This retro Barstow motel is located on world famous Route 66. It features a collection of vintage cars and Route 66 memorabilia and offers simply furnished rooms with free Wi-Fi. Las Vegas is 150 miles away.
A microwave and a refrigerator are found in each room at Route 66 Motel. The air conditioned rooms include a satellite TV with extended film channels. Select rooms come equipped with round beds.
Within 1 mile of Motel Route 66, guests will find Harvey House, Amtrak Station Barstow and The Route 66 Museum. Calico Ghost Town is 20 minutes' drive away.
Route 66 Motel offers 24-hour reception and free parking is available.
Located in Barstow, California, this motel is 10 miles from the historic Calico Ghost Town. It features an outdoor swimming pool, serves a daily deluxe breakfast and has guest rooms with free Wi-Fi.
Guest rooms at the California Inn Barstow feature cable TV with HBO film channels and tea and coffee-making facilities. A microwave and mini fridge are also included.
A gym with cardio and weight training equipment and a business centre are available at the Barstow California Inn. A guest launderette is also located on site.
The Harvey House Museum and the Rail Road Museum are 5 minutes' drive away from this motel.
In the center of Barstow, California, a short drive from popular area attractions, including Death Valley, this hotel features spacious accommodation along with thoughtful amenities.
The Best Western Desert Villa Inn is conveniently situated near area motorways, allowing guests to easily explore the surrounding areas. The Calico Ghost Town and the Mojave Desert Museum are in close proximity to the hotel.
Guests at the pet-friendly Desert Villa Best Western can start the day with a complimentary continental breakfast and relax after a long day of sightseeing in the refreshing outdoor swimming pool.
This Barstow motel is 1.5 miles from Interstate 15. Guests can enjoy free coffee in the lobby from 0800 to 2200 hrs and free Wi-Fi in all of the guest rooms.
Cable TV is provided in all of the air-conditioned guest rooms at Sunset Inn Barstow. For convenience, rooms also include a microwave and a refrigerator.
The Western America Railroad Museum is less than 5 minutes' drive from the Barstow Sunset Inn. The Desert Discovery Center is 1.5 milesaway.
The Rodeway Inn hotel is ideally located just one mile from the Mojave National Preserve, offering hiking, biking and backpacking. This Barstow, CA hotel is minutes from Calico Ghost Town, the Mojave River Valley Museum, the Western America Railroad Museum and Barstow College.
All guest rooms have coffee makers, desks, hair dryers and cable television. In addition, some rooms come equipped with refrigerators and microwaves. Non-smoking rooms are available.
Guests of this Barstow, CA hotel are invited to enjoy amenities and features like free continental breakfast, free wireless high-speed Internet access in all rooms, free local calls and an exercise room. Guests will enjoy relaxing in the seasonal outdoor pool.
The city of Barstow is located along historic Route 66, and is the perfect stopping point for visitors traveling to or from the many southern California cities and the popular city of Las Vegas. The hotel is across the street from a grocery store. A variety of restaurants and cocktail lounges are located in the surrounding area.
Located off of I-15, this motel Barstow hotel offers an outdoor pool and fitness centre. Free Wi-Fi access is available in each room. Free parking for buses, trucks and RVs is available.
A flat-screen cable TV is provided in each air-conditioned room at Super 8 Barstow. Complete with a microwave, the dining area also has a refrigerator and a coffee machine. Featuring a bath or shower, private bathrooms include a hairdryer and free toiletries.
A 24-hour reception greets guests of Super 8 Barstow. BBQ facilities and vending machines with snacks and drinks are located on site.
Depue Airport is 15 km away from this hotel. Newberry Mountains Wilderness Area is 22.5 km away.
Stardust Inn is located in Barstow, just off Historic Route 66. Free Wi-Fi access is available and guests can enjoy free coffee each morning in the lobby.
Cable TV is featured in all rooms at this motel. A microwave and a small fridge are also provided in each air-conditioned room.
This Barstow hotel features an outdoor pool, free Wi-Fi and all rooms have a microwave and refrigerator. Barstow College and the Tanger Shopping Outlet Mall are 10 minutes away.
Each room at Travelodge Barstow offers a work desk, cable TV and ironing facilities. A private bathroom with toiletries and a hairdryer are included.
Breakfast is served daily in the lobby along with free coffee. A free weekday newspaper is available and free parking is offered on site at the Barstow Travelodge.
The Greyhound Bus Station is located across the street from this Travelodge. The Marine Corp Logistic Base is 5 minutes from the hotel and Calico Ghost Town is 15 minutes away.
Ideally located just off the legendary Route 66, in the charming city of Barstow, California, this hotel provides convenient accommodations, ideal whether travelling for business or for pleasure.
Experience exciting attractions and sites, including Calico Ghost Town, Mojave National Preserve, outlet shopping and local restaurants, all located only minutes away from Americas Best Value Inn Barstow.
After a restful night's sleep, begin your morning with Best Value Inn Barstow's complimentary continental breakfast, featuring pastries, bagels and cappuccinos, before exploring the surrounding areas.


