Christmas party favors info http://www.xmaspartyfavors.com Sat, 10 May 2008 11:45:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 en List of political parties in New York | Party Rare http://www.xmaspartyfavors.com/list-of-political-parties-in-new-york-party-rare/3592/ http://www.xmaspartyfavors.com/list-of-political-parties-in-new-york-party-rare/3592/#comments Sat, 10 May 2008 11:45:02 +0000 admin http://www.xmaspartyfavors.com/list-of-political-parties-in-new-york-party-rare/3592 This is a list of political parties in the state of New York.


Statewide parties

  • Communist Party
  • Conservative Party
  • Constitution Party
  • Democratic Party
  • Freedom Party 1994-1998
  • Green Party
  • Independence Party
  • Liberal Party
  • Libertarian Party
  • Marijuana Reform Party
  • Natural Law Party
  • New Party
  • New York State Right to Life Party
  • New York State Taxpayers Party
  • Republican Party
  • Save Jobs Party (2004-2006)
  • Socialist Party
  • Working Families Party


See also

  • New York
  • Politics of New York
  • List of political parties

Links

]]> http://www.xmaspartyfavors.com/list-of-political-parties-in-new-york-party-rare/3592/feed/ Dorcas Society | the Thanksgiving http://www.xmaspartyfavors.com/dorcas-society-the-thanksgiving/3591/ http://www.xmaspartyfavors.com/dorcas-society-the-thanksgiving/3591/#comments Sat, 10 May 2008 09:05:03 +0000 admin http://www.xmaspartyfavors.com/dorcas-society-the-thanksgiving/3591 A Dorcas Society is a local group of people, usually based in a church, with a mission of providing clothing to the poor.

The original society was founded in Douglas, Isle of Man on December 1, 1834, as part of the community’s thanksgiving for being spared from an outbreak of cholera. The poorer families in town had their clothes and bedding destroyed as part of the effort to prevent the disease. Today there are other Dorcas societies around the world, providing clothing and other physical needs.

The society is named after a character (Tabitha, also called Dorcas) described in the Acts of the Apostles (Chapter 9, v. 36).


References

  • Isle of Man Dorcas Society

Links

]]> http://www.xmaspartyfavors.com/dorcas-society-the-thanksgiving/3591/feed/ Jehangir Kothari Parade | themed parade http://www.xmaspartyfavors.com/jehangir-kothari-parade-themed-parade/3590/ http://www.xmaspartyfavors.com/jehangir-kothari-parade-themed-parade/3590/#comments Sat, 10 May 2008 06:55:02 +0000 admin http://www.xmaspartyfavors.com/jehangir-kothari-parade-themed-parade/3590 Jehangir Kothari Parade is located in Clifton beach in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.

Access to the sea at Clifton is provided by the terraced Parade known as the Jehangir Kothari Parade. The site, owned by Mr. Jehangir Kothari, an eminent Karachi citizen, who gifted it along with a handsome donation Rs. 300,000 to the Municipality for the development of recreational facilities. The foundation stone was laid by the Governor of Bombay, Sir George Lloyd on 10th February, 1919 and formally opened by Lady Lloyd on 5th January, 1920. The Lady Lloyd Pier was also opened by her on 21st March, 1921.

The Kiosk at one end of the parade, with its elliptical roof structure, built in Jodhpur stone, has an octagonal seat in the center and was used as a Bandstand in yester-years. The pier is 1300 ft long, 15 ft wide and ends in a 70 ft by 50 ft sea-side Pavilion constructed on piles. Gizri limestone and Jodhpur stone were used for its construction.


External link

  • Clifton monuments decaying fast

Links

]]> http://www.xmaspartyfavors.com/jehangir-kothari-parade-themed-parade/3590/feed/ Security Event Manager | Events In http://www.xmaspartyfavors.com/security-event-manager-events-in/3589/ http://www.xmaspartyfavors.com/security-event-manager-events-in/3589/#comments Fri, 09 May 2008 16:00:03 +0000 admin http://www.xmaspartyfavors.com/security-event-manager-events-in/3589 A Security Event Manager (SEM) is a computerized tool used on enterprise data networks to centralize the storage and interpretation of logs, or events, generated by other software running on the network.

