism industry in both counties is very dependent on public lands, and should be very involved in the public land use planning process. The percentage in Emery County is 80 percent, and in Carbon County the number is 60 percent. At the Castle Valley Economic Summit, one of the sessions addressed the procedure for managing public lands. Floyd Johnson, of the Bureau of Land Management, explained the process they use to manage the lands that are in their jurisdiction. "The land use planning process is complex and lengthy," Johnson stated. "The BLM began with the process with scoping meetings in late 2001, and we expect the entire process to take four -five years."
Marlene Depietro of the Forest Service said, "Our planning process is very similar to the BLMs. The one difference is that we are working on only the items that need attention. There are still portions of our old management plan that are still valid. We have identified certain items that require public comment. We are asking the public 'How do you use the forest?' We have made a rolling alternative, we are beginning wide and will narrow it down as we go. We are having more public meetings in November and we need public comments."
The third member of the panel, Val Payne, represents the Governor's office. He works in the Public Lands Policy Coordination Office for Gov. Jon Huntsman. Payne has been involved in the public lands process for many years, having served as Emery County's public lands director, and is familiar with the process for acquiring permits and permission to do projects on public land. "The planning process for public lands deals with a great variety of resources. The agencies involved in this process are required to watch out for the resources and the users, and the many aspects that are involved to manage public lands. There is no end to the planning going on throughout the state. The importance of being involved in the process, in any way, is very important," said Payne.
Fred Hayes, of the Utah State Parks, was the final member of the panel. "The state parks department takes care of the boating, trail systems, and OHVs. The basis of the state parks system was to create economic development throughout the state. With the distribution of state parks, opportunities were created for rural communities by making destination spots spread all over the state. "Back in 1957, when OHVs were virtually nonexistent, the legislature created an OHV policy. At first, the only OHVs were Jeeps, and it wasn't until the 1980s that the OHV that we know today came into being. Statistics say that every two years, the number of OHVs will double. This statistic clearly shows the need for a well developed trail system with users who are educated about the use of public land. The agencies involved need to try to work together to develop that system," said Hayes. Mike McCandless, Emery County's economic development director, encouraged everyone to become involved in the process. "The public needs to become involved in the public land use planning process. A great place to start would be to attend an Emery County Public Lands Council meeting. Those meetings are held the second Tuesday of each month at 10 a.m. here in the county building. This committee cannot make decisions without public input." said McCandless. Print Page | 旅游 |
2015-48/2551/en_head.json.gz/5786 | Great Lighthouses
Split Rock, Lake
Marblehead, Lake
Grosse Point,
Fort Niagara
Charlotte Genessee,
Pier Light: St.
Grand Haven, Lake
Shoal Lights: Spectacle
Round Island,
Stannard Rock Rock
of Ages
Rock Lighthouse,Two Harbors, Minnesota, 1910 Lake Superior
Perched on a 120-foot cliff over Lake Superior, Split Rock Lighthouse in Two Harbors,
Minnesota has attracted tourists since its construction in 1910. It is one of the
most visited and popular lighthouses in the country. The Split Rock Lighthouse is
an octagonal yellow-brick structure, with a 54-foot tower. It also sits on the cliff,
so it is one of tallest lighthouses in the Great Lakes area.
Commerce boomed on the Great Lakes in the early 20th Century, and lighthouses
like this one were built as a result of the large traffic of iron ore across lake
Superior. Minnesota became the leading iron ore producer. Eastbound shipments of
iron ore from Minnesotas Mesabe Range escalated at spectacular rate from the first
order of 2,000 tons in the fall of 1892 nearly 25 million by 1910. The traffic of
iron ore transformed America into an industrial giant. The U.S. Steel Company owned
the largest fleet of ships in the country.
The lighthouse also owes its existence to the terrible winter storms of 1905,
when 116 lives were lost to three violent storms. One record gale on November 28,
1905, damaged nearly 30 ships on Lake Superior alone.
Story of Construction:
All the materials were shipped in and had to be lifted 120 feet to the top of
the cliff, using a 12,000 pound steam hoist.
Construction started May 1909, and went through November. Workers hiked through
woods and took a logging train to Duluth. Work resumed the next spring, and the light
station was completed and ready for occupancy by midsummer of 1910.
The steam hoist first had to be lifted into place, and then pulled up the steep
slope with lines and tackle attached to trees.
Once it was in place, a derrick was erected on top of the cliff and secured to
rocks surface.
Then all materials and personnel were lifted in a box crate, called a skip.
In 1916, a tramway was completed that replaced the derrick to bring supplies
up to the station from lake shore. Keepers & Life at the Lighthouse:
Pete Young served as keeper from 1910 to 1928.
There was an early tragedy in 1910 when two assistant keepers drowned while sailing
to Beaver Bay for mail.
Franklin Covell served as keeper from 1928 to 1944 and retired at the mandatory
age of 70.
Lightening hit the station in 1932.
Franklin Covell and his assistant had to turn the lens by hand for two nights
and had to buy eight pounds of mercury from a local druggist to fix the lens when
they assessed the problem. Instead of receiving a commendation, Covell was forced
to justify the purchase to his superiors in Detroit. Although the Split Rock Lighthouse is isolated in the winter, it
is still possibly the countrys most visited and photographed lighthouse:
A transition came in 1924, when a road was built, so it was no longer isolated.
In 1926, brochures feature Split Rock as a prominent attraction.
Keepers logs reflected their dual responsibilities. They handled tourists by
day and tended to the lights at night. Keepers wanted to fence off private gardens,
but were only allowed to put up "Keep Off" signs.
By 1940, when the Coast Guard absorbed Split Rock, it had the reputation of being
the most visited lighthouse in the nation.
Present use:
The Split Rock Lighthouse was deactivated in 1969.
The Minnesota Historical Society administers to the station as a historic site.
It is restored to its original pre-1924 appearance.
Lee Radzak, an excellent interpreter, is also a trained anthropologist.
The light is no longer lit regularly so as not to confuse mariners.
On November 10, Lee Radzak lights the lamps to commemorate the Edmund Fitzgerald,
which sailed out of Duluth Harbor on November 9 and passed Split Rock. There is also
a memorial reading of the names of the 29 sailors who died and, visits to the tower
at night (Whitefish Point and Duluth also conduct memorials).
Light, Bay Point, Ohio, 1821, Lake Erie
This is the oldest active light tower on the Great Lakes. It was authorized in
1810, but not built until 1821, after the War of 1812. General Perry won a decisive
battle against the British just a few miles away. This victory gave the U.S. control
of these states and the inland waterways that became so important to shipping.
The Marblehead Light remains relatively unchanged in appearance. Its tower height,
however, was raised from 55 feet to 65 feet in the late 1900s. It seems to have survived
because of the quality of the limestone from which it was built, and because the
walls at its base are five feet thick.
During the Civil War, 10,000 Confederate prisoners were housed on nearby Johnsons
Island, within sight of the Marblehead Light. There, residents of nearby Ohio communities
taught the Confederates to play a new sport called baseball. After the war, the Confederates
took the new sport back to the South. In 1864, a daring rescue attempt took place
when a group of Confederate partisans commandeered a passenger steamer Parsons
in an apparent attempt to free some or all the prisoners. They were eventually
overpowered by the Union ship Michigan and escaped into Canada.
A dramatic rescue happened in 1875 when the ship Consuela sank during a
violent storm on May 1. The Clemons brothers, Lucien, Hubbard, and Ai, rescued two
crewmen and were awarded the first medal for heroism at sea. They were the first
civilians to receive the award. The following year, a Life Saving Station was established
with Lucien as its commander.
The first keeper at the Marblehead Light was Benjamin Wolcott. He served from
1822 until 1832, when he died of cholera. His wife became keeper for two years, and
when she remarried, her husband became keeper. In 1903 Charles "Cap" Hunter
became keeper until he retired in 1933. Edward Herman became his assistant keeper
in 1913, and became keeper in 1933 until he retired in 1943.
The present light was installed in 1969. Keepers house and grounds were turned
over to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.
Grosse
Point Light, Evanston, Illinois; built in 1873, and lit in 1874
One of the most beautiful and spectacular lighthouses on the Great Lakes, the
Grosse Point Light is a complete station including a tower, keepers quarters, oil
house, and fog signal buildings. This historic property is adapted for educational
purposes with interpreted shows and a complete restoration.
The Marblehead Light is located in the Chicago area on a historic site where Marquette
camped overnight on his second voyage to the Chicago region in 1674. Today, the light
station is on a street lined with fine old lake front homes, near Northwestern University
(founded in 1851), thus distinguishing the Marblehead Light as a coastal light in
a city, which is very unusual.
This lighthouse was built as the lead navigational marker to guide ships into
Chicago Harbor, which is located 13 miles to the south. By 1870, Chicago accounted
for 75 percent of all of Lake Michigans exports, making her one of the busiest ports
in the world. There were more ships arriving and leaving the Chicago port every year
than in New York and San Francisco combined.
Early Shipwrecks:
The Lady Elgin, crashed on September 8, 1860, in waters near Grosse Point.
Nearly 300 passengers were on the excursion boat. They were returning from Chicago
after a rally in support of Stephen A. Douglas who was in contention for the U.S.
Presidency against Abraham Lincoln. The U.S. Life Saving Station, established at
Northwestern University, was constructed in 1876 and it was largely the result of
heroic rescue efforts of the Lady Elgin passengers by students. Not only was
it the first federal life saving equipment on the Great Lakes, but it was also unique
in that it was staffed by undergraduate students at the university. In its 45-year
existence, more than 500 rescues were credited to this station.
A tragic disaster in 1915 actually occurred while the steamer ship Eastland
was still docked. It had just picked up 2500 passengers (most of whom were Western
Electric employees and families) for a holiday. As a tug was pulling the steamer
away from the dock, the ship began to list to her port side. Someone had forgotten
to release the ropes on the stern side. As the tug pulled, it increased the tension
on the lines. The passengers, sensing danger, all crowded on the port side. The weight,
combined with the force of the tug, caused the ship to settle into the water, throwing
passengers into the 20 foot- deep harbor. 835 passengers died in the crush of people
in the water.
A second-order Fresnel lens, one of the most powerful on the lake, is the last
remaining second-order lens that continues to operate on the Great Lakes. There is
no first-order lens on the Great Lakes, and there were only five Second-order lenses
on the Great Lakes. It is currently run by electricity, but all the working parts
are still in place and work. There is an interesting folklore story connected to
the lens. Apparently during the Civil War, a light keeper in Florida buried his Fresnel
lens in the sand to keep it from falling into Confederate hands. After the war, it
was excavated and sent to the U.S. Lighthouse Establishment in Washington, DC and
from there it was sent on to the new Grosse Point Light.
The most famous keeper at Grosse Point was E.J. Moore, who held the post from
1888-1924 when he died at age 73 (seven months after the light at Grosse Point was
electrified). Although keepers were admonished by the Lighthouse Board to keep personal
comments out of their logs, his notes on December 26, 1889, included: "T.J.
Donlof, second assistant, resigned today. The Service is now rid of one villain."
On Jan. 6, 1890: "God help the next keeper at this station if he has no better
assistants than I have had here." E.J. warmed to the press, but was stern and
distant with the public.
Decommissioned by Coast Guard in 1935, the Grosse Point Lighthouse still operates
as a private navigational aid by the city of Evanston, as well as a historical museum.
There are even modern ghost stories about cold spots and unexplainable noises
in the night attributed to "bad energy." One such story is about the spirit
or ghost of an assistant keeper who hung himself in the boat house at Grosse Point.
This man was the son of Aaron Sheridan, a one-armed Civil War veteran who was the
keeper at South Manitou Light. Sheridan was rowing with his wife and one son to the
lighthouse and they all drowned. The other son was watching from the mainland, along
with four of his siblings, and he became mentally ill as a result of this tragic
accident. Steve Sheridan, lawyer and judge in the Saugatuck area, is the great grandson
of Aaron Sheridan. (See LIVING AT A LIGHTHOUSE p. 23 -32).
The Worlings experience as modern day keepers at Grosse Point 1975-1983 is also
an interesting story. Their son was born there, and Diane Wordling was Superintendent
of the LH Park district. Her primary job was restoration and about 25 percent of
the lighthouse keeping. Some things still had to be maintained the old-fashioned
way, such as cleaning the 141 stairs leading to the tower. Also, she climbed to the
galley and up a ladder to clean the outside windows. She enjoyed sleeping where the
old keepers slept to see the light flash every night. Whenever the Wordling family
went away, they had to get a house sitter to make sure the light was on. The present-day
experience is not as romantic as it used to be. The romance is in the link to the
past, when modern day keepers maintain old keepers traditions. Living at the lighthouse
was actually a love-hate experience. There was no privacy, and although she had a
"No Visitors" sign in her passageway, on many occasions shed discover
people peering in the window, or she would find footprints in the snow. One time,
there were even strangers in the kitchen. Raising a child was a difficult task.
Prime resource: GROSSE POINT LIGHTHOUSE by Don Terras
Niagara Light, Youngstown, New York, 1781, 1823 and 1872, Lake Ontario
Located at the juncture of the Niagara River and Lake Ontario, about 10 miles
north of Niagara Falls, the Fort Niagara Light is a very handsome limestone structure.
It has a vertical line of arched windows, and was originally a French castle.
History dates back to the 18th Century and involves the early struggles of three
nations for dominance in North America:
Fort Niagara was built by the French in 1726, and it came to be known as "French
Castle."
It was captured by the British in 1759, and this was one of the most valued prizes
of the French and Indian War.
By the early 1780s, the British placed a beacon on top of the castle, which
was actually a fort and served many functions.
When the U.S. occupied Fort Niagara, the fortress lighthouse was discontinued
In 1823, a new beacon was built on top of "French Castle" for several
During the 1870s, the U.S. Army found the beacon inconvenient, and they built
a new tower just south of "French Castle." This present tower still exists.
Edward Giddings, keeper from 1823 until the 1880s, participated in the William
Morgan Affair, a major political incident. Giddings and others were suspected of
murdering Morgan, a disgruntled Freemason, who threatened to reveal Masonic secret
rites.
Presently an automated light station, the stone building attached to the tower
serves as a museum. The Fort contains many mounted cannons, a drawbridge and pre-revolution
buildings. The site includes the only fortified French castle in the U.S., and it
is restored and furnished to create its stark 18th century atmosphere. Fort Niagara
State Park contains living history exhibits and many military reenactments in the
summer. Nearby Niagara Falls affords spectacular views and many natural attractions.
Charlotte-Genesee
Light, Rochester, New York, 1822, Lake Ontario
Built in 1822 and deactivated in 1881, the Charlotte-Genesee Light is now the
second oldest lighthouse on the Great Lakes. It is about to celebrate its 175th birthday.
The tower and brick dwelling, built in 1863, are two of the Lakes most historical
structures. The station is a beautiful structure built from glacial stone.
In 1965, when it was rumored that the lighthouse was going to be torn down, the
students at nearby Charlotte High School, who had made the light their symbol, mounted
a successful campaign to save the structure. The station has been restored and its
museum is operated under a permanent charter from New York State. In 1974, the Charlotte-Genesee
Light was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
As part of the 1852 renovation, a pier was built to a second tower. During a Nor
Easter in 1853, keeper Samuel Phillips could not reach the tower to light the beacon.
A former keeper, Cuyler Cook, took him by boat to the tower. While Phillips was lighting
the beacon, waves at the shore swept Cook out to sea and drowned him.
There are several very beautiful and strikingly visual pier lights in the Great
Lakes. St. Josephs North Pier Light is one example, as well as the Brand Haven and
South Haven Lights, located along the eastern shore of Lake Michigan. Additional
pier lights include the Michigan City and Holland lights. Pier lights were used by
vessels traveling closer to land on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan, while larger
ships used shipping lanes further out in the water.
Joseph North Pier Lights
St. Josephs is an example of both a pier light and a range light system.
Three lighthouses were built, and for a period of time, all three were working:
First, in 1832, a lighthouse was built at a bluff overlooking the lake.
About 14 years later, a pier was built into the water and a light was built at
its end. In 1886, a Fresnel lens was added and it became more effective.
Then in 1907, the pier was extended; a steel lighthouse was added at its end.
The shore lighthouse operated until 1924, and was torn down in 1955.
Today, both the St. Joseph North Inner Light, and Outer Light are operating. There
are only a few remaining pier range light systems on the Great Lakes. This unique
system employs two lights; when the lights are lined up so that a sailor can only
see one light, he knows to turn. The outer light is on a simple steel structure,
while the inner light is in a much larger building with two stories above the pier.
The Inner Light building has a red roof and white siding topped by a an octagonal
tower and black iron parapet.
The pier extends about 1,000 feet into the water. A catwalk extends from the shore
to the second story of the lighthouse and continues to the outer light so that the
keeper could access the light in bad weather.
Haven South Pier Light, Lake Michigan
This system also operates with two pier lights. There is a south pier-head light
and inner light. The lights are both painted red and a catwalk connects them above
the pier. The Grand Haven South Pier Light is at a State Park with access to campgrounds
and a swimming area.
This light is also perched at the end of a concrete pier extending several hundred
feet into Lake Michigan, and it has a catwalk extending to the second story of the
lighthouse. The South Haven South Pier Light is a favorite subject for photographers,
who shoot it at sunset silhouetted against the setting sun. (see Bibliography: Penrod,
GUIDE TO 100 MICHIGAN LIGHTHOUSES p.1-4 and Hyde, THE NORTHERN LIGHTS
p. 126-9).
Straits
of Mackinac, Lake Huron
The Straits of Mackinac were an important battleground in the struggles between
the French, British, and American forces for control of the upper Great Lakes. The
strategic importance of this area was reflected in the two forts built here in the
17th century, on Mackinac Island and west of Mackinaw City. Since the early 19th
century, the area has been a busy and dangerous bottleneck for shipping between Lake
Michigan and the other lakes. The Straits of Mackinac on the Lake Huron side are
one of the most dangerous stretches of water in the Great Lakes (and perhaps anywhere);
ships must squeeze through an obstacle course of treacherous shallows and reefs.
Reef Light, Straits of Mackinac, Michigan, 1870, Lake Huron
Spectacle Reef is really a pair of deadly, claw-like shoals where the water depth
ranges from 7 to 11 feet; these shallow waters have caused numerous shipwrecks.
After two large ships were lost in 1867, Congress was persuaded to appropriate
$100,000 to build this light. Two hundred men and two lighthouse tenders worked for
four years to complete the construction. The final cost was $406,000, but construction
of the lighthouse was still worthwhile in preventing future possible shipwrecks.
The underwater foundation, the difficult climate, and the isolated site made this
site the greatest engineering feat on the Great Lakes, and one of the most outstanding
in the Lighthouse Service.
The Spectacle Reef Light is an impressive monolithic structure, and one of best
examples of stone masonry construction. It is an early example of an exposed crib
(man-made rock foundation).
Photographs in the winter are especially impressive when waves freeze over the
entire structure. Ice has always been a major problem on the Great Lakes. When keepers
came in May of 1873, they had to hack away at 30 feet of ice that had built up.
The original lens was removed in 1982 and is now on display at the Great Lakes
Historical Society Museum in Vermilion, Ohio.
Island, Straits of Mackinac, Michigan, 1896, Lake Huron
This lighthouse sits in isolation at the end of a sand spit and was built to guide
ships through the narrow passage between Round Island and Mackinac Island. At the
turn of the century, the Round Island Light guided commercial ships and visitors
traveling to the Grand Hotel and other Mackinac Island resorts.
William Marshall was the first keeper (1896-1906); one of the most colorful with
his long white beard. Living quarters on second and third floors of the lighthouse.
Boiler room for fog signal and coal bin on first floor. When married keepers lived
there without their families, wives and children sometimes joined them for the summer.
At the end of the shipping season, keepers left the lighthouse until the next shipping
season, usually around April.
Prior to 1924, the entire structure had been red brick. In 1924, when an automatic
light was installed, it was painted red and white. When the Coast Guard acquired
it in July 1939, it whitewashed entire building. It is now repainted in the 1924
red & white.
Restoration Success Story: Abandoned in 1947 by the Coast Guard when replaced
by a light and radio beacon extending out from Mackinac; it was still a prominent
visual landmark. However, vandalism and lack of maintenance took its tole and in
1955 Coast Guard Committee recommended demolishing it. Instead, it got transferred
to U.S. Forest Service in 1958, and continued to deteriorate over the next 20 years.
When a 1972 fall storm opened a large hole in the wall, it looked ready to collapse
and prompted a call to action by concerned citizens. Over the next four years, a
partnership grew between Mackinac Island Historical Society, The Hiawatha National
Forest and Friends of the Round Island Society. They bolstered the foundation and
protected the structure from ice and waves. It has been a continuing struggle over
the years -- with a 1986 storm tipping the outbuilding and threatening the lighthouse.
However, the exterior has been restored and work continues. In 1995 the Great Lakes
Lighthouse Keepers Association and Boy Scout Troop 323 have joined the effort. It
recently celebrated its centennial anniversary.
This is the setting for scenes from the feature film Somewhere in Time
with Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour. This movie has captured the hearts of romantics
around the country who have formed INSIGHT (International Network of Somewhere
in Time Enthusiasts) which has 800 members. Since 1991, enthusiasts gather annually
for a weekend at the Grand Hotel in Mackinac Island.
Rock and Rock of Ages Lights, Lake Superior
These lights are in very isolated locations -- remote and romantic, and very difficult
to get to.
Stannard Rock is a huge rock submerged in Lake Superior, similar to an underground
mountain. From its "peak," which is only four feet below the surface, the
water is very shallow 14 - 20 feet for nearly a quarter of a mile. Located near shipping
lanes that were very far from shore, it was a particularly dangerous spot before
the light was erected.
One of the most remote and isolated light stations; always a stag station.
A propane explosion in 1961 killed one keeper and left the other three stranded
on the concrete base three days before a passing ship noticed them and notified Coast
Guard. As a result, it was automated in 1962. (see Bibliography: DeWire, GUARDIANS
OF THE LIGHTS)
Approaching storms traveling up Lake Superior build up incredible intensity before
slamming into Stannard Rock Light. After it was automated, a maintenance crew got
trapped in the lighthouse for days in a sudden storm. Gale winds slammed tons of
ice against the tower and platform, and when it was over they were trapped by 12
feet of ice. Took two more days of chopping to get out. (see Bibliography: Hyde,
THE NORTHERN LIGHTS)
of Ages Light, 1908
Eighteen miles from mainland and 4.5 miles from Isle Royale, also one of the most
remote on Great Lakes. Isle Royale is Americas least visited national park and one
of the nations jewels. Rugged yet approachable shoreline surrounds forests filled
with wolves, moose and elk. Campgrounds, cabins and a lodge for visitors that come
on government sponsored ferries.
It sits on a barren rock, 150 long, with a solitary bush growing from it. Its
construction was a major engineering feat, because of its isolation. The top of the
rock had to be blasted away. When it was built, its beacon was the brightest on Great
Manned from 1908-1977. Keepers and three assistants had eight month shifts, with
only occasional shore leave. In early years, Lighthouse Service only brought supplies
to lightships and crib lights, so keepers had to sail 54 miles to Port Arthur Ontario
for supplies and mail.
Story about assistant keeper C.A. McKay, whose boss, Emil Mueller, had fallen
from spiral staircase on to McKays bed while he was sleeping. He had had a fatal
heart attack. McKays explanation, "Too may steps. One room on top of another
clear to the top. His heart gave out."
In 1933 the steamer George M. Cox ran aground, and keeper John F. Soldenski helped
rescue 125 passengers, who had to huddle in the lighthouse for 24 hours until help
came.
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...To report on our experience this evening of stopping in at Gino's Restaurant in Manhattan for a drink on our way home from work. For those of you who may not be familiar with Gino's, it is an old-style red sauce and spaghetti Italian joint up the street from Bloomingdales on Lexington Avenue. Located in the same spot "since 1945", Gino's is an institution in New York, and is one of the last remaining restaurants of its type on the Upper East Side, if not Manhattan. Widely reported in the media as closing at the end of this month, Gino's is beloved among New Yorkers of "a certain age" as a dependable spot for stiff drinks and reasonably-priced, basic, old-school Southern Italian fare. Justifiably famous for its interior decorated with cherry-red wallpaper covered with black and white zebras (and not much else), Gino's is a welcome throwback to a decidedly different era.
Postcard of Gino in 1991 (photo by Frederick Charles)
The first and only time I dined at Gino's was in my twenties, when I was taken there for dinner by a friend of my parents who lived nearby, and who had a charge account at the restaurant since they didn't take credit cards in those days. My host was a single woman in her late 50s, a friend of my mother's from boarding school, and I recall she wore a black cocktail suit that evening with a diamond brooch and her hair in the classic "Vassar cut" that she had likely sported since the 1950s. Very Mary McCarthy. I don't recall all that much about the evening except that it was well-fueled with copious amounts of cocktails and wine, and dinner was basically a blur. While I enjoyed myself I wasn’t in a hurry to return as I was quite a bit younger at the time than its more "mature” habitués.
So when I read recently that Gino's was set to close later this month, supposedly a victim of the recession, I decided that I would drop in to pay my respects before its doors shut for the last time. Fortunately, a business meeting that I had in midtown this afternoon ended early enough that I could pick up Boy at his office a few minutes before 5 pm, and we headed over to Gino's to see what was what.
We arrived there to find a cluster of hard-drinking 10021 regulars at the bar. Settling in to the remaining empty barstools we ordered a round of martinis and surveyed the joint. Since it was only shortly after 5 pm it was not surprising that only a few of its many tables were occupied by diners. I was assured by the friendly barman that it would soon be full of regulars tucking in to Gino’s vast selection of easy-on-the-wallet, traditional Italian favorites. The zebra wallpaper really is quite marvelous (and has, I believe, been recently re-issued by Scalamandre), but doesn't entirely mitigate the fact that the room is largely otherwise devoid of charm with a dropped ceiling of acoustical tile and fluorescent tube lighting. Nonetheless Gino really is quite appealing in a retro way, what with its staff of late middle-aged waiters sporting short burgundy jackets and black bowties, and the room decorated with the remnants of a dime-store Christmas right out of a 1950s photograph.
Boy and I spent a pleasant half hour speaking with the other patrons at the bar and learned that reports of Gino's imminent death may be somewhat premature. Apparently the place has been packed every night since it was published that it will be closing at the end of this month, and there may be a reprieve in its future. I'm happy to learn that may be the case, as I think it would be a shame to send this old zebra to the glue factory any time soon.
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2015-48/2551/en_head.json.gz/7168 | Jack Morrow by George Stephens Annals of Wyoming, April 1968Point of Rocks-South Pass Freight Road Trek 113Adventurous men, some good, some bad, had many stories woven around them in the early days. Jack Morrow was one of the bad ones. He started his career on the plains as a common thief and later went into the upper brackets of swindling. There is no record of his shady activities before he appeared on the Wyoming plains in the late fifties, although he was well known in Nebraska and Denver long before the coming of the railroad.He began as a teamster hauling freight from Omaha to Denver and Salt Lake. During this time he accumulated a stake by tapping his freight and stealing part of each load. He was also a braggart and boaster. He would find out who had money, then manage to waylay or rob them so he became prosperous and rich and wore a huge diamond pin.Alex Constant became his partner and the two operated a trading post about 1860. Later Jack robbed his partner, fled and established his famous Junction ranch near here. He built a story and-a-half house sixty feet long, and dug deep ditches to make the emigrants pass his ranch so he could steal their livestock. The ditches can still be seen. It was risky to claim the lost livestock, for Morrow's reputation was well known. He hired both Indians and white men to steal the stock. A high point was used for a lookout. Today, the figure of a Sioux Indian scout stands on the point where a view of the valley extends for miles.Each year, Jack made a trip to Omaha with the freight wagons piled high. He recognized the possibility of mining lignite coal so operated a mine near Black Buttes before the railroad came. He secured a contract to furnish the Union Pacific with ties and 25, 000 cords of wood to be cut between Black Buttes and Green River. He boasted of short-counting and hollow-centers in the piles of timber.Once in a poker game he won $60,000 from a group of men sent from Washington to investigate irregularities in government contracts. Omaha at the time tolerated open gambling.His first wife, a squaw, died and he married a white woman who proved to be the daughter of a man he once robbed. He became a county commissioner in Lincoln County, Nebraska Territory, but soon his gambling and drinking consumed his wealth and he died in poverty in 1885.In spite of his reputation, his name has been perpetuated in Sweetwater County. Jack Morrow Creek, Jack Morrow Canyon, and Jack Morrow Hills are all named for this scalawag. | 旅游 |
2015-48/2551/en_head.json.gz/7243 | Travel in China > Historical Cities > Batch ��
E-Mail This Article Print Friendly Format Weishan The Weishan Yi and Hui Autonomous County is located in the south of the Dali Bai Autonomous Region in the west of Yunnan Province. Lying in the upper section of Ailao Mountain and Wuliang Mountain, Weishan is more than 54 kilometers from Kunming, the provincial capital of Yunnan, and 54 kilometers from Dali City, the seat of the prefectural government. It has under its jurisdiction nine villages, two towns and 82 village offices. Weishan has a long history and numerous historic sites and scenic spots. Sixteen sites of the Neolithic Era have been discovered in Weishan. The county has preserved more than 2,100 cultural relics in museums at different levels, and boasts 30 plus cultural relics sites under province, prefecture and county level protection. Since the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), the place has turned out more than 20 successful candidates in the highest imperial examinations, and over 200 successful candidates in the provincial level imperial examinations, who left many precious calligraphic works here. In the reign of Emperor Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), Weishan was conferred the title of Famous State of Literature by the emperor. Weishan has numerous historic sites and special scenery. The ancient county, built in the 23rd year of the Hongwu reign in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), has ancient buildings here and there, among which the symbolic one is the magnificent Hongchen Building. Weibao Mountain, one of the fourteen famous Taoist mountains in China, features enchanting scenery and refined ancient architecture, and has been proclaimed as a key cultural relics site under the provincial protection. The fourth renowned Taoist temple in China stands on Weibao Mountain. In the county, there are the Xuanzhu Taoist Temple, the Yuanjue Temple, the Yunyin Temple, the Shihe Nunnery, Longyu Mountain, Wuyin Mountain, the Sanhe Cave, the Guifeng Temple, and the Mosque, etc. Therefore, Weishan was proclaimed as one of the key counties of religious work in Yunnan Province. Taoism, Buddhism, Islam, Catholicism and primitive religion all enjoy a long history here, and there are altogether 104 Taoist temples, 85 Buddhist temples, 22 mosques and 78 temples of primitive religion in the county. Weishan is a place inhabited by ethnic minorities and takes on dense ethic folk art of primitive simplicity. The Dage collective dance of the Yi ethnic minority is very elegant accompanied by a kind of a reed pipe wind instrument that makes sound pleasant to listen to. The Firebrand Festival is a festive day after a bumper harvest. The area of Weishan abounds in natural resources, and you can find some virgin forest within the border. The county is also a famous hometown of overseas Chinese, with more than 1,400 Chinese sojourning in different countries in Europe, America and the Asia-Pacific Region. In 1988, the State Council proclaimed Weishan an open county, and listed it a Dali scenic area at the national level. In 1992, the Ministry of Forestry approved Weibao Mountain to be a national level forest park. In 1994, the ancient Weishan City was listed as a historical and cultural city of China. With colorful scenery, Weishan is indeed a good place for travel, sightseeing, holidaymaking, vacation and archeological study.
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2015-48/2551/en_head.json.gz/7631 | Las Vegas Celebrity Chefs
Dinner. As seen on TV. They're the best in the world at what they do. They're the rock stars of the culinary world and we're here, awestruck, holding our lighters in the air and waiting for an encore. Or an entrée. more... Las Vegas celebrity chef restaurants are around every corner. Seriously, you can't throw a starched white napkin without hitting one. And they're full of your fellow culinary curators, including celebrity non-chefs who just want a great bite to eat. They're places to see and be seen at. And to devour in.You'll find that Las Vegas celebrity chefs do it a little differently out here, with seasonal, fresh creations, evolving menus and a laid-back atmosphere. Come as you are and order anything you like. Or order nothing at all. The waiters will happily take you down a culinary rabbit hole that you'll be trying to recount for years to come. If you want a food adventure, you'll find several, provided by names like Emeril Lagasse, Michael Mina and Wolfgang Puck to name a few.But why name a few. It's Vegas and we like things in excess. So start making reservations now, and don't forget to check out the newest celeb-chef-owned establishments, such as Guy Fieri's Vegas Kitchen and Bar at The Linq and Giada De Laurentiis' GIADA: The Restaurant at The Cromwell.From Nobu Matsuhisa and Gordon Ramsay to Todd English and Bobby Flay, you'll find them all in Vegas. English's Olives at Bellagio even throws in a spectacular view of the fountain show for a little ambience. If you're into famous chefs, Las Vegas offers them at all price points. Because everyone deserves to eat that well. And in Vegas, nothing is out of reach. Keyword | 旅游 |
2015-48/2551/en_head.json.gz/7880 | Pelargonium suburbanum Clifford ex Boucher subsp. suburbanum
Family: Geraniaceae
Common name: wildemalva
Pelargonium suburbanum is a sprawling, mat forming herbaceous shrublet, with dark green leaves and large dark pink to purple flowers from mid-winter to mid summer (June to well into January). It occurs in the winter rainfall area of southern Africa, from the Cape Peninsula to Port Elizabeth. This particular subspecies occurs in coastal areas in the Eastern Cape from Humansdorp to Port Elizabeth, where it often grows in openings in low scrub on sand dunes. This area receives rain in summer too.
Pelargonium suburbanum subsp. suburbanum belongs in the family Geraniaceae, a large cosmopolitan family of approximately 11 genera and 800 species in subtropical and temperate regions of the world. The South African genera in the Geraniaceae family are Pelargonium, Geranium, Erodium, Monsonia and Sarcocaulon. There are approximately 270 species of Pelargonium which occur in S, E and NE Africa, Asia, St Helena, Tristan da Cunha, Madagascar, Australia and New Zealand, most of which ( ± 219 species) occur in southern Africa, with a large concentration of more than 135 species that occur in the southern portion of South Africa between Nieuwoudtville in the West and Port Elizabeth in the East. The distinctive shape of the seed pod of geranium plants is responsible for the name of the both the genus Geranium and the family Geraniaceae, from the Greek geranos, a crane, as the seed pod resembles the head and beak of a crane. Similarly Pelargonium is derived from the Greek pelargos, a stork, and Erodium is from the Greek erodios, a heron, as the fruit resembles the head and/or bill of these birds. The botanical names can thus be translated as crane's-bill, stork's-bill and heron's-bill respectively. The name suburbanum refers to the original name given to this plant, Pelargonium urbanum, as the first collection of this plant was apparently made in an urban area (urbanus in Latin). The common name, wildemalva, means 'wild mallow' in English, and is a name applied to many South African pelargoniums, although not in the translated form.