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FRP Celebrates Double Awards Win
FRP celebrated not just one, but two wins at the Fenland Enterprise Business Awards 2019 ceremony last Friday 4th October.
We were welcomed with a drinks reception before sitting down to a three-course meal and a night of glitz, glamour and celebration.
We were delighted to win the award in our nominated category, Medium Business of the Year at the ceremony in March, Cambridgeshire.
Nick Osborn, Managing Director, said: "It's a fantastic reward for our team because they put in a huge amount of work over the last year. It's been a fantastic night and it's really pleasing for me that they've been recognised. For the company it's really good because it recognises all the hard work and effort that we have put in over the last 13 years of the business. We've finally achieved the critical mass that we need to take it to the next level".
The judges said: "FRP's significant profit growth over the last few years continues as a result of re-investment as well as controlled costs and a passion for customer service."
FRP's Full Service Rapid Manufacturing (FSRM™) service combines Quality and Speed, setting us apart from our competitors in highly regulated market sectors, including medical, automotive and aerospace.
Our robust strategy for growth will advance with its current strong management taking the business from strength to strength as part of a five year growth plan.
Having been crowned Medium Business of the Year earlier in the evening, we finished our night by winning a second title – Overall Business of the Year award.
The judges said: "This privately-owned company has delivered on so many fronts with year- on-year significant growth and profitability in markets that are constantly changing and becoming more demanding.
Sustaining this high standard is what makes FRP so special, which is clearly demonstrated by the passion shared by all staff to ensure quality of service and enduring success."
The award was not directly entered but chosen by the judging panel from the winning entries. It was given to us at FRP as a company that the judges felt had demonstrated great business practice as well as financial success founded on our approach to 'Quality at Speed'.

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Summary: "This is the first and only diary written by a still-imprisoned Guantánamo detainee. Since 2002, Mohamedou Slahi has been imprisoned at the detainee camp at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. In all these years, the United States has never charged him with a crime. Although he was ordered released by a federal judge, the U.S. government fought that decision, and there is no sign that the United States plans...
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 365 SLA
The outsider : my life in intrigue
Forsyth, Frederick
Summary: "From Frederick Forsyth, the grand master of international suspense, comes his most intriguing story ever--his own"--
Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2015
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FORSYTH, FREDERICK FOR
81 days below zero : the incredible survival story of a World War II pilot in Alaska's frozen wilderness
Murphy, Brian
Summary: "Shortly before Christmas in 1943, five Army aviators left Alaska's Ladd Field on a test flight. Only one ever returned: Leon Crane, a city kid from Philadelphia with little more than a parachute on his back when he bailed from his B-24 Liberator before it crashed into the Arctic. Alone in subzero temperatures, Crane managed to stay alive in the dead of the Yukon winter for nearly twelve weeks...
Publisher / Publication Date: Da Capo Press 2015
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CRANE, LEON MUR
No hero : the evolution of a Navy SEAL (LARGE PRINT)
Owen, Mark
Summary: Recounts definitive moments from the author's career as a Navy SEAL, discussing the missions that had the greatest personal meaning for him and explaining the lessons and values he hopes to pass on to the next generation.
Publisher / Publication Date: Large Print Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning 2015
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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP 359.0092 OWE
Brothers forever : the enduring bond between a Marine and a Navy SEAL that transcended their ultimate sacrifice
Sileo, Tom.
Summary: "Four weeks after Navy SEALs had killed Osama bin Laden, President Obama stood in Arlington National Cemetery to deliver his Memorial Day address. He extolled the heroism and sacrifice of the two men buried side by side in the graves before him: Travis Manion, a fallen US Marine, and Brendan Looney, a fallen US Navy SEAL. Although they were killed three years apart, one in Iraq and one in...
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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Devotion : an epic story of heroism, friendship, and sacrifice
Makos, Adam
Summary: "Devotion tells the inspirational story of the U.S. Navy's most famous aviator duo, Lieutenant Tom Hudner and Ensign Jesse Brown, and the Marines they fought to defend. A white New Englander from the country-club scene, Tom passed up Harvard to fly fighters for his country. An African American sharecropper's son from Mississippi, Jesse became the Navy's first black carrier pilot, defending a...
Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2015
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 951.9 MAK
Disciples : the World War II missions of the CIA directors who fought for Wild Bill Donovan : Allen Dulles, Richard Helms, William Colby, William Casey
Waller, Douglas C.
Summary: "The author of the critically acclaimed bestseller Wild Bill Donovan, tells the story of four OSS warriors of World War II. All four later led the CIA. They are the most famous and controversial directors the CIA has ever had-- Allen Dulles, Richard Helms, William Colby, and William Casey. Disciples is the story of these dynamic agents and their daring espionage and sabotage in wartime Europe...
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2015
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Charlie Mike : a true story of heroes who brought their mission home
Klein, Joe
Summary: "The story of two decorated combat veterans linked by tragedy, who came home from the Middle East and found a new way to save their comrades and heal their country. This is one of the most hopeful stories to emerge from Iraq and Afghanistan--a saga of lives saved, not wasted. Greitens and Wood believe that the military virtues of discipline and selflessness, of sacrifice for the greater good,...
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Defiant : the POWs who endured Vietnam's most infamous prison, the women who fought for them, and the one who never returned
Townley, Alvin.
Summary: "The story of the indomitable American POWs who endured "Alcatraz," the Hanoi prison camp where North Vietnam locked its most dangerous and subversive prisoners, and the wives who fought to bring them home. During the Vietnam War, hundreds of American prisoners of war faced years of brutal conditions and horrific torture at the hands of communist interrogators who ruthlessly plied them for...
Publisher / Publication Date: St Martins Pr 2014
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The race of aces : WWII's elite airmen and the epic battle to become the masters of the sky
Bruning, John R.
Summary: The astonishing untold story of the WWII airmen who risked it all in the deadly race to become the greatest American fighter pilot.
Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2020
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Portraits of courage : a commander in chief's tribute to America's warriors (AUDIOBOOK)
Bush, George W. (George Walker)
Summary: aA vibrant collection of oil paintings and stories by President George W. Bush honoring the sacrifice and courage of America's military veterans. With Forewords by former First Lady Laura Bush and General Peter Pace, 16th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Growing out of President Bush's own outreach and the ongoing work of the George W. Bush Institute's Military Service Initiative,...
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The trident : the forging and reforging of a Navy SEAL leader
Redman, Jason
Summary: "A Navy SEAL's highly-charged account of his combat missions in Iraq and his miraculous recovery from wounds that might have killed him--if it were not for his grit and the devotion of his wife and family"--
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 REDMAN, JASON RED