Many species and hybrids of Pelargonium are commonly called geraniums, a misnomer that has stuck, while true geraniums are also commonly called geraniums, or are known as crane's-bill. This 'name-sharing' has resulted in confusion between these two genera, but they can in fact be very easily distinguished. The genus Geranium has flowers with five equal petals symmetrically arranged that can be divided into two equal halves along more than one plane, while the genus Pelargonium has flowers which can only be cut into two equal halves along one plane, in this case the vertical plane. The flowers of Pelargonium suburbanum subsp. suburbanum for instance have two large upper petals and two or three much smaller lower petals. A photograph of Geranium incanum, the carpet geranium, is shown for comparison between a typical Geranium flower and a Pelargonium flower. Plants from both genera are grown in large numbers in gardens in bo | 旅游 |
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edit IntroductionZanzibar - Stone Town© All Rights Reserved malmnSailors return from Zanzibar with tales of the heavy scent of cloves that can be smelt even before the island is visible on the horizon. Zanzibar, known alternatively as the Spice Island, has made its impression on the world for centuries, acting as a significant trading port for Arabs and Europeans alike. Now, in a smart political move that's had great ramifications for tourists, the island has joined forces with Tanganyika to form Tanzania. Travelling there never looked so good. The fine attractions of Zanzibar are packaged together with the mainland's equally impressive collection of crowd-drawers: Mount Kilimanjaro (Africa's tallest peak and arguably its most rewarding climb), Dar es Salaam (the capital and hub of cultural activity), Serengeti National Park (for East Africa's best safari) and the sensational Ngorongoro Crater. The range and frequency of Tanzania's highlights makes it one of your best bets for a great East African holiday.edit Brief HistoryTanzania is probably one of the oldest countries ever to be known continuously inhabited areas on Earth; fossil remains of humans and pre-human hominids have been found dating back over two million years. About 2,000 years ago, Bantu-speaking people began to arrive from western Africa in a series of migrations. Later, Nilotic pastoralists arrived, and continued to immigrate into the area through to the 18th century. Travellers and merchants from the Persian Gulf and Western India have visited the East African coast since early in the first millennium AD. Islam was practised on the Swahili coast as early as the eighth or ninth century AD. Claiming the coastal strip, Omani Sultan Seyyid Said moved his capital to Zanzibar City in 1840. During this time, Zanzibar became the center for the Arab slave trade.In the late 19th century, Imperial Germany conquered the regions that are now Tanzania (minus Zanzibar), Rwanda, and Burundi, and incorporated them into German East Africa. During World War I, an invasion attempt by the British was thwarted by German General Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, who then mounted a drawn out guerrilla campaign against the British. The post-World War I accords and the League of Nations charter designated the area a British Mandate, except for a small area in the northwest, which was ceded to Belgium and later became Rwanda and Burundi). British rule came to an end in 1961 after a relatively peaceful (compared with neighbouring Kenya, for instance) transition to independence, with Julius Nyerere as the first president. After the Zanzibar Revolution overthrew the Arab regime in neighboring Zanzibar, which had become independent in 1963, the island merged with mainland Tanganyika to form the nation of Tanzania on 26 April 1964. Nyerere set up one-party rule. The communist bloc powers of China, East Germany and the USSR established friendly relations with the new regime. Corruption was rampant.Years of socialism left the country as one of the poorest, the least developed and the most aid-dependent in the world. From the mid 1980s, the regime financed itself by borrowing from the International Monetary Fund and underwent some reforms. From the mid 1980s Tanzania's GDP per capita has grown and poverty has been reduced and tourism has risen to proportions which are becoming almost beyond sustainability.edit GeographyAt 947,300 km², Tanzania is the world's 31st-largest country. Compared to other African countries, it is slightly smaller than Egypt and comparable in size to Nigeria. It lies mostly between latitudes 1° and 12°S, and longitudes 29° and 41°E. Tanzania is mountainous in the northeast, where Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest peak, is situated. To the north and west are Lake Victoria (Africa's largest lake) and Lake Tanganyika (the continent's deepest lake, known for its unique species of fish); to the southwest lies Lake Nyasa. Central Tanzania comprises a large plateau, with plains and arable land. The eastern shore is hot and humid, with the island of Zanzibar lying just offshore.Tanzania contains many large and ecologically significant wildlife parks, including the famous Ngorongoro Crater, Serengeti National Park in the north, and Selous Game Reserve and Mikumi National Park in the south. Gombe National Park in the west is known as the site of Dr. Jane Goodall's studies of chimpanzee behaviour. The government of Tanzania through its department of tourism has embarked on a campaign to promote the Kalambo water falls in the southwestern region of Rukwa as one of Tanzania's main tourist destinations. The Kalambo Falls are the second highest in Africa and are located near the southern tip of Lake Tanganyika. The Menai Bay Conservation Area is Zanzibar's largest marine protected area. The Engaresero village on the Western shores of Lake Natron has been chosen by the government of Tanzania to exemplify the Maasai pastoral system given its singularity, integrity, high diversity of habitats and biodiversity. The site also has major additional significance, because of the presence of Lake Natron and the volcano Ol Doinyo Lengai, which have immense ecological, geological and cultural value. The community has demonstrated a strong resilience in facing threats to their systems, and has maintained associated social and cultural institutions, which ensure its sustainability under prevailing environmental conditions.edit RegionsNorthwestern Tanzania includes the Serengeti and access to Lake Victoria.North Coast of TanzaniaNorth Coast of TanzaniaCentral Tanzania is a vast grassland plateauNorthern Highlands - includes Africa's tallest mountain, KilimanjaroSouthern Highlands - Ruaha National Park, volcanic mountains, crater lakes, natural attractions, waterfalls, beautiful Matema BeachSouthern TanzaniaWestern Tanzania includes Lake Tanganyika and Katavi National ParkZanzibar, an island off Tanzania's coast in the Indian Ocean.edit CitiesDar es Salaam - the biggest cityDodoma - the capitalArusha - gateway to the Kilimanjaro and northern parksMoshi - another gateway to the KilimanjaroMwanza - in the northwest along the shores of Lake VictoriaKigoma - in the west along the shores of Lake TanganykaTangaTobora - central west of the countryIringa - central TanzaniaMorogoro - centre of the country, in between Dar es Salaam and DodomaMbeya - south of the country, gateway to ZambiaMtwara - southeast of Tanzaniaedit Sights and ActivitiesTanzania is one of the best countries in Africa to experience a real African safari and along with Kenya it probably is the best in East Africa. For more information about a safari in Tanzania check the safari article for more details about possibilities, costs and parks to choose from.Serengeti National ParkTanzania's oldest and most popular national park, the Serengeti National Park is famed for its annual migration, when some six million hooves pound the open plains, as more than 200,000 zebra and 300,000 Thomson's gazelle join the wildebeest’s trek for fresh grazing.Ngorongoro CraterAfter a good meal in Ngorongoro© All Rights Reserved UtrechtThe Ngorongoro Crater with its steep walls of 610 metres has become a natural enclosure for a very wide variety of wildlife, including most of the species found in East Africa, except the giraffe. Aside from herds of zebra, gazelle and wildebeest, the crater is home to the "big five" of rhinoceros, lion, leopard, elephant and buffalo, and is often an excellent chance to see wildlife.Selous Game ReserveThe Selous Game Reserve is the second biggest game reserve of Africa and you can find wild dogs, elephants, black rhinos, crocodiles, cheetahs, and many more different kinds of wildlife living in the same areas. Relatively undisturbed by human impact, this is a great place to go and usually a better option that the more crowded Serengeti National Park. Covering 50,000 square kilometres of land, this Reserve was made an UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1982. There are a few good lodges that you can stay at in the Reserve, as well as many different guided safaris.Katavi National ParkKatavi National Park isn't the biggest park in Tanzania but it is by far the most remote and is jam packed with game. It's famous for having the highest density of mammals per square kilometre of all Tanzanias parks and for its huge herds of buffalo (up to 2,000). However, the best feature is that few people know about Katavi. Because of that, it only receives about 300 visitors per year in comparison with Serengeti's 2 million. The park entrance fees are also considerably less than all other Tanzanian parks.Lake TanganyikaTanganyika Sunset© All Rights Reserved robandpolLake Tanganyika is the longest and second deepest lake in the world. It is also estimated to be the second largest freshwater lake in the world by volume. It is not easy to get to, but the long dirt roads are well worth it. It is absolutely stunning and its crystal clear waters are full with at least 250 different kinds of fish. Since 2004, the lake has been a massive focus to monitor the state of the lake, improve water quality, and set common criteria for acceptable levels of sediments and pollution. In fact, the water is so clean that in some places of Lake Tanganyika, you can drink it!edit Events and FestivalsIn Tanzania, the best places to enjoy festivals are Dar es Salaam and Zanzibar.Festival of the Dhow Countries - Held in early July every year, this festival is one of music and movies. It is a two-week festival, with a week-long International Film Festival held in Zanzibar. This a great festival for music and movie lovers as there is something to do every day with local screenings throughout the city.Mwaka Kongwa Festival - A four-day event held in July/August, the Mwaka Konwa Festival is a must see for visitors to Tanzania. This festival is where locals will gather, men thrash each other with banana stalks to settle arguments from the previous year, and women dress up, sing, and dance. There is even a straw hut that is set on fire and a big feast after that! It is a really great look into local Tanzanian culture.Bagamoyo Arts Festival - Held in the coastal town of Bagamoyo, between Dar es Salaam and Zanzibar, this week-long festival is great to be a part of! The Babamoyo Arts Festival features traditional and contemporary music and dance, as well as grand exhibitions, acrobatic shows, and workshops.Unification Day - Arguably one of the biggest celebrations in Tanzania, Unification Day is celebrated on April 26, when the Zanzibar Islands joined Tanganyika (now known as the Republic of Tanzania) in 1964. Locals get dressed up in their traditional garb in the main cities and you can expect plenty of flag waving and parades.Wanyambo Festival - The Wanyambo Festival is one of the best opportunities to check out the local culture of Tanzania in early January. The event is staged in the northern area of Dar es Salaam known as Makumbusho, with lots of traditional music, dance, costumes, and food.Kiliman Adventure Challenge - A triathlon if there ever was one, the Kiliman Adventure Challenge involves three grueling events in February to discover the “KiliMan.” Events include a hike up Mount Kilimanjaro (not judged), followed by a mountain bike jaunt around the great circumference, and finally the Kilimanjaro Marathon.Kilimanjaro Marathon - A separate entity from the Kiliman Adventure Challenge, the Kilimanjaro Marathon is a road race under the guise of the world’s highest solitary mountain. There’s also a half marathon and fun runs so everyone can get involved. The events take place in late February when it’s the coolest.Mzalendo Halisi Music Festival - A two-day music festival in May, Mzalendo Halisi is staged in Kigitonyama in northwest Dar es Salaam. It features traditional Tanzanian music by local performers along with art and cultural exhibitions.Karibu Travel and Tourism Fair - For those in Arusha in May/June, the Karibu Travel and Tourism Fair is a must to partake in, the biggest of its kind in East Africa. There are all sorts of Tanzanian items for purchase, from gemstones and furniture to safari gear and wine.Mwaka Kogwa Festival - This four-day event in July/August is a must for visitors to Zanzibar, when village men thrash each other with banana stalks to settle arguments from the previous year. Women dress up, sing and dance, a straw hut is set on fire and a feast ensues.Eid al-Fitr - Zanzibar is the place to witness Eid al-Fitr, the end of Ramadan in August. The best site is Makunduchi where there is much pageantry, dancing and dining.edit WeatherTanzania generally has a warm tropical climate with humid weather year round. Temperatures are generally around 30 °C during the day and still above 20 °C at night at most places around the coast and on Zanzibar as well as places more south and west. In the central and central north though conditions are somewhat different with temperatures during the day slightly lower during the cooler June to September period, but a bit higher in the hot December to February period. Night temperatures can drop below 10 °C at night though during the cooler June to September period, mainly because of the altitude of places like Arusha and the capital Dodoma. The central parts of the country have a totally dry time during these months as well, whereas the coastal areas and Zanzibar never are entirely dry. Instead, they have a long wet season from March to May with April being the wettest month. It can rain for several days on end, whereas during the short wet period from late October to early December rain usually comes in late afternoon downpours. Note that some parts like the Ngorongoro Crater Rim and the higher parts of the Kilimanjaro mountain never get really hot.edit Getting therePlaneAir Tanzania is the national airline of the country and is based at Julius Nyerere International Airport (DAR) near Dar es Salaam. It offers flights to/from Blantyre, Lilongwe, Arusha, Moroni, Entebbe, Juba, Nairobi, Harare, London, Johannesburg, Kilimanjaro International Airport, Addis Ababa, Anjouan, Cairo, Lusaka, Dubai, Amsterdam, Maputo, Muscat, Doha, Kigali, Zürich and Istanbul. Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO) is probably of more importance to travellers as it is closer to the Kilimanjaro mountain and safari parks. There are direct flights from Amsterdam with KLM and Frankfurt with Condor. Other flights are mainly within the continent.TrainCentrally located in Zambia, north of the capital Lusaka, Kapiri Mposhi is the starting point of a two nights trainride to Dar es Salaam on the Tanzanian coast. From here you can travel further by boat or plane to the tropical island of spices, Zanzibar. This so called TAZARA Railway (Tanzania-Zambia Railway) operates scheduled services twice a week, leaving in both ends of the line on Tuesdays and Fridays around 4:00pm, arriving on Thursdays and Sundays at 9:30am in Zambia, but after noon in the other direction in Dar es Salaam.By CarTravelling to and from Tanzania is straightforward, provided you have your car papers and insurance in order. A bribe usually is not necessary, though you never know in Africa. You can use a lot of border crossings, mainly with Kenya, Zambia, Rwanda and Malawi.By BusBuses connect Dar es Salaam with Lusaka in Zambia, taking almost 30 hours to cover the distance. Buses also travel several times a week between Dar es Salaam and Lilongwe in Malawi.By BoatThere are boats across Lake Tanganyika to and from Zambia and across Lake Malawi to and from Malawi.The trip to Zambia starts in Kigoma, usually on Fridays or Satudays. There are ferries between southwestern Tanzania and Mozambique via Malawi on the MV Songea between Mbamba Bay and Nkhata Bay. From here it goes on to Likoma Island (Malawi), Cóbuè and Metangula (both in Mozambique) on the MV Ilala. The MV Ilala departs from Monkey Bay (Malawi) at 10am Friday, arriving in Metangula (via Chipoka and Nkhotakota in Malawi) at 6am Saturday, reaching Cóbuè (Mozambique) around midday, Likoma Island at 1.30pm and Nkhata Bay at 1am Sunday morning. In southern direction departures are at 8pm Monday from Nkhata Bay and at 6.30am Tuesday from Likoma Island, reaching Cóbuè at 7am and Metangula at midday.edit Getting aroundPlaneTanzania has four international airports located within its borders and over 100 smaller airports or landing strips. Precision Air flies between Bukoba, Kigoma, Kilimanjaro, Musoma, Mwanza, Shinyanga, Tabora and Zanzibar. Air Tanzania has several flights as well between Zanzibar, Dar es Salaam and Mwanza. http://www.coastal.cc|Coastal Air]] has flights between many private air strips and the country and the major towns and cities, as well as the islands of Zanzibar, Pemba and Mafia.By TrainTanzania Railways Corporation has services from Dar es Salaam to the interior at Tabora. Here, a branch goes to Kigoma in the west and one goes south to Mwanza. Tanzania and Zambia Railway Authority has twice a week trains between Dar es Salaam and Zambia, with stops in Tanzania on the route as well.By CarTanzania has a surprisingly well maintained network of tarred roads, which constitutes for 80% of its passenger traffic, and some secondary dirt roads which are passable at all times. Many other roads on the other hand become impassable after heavy rains. It is best to rent 4wd vehicles, especially if you want to explore the beautiful national parks that Tanzania has to offer. Traffic drives on the left and cars can be hired at major cities like Dar es Salaam and Arusha, also with a driver if you prefer. A national driver's licence is valid as long as it is in English, otherwise an international driving permit is recommended. Note that it is expensive to rent cars, so it is best to split up the costs with several persons.By BusThere are dozens of bus companies, one of which is Scandinavia Express (yes, you have read it right!), offering services between all major cities and regional towns, like Dar es Salaam, Arusha, Tabora, Dodoma, Mwanza, Moshi, Morogoro and Kigoma. Alongside the large bus companies are smaller independents who run 'Dala Dala's'. These are small people carriers, transit vans and converted pick-up trucks. They run all the main routes and many more. Simply turn up, hop on and off you go. There are two slight drawbacks, they only go when they are full and even when they are full, they can squeeze more on. In general though, they are cheap, fast and fun.By BoatAzam Marine and Sea Express run frequent, fast and comfortable hydrofoils and catamarans between Dar es Salaam and Zanzibar, taking around one and a half hour each way. There are also services from Zanzibar to Pemba. There are ferries on Lake Tanganyika and Lake Victoria. There is an overnight service on Lake Victoria between the ports of Bukoba and Mwanza which takes 10 hours. The service on Lake Tanganyika runs between Kigoma in the west of Tanzania and Mpulunga in Zambia at the south of the lake, stopping at other Tanzanian places as well.By BikeIt's a great country to cycle through. Traffic can be bad at times, so it can be dangerous especially since bikes don't have the right of way. It's best to keep an eye out for cars. In the rural areas, watch out for the wildlife and predators!edit Red TapeNationals of the following countries do not need a visa:Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Botswana, Brunei, Cyprus, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Kenya, Kiribati, Lesotho, Malaysia, Malawi, Malta, Maldives, Mauritius, Namibia, Nauru, Sao Tome & Principe, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Seychelles, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Swaziland, Tuvalu, Tonga, Uganda, Vanuatu, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Also no visa is required for stays of less than 3 months for citizens of Namibia, Romania, Rwanda, Hong Kong and all commonwealth member states (except the United kingdom, Canada, Bangladesh, New Zealand, Nigeria, India, & South Africa). The latter Commonwealth countries ad most other nationalities can get a visa upon arrival for a fee which is usually around $50, but can be higher for some foreigners. Double entry visas are usually twice as expensive as well, around $100. You can get the visa upon arrival at Dar-es-Salaam International Airport, Kilimanjaro International Airport, Zanzibar International Airport and Namanga boarder crossing point between Tanzania and Kenya. Some other points might join this list later, but for now you will need a visa beforehand if travelling from Mozambique or Rwanda for example. In general, it is advised to obtain a visa before you arrive in Tanzania, because some rules tend to change now and then. Most times though, travellers will be fine to get one upon arrival. The following nationalities cannot get a visa on arrival: Afghanistan, Algeria, Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Gambia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Mali, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sri Lanka, Somalia , Sudan, Syria, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey and Yemen. East Africa might get a single tourist visa in 2010 and the East African Community (EAC) is working towards a plan to implement this visa, which basically is one visa which is valid in five countries: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi. The trial phase would be available for tourists from Germany, France, the US, Italy, Japan, Canada, South Africa, the UK, Netherlands, Belgium and the Scandinavian countries.edit MoneySee also Money MattersThe local currency is the Shilling, which can only be obtained in Tanzania. Coins are available in 50, 100 and 1,000 cents and bank notes in denominations of 500, 1000, 2000, 5,000 and 10,000 shillings. Please note that older or torn notes are not accepted everywhere, so you should carry newer bank notes. The 10,000 and 5,000 notes can be difficult to break when shopping in small shops, a.k.a. dukas. In Tanzania, it's usually the customer's responsibility to provide exact change. But if they do agree to provide change, you could be left with several 1000 and 500 notes of very poor quality. However, you won't have such problems in the large hotels and restaurants catering to foreigners.US dollars are welcome in all shops, but they often give back in Shilling at unfarourable exchange rates. ATM's can be found in many large cities and usually have their own security guards. Please note that the daily cash withdrawal limit is about US$300 which you receive in local Tanzanian Shilling.Foreign currency can be exchanged at banks, bureau de changes and most hotels have forex facilities (keep in mind that the rates here can be higher than the ones in banks). Please note that money exchange on streets is prohibited and even dangerous. Major banks are open from 09:00am-3:00pm Monday till Friday and from 09:00am-11:00am on Saturdays. International credit cards are accepted by most stores, restaurants, hotels, camps, lodges, car rental firms etc. However they are not widely used and many small shops in rural areas will not accept them. You will have to pay a surcharge between 5-15%, if you use a credit card. Tanzania does not have any restrictions about the amount of foreign currency or travellers cheques you may bring with you.edit WorkThere is a wide assortment of volunteer organisations sending volunteers and interns to Tanzania to do work in health care, orphanages, education, and development projects. Finding a paying job may be more of a daunting task, taking more time and making use of local connections, but a job could be certainly obtainable when sought hard enough.edit StudyVarious schools and volunteer programs offer courses ranging from Beginners Swahili to Economic Development. Dar es Salaam also has a well-established University, which has exchange programs with several universities in the US and other countries.edit LanguageThe two most spoken languages are the Bantu Swahili language and English, the latter inherited by colonial rule. They serve as the two official languages. Currently, around 10% of people from Tanzania speak Swahili as a first language, and up to 90% of them speak it as a second language. Most Tanzanians are not only bilingual, knowing how to speak Swahili as well as their local language, but many are also trilingual and are able to speak English.Tanzania is a multilingual country; they have many languages that are spoken in their country but no single language is spoken natively by a majority of the population. There are over 129 languages that exist in Tanzania, 126 are still actively being spoken and 3 are no longer spoken or ‘extinct’. . Within Tanzania’s various populations and ethnic groups, they typically speak their mother tongues within their own communities. Among the languages spoken in Tanzania, all of the four major languages of Africa’s language families are present including: Bantu, Cushitic, Nilotic, and Khoisan. The two official languages, English and Swahili, are used to varying degrees of fluency when communicating with other populations. In 1984, the nation announced that Swahili is the language of the political sphere and primary/adult education, and English would be the language of secondary education/universities, technology, and the courts. People are encouraged to use Swahili, particularly in urban areas, as often as possible in an attempt to unify the many different ethnic groups that live in Tanzania.edit EatThe food in Tanzania is of a relatively high standard, with less chance of catching stomach complaints than in other countries in the region. As with many other African countries, their most common cultural dish is Ugali. Usually composed of corn, with a similar consistency to a stiff paste or porridge, this dish isn't bad to eat for those who have never tried it before! Other local foods that are typically eaten are mixtures of cassava and millet flours (also used for ugali), rice, cooked green bananas, beef, goat meat, beans, fish, and leafy green vegetables.Street food is also cheap and plentiful. Barbecued maize on the cob is very nice, as are the chipped potatoes (fries), cooked over a roaring fire.Mandazi is a sweet doughnut-styled food that is mostly made fresh each morning. Great with coffee in the morning, it makes an ideal snack.edit SleepAlthough Tanzania is still considered a third world country, there are many great places to stay, especially the parks, on Zanzibar and some larger cities. Accommodation options range from backpacker hostels and cheap pensions to luxurious hotels and lodges and anything in between. One of the other great places to stay in Tanzania is in the south in a place called Selous Game Reserve, which is Africa’s largest reserve as well as a World heritage site. You can see all kinds of wildlife there including elephants, cheetahs, rhinos, hippos, and crocodiles. Although accommodation is somewhat limited there, there are plenty of nice places to stay.In Dar es Salaam, Tanzania's largest and richest city there are many different hotels and guest houses to stay.edit DrinkBottled water is cheap and widely available throughout the country. You shouldn't drink the tap water unless you have no other option, and it must either be filtered with a high quality filter and purifier or brought to a boil before consumption. Recent tests on tap water have found it contaminated with e-coli bacteria.Konyagi is a wonderful gin-like beverage, sold only in Tanzania. Domestic beers are Kilimanjaro, Serengeti and Safari, which are western-style and very good. Imports include Tusker, Stella Artois, and Castle. Locally produced banana-beer is also available at times, but questionably safe to drink. Traditionally, you will drink this out of a hollowed gourd. First drink the guests, who then pass it to the elders. In some parts of Tanzania, fermented bamboo juice (Pombe) is the common tipple.Passion fruit, mango, and orange juices are available in many restaurants, and excellent when the fruits are in season. Soft drinks are widely available; Stoney Tangawizi (ginger ale - tangawizi means 'ginger', in Swahili) is one of the most popular. Other popular beverages are Orange Fanta, Bitter Lemon, Soda Water, Tonic Water, and Lassi (a sweet or salty yogurt drink).edit HealthSee also Travel HealthThere are no vaccinations legally required to travel to Tanzania. There are two exceptions though. You have to have a cholera stamp (prove of the fact that you don't have that desease) when going to Zanzibar. And you need a yellow fever vaccination if you have travelled to a country (7 days or less before entering Tanzania) where that disease is widely prevalent. A yellow fever vaccination is recommended anyway!Still, it's a good thing to get your vaccinations in order before travelling to Tanzania. The general vaccination against Diphtheria, Tetanus and Polio (DTP) is recommended. Also both hepatitis A as well as typhoid would be recommended. If you are staying longer than 3 months or have a particular risk (travelling by bike, handling of animals, visits to caves) you might consider a rabies vaccination. Vaccination against Tuberculosis as well as hepatitis B are also sometimes recommended for stays longer than 3 months. When staying longer than 6 months, vaccination against meningitis might be recommended, depending on your contact with other people. Like most African countries south of the Sahara, Malaria is prevalent in the country. Don't underestimate this tropical disease and take precautions. Buy repellent (preferably with 50% DEET), and sleep under a net. Finally, other possible health issues include diarrhea and other general travellers' diseases like motion sickness. Watch what you eat and drink and in case you get it, drink plenty of fluids (to prevent dehydration) and bring ORS. Also note that Southern Africa and thus Tanzania as well has a high percentage of people with AIDS.edit SafetySee also Travel SafetyIn general Tanzania is a safe country to travel around, though you are advised to keep an eye out when in Dar es Salaam, especially at night. Better to avoid quiet streets and take taxis instead. Your biggest hazards will probably be natural ones, like heat or the altitude when going up Mount Kilimanjaro, or mosquitos which can transmit diseases. Also traffic can be a problem, with regular accidents, also with small planes sometimes and recently a ferry between the mainland and Zanzibar. If the boat seems to crowded, it usually is.edit Keep ConnectedInternetMajor tourist areas and cities have internet cafes and many hotels offer (free) wifi nowadays. Connections can be slower at more remote places. Also safari oriented places offer some sort of internet connections as well, by computers or wifi.PhoneSee also International Telephone CallsThe International Dialling Code for Tanzania is +255, followed by area codes (e.g. (0)22 for Dar es Salaam, or (0)27 for Arusha). Calling from Tanzania, you dial 00 plus the relevant country code (44 for the UK, 1 for the USA).There are four cell providers in Tanzania: Zain (the major one), Zantel, Vodacom and Tigo, who all offer roaming facilities. Connections are good in Tanzania, even in places such as Tarangire, Manyara, Ngorongoro Crater, and some parts of the Serengeti (the western and northern region of the Serengeti not). You can buy the prepaid cards in amounts ranging from $5 to $50. You can even buy a cell phone while in Tanzania. The price for a simple cell phone ranges between $55 and $80.Avoid roaming charges with you home cellphone and turn it off. Instead, use a local SIM card or just wifi.PostTanzania Posts Corporation is the national postal services of Tanzania. There are post officies in most major cities and towns throughout the country, which are generally open Monday to Friday from 8:00am to 4:30pm and Saturday from 9:00am to noon. Services are generally quite reliable though not very fast. Prices for international airmal services start at around 500-600 TSHS to other countries in East Africa and 700-900 TSHS to Europe and North America for postcards and letters up to 20 grams. Small packages start at around 2,000-3,000 TSHS, but it's generally better to do business with international parcel services like TNT, UPS, DHL or FedEx.edit External LinksOfficial Governmental WebsiteTanzania National Parks Website
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What Should I Know About Saint Vincent and the Grenadines?
The nation of Saint Vincent is the ancestral home of the Garifuna people, who intermarried with local Carib Indians. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines are home to several luxurious beachfront properties. View slideshow of images above
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is an island nation in the Caribbean. It covers 150 square miles (390 sq. km), making it a bit more than twice as large as Washington, DC. The nation is made up of the island of Saint Vincent, and many of the islands in the Grenadine island chain. The remainder of the Grenadines belong to Grenada.
Like many of the Caribbean islands, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines underwent settlement many centuries before the arrival of the Europeans, ultimately winding up with a largely Carib population base. Throughout the 17th century the Caribs of Saint Vincent fought off Europeans who tried to land on their shores, avoiding the immediate fate of the neighboring islands of disease and slavery.
Escaped African slaves from nearby islands made their way to Saint Vincent before European control was established on the island, and intermarried with the local Caribs. By the early 18th century Carib resistance had been beaten down, and the French began to settle the islands, importing new African slaves to work a number of crops. Ownership of the islands bounced back and forth between the French and the British for a few decades, ultimately winding up under British rule in 1783. Ad
From the first half of the 19th century, with the abolition of slavery, Portuguese and East Indians began moving to the island to work the British plantations, forming sizable populations by the late 19th century. In the early 20th century the British created a legislative council, and in 1951 universal suffrage was declared. The British continued moving Saint Vincent and the Grenadines towards eventual independence, attempting to align the islands with other islands, as with the West Indies Federation. None of these alliances held, however. In 1969 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines were given statehood, making them substantially autonomous. Finally, in 1979, the nation finally gained independence, remaining a Commonwealth Realm with Queen Elizabeth II as Monarch.
Tourism is growing steadily in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and the infrastructure is developing rapidly. A number of high-profile, wealthy Americans and Europeans have settled in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and there is definitely a luxury class here, with all the resulting accommodations and support structures. It’s still possible to travel here relatively cheaply, however, with enough small guest houses and hole-in-the-wall eateries to keep a backpacker as financially happy as they’re likely to be in most of the Caribbean.
Beautiful beaches, pristine waters, and steady temperatures year-round make Saint Vincent and the Grenadines an ideal place to just soak up the sun’s rays. The many islands in the Grenadines offer exciting opportunities for beauty as well, with green islands such as Bequia offering a great getaway from the already tranquil Saint Vincent. The Botanical Gardens on Saint Vincent date from 1763, making them the oldest in the region, and feature an astonishing array of local flora.
Saint Vincent can only be reached by air by first flying through a nearby island, usually either Saint Lucia, Grenada, Martinique, Barbados, or Trinidad. Reaching the island by ship is another fun way to arrive, with yachts making port at both Wallilabou Bay and Kingston. Ad
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A Scottish Palette
Walking along the old railway line with the dogs I was struck by how early the heather is flowering this year. Normally it doesn't start till the end of the month but it's out in all it's glory already. Sadly there was no blue sky to set it off to it's best advantage but there is definitely a purple haze along the path.
The detail of each and every plant is so stunning. It was a bit difficult to take my macro pictures as the greyhound is always on the lead so I only had one hand available for the camera. It seems to have worked!
Purple is definitely the colour of the season now, and there are many varieties of knapweed on view too.
And then there are the many varieties of grasses to tone down that purple.
The other purple on view is much softer, almost going into pink, and I was amazed to discover that strong yellow centre. It's yarrow or to give it it's official name Achillea millefolium. It has many other names too, such as Nosebleed, Poor men's pepper, Staunchweed and Knight's milfoil. It's a member of the daisy family and in this close-up you can appreciate why. It's also linked to the hero of Homer's tale of the Trojan war, the mighty warrior Achilles who, it is said, carried the plant with him and used it to stop the bleeding of his fellow soldiers. Sadly it couldn't save him.
All these riches along a now no longer in use railway path in the Scottish Borders! And harking back to ancient days. Life is so full of wonders.
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2014-35/4142/en_head.json.gz/48387 | VirtualVallarta.com’s Guide to Peregrinaciones:Cultural, colorful, chaotic. The time to celebrate Our Lady of Guadalupe is upon us. This is a very important religious celebration in Mexico, so those of us that live here year-around, learn to cheerfully adapt our rhythms and schedules as needed during the first 12 days of December. Discover our tips!
La Michoacana, The Ice Cream Flavor of Mexico: If you’ve visited various parts of Mexico or even different areas of our city, you know that La Michoacana seems to be everywhere. But what are these large, colorful shops all about?
Hot Tips for Cool Summer Survival: Those of us who have lived in Puerto Vallarta for a while may take some of these tips for granted. But for the newcomer—first, congratulations!—hot, humid and rainy summers in Puerto Vallarta can be a lot of fun, as long as you are properly prepared!
Puerto Vallarta On Screen: An Update: When John Huston arrived in Puerto Vallarta in 1963, along with his film crew and actors from “The Night of the Iguana,” no one imagined the impact it would have on tourism development in the region. What important projects have been filmed or recorded recently?
Painting with Frosting: For Zulem Angel Mendoza, each cake is a painting, a work of art where the canvas is the cake, the brushes decorating tips, and the paint colored frosting.
Petroglyphs in the Region: These stone carvings were a means of communication between indigenous communities and their gods, a physical manifestation of the rites performed to ask for more rain and a better harvest.
La Malagua Inaugurates Isla Rio Cuale Exhibit: During the second Festival Cultural Cuale in January 2010, artist collective La Malagua inaugurated their long-awaited project along Isla Rio Cuale.
Traditional Mexican Toys: Whether you find yourself shopping in a small town mercado or in a large city, chances are you will come across traditional Mexican toys, simple devices often made out of wood, recycled tin cans or woven fibers.
Getting to Know Puerto Vallarta Through Its Maritime History: In addition to its natural attractions and recreational activities, Puerto Vallarta is also rich in maritime history, as can be seen at the Naval Historical Museum located beside Los Arcos Amphitheater in El Centro.
A New Crown for Our Lady of Guadalupe: The Church of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the oldest parish in the region and a popular symbol of Puerto Vallarta, has finally received its new crown, which was blessed in a moving ceremony held October 12, 2009.
Living Vibrantly—Embrace the Process, Love the Journey!: After years of career obligations and parenting responsibilities, many in the second half of life discover an incredible opportunity for reinvention. Dreams put on hold re-emerge in the psyche.
EntreAmigos New Bodega: EntreAmigos, a non-profit community development organization established in San Pancho to address social, economic and environmental problems arising from accelerated development, has recently inaugurated their brand new “bodega” community center at the entrance to this peaceful oceanside town an hour north of Puerto Vallarta in Riviera Nayarit.
Sculpting With Gum: Thomas Adams may have commercialized chewing gum as we know it in 1871, but gum, or chicle, as it is known in Spanish, can be traced back to Aztec times, where it was used as a teeth-cleaning method.
Handmade Books, Puerto Vallarta Style: For over a decade, Pini Salcedo and Carlos Uribe, two skilled Puerto Vallarta artists, have taken it upon themselves to partner with the aforementioned restaurants, making regular pickups and transforming the paper “tablecloths” into unique handmade books.
Puerto Vallarta as Canvas: More than two years ago, an art project was undertaken in Puerto Vallarta that uses the city’s vacant public spaces as its canvas and concepts from the controversial graffiti art movement as its tools.
Great Tips for Future Residents: Are you ready to make the big transition and relocate to Puerto Vallarta? For most of us, moving to a different city or country involves a slew of cultural, logistical, financial and medical adjustments.
Step City: The fact that a fair amount of Puerto Vallarta’s El Centro is built on a hillside means that those who live there can always enjoy privileged views of our bay.
Typical Mexican Candies, Preserving Tradition: There isn’t a market in Mexico that doesn’t sell candy typical of the region or even other regions of the country.
Make Friends, Make a Difference: Do you have extra time in your hands? Here is a partial list of charitable organizations that offer volunteer opportunities (listed alphabetically).
Tipping Tips: The notion of offering a gratuity in appreciation for a job well done can be traced back to the 18th century.
Scouting in Vallarta: The scouting movement initiated in 1907 by British Army Lieutenant General Robert Baden-Powell to support young people in their physical, mental and spiritual development so they can play constructive roles in society is very much alive throughout Mexico, and Puerto Vallarta is no exception.
Responsible Whale Watching Catches On: Local whale-watching evangelist Keith May couldn’t be happier.
Puerto Vallarta Zoo: Even if being kissed on the lips by a full-grown giraffe is not your cup of tea, the Puerto Vallarta Zoo (Zoologico de Vallarta) in Mismaloya offers up-close and personal encounters with a variety of species, large and small, less than 25 minutes from downtown Puerto Vallarta.
Take the Puerto Vallarta Fan Test!: Congratulations! You are now in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. But have you truly been to Puerto Vallarta? Here are some must-do’s for you to consider if you wish to secure your place among the most committed Puerto Vallarta fans.
Experiencing Vallarta: Where to Stay: One of the most alluring features of Puerto Vallarta as a destination is that — unless you are traveling onboard one of the many cruise ships that dock for the day at our Maritime Terminal or are simply driving through on your way somewhere else — when the day is done and it’s time to get some well-deserved rest after exploring our town, the lodging options are as plentiful and varied as our restaurant choices.
A Day in Quimixto: It’s perfect for any nature lover looking to take their adventure experience up a notch while leaving behind the urban pace of Puerto Vallarta.
North of the Cuale River: Often overlooked, this tranquil neighborhood bordered by Libertad and Ignacio L. Vallarta streets, along with the Rio Cuale, is home to Vallarta’s two main markets and springs to life during daylight hours.
Cravings: Plátano Macho: Not to be confused with bananas, their sweeter and smaller counterparts, plantains are a staple food in many tropical regions of the world.
Beyond the Malecón: This particular stretch along Puerto Vallarta’s main access road just north of our town’s immensely popular promenade is certainly no underdog.
Los Mangos Public Library: More Than Just Books: Serving an average 200 users per day, the Los Mangos Public Library has evolved over the past decade to become one of Puerto Vallarta’s most important community centers.
Cravings: Churros & Hot Chocolate: There’s nothing like the smell of deep-fried churros with cinnamon in the evening air.
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2014-35/4142/en_head.json.gz/48435 | Home » Stations » Williton » Williton Williton
Postcode for Sat Nav: TA4 4RQ
The main station building is adjacent to the Signalbox whilst the wooden waiting room on the other platform is now a small gift shop which raises money for the upkeep of the station.
Williton Station has a booking office which sells the full range of West Somerset Railway Tickets which can be found by visiting the Fares Pages.The Station has toilets but no disabled toilet facilities.
For those who would like to explore Williton itself leave the station by the Signalbox and walk up Station Road, past the industrial estate to the junction with Long Street. Turn right into Long Street and you shortly reach the first of the town�s pubs �The Foresters Arms�. Thereafter Long Street is a mix of building styles and materials and combines modern houses with older cottages and various business premises such as wine shops and hotels. Finally �The Royal Huntsman� and the Wlliton Social Club face each other across the road and the village centre is reached.
On the same side of the road as the �Royal Hunstman� is the main office of the �The West Somerset Free Press�, a cafe and bakery. A right turn past these takes you to the �Mason�s Arms�. The town centre itself includes a news agent, post office, two banks, pet supplies and County Stores. Along the Taunton Road is the �Wyndham Arms� whilst a turn onto the Minehead Road takes you past Gliddons Stores to the edge of town and the Police Station. Cross the road here and follow the signposted route to the Bakelite Museum. This museum houses an amazing collection of items from the precursor of the plastics revolution and together with its tea room rewards the half an hour walk from the Station.
Just beyond the Free Press offices is the newly opened West Somerset Antiques Centre which offers items from furniture through to silverware, kitchenalia and other smaller items.
The Coleridge Way can be accessed from Willition Station. The Coleridge Way is a 36 mile route through the stunning Somerset countryside of the Quantock Hills, the Brendon Hills and Exmoor, a landscape that inspired Coleridge to produce some of his best known work.
Wibble Farm Nurseries is 1 mile from Williton Station.
History of Williton Station
Williton Station stands right on the edge of the small town which it has served since 1862 and if you decide to explore beyond the station be prepared to do some walking.
However the station area itself has some points of interest. Firstly the gap between the two lines of track is wider than might be expected. This is a consequence of the tracks that passed here being Brunel�s Broad Gauge of 7 feet and a quarter inch rather than the current standard gauge of 4 feet 8 and a half inches. The Signalbox which controls the movements at this station dates from the opening of the Railway in 1862 and is the last remaining box from the Bristol and Exeter Railway (who ran the branch on behalf of the original West Somerset Railway company before the Great Western took over).
The goods shed is now the home of the Diesel and Electric Preservation Group (D&EPG), a dedicated band of enthusiasts whose passion and work is dedicated to the upkeep and maintenance of the generation of Diesel locomotives built in the 1960s and withdrawn from use by British Rail between the 1970s and 1990s. The D&EPG has an established visitor centre tracing the history of the Diesel Locomotive and this is open at weekends. The rest of Williton yard is a working area and access is not normally permitted to this or the large shed at the Minehead end of the site. This shed was once part of the GWR works at Swindon and was donated to the West Somerset Railway by Tarmac Plc. The Shed is the restoration base of the West Somerset Railway Association and the West Somerset Steam Railway Trust. Also present there are 5542 Ltd who are rebuilding a Great Western Auto Coach No: 168. | 旅游 |
2015-48/2551/en_head.json.gz/9092 | Carnival woes no worry for area cruise lovers
First Posted: 3:14 am - June 25th, 2015 Updated: 3:14 am - June 25th, 2015. Story Tools:
WILKES-BARRE – Despite recent problems on large cruise ships, seasoned travelers Friday said it’s full steam ahead with their plans.
And area travel agency owners said they don’t expect a drop-off in cruise bookings – in fact, they said cruising is one of the safest ways to travel.
Earlier this week the Carnival Triumph lost propulsion power after an engine room fire. A year ago, the Costa Concordia disaster occurred when the ship rolled on its side, and earlier this week a lifeboat accident occurred aboard a Thomson Cruises ship, killing five crew members.
Anna Wadas and her husband Mark, of Wilkes-Barre, have been on six cruises, and they plan to take more.
You never know what can happen, she said. It worries me, but it’s no different than getting on an airplane.
Carnival is the Wadas’ favorite cruise line. They have many friends who have been on far more cruises, and they all feel the same, Anna Wadas said.
We’re planning our next one for 2014 to the Bahamas, she said. I can understand the fear, but the service on these ships and the care they provide is outstanding.
Agent: Cruises work
Marilyn Stanks, owner of Avenue Travel in Kingston, said cruise lines have a solid safety record, incurring trouble only a very small percentage of the time.
I was talking to a customer (Thursday) who is planning a cruise with friends, said Stanks. She said one of her friends brought up looking for another alternative, such as flying to a destination and an all-inclusive package.
Stanks said when incidents are publicized so much, some people do get doubtful. But I really don’t see cruise business falling off, she said. Most people look at these events as infrequent and unique situations.
If you compare the number of ships at sea to the number of cruise liner failings, the percentage is minute.
Anna Wadas said she and her husband love to travel to the Caribbean and sometimes they encounter bad weather.
The captains we’ve had always control their ships, she said. We were on a cruise right before Superstorm Sandy hit and we had to turn around and head home. But we’re not afraid to go on a cruise; in fact, we can’t wait for the next one.
She said to not go would be like staying away from New York City because you fear a terrorist attack.
Couple: Let’s book it
Gary Peters and his wife live in Edwardsville. They have been on seven cruises and intend to book more. They’ve cruised to Alaska, Hawaii, Mexico, the Caribbean and the Mediterranean.
When you realize how many cruises go out every day, there are a small amount of incidents, Peters said. First-time cruisers might have second thoughts, but not seasoned travelers. We’ve never been on a bad cruise.
Peters said he’s certain investigators will find out what happened on these ships and that information will be shared with all cruise lines. It will result in an overall improvement in each company, he said.
Barry Tenenbaum has owned Tenenbaum’s Travel in Kingston for 40 years. He expects a slight decrease in sales initially, he said, but over time, the bookings will increase. Publicity, good or bad, is publicity – and that usually increases sales, he said.
The Carnival line and other lines will learn from this latest experience and improve service, Tenenbaum said.
He said cruises are very popular. Thirty years ago, cruise lines decided to build billion-dollar ships based on the 10 percent of Americans who then sailed, he said. More recently, only 20 percent of Americans have sailed, leaving a huge market to appeal to, he said.
Tenenbaum recently received a number of calls from people asking if rates went down, he said. He hasn’t seen any reductions so far, he said, but that could change in the short term following these incidents.
Jim Lardear, director of public and government relations for AAA Travel in Wilmington, Del., said AAA nationally has not been inundated with calls from concerned travelers regarding cruise bookings. I’m not aware of anyone calling to cancel a cruise, he said.
About 11 million people per year travel on cruises, Lardear said. AAA books about 600,000 cruise passengers per year, he said. Based on those numbers, cruise ships remain one of the safest vacations available, he said. Travelers need to understand the importance of travelers’ insurance, said Lardear, and the recent incidents should serve as a reminder of how important that is.
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2015-48/2551/en_head.json.gz/9137 | Letter to Secretary McHugh and Secretary Salazar
By: Chuck Schumer
Date: Aug. 6, 2012 Location: Unknown Today, overlooking Constitution Island in Cornwall, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer launched his plan for the U.S. Army and Department of Defense (DoD), which owns Constitution Island in Orange and Putnam County, to transfer the island to the Department of the Interior (DOI) so that tourists can enjoy the historic parkland and scenic recreation trails year-round. Currently, under West Point University's control, the Revolutionary era landmark is only open to tourists and visitors approximately two months each year. Despite the limited availability for tourists to enjoy Constitution Island's 200 acres of trails and scenery, over 5,000 bikers, hikers, and sightseers from over 35 states and 19 countries flock to the island each year, which demonstrates the unleashed tourist potential of the Island. Schumer said that under the Antiquities Act, the president's administration has the authority to protect national historic sites in the public interest. Schumer believes that his plan for West Point to transfer the destination to DOI will allow for the island to remain open longer and increase tourism revenue in Orange County, Putnam County, and throughout the entire Hudson Valley. Once the island is opened year-round and the historic structures are available to the public, the City of Cold Spring has plans to open their own ferry access to the Island from the Putnam County side of the Island, whereas currently all tourists must be escorted by ferry via West Point. The Island also has the potential to be connected to the Hudson Fjord Trail, allowing hikers, bikers and tourists alike to experience everything Constitution Island has to offer. "The federal government should give visitors of Constitution Island the right to enjoy this historic site more than a couple months out of the year," said Schumer. "I am calling on the Department of Defense and the U.S. Military Academy at West Point to transfer control of Constitution Island to the Department of the Interior, which would unlock the massive potential for tourism development at this beautiful Hudson Valley landmark. Constitution Island has no shortage of attractions, with biking and hiking trails, kayaks, and historic landmarks alike, and could generate millions of dollars in tourism revenue for Orange County once it is open for business year-round. Even though West Point can only open Constitution Island to the public less than 60 days a year due to manpower constraints, over 5,000 visitors still come to Orange County to see the island's gorgeous gardens, trails, and homes. If West Point transfers ownership of the island to the Department of the Interior, which is better equipped to maintain and promote the 280-acre property, more tourists and revenue will flow through the Hudson Valley as a whole." "Constitution Island is such a wonderful destination for tourists and for recreation in our area," said Assemblywoman Sandy Galef. "I am very pleased that Senator Schumer is working on plans that would help to improve accessibility year round to this wonderful asset in the Hudson Valley. There are historic structures on the island that need attention. I am hopeful that with the success of Senator Schumer's plan, these much-needed improvements will be able to come to fruition, preserving and increasing the value and attractiveness of this wonderful historical asset even more." "The initiative being offered by Senator Schumer is a most exciting and wonderful plan for Constitution Island," said Betsy Pugh, Chair of the Constitution Island Association. "The real winners will be the visitors and residents of the Hudson River Valley who will have access to a very special place most days of the year." "I think the plan to allow increased access to Constitution Island by foot traffic and other means is a fantastic idea, and one that I certainly support," said Seth Gallagher, Mayor of the Village of Cold Spring. "I also believe it would great for area residents and visitors as well. Currently, this important historic site is largely inaccessible to the public, and as a result an important part of our local and national history is less understood and appreciated than it should be. I have fond memories of growing up here 30 years ago and hiking out to Constitution Island from Cold Spring. It would be wonderful if we can bring that type of access back." Schumer was joined in his push for control of Constitution Island to be transferred to DOI by Executive Director of the Constitution Island Association, Richard de Koster; Trustees of the Constitution Island Association; Assemblywoman Sandy Galef; as well as representatives from Scenic Hudson. The precise number of days that Constitution Island is open to the public varies each year, but on average it is less than 60 days annually. In his letter to U.S. Army Secretary John McHugh and Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, Schumer noted that there is recent precedent for his request that the Army transfer ownership of Constitution Island to DOI. President Obama recently advocated a transfer of Fort Monroe in Virginia to establish a new National Monument and a shared management structure was established between the Commerce and Interior Departments to create the Rose Atoll Marine National Monument in the American Samoa. Schumer believes these transfers could serve as a model for DOI's future oversight of Constitution Island, which could allow more tourists to gain accessibility to the historic landmark. In addition, the Department of Interior has unique expertise in promoting tourism, protecting parks and preserving and restoring historic landmarks, like the Warner home, that Constitution Island requires and Department of Defense simply cannot prioritize. Before West Point's heightened security after September 11, 2001, visitors would flock to Constitution Island by the boatload. The packed tours departing on Wednesdays and Thursdays from South Dock at West Point brought about 200 passengers a week during the May through October season. Last year, the third year in which the centerpiece of the site -- the Warner home -- was shut down for repairs and restoration, the island attracted only 20 to 40 visitors each week, the low numbers compounded by West Point's tighter security resulting in closure to tourists. Now visitors to Constitution Island are limited and must plan and book in advance. While Schumer acknowledges and appreciates West Point's need for increased security, he noted that this further highlights why Department of Interior is a more appropriate entity to control the site. The 280-acre island is home to the ruins of Revolutionary War fortifications, and is well known for the Great Chain that was placed across the Hudson during the Revolutionary War. Visitors also travel to Constitution Island to see the home constructed in 1836, which housed the Warner family and had been functioning as a house museum until its closure three years ago. Schumer noted that the transfer of the island's control from one federal department to another is constitutional under the Antiquities Act and would help spur tourism for the Hudson Valley. The Supreme Court has suggested that it is acceptable to switch management of federal lands among federal agencies. In the Court's decision regarding the Channel Islands National Monument, the Court said that the Antiquities Act could mean that the "land is shifted from one federal use, and perhaps from one federal managing agency, to another." A 1980 opinion from the Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel appears to indicate that the President may have some flexibility in choosing the managers of post-1933 monuments. Others also assert that the authority of the President under the Antiquities Act carries with it discretion to choose the managing agency. A copy of Sen. Schumer's letter appears below: Dear Secretary McHugh and Secretary Salazar, I write to you today to urge you to explore the feasibility of transferring the National Historic Landmark known as "Constitution Island," a unit of the Department of Army under the management of the United States Military Academy at West Point, to the United States Department of Interior for the purpose of preserving and enhancing the public's ability to enjoy this national treasure in the Hudson River Valley. As you may know, the island is most famous for the Great Chain that was placed across the Hudson River during the Revolutionary War from 1778 to 1782 and the Warner family who lived on the Island during the 19th century. The Warner House and ruins of the Revolutionary War fortifications are primary points of interest for Island visitors. Moreover, the Island's 280 acres are covered with hiking trails and pristine natural landscapes that are currently underutilized as historic tourism attractions. The Constitution Island Association, a preservation organization founded in 1916, acts a caretaker in conjunction with West Point to preserve and protect the history and traditions of this unique American site. However, it has become obvious that a greater federal preservation role is needed, as the public has very limited access to the island and historic structures are increasingly in need of rehabilitation. Therefore, I request that your two departments consider exercising the President's authority under Section 2 of the Antiquities Act to establish a new role for the Department of Interior in the preservation and enhancement of this great historic and natural beauty. Sitting in the heart of the Hudson River Valley, a location that helped fuel the American industrial revolution and gave inspiration to some of the great artists in American history, Constitution Island has long been a gem of nature, ripe for tourism development. My local constituents have urged for better access to the Island and new programming so that activities like kayaking, historic tours, hiking trails, and bike paths could be introduced as attractions to promote greater public involvement with the history of the site. Despite the great efforts on behalf of West Point, as an academic agency within the Department of Defense, the tools in their toolkit are very limited in terms of historic preservation and access. For example, tourists must currently board the ferry at West Point to travel from the mainland to the island. Upon arrival, visitors must travel through military security, a process more onerous than most national monuments or parks. Additionally, under West Points purview, Constitution Island is only open a fraction of the year, less than 60 days in total. The Association has also been trying to stabilize and renovate some of the historic structures in conjunction with the Academy, but again, I do not believe this is the proper role of the Department of Army and strongly urge the Department of Interior begin investigation of these issues. Despite these challenges, the Island currently receives over 5,000 visitors per year from 40 states and 19 countries.
There is recent precedent for this request. As you know, the President recently advocated a transfer of Fort Monroe in Virginia to establish a new National Monument and a shared management structure was established between the Commerce and Interior Departments to create the Rose Atoll Marine National Monument in the American Samoa. It is conceivable that these examples could be models for this request. I appreciate your attention to this request. Please do not hesitate to contact my office if you have any questions.
Source: http://www.schumer.senate.gov/Newsroom/record.cfm?id=337429 | 旅游 |
2015-48/2551/en_head.json.gz/9152 | Home » Your Visit » Stations » Watchet
Postcode for Sat Nav: TA23 0AU
Watchet Station has a Booking Office and prices from this station can be found on our fares pages.The shop has been extended and sells souveniers,cakes,biscuits,sweets and hot and cold drinks.There are toilets available,including a disabled facility.
A coal fire greets you on entering the booking hall.To the left of here there is a comprehensive secondhand book shop selling fiction and non-fiction books.
On the platform the Pagoda waiting room has a pictorial display of the history of the railway at Watchet.
Watchet Station is back on track with the return of the refurbished footbridge and a repaint of the station buildings. What to see and do nearby
Watchet is an ancient harbour town with a history of over 1000 years and still has a network of small streets and shops to be explored, including several pubs and cafes. The Star Inn in Watchet was Somerset CAMRA�s Pub of the Year for 2005. The station stands right in the middle of the town adjacent to the harbour which, since the end of commercial shipping calling in the mid-1990�s has begun a new lease of life as a Marina and is home currently to a 1950�s Vintage Motor Torpedo Boat.
The network of sidings that served the docks has gone and the former goods shed is now a Boat Museum. The town Museum is just off the esplanade and traces the history of the town through the ages and this includes the West Somerset Mineral Railway that once brought iron ore from the Brendon Hills for onward shipping to the furnaces at Ebbw Vale in South Wales. The trackbed of the Mineral Railway is now in use as a footpath.
Local Businesses helping promote the Railway include:
Bell Inn - 3 Market Street
The 16th Century Bell Inn is situated in Market Street, Watchet, a few yards from the marina and is a family run pub.
A warm welcome always awaits you from Paul, Gill, Adam and Clare, along with real ales, fine wines and good food.
Open all day every day, food is served lunchtime and evenings. (Food not served on a Tuesday).
History of Watchet Station
This was the original terminus of the West Somerset Railway in 1862, a fact which is reflected in the station building standing at right angles to the railway line.
For more information about things to see and do in Watchet as well as places to stay visit Visit Watchet. | 旅游 |
2015-48/2551/en_head.json.gz/9154 | Uncategorized Reader Request Week 2014 #1: Travel and Me March 17, 2014March 17, 2014 John Scalzi39 Comments Let’s get started with this year’s Reader Request Week, then, shall we?
This year it seems the most popular particular topic is travel: Several people have asked why I travel (or don’t), where I’ve traveled (and where I would recommend not traveling), the difference between my personal/professional travel, etc. So in an attempt to make as many people happy as possible in a single post, here’s an amalgamation of travel information from me.
* First: Countries I have visited (not counting places where I’ve transferred via airport): Canada, Mexico, Australia, Scotland, France, Germany, Israel. Via cruises I have visited US Virgin Islands, Jamaica, Haiti, St. Maarten, Grand Cayman, Bahamas. I am mildly reluctant to consider those cruise stops genuine visits because they were heavily mediated by the cruise experience (i.e., mostly in tourist zones that differ vastly from the actual experience of the place).
* States I have visited in the US,”visit” meaning stayed in for a day or more rather than merely traveled through to somewhere else, from roughly west to roughly east: California, Oregon, Washington, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Montana, Colorado, Wyoming, Texas, Louisiana, Missouri, Iowa, South Dakota, Minnesota, Illinois, Wisconsin, Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire. I have resided in California, Illinois, Virginia and Ohio, but visited each of those when I did not live there. When I was an infant, I lived for a few months in New Mexico, but I have no memory of it, and therefore it doesn’t count.
* Provinces I have visited in Canada: British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec.
* I did almost no travel at all the first eighteen years of my life and never left California, save for short camping trips I took to Mexico with my family, and visits to family in Las Vegas. The one exception to this was a “peccary trip,” a trip to dig fossils, which I was part of the summer between my freshman and sophomore year in high school, during which I hit a number of western states. One of the reasons I attended the University of Chicago was to get out of California and see some of the rest of the US.