I marched with Patton : a firsthand account of World War II alongside one of the U.S. Army's greatest general
Sisson, Frank
Summary: Published to commemorate the seventy-fifth anniversary of Patton's death, a Third Army soldier's firsthand account of his service beside the history-shaping general relates his participation in key events, including the Battle of the Bulge and the liberation of Dachau.
Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2020
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Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare : the mavericks who plotted Hitler's defeat
Milton, Giles
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Summary: "Six gentlemen, one goal: the destruction of Hitler's war machine. In the spring of 1939, a top-secret organization was founded in London: its purpose was to plot the destruction of Hitler's war machine through spectacular acts of sabotage. The guerrilla campaign that followed was every bit as extraordinary as the six men who directed it. One of them, Cecil Clarke, was a maverick engineer who...
Publisher / Publication Date: Picador 2017
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American Spartan : the promise, the mission, and the betrayal of Special Forces Major Jim Gant
Tyson, Ann
Summary: "Veteran war correspondent Ann Scott Tyson first met Special Forces Major James Gant and heard about his battle renown when he was awarded the Silver Star several years ago. Soon after, in October, 2009, Gant rocked the US military establishment with hispaper "One Tribe at a Time," an incendiary criticism of what he considered a gaping hole in U.S. strategy: The failure to engage Afghanistan's...
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2014
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The commander : Fawzi al-Qawuqji and the fight for Arab independence, 1914-1948
Parsons, Laila
Summary: "Revered by some as the Arab Garibaldi, maligned by others as an intriguer and opportunist, Fawzi al-Qawuqji manned the ramparts of Arab history for four decades. As a young officer in the Ottoman Army, he fought the British in the First World War, and won an Iron Cross. In the 1920s, he mastered the arts of insurgency and helped lead a massive uprising against the French authorities in Syria....
Publisher / Publication Date: Hill and Wang 2016
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Hero of the empire : the Boer War, a daring escape, and the making of Winston Churchill (AUDIOBOOK)
Millard, Candice
Summary: From New York Times bestselling author of Destiny of the Republic, a thrilling narrative of Winston Churchill's extraordinary and little-known exploits during the Boer War. At age twenty-four, Winston Churchill was utterly convinced it was his destiny to become prime minister of England one day, despite the fact he had just lost his first election campaign for parliament. He believed that to...
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 968 MIL
The Lion of Sabray : the Afghani warrior who defied the Taliban and saved the life of Navy Seal Marcus Luttrell
Robinson, Patrick
Summary: "Patrick Robinson, coauthor of the #1 New York Times bestseller Lone Survivor shares the gripping untold story of Mohammed Gulab, the Pashtun warrior who defied the Taliban and saved the life of American hero and Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell. Bestselling author Patrick Robinson helped Marcus Luttrell bring his harrowing story of survival in Lone Survivor : the eyewitness account of Operation...
Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone 2015
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GULAB, MOHAMMED ROB
Code talker : [the first and only memoir by one of the original Navajo code talkers of WWII] (AUDIOBOOK)
Nez, Chester.
Summary: A retired Marine and Navajo Indian describes his experiences as one of twenty-nine top-secret code talkers during World War II and how his life growing up on the Checkerboard Area of the Navajo Reservation prepared him for his service.
Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Media, Inc. 2011
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Liz Vice releases a soulful rendition of the classic Christmas tune, entitled, "Jingle Bells"
December 11, 2021 0 2 min read
Liz Vice is a Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter from Portland, Oregon. Not too long ago, she released a soulful rendition of the classic Christmas tune, entitled, "Jingle Bells."
Liz Vice – "Jingle Bells" single
'Jingle Bells' contains a Christmas holiday narrative, ear-pleasing vocals, and tuneful melodies that will resonate well with Sharon Jones, Charles Bradley, and Yola. The likable tune possesses funk-filled instrumentation flavored with neo-soul and contemporary R&B elements. Furthermore, "Jingle Bells" serves as a tasty appetizer to what listeners can expect to hear on Liz Vice's new EP, entitled, "A Soulful Holiday."
Vice handled the arrangements and co-produced the EP alongside Niji Adeleye, who is currently on tour in Harry Styles's band. The three-song project features an all-star group of musicians including Leonn Meade on drums, Curtis Cumberbatch on guitars, and Arran Powell on bass.
Liz Vice is a musician best known for her gospel, soul, and R&B-infused album, entitled, There's A Light, with the title track accumulating over one million Spotify listens. So far, she has shared the stage with Cody Chesnutt, St. Paul and the Broken Bones, The Temptations, and Lecrae to name a few.
Furthermore, Liz has performed at the Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival, Moon River, Forecastle, and Portland Soundcheck. Also, she has performed at Soul'd Out Music Festival, Siren Nation Music Festival, and Music on Main Street.
Liz Vice – "A Soulful Holiday"
We recommend adding Liz Vice's "Jingle Bells" single to your favorite holiday playlist. Also, let us know how you feel in the comment section below. Mel Blanc's famous catchphrase, "That's All Folks!" Thanks for reading another great article on Bong Mines Entertainment – the hot spot for new music. Furthermore, always remember that (P) Positive, (E) Energy, (A) Always, (C) Creates, (E) Elevation (P.E.A.C.E).
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Bobby Van's: New York's Premier Steakhouse Family