* My first trip off the North American continent was in 1990, when I traveled to Israel as part of an educational junket sponsored by the Anti-Defamation League. That was a very interesting trip, which included a meeting with Israeli soldiers, Palestinian journalists and Binyamin Netanyahu.
* With that said, up until about 2006, I didn’t actually do a whole lot of travel. This was for several reasons. One, when young neither I nor my family had a whole lot of money, which limited travel (vacations were usually at home or at local vacation spots). As I got older I had more money but tended not to travel too much — occasional vacation trips to North Carolina with friends was the most of it. Part of that was because Athena was younger and small kids are not great travelers, and part of that is simply that I am not hugely motivated by travel. More on that in a bit.
* Most of my travel began in earnest in 2006 or thereabouts, when I started being invited to science fiction conventions as a guest, and/or traveling to book fairs and trade shows. Being invited as a guest had some benefits that I appreciated, namely, that my travel and lodging was free, and usually then I was going someplace that I knew I would have something to do. The drawback would be that unless I budgeted in time before or after a convention, I wouldn’t see much of the surrounding locale, and at first I was not very good at doing that.
* The fact of the matter is I’m not hugely motivated by travel. This is not to say that I don’t enjoy it when I do it, nor that there are not places I would like to visit, but the fact of the matter is that for me, given the choice between visiting places and visiting people, I tend to want to visit people — a fact that means that my destinations are less about the locale than the company. I’d rather go to Spokane than Venice, in other words, if Spokane has people I like in it, and all Venice has is a bunch of buildings which are cool but which I will be able to see better in pictures.
* Coupled with that is the fact I don’t really have much of a desire to be a tourist, which is to say, to go somewhere just to have the stamp in the passport and the fridge magnet (although there is nothing wrong with getting a fridge magnet once you’ve been somewhere, he said, hastily, because his wife has a nice collection). I don’t mind being a tourist once I am somewhere; I just usually don’t go somewhere for that purpose. I feel like if I’m going to go somewhere, I would want to be there, long enough to at least get a feel for the rhythms of life there. Unfortunately, at the moment, that’s not conducive to how my life actually is, either when I travel (again, mostly on business), or in the pattern of my day-to-day life.
* With that said, as I get older I find there are places I would like to visit, just to visit, independent of work obligations. I would like to take a long (three weeks, at least) trip to Australia, and a similar one to New Zealand; I’d likewise like to take a long trip through Canada, going one ocean to the other and stopping in as many provinces as practical along the way. I’m mostly Italian and Irish in ancestry and would like to spend a nice chunk of time in each country if I could. I was very pleased a couple of years ago when I got to do a book tour in Germany; visiting there had been a life dream, so I was glad to have been able to do it. I’d like to revisit Israel at some point; I have actually dreamed of the Dome of the Rock more than once and would like to see it again.
I’ve been invited to conventions and festivals around the world, but one of the things that’s increasingly true for me is that I don’t want to visit someplace just to go from airport to hotel back to the airport. I’d want more time, just to wander.
* More to the point, though, there are places I would like to live. I’d like to spend half a year living in, say, New York or London or Melbourne or Christchurch or Munich or Singapore or Hong Kong — long enough that I could really get to know the place; not long enough that I might take it for granted. Again, there are practical issues with doing this at the moment, but in the future, who knows? But I don’t know if that would actually count as travel. It sort of counts as staying.
* I do a lot of travel these days — between now and mid-June I am in Seattle, Los Angeles, Chicago, Detroit, Houston, New York, and Phoenix; after that I have several other travel commitments including another book tour for Lock In. It’s part and parcel of my work life now, since the life of a commercial writer is in many ways as much about selling the work as creating it. I’m fortunate to be in demand, but I’ll also note a lot of travel is tiring; what it does in that case is make me glad to be home when it’s done. I will note that I don’t think this is a bad thing.
* As a final point, I would note that now that Athena is old enough to travel well, we are motivated to travel with her and to take her places — but of course that has to be tempered with the recognition that she has, like, school. We don’t have any problem with taking her out of school for a week for a new and interesting travel experience, but it’s also not something you can do too much before the school gets annoyed and also, her education gets a ding. There’s a balance. On the other hand, I like the fact that we have the potential to give her travel experiences; so far, she does too. I’d like to keep doing that.
So that’s me and travel.
(It’s not too late to get a request in for Reader Request Week — here’s how.)
Previous PostStill WeekendingNext PostReader Request Week 2014 #2: Writerly Self-Doubt, Out Loud 39 thoughts on “Reader Request Week 2014 #1: Travel and Me” Erin says: March 17, 2014 at 11:11 am I think you’re missing Nevada from your list of states visited, unless you don’t think Renovation counts as visiting the state.
John Scalzi says: March 17, 2014 at 11:16 am Erin:
Catherine N. says: March 17, 2014 at 11:31 am So, one (two?) questions, one comment: It sounds like your wife has done a lot of travel, is there anyplace she has been that sounds appealing to you? If you ever want to go to Egypt, let me know, there are some great options there, depending on time of year. Is there anyplace that Athena would want to go?
FossilFishy says: March 17, 2014 at 11:31 am I’d like to see what an American of your eloquence would have have to say about living in Australia. As a Canadian ex-pat now in rural Aus I’ve found that the similarities greatly outweigh the differences..
Mind you, as exBritish colonies with small populations inhabiting large landmasses which are mostly inhospitable due to climate it shouldn’t surprise me that the two cultures are similar.
Alex says: March 17, 2014 at 11:34 am I’ve done a lot of airport-to-convention-to-airport trips; I had a good reason for doing that, but I know what you mean.
I do get going to places to see people, though I do side trips. I went to Australia, I did a side trip to New Zealand. I was at Eastercon in Bradford last year; our side trips included Scotland, Ireland, and Northern Ireland (plus a train ride across Wales). We plan a few things but we also play it by ear. Some of it is about having things to talk about with people, some of it is having one’s mind opened up by seeing what other societies have accomplished, seeing how differently people organize their lives, or also by how different people organize their lives in the same way, and a bit of creative problem-solving, having to find new ways of doing what you’d think are ordinary things. I mean if you’re going to travel, you should get something out of it. A memory, a moment, a perfect photograph, can justify the effort to get somewhere. I’m glad you have a reason to come to Spokane. I hope your writing keeps you in demand for a long time.
Jim says: March 17, 2014 at 11:34 am Thank you for some interesting insights.
May I ask why visiting Germany was so important to you?
Your desire to “stay” instead of “visit” is almost the opposite of my own tastes. Do you think it’s linked to being a writer and wanting to research places in more depth than just a casual visit? Maybe not consciously, but as part of what makes you tick.
Guy Medley (@medleyguy) says: March 17, 2014 at 11:39 am I was most looking forward to the section where you were going to tell us the places you wouldn’t recommend traveling. Maybe I have to wait for the ‘Scalzi On Travel’ guide to come out?
Guess says: March 17, 2014 at 11:43 am I dont think the Queen would appreciate you going all William Wallace and calling Scotland a separate country… and before someone chimes in about Scottish home rule, etc… Scotland and England unified for the last time around 1600 when the King of Scotland became the King of Scotland and England. Queen Elizabeth did not have an heir so she name him the King of Scottland as her heir. Writers spend most of their days alone and working by themselves. I would get stir crazy. I can see the desire to want to get out of the house and have more interactions with people.
old aggie says: March 17, 2014 at 11:53 am Several parallels here – I feel exactly the same as you about travelling, and would visit people before visiting places.
I’d lived all my life in Ohio, and chose to take an opportunity to live in California for about 18 months a while back. I enjoyed it, but confirmed that I’m an Ohioan at heart.
One place where I’d love to go back for an extended stay is Oxford, UK. In even just the few days I had there, it was obvious to me how spending 1-2 years in Oxford could change you forever, in a good way.
My most exciting travel plans at the moment are to go to Dayton (!) for Sanderson’s “Words of Radiance” signing event this week. Hope we get a big crowd!
Gary Willis says: March 17, 2014 at 11:57 am What, no desire to see the Harry Potter park in Florida? Oh, come on. Who would want to miss that?
Harimad says: March 17, 2014 at 12:00 pm Another perspective:
I grew up in a family that valued travel highly. We prioritized it over a lot of other activities and expenditures. The first big family trip was when I was 5 (about 15 US states and Mexico). The first big international trip was when I was 10 (Brazil and East Africa). This is what we did over school vacations and what my parents did with their work vacations. For us it worked very well.
There’s a lot of school vacation time to work with: Xmas, Spring, the long summer vacation (it doesn’t seem that a trip over a long weekend would fit your preferences). Unlike many, you can set your own work schedule (unless I’m missing something, which -ahem- has been known to happen) so you should be able to achieve your goals, I think.
Narmitaj says: March 17, 2014 at 12:01 pm I like travel and living in Europe in these days of low-cost airlines makes it fairly easy to collect countries cheaply if you are so minded – in 2007/8 I had three flights to Hungary, two hours away, that were 1p plus £20 taxes! Latvia for a weekend once was £36 return. My mother once did a day trip to Iceland from our local airport in Bristol – over three hours each way, but still. And with an InterRail pass or similar you can trundle by train to all manner of countries in a couple of weeks, which is something I did a couple of times. I also once had a job in college-level publishing that took me to some places I might not otherwise have gone, which was great: for example, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Pakistan and Arizona (a sales meeting in Scottsdale). But I started young… born in Beirut, my first flight was in 1958 as a temporary evacuee at the age of six months (to London via Istanbul, I am told).
John Scalzi says: March 17, 2014 at 12:04 pm Gary Willis:
I’ve actually been to the Harry Potter park.
narmitaj says: March 17, 2014 at 12:06 pm Is taking kids out of school in term-time controversial in the US? It has recently become a bit of an issue here in the UK, on the back of holiday-time costs being much higher than the rest of the year and the government removing the head’s discretion to approve short absences. And it’s apparently a criminal offence to do it without permission (not that I have kids and have to worry about it) – one ski travel company has offered to pay the fines of parents who do so.
Joe Clement says: March 17, 2014 at 12:23 pm My wife and I like to travel but don’t have a lot of free time yet to do it in. We are planning on retiring next year which will give us move free time. One thing we’ve done is combine a trip to a convention with several extra days to make like tourists in the area. We’ve done this in Chicago when we went to the last 2 Worldcons there, Toronto, Boston, and Seattle (NASFic). We would have liked to do London this year but can’t afford it, but will hit Spokane next year. We are hoping for Montreal in 2017.
helenehowes says: March 17, 2014 at 12:27 pm Um, well, I don’t think the Queen is popular enough with my Scots friends to make them allow that England and Scotland are one.. Very much the opposite; culture, people, language, climate and much else divide the two.. I spend a deal of time there each year, never travel without my passport..
And when the Scots vote later this year on the issue, I fully expect a narrow margin for Independence..
B. Durbin says: March 17, 2014 at 12:30 pm “I’d rather go to Spokane than Venice, in other words, if Spokane has people I like in it, and all Venice has is a bunch of buildings which are cool but which I will be able to see better in pictures.”
This is why I wanted Spokane to win 2015, actually; I have a lot of friends there. I’m glad Helsinki is making another go, though.
fuzznose says: March 17, 2014 at 12:57 pm I have a very vivid memory of the Dome of the Rock. I was stationed on board the USS Albany, which was the Sixth Fleet flagship at the time, and we pulled into Haifa. We took the bus trip to Jerusalem, walked across the bridge by the Western Wall, and on to the Dome of the Rock. The tour guides were very nice to us, we got to go into the main chamber of the Dome, and I was impressed by the architecture. Not being a religious person, the religious significance wasn’t as important to me, but the fact that people there do believe, and that wherever I went in the Navy, I saw that people were pretty much the same all over the world, their beliefs are their own, and I respect that. Being a polite guest in their place of worship should be second nature…..I did go to Bethlehem, we were in the Church of the Nativity, as well. I liked Israel, but wasn’t there long enough to get the feel of the country, either. This was 5 years after the Yom Kippur War and there were burned and rusted hulks of tanks and other military vehicles all around Haifa.
Spokane is a lovely city, I’ve been there once to visit C.J. Cherryh and Jane Fancher. I’m planning to go back again this summer sometime.
Sarah M. says: March 17, 2014 at 1:16 pm I’ve been doing a lot more traveling for fun in the past year and plan to continue the trend indefinitely. I find that going new places only whets my appetite to travel even more. I can’t think of a single place I’ve gone that I haven’t said, “I want to come back here again someday,” and yet, when time comes to plan the next trip, I always end up picking somewhere I’ve never been. My goal is to spend at least a couple days away from home every month. However, if I had to do a lot of traveling for work, I might be less enchanted with the whole process.
I get what you are saying about preferring to visit people rather than places, and our visit to the suburbs of Detroit was a highlight of last year, but I’ve found for me that going to new and very different places and seeing how other people live their lives makes me look at my own home and my own life in a new way and sometimes I’m even able to adopt a new habit or lifestyle and incorporate it into my home life in some small way. For example, after a recent trip to Singapore, I now try to back into every parking space. If they can do it with those itty bitty parking lots, I can do it too.
Sarah says: March 17, 2014 at 1:30 pm It makes me very happy to see Christchurch mentioned on your list of cities you’d like to live in, and to see it listed alongside much bigger, better known cities. It’s a bit battered, but still a fantastic place. Now the rebuild is getting underway, it’s got an interesting vibe and a whole lot of excitement. I recommend it, but I admit I’m biased
Chris Sears says: March 17, 2014 at 1:46 pm One of the benefits of working in education, as both my wife and I do, is that the summers are often free for travel. Our family trips are often extended field trips, with theme parks, historical sites, family gatherings, and national parks all in a two to three week whirlwind. (Yes, Clark Griswold is my hero.)
Traveling with kids is not easy, but we’ve been doing it since our kids are five and three. We take road trips, which means plenty of time in the car. Audiobook have been the best cure for boredom in the car. (I refuse to get an in-car DVD player.) Now that my kids are older, I’m going to insist on reading books more.
Even though it is not easy, it really is worth taking the kids on trips. When my son met his social studies teacher at the start of the year, the teacher said that they would be learning about the Alamo. We visited the Alamo that summer. My daughter was going to be learning about Native Americans. We visited an Native American mound that summer, and talked to archeology students about the dig that was going on at the site.
We are starting international travel this summer, with a trip to Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia. My wife is a fan of Anne of Green Gables.
ghayenga says: March 17, 2014 at 2:55 pm What are you traveling to Detroit for?
Mai says: March 17, 2014 at 3:22 pm @narmitaj Wow I can’t believe it’s ok to fine parents for taking kids out of school. My parents did that at least once a year ranging from a couple days to a couple weeks and while they may have gotten from flak for it from the school I don’t think it was a huge issue (Well, the one Philippines trip when I was 15 was kind of a headache because I was out for almost 3 weeks but it worked out) and work was always made up with little difficulty. Travel is so expensive that both my parents preferred to take us on trips out of peak season or pick flights around peak season that meant missing school so that we could experience more and I don’t think my sister and I are any worse off for it other than we’re trying to figure out how we can take 6 months off from our jobs to travel SE Asia and this is entirely our parents fault for instilling the travel bug very young.
Bryan L says: March 17, 2014 at 3:49 pm I completely understand what you’re saying about conventions. I do a lot of tradeshows, and I despise arriving at the airport, going to the convention center, spending 14 hours a day there, and then running to the airport again. I felt like I couldn’t claim to have “been to” the city if I only saw it in the dark from the back seat of a taxi. I started taking a vacation day at the end of each show so I could sight-see and basically recuperate. The experience is MUCH more pleas … well, I won’t say “pleasant,” but certainly bearable. And, when possible, I started taking my family. They get to sight-see while I work and I get to experience that vicariously. But yes, missing school is an issue — we limit it to once per school year.
Gary Willis says: March 17, 2014 at 4:00 pm Been to Harry Potter already. Envy. Envy. Envy.
I think it is the school administrators that create flack for parents pulling their kids out of school for occasional family travel. Most public schools are paid based on attendance, and missing kids mean missing money (that was counted on in the budget work-up). As a teacher I am always delighted when a student comes to me with news of a family trip. I will work very hard to help that student work around the assignments they will miss while gone, so as to still learn and master the content and not let his/her grades suffer due to the trip. Family travel can far more educational than seat time in my or any other teacher’s classroom. Families just have to be careful not to abuse the issue by taking their kids out excessively.
--E says: March 17, 2014 at 5:07 pm You are clearly an extrovert (no deep insight from me there, I’m sure), because my primary reason to travel is exacly opposite to yours: I want to see things, not people. I mean, I love to get to know the people who live in a place–you can’t really appreciate what you’re seeing if you don’t understand the local culture. And of course I do enjoy travel to see friends. But my favorite vacations are the trips I take solo (with maybe a day or a meal with a local friend).
I disagree with your contention that you’re better able to see things in pictures. The Taj Mahal, possibly the most photographed building in the world, was an entirely different experience when seen with my own eyes.
I agree on the airport-hotel/convention-airport thing. This is why I get confused when people are all, “Worldcon is in Japan/Scotland/wherever! How can you not go?” Because what I’m hearing is, “Spend hours on a plane, spend lots of money, and waste 5 (4, 3) precious days at a convention when you could be seeing that country.”
I expect it would be different if the convention were paying my way, but if I’m footing the bills, I don’t need the excuse of a convention to visit a place.
MarkGS says: March 17, 2014 at 6:15 pm New Zealand is fantastic. I spent a month there about 10 years ago, about 3 weeks of which was on the southern island. Loved Wellington on the northern island, Christchurch on the Southern. Easily the most beautiful country I’ve ever been too, and the people were easy going and kind.
Annamal says: March 17, 2014 at 6:32 pm MarkGs, Christchurch has changed, it is still a good place to visit (and to live for some people) but the earthquakes made a difference.
Pam Adams says: March 17, 2014 at 6:54 pm I like travel, but I like it best when I can stay a while. I much prefer a one-city tour where I can sit and watch the world go by to a whirlwind multi-city tour.
Rob G says: March 17, 2014 at 8:44 pm I love to travel, it’s like a drug for me. The mere expectation of going somewhere make me happy, I love arriving at a familiar airport and knowing which bus or subway I need to take to get where I need to go. It’s even better when I know someone there, even if we only meet for coffee, it’s still a great experience to see a familiar face in an unfamiliar place.
I wish everyone could try living outside the US for a little while, it allows for a broader perspective, and lifetime memories. My career in the Army allowed me to live and work for over a decade in Europe, and several year in the Middle East and North Africa. The fact that there are a few cites around the world as well as I know my hometown is still mind blowing for me, because there was a time back in my high school life when I wondered if I’d ever go anywhere or see anything. Living in another country, being able to interact, at least on a basic level, in the host nation’s language, made even something as simple as buying groceries a little bit of an adventure, as well. .
tpoiii says: March 17, 2014 at 9:52 pm Did you mean to leave off Space? Don’t you want to see c-beams glitter off the Tannhauser gate?
Bruce K says: March 18, 2014 at 8:25 am Travel and a re-read of The Android’s Dream got me wondering: did you write The Android’s Dream (or more specifically, the cruise ship sequences) before your first personal experience on a cruise ship?
Paul Turnbull (@chigaze) says: March 18, 2014 at 2:54 pm For entirely selfish reasons I believe you really need to visit Alberta!
MNmom says: March 18, 2014 at 3:04 pm I like the fact that you agree that travel isn’t a priority for you and that is ok. However, I do think that kids can be better travelers than they are often given credit for. Our family, prioritizes travel and my kids grew up expecting one major trip (3+weeks) a year and many shorter ones. They were breastfed in airports, played soccer without a common language on beaches using hand gestures, and built palapas with an international pack of kids. They have been to the Alamo and to the Garden of the Gods. They have swam in two oceans, seen albino howler monkeys, been whitewater rafting, and cried when they saw kids their ages selling bananas for pennies. Each family unit has its own priorities. For us, exposing our offspring to the amazing variety and wonder of the planet is more important than new cars, designer clothes, and the latest phones. I always laugh when our family and friends always say that they can’t afford to travel but they eat out constantly or their 6 year old has the latest iphone. They say that the world is too dangerous and they keep their kids super scheduled and safe indoors. But I find seeing my kids learn to solve problems and make friends with different types of people is the best gift I can give them.
My kids have already got the travel bug and have a list of places they need to go and see. One of my proudest moments was when my then 6 year old daughter was whining that she still hasn’t been on a safari in Africa to see Lions and Elephants in the wild and she has been “waiting her whole life”.
MarkGS says: March 18, 2014 at 8:38 pm Annamal: I’m sure that’s true. I’ve read that there’s been significant reconstruction and growth since the earthquakes, but I suppose it’s not surprising to hear that it’s a different place after experiencing that tragedy.
mystream21Sarah says: March 19, 2014 at 1:13 pm I didn’t realize how much I loved going to new places until the first time I did so as an adult. As a kid my family always camped for our vacations, so I’d visited many of the local (defined as “can get there in two days in a car”) National Parks (and similar) destinations while growing up. Then we decided to go out West: Yellowstone, Yosemite, Grand Canyon, etc. for one big seven week trip. It was amazing: the whole ecosystem was new. Everything was new. It was fantastic. We did it again. Then we drove to Alaska (reference: we started outside of Philadelphia. It took nine weeks).
Currently we’re talking about driving back to Alaska. If time allows, we’ll start by driving north to Labrador (why? BECAUSE IT HAS A ROAD*. Also we haven’t driven that road yet. Unpaved roads in motorhomes are fun, right?). We really enjoyed traveling in Canada on the last Alaska trip: we visited Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia, the Yukon, Manitoba, and Ontario (We were warned driving across Ontario would be boring. It wasn’t.). One of the most amazing night skies I’ve seen was in some small town in the Yukon.
There’s something about driving trips, if you have the time. The world’s big. You really begin to realize that when it takes five days to get to Colorado, and you watch the land go from suburbs to woods to fields to desert to mountains.
*Yes. There is one major road through Labrador. You take a boat to get to it, too.
**Well technically the road ends before it runs out of land, because there shoreline is actually private oil company property.
Marie Brennan says: March 19, 2014 at 3:35 pm I’d rather go to Spokane than Venice, in other words, if Spokane has people I like in it, and all Venice has is a bunch of buildings which are cool but which I will be able to see better in pictures.
I like seeing people, sure — but the second half of the comment is boggling to me, because it’s so radically different from my own view, in two respects.
First of all, seeing is only part of the experience. Looking at a picture is flat, whereas being there is a full-body surround-sound sensory experience. There’s sound, smell, the feeling of space or lack thereof, the process of walking through. Highgate Cemetery was more than its headstones; it was the blustery autumn day with the wind rushing through the trees raining leaves down on us and the tip of my nose going cold. Point Lobos is more than the cypresses; it’s the smell of the cypresses and the feel of the dirt under my feet and the distant barking of the sea lions. Furthermore, pictures will never show me even everything from the visual channel: they may show me the nave of the church, but usually not the ceiling, nor the floor with its worn grave slabs. They will show me the garden, but not the autumn leaf caught in the spider web between two trees. I would have to look at hundreds of pictures from Malbork Castle to capture what I saw there. (Heck, I took hundreds of pictures there!)
Second, the most memorable part to me is usually the bit I wouldn’t have thought to go looking for if I weren’t there. The first time I went to Japan, my sister and I went to see the famous temple of Ginkakuji, which I loved — but I loved even better the tiny shrine off to the left outside Ginkakuji, whose name I still don’t know. Or when I was in Winchester, and she and I walked to St. Cross outside of town; we went for the porter’s dole (old medieval tradition: even now, if you walk up to the gate and ask for the dole, they will give you bread and water), but stayed for the courtyard with the enormous tree and the most amazingly plush grass I have ever flung myself full-length in. I can look at pictures of famous buildings in Venice, but I’m unlikely to see pictures of the stuff I wouldn’t think to look for.
I write all of this in the full awareness that I have been extremely fortunate in my travel opportunities. My father’s work has often taken him abroad, so he has a giant pile of frequent flyer miles, and both in childhood and now I’ve been able to afford trips to other countries: British Virgin Islands, Costa Rica, England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Israel, Japan, India, Poland, Greece, Italy, Turkey, France, the Bahamas. It’s created a positive feedback loop: these trips have led me to really enjoy travel and the different experiences I have when I go places, so as a result I arrange more trips when I can. As a replacement, pictures don’t even begin to cut it.
gabrielecampbell says: March 20, 2014 at 12:37 pm I’m with Marie here; I love traveling for visiting places, not people. But then, I’m glad if I _don’t_ see most of my extended family. Black sheep and all, you know. :-)
Photos will never replace the reality for me (though I love photographing and sharing some of the results on my blog). I also have noticed that I get a much better grip on scenes when I’ve seen a place, even when much has changed since the times of the Romans or the 10th century. It is much easier for me to mentally time travel directly in a place and not having to rely on photos and google earth. With those 200 million (heck, a percentage of that) mentioned in another post, I’d spend six months a year traveling, including some really off-the-route places like the Aleute Islands or Kamchatka. :-)
Sander says: March 21, 2014 at 5:19 pm I don’t have a car, a tv, or a smartphone. I don’t smoke, I hardly ever drink. All the money I save because of such things goes to travel. I don’t do “vacations”: I _travel_. I’ve lived in New Zealand for a year, in Australia for a year, in the USA for 3x three months. I’ve spent a month in Peru, a month in Chili + Argentina, two months in Canada, etc. Long-term travel like that is a lifestyle; you can’t realistically plan for such trips, you can’t prepare for most of what you’ll encounter. You have to dive in, find a new rhythm, learn to be comfortable with just what you can carry in your backpack, and live from day to day, or at most week to week. It isn’t – and can’t be – an escape from everyday life; that just wouldn’t be sustainable. It’s a different way of living everyday life. And the thing is – at least for me – that you *need* that time and that way of doing things in order to go do the ordinary things which will give you the experiences that’ll remain with you the longest. Who cares about seeing the sights when there’s everything else in the world to experience?!
I have favorite cafes, libraries, bookstores, parks, etc all over the world. I feel at home in an incredible number of cities, and have a routine for getting to know a new city in such a way that I’ll feel comfortable there within a couple of days.
People are incredibly important. Knowing some locals before you go places gives a tremendous boost to getting to know what life is really like there, and them being friends allows you to have a safe space during the inevitable days when you’re crashing and need to recover from whatever you’ve been doing in the days and weeks before.
But even when not knowing anyone, the benefits of experiencing all these incredible places are such that I’d never want to forgo them. Hiking over a remote mountain pass and seeing the clouds recede before you, revealing the gnarly trees of an unsuspected rainforest. Wandering through the Sydney harbour, hearing the screech of a sulfur crested cockatoo as it majestically flaps its way overhead. Walking through rainy Edinburgh alleys and ducking into a random hole in the wall purely on the strength of the music you hear pouring out of it, to be gifted with an amazing performance of an artist you’d otherwise never have encountered. _Hearing_ a small whale as it’s investigating something at the bottom of the ocean, a mere 50 meters away, just beyond the cliff you’re walking past. Spending an afternoon sitting on the sunwarmed smooth flagstones of a Thai temple’s courtyard, watching the tourists drift in and out, and hearing voices lifted in song drift out as the service starts. Watching puffins dive off a cliff, half a meter below where you’re peeking over the edge. I could go on like this for a while… :)
I’d never have eaten a muffuletta, a hoagie or a po-boy, nor drunk coca tea or inca kola, if it wasn’t for travelling. The best greek lamb I ever had, I ate in Wellington, New Zealand; the best salmon carpaccio in Arequipa, Peru. So many culinary delights I still crave regularly, and will go far out of my way for to experience again.
All of that but to say: There’s many different ways of going places, but doing it fully, without holding back, is rewarding beyond words. Do please make certain Athena gets a proper glimpse of that. | 旅游 |
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Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic, has long attracted artists and wandering spirits, although it was originally inhabited by prehistoric fish. Their inland sea filled the basin contained by the Tatras and Carpathian mountains, but when it eventually dried up they were forced to yield the terrain to dinosaurs, wooly mammoths and Neanderthals. In human times the Celtic tribes came to reside here, leaving remains dating back to the 4th Century B.C. Their tribal name, Boii, gives the root of the word "Bohemia". The three separate territories of Bohemia, Silesia and Moravia now make up the modern Czech Republic, which split from Slovakia in the 1993 "Velvet Divorce." Thanks to its enigmatic founder, the city of Prague derives a magnetic appeal for visionaries, scientists and astronomers. The historical figure credited with the launch of Prague is Princess Libuse, a visionary prophet and warrior who once stood atop the hill at Vysehrad and made the prophecy as follows, "I see a vast city, whose glory will touch the stars!" This indeed came to pass after she took Otokar Premysl to be her husband and King, launching the Premyslid dynasty, and leaving it to rule for the first four hundred years of Czech history. When the last Premyslid king, Wenceslas III, died without producing a male heir, the fourteen year-old John of Luxembourg came to take the throne of the Czech lands. Hot-headed John died in battle, but his diplomatic son Charles IV inherited the throne and, through keen multi-lingual savvy, managed to both keep it and earn the title "Father of the Czech Nation." Charles IV was the first of the Holy Roman Emperors here; he ruled during the height of Prague's elegance and splendour. This is the man to know if you want to understand Prague's layout. He sponsored the construction of such landmarks as the Charles Bridge, the Hunger Wall and St. Vitus' Cathedral, as well as personally designing the neighborhood called New Town (Nove Mesto) which has for its center Karlovo Namesti or Charles Square. The city displays every branch of architecture across the last thousand years, including Cubism, a style which you will be hard-pressed to find applied to buildings anywhere else in the world. Beyond the stunning visual makeup of the city, there is a wealth of nightlife and entertainment, beginning with the legendary concert halls including the Rudolfinum, National Theater, Estates Theater and the Municipal House. After investigating the Castle and Bridge, which are the most heavily-trafficked tourist areas, take a look around Zizkov and Letna, two of the cooler neighborhoods for bars and restaurants. However quiet it may seem after ten PM, Prague is alive and throbbing in an endless array of basement bars, pubs, clubs, discos and pool halls waiting to be discovered by the intrepid subterranean adventurer. To get an idea of what lies in store, check out the panoramas for Chateau and Palac Akropolis and when you're out and about, make sure you look for the stairs down to the cellar. Apart from shopping, eating, drinking and wearing out your digital camera, delve into the rich green carpet of Prague's parks, many of which lie only walking-minutes from the city center.Text by Steve Smith. | 旅游 |
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In describing the settlement of Keene, historian H.P. Smith writes "Pioneers penetrated its primitive forests and scaled the natural barriers formed by its precipices as early as 1797." Most came by way of a rough, almost impassable road linking Keene with Jay and Lewis. Benjamin Payne was the first of those pioneers to put down roots in Keene. He emigrated from Keene, NH, by way of a marked tree trail from Westport. His daughter, Betsy Payne, is the first pioneer child known to be born in Keene.
Lumber and iron trade were the backbone of business here, as in much of Essex County. The enclosed nature of the valley and the lack of transportation meant that most of the lumber produced was difficult to export and was used locally. But business boomed and by 1820 the town boasted several forges, gristmills and sawmills. The riverbed area of Keene was the first area to be settled. By 1840 Keene Flats developed as a community. The township is full of water, from mountain ponds and lakes, to freshets, runoffs, streams and rivers. The melting snowcap of the high peaks contributes to the danger of spring flooding. In 1855 and 1856 floods broke the state dam at the lower end of AuSable Lake after days of continuous rain. Fields were covered with gravel and boulders deposited by the raging waters.
Despite these recurring setbacks, farms developed in the enclosed valley of Keene Flats and the lower reaches of the mountains were cleared for pasture. In 1860, the Beede Boarding House opened for business and welcomed T.S. Perkins, the first of many artists to arrive at this North Country wilderness and the beginning of a wave of summer visitors. During the latter half of the 19th century, Keene Flats became known as the "Yosemite of the East". In 1872 more than 500 guests vacationed here. The first Adirondack Bicycle Club was formed here in 1897. It developed a riding trail between Keene Valley and St. Huberts. When it folded in 1920, the bike path became a hiking trail. In this same decade, Crawford opened his sawmill, Dr. Potter began his medical practice and Phineas Beede opened a Tavern. In 1883 Keene Flats became Keene Valley with its own post office.
Hiking, health, capturing nature on canvas and waxing philosophical in the mountain air turned Keene and Keene Valley into a summer resort. The Adirondack Mountain Reserve was incorporated in 1892 and the road to the lower AuSable Lake was built. A toll gate was installed and the money collected was used to maintain the road. Guides and caretakers led visitors hiking, hunting and fishing. The tourism industry was established.
At the end of the century the town was filled with guest houses, general stores, vegetable gardens, meat markets and all of the commercial facilities needed to run a tourist community. Dentists, taxidermists, car dealerships and insurance agents opened their doors as the 20th century began. Schools moved toward centralization, churches were built and sidewalks laid. But the economic backbone of the town remained the influx of summer people. They stayed around the town at the AuSable Club, at Putnam Camp, on East Hill at Glenmore and Summerhill. They stayed in town at Tahawus and Interbrook.
Keene continues to thrive as a tourist and summer community. The Cascade House is gone, as the forest preserve acreage has expanded to 69 percent of the town. Development is concentrated primarily along the narrow ribbon of road that winds it way through the mountain passes from the Northway.
Area: 160 square miles
High point: Mt. Marcy 5,344 feet (highest peak in NY State)
Principle waterways: AuSable River, Boquet River
Settled: 1797, Benjamin Payne
Boundary changes: 1848
Town Hall: P.O. Box 89, Keene NY, 12942 (518)576-4444
Population: 1850: 798, 2000: 1,063
Major industry: lumber, farming, tourism
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2015-48/2551/en_head.json.gz/9425 | Pawleys Island: Parking grows scarce earlier each season
By Charles Swenson
Coastal Observer
Memorial Day on Pawleys Island. Chance of rain: 30 percent. Chance of finding a parking spot: slim to none. “This is as busy as I’ve ever seen it,” Police Chief Guy Osborne said, eyeing the line of cars parked along Myrtle Avenue between Town Hall and First Street. Even before the official start of the tourist season there were three days when every parking spot on the island was filled. That included the marked spaces, such as the 80 at the south end parking lot. It included the roadsides, such as the south end cul-de-sac on Atlantic Avenue where someone had moved a wood trash can rack to be able to squeeze another car onto the shoulder. “I think Memorial Day, the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend, is busier than the Fourth of July,” Cpl. Matt Elliott said. And yet, by mid afternoon Monday, police had written just 14 parking tickets, Sgt. Clay Naar said. “There are a lot of cars,” he said, but added “they were very good down on the south end.” The press of cars and the occasional dispute over who had dibs on parking spots led the town to put a part-time officer at the county-owned parking lot a few years ago. With the south end full, beachgoers have shifted their attention to the north end. Parking along Myrtle Avenue near Town Hall is a recent trend, Elliott said. Osborne credits the lack of incidents to the town’s decision to maintain funding for the police department at five full-time and four part-time officers. That was enough to provide 24-hour patrols and make sure that at the busiest times police maintain visibility on the three-and-a-half mile long island. “Pro-active policing,” Osborne called it. Memorial Day weekend is traditionally a time for homeowners to spend time on the island before renting their homes to summer vacationers who will arrive as soon as their children are out of school. Empty rental houses meant there wasn’t the volume of traffic on the roads – or the number of walkers, joggers and cyclists – but there was a steady stream of cars and trucks circling in search of a parking space. Elliott was on patrol Saturday. Lisa Orr was on duty at the south end. Tracie Milligan, another part-time officer, was making rounds on a four-wheeler. The law requires vehicles parked on the roadside to have all four tires off the pavement. “Most of them are making an effort,” Elliott said on a ride down Atlantic Avenue. One Honda that didn’t got a ticket from Milligan. A man watching an oceanfront house for his son flagged Elliott down to let him know someone driving an SUV had parked at the house without permission. Elliott said he would keep and eye out. A Georgetown man carrying a surfboard walked by and loaded it into a minivan. When the van wouldn’t start he asked Elliott for a jump-start. “I like the public service part of the job,” Elliott said. After a couple of minutes the minivan only gave an anemic sputter. Maybe they could try Elliott’s jumper cables, the man suggested. “Mine are kind of worn,” he said. The police-issue cables put new life into the 4-year-old battery, the man drove off and another parking spot opened. Elliott was back on the beach on Memorial Day, but this time for an afternoon with his family. He said he usually finds a spot to park on the north end. Cpl. Mike Fanning took over patrol duties from Naar. He quickly spotted a van with a boat trailer with two wheels well out into the pavement on Third Street. He pulled over and discovered that was the one ticket Naar wrote on the early shift. On Atlantic Avenue near First Street, Fanning spotted a pickup that was parked well off the pavement. He had written the driver a ticket the day before. Another pickup was parked in front of a fire hydrant. “That’s my pet peeve,” Fanning said. People regularly stop officers to ask about parking rules. Fanning said one woman asked him to back her car out of a space on Hazard Street because she had never driven in reverse before. “Ma’am, we don’t do that,” he told her. On a drive through the south end parking lot, Fanning stopped to check the handicapped parking permits in two cars. One was current with a photo ID. The other was older with dates written in by hand. The driver said the permit was for his father, who was on the beach, but he didn’t hang around. On his next trip through, a woman with an oxygen tank and a walker was getting out of a van in the same spot. Along Springs Avenue, the only road to the south end access, Fanning stopped to tell a landscaper he couldn’t park his truck in the road while mowing the grass. “We give them some slack in the off-season,” he said. As people began to head home for the day, Fanning pulled over on Myrtle Avenue near the South Causeway and set up his traffic radar. A steady stream of cars came around the corner by the old Tip Top Inn: 24, 23, 26, 21 … All in a 25 mph zone. The only break in the routine was a pickup truck that clocked in at 15 mph with two cars following closely.
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Unforgettable: Letchworth State Park
By Audrey Nieson
At 14,000 acres, Letchworth State Park is one of the state's largest and most scenic preserves. Here, at the "Grand Canyon of the East," nature, history and adventure combine to create an experience like no other. Explore the park's lush forests and breathtaking gorge, which plummets 600 feet to the roaring rapids of the Genesee River. Marvel at the rainbows that appear in the mist over the park's picturesque waterfalls. Learn about the area's rich heritage and fascinating geology. Rent one of 82 cabins or 270 campsites in the park. Dine or spend the night at the historic Glen Iris Inn, the former residence of Buffalo businessman, philanthropist, and social reformer William Pryor Letchworth. Hike along more than 60 miles of trails, cool off in one of the park's two swimming pools, picnic at one of the 12 picnic areas, or go for a horseback ride. For an unforgettable adventure, join a white-water rafting trip or soar above the gorge in a hot-air balloon. William Pryor Letchworth had a lifelong fascination with the region, and donated his 1,000-acre estate to New York State in 1906 and 1907. His gift included his Native American collections, now on display in the Letchworth Museum, and the Council House Grounds, where he relocated and preserved a circa 1800 log house (built by legendary Mary Jemison, "White Woman of the Genesee)" and a mid-eighteenth-century Seneca Council House.
Open year-round, Letchworth State Park offers a multitude of recreational and educational opportunities for the whole family, including festivals, concerts, lectures, and guided walks. To learn more about the park's special events and programs, call (585) 493-3600. | 旅游 |
2015-48/2551/en_head.json.gz/10200 | Surfrider
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Beach bacteria battle goes high-tech
Chicagoland effort to keep water safe hits digital age
Jehreal Webster pours water into an oasis in the sand as his daughter Jahnahn , 3, plays at the 57th Street Beach. (Scott Strazzante, Chicago
By Joel Hood, TRIBUNE REPORTER
10:38 a.m. CDT, May 28, 2010
So much for the old warning flag on a stick.
Confronting an almost unwinnable battle against E. coli and other bacteria on public beaches, Chicago and some of its suburbs have taken the fight into the digital age.
From computer models that can predict conditions where bacteria will thrive, to swimming alerts and beach closures sent out via Twitter, Facebook and text message, officials have adopted high-tech strategies to better inform beachgoers of unhealthy conditions.
"That's how people live now," said Cathy Breitenbach, manager of the Chicago Park District's Office of Green Initiatives. "People have an expectation today to get information quickly and in multiple ways. We're doing our best to meet that expectation."
As thousands across Chicago and the suburbs hit the beach this Memorial Day weekend, health officials warn of the dangers lurking out of sight.
The popular beaches that line the lakefront in Chicago and communities to the north have long been a melting pot for E. coli and other harmful bacteria. Stormwater runoff, pet waste, bird droppings and urban trash contribute to microscopic mountains of filth that can lead to sore throats, stomachaches and all kinds of ailments.
The number of swimming bans has increased in recent years, officials say, likely due to more frequent testing for bacteria than an actual drop-off in water quality. Twice a day, researchers walk the city's 31 beaches collecting water samples in small plastic tubes and sending them to a lab for analysis.
The trouble with that method of water sampling is that results aren't known until the next day. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Geological Survey are pioneering research off Chicago's beaches, using DNA analysis to test for bacteria, that will one day shorten the lab work to a couple of hours, allowing for almost instantaneous water monitoring, said Richard Whitman, a USGS ecologist.
"The results we've been living with are yesterday's numbers, and that's not always good enough," Whitman said. "We know water conditions can change pretty quickly."
This month, Whitman and other scientists dumped red dye into the water a half-mile off 63rd Street Beach, one of the most problematic waterfronts in the city, to track the speed and direction of lake currents in the hopes of better understanding how bacteria builds up along the shoreline.
Thanks to EPA funding, the scientists have developed computer models that can calculate weather data, wave height, wind direction, rainfall and other measurements to project when and where bacteria counts will rise to unsafe levels.
This software, launched in Lake County in 2005, has revolutionized beach research. Instead of having to wait 18 or 20 hours to issue a swimming alert to beachgoers, predictive modeling can anticipate unsafe swimming conditions.
"It's keeping people out of the water when they should be, and not a day after the testing is done," said Mike Adam, a senior biologist for Lake County, which oversees 15 public beaches along the lakefront and several dozen inland beaches. "E. coli levels can change dramatically just between morning and afternoon tests. Imagine how much they change a day later."
Officials in Chicago and Evanston are now compiling data that will enable them to use predictive modeling in a year or two. It is a step toward the ultimate goal of being able to predict high bacteria levels days in advance, Whitman said.
"Wouldn't it be wonderful to know on Friday what the water conditions will be like at your favorite beach on Saturday or Sunday?" Whitman asked. "That's where we want to be."
Until that day arrives, the best defense of our beaches involves a mix of high- and low-tech solutions, Breitenbach said.
Last year the Chicago Park District debuted a specially crafted titanium rake with four-inch teeth capable of turning over deeper layers of sand, reducing bacteria by exposing it to UV light and oxygen. Think of it as a sand Zamboni that refreshes Chicago's beaches each morning.
This spring, the Chicago Park District board unanimously passed an ordinance banning the feeding of birds and wildlife along city beaches. The ordinance is designed to reduce the number of gulls, particularly the most common ring-billed gulls, that congregate and defecate on the sand, Breitenbach said.
And once again this summer, the park district plans to station rescued border collies and their handlers on a few of the city's beaches to disrupt gulls when they try to land. The dogs have proven to be a simple, effective and popular answer to the bird problem, Breitenbach said, and is about as low-tech as it gets.
"They stay in the open areas and try to prevent birds from landing and loafing," Breitenbach said.
The time-honored practice of flying brightly colored flags on the beach, to warn swimmers of dangerous water, has not yet gone the way of the typewriter. Flags will still fly this summer, officials said, but park district two years ago set out to modernize how it reached the public.
District officials set up a Facebook page and a Twitter account, @chicagoparks. In addition to the automated phone line (312-742-3224) that for years has offered recorded messages about beach conditions, this spring the district plans to send swim-ban notifications via text message.
As scientists learn more about the relationship between waterborne bacteria and public health, getting out the information as quickly as possible becomes the next great challenge, Breitenbach said.
"We've made this a commitment because we know it's a public service," she said. "These beaches are meant for all to enjoy."
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2015-48/2551/en_head.json.gz/10268 | The Beginner's Guide Part 4: Ten Things To Know About Travel
Written by Nick Hobbs
Tags: 10 Things, Earth, Holiday, travel, Travellers
Saturday, 22 October 2011
Travel...the facts!
Hello and welcome to the fourth in our Beginner's Guide series.In this edition we are talking about travel.Since man could first walk, he has wandered freely, seeking out adventure and experience to broaden the mind.From the classic family holiday to the trans-Atlantic business trip, travel has become a much needed part of the day to day dealings of the human race.Whether you are preparing a trip, or indeed just returned, you will find our guide an invaluable source of information.So here goes, ten things to know about travel...1. The first person in recorded history to take a holiday was Lester Gerrety, in 1859. After a rather stressful week in the workhouse, Lester decided to take a 6 mile trip to the coast with his family. Returning three days later, colleagues commented on how refreshed he looked. Immediately asking his boss if he could reserve the same three days next year, a legend was born.2. Ambling is a recognised mode of transport. Popularised in the Victorian era, when gentry were often spotted ambling in parks, and around lakes, the fashion waned in the mid-1900's. The craft experienced a resurgence in early 2001, when groups of teenagers began ambling around shopping centre's, and on street corners, whilst wearing hooded tops and swigging White Lightning cider from plastic bottles. Walking is still officially the most practiced form of human travel in the world. Cycling is a close second, but third on the list is ambling, a trend which seems to be growing with each new generation of disaffected youth.3. Spain is recognised as the number one travel destination for UK residents. But surprisingly, in a poll conducted by the Food Standards Agency, Spanish cuisine was voted as the Brits least favoured diet. Which is perhaps why fish and chips is now the Spaniards national food!4. Humans are not the only species to enjoy travel. Cheetah's enjoy yearly sabbaticals, often choosing luxury stays in long grass and eating out on fine zebra, instead of the usual diet of Thomson's gazelle. Worker ants, on the other hand, have not had a holiday since 1942.5. It is accepted that travel broadens the mind, but don't ever be complacent that all travel is good. Trips to foreign countries in a bid to learn more of the culture and tradition of the native customs is a much respected and highly recommended personal pursuit. But taking a week out in Majorca, eating burgers and puking your evenings binge of lager out, over a backdrop of cackling, half naked clubbers, all to the soundtrack of Ibiza Anthems 2009, is not a mind broadening experience. Nor does it make you a seasoned traveller, such as Michael Palin. If this option appears tempting, we would advise staying at home, and re-thinking your life.6. The world is getting smaller. With the advent of air travel, the internet and up-to-the-minute, instant media gratification, the world surely is your oyster! This trend has seen a number of people eschew the usual travel modes, and opt for a new 'stay-at-home-holiday' anti-travel policy. The Garibaldi family, of Runcorn, are one such example. They have not ventured out of their home for seven years. Mr and Mrs Garibaldi both work from home, using the internet to earn their money. The weekly shopping is ordered via the web, and delivered to their house. The children have home schooling, again provided over the internet, and the annual family holiday involves pitching a tent in the back garden, and watching Pobol Y Cwm on TV, for that 'foreign feel'.7. Travelling without moving is impossible, despite the arguments put forth by large hat wearing singer, Jay Kay, from funk rock outfit Jamiroquai.8. Travel, whilst liberating, fascinating, and educational, can also be dangerous. To head off in to the unknown wilds, packing only a toothbrush and 50 Euros, has been the undoing of many a traveller. Eaten by lions, falling off a cliff and being mugged, buggered and murdered by head-scarf wearing gangs in the upper West Side, are just some of the ways the less wary traveller has met their end. Preparation is key. Before setting off on any journey, be it business or pleasure, always research your destination. Find out the customs of your chosen vacation. You don't want to have your eyes gouged out in a restaurant for asking for more soup, merely because you were unaware that your nonchalant hand-gesture informed the manager you were sleeping with his donkey. Do you?9. Cat's are the only species of animal (other than man) that are native to every country in the world. We only know this because of the wonders of travel! This was catalogued by famed, short-sighted explorer, Dr Edmund B DeLang in 1856. He travelled the world, visiting every country on every continent, and everywhere he went he saw cats. His journals, which can still be seen in the Museum of Antiquities in Cairo, describe clearly his fascination with travel and anthropology. Interestingly, Dr DeLang only ever depicted ginger cats in his notes. Steven, his ginger tom, accompanied him on his travels, and holds the record as most travelled cat.10. Fact-flood!! When in the jungle, do not make monkey noises at monkeys. People have been raped, or had their face torn off for this! China is the most un-explored country on Earth. There are parts of it that are uninhabited, even by the Chinese! Smuggling is illegal in every country in the world, despite what the nice man at the airport tells you, as he asks you to 'deliver this for a friend!' Added together, there are more Chinese people in all other countries than there are in China itself!Join us next time, for The Beginner's Guide Part 5: Ten Things To Know About SportFor Part 1: Space go here.For Part 2: Religion go here.For Part 3: Classical Music go here.
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Janjina , a village in the interior of the Peljesac Peninsula, at the foot of the Gradina hill (244 m), 2 km from the Drace harbour on the north-eastern coast; population 333. Chief occupations are farming, viticulture and olive growing. Janjina is located on the regional road. On the locality of Gradina above the village is an Illyrian hill-fort; around it are many tumuli. The walls of a Roman country mansion (villa rustica) and stelae from the 1st century have been found near the church of St. Stephen on the cemetery. Important are also the remains of the pre-Romanesque church of St. George with a late mediaeval graveyard; on the fragments of its altar partition, adorned with "pleter"(interlacery ornaments), is also an inscription of the donator Petar. A rustic relief with the sitting figure of St. Blaise has been built in above the entrance into the former ducal palace. The village features several nice captain houses from the 19th century; the dominating structure is the church of St. Blaise, built in the historicist style. Janjina is located only 2 km from the Drace Cove, where tourists may enjoy bathing in the crystal clear sea and water sports. Private Accommodation
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2015-48/2551/en_head.json.gz/10914 | ARIZONA TRAILS
HISTORY AND GENEALOGY
Yavapai County, Arizona
YAVAPAI COUNTY Yavapai County, one of the state’s oldest counties, was among the
original four created when Arizona was still a territory. Although
Yavapai County originally encompassed more than 65,000 square miles, it
now covers only 8,125 square miles, but is
still as large as the state of New Jersey. It was called the “Mother of
Counties,” from which Apache, Coconino, Gila, Maricopa and Navajo
counties were all formed. The provisional seat of the territorial government was established at
Fort Whipple in Chino Valley on Jan. 22, 1864. Nine months later it was
moved 20 miles away to a little
mining community named Prescott. In 1867, -the capital was moved to
Tucson where it remained for 10 years. Then the capital was shifted
back to Prescott, where it remained until 1889, when it was permanently
relocated to Phoenix. Yavapai County offers many local attractions ranging from natural to
cultural to educational. Scenic pine forests provide year-round
recreational opportunities, and museums, monuments and rodeos reflect
Arizona’s tribal and territorial past. Institutions of higher learning
include two colleges and an aeronautical university. The county has
experienced tremendous growth in recent years, with the population up
by more than 30 percent since 1990. Some unincorporated areas in
Yavapai County and the central area in the City of Prescott has been
designated as an Enterprise Zone. In addition, parts of Chino Valley,
Camp Verde and Prescott Valley have been designated as an Enterprise
Zone. The U.S. Forest Service owns 38 percent of the land in Yavapai County,
including portions of Prescott, Tonto and Coconino national forests,
while the state of Arizona owns an additional 24.6 percent. Twenty-five
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2015-48/2551/en_head.json.gz/11319 | Destination: Eastern Africa
Explore Eastern Africa on a Serengeti safari, trek up Mount Kilimanjaro, or tiptoe past endangered gorillas in mountain jungles. East Africa offers adventures of all kinds, and the chance to relax on sensational island beaches too.
Mountain Gorilla
African Elephants
Transcript Hi, I’m Patty Kim. Today we’re headed to East Africa, famous for sights like the Serengeti Plains. But there’s a whole lot more to this place than just safaris and savannah. It’s also home to mountain jungles, fiery volcanoes and the Great Rift Valley – a place where scientists have discovered some of the oldest evidence of human life, anywhere on the planet!East Africa….a gateway to a whole other world. Among the most popular places to visit are Kenya and Tanzania…but more and more travelers are also heading to Uganda and Rwanda. And if you’re open to exploring, check out Ethiopia.The high season takes place during the dry months – from June through August and then from December to February. That’s usually the best time to go on safari to spot wildlife. And you probably won’t be disappointed. Not only can you look out for lions, leopards, rhinos, elephants and African buffalo, but you could witness an event unlike anything anywhere else on the planet – the Serengeti Migrations.The earth shakes as over a million wildebeests, zebras and gazelle cross the Serengeti following the rains. From their winter feeding grounds in Serengeti National Park in Tanzania, the herds migrate to their summer feeding grounds in Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya, and then make the return trip back again. With the herds, come the hunters. But no matter what obstacles or dangers the herds may face, the migration continues.Over 90,000 visitors come each year to watch the age-old spectacle. So, for a front row seat to the greatest show on earth…. be sure to book well in advance.For wildlife watching that’s a little bit more up close and personal, head west to see the rare mountain gorilla. There are only about 700 of these creatures left on the planet. You’ll find about half of them in Uganda, in the Bwindi National Park. About 120 live in Rwanda, in the Parc National Des Volcans.The critically endangered mountain gorilla is a highlight of one of the world’s richest ecosystems. Permits to see these fantastic creatures range from $250 to $500 and some of the money goes toward protecting this fragile habitat.Strict rules are in place controlling how close tourists can get, and how much time they can spend with the gorillas. But even just a few moments of being within eyeshot of a mountain gorilla will be a thrill to last a lifetime.If you’re interested in more trekking, how about climbing 19,000 feet? Tanzania hosts the continent’s tallest mountain – Mount Kilimanjaro. From the nearby city of Arusha you can hire guides and porters and set out for Kilimanjaro’s snowy summit. To allow trekkers to adjust to the altitude, the climb takes about a week, but requires no special training or equipment, and the views all along the way are breathtaking.For something a little out-of-this-world, head for the soda lakes of western Kenya. At Lake Bogoria, Nakuru and Magadi, the salt water bubbles with steam and sulfur. Algae thrive in this harsh Eden, attracting millions of hungry flamingos. Fresh-water springs and lakes attract other wildlife both familiar…and bizarre. With a ring-side seat by the lake shore, you are guaranteed a one-of-a-kind wildlife experience.Want to stray from the beaten path? Head to Ethiopia. Its rugged mountains have guarded Africa’s oldest independent nation for thousands of years.Near its northern border, the city of Aksum holds ruined palaces and towering obelisks from the Axumite Empire. Pilgrims journey to Aksum’s Chapel of St. Mary of Zion, where they believe the Ark of the Covenant is kept.Religion has shaped Ethiopia – literally. In nearby Lalibela, eleven churches were hand-carved from the mountain rock. The mountains hold other treasures, too. Hiking in the Simyen mountains, you can spot animals found nowhere else… Ethiopian wolves that have evolved to be solo hunters and troops of gelada baboons that graze like herds of cattle.After all that hiking and trekking, a little chilling out might be in order, and there’s plenty of room to spread out and relax on East Africa’s shores. Coastal towns such as Lamu, Malindi, Mombasa and Zanzibar are home to pristine beaches, flourishing coral reefs, and a view into traditional ways of life that go back for centuries.You’ll find that English is widely spoken in many major tourist areas.Wear clothes that are light, long, and loose. They’ll help protect you from the sun and fit in with local customs.Traveling on safari to remote locations is slow, so make sure to budget extra time for getting around the countryside. It’ll be well worth it. | 旅游 |
2015-48/2551/en_head.json.gz/11723 | The Excelsior Hotel Location and Nearby NYC Attractions
The Excelsior Hotel is located on 81st Street overlooking Central Park on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, one of New York’s most prestigious and popular residential neighborhoods.
Established in a beautifully restored landmark building, the Excelsior Upper West Side Hotel is conveniently located adjacent to the American Museum of Natural History and the New Rose Space Center, and a short distance to many popular museums, attractions and events
UPPER WEST SIDE ATTRACTIONS NEAR THE HOTEL:
Rose Center for Earth and Space A distinct part of the American Museum of Natural History, the Rose Center for Earth and Space an extensive reworking of the Hayden Planetarium; including an entirely new structure that encloses the Hayden Sphere and several incredible new shows about Earth and Space.American Museum of Natural History Adjacent to the Excelsior Hotel on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, the American Museum of Natural History is one of the largest museums in the world. It is home to 48 permanent exhibition halls, research laboratories and a renowned library.Central ParkThe first landscaped public park in the United States, Central Park was developed in 1853, spanning 843 acres of land in the center of Manhattan. The park spans between the Upper East and West sides of Manhattan between 5th and 8th Avenues and 59th and 106th Streets. The Central Park Zoo, ice skating rinks, model boat pond, horseback riding, and other activities can be enjoyed in Central Park.Lincoln Center Lincoln Center is a 16.3 acre complex in Manhattan that is home to many prestigious arts organization such as the New York Philharmonic, New York City Ballet, New York City Opera, Metropolitan Opera, and the Julliard School. Lincoln Center is located between Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues from West 60th to West 66th Streets.Beacon TheatreThe Beacon is a historic 3-tiered New York City Theatre on Upper Broadway on Manhattan. Today, it is one of New York’s leading live music and entertainment venues.UPPER EAST SIDE ATTRACTIONS:Cathedral Church of St John the Divine The Cathedral of St. John the Divine is the world’s largest neo-gothic cathedral and considered the “mother church” of the Episcopol Diocese.Riverside Park Riverside Park is Manhattan’s most spectacular waterfront park; stretching 4 miles from 72nd to 158th Streets along the Hudson River.Metropolitan Museum of Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art (MOMA) is located at 82nd Street, along “Museum Mile” on the Upper East side of New York. It is home to more than 2 million works of art from every part of the world, spanning the Stone Age to the 20th Century.Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Opened in 1951, the Guggenheim is one of the best known museums in New York City, and one of the 20th Century’s most important architectural landmarks. The Guggenheim is home to a collection of Impressionist, Post Impressionist, early Modern and Contemporary Art.The Whitney Museum The Whitney focuses on 20th and 21st century American art with more than 18,000 works in a wide variety of media with emphasis on exhibiting work of living artists.The Jewish Museum The Jewish Museum is the leading art museum of cultural artifacts in the United States with over 26,000 objects. | 旅游 |
2015-48/2551/en_head.json.gz/11911 | Siege Boom (Heritage Trail)
Derry-Londonderry, County Londonderry
Charles Fort
Kinsale, Cork
Visit this unique star-shaped military fortress that has stood guard over Kinsale harbour for over three hundred years.
Derrynane House, National Historic Park
Caherdaniel, Kerry
Derrynane House the ancestral home of Daniel O’Connell, is a public museum commemorating one of Ireland’s leading historical figures and arguably the greatest ever Irishman.
Killarney, Kerry
Ross Castle is a 15th century tower house located in Killarney, County Kerry. It is a typical example of the stronghold of an Irish chieftain in the Middle Ages and is fully restored and furnished with period oak furniture.
Muckross House, Gardens And Traditional Farms
Muckross House, once visited by Queen Victoria, is situated on the shores of Muckross Lake within the stunning surroundings of Killarney National Park. The House and grounds are located 3.6km from Killarney town in County Kerry.
Portumna Castle And Gardens
Portumna, Galway
Portumna Castle, built close to 400 years ago by the de Burgo (Burke) family, stands close to Lough Derg, the River Shannon and Portumna Forest Park in Portumna, County Galway.
Kilkenny Castle
Kilkenny City, Kilkenny
Kilkenny Castle is a 12th century castle, remodelled in Victorian times and set in riverside parklands, which was once the principal seat of the Butler family, Marquesses and Dukes of Ormonde. It is located in the heart of Kilkenny City.
Rothe House
Rothe House is a unique, early 17th-century, Irish merchant’s townhouse and garden, set in the centre of Kilkenny City. It is also the base of genealogical research on Kilkenny ancestry.
Cahir Castle
Cahir, Tipperary
Cahir Castle is located on a rocky island on the River Suir in the centre of Cahir town, County Tipperary. It is one of Ireland’s largest and best preserved castles.
Kylemore Abbey and Victorian Walled Garden
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2015-48/2574/en_head.json.gz/9793 | Nouvelles par date
A beauty born from the fire
13 January 2012 | Fact sheet
Pitons, cirques and remparts of Reunion Island, France, World Heritage site
Background Pitons, cirques and remparts of Reunion Island is a World Heritage Site in the interior of the Island of La Réunion, featuring spectacular volcanic landscapes, luscious rainforests and stunning gorges and waterfalls. The island is made up of two volcanic massifs: the Piton des Neiges, a now dormant volcano which created the island 2.1 million years ago, and the Piton de la Fournaise, an active volcano in the southeast.
La Réunion rises to 3,071m in altitude, and is the youngest of the three Mascarene Islands. The climate is oceanic and subtropical, but the island’s varied topography creates many microclimates and a variety of ecological conditions. The World Heritage Site includes the middle and upper slopes and peaks of the two volcanoes and a linking section between them. The volcanic and erosional topography of the site is striking.
Long linear and curvilinear escarpments known as “remparts” rise to 1,000m in places, surrounding erosional “cirques” in the flanks of the volcanoes, or adjoining the radiating streams. The peak of the Piton des Neiges lies at the centre of three such scarp-rimmed “cirques”: Salazie, Mafate and Cilaos. The Piton de la Fournaise, rising to 2,632 m, is one of the world’s most continuously active volcanoes: it has erupted over 100 times since 1640. The Plaine des Sables, a large area of fine volcanic material, provides a dramatic barren landscape towards the top of the volcano.
The two peaks, with their great variety of rugged terrain of differing heights and aspects, and the visual impact of the escarpments, forested gorges and basins are of stunning beauty.
La Réunion National Park was established in 2007 and comprises 96% of all remaining natural areas of La Réunion. Most of the National Park (c. 90%) is state owned, while the majority of the remainder is under various other forms of communal and public ownership, and a small extension being on private land. The National Park contains two small strict nature reserves: the Saint Philippe-Mare Longue Reserve set up in 1981, covering 68 ha; and the Roche Ecrite Planèze Reserve, covering 3,643 ha, aimed at conserving the Critically Endangered Réunion Cuckoo-shrike (Coracina newtoni).
View photos of the World Heritage site
Size and Location La Réunion lies 750 km east of Madagascar and 200 km southwest of Mauritius. It is part of the Mascarene Island group in the south-western Indian Ocean. The World Heritage site has an area of 105,838 ha, which represents 42% of the total area of the island. The nominated property is surrounded by a buffer zone of 11,729 ha that includes the lower part of the volcanic cirques.
Flora and Fauna Like all oceanic islands, La Réunion has a relatively low species richness compared to comparable continental areas, but is typified by a high level of endemism. The steep altitudinal variation of the island supports a series of different habitats ranging from subtropical rainforest moving up into Pandanus thickets, cloud forest and heath on the windward side of the island, and through dry subtropical forest and steppes, the most threatened habitat types on La Réunion, on the leeward side.
La Réunion is considered a global Centre of Plant Diversity, where a third of the vegetation is forest, and it conserves the most extensive and best remnants of the natural vegetation of the Mascarene Islands. Its variety is due to topographic complexity, climatic variation, the abrupt altitudinal gradient and to the island’s oceanic isolation. It hosts 1,712 species of vascular plants. Of the 840 indigenous species, 389 (46.3%) are endemic, 236 being locally and 153 regionally endemic. 8 genera are endemic to Réunion, and 5 more endemic to the Mascarenes. There are also 754 species of mosses.
Although altered by human use, the impact of human activity on the ecosystems of La Réunion is lower than elsewhere in the Mascarenes.
As for most remote islands, the vertebrate fauna is poor, having less than 50 indigenous species. A significant number of these species are known to have become extinct since human settlement began in 1650, including a giant tortoise and the iconic dodo bird. However, the bird population has survived better than on other islands, since monkeys and mongoose were never introduced. Out of the 78 birds, 7 are endemic of the island. Amongst recorded insects, 40% of the beetles and 25% of the 500 spiders are endemic. There are 500 species of butterflies. Out of the existing 54 molluscs, 20 are endemic to La Réunion, and 24 more to the Mascarenes. There are also 21 freshwater fish, 9 freshwater crustaceans and 20 freshwater molluscs all of which are endemic. The World Heritage site protects the areas that are important in sustaining these levels of biodiversity.
In relation to ecosystem processes, it is worth noting that the vast tract of mostly intact forest stretching from sea level at Mare Longue to the summit of the Piton de la Fournaise is an exceptional survival within tropical islands in the Indian Ocean. There is a large number of distinct habitat types, plant succession has been studied in detail, and there are good examples of the ongoing emergence of species.
Threats The greatest threat to the values of the site is the large number of invasive alien species, both animals and plants. They are most intrusive in the semiarid, lowland and mid-level forests, and the invasive plants include some of the most problematic and pervasive known invasive species. Eight alien mammals are also present, including deer, rats, dogs and cats. The extreme pressure from these invasive alien species has completely disrupted ecological processes in many areas of the island, and when natural vegetation disappears due to landslips, lava flows, or other factors, it is mostly replaced by more aggressive exotic species.
Another menace to the unique natural values is posed by urban development and population pressures. The island is heavily populated and population is increasing quickly, especially in the coastal plain. Aside from the cirque areas, most of the interior of the island is however not settled.
Dealing with the threats A comprehensive strategy to control and eradicate invasive alien species (IAS) was agreed on in 2008. A number of institutions are working on IAS issues and substantial financial resources are allocated to work on this subject. A number of actions have been already successfully implemented, such as the eradication of cats and rats in the Nature Reserve of la Roche Ecrite affecting nesting areas of the La Réunion Cuckoo-shrike, a forest bird endemic of the island.
There are a number of regulations in place to control the impacts resulting from tourism. They are supported by environmental awareness programmes with tourism operators and local communities.
Visitor experience Tourists to La Réunion can choose from a wide variety of outdoor activities: hang-gliding, paragliding, riding, rafting, whitewater kayaking, mountaineering, rock climbing, trekking, camping and picnicking. In 2005 the estimated number of tourists to La Réunion numbered 603,000, many visiting the beaches which are not within the World Heritage site. Sightseeing and trekking in the interior of the island is growing in popularity and there is a road access to viewpoints on the Piton de la Fournaise. Liens similaires
Pitons, Cirques and Remparts of Reunion Island on Protected Planet
Official website of the National Park
Other protected areas
Piton des Neiges
Photo: Marie Fischborn
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2015-48/2574/en_head.json.gz/9856 | Valley of Fire brings the drama.
Valley of Fire State Park is one of the places Southern Nevadans are most proud of - it's as spectacular during the day as the Strip is at night. more...Whether you've been there or not, you've likely seen it dozens of times. Its vivid red formations have proven irresistible for photographers and movie directors alike; a scene-stealing backdrop for countless films and TV commercials. Valley of Fire's spectacular red rocks have even doubled for Mars in numerous sci-fi flicks.The movies first came to Valley of Fire in 1966, when Burt Lancaster and Lee Marvin rolled in to shoot The Professionals. In the mid-'90s, it was here that Star Trek's Captain Kirk fell to his death, with Lake Mead clearly visible in the background.More recently, Michael Bay's Transformers filmed a scene where the autobots are driving along the valley with other military vehicles during sunset. And even the video game "Need for Speed: The Run," features a pivotal scene shot here.Valley of Fire State Park is the oldest state park in Nevada and was designated a National Natural Landmark in 1968. It derives its name from red sandstone formations, formed from great, shifting sand dunes during the age of dinosaurs, 150 million years ago. These bright, red features were often said to appear almost "on fire," especially at sunrise or sunset.As far as tours, Valley of Fire adventures run the gamut: You can hike, ride the bus or even see much of its beauty from your car. So whether you're driving or hiking, Valley of Fire knows how to bring the drama. Keyword | 旅游 |
2015-48/2574/en_head.json.gz/9938 | Front Page » Top Stories » Watson Island Bait Shop Scheduled To Close Monday To Make Way For Visitors Center
Watson Island Bait Shop Scheduled To Close Monday To Make Way For Visitors Center Advertisement Written by Susan Stabley on July 3, 2003
By Susan Stabley
Visitors have what will probably be their last chance this weekend to buy bait or sip a drink from Marty Tritt’s longtime Watson Island bait shop while watching the sun set behind downtown Miami’s skyline.
Preparing to make way for the multimillion-dollar Watson Island Aviation & Visitors Center, Mr. Tritt’s Watson Island Fuel & Fishing Supplies expects to service boaters Monday for the last time. It’s the latest piece of redevelopment planned for the tiny manmade island between the mainland and Miami Beach.
For Mr. Tritt and his customers, it means the likely end of the small business that has stood for 34 years by the shore of Biscayne Bay.
"This is going to be a terrible tragedy for them," Mr. Tritt said this week. "There will be no more nighttime fuel, no more bait for marine people."
But for the City of Miami and the Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau, it’s the beginning of a complex that is to combine bureau headquarters and a press center with seaplane and helicopter bases and is one of many major projects on the island.
Miami-owned Watson Island is jumping with new activity.
Parrot Jungle Island theme park opened June 28. The $25 million, 56,500-square-foot Miami Children’s Museum is set for completion in September. Resurrection of the island’s Ichimura Miami-Japan Garden, built in 1961 and destroyed in 1992 by Hurricane Andrew, is planned at a cost of $1.2 million. The garden will be relocated to an acre east of Parrot Jungle.
The city also has an ambitious plan to lease the island’s northwest quadrant for 45 years with two 15-year options for a commercial development. A referendum a year ago approved a lease of 13.4 acres to Flagstone Properties to build the $281 million Island Gardens, which includes two high-end hotels, shops, restaurants and a megayacht marina. Bulldozers are scheduled to tear down Mr. Tritt’s shop Tuesday and, within a week, start removing its fuel tanks.
Groundbreaking on the visitors center could be in October, pending a need to clean contaminants from the fuel tanks, said Clarence Woods of the economic-development department.
The visitors bureau, the Miami Sports & Exhibition Authority and the city have been negotiating since 1997 a deal to build and operate the center on more than 5 acres. With its current lease on Brickell Avenue ending next year, the bureau might have to consider temporary headquarters on Miami Beach. Bureau Chairman Tony Goldman CEO William Talbert III have said an extension of the bureau’s current lease also might be an option.
Initial estimates were that the Watson Island complex would cost $11.7 million, which would come from sources including the bureau, the Florida Department of Transportation and Miami-Dade County’s convention-development tax. The bureau recently asked the state for $2 million more and is trying to determine if it still qualifies for a $3.8 million grant, Mr. Talbert said late last month.
The project may exceed its budget because of design revisions prompted by the US Department of Homeland Security. If costs exceed $11.7 million, the visitors bureau has the right to terminate its lease with the city and the sports authority, which would become the center’s landlord.
If the bureau does not help build the center, seaplane operator Chalk’s Ocean Airways would have to reconstruct his facilities, owner Jim Confalone has said.
Paul Dudley of Linden Airport Services Corp., which won a bid to run the center’s heliport, said he would build a new helicopter base if the complex falls through. He said he’s been campaigning for a base on Watson Island since the early 1990s. "For our end of it," he said, "we’re ready to go at any time."
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2015-48/2574/en_head.json.gz/9990 | Antarctica challenges underway for Cumbrian adventurers
Published at 14:48, Wednesday, 19 December 2012
Two Cumbrian adventurers have embarked on daring challenges that could see them make history.
Title Author Copyright Description Leo Houlding says his bid to make the first ascent of the two-kilometre long north east ridge of the remote peak Ulvetanna in Eastern Antarctica will be his greatest adventure to date. Once at the summit, he will base jump from the 1,300-metre ridge.
Houlding, aged 32, who grew up in Bolton, near Appleby, is trying to conquer a new route on Ulvetanna - a Norwegian name that translates to “the wolf’s tooth” - which is widely recognised as the most difficult mountain to climb in Antarctica.
"It is the most difficult peak to climb on the harshest continent,” he said. "Since I first heard of this otherworldly peak more than a decade ago I have dreamed of amassing the skill, strength and support necessary to reach this most elusive mountain."
His six-strong team set off on Sunday and is due to return on February 2.
Keep up to date with Houlding's progress at Ulvetanna - The Wolf's Tooth - Antarctica
And Brian Newham, aged 54, of Uldale, near Caldbeck, is part of a team, led by Sir Ranulph Fiennes, that is attempting to make the first ever crossing of the Antarctic in winter.
The group will travel across the wilderness in almost permanent darkness where temperatures can plunge as low as -90°C. The 2,000-mile trek - named The Coldest Journey - will re-define the limits of human courage and endurance.
Mr Newham, an experienced alpine mountaineer and skier, has spent more than 20 seasons in Antarctica and had nine visits to the Arctic.
A fundraising initiative is running alongside the expedition with the aim of raising more than £6 million for Seeing is Believing to help fight blindness around the world.
In its latest blog, co-leader Anton Bowring says the team - but not Newham who is in the UK planning the unloading sequence - is on board the ship SA Agulhas bound for Antarctica.
"We aim to reach Crown Bay in late January in order to discharge the vehicles, equipment and stores. However, until we have more information on the ice conditions nearer the time we arrive there, it may prove unsuitable and we may have to look elsewhere to unload," he writes.
Tristam Kaye, 29, originally from Crosby, near Maryport, is helping to oversee the expedition from London.
For details about the expedition visit The Coldest Journey website or follow the team on Twitter at coldestjourney or Facebook. | 旅游 |
2015-48/2574/en_head.json.gz/10237 | 여행 서비스 > 스페인에 관한 정보
Fiestas Popular festivities to suit everyone
Spain has an outstanding multicultural heritage, and this can be seen in all areas of its social life. There is a wide variety of different festive celebrations to be found all over the country.
Spanish popular festivities and traditions often have a clearly religious origin. This can be seen in throughout all the expressions of Spain's folklore, which combine religious fervour with a variety of pagan and festive commemorations. The country's cultural diversity means the festive manifestations of each region vary widely from north to south, and yet at the same time these local customs exist alongside festivities which are celebrated all over the national territory. The festive year in Spain starts with the traditional strokes of midnight in the Puerta del Sol square in Madrid, which attracts throngs of people from the city itself and from all over Spain who welcome in the New Year with a grape swallowed for each chime of the clock. One of the most important traditional celebrations in Spain, however, is Easter week. This takes place at the end of March or in April, and takes place amid vivid and extremely moving popular processions. The greatest number of festive events takes place in the summer months, between June and September, according to the geographic area, as they tend to combine both religious and socio-economic aspects. Throughout most of Spain's geography there are also a range of different festivities in late summer (late August and early September) owing to the historic tradition of commemorating the harvest (and particularly the grape harvest). What's more, each area in the country has its own specific festivities. Some of the highlights are the Sanfermines bull-running festival in Pamplona, Sant Jordi and La Mercé in Barcelona, the Fallas bonfire festival in Valencia, the festivity of the Reconquest in Granada, the April Fair in Seville and San Isidro and the Verbena de La Paloma in Madrid. But these are just a few examples of the thousands of festive celebrations which are to be found the length and breadth of Spain all year round.
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2015-48/2574/en_head.json.gz/10540 | Talbragar River
Perennial stream[1]
Talbragar River, at Cobbora, southwest of Dunedoo
IBRA: Brigalow Belt South
Upper Hunter, Orana
Upper Hunter, Warrumbungle, Dubbo
Macquarie River, Murray–Darling basin
Coolaburragundy River
Liverpool Range, Great Dividing Range
north of Cassilis
confluence with the Macquarie River
near Dubbo
Talbragar River, a perennial stream that is part of the Macquarie catchment within the Murray-Darling basin, is located in the Upper Hunter and Orana districts of New South Wales, Australia.
The river rises on the western side of the Liverpool Range on south slopes of Great Dividing Range, north of Cassilis and flows generally south west, joined by fifteen tributaries, including the Coolaburragundy River, and reaching its confluence with the Macquarie River near Dubbo; descending 876 metres (2,874 ft) over its 277 kilometres (172 mi) course.
The river flows through the Dunedoo and is noted for its influence on flood, particularly for its capacity for rapid rise and fall, due to the wide catchment, and the effect of its flood water on Dubbo.
1 European history
European history[edit]
The Talbragar River was first encountered by Europeans in the late 1820s when it was called the Putterbatta River.[citation needed] The first bridge over the Talbragar was built in the 1850s, near Dunedoo, by Thomas New.[citation needed]
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2014-35/4142/en_head.json.gz/48778 | Harbor plan moving forward
Jul 11, 2007 at 12:00AM updated Jun 9, 2008 at 2:25PM But liveaboards say a $150 per month moorage fee is unfair.
Of all the views offered by Eagle Harbor, perhaps the most striking are those held by, and about, its inhabitants.
Theres the view from the shore, where some neighbors have complained for years about liveaboards, claiming they pollute the harbor literally and aesthetically. Then theres the view from the water, where liveaboards tout the advantages of their lifestyle and its historical significance to the island. Whatever the view, one thing is certain: changes are afoot that could drastically alter the liveaboard landscape.
It would be the beginning of the end of this lifestyle, said longtime liveaboard Ray Nowak, of the citys plans to create an open water marina in Eagle Harbor.
The marina, which would encompass the same area now used for anchoring and mooring, would allow liveaboards to remain in Eagle Harbor under a new set of regulations and fees.
The most controversial part of the plan is tied to the costs of renting space in the harbor, said Harbor Master Tami Allen.
Liveaboards now pay nothing to stay in the harbor, but the plan would require them to pay rent about $150 per month for a 30-foot vessel, or half the cost of mooring at a private marina, she said. The changes would come via a proposed amendment to the citys Shoreline Management Master Program, which currently does not allow for open water marinas in island waters.
The amendment, set to go before the City Council for a first reading tonight, wouldnt assure the creation of a marina; it would, however, open the door to the creation of one in the future.
That door is set to close in November, with a deadline set by the state Department of Natural Resources, which manges the land beneath state waters.
This wouldnt guarantee anything, Allen said. It would just allow us to have the option of a marina in the future.
The plan aims to strike a balance between DNR, liveaboards and shoreline residents who have long been at odds with one another.
Vessels in Eagle Harbor are subject to numerous city regulations, including specific regulations regarding moorage and anchorage, but specific anchorage locations have not been established. One problem, Allen said, is that buoys in the harbor were established at different times under different regulations. That lack of uniformity makes it difficult to enforce whats now on the books.
The new marina would accommodate 50 boats. Of those spaces, 13 would be alloted to liveaboards. That number corresponds the maximum percentage of liveaboards allowed by DNR in a given marina.
The city estimates that some 75 vessels are either anchored-out or tied to permanent mooring buoys in Eagle Harbor. Though it would place more stringent regulations on all boats in Eagle Harbor, Allen said it would have the greatest impact on liveaboards.
The liveaboard population fluctuates, but it generally consists of 12 to 15 boats, according to Allen and Nowak.
Some of the vessels used by liveaboards are seaworthy vessels, Allen said. Those liveaboards would be welcome to stay, as long as they continue to comply with the rules.
But other vessels, she said, are in disrepair and threaten the harbor.
Because it often incurs the costs of disposing of sunken vessels, the city has in the past year taken a more aggressive tack in dealing with derelict boats.
With word that a new state law would reimburse the city 90 percent of the collection and disposal costs of derelict boats, the council last year increased the vessel removal programs operating budget from $10,000 to $166,000.
Some liveaboards have argued that those efforts are part of a larger agenda to rid the harbor of liveaboards altogether.
That agenda, they say, would be furthured by the establishment of the open water marina, which could force out many current liveaboards.
Nowak, for one, said he wouldnt pay to stay in the harbor, and he suspects many of his neighbors wouldnt either. Like Nowak, liveaboard Ryan Landworth said the marina would harm the liveaboard community.
If cultural diversity and affordable housing are priorities of the council, Landworth said, they should revisit how and why they got to where they are with a plan that will so greatly affect a minority community on the island.
Allen said the plan is designed to help liveaboards in the face of ever-increasing state regulations.
Because its free, there arent a lot of liveaboards who want to see this done immediately, she said.
Foremost, she added, should be the health of the harbor.
A lot of people are looking at this in relation to the liveaboards who are out there right now, she said.
But we need to be thinking about where well be five years from now. 0
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2014-35/4142/en_head.json.gz/48784 | Australia - A Vestal for Virgins
Virgin Australia Makes its Appearance Down Under. (5/9/2011) Virgin Australia made its grand entrance at Sydney's airport, touching down for the first time on Wednesday, May 4, 2011, heralding big changes for the Virgin Travel Brand and the travel experience that await the traveling public.
"Virgin Australia" is the new name and brand for the domestic and international operations of the Virgin aviation fleet that aims to build one strong brand that will soon be globally recognized. The "one look and one feel" approach all the Virgin brands seeks to encapsulate a seamless proposition of style, quality and competitive prices to leisure and business travelers.
Sir Richard Branson, who launched the new airline identity along with CEO and Managing Director John Borghetti, said the Virgin Australia brand represented an exciting new chapter for the airline. "I'm absolutely thrilled with the new look and feel of Virgin Australia's domestic product and I know it will shake up the Australian travel market on an even larger scale than it did 10 years ago. What you see here today is a great airline that now represents what the Virgin brand does worldwide: style, innovation, quality and value for money, along with the best service. The new brand, livery, product and service offering will help to transform Virgin Australia into a contemporary dynamic airline with a product to compete with the best worldwide. Providing an attractive Business Class offering means we can continue to offer the best value airfares in the sky, regardless of which class you fly", Sir Richard said.
Virgin Australia Airlines' CEO John Borghetti said the consolidation of the brand into one was a pivotal point in the airline's "Game Change Program" and built on the significant announcements made in recent months. "From today, Virgin Australia will operate domestically in Australia. By the end of the year, our international product V Australia and Pacific Blue will also operate under the Virgin Australia name," explained Borghetti. "Virgin Australia will be the airline of choice for all market segments. We will do this by bringing the magic back to flying - providing a seamless experience, with excellent service that can be tailored to the individual."
"In re-positioning the airline we have kept all the great attributes for which Virgin Blue is renowned - the ‘can-do' attitude, the competitive pricing and the genuine friendly service - and we have elevated it to a new level." Borghetti said.
The company assembled a team of experts in their fields to assist with the re-launch of the airline, including renowned Chef Luke Mangan, fashion designer Juli Grbac and Tim Greer from Tonkin Zulaikha Greer Architects. Virgin Australia's Creative Director, Hans Hulsbosch, led the development of the airline's economy and business class cabins, along with the new brand and livery. A brand new Boeing 737-800 and an Airbus A330-200 aircraft showcased the new in-flight experience, complete with luxury leather seating, contemporary interior design, high quality in-flight products and gourmet food inspired by Luke Mangan. The Boeing 737-800 features the innovative Sky Interior, with larger overhead lockers, mood lighting and sculpted sidewalls, designed to provide guests with a feeling of spaciousness and light. Virgin Australia will also revolutionize the travel experience in its domestic ports, with architect-designed luxury airport lounges, the first to be launched in Melbourne and Brisbane shortly, along with a new look and feel for Virgin Australia airport terminals.
Borghetti also confirmed that Virgin Australia would re-launch its frequent flyer program Velocity Rewards later this year, to offer members more options to get the best value out of their points, more personalized service and more rewards for loyalty. Velocity currently provides a global network with access to over 600 destinations around the world, global lounge access with reciprocal partners and exclusive worldwide travel privileges and rewards.
Borghetti added: "We are very proud of the progress we have made in less than 12 months. It's all due to the hard work and dedication of our excellent team and we have many more exciting developments to come. Ten years ago Virgin Blue changed the game in the Australian aviation industry. Now through our Game Change Program, Virgin Australia will transform the Australian airline industry as we know it and provide Australians with more choice and a superior travel experience."
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Budget pod hotels come to Moscow to combat sky-high room rates
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The Japanese-style capsule hotels are trending worldwide, but their presence in Moscow is just one small step in making the city a more affordable and attractive destination for business travelers.
— Samantha Shankman A short walk from Belorusskaya railway station, a 35-minute train ride from the airport, Moscow’s first Japanese-style capsule hotel offers travellers a night’s accommodation in the city center for as little as $85.
Leonardo Terigli, a businessman from Florence who sells gourmet food products to Italian restaurants in the Russian capital, flew to Moscow for less than 24 hours to hold a single meeting, spending a total of $350 on travel, including his flight.
For Moscow, ranked as the world’s most expensive hotel destination in a U.K. study last month, the arrival of the box- like sleeping quarters with a size of less than four square meters, is a revolution for business visitors like Terigli.
“It’s incredible,” he says as he checks out of the Sleepbox Hotel, three days after it opened for business on Jan. 29. “This kind of thing was possible in London or New York, now it’s even possible in Moscow.”
The world’s first capsule hotel opened in the Japanese city of Osaka in 1979 and the concept has spread to Europe and America, with European airport locations now followed by prime downtown spots in London and New York.
Leonid Chernikov, a 25-year-old Russian entrepreneur, got the idea for his hotel, which is located on the prestigious Tverskaya-Yamskaya Street, from a similar lodging in Amsterdam. He plans to open new branches elsewhere in Moscow and other Russian cities.
“This business scheme without any doubt will be a success,” Chernikov says as he waits on customers at the hotel reception. “In Moscow there is a major problem with a lack of budget accommodation.”
Last year, French midscale hotel chain Mercure opened a 109-room hotel in Moscow near the Foreign Ministry and historic Old Arbat street, marking its first expansion into Russia. A standard room was only available for 290 euros a night at short notice, more than twice the 135-euro price in Mercure’s branch in the center of Paris near the Bastille.
In Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport, the V-Express Hotel charges $250 for 24 hours for its cheapest option, a windowless room big enough to fit only a bed and a bedside table.
Many budget hotels are located far outside the city center, such as the Izmailovo Hotel Complex, which is capable of housing 10,000 guests.
Moscow hotel rates for business travellers in 2012 were the highest in the world for the ninth year running at an average of more than 261 pounds, according to a study by U.K. consultancy Hogg Robinson Group released on Jan. 31. This compares to about 221 pounds for third-placed New York and 206 pounds for Geneva, in sixth place.
“Even if Moscow is becoming more affordable, it is happening excruciatingly slowly,” says Marina Usenko, an expert on the hotel industry at Jones Lang LaSalle in Moscow. “Those hotels which have an advantageous location are able to charge premium prices well in excess of their category.”
The Russian capital, which is primarily a business destination, offers more reasonable accommodation in low season in summer and winter, argues Sergei Shpilko, head of Moscow’s tourism committee.
“As business class hotels aren’t full in summer, this means that tourists can stay there, which for them is something they could only dream of,” he says.
Ritzy $500
The five-star Ritz Carlton, which opened in 2007 a stone’s throw from the Kremlin, offers a room for as little as $500 in late July on its website, a discount of more than 50 percent from the rack rate.
The hotel, which has hosted U.S. President Barack Obama and celebrities such as Madonna, boasts a branch of the U.K. luxury spas, ESPA, and panoramic views of Red Square. It has an occupancy rate of 70 to 80 percent.
Still, for business travellers without major expense accounts, the quality of cheaper accommodation is often poor because a lot of the budget hotels were built in the 1970s and 1980s and haven’t been renovated, says Shpilko.
Of the 40,000-45,000 rooms available in Moscow in hotels ranging from two to five stars, only about a third, or 15,000 rooms, are high-quality, according to Usenko from Jones Lang LaSalle.
At the Sleepbox, which has English-speaking reception staff and a large map of the Moscow subway and a timetable of trains to the airport in the entrance hall, the design is modern with white walls, bright lighting and stylish capsules intended to remind people of space travel.
Communal Showers
The capsules have good sound isolation, powerful ventilation and small windows which can be blocked off by electric curtains. The spotlessly clean showers and toilets, which have green and red indicators to show if they are occupied, are for communal use.
Guests can opt for a cut-price option of two bunk-beds in a capsule for 2600 rubles ($85), or spend up to 4900 rubles for a more spacious room with television and two double beds. In total, the hotel plans to offer 60 rooms.
While the concept is a welcome one in Moscow, it remains a drop in the ocean with five million visitors a year.
“Business travellers need more choice,” says Usenko. “One capsule hotel won’t solve that.”
Muse highlights include Mark Beech on music and James Russell on architecture.
Editors: Mark Beech and Farah Nayeri.
To contact the writers on the story: Henry Meyer in Moscow at hmeyer4@bloomberg.net; Stepan Kravchenko in Moscow at skravchenko@bloomberg.net. To contact the editor responsible for this story: Manuela Hoelterhoff at mhoelterhoff@bloomberg.net.
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2015-48/2574/en_head.json.gz/11375 | Home » Your Visit » Stations » Crowcombe Heathfield Crowcombe Heathfield Postcode for Sat Nav: TA4 4PA
Crowcombe Heathfield Station was built in 1862 when the line was opened and stands at the highest point on the line, just under 400ft. above the sea. The station is surrounded by lovely scenic countryside and a network of lanes, bridle ways and footpaths offering walking, cycling and horse riding. A leaflet (obtained from the stations) prepared jointly between Crowcombe Heathfield and Stogumber Stations shows the lanes and footpath routes in the area and there is a web site www.fochs.org.uk which is well worth a visit. The visual charm of the station and surroundings has caught the eye of several TV and film directors leading to scenes being shot at the station for "The Flockton Flyer", The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe", "Land Girls", and The Beatles film "A Hard Days Night".
The station has a booking office and prices from this Station can be found on our Fares Pages. There is also a small shop and toilet facilities as well as a disabled persons accessable toilet on the station. During operating days the station is open for hot and cold drinks, cakes and famous "Bread Pudding" and you can be assured a warm welcome awaits you. On Gala days this is widened to include hot savoury snacks, soups and a coal fire to welcome you during the cold weather!
Why not do the 'One Mile Walk'? Enjoy a very gentle and easy 1 mile circular walk from
the station in either direction. The walk gives some lovely views of the line, �The
Avenue� with its beech trees and crossed two railway bridges.
The station is the ideal start/end point for a walk on the Quantock Hills or a cycle ride round Somerset�s country lanes.
History of Crowcombe Heathfield Station
The first sod on the original West Somerset Railway was lifted as part of the cutting at the tranquil wayside station which is a perfect spot to relax and watch the world go by, or for the more energetic to start or conclude a walk in the Quantock Hills.
The station is not close to any major settlement and this has made it popular with film crews in the past. Sequences that feature Crowcombe Heathfield include Ringo Starr riding a bicycle down the platform in A Hard Days Night and in the opening sequence of Land Girls. The main station building dates from the 1860s whilst the wooden building on the opposite platform is a replacement for an earlier structure demolished by British Railways.
Similarly the signal box dates from the preservation era. Its brick built base was built new by the West Somerset Railway whilst the wooden top comes from Ebbw Vale in South Wales.
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The What to see and do guide gives you full information on what to see and do from each West Somerset Railway Station. Click here to download and print off this guide. If you wish to buy our 'Along the Line' Guide for your visit please ask at our Booking Offices or on train Buffet Cars.