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Bobby Van's has become well known as one of the best authentic American steakhouses. It's the place to go for Prime USDA beef and fresh seafood, and has an outstanding bar plus an award-winning wine list.
In New York City, where restaurants tend to come and go like tourists, Bobby Van's Steakhouse has more than passed the test of time. The celebrated grill on West 50th Street has been a dining staple for more than four decades now, firmly establishing itself as the city's premiere steakhouse after first opening its doors way back in the sixties.
Bobby Van opened his first restaurant in Bridgehampton, New York, in the summer of 1969, and after two successful decades, Bobby sold this restaurant to a group of four restaurateurs: Joseph Smith, Joe Phair, Rick Passarelli, and Joe Hickey. This entrepreneurial team soon opened a second Bobby Van's Steakhouse location in the Helmsley Building on Park Avenue in New York City.
The restaurant has seen success by sticking to the tried and true traditions of a traditional steakhouse, founded on the principles of classic ambiance, quality food and superior customer service, and maintaining the same high standards over all these years. The only thing that has really changed at Bobby Van's is its stature – it's success seeing it grow to include five other restaurants, as well as a takeout burger joint called BV's Burger, and its newest addition – BV's Grill on 3rd Avenue at 57th Street. The newest location is set in a modern and elegant space with a large open kitchen.
Legendary for its chops, steaks, seafood, and atmosphere, Bobby Van's is the place to go for a quintessential American steakhouse dining experience.
For more information, please visit: www.bobbyvans.com
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Social media is an essential tool for most modern day marketers, it's something that shouldn't be ignored, but it is something that you should approach with a plan. Many people think that they will find instant success for little effort with social media, it's simply not true, it's just another arrow in your quiver.
"You need to use every social media platform!"
If you used every social network you'd be using Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Google+, YouTube, Instagram, Vine, Pinterest, Tumblr, Flickr (the list goes on). I may be being pedantic listing them all, but it's to get my point across, who has the time or the money to devise a unique social media strategy for each network or even 4 or more of them? Probably the big multi nationals, but if you're reading this I highly doubt you're the CEO of Nike or Coca-cola.
So do your research and decide on a social network that is right for your business, the right social media to reach your target market . There's no point wasting your time on an audience that isn't interested in what you have to offer!
"Don't use Google+, it's a ghost town, ignore it!"
If you compare it to Twitter, Google+ receives significantly more visitors a month than Twitter does (Google+=300 million, Twitter=241 million). Not only this, but Google+ has a significant influence on Google search engine rankings, so you'd be daft to ignore it completely!
"Negative feedback on social media will damage your brand"
If you ignore a complaint on social media, then yes this may damage your brand's image. However, isn't this the same with any complaint?. That "private complaint" could then become a rant on TripAdvisor or on any other review site, making it very public. The importance here is to focus on good customer service, if a customer complains on social media, you should reply in a timely and helpful manner, like you would with any customer service complaint. This is where social media is great!. Your helpful replies can be seen by your customers, if they see that you are replying with a solution to the problem or a way of compensating the angry customer, then other customers will see your great customer service, unlike a private conversation, with no public record of what was said.
"The more followers you have on Twitter the better"
In an ideal world, all 5,000 of your followers would regularly engage with your brand on Twitter, however this world is far from ideal. What is the point in having 5,000 followers if only 5 will regularly engage with you and visit your website. The followers metric is merely a way for businesses to look bigger than they actually are. Twitter is a network full of connections, the old adage is correct, focus on quality not quantity. This brings me round to an example I'd like to use, I had posted one of Keane's blogs on Twitter (as I normally do) this was re-tweeted by a follower with 17,000 followers, which was then re-tweeted by 7 other people/companies all with a fairly high number of followers ( highest being 38,000, 1,745, 1,500). I had a link tracker on the blog link that was attached to the tweet, out of all those followers a grand total of 2 people clicked through to the website. This reiterates my point, get quality followers that are interested in what you have to say and don't worry about the number!
"Social media marketing is free"
Yes it's free to join, although if you want to be a success through social media you're going to have to invest some serious time and money, like any marketing channel it needs a proper plan and strategy in place. Admittedly it is significantly cheaper than other marketing channels.
Come on guys, don't be the person who #hashtags #absolutely #every #damn #word. Hashtags are important on twitter yes, they join together threads of conversation, but it makes you look like an amateur if you have any more than 2-3 hashtags in a tweet.
"You can't measure social media"
Although social media is slightly harder to measure doesn't mean you can't measure it. There are a number of ways that social media marketing can be measured, referrals can be measured through Google analytics and there are a number of sites that measure social media activity, such as Hootsuite, Social Bro, Sprout Social etc. All this can be done in about half an hour at the start of the day (with most offering downloadable reports). Being able to measure your social media strategy means you can see what's working and what's not working, refining your social media marketing skills.
What you have to remember before using social networks for marketing is to have a clear strategy in place before you start. Make sure you do your research and don't jump into it blind, or you may start believing these myths.


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The Versailles Town Hall and Wayne Township House, located at 4 West Main Street in Versailles, Ohio, in the United States, is an historic brick town hall building built between 1875 and 1876 by joint resolution of the Versailles Village Council and the Wayne Township Trustees. It is also known as the Versailles Village Hall. On February 18, 1981, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.

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During June and July, 1875, the Versailles Village Council and the Wayne Township Trustees met and agreed to build a structure to be called the Versailles Town Hall and Wayne Township House, for the joint use of both governmental bodies.  Completed by local builders in the following year, it served originally as the jail and fire station, and also included in the building were community meeting rooms and a theater.  Among the most distinctive features of the building's architecture are large double doors at the entrance, topped with a prominent transom.  Such a structure is quite uncommon in the villages of western Ohio, where fine Italianate town halls are very rare.

The Town Hall and Township House was one of the few structures to survive a massive fire that destroyed most of downtown Versailles in 1901.  Today, the building houses the village's municipal offices, police department, and rescue squad.  It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981 because of its place in local history and because of its well-preserved historic architecture.

References

External links
 Village of Versailles website
 Village of Versailles history

Government buildings completed in 1876
Buildings and structures in Darke County, Ohio
City and town halls in Ohio
City and town halls on the National Register of Historic Places in Ohio
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National Register of Historic Places in Darke County, Ohio

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Fogarty Finger Reveals New Residential Building at 457 Grand Avenue in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn
Rendering of 457 Grand Avenue - Fogarty Finger
By: Sebastian Morris 7:00 am on September 23, 2019
Fogarty Finger Architecture has debuted new renderings of a nine-story residential building at 457 Grand Avenue in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. The newly subdivided tax lot where the development will be located was originally designated to the Bethel Seventh-day Adventist Church, constructed in 1882. Ranger Properties was allowed to proceed with construction following a $2.1 million transfer of land rights to repurpose the church's underutilized parking lot. The development also required an approved tax lot division, which successfully passed through the Department of Buildings in 2018.
The new building will contain 120,809 square feet and include 112 apartments. Twenty percent of the units are earmarked as permanently below-market rate. An additional allotment of apartments will include shared‐suite residences also offered at below-market rate.
Rendering of 457 Grand Avenue – Fogarty Finger
The exterior of the new residential development is described as a sympathetic gesture to the church's historic design and attempts to incorporate both Romanesque gestures and modern elements in one cohesive structure. In this regard, the building will be clad in a similarly hued masonry façade with arching oversized windows along the exterior of the residential component. The structure also features arched entryways and a large setback area that will support an assortment of outdoor amenities.
The ground floor of the property will include an unspecified mix of retail businesses.
According to the architects, construction is expected to wrap by summer 2021.
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4 Comments on "Fogarty Finger Reveals New Residential Building at 457 Grand Avenue in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn"
David | September 23, 2019 at 7:11 am | Reply
Thank you: Even if reporting from you won't laugh, but I can feel the freshness of thought from developers. As well as communication of the conflict, I was not found.
adamsmith | September 23, 2019 at 7:22 am | Reply
Long overdue, that parking lot was an eyesore. Note that there is another new building going up right across the street at the same time in a formerly empty lot. This stretch of Fulton is getting built out, the only remaining underutilized properties are the post office and adjacent parking lot and the laundromat/ parking lot to the west of Grand.
nycfan | September 23, 2019 at 9:07 pm | Reply
This is a good project. Attractive to look at, inviting at street level, and replaces a parking lot.
N\A | October 5, 2019 at 9:28 pm | Reply
The Villa Rosa Bonheur was indeed a very pretty building and it is sad to see it go.
However, several people are misguided to believe it was a protected landmark. It was not. It was a private property that was sold on the open market for not much money. Which shows that the building itself was not worth much and/or there was not much demand for it.
The architect who designed the Villa Rosa Bonheur and Villa Bronte in 20's had a beautiful vision for the this beautiful hilly neighborhood. Nonetheless, that vision was already destroyed in the 50's, 60's, and 70's when the neighborhood became crowded with utilitarian and unappealing high rises.
I love this neighborhood and am also concerned with parking and the fact that the streets are already overcrowded. However, I also understand that we lack services. The closest shopping area is the depressing and run down strip on Knolls Crescent where businesses are closing. New developments can bring in new people and hopefully also improve the services provided in the area.
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	"math/rand"
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	"go.uber.org/zap"
)

const (
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	StartTimeKey = "startTime"
)

// Field is a kv pair to record additional details of the trace.
type Field struct {
	Key   string
	Value interface{}
}

func (f *Field) format() string {
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type Trace struct {
	operation    string
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}

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func Get(ctx context.Context) *Trace {
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		return trace
	}
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}

func (t *Trace) GetStartTime() time.Time {
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}

func (t *Trace) SetStartTime(time time.Time) {
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}

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func (t *Trace) AddField(fields ...Field) {
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}

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func (t *Trace) LogIfLong(threshold time.Duration) {
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}

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func (t *Trace) LogWithStepThreshold(threshold time.Duration) {
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		zap.Time("start", t.startTime),
		zap.Time("end", endTime),
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	return msg, fs
}