Bishops Lydeard The village of Bishops Lydeard is situated at the foot of the Quantock Hills and is about five minutes walking from the station. The old village is a mixture of red sandstone and brick buildings which are all very charming to look at. Further up the road into the village is Mill Lane which, if followed, takes you to the village watermill which has been spendidly restored. Bishops Lydeard Mill welcomes visitors on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Sundays from 30th May to 30th September (plus Bank Holiday Mondays) and Saturdays in August between 11.30am - 4pm. The mill is home to a working water wheel, the wheelwright�s shop and the blacksmith�s shop. Once back on the main road further into the village is the Bird in the Hand Pub offering food and drink, garden and a children�s play area. Alongside the pub is a small craft shop. The Village Church is the very impressive St. Mary the Virgin and the earliest part dates from the 14th Century. There are some beautiful wood carvings in the church and the village charter from 1291 can be viewed. As you make your way from the station towards the village you will find the Lethbridge Arms, an old established inn, which offers food and drink including real ales in a number of rooms. The large wall in the car park is of historical interest as having been built for the playing of Fives, a Somerset game which was once very popular but which has now died out. A Fives Wall in West Somerset is unusual as the most popular area for the game was the south of the county. Near the church is a fascinating relic of the tram system in Taunton, a post that supported the electric wires, now in use as a lamp standard. The trams were closed in the 1920�s and no one is really sure how it got there. Other local attractions include Cedar Falls Health Farm and the Quantock Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Crowcombe Heathfield The station is the ideal start/end point for a walk on the Quantock Hills or a cycle ride round Somerset�s country lanes. Stogumber Stogumber is a picturesque but thriving village set in a valley between the Quantock and Brendon Hills. The main enterprise is agriculture and the village is surrounded by rolling farmland. The Parish comprises the village itself and several hamlets, including Vellow, Capton, Kingswood, Coleford Water and the "Vexfords�. The focal point of the village is the Square, which contains the pub shop and St. Mary�s Church, a large Norman church with an interesting William Morris style ceiling. The street leading up to the Square, High Street, is the most photographed part of the village, with its mix of colour-washed and thatched properties. Williton For those who would like to explore Williton itself leave the station by the Signalbox and walk up Station Road, past the industrial estate to the junction with Long Street. Turn right into Long Street and you shortly reach the first of the town�s pubs �The Foresters Arms�. Thereafter Long Street is a mix of building styles and materials and combines modern houses with older cottages and various business premises such as wine shops and hotels. Finally you see Williton Social Club across the road and the village centre is reached. A right turn past the cafe and bakery takes you to the �Mason�s Arms�. The town centre itself includes a news agent, post office, two banks, pet supplies and County Stores. Along the Taunton Road is the �Wyndham Arms� whilst a turn onto the Minehead Road takes you past Gliddons Stores to the edge of town and the Police Station. Cross the road here and follow the signposted route to the Bakelite Museum. This museum houses an amazing collection of items from the precursor of the plastics revolution and together with its tea room rewards the half an hour walk from the Station. Just beyond the Free Press offices is the newly opened West Somerset Antiques Centre which offers items from furniture through to silverware, kitchenalia and other smaller items.
The Coleridge Way can be accessed from Willition Station. The Coleridge Way is a 36 mile route through the stunning Somerset countryside of the Quantock Hills, the Brendon Hills and Exmoor, a landscape that inspired Coleridge to produce some of his best known work. Doniford Halt Doniford Bay Caravan Holiday Park is a short walk from the station as is Doniford Beach. Please note that the route to the beach has no footpath, so please exercise due care and attention.
Watchet Watchet is an ancient harbour town with a history of over 1000 years and still has a network of small streets and shops to be explored, including several pubs and cafes. The Star Inn in Watchet was Somerset CAMRA�s Pub of the Year for 2005. The station stands right in the middle of the town adjacent to the harbour which, since the end of commercial shipping calling in the mid-1990�s has begun a new lease of life as a Marina and is home currently to a 1950�s Vintage Motor Torpedo Boat. The network of sidings that served the docks has gone and the former goods shed is now a Boat Museum. The town Museum is just off the esplanade and traces the history of the town through the ages and this includes the West Somerset Mineral Railway that once brought iron ore from the Brendon Hills for onward shipping to the furnaces at Ebbw Vale in South Wales. The trackbed of the Mineral Railway is now in use as a footpath. Washford Washford itself is also full of things to see and do. A few minutes walk from the station brings you to Cleeve Abbey, a Cisterian Abbey now administered by English Heritage and open from 1st April until 31st October Although the main abbey church is no more, the remaining outbuildings give a fascinating insight into monastic life. The atmosphere is calm and relaxing and encourages visitors to linger. Further on from the abbey is Torre cider farm where you can learn how Somerset cider is made and even sample some of the produce. There are also several pubs including the Washford Inn at the end of the Station ramp and The White Horse, near the abbey, which serve food. Blue Anchor Blue Anchor is a quiet seaside village with a long sandy beach perfect for families and children. At high tide the promenade is a popular destination for fishermen hoping for a large catch. Blue anchor gives stunning coastal views to Minehead and Exmoor and across the Bristol Channel to South Wales and as far as Weston-super-Mare. For meals and snacks visit The Driftwood Cafe or the Smugglers Pub. Dunster Dunster village is approximately a twenty minute walk from the station, the latter part being gently uphill. It is worth the exercise. The main feature is Dunster Castle whose oldest parts date from Norman times and which is now in the care of the National Trust. It stands on an outcrop of rock with spacious grounds below (part were once polo grounds and the ponies� horseboxes were unloaded at Dunster Station). Holders of West Somerset Railway tickets can obtain a 20% discount on Admission to the Castle. Why not travel on a Wednesday and make use of our �Dunster Castle Express�? The village itself has a medieval Yarn Market which is flanked on either side by shops and tea rooms, which together with several pubs means there is no lack of refreshment available to the traveller. The village is home to the Dunster Museum and
Doll Collections in the High Street. Worth seeking out are the Mill and the Priory Church and at the top of the village the old packhorse bridge which still spans the River Avill. For the energetic a walk up through the woods to Bats Castle (a prehistoric site) is worth it to take in the view of the village and castle below and the more distant views of Minehead and across the Bristol Channel to South Wales. Dunster�s busiest nights of the year fall at the start of December when the annual �Dunster by Candlelight� event takes place.On the evenings of the 1st Friday and Saturday of December the village extinguishes most of its electric lights in favour of candles and oil, entertainment takes to the streets and of course the shops and other outlets are open. The West Somerset Railway runs through trains and more information can be found on the Special Events pages. Minehead Today�s passenger arriving at Minehead has a choice of directions and destinations to follow from the station entrance. A left turn across the adjacent car park brings you to the Minehead Eye which is an exciting and innovative project whichprovides a dedicated, purpose-built extreme sports skate park and youth centre. A right turn takes you along the seafront towards Butlins Resort. The path continues past the centre and the golf course and can be followed to Dunster Beach and Blue Anchor. Passengers looking for the beach have simply to cross the road, and there it is. Crossing the road and walking along the esplanade takes you towards the tall feature of North Hill. Along the way you pass the start of the South West Coast Path, which if followed in its entirety will take you to Poole Harbour via Lands End in Cornwall. The road eventually reaches the harbour which is the point where historic ships, the "Waverley� and the "Balmoral� pay their periodic visits to the town, bringing loads of visitors (and some passengers to the Railway) in an evocation of the Great Days of Bristol Channel Shipping. For those seeking some quiet and tranquillity turning off the esplanade and up into North Hill is recommended but be aware that there is some hard hill climbing involved. The left turn out of the Station takes you past the Beach Hotel, popular with coach companies as a base for touring the area and into the main shopping area of the town. This is the usual mixture of seaside souvenir shops and the more specialised outlets, the latter being further from the Seafront. As you would expect there is a variety of accommodation to suit all pockets in Minehead and apart from the railway journey it is a good base to explore Exmoor and the Quantock Hills. « Back To Your Visit | 旅游 |
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The Mayan Riviera is comprised of the area south of the tip of the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico. It stretches along 75 miles of the Mexican Caribbean coastline in the southeastern part of of the Yucatan Peninsula. Weather is ideal, beautiful white sandy beaches, crystal clear blue waters make for a perfect vacation destination. The term Riviera Maya is fairly new and has varied definitions, it starts approx. 10 miles south of Cancun the seaside village of Puerto Morelos and includes places like Playa del Carmen, Puerto Aventuras, Akumal and Tulum. It ends at the town of Carrillo Puerto.
The major cities of the Mayan Riviera are:
Along the Mayan Riviera you will find at least four Eco Theme Parks. In other countries, like the USA, parks like these are usually provided and maintained by the State. In Mexico, concessions are granted to commercial interests to develop, maintain and profit (commercial) from these enterprises. This does not make them any less attractive, and provides much needed employment. The parks are located in protected bays, usually with stone, rather than sand under the water, this is not uncomfortable and makes for very clear, blue water. These bays or inlets are somewhat shallow, but flushed on a regular basis by the tides, making for much cleaner water than you find around resorts or municipal areas. You can rent snorkel equipment, inner tubes, rafts and such. These parks are excellent places to take a break from a day of exploring or driving in this warmer climate. Fish are plentyful and can be seen all around you. Avoid being in the middle of a feeding frenzy when someone buys and throws fish food into the water. Using cheese whiz, works well, but brings in bigger fish, who may nip at the fingers, so count that idea out. Xcaret[1]
Xcaret is a ecoarcheological park located in Riviera Maya, just in front of the Mexican Caribbean. Its name means ‘little inlet’, since one of its attractions is a quiet and small bay, suitable for swimming and snorkeling. As a theme park, Xcaret has focused on the promotion of Mexican culture, particularly the heritage of the Maya civilization. Various events like the show "Xcaret Mexico Espectacular" let the tourists see a colorful mosaic of traditions and most representative dances of Mexico. In addition to the recreation of a Mayan village and cemetery, there is an archaeological site in Xcaret restored by the National Institute of Anthropology and History. Likewise, there is a Mexican wine cellar and a replica of an hacienda henequenera, a typical building of the Yucatan Peninsula during the Porfirio Diaz time.
For the Maya, Xcaret was an important commercial harbor called Pole. It was also the starting point of a pilgrimage that made the Maya to the island of Cozumel to worship Ix Chel, goddess of fertility and the moon. In 1984 the architect Miguel Quintana Pali bought five acres of land in the municipality of Solidaridad, Quintana Roo for private project of household. When he was clearing the land he discovered cenotes and underground rivers of great beauty. So he changed his mind and sided with the Oscar, Marcos and Carlos Constandse to develop the idea of the park which finally opened in December 1990.
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Due to its location, Xcaret is home of many flora and fauna species. In addition, the park's ecological vocation is manifested in preservation programs for endangered species like sea turtles, manatees and jaguars. The park has specific spaces which have been adapted for the care and display of the typical species of the southeastern Mexico. These are:
REGIONAL WILDLIFE BREEDING FARM. Xcaret houses some 44 species of tropical birds, most from Mexico's southeast. To date, we have successfully reproduced the Scarlet and Military Macaw, Yucatan Green Parrot, Lilac-Crowned Amazon, White-Fronted Parrot, Yellow-Naped Parrot, Yellow-Headed Parrot, Pichichi Duck, Keel-billed Toucan, Aracar Toucanet, Ocellated Turkey, Great Currasow and Crested Guan.
JAGUAR ISLAND. Jaguars, the largest felines in America, were sacred to the ancient Maya and especially venerated for their superb strength and beautiful pelts. Today is an endangered species. Xcaret shows some examples of pumas and jaguars in two large islands. DEER REFUGE. | 旅游 |
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Before the coming of the railways, Harpenden was a small, mainly agricultural village, with a population in 1851 of 1980 people living in 418 houses. The houses were mainly grouped around the centre of the village (the present shopping area) with small hamlets at Bowling Alley (now Southdown), Batford, the Old Bell area, Kinsbourne Green and Hatching Green.
In 1860 the Great Northern Railway branch line from Hatfield reached Harpenden and in 1868 the Midland main line to St Pancras was opened. When two large farm estates were sold in the early 1880's, land was available for development. The first estate to be sold was known as Park View, and on it were built Milton, Shakespeare and Spenser Roads. Next came Church Farm Estate, to the west of the Parish Church, and on this was built the area known collectively as "The Avenues" - Salisbury, Rosebery, Kirkwick. etc.
Growth continued, relatively slowly, until the first world war, with a total increase of 84 houses between 1881 and 1891; 271 houses between 1891 and 1901; and 268 between 1901 and 1911. Some new roads built or started, were Clarence Road, Wordsworth Road and Tennyson Road, and a group off Ox Lane - Jameson, St James, Lea and Willoughby Roads.
At this point it is, perhaps, worth remembering that not all the houses which are at present in a road were necessarily built at the same time. It often happens that a road is started with only a few houses, and more are built later, sometimes with several years interval. It is worth looking at the houses in a particular road to see if styles have changed.
There were only 113 more houses in 1921 than in 1911, but the next two decades were a time of great expansion. By 1931 the population had grown by 2886 since 1921, and the number of houses had increased by 1095. Thus in 1931 there were 9624 people and 2574 houses, giving a ratio of 3.7 people to a house. Because of the war no census was taken in 1941, so exact figures are not available. But Harpenden's population in 1939 was estimated to be 13,000, so assuming the same ratio, there would be 3,514 houses, an increase of 940 houses during the 8 years.
This growth took place mainly between the High Street and lower Luton Road, and spreading out along the main road, to Luton. Some roads built were Stewart Road, Sauncey Avenue, Crossway, West Way and Manland Avenue; Overstone Road, Dalkeith Road, and a group centred on Lyndhurst Drive - Carisbrooke Road, Langdale, Granby and Grassmere Avenues.
Another area of development was on both sides of the Luton Road just north of the railway bridge; Park Hill, Park Rise, Roundwood Park, Roundwood Lane, Woodend Road, on the west side, and Bloomfield Road, Hillside Road and Ambrose Lane on the east.
In south-east Harpenden were Meadow Walk, Barnfield Road, Rowan Way and Birch Way; Topstreet Way, Fairmead and Highfield Avenues.
Development stopped during the second world war, but a great deal of planning for the future took place. In 1951 Hertfordshire County Council published a general development plan for the county, and also plans for the individual towns.
Harpenden's town plan listed four areas as suitable for future housing:
The Wood End area, for 415 houses; it is now Tuffnells Way, Yeomans Avenue etc. These were built during the late fifties and early sixties.
Batford, for 560 houses; now Porters Hill, Pickford Hill, and roads off, built during the early fifties.
The Grove area, for 400 houses; now Pipers Avenue, Sibley Avenue, Meadway etc, built during the late fifties and early sixties
West Common/ Beesonend area, for 180 houses; built during the late sixties.
Between 1961 and 1971 the towns population increased by 32%, and the total number of houses from 5,966 to 7,964. To find space for all these new houses becomes a problem, and in an attempt to solve it, a lot of in-filling has taken place.
The easiest method of development is that known as ribbon development, where houses are built along existing roads, with services such as drainage, water, gas and electricity easily available. During the nineteen thirties, when planning controls were much less strict than they are today, a lot of this form of development was carried out, resulting in long fingers of growth along the main roads, with undeveloped fields and patches of ground behind them.
When land suitable for building becomes scarce, these undeveloped areas have to be used, provided access to a road can be obtained. This is usually done by taking a road across a bigger than usual garden, or occasionally by pulling down an existing house to make room for a road. Using these odd patches of land is known as in-filling. Examples can be seen at Lambourn Gardens, off Ambrose Lane, and at Waveney Road which has been built on the site of the old Harpenden East Station. Other building areas during approximately the last ten years are:-
Aldwickbury Crescent, off Crabtree Lane, with Tylers, Altwood, Waldegrave Park and Ashwells Park.
Behind Kinsbourne Green ; Derwent Road, Kinsbourne Close and Tintern Close.
Eastmoor Park on the Common.
Broadstone Road and roads off it, between Cross Lane, Coleswood Road and the railway in South Harpenden.
Falconers Field off Roundwood Park.
Social conditions are, of course, constantly changing. Nowadays people do not normally have the large families of Victorian times, and do not, generally, have a number of servants living in, so very large houses are less in demand than they once were. A large part of Milton Road, which was built in the 1880's, has now been pulled down, and blocks of flats have been built in their place; this allows many more people to live in the same amount of space.
Similarly single old houses, with large gardens, are pulled down and several houses or flats built instead. One example is Old Rectory Close, next to what was the Embassy Cinema (now a filling station), which stands on the site of the original Harpenden Rectory and its garden.
Another fairly recent development is the practice of extending existing houses. When money is expensive to borrow, it becomes difficult to buy and sell houses, so people who need a larger house sometimes extend their present one. This is usually done by adding rooms at the back, into the garden, or by adding to the side; sometimes a room is built above the garage, and lofts are often converted, to add one or two rooms. There are examples of extensions all over Harpenden; one is opposite the entrance to Roundwood School.
In April 1973 there were 8,351 houses in Harpenden; the area of the town was 3,157 acres, and the population was 24,550 people. There was then, therefore, an average of 2.9 people to each house, and of 2.6 houses to each acre. Harpenden Housing Statistics (Official Census Figures) Date Inhabited houses Population 1801 225 1112
1821 307 1693 1831 357 1972
1941 No census
1951 4430 14244
Date Houses at 1st April Population at 30th June
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Occupation by past people can be divided into four major periods, based largely on changes in lithic (stone) tool technology. These periods are: Early Pre contact (11,000 to 7500 BP [Before Present]), Middle Pre contact (7500 to 2000 BP), Late Pre contact (2000 to 200 BP), and Post Contact or Historic (200 BP to Present).
It is believed that people moved into the area as soon as the last glacier retreated and the habitat became suitable. The earliest people, known as the paleo-indians, hunted bison and other big game. There are no confirmed sites from this time period located in the Park.
The earliest confirmed site dates back to 7500 BP. Projectiles from the Early Side-Notched, Oxbow, McKean, Pelican Lake, and Besant have been found in the Park. These projectiles are smaller and have side notches which are not found on earlier projectiles. These tools have been record at 11 different sites.
People in central Saskatchewan began using pottery approximately 1,900 years ago The earliest ceramic complex is known as Laurel, named after the people who used the pottery. They lived mainly in the southern boreal forest and did not penetrate far to the south and north. It is believed they are the first people to harvest wild rice. It is believed they hunted bison in small groups in the winter, coming together in larger groups to fish in the spring and fall. Later Native cultures that hunted and gathered occupied and utilized the area right up into the historic period.
According to oral history the Rocky or Woods Cree settled in vicinity of Prince Albert National Park during the mid 19th Century but traveled through the area much earlier. Traditionally the Cree did not live in one location, but followed seasonal pattern of movement.They fished, hunted and gathered fruit and berries throughout the summer and broke into small hunting parties in the fall and winter. Very little ecological impacts occurred during this time period.
Today, several First Nations communities live in the area surrounding Prince Albert National Park and have strong connections to the park's land.
The Hudson Bay Company maintained a fur trade post on Waskesiu Lake from 1886 to 1893. This post was constructed in response to establishment of a competitors' post nearby three years earlier.
Timber harvesting took place in what is now the park, with the Prince Albert Lumber Company being the major player. In 1913, the Sturgeon River Forest Reserve, which included what is now the southern third of Prince Albert National Park, was established. Severe fires in 1919 led to the abandonment of most logging operations in the area by 1921.
Commercial fishing occurred in many lakes that were to become part of the park. This activity peaked during the 1920s and did not officially end until 1961. | 旅游 |
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Related keywords: cape perpetuaoregonoregon coastcoastbeachlandscapethor's welloceanspouting hornCombine with: +cape perpetua+oregon+oregon coast+coast+beach+landscape+thor's well+ocean+spouting hornSlideshowBuy Photos1 / 32FavoriteSee AllSpouting Horn, Cape Perpetua, OregonCape Perpetua is a large forested headland on the central Oregon Coast which projects into the Pacific Ocean. The land is managed by the United States Forest Service as part of the Siuslaw National Forest. Cape Perpetua is located about 2 miles (3 km) south of Yachats, Oregon along U.S. Route 101. It is a typical Pacific Northwest headland, forming a high steep bluff above the ocean. At its highest point, Cape Perpetua rises to over 800 feet (240 m) above sea level. From its crest, an observer can see 70 miles (110 km) of Oregon coastline and as far as 37 miles (60 km) out to sea on a clear day. For at least 6,000 years Native Americans hunted for mussels, crabs, sea urchins, and clams along the coast near Cape Perpetua. Evidence of their lives can still be found in the huge piles of discarded mussel shells that lie along the shore near the Cape Perpetua Visitor Center.
The cape was named by Captain James Cook on March 7, 1778 as he searched for the Pacific entrance to a Northwest Passage. Cook named the cape Perpetua because it was sighted on St. Perpetua's Day.
The area became part of the Siuslaw National Forest in 1908. In 1914, the United States Forest Service cut a narrow road into the cliff around Cape Perpetua and constructed a wooden bridge across the Yachats River, opening travel between the small community of Yachats and Florence, Oregon to the south. The wooden bridge was replaced in 1926 with a steel structure. The Cape Perpetua section of the Roosevelt Memorial Highway (now Highway 101) was built in the 1930s.
In 1933, a Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp was built at the foot of the cape just north of Cape Creek near where the Cape Perpetua Visitor Center is located today. The CCC constructed Cape Perpetua campground, a network of trails, and the West Shelter observation point near the top of the cape. During World War II, the West Shelter observation point was used as a coastal watch station and a large coastal defense gun was temporarily installed. An SCR-270B radar was installed at an undetermined location to take advantage of the height of the promontory.
The Cape Perpetua Shelter and Parapet were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.20150416capeperpetua00052015AprilCape PerpetuaCoastColorfulCook's ChasmLandscapeLincoln CountyNorth AmericaOregonOregon CoastPacific NorthwestScenicSiuslaw National ForestSpouting HornSpringU.S. Highway 101United StatesViewYachatsFayled Vision, from Oregon 1 / 2 2 / 2 | 旅游 |
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Last Updated: November 09, 2015 13:28 EST1. RECENT UPDATESThe following tabs were updated: Entry/exit requirements (Children and travel) and Laws and Culture (Dual citizenship).2. ADVISORIESUNITED STATES - Exercise normal security precautionsThere is no nationwide advisory in effect for the United States (U.S.). Exercise normal security precautions.3. SECURITYThe decision to travel is your responsibility. You are also responsible for your personal safety abroad. The purpose of this Travel Advice is to provide up-to-date information to enable you to make well-informed decisions.CrimeThe possession of firearms and the frequency of violent crime are generally more prevalent than in Canada. Within large metropolitan areas, violent crime more commonly occurs in economically disadvantaged neighbourhoods, particularly from dusk to dawn. Verify official neighbourhood crime statistics before planning an outing.Robbery and assault can also occur in wealthy residential or commercial districts. Exercise caution, particularly at night. Violent crimes, particularly assault, are often connected to alcohol and drug consumption. Remain alert and discreet while in entertainment areas.Canadians have been the victims of crime such as break-ins, assaults and pickpocketing in the Miami area, sometimes during daylight hours. Theft occurs in the North Miami Beach area, at South Beach and at airports, particularly from trunks of parked cars. Be alert, as criminals use a variety of techniques to steal personal belongings.Passport theft is on the rise. Ensure that your travel documents are secure at all times.DemonstrationsAvoid all demonstrations, monitor local media and follow the advice of the local authorities.TerrorismThe Department of Homeland Security maintains a public alert system on terrorism. Visit the website of the National Terrorism Advisory System for more information. Continue to exercise normal security precautions.Driving to MexicoForeign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada currently advises against non-essential travel to the Mexican side of the border region with the U.S., and does not recommend crossing the U.S.-Mexico border by car, due to continuously high levels of violence linked to organized crime in those areas. For more information on travel to Mexico, please consult our Travel Advice for Mexico.Air travelThe Government of Canada does not assess foreign domestic airlines' compliance with international aviation safety standards. See Foreign domestic airlines for more information.4. ENTRY / EXIT REQUIREMENTSIt is the sole prerogative of every country or territory to determine who is allowed to enter or exit. Canadian consular officials cannot intervene on your behalf if you do not meet entry or exit requirements. The following information has been obtained from the authorities of the United States and is subject to change at any time. 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It is your responsibility to check with the Embassy of the United States of America or one of its consulates for up-to-date information.Official (special and diplomatic) passport holders must consult the Official Travel page, as they may be subject to different entry requirements.PassportCanadians entering and leaving the U.S. by different modes of transportation must carry documentation appropriate to each mode of transportation.More detailed information is available on the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) websites.Travel documents - Air travelCanadian citizens travelling by air to, through, or from the U.S. must present one of the following documents:a passport, which must be valid for the duration of your stay; ora valid NEXUS card when used at kiosks at designated airports.This requirement applies to all Canadian citizens, including children.The NEXUS program offers a simplified and expedited border clearance process to low-risk, pre-approved travellers. Children under the age of 18 require the consent of a parent or legal guardian to enrol in NEXUS. Consult the CBSA website for more information on eligibility.There is also a US$5.50 border crossing fee when travelling to the U.S. by air. This fee is normally included in the ticket purchase price.Travel documents - Land and water travelAs per the U.S. law Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI), Canadian citizens aged 15 and over must present one of the following documents when entering the U.S. by land or water:a passport;a NEXUS card;a Free and Secure Trade (FAST) card;an enhanced driver's licence (EDL) or enhanced identification card (EIC) from a province or territory where a U.S.-approved EDL/EIC program has been implemented; ora Secure Certificate of Indian Status.The WHTI-compliant document you choose to use must be valid for the duration of your stay in the U.S.Canadian citizens aged 15 and under entering the U.S. by land or water require proof of citizenship, such as a passport, an original or a copy of a birth certificate, or an original Canadian citizenship card. Canadian citizens aged 18 and under who are travelling with a school or other organized group, under adult supervision with written parental/guardian consent, must also present proof of citizenship such as a birth certificate or a passport. For more information, consult the U.S. CBP website.If you have registered Indian status in Canada, you may qualify for special U.S. immigration procedures, derived from the Jay Treaty of 1794, that enable you to live and work in the U.S. without undergoing the normal immigration process. More information is available from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and Indian and Northern Affairs Canada.Canadians who are permanent residents of the U.S. must comply with special entry requirements. For more information, consult the U.S. CBP website.The most important formality on entering the U.S. is providing proof of your Canadian citizenship. Your Canadian passport is the best document to prove your Canadian citizenship and your right to return to Canada.VisasCanadian citizens generally do not require a visa to enter the United States directly from Canada for the purposes of visiting or studying. Some permanent residents of Canada may require a non-immigrant visa to enter the U.S. Additional information is available from Passport Canada and from the Embassy of the United States of America in Ottawa.Children and travelAll Canadian citizen children travelling by air require a passport or Nexus card for entry into the U.S. Canadian citizen children under the age of 16 (or under 19, if travelling with a school, religious group, or other youth group) need only present a birth certificate or other proof of citizenship, such as a passport, when travelling by land or sea. The birth certificate can be original, photocopy, or certified copy. Consult the WHTI website for more information.Any adult travelling with children may be required to show evidence of parental/custodial or access rights, or to provide evidence that he or she has the consent of the parents, legal guardian, or the court to travel with the children. Children may be refused entry or, in some cases, leave the U.S. without proper documentation such as a consent letter or a court order.If there is a possibility of a custody dispute arising over your child while you are away, you should consult a Canadian lawyer before leaving. Please consult the U.S. CBP website and our Children page for more information.Length of stayCanadians, including “snowbirds” who winter in the U.S., are generally granted a stay for up to six months at the time of entry. The length of stay is determined at the port of entry by a Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) Officer and is based on the purpose of travel at the time of initial entry. If you wish to stay longer you must apply for an extension with the nearest office of U.S. USCIS once you are in the U.S. and before the expiry of your initial authorized stay. You may be asked to demonstrate that you are only visiting temporarily in the U.S. Remaining in the U.S. beyond your authorized period of stay can lead to serious consequences such as deportation.There is no set period of time that you must wait to re-enter the U.S. after the end of your authorized stay; however, if a CBP Officer suspects you are spending more time in the U.S. than in Canada, it will be up to you to prove to the Officer that you are a temporary visitor, and not a U.S. resident. Successive, authorized stays of long duration may have tax implications unless you can demonstrate a closer connection to Canada than to the U.S. If you have any questions or need more information on U.S. taxes, contact the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS).Security screening proceduresReinforced security screening procedures, including a ban on liquids and gels in carry-on baggage, are still in effect for all domestic and international flights at all U.S. airports. Further information on the U.S. Threat Condition designation and security measures can be found on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Transportation Security Administration (TSA).Furthermore, travellers carrying electronic equipment (laptop computers, portable media players, digital cameras, etc.) when travelling by air or by land to the U.S. should be aware that such equipment may be subject to security checks by the U.S. border authorities.Rights when entering the U.S.Under U.S. law, foreign nationals do not have the same rights as American citizens. When attempting to enter the U.S. (border crossing or airport) and while a determination is being made by U.S. authorities on your admissibility, you could be held for an extended period of time. If you are deemed inadmissible, there may be delays before you are returned to your point of departure or country of nationality.Providing additional information at bordersThe requirements of U.S. authorities for identification upon entering the U.S. have become much stricter. Travellers entering the U.S. by air or by sea are required to provide additional information, such as their address while in the U.S., including Puerto Rico. They may also be asked for evidence of residential, employment or educational ties to Canada; proof that the trip is for a legitimate purpose and is of a reasonable length; and proof of financial support while in the country. All carriers (notably airlines, but also rail and bus services) have become much stricter about requiring proof of admissibility to the U.S., as a result of the heavy fines they face for carrying inadmissible passengers.Non-U.S. citizens must provide biometrics-such as digital fingerprints and a photograph-upon entry into the U.S., according to the implementation of the U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (U.S. VISIT) Program. Canadian citizens are exempt from this program, unless they require a waiver of ineligibility or if they must obtain an I-94 visa to document dates of entry/exit from the country. A complete list of exempt and non-exempt travellers is available from the Department of Homeland Security. However, there have been reports of random screenings of exempt Canadians occurring at border crossings and airports, even when the visiting Canadians were just transiting through the U.S. Canadians who feel that their information has been wrongfully collected can address the issue directly with the Department of Homeland Security.More information on border security programs currently in force in the U.S. is available from the CBP.Dual citizenshipSome Canadians may have U.S. as well as Canadian citizenship through birth in the U.S. or through naturalization or descent. Under the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative, U.S. citizens are required to present a valid U.S. passport to enter or re-enter the U.S. by air. Although U.S. authorities do not formally require dual nationals to carry both a U.S. and a Canadian passport, carrying both documents as proof of citizenship may facilitate both entry into the U.S. and returning to Canada. For more information, consult the Dual Citizenship section of the website of the Embassy of the United States in Ottawa, as well as the Laws and Culture tab.PreclearanceCBP preclearance facilities are available at eight Canadian airports: Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal-Trudeau and Halifax. This service provides clearance for entry into the U.S. for persons and their luggage at a Canadian preclearance airport instead of on arrival in the U.S. To allow sufficient time for the preclearance process, you should be at the U.S. customs and immigration desk at least two hours before your flight departure time.When using U.S. preclearance facilities at a Canadian airport, you are obligated to meet U.S. entry requirements. You will be interviewed by a U.S. preclearance officer. It is an offence under Canada's Preclearance Act to knowingly make a false or deceptive statement to a preclearance officer. American officials are authorized to inspect your luggage and can refuse you entry into the U.S. While you are in a preclearance area, you are subject to Canadian law, including the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the Canadian Bill of Rights, the Canadian Human Rights Act, Canada's Preclearance Act, and Canadian criminal law, including those laws governing drugs and guns. You may withdraw your request to enter the U.S. and may leave the preclearance area at any time unless a U.S. preclearance officer suspects on reasonable grounds that you have made a false or deceptive statement or obstructed an officer. The officer may then detain you for violations of Canadian law.Criminal recordIf you have a criminal record, no matter the severity or the date of the offence, you may be refused entry to the U.S. You may also experience problems when travelling through U.S. airport facilities. A pardon for an offence issued by Canadian authorities is not recognized under U.S. law for the purpose of entry into the U.S. If you have a criminal record, you should contact one of the USCIS ports of entry by telephone well in advance or contact the Embassy of the United States of America or one of its consulates. If you are ineligible to enter the U.S., you may apply for a waiver of ineligibility. This will involve completing Form I-192, "Advance Permission to Enter the U.S. as a Non-Immigrant." There is a fee and it may take several months to process your application. Waiver application forms are available from any port of entry to the U.S., any preclearance site in Canada, the Embassy of the United States of America, or one of its consulates in Canada. A list of designated ports of entry that accept filings of waiver applications as well as the application form are available from the CBP.U.S. ports of entry are computerized and connected to a centralized database. Information is readily available on criminal convictions in both Canada and the U.S.. Even though you may have entered the U.S. without hindrance in the past, you could run into difficulty if your record shows a criminal conviction or a previous denial of entry. Attempting to gain entry without a waiver could result in several weeks of detention and a permanent bar from entering the United States.If you are an American citizen that left the U.S. to avoid military service and have not since regularized your status, there might be an outstanding warrant for your arrest or you might be ineligible for U.S. entry. If in doubt, check with the nearest USCIS port of entry. If you need information about regularizing your status with the U.S. military, contact the Embassy of the United States of America.Expedited removalThe expedited removal procedure, part of comprehensive reforms intended to control illegal immigration, allows an immigration agent, with the concurrence of a supervisor, to bar non-citizens from the U.S. for five years if, in their judgment, the individuals presented false documentation or misrepresented themselves. Lying to a border official is a serious offence.There is no formal appeal process under expedited removal, but if you believe the law has been misapplied in your case, you can request a supervisory review by writing to the USCIS district director responsible for the port of entry where the decision was made.Boating in U.S. watersCanadian boaters travelling frequently to the U.S. in pleasure craft smaller than five net tons, for visits of less than 72 hours within 25 miles of the shoreline along the border with Canada, can obtain a Canadian Border Boat Landing Permit (Form I-68) from USCIS, allowing them to report their arrival by phone to the U.S. CPB. This permit is not mandatory, but boaters who choose not to obtain it must report for inspection by a Customs officer at a port of entry in person, every time they enter the U.S. Failure to do so may result in arrest, a fine or removal from the country.CruisesMany Canadians enter the U.S. to join sea cruises to other countries. You must have a valid Canadian passport for such a trip. Some of the countries you may be visiting will not permit entry without a passport. A passport is also important to re-enter the U.S. at the end of the cruise. Ship authorities may retain your passport during the cruise, in accordance with their own administrative regulations and to facilitate clearance with U.S. Immigration. Passengers should obtain a receipt for their passport, and the passport should be returned at the end of the cruise.Working in the U.S.Canadians relocating for employment should contact the appropriate Canadian and U.S. agencies to ensure that they are fully informed regarding their entitlement to social benefits, including pension plans, in their new jurisdiction of employment, as well as to determine if they continue to be eligible to participate in pension schemes or to claim other social benefits in Canada.Most Canadian business travellers may apply for admission at a U.S. port of entry without first obtaining a non-immigrant visa. However, travellers entering the U.S. in certain business-related categories are required to present specific documents to establish eligibility for admission. Please refer to the Embassy of the United States of America for detailed information.Studying in the U.S.Canadian students are no longer allowed to begin study in the U.S. without a valid Certificate of Eligibility (Form I-20). This document is issued by the U.S. school and sent directly to the applicant. Students must have their Form I-20 in their possession each time they enter the U.S. for presentation to CBP officers. They should also have documentary evidence of sufficient funds to cover travel, tuition and living expenses in the U.S. for at least the first year of schooling, such as a notarized bank statement or letter from a parent/guardian attesting to the funds.For further information about student visa requirements for the U.S., please consult the U.S. Department of State.Special casesIf you have an unusual situation concerning entry into the U.S., you should obtain authoritative information from the U.S. authorities immediately before your visit. For more information, consult the Embassy of the United States of America or CBP.Border feesAmerican border officials collect a US$6 per person fee, payable only in U.S. dollars, to issue an Arrival-Departure Record (Form I-94). The fee does not apply to Canadian citizens and landed immigrants from member countries of the Commonwealth and Ireland who are entering the U.S. on temporary visits for business or pleasure, or to travellers arriving in the U.S. by air. More information and instructions are available from CBP.U.S. immigration policyFor more information about changes in U.S. immigration policy, consult the USCIS.Yellow feverSee Health to obtain information on this country's vaccination requirements.5. HEALTHMedical services and facilitiesAll hospitals must accept and treat emergencies, regardless of the person’s ability to pay. Clients will, however, be charged for all services rendered.6. LAWS AND CULTUREYou are subject to local laws. See Arrest and detention for more information.Illegal and prescription drugsThe U.S. zero tolerance policy imposes severe penalties for the possession of even a small amount of an illegal drug.Even prescription drugs and syringes used for legitimate medical purposes come under intense scrutiny. Carrying medicines in their original containers and carrying a duplicate of your original prescription, listing both the generic and trade names of the drug, is recommended. Never carry a package or luggage for someone else unless you have been able to verify the contents completely.Personal medication may be subject to U.S. drug importation laws and regulations. In general, personal importation of a 90-day supply of medication is allowed, but only if the drug is not available in the U.S. Prescription drugs imported through the mail from Canada are carefully scrutinized. For further information, please consult the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.LawsA serious violation of the law may lead to a jail sentence or, in some states, a death sentence. The jail sentence will be served in a local prison. Canada and the U.S. do, however, have a treaty that permits a Canadian imprisoned in the U.S. to request a transfer to Canada to complete the sentence in a Canadian prison. The transfer requires the agreement of both Canadian and American authorities. Canadian citizenship confers no immunity, special protection or rights to preferential treatment.Dual citizenshipDual citizenship is legally recognized in the U.S. However, Canadian officials may be limited in their ability to provide you with consular services if local authorities consider you only as an American citizen. Although U.S. authorities do not formally require dual nationals to carry both a U.S. and a Canadian passport, you should carry both documents as proof of citizenship and present yourself as Canadian to foreign authorities to minimize this risk. Citizenship is determined solely by national laws, and the decision to recognize dual citizenship rests completely with the country in which you are located when seeking consular assistance. See Travelling as a dual citizen for more information.Imports and exportsA non-resident may bring merchandise worth up to US$200 free of duty for personal or household use into the U.S. On visits of 72 hours or more, you may carry an additional US$100 worth of merchandise free of duty as gifts for other people. Certain items are prohibited. More information is available from the U.S. CBP.For information on personal duty purchase exemptions at the border when returning to Canada, please consult the Canada Border Services Agency.Travel to CubaResidents of the U.S., including Canadian citizens, are subject to U.S. law regarding travel to Cuba. They are prohibited from spending money (in any currency) relating to Cuban travel unless they are licensed by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).PetsWhen examined at a port of entry, cats and dogs must show no signs of diseases communicable to humans. If there is evidence of poor animal health, an examination by a licensed veterinarian might be required, at the expense of the owner. The U.S. authorities may also require a health certificate. Vaccination against rabies is not required for cats. Dogs must be vaccinated against rabies at least 30 days before entry, except for puppies under three months of age. Other animals are also subject to controls or quarantine requirements. Additional information is available from the U.S. CBP and local authorities.When you return to Canada, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency will require proof of vaccination against rabies for all cats and dogs over three months of age. For detailed information, contact the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.Automobile insuranceIf you are entering the U.S. by personal automobile, you should check with your insurance agent to verify that your existing coverage is valid or sufficient for the areas you will be visiting and for the duration of your visit. If you are going to remain in a specific location in the U.S. for a considerable period of time, verify with the local authorities that your vehicle registration and driver's licence will remain valid.Many states have mandatory automobile insurance requirements, and many require motorists to carry appropriate proof of insurance. Each state's motor vehicles department can give you more specific information. The American Automobile Association and the Canadian Automobile Association can provide detailed information to their members.If you are in the U.S. and wish to drive to Mexico in your personal vehicle, you may need to purchase liability insurance as well as additional auto insurance. Contact your insurance agent and the local Mexican tourist office for further information. See our Travel Advice and Advisories for Mexico.HitchhikingNever cross the border with a hitchhiker or as a hitchhiker. Though you may not be carrying anything illegal, the hitchhiker in your vehicle might be, and you could be implicated.Be equally careful about who and what you carry in your vehicle. As the driver, you could be held responsible for the misdeeds of your passengers, even if committed without your knowledge or involvement.MoneyThe currency is the U.S. dollar (USD). Canadian currency, traveller's cheques in Canadian dollars, and personal cheques drawn on Canadian banks are not widely accepted or easily negotiable in the U.S. All major credit cards are accepted throughout the U.S.There are banking machines that will accept Canadian bank cards, but these may be limited depending on your account access. Despite these difficulties, do not carry large amounts of cash. Non-U.S. residents generally cannot negotiate monetary bank instruments (international bank drafts, money orders, etc.) without having a U.S. bank account.There is no limit to the amount of money that you may legally take into or out of the U.S.. However, if you carry more than US$10,000 in monetary instruments (such as U.S. or foreign coin, currency, traveller's cheques, money orders, stocks or bonds) into or out of the U.S., or if you receive more than that amount while in the U.S., you must file a report (Customs Form 4790) with U.S. Customs. 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North America > United States of America > Rocky Mountains (United States of America) > Colorado
Colorado is a state of wild contrasts. From the flat plains of the eastern portion of the state to some of the Rocky Mountains' highest peaks to the high desert and red rock country of the western reaches of the state, the landscape is incredibly varied, home to many diverse ecosystems and natural marvels, and supports a thriving hunting and outdoors culture that draws people from around the world.
And yet, the contrasts in the natural landscape are nothing compared to the political and social contrasts you will find here. Like much of the rest of the American West, Colorado is a traditionally rural state with a frontier heritage and a very pro-business attitude. But here you will also find fiercely liberal communities in the college and resort towns that have been home to hippies and major countercultural figures. There's a wide range of outlooks and attitudes here in a state that lives up to its nickname — "Colorful Colorado".
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There is no universally agreed-upon breakdown of regions in Colorado. You'll often hear natives speak of a very simple structure comprised of the Eastern Slope (meaning everything east of the crest of the Rockies), or the Western Slope (everything west of the range crest), and anomalous Denver or the "valley". The breakdown below is a bit more complex, partly for reasons of style and partly because the simple east/west/Denver formulation lumps areas together that are really very disparate. It's also roughly what's used by the Colorado Department of Tourism. If you are confused by some of the boundaries, simply consult a map of Colorado counties, as many of the regions follow county lines.
Colorado regions
most populous part of the state, with the large metro capital-city of Denver and its many suburbs
Eastern Plains
the least populated flat eastern half of the state, western agricultural country
follows the northern part of the Rockies, including Boulder and such well-known attractions as Rocky Mountain National Park
Northwestern Colorado
spectacular canyon-and-mesa country reminiscent of neighboring Utah
South Central Colorado
the high country in the southern part of the Rockies, home to many ski resorts, including the towering San Juan Mountains, ("American Alps") with a broad, pleasant valley between them
Southwestern Colorado
There is a special mystique about the southwest region of Colorado. It can be felt among ancient Anasazi Indian cliff dwellings at Mesa Verde National Park and in the quiet of rugged mining ghost towns high in the San Juan Mountains. From the sheer depths of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park to the exhilarating vistas from Grand Mesa, world's largest flattop mountain, the region is rich in western history, Victorian architecture and Native American cultures.
Denver - the vibrant Mile-High City, capital of the state.
Boulder - a colorful college town in the foothills of the Rockies not far from Denver, but a world unto its own.
Cañon City - Home of The Canon City Queen Anne Tea House, the Royal Gorge, and Supermax Prison.
Colorado Springs - Colorado's second-largest city, with many natural attractions such as Pike's Peak and the "Garden of the Gods" not far away.
Durango - Historic frontier city, with its famous narrow-gauge railroad and nearby Mesa Verde National Park.
Fort Collins - historic town which has become a hip university city.
Grand Junction - hub city of the northwestern region, gateway to Colorado's Wine Country and the Black Canyon of the Gunnison.
Loveland - historic city in northern Colorado.
Pueblo - gateway to Colorado's high country for travelers coming up from the southeast.
Sunrise at Mesa Verde National Park near Cortez
Other destinations[edit]
Aspen - trendy ski town known for its celebrities and liberal politics.
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park - 12 miles of a spectacular and scenic gorge.
Breckenridge - most popular ski resort in the U.S.
Colorado's Wine Country - Near Palisade. Home to some of the highest vineyards in the world
Dinosaur National Monument - Near Craig. massive bones of Jurassic era sauropods and allosauruses abound throughout this fossil-rich area. Also a great place for whitewater rafting.
Great Sand Dunes National Park - includes North America's tallest dunes, which rise over 750 feet high against the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Near Alamosa.
Mesa Verde National Park - home to Ancestral Puebloan cliff dwellings. Near Cortez.
Rocky Mountain National Park - drive the harrowing Trail Ridge Road down the spine of the Continental Divide. Near Estes Park.
Vail - Second largest ski resort in North America.
Composer Igor Stravinsky once rode a ski lift in Aspen in the summertime, while Prospector Alferd Packer dined on human flesh near Lake City. Inventor Nikola Tesla created artificial lightning hundreds of feet long in Colorado Springs, and Writer Oscar Wilde attended a fancy dinner party at the bottom of a Leadville silver mine. Outlaw Butch Cassidy robbed the bank in Telluride, while Lawman Doc Holliday and Showman Buffalo Bill were buried in Glenwood Springs and Denver, respectively. All are part of the quirky and sometimes colorful history of Colorado.
Around 15,000 years ago, Native Americans migrated to Colorado, a nomadic group of hunter-gatherers distributed on the plains as well as the western plateaus. The first agricultural communities appeared on the Eastern Plains approximately 5,000 years ago. Circa 600 AD, the Ancient Pueblo Peoples began building elaborate communities in Southwestern Colorado in the Mesa Verde area. Other Native American groups, including the Arapaho, Apache, Cheyenne, Comanche, Kiowa, Shoshone and Utes have called Colorado home.
The Spanish were the first Europeans in the area. In 1541, Coronado led an expedition north through Colorado from Mexico in search of the fabled Seven Cities of Cibola, where the streets were supposed to be paved with gold.
A midsummer Columbine (the state flower) on Arapahoe Pass Trail near Boulder
In 1803, Emperor Napoleon Buonaparte sold the United States a vast tract of land known as the "Louisiana Purchase," an area which included Colorado. Lieutenant Zebulon Pike explored the recently purchased territory at President Thomas Jefferson's behest. Pike and his men "discovered" the 14,000 ft (4, 268 m) peak near Colorado Springs, which today bears his name.
From the 1820s through the 1840s, fur trappers and mountain men began harvesting highly valued beaver and buffalo pelts for the Eastern U.S. and Europe. Trading posts were established for barter with the Native Americans, while trade routes sprang up between the United States and Mexico.
In 1858, gold was discovered at the mouth of Dry Creek in the present-day Denver suburb of Englewood, triggering the "Pike's Peak or Bust" gold rush of 1858-59. Approximately 50,000 people immigrated to Colorado in search of gold, creating the first large scale permanent settlements. Hard rock silver and gold mining towns were established throughout the territory.
A new town named Denver City was founded in honor of James W. Denver, governor of Kansas Territory.
In 1876, Colorado was admitted as the thirty-eighth state in the union. Colorado was called the "Centennial State" in honor of the one-hundredth anniversary of the U.S. Declaration of Independence.
In 1912, Hot Sulphur Springs hosted a ski jumping tournament and invited the Denver press. From this humble beginning, Colorado's ski industry was born. A handful of early ski runs were built around the state over the next 20 years, with the Highland-Bavarian Corporation beginning a rudimentary development of Aspen. World War II and the arrival of the 10th Mountain Division to train near Minturn ushered in the mid-20th century explosion of Colorado ski resorts. Trained for high alpine combat in Italy, the alumni of the 10th Mountain Division returned to the U.S. after the war to build Aspen, Vail and Arapahoe Basin.
By the 1960s, Colorado was a popular global destination for alpine skiing, with travelers drawn to the state's sunny days and champagne snow.
View from Telluride ski slopes.
Colorado is split down the middle north to south by the Rocky Mountains. To the east is a region of high prairie, dry and wide open. To the west are rugged mountains arranged in various groups or ranges. (Interestingly, the largest single range in the state, the San Juan Mountains of the southwestern quarter, aren't technically part of the Rockies.) Meandering through the mountains is an imaginary line called the Continental Divide. This marks the flow of precipitation. Rain falling on the west of the Divide makes its way to the Pacific Ocean. Rain on the east makes its way to the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. What may be surprising to visitors, however, is that, despite stereotypes, comparatively little of the state is actually mountainous. Perhaps a third of it is covered by hills or mountains, and even less is actually home to the soaring, jagged peaks for which the state is known.
Colorado has 54 mountain peaks above 14,000 ft (4,267 m) of elevation. The highest peak, Mount Elbert, rises to 14,440 ft (4,401 m) above sea level making it the highest peak in the North American Rockies. Tourism is a major industry, with skiing/snowboarding, hiking/camping, hunting, mountaineering and fishing as large sources of income for the state economy.
Colorado's population was 4,301,261 in the 2000 census, and the state's population is growing, particularly in the large towns along the Front Range where the prairie and mountains meet. These towns include the capital, Denver, and Colorado Springs, Boulder, Longmont, Loveland and Fort Collins. Many of the residents of Colorado migrated from other states so being a "Colorado Native" is a point of pride with many people.
Those who've never been to Colorado might imagine a frigid, snowy states. However, Denver's 300 sunny days a year and overall mild temperatures are a point of pride among Coloradoans. Due to the Rocky Mountains which split the state in half, climate differs greatly from east to west, low to high. The weather changes rapidly and unpredictably, so be prepared for anything if you're traveling in most seasons. Colorado is also an exceptionally dry state, and has suffered through several recent droughts. Drink lots of waters and watch for dehydration.
Winter is generally cold, though the weather is drastically different depending on elevation. While the mountains are likely to experience frequent snow storms - guaranteeing lots of fresh powder for skiing - these become less and less frequent as one travels down on the Eastern slopes. Lower elevations to the east of the Rockies experience occasional snow storms and even huge blizzards, but low temperatures seldom last long, and the winter is frequently interrupted by warm days with temperatures in the 50s, 60s, or even higher. Bring warm snow clothes, but also a light jacket. While March is the snowiest month of the year, the warm days of spring are more frequent in this month, and even in the mountains it is not unusual for temperatures to rise to the 60s or above, making for some very interesting skiing.
Spring is generally brief and mild. Snow is not uncommon as late as May, even in lower elevation cities, and some ski resorts stay open as late as July. However, except during snow, the temperatures are warm and pleasant. Be prepared for rapid changes - its not unusual for there to be 80 degree temperatures during the day and sn | 旅游 |
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Email: tracy.stutzman@maine.edu Tracy S. Michaud Stutzman is a native of Dover-Foxcroft, Maine and earned her Ph.D. in Anthropology/Archaeology from the University of Pittsburgh. Since returning to Maine in 2002, Tracy has dedicated her life to bringing culture and the arts into economic and community development, preserving and promoting “sense of place” while developing Maine tourism based on authentic cultural experiences.
She was a driving force behind the purchase and renovation of the Center Theatre in downtown Dover-Foxcroft and co-chaired a capital campaign that transformed the theatre into the only performing arts center in the region. Working with local economic development corporations in Piscataquis and Penobscot Counties, Tracy helped research and introduce new tourism development efforts in the region.
She founded and ran The Maine Highlands Guild, which marketed traditional craft businesses. As executive director she received state and national recognition, and was the winner of the 2003 National Social Venture Competition sponsored by Columbia University, Hass Business School at Berkeley, and the Goldman Sachs Foundation.
The Guild merged in 2008 with the Maine Crafts Association, a state-wide non-profit organization promoting craft artists. She then served as executive director of that organization for four years. During this time the Center for Maine Craft, a major tourist destination, was created at the West Gardiner Travel Plaza in partnership with the Maine Turnpike Authority, the Maine Office of Tourism, and the Governor’s Office. She also helped design an Associate’s Degree in Traditional and Contemporary Craft in Maine’s Community College system.
Tracy has served on the Maine Governor’s Council for the Creative Economy, and the Governor’s Council on Quality of Place. She was a leader in the Realize!Maine Youth Initiative focused on giving better opportunities for young people in Maine. She served on the board of the Maine Association of Non-Profits, the National Craft Organization Development Association, and the World Crafts Council. She is currently on the Executive Committee of the Maine Arts Commission and is Chair of the Traditional Arts Committee.
In 2005 she was chosen for Maine Biz magazine’s “NEXT” list, and in 2007 she won both the Governor's Award for Community Development Block Grant Administrator of the Year, and the Warren “Pete” Myrick Community Service Award. She has remained involved in her community as a member of the East Sangerville Grange, the Piscataquis County Economic Development Council, and the Center Theatre, and is a Trustee for Foxcroft Academy. Tracy also performs professionally and as a volunteer with various regional theaters and the Doughty Hill Band.
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Ruthin Castle In the town, Denbighshire, north Wales
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Drawings and text copyright � by John Northall.
With acknowledgements to The History of Ruthin Castle by Reginald de Hereford, The Royal Commission into Ancient Monuments in Wales, and A Guide to Ancient and Historic Wales, Clwyd and Powys by Helen Burnham. Above: The west gate allowed access into the dry moat separating the upper and lower baileys. A portion of the modern hotel can be seen in the background.
This page is the beginning of a series of essays concerning Ruthin Castle in north Wales. The page you are presently viewing provides a historical context for the castle, a site plan, and a reconstruction drawing, while other linked pages present a timeline for Ruthin along with information and photographs for several other parts of the medieval castle.
Reconstruction Drawing, Description & Site Plan
Ruthin Castle is built on a red sandstone ridge 100 feet above the Clwyd valley, overlooking a strategic river crossing. Judging by the curving moat to the west of the upper bailey, the earliest castle here may have been a motte and bailey. However, the first documented castle was given to Prince Dafydd ap Gruffydd by King Edward in 1277. It was known as Castell Coch yn yr Gwernfor - the red castle in the great marsh - and the redness of its sandstone walls can be seen to this day. The castle of 1277 consisted of a pentagonal upper bailey that had revetment walls built up the quarried rockfaces of the ridge and was therefore similar to Holt and Whittington castles. The bailey was around 350 feet long by 250 feet wide and the floor level of the buildings was much higher than the ground outside the walls. This was particularly true on the north west side where the land sloped away towards the river. The opposite side of the castle was defended by a deep and broad dry moat. Revetment walls featured heavily at other Welsh castles such as Dinas Bran, Deganwy and Ewloe and had the advantage that they could not be broken down by siege engines. Ruthin was improved by its next owner, Reginald de Grey, perhaps when he first took over in 1282 and again in 1295 when the castle was further strengthened and extended. Reginald employed the famous military architect Master James of St George to provide the castle with a twin-towered gatehouse and six round towers, the northern tower incorporating a smaller Welsh one. The walls above the revetments of the upper bailey were 7 to 9 feet thick and rose to a height of 100 feet above the bottom of the moat. The lower bailey had a drum tower at each corner and its own gate, which had a portcullis, a rounded fighting platform above the entrance and a bridge across the moat towards the river. This outer court was around 240 feet wide by 160 feet long and was overlooked by the main court. The baileys were separated by another deep moat that may have been spanned by a bridge. The current wooden bridge across this moat is not original. There was a sally port between the two baileys from which defenders could rush into the moat to counterattack their foes at the base of the walls. A spiral stairway leads from this doorway up the side of the adjacent drum tower at the southwestern corner of the upper bailey. A second flight of steps curves around the outside of the tower towards a gateway into the upper bailey. A similar doorway exists at the base of the northern tower and steps lead from it up through the tower into the apex of the upper bailey. There are also signs that yet another sally port was situated on the opposite side of the castle to the south of the main gate, the remains now hidden in the thick undergrowth against the revetment wall of the eastern moat. In 1826 a fine house was built over the southeastern quarter of the castle, within both baileys, and it was rebuilt and extended in 1849-52. The house hid many details of the castle's internal buildings but some details of the main hall survive. It was 100 feet long by 40 feet wide and looked out over the Clwyd valley from the west side of the upper bailey. Additional Essays and photographs for Ruthin Castle by John Northall
Ruthin Castle Upper Bailey page
Ruthin Castle Lower Bailey page
Ruthin Castle Gatehouse page
Ruthin Castle timeline page
View Mr Northall's other contributions to the Castles of Wales web site
Link to the Ruthin Castle Hotel page
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Historic Scotland launches St. Andrew’s Weekend Ticket Giveaway
Thousands of free tickets available at over 40 of Scotland’s top heritage attractions
http://www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/news_search_results/news_article.htm?articleid=37983
School leavers to discover career potential of traditional building skills
Historic Scotland is to help early school leavers consider a career in traditional building skills this week, following a hugely successful launch last year which encouraged nearly all participants to take up a construction-related position.
Antonine wall site management heritage plan public consultation sessions
People across Central Scotland are being invited to attend one of five public consultation workshops regarding the development of the next five year Management Plan for the Antonine Wall World Heritage Site. http://www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/news_search_results/news_article.htm?articleid=37978
World Premiere of Medieval Music comes to Hawick
The world premiere of what is believed to be the first performance in 450 years of the music of the recently discovered Hawick Missal Fragment, a section of a 12th century medieval manuscript, will be taking place at the Tower Mill in Hawick on Wednesday 21st November 2012. http://www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/news_search_results/news_article.htm?articleid=37966
Edinburgh Castle voted top UK Heritage Attraction for second year running
Edinburgh Castle was voted the Top UK Heritage Attraction for the second year running at the British Travel Awards ceremony in London last night. | 旅游 |
2015-48/2574/en_head.json.gz/14139 | State House Nairobi stands on a 300 ha. piece of land. It is a 10-minute drive from the city centre. Other than the Nairobi one, there are other State Houses and Lodges scattered around the country to provide accommodation to the Head of State whenever he is touring various parts of the country.
State House Nairobi
State House was originally known as Government House. It was built in 1907 to serve as the official residence of the governor when Kenya was a British Colony.
The governor would conduct his official functions at the old Provincial Commissioner’s office (now a national monument) next to Nyayo House and then retire to Government House for the day.
After independence, Government House was renamed State House. Although it remained the official residence of the Head of State, in practice it became an administrative/operational office occasionally providing accommodation to visiting State guests and receptions on National Days. This scenario has prevailed to-date with the late Mzee Jomo Kenyatta and President Moi preferring private residence as opposed to living in State House.
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Dostoevskaya metro station is one of the newest additions to Moscow metro. During the recent years, quite a lot of new stations were added, and even a whole new line that connects the metro with Moscow International Business Center was built.
However, Dostoevskaya station is special, mainly because of its interior. You see, most of the newer Moscow metro stations have a very simplistic design. That is especially true for the stations that were built during the 90's, when the state couldn't afford anything but the required minimum.
The stations became lower, narrower and much duller. They were also not built as deep underground as during Stalin times, but that may even be a good thing because riding that escalator for 10 minutes is not exactly an efficient use of your time.
Out of the new metro stations that I've seen I only liked "Park Pobedy" (below Moscow's Victory Park), which was built to match the original projects. However, "Park Pobedy" lies very deep, which makes it not very convenient for everyday use, plus to me it seems a little bit too pompous.
By the way, you should definitely visit the Victory Park. It's one of the most beautiful places in Moscow, and there's also a Great Patriotic War museum in case you're interested.
But let's get back to Dostoevskaya. I actually like that station more than Park Pobedy - it's not too deep, and it has a great design dedicated to Fyodor Dostoevsky and his famous works.
The construction began during the 90's, but it took around 20 years to finish again because of financial problems. However, in this case I think it was great.
Welcome to the world of Fyodor Dostoevsky...
If Dostoevskaya was finished when it was supposed to, then they surely would turn it into another dull Moscow metro station that can make you depressed at first sight.
Luckily, by the time the construction was done, Moscow government had enough money to pay for a proper design. As I said, it's totally about Dostoevsky's works.
To be honest, I was a little bit afraid to visit that station. You see, although I'm not a big fan of Dostoevsky, I have still read his books and I surely treat him with great respect.
Somehow, I was sure the designers did not do a good enough job, and the station will be a one big disappointment. However, that was the case when I was more than happy to be mistaken because in my opinion, that metro station fully captures the essence of Fyodor Dostoevsky's novels.
The colors of the interior, well....I think the phrase "shades of grey" sums it up pretty well. However, I don't want to say that the station looks dull and depressing.
On the contrary, it looks brand new and very clean, the floors reflect the ceiling, and coupled with original lighting the grey color helps us see every detail of Dostoevsky's vision.
However, what really grants the station that special something are the panels that picture the scenes from Dostoevsky's most famous novels - "The Idiot", "The Possessed", "Crime and Punishment" and "The Brothers Karamazov".
What a great artwork!
In fact, there was quite a debate around those pictures, because some of them show murder, like the one where Raskolnikov murders a pawnbroker.
However, I can say that those pictures don't look shocking at all - we see much more violence during a news broadcast. In fact, I actually liked them because I completely resonate with the way they present Dostoevsky's novels.
Oh, and speaking of pictures - on one end of the station there is a panel showing Dostoevsky's face. It's done so well I could sometimes swear that Fyodor Mihailovch is looking me closely while I walk around the station. Man, I almost felt ashamed for not reading all of his books!
He looks so alive!
In fact, even the escalators look special on Dostoevskaya. The lighting is positioned in such a way that the exit to the street actually looks darker than the station itself. I don't know if it was done on purpose, but the exit hall is darker indeed, which adds to the overall surrealism of the place.
Speaking of the surrealism - there are short stairs that lead from the escalators to the exit. I was very surprised and delighted to find a silhouette of Rodion Raskolnikov on one of the walls, "running" down the stairs as if he wanted to escape from the terrible crime he's committed.
You just can't run from yourself, Rodion...
In short - I can say that the designers did a fantastic job. I don't know if they were fans of Dostoevsky's books, but it's hard for me to imagine that someone completely unfamiliar with his works would create such a splendid design.
By the way, if all my writing about Dostoevsky made you curious, you can exit the station and get to Dostoevsky museum that sits right above it, on, guess what - Doestoevskogo street. Who knows? Maybe the great writer will eventually own me some referrals commission? The station has only one significant disadvantage - it's not connected to the ring line of Moscow metro ("Koltsevaya"). In a distant future, it's planned to build "Suvorovskaya" station nearby that will connect Dostoevskaya to the ring. So far, you'll have to travel further towards the center of the subway and change stations from there.
However, I see it only as a minor disadvantage, plus I truly believe you should visit the place just to gaze at its marvelous design. By the way, it can very well be that you'll actually need to go there on day.
You see, the station is conveniently located right near Russian Army Theater and the Central Museum of Armed Forces. Both are nice to visit if you ask me, and I'll surely write articles about those in the future.
In addition, from Dostoevskaya you can get to Ekaterininsky park, at least what's left of it. It doesn't look like much these days, but you can still go there if you want a little rest from the crazy rhythm of the big city.
Ekaterininskiy park
Also, if you go through the park, you will get to Olimpiyskiy stadium which constantly hosts all kinds of events and a very nice book fair takes place there in the morning almost daily.
I would strongly suggest you to visit Dostoevskaya....it has a great design, it's conveniently located - and it's not too crowded as you can see from the photos.
I do hope you will enjoy your visit, and if you become a fan of Dostoevsky then you can buy all of his books at Olimpiyskiy book fair Cheers!
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2015-48/2574/en_head.json.gz/14336 | 'Journey Through the Past' at historic Somerset County sites
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Photos Courtesy of Pat McGarryHarpsichord player Melanie Zanakis and violinist Erik Lichack prepare to perform at the Wyckoff Garretson House in the Somerset section of Franklin during last year's Journey Through the Past.Twenty-six of Somerset County’s top historic sites will open their doors for visitors to try on period costumes, throw pottery and browse antique sales during the annual Weekend Journey Through the Past next Saturday and Sunday.
Period military drills, interpreted tours, music and dance performances, live theater and arts and crafts activites for children are also among the many activities planned. Admission and parking will be free at all sites for the event, organized for the fifth year by the Somerset County Cultural and Heritage Commission.
The event evolves annually with new activities, according to commission manager Pat McGarry. A more recent effort to integrate the arts into the program also changes up the event, while broadening its appeal to both art lovers and history buffs, she added.
“It’s always different,” she said. “That’s what makes it so special.”
To help visitors plan their trip, the sites have been divided into three self-guided driving tours: Southern, Central and Northern.
The Southern tour connects five sites as it follows the Millstone River and D&R canal 23 miles from Millstone to Rocky Hill. The first stop is the Old Millstone Forge, Blacksmith Shop & Museum, located along North River Street in Millstone.
The two-story brick and timber building, which has no modern amenities, was rebuilt in the 1830s and was in use by a blacksmith until 1957, according to Marilyn Robinson, treasurer of the Old Millstone Forge Association.
The site will feature demonstrations of traditional blacksmithing techniques, displays of iron working tools and information about early American forges.
The demonstration will reflect the age when blacksmiths were where people went for nails, hinges and other hardware, she said.
“The neighborhood blacksmith was your Home Depot of today,” she said.
The Central tour offers 10 sites in as many miles, located near Old York Road. Old York Road predates the Revolutionary War and was used to transport goods between New York and Philadelphia.
Another stop is the Old Presbyterian Graveyard, located at East Street and East High Street in Bound Brook. A gravestone-carver reenactor will discuss folk art on the stones and how traditional motifs show how beliefs about death changed.
Blacksmith Ben Sukaka works at the Old Millstone Forge in Millstone.Tour guides will also explain the history of the graveyard, how it has been documented and point out some gravestones, including 12 Revolutionary War soldiers.
The cemetery is a crucial link to the history and genealogy of the area, according to local historian Mary Nelson, a librarian at the Bound Brook Library located next door to the cemetery.
“This is where all the founding fathers of Bound Brook are buried,” said Nelson, who also will lead tours.
The Northern tour winds 30 miles through the northeastern section of the county, stopping at 11 sites in the Watchung Mountain area, including the Kennedy-Martin-Stelle Farmstead.
Located along King George Road in Basking Ridge, the farmstead will hold a grand opening at 3 p.m. Saturday.
Over the past year, a ramp and other improvements have made the site handicapped accessible and the entire interior of the house was replastered and painted, according to John Campbell, president of the Friends of the Kennedy-Martin-Stelle Farmstead.
Activities planned include house tours, children’s art classes, pumpkin painting and plein air painting by professional artists. On Sunday, an appraiser will evaluate visitors’ antiques for $10.
Other sites that have undergone significant restoration since last year include the Andrew Ten Eyck House in Branchburg, Brick Academy in Bernards, and the Van Veghten House in Bridgewater.
Sites will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Printed guides will be available at all sites. For more information, visit www.SCHistoryWeekend.com. | 旅游 |
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Trail of the Month: January 2013
During Colorado's silver mining boom more than a century ago, two railroads struggled for supremacy over the Roaring Forks Valley, in a competition to see which could first finish the tracks into Aspen and lay claim to the rich silver deposits there.
The strategy of the Colorado Midland Railroad was to take a shorter, but difficult route involving a large number of trestles and extensive tunneling through the Rocky Mountains. The Denver & Rio Grande Railroad's method, which ultimately proved successful, was to construct a narrow-gauge railroad—which took less time and money to construct than standard gauge—over a longer, but less demanding route. The Denver & Rio Grande reached Aspen in 1887. Today, the Rio Grande Trail (named for the victor) runs through the rail corridor and, in some places, you can still see the old tracks and trestle bridges.
But that was not the last time the corridor was hotly contested. Since 2006, Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (RTC), supported by pro bono counsel Richard Allen with the law firm of Zuckert, Scoutt, & Rasenberger, has been involved in defending against a claim filed by one of the trail's adjacent landowners against the government of the United States, seeking compensation for land they believe was "taken" as a result of the federal railbanking law. It is a case that deals with important legal principles for federally granted rights-of-way.
When the trail first grabbed our attention for a Trail of the Month feature more than 10 years ago, it was already a stunner at only seven miles long. Since then the rail-trail has blossomed, and now stretches 42 miles between the ski towns of Aspen and Glenwood Springs, with gorgeous views of the Roaring Fork River, the surrounding mountains and tall aspens that turn bright gold in the fall.
Gary Tennenbaum remembers our original story. It was published right around the time he began as stewardship and trails manager for Pitkin County Open Space and Trails, which is responsible for the county's 18-mile stretch of the trail from Emma to Aspen. When asked about the trail's development over the past decade, the first word that comes to Tennenbaum's mind is "rapid."
"After Pitkin County started to pave sections of the trail, it started a groundswell of community support," says Tennenbaum. "People said 'let's get it paved and get it all connected.'"
Completed in 2008, the trail is managed by the Roaring Forks Transportation Authority (RFTA), working with partnering agencies like Pitkin County and the City of Aspen. The last big challenge to its development is to decide what to do with the four-mile section from Woody Creek to Aspen's Stein Park. The gravel pathway here has been used as a trail since the 1960s, and some want to keep it that way. Others see it as the only part of the trail left unpaved and want a smooth ride, end-to-end.
"We're looking at different options," Tennenbaum says. "It's a difficult area that's very narrow with steep drop-offs. We're having discussions with the community and, hopefully, will have a decision within the next three months."
The decision is an important one as Woody Creek is one of the most popular stopping points on the trail. In this town made famous by legendary journalist and author Hunter S. Thompson, you'll find the quirky and lively Woody Creek Tavern. The fame of the Woody Creek Tavern, frequently mentioned in Thompson's writings, has made renting bikes in Aspen, pedaling eight miles along the scenic Rio Grande Trail and grabbing lunch at the tavern a popular summertime pursuit for both locals and tourists.
"The trail is a huge benefit for the Woody Creek Tavern," says Tennenbaum. "They have full bike racks that the big cities don't even have. In the summer, you'll see more than a hundred bikes there."
One thing you won't find on the trail yet is interpretive signage about the history of the rail corridor. But this is something Tennenbaum hopes to pursue once a decision has been made on whether to pave the Woody Creek section. Presently, its history can be explored in the Glenwood Railroad Museum, only a half-mile from the trail's western end. The museum, offering railroad artifacts, old photographs and a large-scale model railroad, is housed in the Glenwood Springs station, built in 1904 and still serving Amtrak trains today.
With its mining heydays long gone, the area is once again rich in unspoiled natural beauty. The trail closely parallels the Roaring Fork River for much of its length, and animals can often be spotted along its banks. This ready connection to wildlife is a special treat, especially for city dwellers. In the winter, the valley provides such a critical range for deer and elk that a small section of the trail between Basalt and Carbondale is closed annually from November to April and re-routed on the road.
"I think my most memorable experiences on the trail have been wildlife sightings," says Austin Weiss, trail manager for the City of Aspen, who frequently trains for marathons on the trail. "It's common to run into a black bear or deer or elk, and there are mountain lions in the area, too." Around Rock Bottom Ranch, one of his favorite trail spots, he often sees heron and bald eagles.
When the rail corridor was purchased in 1997, one of the justifications was "creating recreation connectivity in the Roaring Forks Valley." In that endeavor, the trail has been tremendously successful.
"The trail is a great way for communities to connect," says Tennenbaum, who lives in Basalt and commutes on the trail. "I bump into people all the time. Our trail counters show that thousands and thousands of people use it."
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Name: Rio Grande Trail
Used railroad corridor: Denver & Rio Grande Railroad (which became the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad in 1920 and later merged with Southern Pacific Railroad)
Trail website: Roaring Fork Transportation Authority
Length: 42 miles
Counties: Eagle, Garfield, Pitkin
Start point/end point: Herron Park at Neale Avenue (Aspen) and Two Rivers Park (Glenwood Springs)
Surface type: Asphalt, Concrete, Gravel
The trail is paved for almost its entire length; only a 4-mile section at the trail's eastern end between Woody Creek and Stein Park in Aspen remains unpaved. The surface in this section is well-maintained, hard-packed gravel that can be traveled with a road bike.
Uses: Bicycling, walking, inline skating, horseback riding, cross-country skiing, fishing; wheelchair accessible.
The best section for equestrians is the 18-mile stretch through Pitkin County from Aspen to Emma on the eastern end of the trail. There, a crushed gravel shoulder alongside the pavement offers a soft-surface pathway for horses and joggers.
In winter, the Pitkin County section is groomed for cross-country skiing, though the trail is plowed in some parts of Aspen for commuters. The western end of the trail, from Glenwood Springs to Carbondale, is plowed when snowfall exceeds three inches. To check current trail conditions, visit the websites of the Aspen/Snowmass Nordic Council or Aspen/Pitkin County.
Difficulty: Easy, Note that, although there are public restrooms along the trail, no drinking water is provided, so be sure to pack some for the journey.
Grade: The trail is relatively flat with a gentle slope (no more than four percent) that runs downhill from Aspen to Glenwood Springs.
Getting there: The Aspen/Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field) is roughly three miles from downtown Aspen and the eastern end of the Rio Grande Trail. If you want to get there by train, Amtrak makes regular stops at the Glenwood Springs station (413 7th Street), only a half-mile from the trail.
Access and parking: The Rio Grande Trail can be accessed from several places along its route. The Roaring Fork Transportation Authority (RFTA) provides a detailed map and information on access points and parking locations on its website.
RFTA also provides bus service to several key communities along the trail: Aspen, Snowmass Village, Basalt, Carbondale and Glenwood Springs. Many of these stops are very close to the trail, within a half-mile. Bike racks are provided on the buses and there's a nominal surcharge of $2 to take them aboard.
To navigate the area with an interactive GIS map, and to see more photos, user reviews and ratings, plus loads of other trip-planning information, visit RTC's free trail-finder website, TrailLink.com.
Note that a 7-mile section of the trail between Hooks Lane in Basalt and Catherine Bridge in Carbondale closes seasonally from November 30 to April 30, to protect wintering wildlife. An on-road detour is available and clearly marked during that time.
Rentals: Numerous shops to rent bicycles can be found on the western end of the trail in Glenwood Springs, or in Aspen on the eastern end of the trail.
For those who want to ditch their wheels for skis, two nordic centers in Aspen (at the Aspen Golf Course, Highway 82; 970-925-2145) and Snowmass Village (0446 Clubhouse Drive; 970-923-5700) offer clothing and equipment rentals for winter activities, as well as guided tours and lessons.
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2015-48/2574/en_head.json.gz/14792 | On Walkabout to See What's Out There
Road Less Traveled to Mt St Helens
BriarCraft, 9:58 PM GMT on July 13, 2012
In May, we traveled to Mt St Helens from the west, along the Toutle River to Johnston Ridge Observatory. That approach offered sweeping vistas of the old lahar flows that changed the Toutle River forever. We got to look almost straight into the crater, but we didn't get to see Spirit Lake, only about 5 miles away. To do that requires some rugged hiking for the direct route or a drive of about 130 miles. Not practical for a simple day trip.Heading east on US Highway 12 past Mossyrock and Morton to Randle, it was apparent that the late arrival of summer had delayed hay harvests. It seemed that farmers everywhere were making hay as fast as they could.Traveling along with Cowlitz River for part of the way, the waters of Riffe Lake reflected the blue sky so closely that I just had to stop to take a picture. Mossyrock Dam is the tallest dam in the State of Washington at 606 feet from bedrock. Riffe (rhymes with "life") Lake, named for a community it covered, has 52 miles of shoreline and is 23 miles long and is a popular spot for boating and fishing. Although I didn't know it when I set out for the east side of Mt St Helens, the trek to Windy Ridge would not have been possible back in May. In fact, it would not have been possible before July 12, the day I went there. Officially, Forest Roads 25 and 99 did not open until July 13, but they were ready to travel by the afternoon of the 12th. Landslides had blocked both Forest Roads, requiring a new bridge to be built.After leaving US-12 at Randle, there are no services available along the way -- no food, no gas, no water, no cell phone reception. There are a few chemical toilets provided by the Forest Service, but that's it. Forest Road 25 winds through dense forests, then Forest Road 99 climbs the foothills surrounding Mt St Helens to Windy Ridge viewpoint. In several places, the road dips sharply where the soil beneath has slid or sunk. Rather than filling in these large dips, the Forest Service has simply patched pavement to make the drop-offs a bit more manageable. If you're not paying attention, it is very easy to hit one of these too fast and damage your car. So, while the scenery is nice, it doesn't make for a relaxing drive.Unlike the western approach, there are no interpretive centers as you approach the mountain from the northeast. There are half a dozen viewpoints with small parking lots and there are several wide spots in the road where one can pull over briefly for a quick look and perhaps to snap a photo. Since the road was not yet officially open and there was little traffic, I was able to stop here and there for a few seconds to snap a quick shot from the driver's seat.8.5 miles from Mt St Helens, this 1972 Pontiac Grand Prix was left undisturbed after the eruption. The picture at top is from a Forest Service sign at the site, showing how it looked in 1980. The bottom picture is what it looks like today. At the end of the line, Windy Ridge, there are 361 steps to reach the official viewpoint. A few brave souls actually make that climb, braving strong winds, no hand rails, and steps that aren't spaced quite right for comfortable climbing. I didn't even try. Going up is hard on quadriceps and hips. Coming down is really tough on knees. Even young, athletic types are seen stopping every 50 or 100 steps to rest.Below are some of the photos I took along the way. If you want to see more, there are 26 photos in the series.
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2015-48/2575/en_head.json.gz/54 | Largest Cupcake World Record Set
July 21, 2009 in Sweet Stuff
Some of the easiest world records to set are food records, because even though it isn’t easy to build a giant food item, it is a heck of a lot easier than, say, being the fastest person up Mount Everest. In Minneapolis, Minnesota, the world’s largest cupcake was unveiled this past weekend. It measured 12 inches tall and 24 inches wide, which is much smaller than I would have expected it to be, but it weighed in at an impressive 150.7-lbs. This figure included 60-lbs of frosting and 15-lbs of fudge filling. The cupcake was made by cakes.com, which is run by cake-decoration supplier DecoPac.
Personally, I think that the line in between a cake and a cupcake is a little fuzzy at this scale. Part of the point of a cupcake is that it is a cup-sized cake. Even the Giant Cupcake Pan from Wilton seems to acknowledge that it is just a cake shaped like a cupcake. Is that all this giant cupcake really is? A cake shaped like a cupcake? It’s still tasty looking, no matter what you decide to call it in the end.
Speaking of ends, most record-setting foods are sliced up and shared with onlookers. This cupcake was shipped out to a pig farm after it was measured and photographed at the Mall of America. About 4,000 smaller cupcakes were given out to onlookers.
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2015-48/2575/en_head.json.gz/142 | Roxy Theater
205 Granby Street,
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The Roxy Theatre is on this map of Norfolk’s business district from circa 1950.
Don Lewis
From Norfolk a vintage postcard view of the Roxy Theater.
meadowsrat
The building the Roxy was located in is still there but has been renovated into retail space. The Federal building sits where the Monticello hotel once sat.
aughie
It seems as though the Roxy theatre structure was demoslished sometime around when Norfolk built the Federal Building at the corner of City Hall and Granby because the address for the Roxy is the exact address for the same block and side of the street that the Norfolk Federal Building is located. This is only one of many theatres downtown that have fallen to the wrecking ball. At the turn of the 20th century, though Norfolk then did not have such a good, clean reputation, there were lots of “variety theatres” located within a very small vacinty downtown, though I use the term “variety” very loosely as it relates to the probable entertainment that would have been offered to sailors and seamen in a (then) seedy navytown (Norfolk has changed for the better since then) during the early 1900s.
BwayBoy
It would be fabulous if this place was renovated back to a theater so the downtown Norfolk Granby theater district really could be happening with the Premiere, The Norva, the Wells, and the Roxy! Uptown a ways is the Attucks… and even more uptown is the Rosna (that is currently a church) in Park Place on 35th Street, and the Riverview in the Colonial Place-Riverview neighborhood in Norfolk.
I think this is somewhere around Tidewater Community College. It would be great if this theatre was renovated back to a performing arts facility. Maybe Bobby Wright could do it?!! I did a map quest search on the address and it’s at the corner of Granby Street and City Hall Avenue in downtown Norfolk. I think it’s the Federal Place section of downtown.
JimRankin
It is amazing how many theatres are named ROXY in imitation of the once famous name of the New York City panjandrum of the movie palace: Samual Lionel Rothapfel = “Roxy”. His namesake was the famous ROXY THEATRE in NYC, which outlasted him by only 25 years when it was demolished in 1960. The whole story is in that landmark book “The Best Remaining Seats: The Story of the Golden Age of the Movie Palace” by the late Ben M. Hall in 1961. Various editions of it are sometimes available from www.Amazon.com, but only the first edition contains the color plates.
Do you have anymore info on weather or not it still is running or closed. Or if it is for sale ………
The Roxy Theatre is located at 205 Granby Street and it seated 432 people.
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2015-48/2575/en_head.json.gz/697 | Home » Your Visit » Stations » Watchet
Watchet
Postcode for Sat Nav: TA23 0AU
Watchet Station has a Booking Office and prices from this station can be found on our fares pages.The shop has been extended and sells souveniers,cakes,biscuits,sweets and hot and cold drinks.There are toilets available,including a disabled facility.
A coal fire greets you on entering the booking hall.To the left of here there is a comprehensive secondhand book shop selling fiction and non-fiction books.
On the platform the Pagoda waiting room has a pictorial display of the history of the railway at Watchet.
Watchet Station is back on track with the return of the refurbished footbridge and a repaint of the station buildings. What to see and do nearby
Watchet is an ancient harbour town with a history of over 1000 years and still has a network of small streets and shops to be explored, including several pubs and cafes. The Star Inn in Watchet was Somerset CAMRA�s Pub of the Year for 2005. The station stands right in the middle of the town adjacent to the harbour which, since the end of commercial shipping calling in the mid-1990�s has begun a new lease of life as a Marina and is home currently to a 1950�s Vintage Motor Torpedo Boat.
The network of sidings that served the docks has gone and the former goods shed is now a Boat Museum. The town Museum is just off the esplanade and traces the history of the town through the ages and this includes the West Somerset Mineral Railway that once brought iron ore from the Brendon Hills for onward shipping to the furnaces at Ebbw Vale in South Wales. The trackbed of the Mineral Railway is now in use as a footpath.
Local Businesses helping promote the Railway include:
Bell Inn - 3 Market Street
The 16th Century Bell Inn is situated in Market Street, Watchet, a few yards from the marina and is a family run pub.
A warm welcome always awaits you from Paul, Gill, Adam and Clare, along with real ales, fine wines and good food.
Open all day every day, food is served lunchtime and evenings. (Food not served on a Tuesday).
History of Watchet Station
This was the original terminus of the West Somerset Railway in 1862, a fact which is reflected in the station building standing at right angles to the railway line.
For more information about things to see and do in Watchet as well as places to stay visit Visit Watchet. | 旅游 |
2015-48/2575/en_head.json.gz/859 | » Articles » Introduction to the South Pacific: 30 Days in the South Pacific – Pacific Islands
Introduction to the South Pacific: 30 Days in the South Pacific – Pacific Islands
By Sean O'Reilly | August 22nd, 2006 | Comments (0)
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Introduction to the South Pacific: 30 Days in the South Pacific
I watched the bearded, pot-bellied Frenchman in a black thong, so popular among the European set, amble across the white sand towards the surf. I thought to myself, “the savage,” and wondered where his spear was. What is it about the South Pacific that turns Europeans and other Westerners inwards towards a state of nature – myself included? Ever Since Robert Louis Stevenson and others immortalized the simplicity of the native cultures of the region, Westerners have been coming to the South Pacific to become primitively whole. Perhaps it is the stress of living in the machine culture of Western civilization that makes all of us yearn for a simpler and more immediate life. Food, drink, the hospitality of islanders, an undercurrent of sensuality and the hot sun all conspire to put one in a state of mind that could only be described as loose and open to change. One needs to come to some understanding of the geography of the region to begin to get a handle on the phenomenon.
The Pacific, mother of all oceans, covers more than a third of the earth’s surface. It is estimated that there are some 30,000 islands scattered among the commonly designated regions of Micronesia, Melanesia and Polynesia. Oceania is the term that covers the entire area geographically, but nothing can really describe with adequacy the hold that the South Pacific has on the Western imagination.
A literary torch ignited by Stevenson, and carried on by Jack London, James Michener and others, attests to the eternal pull of the South Pacific. James Michener’s imaginary paradise, for example, Bali Hai in Tales of the South Pacific, might be thought of as a recasting of Shangri La in an oceanic setting. Michener’s tale was so compelling that even though it was a fictional account, Bali Hai was and has been claimed by many island groups as their own. It may be, however, that it was Espiritu Santo in Vanuatu (Melanesia) that was the original inspiration for the story. Michener himself preferred to leave the public guessing.
Stevenson, in one of his last books, In the South Pacific, best captured the sentiments that the South Pacific evokes in the Western heart:
No part of the world exerts the same attractive power upon the visitor, and the task before me is to communicate to fireside travelers some sense of its seduction, and to describe the life, at sea and ashore, of many hundreds of thousands of persons, some of our own blood and language, all our contemporaries, and yet as remote in thought and habit as Rob Roy or Barbarossa, the Apostles or the Caesars.
Stevenson may have had little inkling that among these “thousands of persons” scattered across the South Pacific some 1200 languages were once spoken, a full third of the world’s language repository. Unfortunately, many of these languages are no longer spoken or are in danger of dying out. The original Polynesian culture that spread 3,500 years ago throughout the so-called Polynesian Triangle that began, as some have claimed, in Samoa and spread to Hawaii in the north, Easter Island to the east and New Zealand and the Solomons in the west has been significantly affected for the past two hundred and fifty years by Western civilization. There was, as Rupert Brooke noted, something magical about the original Polynesian culture that is a shadow of its former self, although it still lingers on in places like Fiji, Yap and Samoa.
You lie on a mat in a cool Samoan hut and look out on the white sand under high palms, a gentle sea, the black line of the reef a mile out and moonlight over everything… And among it all are the loveliest people in the world, moving and dancing like gods and goddesses, very quietly and mysteriously, and utterly content. It is sheer beauty, so pure that it’s difficult to breathe it in.
Contrary to Brooke’s rapturous view, David Stanley, author and expert on all things South Pacific, notes that:
The modern world is transforming the Pacific more and more. Outboards replace outriggers; Coca Cola substitutes for coconuts and consumerism has caught on in the towns… Television is still absent from many Pacific homes; instead attitudes are molded by the tens of thousands of VCRs that play pirated videotapes available at hundreds of corner stores. Villages are trapped by material desires… The diet is changing as imported processed foods [particularly fatty items such as turkey tails, which are not sold in the US] take the place of fiber rich foods such as breadfruit, taro and plantain.
One still sees in Fiji and Western Samoa, a glimpse of the “sheer beauty” that Brooke noted in Samoa. I had a taste of this in an entirely unexpected way at the local airport in Savusavu, Fiji. I was approached by a crippled man selling necklaces. He was paralyzed from the waist down and walked slowly and courteously towards me, maintaining eye contact as he leaned heavily on his worn, aluminium walker. He entered my personal space with infinite care and self-awareness, and as things go in the South Pacific, he told me his story. Four years ago, he fell from a tree and broke his back, rendering his lower body useless. He had been, from all appearances, a once well-built man whom we might describe from the position of our own cultural perspective as being black. I could tell that his injury caused him much pain. His toes were bandaged and bleeding from being dragged along on the ground in sandals. Twice a day, taking both bus and taxicab, he would take the necklaces he purchased in town out to the local airport to sell to the tourists who arrived twice daily. He had a wife and three sons to support. There was no pleading with me, no whining or wheedling as he showed me his merchandise, just an infinite dignity in his manner.
I purchased two necklaces for my youngest children but the gift that he gave me that day was far greater than any gift that I have been given by mortal man. I encountered in him a remarkable faith in humanity under circumstances that would cause most of us to despair. He was a god in disguise, and I tell you, if you see this man on your journeys give him all that you have for what he has to give you is beyond price.
There are those who say that Western culture has corrupted the original culture of the Polynesians and this is certainly true to some extent. However, the spiritual gifts of the West as passed down by missionary culture have had, overall and despite the negatives, a positive impact on the region that tends to be ignored by many anthropologists. The man selling necklaces was a Christian but in one sense it didn’t matter what religion he was. He had what the old Polynesians called Manu, or the power of the gods – perhaps akin to what we in the West now call faith. The vast hospitality of Polynesian culture, likewise, has much to offer us and what the West has to offer, in terms of technical expertise, is of clear value to the people of the South Pacific.
As tourism continues to develop, and new social structures evolve from the present clash of cultures, a bright future may emerge. Bear this in mind as you go about your journeys. Observe and tread lightly, but above all, be prepared for the South Pacific to beguile you and change you.
The master of Vailima and craftsman of Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson put the ultimate crown on all musings about the South Pacific:
The schooner turned upon her heel, the anchor plunged. It was a small sound, a great event; my soul went down with these moorings whence no windlass may extract nor any diver fish it up; and I, and some part of my ship’s company, were from that hour the bond slaves of the isles…
Take this refreshment with the Tahitian proverb that says, “The coral waxes, the palm grows, but man departs.” Don’t depart this life without visiting the South Pacific.
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BASEL, SWITZERLAND • Kunstmuseum Basel • 12 September 2015 - 13 March 2016 The American artist Cy Twombly is regarded, alongside his friends Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns, as one of the most important representatives of the generation of artists that in the course of the 1950s detached itself from Abstract Expressionism and developed influential idioms of its own.
Twombly was born in Lexington, Virginia, in 1928 and died in Rome in 2011. At a time when the art scene was shifting from Paris to New York, he chose to move in the opposite direction, namely to Rome, which became his home from 1957 onward. Here he found not only Mediterranean light, but also the history, myths, and poetry of Classical Antiquity, which would thereafter inform and inspire his work. Obeying an impetus to doodle, which is actually not unlike writing, Twombly activates his generally white canvases with lines, characters, and word fragments�scraps of personal recollection and the collective memory combining writing and images.
The focus of the exhibition is on the paintings of the 1950s to 1970s belonging to the collection of the Kunstmuseum Basel, supplemented with loans from the Emanuel Hoffmann Foundation and the Daros Collection, which has a significant body of work by Twombly at its disposal. Together they exemplify the developmental trajectory of the artist�s early period. The show opens with a painting of intimate format dating from 1954, when Twombly was still in New York, as is evident from the compact painting and gestural brushwork, both of which bespeak the influence of Abstract Expressionism. The paintings produced from 1957 onward, most of them in Rome, follow on seamlessly as the dark ground is abandoned in favor of brighter, bigger, landscape formats, liberally invested with rhythm by lines drawn in pencil, chalk, or oil. The pictures, it seems, are themselves testimony to the condition experienced at the time of their creation, even if certain corrective interventions�the numerous crossingsout and pentimenti, for example�allow the discarded forms to remain present. The result is an ambivalence between disclosure and concealment.
Presented here for the first time is the portrait-format painting Untitled of 1969, which was painted on the Lago di Bolsena north of Rome and shows a fine, window-like opening, rendered as pencil hatching, in a field of white. It was the gifting of this painting to the Kunstmuseum Basel by Katharina and Wilfrid Steib in 2013 that provided the initial spark for this exhibition.