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It's been 12 years since KT Tunstall's tremendous first album Eye to the Telescope was released but the multi-award winning singer-songwriter is still going strong with her latest release, KIN, which was released in September 2016. KT Tunstall is currently on tour in the UK with her final date being at The Brighton Dome on Thursday 10th November - GET YOUR TICKETS HERE.
KT Tunstall - Before She Was Famous
Scottish-born but now living and working mostly in LA, it's fair to say that KT Tunstall (Kate Victoria Tunstall to give her full name) has led a rather varied life on both sides of the Atlantic. Her early education was mostly in Scotland, with a spell studying in Kent (not the UK one but in Connecticut, USA) before beginning her undergraduate studies in Music and Drama in London at Royal Holloway, University of London. Spending a lot of her post-uni years in a number of bands as well as going on tour with Oi Va Voi gave KT a lot of practical experience which put her in good stead with British Independent label Relentless Records whom she was to sign with before releasing her music. Relentless spent a lot of time working with KT on her music, honing her songwriting and stagecraft before putting her out there - and it's seems to have done the trick with Eye to the Telescope still standing the test of time as one of the most remarkable debuts of the 21st Century.
Before The New Album - KIN
Having won a Q Magazine Award in 2005 (Best Track - Black Horse & A Cherry Tree) and a BRIT Award (Best Female Act) and an Ivor Novello Award (Suddenly I See) in 2006, it's fair to say that KT's career got off to a booming start. Since then, KT has released another 4 albums: Drastic Fantastic (2007), Tiger Suit (2010), Invisible Empire // Crescent Moon (2013) and now her most recent release, KIN (2016). With her music already featured in a number of films and TV shows including Devil Wears Prada and Ugly Betty, it doesn't seem surprising that around 2014 KT moved to LA to start working as a film composer. Receiving training in Skywalker Ranch, KT has written and recorded a number of songs for film, including some recent Disney films. The new album follows on from the critically acclaimed and heartbreaking 4th album, this time with more gusto, up-tempo songs and rock influences - the album is more akin to her earlier works than her later more sentimental tracks, which just goes to show that she is by no means a one trick horse - or a cherry tree!
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Enemy Iraqi Soldier Admitted as Refugee Spotlights Vetting Failures
Brenda Walker
There has been a lot of verbiage flung around Washington in recent weeks concerning the idea that the government can "vet" shady characters from the Muslim world. The Trump administration declared a time-out to sort through how the government can identify jihadists among the mobs of immigrants and refugees who regard it as their right to visit and live in the United States.
Today's report about a dangerous Iraqi soldier admitted to the United States and then released shows that screening procedures have a long way to go. Plus, hundreds of other refugees are being investigated by the FBI for terrorism. What's wrong with this picture? And why isn't there a photo of the escaped Iraqi soldier?
Here's a brief video report:
HEATHER CHILDERS: Senator Ron Johnson wants to know why a Texas Joint Terrorism Task Force couldn't pursue the case of an Iraqi refugee who entered this country under a fake name when it is believed that he fought against US troops in Iraq. National correspondent William La Jeuneese has more on this breaking story. William, this just makes you shake your head.
WILLIAM LA JEUNESSE: You know how the administration claims this travel ban is necessary because of the inability to properly vet people from certain Middle Eastern countries. Well now comes this terrorism investigation that illustrates that point, so the chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee Ron Johnson of Wisconsin has written this letter to the Attorney General asking about a man who entered the US as an Iraqi refugee who later became the subject of an investigation by the Joint Terrorism Task Force in San Antonio. Now according to the letter, and I'm quoting, "This individual allegedly fought against American troops as an insurgent in Iraq and at some point entered the country as a refugee under a false alias." So the vetting didn't work. The JTTF then tracked down the Navy SEAL who captured this man for a positive ID who said the Iraqi boasted at the time of killing US troops.
Ultimately he was released and made his way here to the US under a false name. Well now here is the second shocking part of the story: when the US attorney for the western district of Texas sought to prosecute this refugee, it got turned down by an attorney at the main Justice Department because, we are told, it would make Hillary look bad and confirm what candidate Donald Trump was saying was accurate. Now that Iraqi is gone and they don't know where he is. Johnson said the case demonstrates the risks involved with getting people with little documented history in these countries where there is no paper trail. The Homeland Security Department, as you know Heather, recently said nearly a third of the 1000 FBI domestic terrorism cases involved those admitted to the US as refugees.
Notice that last bit? Hundreds of refugees are being investigated by the FBI for terrorism, yet we are supposed to open our borders up even further. Details on that item: 300 refugees subjects of FBI terror investigations, U.S. officials say, March 6, 2017
Why must the US accept any refugees or immigrants from Muslim nations at all? As a group they are clearly a national security threat. During WWII the US did not have immigration from Germany or Japan, yet now the big Washington brains still pretend we are not at war with Islam — while Islam is at war with us. This level of denial is criminal. Bad things will happen because of this insanity.
Back to the immediate subject, here is a longer explanation:
Lawmakers probe claim DOJ aided Iraqi terror suspect days before November election, Fox News, March 8, 2017
Federal lawmakers are investigating the possibility that senior Department of Justice officials interfered in a terrorism probe involving a refugee just prior to the November election in an effort to deny campaign momentum to Donald Trump, Fox News has learned.
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee has launched a formal inquiry into the San Antonio, Texas, case, in which a terror suspect's pending arrest was allegedly spiked just over a week before the election. Trump had run on a tough-on-terror platform and had been critical of President Obama's refugee policy.
"When [Joint Terrorism Task Force]-San Antonio and the U.S. Attorney's office for the Western District of Texas sought to prosecute this refugee, the local law enforcement and prosecutors allegedly 'met resistance' from officials within the National Security Division's Counter Terrorism section in Washington DC," Committee chairman Ron Johnson, R-Wis., said in a March 6 letter to U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
"The 'resistance' allegedly occurred a few weeks before the 2016 election, and local authorities believed the lack of progress in this case was handled inadequately," Johnson wrote.
The suspect, an Iraqi man who had entered the U.S. under a false name, is now at large. His real name was not released.
Fox News has learned the JTTF confirmed through U.S. Special Forces who encountered the suspect during operations that he had participated in attacks against American troops as an insurgent.
At some point, the Iraqi entered the U.S. through the refugee program. His activities in the U.S. triggered an investigation by JTTF members, who planned to charge him with visa fraud while they investigated possible further charges.
Johnson said the case demonstrates the challenge of vetting people with little documented history in countries where there's no paper trail.
Fox News was independently able to confirm the details of the investigation. Neither officials from the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. attorney's office in Western Texas nor the JOint Terrorism Task Force could be reached for comment.
U.S. officials said earlier this week that nearly a third of the FBI'S 1,000 ongoing domestic terrorism investigations involve those admitted to the U.S. as refugees.
Claude Arnold, a former U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement special agent in charge of Homeland Security Investigations, said the refugee program is vulnerable to abuse by terrorists seeking to enter the U.S. to harm Americans.
"Refugees are admitted to the U.S. based on the story they tell of persecution, and they are not required to produce identity documentation or other types of documentation," Arnold said. "If the person seeking entry is a persecutor, he would have specificity in his story that matches information obtained by U.S. Customs and Immigration Services personnel adjudicating the events."
In the case of terrorists in Iraq, ISIS has taken over whole cities, raising the likelihood of identity theft and document forging , Arnold said.
"That creates great potential for an ISIS fighter to assume a false identity and engineer a refugee claim," Arnold said.
Iraq is not included in the recent travel ban instituted by President Trump because the Iraqi government has assured the U.S. that information will be provided to properly vet refugees.
"In the case of Iraq, when we had troops on the ground, we were able to get intelligence on bad actors," Arnold said. "Now we rely on the Iraqi government to not only obtain the intelligence, but also to relay it to us."
In perhaps the most glaring example of Iraqi terrorists getting into the U.S, two Iraqi refugees living in Bowling Green, Ky., were convicted in 2013 of plotting to help Al Qaeda. The men were also hit with additional charges after their fingerprints matched ones found on IEDs used in Iraq to kill U.S. soldiers.
Arnold said it is important not to let politics get in the way of security and justice.
"Letting the terrorists in to the country through the refugee program can result in citizens and residents being harmed. We cannot afford to make that mistake," Arnold said.


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Sacramento, CA – New regulations in California will require certain hospitals to implement a safe patient-handling policy that uses devices and lifting teams to move patients, potentially improving the safety of patients, nurses and other staff.
Effective Oct. 1, all general acute care hospitals in the state must replace manual lifting with powered transfer devices, lifting devices and lift teams appropriate for the patient. The lift teams will be hospital employees trained to move patients.
The Hospital Patient and Health Care Worker Injury Protection Act (AB 1136), signed by Gov. Jerry Brown in 2011, directed the state to establish the rules.
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The California Nurses Association, which sponsored the bill, applauded the new rules.