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2014-35/4142/en_head.json.gz/49296 | Weekending in Venice: Climb aboard a vaporetto and enjoy the Lagoon Show
Mark Palmer
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There's never enough time to do Venice - which means there's no time at all to explore the lagoons and lido that make up a vital part of the Venetian archipelago, as it's never called. The lagoon itself covers 200 square miles and there are scores of islands, most of them uninhabited. If you take a vaporetto (or water-bus) and head off to the outer reaches, suddenly the overcrowded museum that is Venice comes into proper focus. We skip the island of San Michele - which for many Venetians is their final stop, as it's home to the cemetery - because a friend has told us we must get as far as Torcello. So, first stop is Murano, to where the city's glass production moved in 1291. Away from the crowds of St Mark's Square: Burano provides a colourful - and quieter - distraction
You either like Murano glass or you don't. I don't, but seeing it here is like meeting a zebra in the wild - a whole new experience. You never quite know if the glass workshops with their roaring furnaces and dangling, show-off chandeliers are the real deal or just an excuse to get you into the shop (hugely expensive), but go along with it and note how many times the boss says 'no obligation'. From glass in Murano to lace in Burano - but first you might want to drop in on sleepy Mazzorbo, which has its own leaning tower and where Winston Churchill (the man did like his hols) set up his easel after World War II. Meanwhile on Murano, glass-blowing remains the big draw for tourists
Burano, with its multi-coloured houses, is busy but it's big enough to get away from the throng. Naturally, much of the lace is now made in China, despite what the shopkeepers tell you. Torcello is where Venice began - 20,000 people lived here in the 14th century; now there are only a handful. The big attraction is the cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta and adjoining church of Santa Fosca. But just as enticing is a drink or lunch at Locanda Cipriani, which was set up in 1935 by Giuseppe Cipriani, who also founded Venice's Cipriani Hotel and Harry's Bar. Ernest Hemingway loved this spot - and
judging by the pictures on the wall so did the Queen, who was here in 1961, the Queen Mother, here in 1984, and Princess Diana, who popped by in 1985. Those photos plus a bottle of prosecco delayed us so long that by the time we got to the cathedral it was closed.At
that moment, my friend sent another text checking we’d made it to Torcello — ‘because it has the most beautiful church in the world’.It was a shock to get back to St Mark’sSquare and wade through the crowdsbefore taking refuge nearby in the Luna Hotel Baglioni. You’ll
sleep well here, and we loved the grand dining room with its ornate ceilings depicting a man holding up a glass of wine and toasting a young
woman’s breasts. Ever since being transfixed by Luchino Visconti’s 1971 movie, Death In Venice, I’d wanted to visit the Lido. Hop
on the No 1 line vaporetto and it’s the last stop. The hotel where Dirk
Bogarde stayed, Des Bains, is being turned into plush flats, but the beach was just how I imagined it: grey sand, old-fashioned cabanas, fat men in Speedos, women with leathery, shrivelled skin. More...
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Our final goal was to find a restaurant where we’d be the only tourists. We were successful. It was near the Accademia, not far from the Grand Canal - but that’s quite enough information. You have to find your own secrets in Venice.Travel Facts easyJet.com/holidays, 0843 104 1000, offers three nights at the Luna Hotel Baglioni on a bed and breakfast basis, including flights from London Gatwick (but not transfers) on November 25 for £340 per person. HolidayExtras.com, 0800 1313 777, arranges a meet-and-greet parking service at Gatwick. Book your travel | 旅游 |
2015-48/2575/en_head.json.gz/1863 | Jo Nesbø's Oslo - Official Travel Guide to Norway - visitnorway.com
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Oslo's Funky New Landmarks
The downtown waterfront area in Oslo is reborn as a neighborhood blending museums, restaurants and chic urban living.
The Vigelandsparken Sculpture Park
Vigelandsparken is a must-see in Oslo. The famous park is filled with 212 bronze and granite sculptures and locals enjoying outdoor life.
Holmenkollen Ski Jump
At the very top of Oslo towers the new Holmenkollen Ski Jump - the world's most modern ski jump. It is an imposing monument of steel and concrete.
Oslo Opera House
The distinctive marble and glass building in Bjørvika, Oslo, is home to the Norwegian Opera and Ballet. It is also a piece of art in its own right. Oslo Opera House
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Top attractions in Oslo include Vigelandsparken Sculpture Park, the Opera House, Holmenkollen Ski Jump and the Viking Ship Museum. Top 10 attractions in Oslo
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Thor Heyerdahl, a modern-day explorer
Thor Heyerdahl sailed a log raft 5000 miles over open ocean to prove a point. See the extensive exhibition on his life, work and many adventures.
The Ekebergparken Sculpture Park
Ekebergparken in Oslo can offer 63 acres of installations by international artists, as well as museums, restaurants and a panoramic view of the city.
In Edvard Munch´s Footsteps around the Oslofjord
Discover the places that inspired Norwegian artist Edvard Munch, and find out where in Norway to see his work today.
Akershus Fortress Akershus Fortress in Oslo is one of the oldest and finest cultural heritage sites in Norway.
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2015-48/2575/en_head.json.gz/2402 | The 2,228-meter-tall (7,310-foot) Mt. Kosciuszko lies at the southern end of Australia’s Snowy Mountains, which define the Kosciuszko National Park. Though it is the tallest mountain on the continent, Kosciuszko is very easy to climb. In summer, it is a scramble up the slope from the Thredbo Village (or you can take the chairlift!) to the plateau, and a gentle 6-km (4-mile) walk to the mountain. The sensitive alpine grasses are protected
from the foot traffic by a steel grate, making the walk all the less challenging (though highly discouraged by the Park Service when thunderstorms are threatening!). The gratework ends at a car
passable road (though no traffic is permitted past Charlotte’s Pass) on which it is another 10-minute
stroll to the peak. In summer, it is a pleasant and cool hike of an hour or two, while in winter the elevated plains are covered in deep snow, but still quite passable on skis or snowshoes.
Hardly Everest! In fact, “peak baggers” have suggested that the
Seven Summits should instead include New Zealand’s Mt. Cook or Indonesia’s Puncak Jaya (also known
as Carstenz Pyramid). However, Oceania is not a continent, so Kosciuszko is the true highest peak on
the Australian continent.
The mountain’s name (known as “Kozzy” to Australians) comes from the fertile
imagination of the first European explorer to reach the Snowy Mountains, Paul Strzlecki. On arriving in the Snowy Mountains in 1840, he thought the mountain’s gentle slopes were suggestive of the tomb of the Polish general, Thaddeus Kosciuszko, who assisted the Americans in the 1770s in their war against the British, and in the 1790s with the Polish again Russia. However, for many decades the mountain’s name was mispelled “Kosciusko” by Australians and was only corrected in the 1990s during
trade negotiations with Poland. Aboriginal Australians had been visiting the Snowy Mountains and neighboring Bogong High Plains during the summer months for thousands of years prior to Strzlecki’s
visit in hunt of the nutritious Bogong moths.
Mt. Kosciuszko is part of the Great Dividing Range, a long chain of mountains running along the Australian east coast which seperate the arid inland from the more fertile and densely-populated coastal regions. The Snowy Mountains are the centerpiece of a huge engineering program, in which a series of
dams and tunnels were constructed during the 1950s to draw on the reliable water supply from snowmelt
into the inland regions for irrigation. By bringing water falling on the eastern side of the Snowys into the drainage basin on the west, Australia opened up huge areas to agriculture that had
been previously too arid to farm. But even after the water diversion scheme was completed, the
region remained sparsely populated and the Great Divide still seperates much of the population
from the interior of the continent. The range itself is ancient and, indeed, may be one of the oldest
mountain ranges in the world. Its relatively low altitude and gentle slopes reflect hundreds of millions of years of erosion.
The land to the immediate north and east of Kosciuszko seen in the image above is moderately flat, elevated land with reliable annual snowpack in winter from which the Snowy River receives much of its flow. Unlike
most Australian rivers, water flows through the Snowy all year long rather than drying up in summer.
In winter, Thredbo becomes a popular ski resort—some of the ski runs are visible here as pink
areas where trees are cleared from the runs down the slope back towards the village. In the high-resolution image which shows more of the region around the National Park, the reservoirs of the Snowy Mountain Scheme are quite evident. The north-south trending greenery is the Kosciuszko National Park which extends for a hundred kilometers or so north of the mountain, as well
as the neighboring Begong High Plains to the south. The large arc-shaped lake is the Hume Reservior on the Murray River.
This image was acquired by Landsat 5’s Thematic Mapper (TM) sensor on February 8, 1991. This is a false-color image made using infrared, near-infrared, and red wavelengths (TM bands 5, 4, and 3). In this scheme, bare land without vegetation is pink, green areas show healthy vegetation and forests, and water appears dark blue.
[Editor’s Note: This is one in an ongoing series of Landsat scenes of the Seven Summits. Previous peaks include Asia’s Mt. Everest, North America’s
Denali/Mt. McKinley,
South America’s
Cerro Aconcagua,
and Africa’s
Kilimanjaro.]
Image courtesy the University of Maryland Global Land Cover Facility Mt. Kosciuszko
Denali, Alaska
Cerro Aconcagua
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2015-48/2575/en_head.json.gz/2585 | HomeLeisure & OutdoorsTravelHotel InternationalApartments Arena Pula (Croatia) Apartments Arena Pula (Croatia)
Situated in the city center of Pula, Istria, Croatia. „
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Lovely apartment in a great part of Pula It's usually pretty easy to find good value accommodation in Croatian coastal towns; booking isn't always necessary (though may be advisable if there's an event taking place) and it's possible to knock on doors with the 'sobe' sign or to find a landlady at bus or train stations in the height of the season. On our most recent trip to Croatia, more precisely to Pula, we booked in advance because we were arriving in the evening and didn't want to spend time looking; we knew we'd want to head straight out to eat and make the most of our short stay.In terms of location we couldn't have made a better choice. Apartments Arena is almost inside the magnificent Roman Arena for which Pula is famous. You're right on the edge of the Old Town and within easy reach of restaurants and bars without being in the heart of the hustle and bustle so the location is handy but quiet. It's a short trot across the road and through the little park to the harbour from where boats sail daily to other Istrian resorts, and to the nearby Brijuni Islands. Parking is possible outside the house and security is not a concern here, many foreign visitors bring their cars to Croatia and are not targeted. The bus and train station are about ten minutes walk while there are bakeries and grocery stores close by for those self catering.Apartments Arena comprises a few small apartments (really studios) in an old house. Other apartments in the building are owned by other people. The apartments that make up Apartments Arena are on the first floor; the stairs are not steep but the apartments are not suitable for wheelchair users. There is no outdoor area available to these apartments but with public gardens across the road and pavement cafes on the door step we didn't mind this too much. If you want to smoke outside you could go to the tiny back yard at the rear of the ground floor which is left open. Smoking is permitted in the apartment but it smelled fresh and not at all of smoke to me. We received an email from the owner providing two telephone numbers and instructions to call him when we were near the apartment and he would meet us there. In the end it was not Ratko but a friend of his who came to let us in and take our payment. The friend spoke excellent English and explained how everything worked and provided us with a street map of Pula, highlighting places of interest and jotting down the number of the cheapest tax company. On the day of our departure we were to vacate by 10.00am and leave the keys on the table.Our studio was spacious and well equipped. I couldn't fault it on cleanliness and everything was in good repair. The bathroom with toilet, washbasin and shower cubicle (very small) didn't have a window and as a result the grouting had suffered a little from inevitable blackening but this was a minor concern as overall it had been kept very clean. We were advised to keep the hot water switched on at all times and as a result we always had piping hot water.A small kitchen area was fine for preparing drinks (there was even an electric coffee machine), breakfast and snacks. If you really wanted to prepare more substantial meals that would be possible as the kitchen was well provided with utensils and pans but personally the fact that the sleeping area is just around the corner would put me off cooking strong smelling foods here. All the important items were provided - bottle opener, corkscrew and ...well, like I said, all the important things! Seriously, there were plates, bowls, mugs, cutlery and pans and all were in good usable condition. You won't find a kettle: Croatians boil water for hot drinks in a little pan with a tiny pouring lip. There was a hob but no oven and the little fridge was enough for our needs and had a small ice box too.A large flat screen television had more channels than you can shake a stick at with plenty of English language channels among them. It did take us a while to work out which control did what, but we are a pair of techno-idiots. Free wi-fi is provided and we found it to be fast and reliable. The large room had been broken up nicely to feel like separate sleeping, sitting and dining areas by good placement of the few pieces of furniture that there were. The sofa-bed could have enabled the apartment to sleep another person and four chairs were provided at the dining table. The furniture was modern and in excellent condition.The large double bed was comfortable and a couple of blankets were neatly folded in the wardrobe should they be needed. Zoran, who met us at the apartment, brought the fresh bedding with him so we knew it was freshly laundered and hadn't been on the bed for weeks. We slept well at Apartments Arena switching on the air-conditioning for a short while before bed, which cooled the room down enough to get to sleep. As is usual in this part of the world, there aren't heavy curtains to block out the light and the shutters weren't that effective so the light started to stream through the chinks when the sun came up; however, when the shutters were thrown open the view of the Adriatic made up for the inconvenience.We paid approximately Euro50 per night for two people which is pretty much the going rate for private rooms in Pula in September (you can expect to pay a few Euro more in July and August). You can pay less if you are happy to be further away from the centre but we wanted to be close to the sights and were happy to pay the extra.I would happily recommed this apartment to visitors who want to be close to the sights but without the noise. It's a great apartment for up to three people, only lacking in a little outdoor space.We made our booking through hostelbookers.com. Many thanks to Amanda (Essexgirl2006) for recommending this accommodation Comments
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Perfectly located, clean apartments for base in Pula/NW Istria Trying to find apartments or hotels in Istria (North West Croatia) in high season is always going to be a challenge. Much of the area is geared to family tourism and a lot of the apartments were for 6-8 people which were too much and based around resorts. My partner and I wanted an apartment for the two of us, our first choice of a base was Pula, and we wanted to avoid the beach area 3km out of town in favour of the Roman Old Town and its transport networks for exploring the region. I really struggled to find anything to fit our brief and began to rethink our plans when I came across the Arena Apartments. They were perfect for us! The website I found them on didn't allow online booking but had an e-mail address, so I sent off an e-mail asking about price and availability. The owner, Ratko, came back later that afternoon with a quote and availability - the apartment would be Euro56 per night (in peak season) and was available when we wanted to visit and I excitedly booked it. We paid in cash on arrival. The reason why the apartment was perfect for us was location, location, location! It was literally next door to the famous Pula Amphitheatre, one of the best preserved surviving amphitheatres left. The bus and train station were both about 5 minutes walk away, as was the marina for boat trips. Supermarkets, local shops, restaurants and sights were all in walking distance. As mentioned above the apartments are walking distance from the bus and train stations, as well as there being a bus stop outside the apartment. We arrived by ferry, so literally walked across the road and through the small picturesque park opposite to the apartment. We had no cause to visit the airport, which is out of town, but it is served by taxis and a local bus company. It receives a number of flights from the UK each week, including no-frills carrier Ryanair. Upon arrival in Pula we telephoned Ratko and he arranged to meet us at the apartment to let us in, where we would pay him also.Ratko has four apartments in the building and we had one of the studio apartments, which sleeps 2-3 (the third person on the sofa bed). It was well laid out, so you didn't feel cramped, with a small, well equipped kitchenette area, and a dining table as you came in. The bed - a double with two single mattresses - was round the corner, and there was also a wardrobe, sofa, coffee table, cupboard (with brochures and local info), coat stand and TV. The TV had satellite, which we couldn't get to work, but as we weren't that worried about watching TV whilst there we didn't try and get it sorted. The apartment is also air conditioned. Off to one side was a separate bathroom with shower. The apartment was clean with modern furnishings which were in good condition, and nothing was damaged. We had a front facing apartment with a view of the park. The kitchen has two hobs, a fridge (with small ice box) and a coffee percolator. There is no oven, or kettle (the Croatians don't really 'do' tea, so bring a travel kettle if you can't cope) but plenty of pots, pans, crockery, cutlery and water glasses as well as little details such as chopping boards and pan stands. One other point to consider is that the apartments are not serviced whilst you are staying there, so whilst a clean towel per person and bed linen is supplied; it is not changed until you leave. When we went out to explore we found (as well as the amphitheatre, which you couldn't actually miss) it was easy to get to the local shops and restaurants and other Roman sights. The Old Town is quite compact and easy to navigate. There are quite a few restaurants and bars, although for the main nightlife and nightclubs you would need to go down to Vedura, where the beach resorts are. If you are looking to stay in a reasonably priced apartment in Pula old town then I would recommend the Arena apartments. It is not a good location for a beach holiday, but if you are planning on sightseeing and using it as a base to explore the region, then I would say that this is an ideal place to stay. I have subsequently found that there is a website, which I have listed below as it supplies you with photos of all 4 apartments (we were in apartment 4). Apartments "Arena"Flavijevska 2 HR-52100 PulaCroatia T: ++385 (0)52 506 217Mobile: ++385 (0)98 486 109 booking@pula-apartments.com http://www.pula-apartments.com/en/index.html Comments
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2015-48/2575/en_head.json.gz/2758 | By : Mary Brown Malouf
2013 Dining Awards: This year's panelists
Mary Brown MaloufFood and dining editor for Salt Lake magazine.
Jimmy Santangelo Owner of the Wine Academy of Utah, which provides education, training and sommelier services to restaurants and is an approved program provider for the Wine and Spirit Education Trust, and beverage director at Copper Onion, one of Wine Enthusiast’s America’s 100 Best Wine Restaurants 2012. Chantelle Bourdeaux National sales manager for A Priori foods, which distributes the fine Utah and imported foods to select restaurants and shops, she is also an active member of Slow Food Utah and a dedicated food-lover who left the business world for the food world and never looked back.
Jason Mathis A lifelong resident of Salt Lake City and a longtime leader in marketing and communication efforts for local nonprofit organizations, he serves as the executive director of Salt Lake City’s Downtown Alliance and as executive vice president of the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce.
Scott BeckPresident/CEO of Visit Salt Lake, whose mission is to enhance the area’s economy by acquiring and servicing conventions, leisure travelers, and visitors to Salt Lake County. Salt Lake magazine gave out its first Dining Awards in 1996, with the goal of recognizing Utah restaurants in the interest of fostering, encouraging and rewarding excellence in all areas of the business. Our Dining Awards are not based on any kind of scoring system, but on an evaluation of how well a restaurant or chef exemplifies a category. Winners are determined by a panel of professional and amateur foodies. The panel takes into consideration a number of factors when determining winners, including excellence and consistency in the area for which a restaurant is nominated; the current status of a restaurant (does it have a new chef, new ownership, etc.); and the overall quality of a restaurant in all aspects: food, of course, but also service and value, as well as décor, ambience and universal accessibility. Back>>>Hall of Fame
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2015-48/2575/en_head.json.gz/2883 | Home » Your Visit » Stations » Crowcombe Heathfield Crowcombe Heathfield Postcode for Sat Nav: TA4 4PA
Crowcombe Heathfield Station was built in 1862 when the line was opened and stands at the highest point on the line, just under 400ft. above the sea. The station is surrounded by lovely scenic countryside and a network of lanes, bridle ways and footpaths offering walking, cycling and horse riding. A leaflet (obtained from the stations) prepared jointly between Crowcombe Heathfield and Stogumber Stations shows the lanes and footpath routes in the area and there is a web site www.fochs.org.uk which is well worth a visit. The visual charm of the station and surroundings has caught the eye of several TV and film directors leading to scenes being shot at the station for "The Flockton Flyer", The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe", "Land Girls", and The Beatles film "A Hard Days Night".
The station has a booking office and prices from this Station can be found on our Fares Pages. There is also a small shop and toilet facilities as well as a disabled persons accessable toilet on the station. During operating days the station is open for hot and cold drinks, cakes and famous "Bread Pudding" and you can be assured a warm welcome awaits you. On Gala days this is widened to include hot savoury snacks, soups and a coal fire to welcome you during the cold weather!
Why not do the 'One Mile Walk'? Enjoy a very gentle and easy 1 mile circular walk from
the station in either direction. The walk gives some lovely views of the line, �The
Avenue� with its beech trees and crossed two railway bridges.
The station is the ideal start/end point for a walk on the Quantock Hills or a cycle ride round Somerset�s country lanes.
History of Crowcombe Heathfield Station
The first sod on the original West Somerset Railway was lifted as part of the cutting at the tranquil wayside station which is a perfect spot to relax and watch the world go by, or for the more energetic to start or conclude a walk in the Quantock Hills.
The station is not close to any major settlement and this has made it popular with film crews in the past. Sequences that feature Crowcombe Heathfield include Ringo Starr riding a bicycle down the platform in A Hard Days Night and in the opening sequence of Land Girls. The main station building dates from the 1860s whilst the wooden building on the opposite platform is a replacement for an earlier structure demolished by British Railways.
Similarly the signal box dates from the preservation era. Its brick built base was built new by the West Somerset Railway whilst the wooden top comes from Ebbw Vale in South Wales.
Please visit the Crowcombe Heathfield Station Website. | 旅游 |
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The Excelsior Hotel Location and Nearby NYC Attractions
The Excelsior Hotel is located on 81st Street overlooking Central Park on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, one of New York’s most prestigious and popular residential neighborhoods.
Established in a beautifully restored landmark building, the Excelsior Upper West Side Hotel is conveniently located adjacent to the American Museum of Natural History and the New Rose Space Center, and a short distance to many popular museums, attractions and events
UPPER WEST SIDE ATTRACTIONS NEAR THE HOTEL:
Rose Center for Earth and Space A distinct part of the American Museum of Natural History, the Rose Center for Earth and Space an extensive reworking of the Hayden Planetarium; including an entirely new structure that encloses the Hayden Sphere and several incredible new shows about Earth and Space.American Museum of Natural History Adjacent to the Excelsior Hotel on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, the American Museum of Natural History is one of the largest museums in the world. It is home to 48 permanent exhibition halls, research laboratories and a renowned library.Central ParkThe first landscaped public park in the United States, Central Park was developed in 1853, spanning 843 acres of land in the center of Manhattan. The park spans between the Upper East and West sides of Manhattan between 5th and 8th Avenues and 59th and 106th Streets. The Central Park Zoo, ice skating rinks, model boat pond, horseback riding, and other activities can be enjoyed in Central Park.Lincoln Center Lincoln Center is a 16.3 acre complex in Manhattan that is home to many prestigious arts organization such as the New York Philharmonic, New York City Ballet, New York City Opera, Metropolitan Opera, and the Julliard School. Lincoln Center is located between Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues from West 60th to West 66th Streets.Beacon TheatreThe Beacon is a historic 3-tiered New York City Theatre on Upper Broadway on Manhattan. Today, it is one of New York’s leading live music and entertainment venues.UPPER EAST SIDE ATTRACTIONS:Cathedral Church of St John the Divine The Cathedral of St. John the Divine is the world’s largest neo-gothic cathedral and considered the “mother church” of the Episcopol Diocese.Riverside Park Riverside Park is Manhattan’s most spectacular waterfront park; stretching 4 miles from 72nd to 158th Streets along the Hudson River.Metropolitan Museum of Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art (MOMA) is located at 82nd Street, along “Museum Mile” on the Upper East side of New York. It is home to more than 2 million works of art from every part of the world, spanning the Stone Age to the 20th Century.Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Opened in 1951, the Guggenheim is one of the best known museums in New York City, and one of the 20th Century’s most important architectural landmarks. The Guggenheim is home to a collection of Impressionist, Post Impressionist, early Modern and Contemporary Art.The Whitney Museum The Whitney focuses on 20th and 21st century American art with more than 18,000 works in a wide variety of media with emphasis on exhibiting work of living artists.The Jewish Museum The Jewish Museum is the leading art museum of cultural artifacts in the United States with over 26,000 objects.
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2015-48/2575/en_head.json.gz/3583 | Guttenberg, IA
Guttenberg is a city in Clayton County, Iowa, United States, along the Mississippi River. The population was 1,987 at the 2000 census.Prairie La Porte, meaning "the door to the prairie," was the first name given to Guttenberg by French explorers in 1673. The Guttenberg area was a site of Sac and Fox campgrounds until 1823. The Louisiana Purchase of 1803 transferred ownership to the United States and the Black Hawk Purchase of 1833 finally opened the area for legal settlement.Guttenberg’s past is preserved today in the many limestone buildings built by German immigrants in the mid-to-late 19th century. These structures were used for both residential and commercial purposes. Many are pre-Civil War era and are on the National Historic Register (NHR). | 旅游 |
2015-48/2575/en_head.json.gz/3870 | Tickets for events at Adelphi Theatre
Adelphi, The Strand, London, WC2E 7NN Venue Info
Adelphi Theatre
Adelphi, The Strand, London, WC2E 7NN General Information Transport Accessibility Venue Information
The Adelphi Theatre on The Strand, London is the fourth building on the site, having originally been founded in 1806 as the Sans Pareil by merchant John Scott and his daughter Jane. Together they gathered a theatrical company that was the host of many plays, musicals and pantomimes. In 1819, the theatre reopened under its present name, where many of Charles Dickens' stories were adapted for the stage including Nicholas Nickleby. The old theatre was demolished and reopened in 1858 and again, a third theatre was opened in 1901 where it was the host of productions such as The Earl and the Girl in 1904.
The Adelphi's present site opened in 1930 on The Strand, close to many of London's top hotels, and was redesigned in an Art Deco style by Ernest Schaufelberg. The theatre continued to host plays and musicals, and in 1993 Andrew Lloyd Webber's Really Useful Group purchased the Adelphi and refurbished it. The Adelphi was the original hosting of the American musical, Chicago, having played there from 1997 until 2006, when it transferred to the Cambridge theatre.
After the successful run of Sweeney Todd starring Michael Ball and Imelda Staunton, the Adelphi Theatre hosts the world premiere of The Bodyguard musical starring Heather Headley and Lloyd Owen.
The most convenient Tube stop to reach the Adelphi by is Covent Garden on the Piccadilly line, which is just 400m from the theatre's entrance. However, as this station can get very crowded at evenings and weekends you can opt to walk to the theatre from Embankment instead, which is serviced by the Northern, Circle, Bakerloo and District lines. By Train
The nearest mainline train station is Charing Cross, which is fortunately also located nearby to the theatre and is also reachable on the Bakerloo and Northern lines.
If you are being dropped off at the theatre by taxi the main entrance is off the Strand. Taxis can be pricey and if you are only travelling a short distance and are capable of doing so by train or bus, public transport may be a better option. By Bus
As with most busy areas of London, there are a great many bus routes from all other parts of the city that will take you to Covent Garden and the Strand - you simply need to check the front board of the bus for destination information.
There are also single yellow lines and parking meters on Maiden Lane which is just behind the theatre, although there is no guarantee that these will be available given the Adelphi's central location.
FOYER - no steps
STALLS - no steps
DRESS CIRCLE - 41 steps up (steps lead to the back of the Dress Circle only)
UPPER CIRCLE - 79 steps up (steps lead to the back of the Upper Circle only)
Step-free information
Step free access is available into the Stalls via the main entrance on The Strand and open 30 minutes before the performance. There is a slight slope from the back of the Stalls to the front.
There are 2 wheelchair spaces in row X24 and X25 of the Stalls with one companion seat alongside each wheelchair user. Additional companion seats directly in the row in front. Wheelchair transfers are available to any end of row seat in the Stalls. Access into the auditorium is via the main entrance on The Strand
The theatre uses the Williams infra-red headset system and 7 headsets are available from the front of house staff in main foyer. These headsets are for people who are hard of hearing, please note there is no induction loop system in the auditorium for hearing aid users. There is an induction loop at the Box Office to assist hearing aid users when booking tickets. For further information regarding hearing systems, please call the theatre stage door on 0207 836 1166.
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2015-48/2575/en_head.json.gz/4092 | Florida's State Parks Commemorate Florida History
By: Florida Department of Environmental Protection Email Posted: Fri 3:35 PM, Jan 04, 2013
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/ Article Second Seminole era US Soldier reenactors in formation, 172nd, 27th Reenactment, Dade's Battle Dade Battlefield Historic State Park, Bushnell, FL.
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Florida Department of Environmental Protection Release TALLAHASSEE – The Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s Florida Park Service is proud to join with the Florida Department of State in commemorating 500 years of Florida history throughout 2013. Viva Florida 500 commemorates Florida's rich heritage and diverse cultural history through 2013, a significant milestone unlike any other in the history of the United States. Visitors are invited to remember Florida's rich history with first-hand experiences of the eras and events in state parks that helped make the state into what it is today: a community of many diverse cultures.
“Many of Florida’s state parks hold a piece of our state’s unique history and park staff work daily to tell the story of past cultures and events that shaped Florida,” said Donald Forgione, DEP’s Florida Park Service Director. “Through preservation and interpretation, Florida State Parks will continue to share the special history of Florida with this and future generations.” Every week in 2013, the Florida Park Service will highlight a significant event or milestone that happened in a state park or associated with a state park on a new web page called, “Viva Florida 500 – History Notes.” At this web page, visitors can learn about Florida’s heritage through state parks and then experience it in real life by visiting that particular state park. From battle reenactments to geo-caching to homesteads of literary greats and inventors, Florida’s state parks offer a one-of-a-kind look into history. “We are very proud to be partnering with the Florida Park Service to showcase Florida’s state parks and their influence on our state’s culture,” said Secretary of State Ken Detzner. “Viva Florida 500 is a year-long commemorative event that offers opportunities to promote Florida’s history, such the history of our state parks, in an educational and entertaining way that Floridians and visitors will enjoy.”
During 2013, the Florida Park Service will host many events that will join in the commemoration of Viva Florida 500. Visitors are encouraged to check out the events page on FloridaStateParks.org for all the events in state parks. On Jan. 5 and 6, experience history at the 33rd reenactment of Dade's Battle at Dade Battlefield Historic State Park in Bushnell. Commemorating the 177th anniversary of the battle that started the Second Seminole War, step back in time with period soldier costumes, Seminole and Civilian camps, a Sutler Trade Fair, historic arts and crafts demonstrations, full scale cannon firing, tree cutting and barricade building, musket shooting, tomahawk throwing and primitive archery. On Dec. 28, 1835, Indian warriors ambushed 108 U.S. soldiers at this site, and only three soldiers survived. The 80-acre park protects not only a historic battlefield, but also the natural communities as they existed during the war. Learn more at Viva Florida 500 – History Notes. The event will take place Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 5 and 6 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. with the Battle Reenactment beginning at 2 p.m. each day. Fees are $5 per person, children under 6 free, parking $2 per vehicle.
On Jan. 19, learn about geo-caching at Cacheapalooza 7 (CP7), hosted by Jonathan Dickinson State Park in Hobe Sound. CP7 is a fun-filled weekend of geo-caching in the beautiful and mysterious Jonathan Dickinson State Park. Geo-caching is an outdoor recreational activity in which the participants use a GPS to hide and seek "geo-caches" or "caches," which are small waterproof containers containing a logbook where the geo-cacher enters the date they found it and signs it with their established code name. Geo-caching is a great way to learn about the history and environment of a particular area. The event will feature 200 new, plus many existing, log-able geo-caches hidden in this diverse, 11,500-acre park. There will be traditional caches of various difficulty and terrain ratings and other types of cache hides. In honor of Viva Florida, park staff have developed a geocache puzzle that leads visitors on a hunt for clues relating to the park’s natural and cultural history. The puzzle ends at the education center where participants receive a unique Friends of Jonathan Dickinson State Park cache coin. For additional information, please visit: http://www.cacheapalooza.org. Along with the caching, there are many other fun activities and presentations for visitors to enjoy. The event will take place Jan.19 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. beginning at the Kitching Creek Pavilion. Learn more at the Florida State Parks Viva Florida 500 webpage. | 旅游 |
2015-48/2575/en_head.json.gz/4564 | Swaziland is a small, mountainous landlocked kingdom along the eastern flank of South Africa, where it adjoins Mozambique. It extends approximately 175 km from north to south and 128 km from west to east at its largest points. The administrative capital is Mbabane, while the legislative capital is some 17 km away at Lobamba, the royal seat of King Mswati III. Swaziland is a member of the Commonwealth and the Southern African Development Community. The population of nearly 1.5 million speak siSwati while government business is conducted in English.
Australia's diplomatic representation to Swaziland is from the High Commission in Pretoria, South Africa.
Swaziland Country/Economy Fact Sheet [PDF 29 KB] Travel information
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2015-48/2575/en_head.json.gz/5634 | Red Rock really does rock.
Hike. Helicopter. Or high-performance vehicle. It doesn't matter how you get there, just get there. Red Rock Canyon is one of the Valley's most popular destinations. And despite its exotic good looks (as seen in movies and on numerous TV commercials), Red Rock is about 30 minutes from the Strip. more...Officially known as Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, this 520-acre spread is managed by the Bureau of Land Management and protected as a National Conservation Area. It's visited by more than a million travelers each yearSeemingly more a mountain range than a canyon, the area is dominated by spectacular layered walls of colorful hard rock and sandstone. Up to 3,000 feet high, it's a popular hiking and rock-climbing destination. But its jaw-dropping beauty and fiery red highlights surely make the range one of the most photographed attractions in the Southwest.A 13-mile loop road provides vehicle access to trailheads and viewing spots. And a visitor center is located at the start of the loop road. Most Red Rock tours take you around the scenic loop, with frequent stops for photographs. You'll see red and tan sandstone, colorful carbonate rock and, if you're a bit more adventurous, Indian pictographs, too. Nearby Spring Mountain Ranch State Park, once owned by legendary billionaire and Las Vegas resident Howard Hughes, has stunning views of the marvelous Wilson Cliffs. Green and cool, this working ranch is the perfect spot for a picnic lunch. Red Rock Las Vegas tours typically provide transportation right from your hotel, making it the perfect half-day getaway. Keyword | 旅游 |
2015-48/2575/en_head.json.gz/5666 | LomographyMagazineDemre, Myra - Lycian Tombs and Santa Claus Origins
Demre, Myra - Lycian Tombs and Santa Claus Origins
Demre combines the heritage of ancient times, and significant religious shrines. It is also believed that it is this ancient city is the home of Santa Claus. How's that for a dose of history and trivia? Check out the details of the rest of my trip!
The modern Demre is situated around 5 km south of one of the most important archaeological sites of the Mediterranean – the ancient city of Myra. According to Strabo (I B.C.), Myra was the capital of Lycian Federation and one of the largest cities in the Mediterranean, and hence its history is clearly rooted in the ancient times.
As a reminder of the glorious past worlds preserved rock tombs of the Lycian Union and the theater of Greco-Roman era, whose architecture and especially the beauty of sculptural reliefs with ancient theatric masks, talk about the beautiful artistic taste of the local masters of that time. With regard to the necropolis, its uniqueness and originality can be explained by the fact that the peoples of Lycia had the custom of burying the dead in the high places, because it was expected that it will help them go to heaven. Necropolis of Myra is one of the most interesting rock tombs of Anatolia. East of the theater, below the Acropolis hill, is situated the ruins of a brick building, the real purpose of which is unknown, although the inscription on a Doric column shows the ferries that went between the Myra and Limyra, indicating that it was in the Roman period.
This city also is revered as sacred in the Christian faith because here St. Paul had the last meeting with the Apostles before his departure for Rome. This and other facts has contributed and liturgical significance of the city, considered one of the centers of Christianity, and the role of one of its citizens, namely Nicholas of Patara, a well-known in the Orthodox tradition as Nicholas, or Saint Nicholas, in Catholicism – like Santa Claus. The son of a sailor (hence its status as the patron saint of sailors), he was trained in Xanthus and became bishop of Myra, where he preached from about 310 year A.D. until his death in 347 year A.D. Soon after his death there have been several miraculous healings among the faithful who came to bow to his ashes, and Myra has thus become a place of pilgrimage and the holy faith. Was destroyed, but always reborn to life, church with his relics was looted during the Arab raids in 1034.
Byzantine Emperor Constantine IX Monomakh and his wife Zoe gave instructions to surround the church fortress wall. In 1087 Italian merchants were able to take possession of the relics of the saint and transfer them to Bari (Italy), where he was declared the patron saint of the city. Legend: when Italian monks discovered the sarcophagus of the relics of St. Nickolas there were a spreading of pungent smell of chrism. According to another legend, Saint Nicholas (or Santa Claus) was the protector of children, whom he brings presents on Christmas night. Since then, influence and fame of St. Nicholas has expanded to a global scale, even the Turks venerated him as Noel Baba (“Father of Christmas”), and the annual memorial services in his honor (6 December), people gather to entire Earth.
written by plyshbel on 2010-10-14 in #world #locations #demere-myra-lycia-santa-claus #travel-destination
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Photo Stories: Ha Long Bay by antiox
A UNESCO-designated World Heritage Site, Ha Long Bay ranks as one of the world's most spectacular natural sights. Local lore states that it was created in ancient Vietnam by a great dragon that rained fire and giant emeralds to invading troops. Here, antiox shares an anecdote from his trip there last year.
The Lomo LC-A Goes to Vienna
written by Andreas Bischoff on 2015-02-06 in #world #locations
Vienna is the capital and largest city of Austria. It has been mentioned in a myriad of pop culture references in books, music, and film, and is also the home of the Lomography headquarters. The history of Vienna stretches back to a far 500 BC, which is why it’s no surprise that the city is steeped in rich, unique, and fascinating culture and history that has inspired artists of all generations.
Photo Stories: Colca Valley by andrelazarte
Steeped in rich and unique culture and history, the country of Peru is home to many tourist draws, both natural and built by men of ancient civilizations. Among these is the Colca Valley and Canyon, one of world's deepest canyons which boasts of a breathtaking view.
Where The Hell is Lomography In The Baltics?
Here at Lomography we believe that everyone should be able to live an experimental, interactive, vivid and sometimes even blurred and crazy way of life. And we also believe that it is important to make the analogue lifestyle more accessible to everyone! This is why we're calling out to Lomographers in the Baltic region to help spread the Lomography love in your area! 6
Upcoming Book by TASCHEN Features Norman Mailer's Photographs of the Apollo 11 Mission
written by Julien Matabuena on 2015-06-03 in #world #news
July 20, 1969 marked one of the most historic events in the history of mankind: on this day, the Apollo 11 crew finally landed on lunar soil. It was the culmination of a decade's worth of hard work, one that was witnessed by the whole world and remembered for the rest of time.
Vintage Gallery: Ornate Costumes
Fashion becomes something of an artifact if it is laden with details that next generations can replicate. If the original textiles are no longer available, vintage photography becomes the main style guide. This gallery is a showcase of such design influencers, from Queen Marie's bejeweled garb to Mata Hari's peekaboo costumes.
The World According to Herr Willie: Olympiastadion Berlin
The 2015 UEFA Champions League Final will be held at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin on June 6. It is a place full of history and is also the only football stadium with a blue track course. Some say it is the most beautiful stadium in the world, and I totally agree with them. But then agai,n I might be biased because it is the home court of my favorite team, Hertha BSC Berlin—my blue-white bloodline.
When the Soul Speaks Through Images: an Interview with Suji Park
written by bgaluppo on 2015-05-21 in #people #lifestyle
When a truly fascinating photograph hits you, it’s powerful enough to transport you to the story that is being told in that image. Such is what happens when one sees Suji Park's work for the first time. It’s as if you can actually hear and feel the details of each snapshot — the warmth of a late afternoon sun, the complex silence of nature or a dry and nostalgic solitude. 2
The Lomography Konstruktor F and the Konstruktor Flash Accessory Kit: Born to Be Together
written by alienmeatsack on 2015-01-21 in #reviews
The original Konstruktor is a fun camera to build and takes wonderful photos. But what would make it better? A way to add flash and even a few of your existing Lomography flashes into the mix, perhaps? Thank you, I’ll be having that.
Lomography X FOTO HITS Medium Format Rumble
With an expanded field of view and its ability to produce high quality images and capture minute detail, medium format photography has become the top choice of many photographers. Lomography is working hard to make sure that it keeps going with the continued production of medium format film and cameras. The current issue of German magazine FOTO HITS focuses on medium format photography. And with this rumble, we want to prove why medium format photography is king. Take your Diana F+, Holga 120, Lubitel 166+ or the new Lomo LC-A 120 and show us your best square shots!
James Wright's So It Goes x Sri Lanka Photo Diary (Part II)
In December last year James Wright, editor and creative director of So It Goes Magazine, went on a two-week trip to Sri Lanka, "a place so long on our bucket list, but up until then, as yet unvisited," he writes on the first of his three-part photo diary. Herein is the second part of his series that chronicles his adventures, highlighted by a selection of breathtaking images of the Sri Lankan countryside and the locals, among many other images, captured with his trusty photographic companions: the Leica MP, Lomo LC-A+, and an assortment of films including the LomoChrome Purple. | 旅游 |
2015-48/2575/en_head.json.gz/5719 | Scientists, Managers, and Tourists: The Changing Shape of European Mobility to the United States
By Xiaochu Hu and Madeleine Sumption
Opportunities for Transatlantic Cooperation on International Migration
Improving Immigrants' Employment Prospects through Work-Focused Language Instruction
By Margie McHugh and A.E. Challinor
Faltering Movement: Explaining Europe's Schengen Struggle
Europe's Schengen agreement eliminated border controls between 25 countries for over 400 million people. Schengen cooperation has come under intense pressure of late, however, and EU Member States are currently considering whether the rules under which it operates ought to be adjusted. Elizabeth Collett provides background and explains what the current debate means for the future of Schengen. Online Journal
The Debate Over Multiculturalism: Philosophy, Politics, and Policy
The heated debate between supporters and detractors of multiculturalism has been made all the more salient by the recent attacks in Norway carried out by Anders Breivik in the name of cultural conservatism and the political rhetoric that characterizes popular right-wing parties in Europe's north. Irene Bloemraad of the University of California, Berkeley, sheds light on the various meanings of the term "multiculturalism" and provides insights on the effects of multicultural policies on immigrant integration. Online Journal
Free Movement in Europe: Past and Present
The European Union is an area of free movement that covers more than 4 million square kilometers and encompasses 27 countries. Saara Koikkalainen of the University of Lapland and the University of California-Davis discusses the history and current trends of free mobility in Europe. Online Journal
Between Integration and Exclusion: Migrant Women in European Labor Markets
Women migrate to Europe for many reasons and through a variety of pathways. Utilizing research carried out for the FeMiPol project, Maria Kontos of the Institute for Social Research at Goethe University explores how various factors affect the social and labor market integration of migrant women in European countries. Online Journal
Re-envisioning Security and the Movement of People
In the post-9/11 era, U.S. policymakers have increasingly used migration policy tools to strengthen national security. This piece highlights civil rights and liberties issues that point to the need to re-envision the relationship between security and mobility, and discusses a proposal to "secure human mobility." Pages« first‹ previous…456789101112…next ›last »
This edited volume from the World Health Organization (WHO), which includes chapters written by MPI researchers, examines country-level responses to the international movement of health-care workers, both before and after adoption of the WHO’s Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel. Policy Briefs
This MPI Europe policy brief, published with the European Council poised to articulate a new set of long-term objectives and priorities for action on migration and asylum policy, details the immigration and other challenges that policymakers confront and sets out the reasons for increasingly sclerotic policy development. Reports
Moving Up the Ladder? Labor Market Outcomes in the United Kingdom amid Rising Immigration
This report analyzes the labor market integration of recent immigrants to the United Kingdom. During the 2000s, a large influx of labor from Eastern European countries transformed the United Kingdom's immigrant population and labor market. The report finds that over time, these new arrivals showed some progress in moving out of the lowest-skilled jobs.
Slow Motion: The Labor Market Integration of New Immigrants in France
This report analyzes how recent immigrants to France fare in the country's labor market over time. The research shows that new arrivals initially face a hostile labor market and ultimately improve their employment outcomes—but their process of labor market insertion and advancement is a slow one. Reports
Supporting Immigrant Integration in Europe? Developing the Governance for Diaspora Engagement
This report examines the complexity of immigrant integration governance in EU Member States, and offers detailed mapping of the origin-country institutions that are increasingly involved in integration-related activities. It explores how EU institutions can maximize opportunities for cooperation between origin and destination countries on integration governance. Reports
Catching Up: The Labor Market Outcomes of New Immigrants in Sweden
Many of Sweden's immigrants are refugees who lack the skills and education to gain employment soon after they arrive. Over time, however, newcomers to Sweden have improved their employment rates, displayed income growth similar to natives, and moved from low- to middle-skilled positions. This report assesses how new immigrants—refugees, labor migrants, and others—fare in Sweden's labor market. Reports
A quiet policy transformation is taking place in Europe, as policymakers increasingly turn to a strategy of "mainstreaming" immigrant integration—seeking to reach people with a migration background through needs-based social programming and policies that also target the general population. This report assesses mainstreaming efforts across government in Denmark, France, Germany, and the United Kingdom. Reports
A Precarious Position: The Labor Market Integration of New Immigrants in Spain
This report assesses how new immigrants to Spain fare in the country's labor market, evaluating the conditions under which they are able to find employment, and their progress out of unskilled work into middle-skilled jobs. The report is part of a series of six case studies on labor market outcomes among immigrants to European Union countries. | 旅游 |
2015-48/2575/en_head.json.gz/6157 | Castle Lachlan
Monuments & Ruins
Castle Lachlan, Strathlachlan, Argyll, PA27 8BU
Discover the remains of the former stronghold of the MacLachlans, one of Scotland’s oldest clans.
Located on the eastern shore of Loch Fyne near Newton, Castle Lachlan was originally constructed in the 13th century but the tower or keep that stands today dates from the 15th. Its design was unique in Scotland, with the large keep containing two large tenements connected along the north side with a shared open court.The castle had four stories plus cellars and battlements and was protected by fortifications. A Great Hall on second floor was used as a council room and gathering hall on special occasions. Rain water was collected in a well for communal use. The MacLachlans were forced to flee the castle in aftermath of the Jacobite Rebellion. It was bombarded from the sea in 1746, after the Battle of Culloden, on the orders of Duke of Cumberland. Their lands were eventually restored to them with the assistance of their government allies which enabled Donald MacLachlan to commission the construction of the new MacLachlan or Lachlan Castle and its grounds.
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2015-48/2575/en_head.json.gz/6776 | Spicing Up Your Holiday Drink List By editor
General Harrison's Eggnog No. 3
David Kressler
Dale's Holiday Brandy Old Fashioned David Kressler
Glogg
General Harrison's Eggnog #3
Originally published on December 27, 2013 12:24 pm When it comes to holiday drinks, there's always the traditional recipes for mulled wine and eggnog. But what about a taste of something new and different? James Beard Award-winning mixologist Dale DeGroff has some surprising ideas to spice up your drink menu this season. He is widely credited with reviving the art of the cocktail. He's also president and founder of the Museum of the American Cocktail.Copyright 2013 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/. Transcript CELESTE HEADLEE, HOST: When it comes to holiday drinks, there's always the traditional, of course, there's mulled wine, there's eggnog, but what about a taste of something maybe new and a little different? We've called on someone widely credited with reviving the art of the cocktail. Dale DeGroff is a James Beard Award winning mixologist and he's president and founder of the Museum of the American cocktail. Welcome back. DALE DEGROFF: Thank you, Celeste. I'm delighted to be here. HEADLEE: Well, let's start with the traditional eggnog. That's the drink everyone associates with Christmas and with the holiday season. You found a really unusual recipe for eggnog that goes back way over a hundred years. Tell me about General Harrison's eggnog. DEGROFF: Yeah. I just was blown away when I got this recipe and tried it for the first time. You take eggs and you actually beat them up a little bit so that they're emulsified. You drop about a teaspoon of sugar in - now you can make this nog by the glass, which is lovely - and you put it into a cocktail shaker and you put about three and a half to four ounces of eggnog and you shake with ice as hard as you can to emulsify that egg completely. I'm using sweet cider and I'm adding my own alcohol and I'm calling it General Harrison's eggnog number three. I'm adding some bourbon in this case. I'm using Bulleit, which is a good one. I put the sugar, and I just added another touch because I felt that the little bit of nutmeg on top was not enough spice, so I added some pimento bitters, which brings a whole baking spice feeling of nutmeg and cinnamon and all of these things 'cause pimento means allspice. So that was the Spanish word for it, anyway. It's just a delightful - and light, there's no cream, there's no milk. HEADLEE: I was going to say there's no what we think of as nog - the creamy part. DEGROFF: Exactly. It's just delightful and so tasty and actually, yes, you can make it without any alcohol by using sweet cider and egg and some sugar. HEADLEE: Is it spices like nutmeg and, as you say, allspice that distinguish something for - that's for a holiday, for example? DEGROFF: I think so. I mean, those baking spices are in every nog and they're in also a lot of drinks like the Old Fashioned and things that are very holiday oriented. I wouldn't think of doing a nog or any kind of a drink like that without having some kind of Christmas spice. I mean, you know, the mulled wines that they do overseas, and especially the one called glogg, that the Swedes do, they've got raisins and cardamom and clove and cinnamon sticks and all kind of goodies in there. And they leave it overnight in the red wine and the following morning, they warm it up again and put it in a big serving dish. And now this wasn't finished. You 'd add a little vodka to this spiced wine. HEADLEE: We're still talking about the glogg, right? DEGROFF: The glogg, you would fortify with a little vodka and you would put some blanched almonds and a little bit of the raisin that was actually in the wine overnight as the garnish, and serve it hot. HEADLEE: And then you would pass out because that's a lot of alcohol. DEGROFF: You know, you don't go crazy with the vodka. You would put maybe a few ounces of vodka for a whole serving. I mean it's just - that is unless you're Swedish and then you probably put a lot more. HEADLEE: Well, it's cold up there. You mentioned an Old Fashioned earlier and, of course, the regular Old Fashioned recipe is bourbon, a little bit of bitters, some water... DEGROFF: It is. It is. HEADLEE: ...Sugar and, like, an orange wrapped around a cherry, right? DEGROFF: Yeah, that was the flag garnish. And in the early days of the Old Fashioned they didn't actually do anything with the fruit except use it as a decoration. But later, in the 20th century, people got the idea that it might be fun to mash up the cherry and the orange with some bitters. Bitters is very, very important in an Old Fashioned because bitters, by the way, is the single ingredient that when added to punches, created the category of cocktail. So that's why we call this the Old Fashioned because it goes right to the dawn, 1806, the first time that definition of the cocktail appeared in print. A cocktail had to be strong spirits of any kind, sugar, water and bitters. That was the definition HEADLEE: And we should be clear here, a cocktail is an American invention. DEGROFF: Yes. You know, we got a lot of help from overseas, of course. It's a collaboration. HEADLEE: We're going to forget that. DEGROFF: It's a collaboration. HEADLEE: Yeah red, white and blue cocktail. So let's talk about how you turned that very classic Old Fashioned recipe into a holiday drink. DEGROFF: I did. Well, you know, in our family around Thanksgiving - because we always used to muddle the cherry and the orange with the bitters and the sugar. And I wanted to go even further than that. I dropped out the American whiskey, and I put some cognac in there as the base and just a little bit of full-bodied spicy rum to give it a little bit of spice. And then I added some of my spice. Then I muddled orange and pineapple slices in one of the great cherry brandies in the world. It's called Peter Herring Cherry Heering. And if you're going to use a cherry brandy, I don't think there's any other one that can match this. I put a little bit of that in there, and I muddled it up and created a flavor paste. And then I took out the hulls of the fruit - you can do this right in the glass where you're going to serve it - put in some ice and poured in those two spirits, cognac, about an ounce and a half, and about a half ounce of this spicy rum. And then I would add the new slice of orange and the new slice of pineapple to give it a pretty look. HEADLEE: Can you explain how one muddles without crushing? DEGROFF: Yeah, well, pick one of these things up online. They're easy to get. Everything is easy to get online now. They're called muddlers. They used to call them toddy sticks in the 19th century 'cause that's what they used them a lot for. The muddler is just a flat side and a round side and it looks a little bit like a souvenir Yankee baseball bat, as a matter of fact. HEADLEE: Yeah. DEGROFF: So you take this thing and you drop whatever it is you're going to muddle, in this case, it might be - like, in the case of my Old Fashioned, for example, it would be the slice of pineapple and the slice of orange and the dash of bitters and the little bit of cherry liqueur and you muddle away. You don't want to muddle with too much liquid. It gets messy. What you're trying to do when you muddle, like, citrus is to get the oil as well as the juice. Things you don't want to smush hard when you muddle it are herbs. HEADLEE: There you go. DEGROFF: Now herbs, you don't want to tear them up too much. You want to bruise them a little bit to open up some veins of flavor, like mint, for example, for a julep. You never want to go cranking away on it until it just shreds because then you get that sort of tannic, slightly bitter note, and it also tears it all up and it's not good. So I would just press it for a julep. HEADLEE: Let's talk about at least one suggestion for a kiddie cocktail that's not a Shirley Temple or a Roy Rogers. DEGROFF: You know, I did something at the Rainbow Room, in those days, I had a wonderful nonalcoholic cocktail menu. And I had something I called rainbow punch, and it was quite easy to make, as long as you're not too busy to squeeze some fresh juice 'cause you needed fresh orange juice. You needed fresh lime juice. You needed some pineapple juice, of course, unsweetened will do just fine 'cause it's hard to squeeze pineapples. There was a possibility of putting a dash of something called angostura. Now I want you to know that angostura has alcohol in it but you use it, literally, in drops. A few dashes go a long, long way, and they give it a little spice. So I'm talking about mixing orange, lime, pineapple, and then the grenadine is how you sweeten and set - offset the lime juice. So you get a really good color for kids. And then you make it in a bowl, and it's just lovely. And you serve it over ice and you put fruit on top. HEADLEE: Dale, I can't let you go without asking - and you actually mentioned, since you mentioned the toddy stick. I mean, it's winter season, a lot of people are going to get colds or the flu and one of the recipes that many people use is a hot toddy when they want to feel better, right? Is there a classic - is there a one-and-only way to make a true hot toddy? DEGROFF: Boil some water. Put a couple of teaspoons of your favorite whiskey or rum in there and put a teaspoon of honey in there and a teaspoon of lemon juice and maybe even a cinnamon stick, why not? It wouldn't hurt it at all. And just sip on it. Sip on it. It's going to do good things for you. HEADLEE: Dale DeGroff, president and founder of the Museum of the American Cocktail in New Orleans, he's also known as King Cocktail, kind enough to join us from our bureau in New York. Thanks so much, Dale. DEGROFF: Thank you very, very much, Celeste. HEADLEE: And happy holidays. DEGROFF: To you, also. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR. © 2015 KTEP | 旅游 |
2015-48/2575/en_head.json.gz/7311 | Can Turkey Capture the Islamic Tourism Market?
"Halal" hotels are fast establishing themselves in such seaside vacation regions.
Dorian Jones
At first glance, the Sultan Beach Hotel near the Turkish resort town of Bodrum looks like any other seaside resort with its swimming pool, sun chairs and people sipping cool drinks. But a closer look reveals that there are no women to be seen poolside and not a drop of alcohol.
The hotel is run in strict accordance with the Islamic faith, a market segment that Turkish hoteliers are increasingly eager to target.
"Whatever kind of holiday you want to have, there are options in the tourism sector," says Sultan Beach Hotel owner Ali Bicakci. "We wanted to have an alternative concept as there is an increasing need among conservative people to have holidays."
People attend a party at a beach club in Golturkbuku near the Bodrum. (Fatih Saribas/Reuters)A woman sunbathes on a near-deserted deck as luxury boats are seen anchored off the beach front of a hotel in Golturkbuku, near the resort town of Bodrum. (Fatih Saribas/Reuters)
Synonymous with wild parties and excess, Bodrum, a popular Aegean-Sea holiday spot often dubbed "Bedroom Bodrum," would not seem a likely destination for such visitors. But Islamic or "halal" hotels, as they are usually called in Turkey, are fast establishing themselves in such seaside vacation regions. The area around Bodrum, a town of some 130,000, contains six.
Economics, as well as a return to Turkey’s Islamic heritage, explains the trend. Under the decade-long rule of the Islamist-rooted Justice and Development Party, Turkey has enjoyed an economic boom. But rather than the spoils going to the secular elite, the usual recipients, a significant portion of the newfound wealth has spread among the AKP’s pious, grass-roots supporters. That has given birth to a wealthy Islamist middle-class.
The world market for Muslim tourism is estimated to be worth $126 billion.
"The success of Islamic groups in the economy means they demand to go on holiday on Islamic terms,” explained Kenan Cayir, an assistant professor of sociology at Istanbul’s Bilgi University. “We have seen the number of such hotels tremendously increase during the AK Party’s rule. Islamic lifestyles have achieved a vertical mobility and these hotels are a manifestation of this.”
The world market for Muslim tourism is estimated to be worth $126 billion, according to a 2012 study by DinarStandard, a US company that follows the Muslim lifestyle market, and Singapore-based Islamic travel specialist Crescentrating.
Bicakci, who prefers to describe his hotel as “alternative,” rather than halal, or Muslim-friendly, plans to build another, five-star resort in Bodrum to meet Islamic consumers’ demand for holidays. His existing hotel includes a separate pool for women, as well as facilities for prayer and a ban on alcohol.
“Before these alternative places, it wasn't very common for us to have such holidays,” said an academic, who gave his name as Hasan, staying at the Sultan Beach Hotel this summer. “Alternative hotels are now being preferred because the times have changed and there are promotions in prices.”
Many such hotels are competitively priced at 30 euros (about $39) a night, a relative bargain for the Aegean and Mediterranean areas where they are mostly located. The sector seems to be growing fast. The Ministry of Tourism reports that 18 “halal” hotels exist in Turkey, but a quick Internet search can turn up more than double that number.
All of Turkey’s major resort areas now have such hotels, with others under construction. Istanbul, which contains three “halal" hotels, will soon feature a five-star Islam-compliant hotel. Last November, the state-owned, Qatar-based Retaj investment group announced plans for a $500 million investment in Islamic hotels in Istanbul and other cities across Turkey, the Hürriyet Daily News reported.
Increasing numbers of Arab visitors is helping to drive the trend. Travelers from Saudi Arabia alone increased a whopping 151 percent (to 42,345 people) between 2011 and 2012, according to the Ministry of Tourism. But with the country deeply polarized between the pious and secular, controversy and conspiracy theories are never far away when the topic of conversation is religion.
"The AKP is in a weak position in the coastal towns in this region," claims Okan Özsu, a local official in the Bodrum branch of the Republican People’s Party, Turkey’s main opposition force. "Conservative people from the big cities are forcing their way of life, bringing their clothing and lifestyles, such as separate places for men and women to swim here."
Swimming is one of the most visible signs of the rise in Islamic tourism, with many women wearing "hasema,” an all-encompassing costume that only reveals the face, hands and feet. For secular visitors to Bodrum, many of whom are accustomed to seeing revealing bikinis, it is something of a culture shock. "We shouldn't have anything to do with women in hasema," argued male holidaymaker Murat. "We are a comfortable people."
But for others, it is more a case of live and let live. "If it is their own preference, sure, I'd respect that," says Muge, a woman in her 30s sitting on a beach and sipping a beer. "But I think it is difficult for women to swim in hasema."
In the Kocaeli coastal resort, on the Sea of Marmara, outside Istanbul, the creation of a women-only sector, surrounded by a high partition, on a public beach drew protests in July from locals, who argued that it undermined secularism.
Mother Nature resolved that dispute when a storm blew the partition down. And with observance of Islam on the rise, Turkey’s “halal” hotels, for now, look likely to withstand any stronger, man-made squalls.
This post was originally published on Eurasianet, an Atlantic partner site.
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Located within Malaga along the Costa del Sol in the south of Spain, Fuengirola is a coastal resort which boasts more than 7km of beaches, several golf courses, contemporary tapas bars and several historical ruins. This area started off life as a small, quiet fishing village, but it developed into a leading tourist centre in the 1960s, visited by thousands of European tourists each year. Today, the resort is largely urban with many high-rise apartment blocks close to the seafront, commercial centres and a modern harbour lined by bars, restaurants, cafes and nightclubs.
Fuengirola enjoys a typical Mediterranean climate, with dry, hot summers and mild, rainy winters. Over the course of the year, the temperature typically varies between 8°C and 31°C, rarely dropping below 4°C or rising above 35°C. When heatwaves affect the resort during the summer season, temperatures can rise as high as the mid-40s, although this is somewhat of a rare occurrence and only lasts for a couple of days, maximum.
The most popular time of year to visit Fuengirola is between May and September, when temperatures are at their highest and precipitation is at its lowest. Thanks to its coastal location, Fuengirola has a more moderate and stable climate than places further inland. The sea breeze which regularly blows in off the coast helps keep the temperatures down in summer, although it can make winter evenings feel particularly cold. At the other end of the scale, the resort’s southerly location means that it enjoys some of the highest temperatures and sunshine hours in the whole of Spain all-year-round.
Winters in Fuengirola are remarkably mild and much warmer than many other locations further north, which makes the resort a very popular destination for people searching for some winter sun. However, temperatures drop dramatically as soon as the sun sets, so be prepared for some chilly nights. During spring and autumn, the weather can be unpredictable – even if the sun is shining, rain clouds can quickly appear and result in short, heavy downpours. Although the weather is rather pleasant – daytimes are generally warm, although evenings are on the cool side. Don't forget to hit the beach during your holiday in Fuengirola, Spain
Most people choose to visit Fuengirola in the summer (May-September), when clear blue skies and plenty of sunshine are practically guaranteed every day. During this season, the average temperature for the resort is 22°C. The season starts off quite cool at just 18°C, but by July and August, average temperatures peak at 24°C. There is a huge difference between the daytime and evening temperatures – around 10°C, usually. Average highs recorded during the hottest part of the day range between 23°C and 29°C, whilst average lows recorded during the coldest part of the night range between 13°C and 19°C.
Average high temperatures are particularly hot in July and August, so much so that some travellers might find the heat too much. If this is the case, you’re better off visiting in May, June or September, when the heat is a bit more subdued. However, thanks to the significant difference between average high and low temperatures, you can always rely on the evenings to bring with them some relief from the heat. What’s more, Fuengirola’s low humidity can also make temperatures feel more pleasant and slightly cooler than they actually are.
As you’d expect for summer in Spain, rainfall is barely worth mentioning. May kicks off the season with 23mm of rainfall over eight days and precipitation continues to drop until it reaches just 2mm over two days in July – the driest month of the year. After this, rainfall slowly starts to creep back up as summer merges into autumn. In May and June, the most common type of precipitation you can expect to see are moderate rain, although showers are usually short and heavy – not like the lengthy spells of drizzle you get in the UK. However, for the rest of the summer season, you’re more likely to see thunderstorms than you are moderate rain.
Fuengirola sees a huge amount of sunshine in summer, with an average of 12 daily hours of sunshine across the season. July, with 14 hours of sunshine every day, is the sunniest month, although the sky can often appear hazy in summer, due to the fog which rolls in off the coast. However, this fog usually only appears for a couple of hours some mornings and you shouldn’t let it put you off visiting Fuengirola at this time of year.
With so much sunshine to enjoy, summer is a great month to hit the beach in Fuengirola. At this time of year, the average sea temperature is a warm 22°C. Generally, anything above 18°C is considered warm enough for swimming in – this is the average sea temperature of May, which means that some travellers might find the sea too cold during this month. However, by August, the sea is 24°C – the hottest it gets – which practically everyone will find sufficiently warm. Enjoy a stroll through the resort at night in Fuengirola, Spain
Autumn – October and November – is unpredictable, in terms of weather, with huge discrepancies between one day and the next. The average temperature starts off at 22°C in October and drops down to 18°C in November, making it the perfect time for holidaymakers who aren’t big fans of high temperatures to visit. These averages are created by average highs of 22°C and 18°C and average lows of 14°C and 10°C, respectively. Although temperatures can drop as low as freezing point during particularly cold spells making winter warmer clothes essential, they can also rise into the mid-20s, which means you’ll be comfortable in little more than beachwear. In order to be prepared for everything, you’re best off taking a vast assortment of clothing so you’re comfortable whatever the weather.
Precipitation increases rapidly during this season, as summer is left behind and winter is embraced. October sees an average of 55mm of rain which falls over nine days, but November sees a staggering 115mm across 11 days, making it the wettest month of the year. With rain falling on around 1/3 of the season, there’s a very good chance you’ll get a rainy spell or two at this time of year, so be prepared. Moderate rain and thunderstorms are the most common forms of precipitation you’ll see at this time of year, both of which can go on for days.
After a very sunny summer, the number of daily sunshine hours drops dramatically in autumn. October sees an average of nine daily hours of sunshine each day, whilst November sees eight. So even though the temperatures have cooled down, you’ll still get plenty of chances to sunbathe during your autumn holiday in Fuengirola.
The sea retains a lot of the heat from summer into autumn. In October, the average sea temperature is 21°C – which almost everyone will find more than warm enough for swimming in – whilst the sea in November is a comparatively cool 18°C, which some people might find too cold for swimming. The sea is almost always calm enough for swimming in Fuengirola, Spain
Winter (December, January and February) is the coldest season in Fuengirola, although it’s still very warm compared to many other European locations further north. At this time of year, the average temperature is 12°C, created by average highs of 15°C-16°C and average lows of 6°C-8°C. January is the coldest month of the year, so plan to visit at another time if you want guaranteed sunshine and warm temperatures. Regardless of which month you go, winter temperatures in Fuengirola can sometimes hit the 20°C mark or almost fall as low as freezing point, so be prepared and pack accordingly. These temperatures can often feel even cooler than they actually are, due to the resort’s low humidity and the breeze which blows in off the sea.
As well as being the coldest, winter is also the wettest season, when heavy rainstorms can last for prolonged periods – sometimes days at a time. After peaking in November, the quantity of precipitation gradually decreases across the season, down to 98mm in December, 83mm in January and 75mm in February. However, despite the lessening rain, precipitation falls on an average of 1/3 of days across the season, which means you’re practically guaranteed to get some of the wet stuff during your winter holiday in Fuengirola.
Compared to the rest of the year, the resort sees very little sunshine in winter. December is the least sunny month of the year, when the sun shines for just six hours a day. However, this figure jumps up slightly to seven hours a day in January and February. This data translates into a mixture of overcast spells and sunny hours each day in Fuengirola – rarely will you get an entire day with solely clear or cloudy skies. Due to the low temperatures and chance of cloud, winter won’t be a good time for sunbathing and with a cold average sea temperature of 16°C, the sea won’t be any good for swimming in, either. Spend a day at one of the many golden beaches in Fuengirola, Spain, image taken by Kevin
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2014-35/4142/en_head.json.gz/49550 | Courier Article by David Locker
Wanderlust Indulged Becomes Fodder for Books
What makes us want to travel? Does it have something to do with nostalgia and our desire to recapture something we experienced in the past, or with the desire to remake ourselves into something new and improved? I believe most travelers are looking for something beyond mere excitement. They are searching for a home, someplace to put roots deep down and grow. It is often difficult for a confirmed traveler to find such a place; obviously his real home doesn't quite satisfy him. Things You Get for Free by Michael McGirr (Atlantic Monthly, 2002).
McGirr is Australian and an ex-Jesuit priest who undertakes a tour of Europe with his remarkable mother-a trip she had long put off. Interspersed throughout the travel narrative are stories about his youth, his first years as a Jesuit and the death of his father from kidney disease caused by his addiction to the Australian version of Excedrin. McGirr's eccentric father was a gambler and never worked a day in his life, while his mother slaved away at the local pharmacy. When his father died, McGirr joined the Jesuits and proved to be an idealistic novice who hid behind a shell of hilarity.
In many ways, he is taking the place of his father on his and his mother's European jaunt, because his parents had planned to take a similar trip for their honeymoon and had even purchased the luggage.
Many times he and his mother have to sleep in the same room in hotels, and once his mother mistakes memories of his father with memories of him. Their relationship is no doubt complex, but the trip together did a lot to make them more comfortable with each other and resulted in this extremely enjoyable, down-to-earth book. Travels with Myself and Another: A Memoir by Martha Gellhorn (Putnam, 2001).
If you have heard of Gellhorn, it's probably because she was Ernest Hemingway's third wife, to whom he was married during the Second World War. She is often portrayed in Hemingway biographies as ambitious and jealous of Hemingway's success, but I have found out from this book that this is an entirely untrue portrait of her.
Gellhorn possessed immense courage, daring, curiosity, and compassion. Her book is for the most part a retelling of horror journeys she undertook before 1978, when the book was first released. These ventures included a trip to China with Hemingway who is affectionately portrayed as U. C. or Unwilling Companion; flights with American pilots rivaling in tension the Atlantic crossing of Charles Lindberg; island- hopping in the Caribbean in search of German submarines; and an exploration of Africa when she was turning sixty. Gellhorn sees each place with clear lenses; they are all uniformly ugly and squalid except for a brief respite on the Caribbean island of St. Martin, which she says is now ruined, too, by commercialism. Her strong feelings for justice are always evident and displayed when she upbraids Madame Chiang Kai- Shek for the abject poverty of the Chinese people as well as when she takes justice into her own hands upon hearing a woman screaming in a native hut in the Carribean.
Gellhorn died in 1998 at age 89, proving that a life of adventure and hard drinking can sometimes be beneficial.
The Snow Geese by William Fiennes (Random House, 2002).
This young British writer has crafted an informative, heartwarming and masterfully crafted book. In his mid-20s, the author was hospitalized three times for a serious illness and developed a bad case of homesickness while in the hospital. But upon returning to his boyhood home, he quickly became restless again. After rereading Paul Gallico's The Snow Goose he became obsessed with birds and decided to go to America to follow the migrating snow geese from Texas to the Canadian Arctic.
Along the way, he learned patience and an understanding of his passion for birds, an enthusiasm he learned from his father during his childhood in the remote English countryside. His book contains an abundance of information about the migratory behavior of birds as well as unique and uncanny portraits of interesting Americans he meets along the way. This book is a real find, and Fiennes is an author to watch.
David Locker is a librarian with the Evansville-Vanderburgh Public Library. The opinions expressed in this column are personal and do not reflect policies or official recommendations of EVPL. | 旅游 |
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Roman Highlights
Enjoy a guided stroll through the historical center of Rome. Your Tour Director will propose a tailor-made itinerary featuring some of the city's authentic jewels. For instance: Trastevere and its Basilica of Santa Maria, or the baroque district with Campo de' Fiori, the Pantheon, San Luigi dei Francesi, famed Piazza Navona, Via dei Condotti, Piazza del Popolo with its church of Santa Maria del Popolo, and displays of Caravaggio paintings.
Roman Highlights & Dinner
A guided stroll through the historical center of Rome. Your Tour Director will propose a tailor-made itinerary featuring some of the city's authentic jewels. For instance, Trastevere and its Basilica of Santa Maria, the baroque district, Campo de' Fiori, the Pantheon, San Luigi dei Francesi, famous Piazza Navona, Via dei Condotti, and Piazza del Popolo with its church of Santa Maria del Popolo and displays of Caravaggio paintings. After your walk, relax and enjoy a 4-course dinner, including drinks, at a popular Roman restaurant.
Excursion to Mount Titlis
Drive to Alpine Engelberg - Central Switzerland renowned sport centre - to take the Titlis-Rotair, world's first revolving cable car, up to 10,000 feet where eternal snow resists even the summer sun. A panoramic view all the way up with 360 degree vistas on glaciers and icefalls. If you are looking for a nice place to rest the Restaurant on top of Mount Titlis is the one for you with breathtaking views from its terrace and solarium.
Journey almost 7,000 feet (2,132m)up - via the world's steepestcogwheel railway (with an inclination of 48 degrees), the silent aerial tramway and the panoramic gondola for spectacular views over central Switzerland. The Mount Pilatus mountain range was first inhabited by Celtic herdsmen and later became well-known to travelers worldwide when completion of the Gotthard Route made the area more accessible. The rugged cliffs above Lucerne have been cloaked in myth and legend since the Middle Ages when it was believed that a dragon with healing powers and spirits inhabited the rocky crevices.
One Hour Cruise on Lake Lucerne
Board your private motorboat for an enchanting and relaxing one-hour cruise on glassy Lake Lucerne, also known as the Vierwaldstattersee (Lake of the Four Forest Cantons). Marvel at the spectacular mountain scenery and admire fjords, bays, and rolling meadows. Approximate value: per person
Swiss Folklore Party and Dinner
Contrary to belief, not all Swiss can yodel or blow the alphorn, but those you will meet at your after-dinner folklore party are real experts. They entertain you with merry melodies on the accordion and traditional dances, while you sample cheese fondue and a drink of your choice.
A Taste of London
A unique chance to combine a traditional London pub experience with a relaxed, night-time river cruise, viewing some of the capital's most beautiful illuminated sights. Enjoy a three-course dinner with several local menu choices, including fish and chips and steak and ale pie at an historic London pub in the City of London. Following dinner you will enjoy scenic views from the comfort of your private cruiser. Highlights include Tower Bridge, St. Paul's and the Houses of Parliament, with commentary from your guide as you cruise along the River Thames.
Afternoon Excursion to Windsor Castle
Windsor Castle is the oldest and largest occupied castle in the world. One of the official residences of Queen Elizabeth II the castle is still used regularly for ceremonial and state occasions. Visit the magnificent State Apartments furnished with priceless works of art by Holbein, Rembrandt, Rubens and Van Dyck. See wonderful St.George's Chapel the burial place of ten monarchs including Henry VIII and Charles I.
Buckingham Palace and the Royal Mews
Buckingham Palace serves as both the office and London residence of Her Majesty The Queen. During August and September when the Queen makes her annual visit to Scotland, the Palace's state rooms are open to visitors. These are the heart of the Palace, lavishly furnished with some of the greatest treasures from the Royal Collection which are used for ceremonial occasions and official entertaining. Before entry to the Palace you will visit the Royal Mews, one of the finest working stables still in existence. See the State vehicles, both horse-drawn carriages and cars, used for coronations, royal weddings and State Visits, including the magnificent Gold State Coach which has been used for every coronation since 1821 and was last used for The Queen's Golden Jubilee in 2002.
Shownight - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday)
Roald Dahl's deliciously dark tale of young Charlie Bucket and the mysterious confectioner Willy Wonka comes to life in a brand new West End musical directed by Academy Award winner Sam Mendes. When Charlie wins a golden ticket to the weird and wonderful Wonka Chocolate Factory, it's the chance of a lifetime to feast on the sweets he's always dreamed of. But beyond the gates astonishment awaits, as down the sugary corridors and amongst the incredible edible delights, the five lucky winners discover not everything is as sweet as it seems. Featuring ingenious stagecraft, the wonder of the original story that has captivated the world for almost 50 years is brought to life. A chocolate garden, an army of squirrels and the curiously peculiar Oompa-Loompas must be believed to be seen in this spectacular new musical that is choc-full of fantastical treats to dazzle your senses.
Shownight - War Horse (Monday, Wednesday, Thursday)
War Horse, based on the beloved novel by Michael Morpurgo, is a powerfully moving and imaginative drama, filled with stirring music and magnificent artistry. South Africa's Handspring Puppet Company brings breathing, galloping, full-scale horses to life on the stage - their flanks, hides and sinews built of steel, leather and aircraft cables. Experience the emotional journey that charges through the battlefields of history straight to hearts of audiences around the world.
Tower of London and Crown Jewels
The Tower of London is one of the most famous historic buildings in the world. Built by William the Conqueror in 1066-1067, it has been guarded by Yeoman Warders (popularly known as the Beefeaters) since the 14th century. It has been a fortress, a royal palace, a prison, a place of execution, and an armory. It is most famously known as the home to the priceless Crown Jewels, including the solid gold crown used at the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, the Imperial State Crown and Sovereigns Sceptre, the incredible Cullinan diamonds, and the Koh-i-Noor.
Dinner and Show at Moulin Rouge
Enjoy an unforgettable evening at the world-renowned Moulin Rouge, home of the French Can Can for more than a century. Dinner with half a bottle of wine is served during the show and a glass of champagne completes your evening in style.
Dinner Party and Illumination Drive
A perfect introduction to Paris! After a full-course dinner with choices of typical French dishes, drinks included, your tour director will show you the "City of Light."
Excursion to the Palace of Versailles
Travel out of Paris to the lavish 17th-century baroque Palace of Versailles, built by the Sun King, Louis XIV, with its magnificent State Apartments, Hall of Mirrors, and Royal Chapel. Your Local Guide will bring its history to life during your visit, then time at leisure to stroll through parts of the elegant 250-acre gardens. Louis XIII originally purchased Versailles and its surrounding land to serve as his hunting lodge. Later, his son, Louis XIV, decided to make it his seat of government, and in 1682, he installed his impressive court and numerous noble visitors in sumptuous surroundings, a symbol of absolute monarchy. NOTE: This excursion is not available on Mondays and public holidays.
Gondola Serenade
Enjoy a ride in a traditional gondola, gliding through centuries-old canals, under famous arched bridges, past lavish palaces and quaint piazzas. These long, narrow, flat-bottomed boats with a high prow and stern were designed specifically for the Venetian canals and made in unique shipyards called Squero. Black is the obligatory color, due to a law passed to reduce how the rich and noble over-decorated their personal craft. The comb at the front of the gondola is made of iron and serves not only to balance the boat, but is also the symbol of gondolas and Venice. The six comb teeth represent the six Venetian districts-i sestieri. | 旅游 |
2015-48/2575/en_head.json.gz/7645 | When in Roma
August 23 2012 at 08:47am By Buhle Mbonambi
Malindi is home to Sandies Tropical Village, the sparkling jewel in a dull crown.
Roma. That’s what the locals now call Malindi, on the north coast of Kenya. This is because of the many Italians who live in the small resort town. “The Italians come here because it’s cheaper to buy land and run businesses,” said my tuk tuk driver, Mohamed. “They own the big mansions, the clubs, the resorts and even the nice cars. We’ve all had to learn how to speak Italian, in addition to English. Some say we are being colonised again, although I think that’s ridiculous.” Mohamed is one of the many residents of the coastal town who make a living from tourism. “Malindi is very poor,” he says. “Have you seen the houses that people live in? Mud huts. It’s different from Mombasa and Nairobi.” On the two-hour bus trip from Moi International Airport in Mombasa to Malindi, I could see how difficult life was for most Kenyans. The dingy mud huts and houses that we passed on the busy road doubled as homes and business premises. We saw four-poster beds being built, hair salons and a motorcycle tyre-fitter. The motorcycles are used as taxis and carry two or three people at a time. The rooms at Sandies Tropical Village Resort, in Malindi Kenya are built like typical Masai Manyatta village houses. Just more luxurious and with excellent views.
Despite the poverty, what I admired about the Kenyans was that they weren’t sitting around waiting for people to feel sorry for them. They were working hard to make a living. Malindi is home to Sandies Tropical Village, the sparkling jewel in a dull crown. There I forgot I was in a Third World country even though the impoverished town, Malindi, was barely five minutes away. After a warm Kenyan welcome, with coconut juice and traditional dancing, I explored the resort and fell in love with the rooms. In typical Masai Manyatta village-style, the chalet-like rooms were made out of indigenous wood and the roofs covered with palm branches from the many trees that dot the beautiful coast. The white sand, the clear blue water and the coconut palm trees all look brochure-perfect. Even the dead coral littering parts of the beach didn’t look out of place. The only drawback was loiterers around the beach bothering tourists. Without a resort staff member or security, we couldn’t go out to swim or walk on the beach. Malindi is the water sports capital of Kenya with activities including sailing, windsurfing, canoeing, beach volleyball, snorkelling and swimming. Having never snorkelled, I looked forward to it the most. Pointing out the sights of Malindi, our guide for the day, Alex, kept us in fits of laughter. “You know Africa is messed up when you have to bribe the fish to come up the water,” he said. We couldn’t help but laugh, despite the indictment of the prevalence of corruption. With bread in my hands to bribe the fish, I again became nervous about going overboard. I eventually went in when Alex suggested I use the life jacket, which made it easier. I never got to throw in the bread as it was snatched by some hungry fish. After snorkelling the better part of an hour, Alex suggested we go to an island. It was different. During low tide, there’s a spot of dry land. It was amazing to get off the boat and stand in the middle as the waves crashed around us. I was told not to expect to see any Masai warriors as they like to keep to themselves, but saw two on the beach. I had been told that you’d only ever find the traditional Masai people in the Serengeti, but it turns out they were members of a local Masai group in Malindi who still practise their culture, and make crafts to sell to tourists. Going to Malindi town is an experience in itself and after deciding to take a tuk tuk instead of a motorcycle, the driver Mohamed, became my guide and showed us the sights. From the markets and supermarkets, to the Vasco da Gama Pillar – erected by the Portuguese explorer on the spot where he met Malindi authorities in 1498 to sign a trade agreement – and one of the finest Italian restaurants in Malindi, The Old Man and the Sea, I got a chance to see Malindi through the eyes of a local. Whenever I went back to the resort, I was amazed anew at how beautiful it looked and how close it was to the poverty of Malindi. - Sunday Tribune Get our new, free Travel newsletter - subscribe here... Related Stories
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2015-48/2575/en_head.json.gz/8304 | What's on in Edinburgh & The Lothians
Find more things to see and do in Edinburgh & The Lothians
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The Edinburgh International Book Festival, Charlotte Square
Edinburgh Science Festival © Kenny Lam
A Fringe performer on the Royal Mile
The Mardi Gras Carnival, the Grassmarket © Kenny Lam
The E4 Udderbelly, Bristo Square
Long before the coveted title was first coined, Edinburgh was known as a ‘City of Culture’ throughout the world. Today it remains a hive of cultural activity year-round, and nowhere is this better witnessed than during the city's myriad of festivals. Spanning everything from the performing arts to music, visual art, comedy and literature, the outpouring of creativity during these festivals is second to none. And the Lothians is no exception, with Highland games, local customs and unique festivals taking place throughout the year. Find out what's on in Edinburgh & The Lothians and peruse our events listings below. Although the festivals run all year-round, the summer months - and August in particular - are when festival fever reaches its height.
August festivals
Festival season officially kicks off with the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo. Almost a thousand musicians, pipers, drummers, singers and dancers from around the globe perform on Edinburgh Castle Esplanade. This unforgettable spectacle is brought to an emotional and poignant close each evening as a lone piper, high on the castle ramparts, plays a haunting lament. The Edinburgh Art Festival is the UK’s largest annual celebration of visual art and attracts over 250,000 art lovers to the capital’s internationally renowned galleries, museums and artist-run spaces. Admire in specially commissioned public artworks created by both established and emerging artists and enjoy and take your pick from an innovative programme of events including late openings, live music, film screening, guided tours and family-friendly events. The Edinburgh International Festival, founded in 1947, is the official centrepiece of Edinburgh’s festivals. Running for four weeks, this performing arts festival has world-class displays of theatre, dance and music. The Festival ends with a spectacular firework display at Edinburgh Castle.
Why not play the Suggest My Fest app via the festival's Facebook page to help you choose what you'd like to see at the EIF?
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe runs alongside the International Festival. The Fringe is the world’s largest art festival, with over 2,500 different shows last year. The Fringe has strong ties with comedy and drama, as well as featuring more unusual acts such as puppetry and circus performers. For those who want their money to go a little further, there are also hundreds of Free Fringe events.
In need of a multicultural fix, don't miss out on the Edinburgh Mela. A dazzling carnival of colour, world music, dance, exotic food and drink, art exhibitions and more, the Mela celebrates the diversity of Scotland’s communities and cultures in the pleasant green setting of Leith Links. Another August festival is the Edinburgh International Book Festival, staged in the elegant surroundings of the city centre's Charlotte Square. The event regularly attracts a world-class selection of authors, with previous appearances from Margaret Atwood, Neil Gaiman, J.K. Rowling and Ian Rankin amongst many others. With around 700 events each year, including free evening events, you’re sure to find the right genre to suit your literary tastes.
Film, science and storytelling
The fortnight-long Edinburgh International Science Festival is held at the end of March. With hands-on experiments, fascinating talks and many more family-friendly events and activities, this vibrant celebration of science and technology invites people of all ages and walks of life to delve into the mysteries of the world that surrounds them. May sees the return of the Imaginate Festival, Scotland’s international festival of performing arts for children and young people. Bringing the very best in children’s theatre from around Scotland and the world to Edinburgh, the Imaginate Festival always delivers a programme to delight both the young and young-at-heart. There are also festivals spread throughout the year. The Edinburgh International Film Festival is held in June, and shows a vast range of new films from around the world. With its glitzy premieres and cutting-edge independent films, the Film Festival brings a touch of Hollywood glamour to Edinburgh.
The Jazz & Blues Festival is also held in July. Opening with a Mardi Gras in the Grassmarket, this lively two week festival brings some of the very best names in jazz and blues to venues across the city. The Scottish International Storytelling Festival in October is Scotland's annual celebration of traditional and contemporary storytelling. The festival brings together artists and audiences in entertaining and inspiring live storytelling performances, thought-provoking talks, workshops and discussions and fun family activities.
Nowhere else in the world throws a New Year’s Eve bash quite like Edinburgh. Celebrate the start of the New Year with three days of spectacular events held throughout the capital as part of Edinburgh’ Hogmanay. Boasting programme of must-see events including the UK’s largest outdoor New Year ceilidh, a Candlelit Concert in St Giles Cathedral, a Torchlight Procession down the Royal Mile, and the Concert in the Gardens Hailed by the Discovery Channel as one of the ‘Top 25 World Travel Experiences,’ Edinburgh’s Hogmanay Street Party is set against the dramatic backdrop of Castle Rock and attracts tens of thousands of revellers from around the world. Join in the fun as live bands and DJs transform the city centre into one big party. Watch as the inky black sky becomes ablaze with a spectacular fireworks display on the stroke of midnight from Edinburgh Castle and carry on making merry into the wee hours.
East Lothian festivals
In the summer, the Lothians boasts festivals such as Fringe by the Sea in North Berwick and the British Pipe Band Championships in Bathgate. Over the autumn and winter months, the Lothians host festivals including the Lennoxlove Book Festival and the Lammermuir Festival. You'll find Highland games, local fairs and festivals throughout towns and villages. | 旅游 |
2015-48/2575/en_head.json.gz/9089 | New York City Audubon
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Our "Go Birding" section would not have been possible without the generosity of Marcia T. Fowle and Paul Kerlinger authors of the book The New York City Audubon Society Guide to Finding Birds in the Metropolitan Area. They have allowed us to make some of the chapters in their book the basis for this section of our website. We then proceeded to update each birding location in New York City, working with knowledgeable naturalists, many of whom provided information for the book in 2001. Hopefully, in updating this clear and useful book, we have been true to their spirit of love for the very special wildlife environment of New York City, continuing to make the birding information accessible to all. Thank you Marcia and Paul! Birding in NYC
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refugeby F. Portmann
Few people associate New York City with wildlife or birdwatching, but the truth is that in the City's parks and green spaces, and along portions of the 578-mile waterfront, you'll find some of the best places in the world to watch birds. New Yorkers need only take a bus, subway, or ferry to truly world-class birding locations in all five boroughs--including Central Park in Manhattan, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in Queens, Pelham Bay Park in the Bronx, Prospect Park in Brooklyn, and Great Kills Park on Staten Island. Hundreds of bird species may be seen at these hot spots and many more across the city, and the variety changes constantly throughout the year.
Barn Swallowby F. Portmann
Extraordinary birding in New York City is due to a combination of geography, topography, and habitat diversity. New York City is located at a geographic nexus of the Atlantic Flyway bird migration route and nesting distribution for numbers of species. For tens of thousands of years, since the end of the last ice age, birds migrated to and through the area. Large numbers of arctic, boreal, northern temperate, and southern temperate species follow this migration route. On an annual basis, more than 200 different species frequent the New York City metropolitan area.
After a night or day in flight, birds migrating over the city alight somewhere in the metropolitan area for rest and food. Because of the numbers of migrants and the fragmented nature of open space suitable for landing, unusually dense concentrations of birds can occur during migration.
Birding in New York City is an adventure. Frequently it is better in this urban area than in the wilderness.
American Bitternby F. Portmann
Shorebirdsby F. Portmann
The concentration, diversity, and numbers of birds are astounding. Where else in North America or the world can you see 75 or 100 species of birds in one day? With binoculars around your neck and perhaps a scope over your shoulder, you wend you way through busy streets or maneuver for a seat on a crowded subway. You reach your birding destination. While you observe a snowy egret spearing a crustacean, an osprey carrying a fish to its nesting platform, a red-bellied woodpecker probing a decayed tree for insects, or a long-eared owl eyeing you from its cedar tree perch, out of the corner of your eye you may see the Arthur Kill oil refineries, a jet on its way to Paris, or the Manhattan skyline. We, at NYC Audubon, hope this website provides you with the kind of information that will lead to many memorable birding experiences. Go forth with friends and enjoy.
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The Bronx is northernmost of New York City’s five boroughs and the only one physically attached to the mainland--Manhattan and Staten Island are islands by themselves; Queens and Brooklyn are part of Long Island. Two of the city’s largest public parks, Pelham Bay Park and Van Cortlandt Park, are in The Bronx as is the venerable New York Botanical Garden. These urban parks, plus a string of parklands along the Hudson River, Spuyten Duyvil Shorefront Park, Riverdale Park, Wallenberg Park and Wave Hill, provide a diversity of habitats that are especially scenic and wonderful for birding.Places to Go Birding in the Bronx -
Van Cortlandt Park New York Botanical Garden The Hudson River Parks Prospect Park
Brooklyn (Kings County), the most populous of the five boroughs with well over 2.3 million residents, is the second largest borough in area (81.8 square miles) after Queens. It occupies the southwestern end of Long Island, fronting on New York Bay and the Narrows, Harlem River, and Jamaica Bay. In the heart of the borough are three landscaped parklands: Prospect Park, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, and Green-Wood Cemetery, each of which offers very good birding. Other Brooklyn birding opportunities are found by Jamaica Bay at Floyd Bennett Field and Dead Horse Bay.Places to Go Birding in Brooklyn -
Prospect Park Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Green-wood Cemetry Floyd Bennett Field and Dead Horse Bay Great Egrets in Central Parkby F. Portmann
Manhattan - Incongruous as it may seem, birding enthusiasts from all over the world visit Manhattan to go birding. In the midst of skyscrapers, concrete, and asphalt, there are three large islands of green--Central Park, Inwood Hill Park, and Riverside Park--that attract migrant, over-wintering, and, of course, resident birds. Because of the concentration of migrating birds that can occur, Central Park is considered one of the birding hotspots of the country.Places to Go Birding in Manhattan -
Central Park Inwood Park Riverside Park Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refugeby F. Portmann
Queens is almost as large as Manhattan, the Bronx, and Staten Island combined, encompassing 37% of New York City's total area. Its western and northern shorelines follow along the East River and Long Island Sound while its southern shores open on Jamaica Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. Two districts of the expansive Gateway National Recreation Area are in Queens: the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge (shared with Brooklyn) and the Breezy Point District.
The Wildlife Refuge includes saltmarsh, open water, and buffering uplands. The Breezy Point District, on the western end of the Rockaway Peninsula, is a long narrow barrier beach with shoreline on both the Atlantic Ocean and the Rockaway Inlet leading into Jamaica Bay. The District includes Jacob Riis Park, Fort Tilden, and Breezy Point. In 1997, the National Audubon Society designated the entire Jamaica Bay Complex an Important Bird Area of Global Significance. These federally-owned coastal areas, along with city-owned Alley Pond Park and Forest Park, offer extraordinary birding opportunities in Queens.Places to Go Birding in Queens -
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Jacob Riis Park/Fort Tilden/Breezy Point Forest Park Alley Pond Park Staten Island's Greenbelt
Staten Island (Richmond County) has a 3,000-acre network of second-growth forest in the island's center called the Greenbelt . Here you can experience the healthiest forest ecosystem in the entire city. In addition, Staten Island contains 2,000 acres of freshwater wetlands (the Staten Island Bluebelt), tidal marshlands, and 60 miles of waterfront, providing great diversity of avian habitat. On Christmas Bird Counts, peregrine falcon, lesser black-backed gull, purple sandpiper, great horned owl, orange-crowned warbler and snow bunting have been regular sightings.
Staten Island's Greenbelt
In all seasons, but particularly during winter and spring migration, Staten Island offers excellent birding opportunities. Among the best places along the oceanfront are Great Kills Park, Wolfe's Pond Park, Mount Loretto Nature Preserve, Long Pond Park, and Conference House Park; in the northwest corridor are Goethals Pond, and Bridge Creek ; and mid-island is the Greenbelt with High Rock Park; also the imminently beautiful Clove Lakes Park and Blue Heron Park. Staten Island can be reached from Manhattan by a spectacular ferry ride on Upper New York Bay past the Statue of Liberty. Many bird species can be observed from the ferry! Places to Go Birding in Staten Island -
Great Kills Park Wolfe's Pond
Mount Loretto Nature Preserve Long Pond Park Conference House Park Northwest Corridor Goethals Pond Complex Clove Lakes Park High Rock Park Blue Heron Park *Go Birding banner photograph of cedar waxwings © Lloyd Spitalnik.
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