SEMs are a relatively new idea, pioneered in 1999 by a small company called e-Security, and in late 2005 are still evolving rapidly. Just a year or two ago they were called Security Information Managers (SIMs)[1] and are also called Security Information and Event Managers (SIEMs). SEMs can help satisfy U.S. regulatory requirements such as those of
Sarbanes-Oxley
which require (among other things) that certain events, such as accesses to systems and modifications to data, be logged and that the logs be kept for a specified period of time.

Many systems and applications which run on a computer network generate events which are kept in event logs. These logs are essentially lists of events, with records of new events being appended to the end of the logs as they occur. Well-defined protocols, such as Syslog and SNMP, can be used to transport these events, as they occur, to logging software that is not on the same host on which the events are generated.

It is beneficial to send all events to a centralized SEM system for the following reasons:

  • Access to all logs can be provided through a consistent central interface
  • The SEM can provide secure, forensically sound storage and archival of event logs
  • Powerful reporting tools can be run on the SEM to mine the logs for useful information
  • Events can be parsed as they hit the SEM for significance, and alerts and notifications can be immediately sent out to interested parties as warranted
  • Related events which occur on multiple systems can be detected which would be impossible to detect if each system had a separate log
  • Events which are sent from a system to a SEM remain on the SEM even if the sending system fails or the logs on it are accidentally or intentionally erased


External links

  • Methods and tactics for avoiding failure in large SEM implementations

Links

]]> http://www.xmaspartyfavors.com/security-event-manager-events-in/3589/feed/ Get Real (David Bowie song) | a bonus track on http://www.xmaspartyfavors.com/get-real-david-bowie-song-a-bonus-track-on/3588/ http://www.xmaspartyfavors.com/get-real-david-bowie-song-a-bonus-track-on/3588/#comments Fri, 09 May 2008 06:40:04 +0000 admin http://www.xmaspartyfavors.com/get-real-david-bowie-song-a-bonus-track-on/3588 “Get Real” is a song written by David Bowie and Brian Eno in 1995. It was released as a bonus track on the Japanese version of the album Outside.


Other releases

  • It was released on the UK version of the single “Strangers When We Meet”
  • It also appeared on the bonus disc of the 2004 limited 2CD edition of Outside

Links

]]> http://www.xmaspartyfavors.com/get-real-david-bowie-song-a-bonus-track-on/3588/feed/ Parker v. South Eastern Railway Company | ticket http://www.xmaspartyfavors.com/parker-v-south-eastern-railway-company-ticket/3587/ http://www.xmaspartyfavors.com/parker-v-south-eastern-railway-company-ticket/3587/#comments Thu, 08 May 2008 20:30:05 +0000 admin http://www.xmaspartyfavors.com/parker-v-south-eastern-railway-company-ticket/3587 Parker v South Eastern Railway (1877) 2 CPD 416 is a famous English contract law case on exclusion clauses where the court held that an individual cannot escape a contractual term by failing to read the contract but that a party wanting to rely on an exclusion clause must take reasonable steps to bring it to the attention of the customer.

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Background

Mr. Parker left a bag in the cloakroom of a railway station. On depositing his bag and paying two pence he received a ticket, which, on its back, stated that the railway was excluded from liability for items worth £10 or more. Parker failed to read the clause as he thought the ticket was only a receipt of payment. (However, he admitted that he knew the ticket contained writing.) The question of law put to the court was whether the clause applied to Parker. At trial the jury found for Mr. Parker as it was reasonable for him not to read the ticket.


Judgment

The Court held that if Parker was aware the ticket contained writing, Mr. Parker would presumed to know of the existence of the clause. However, it also ruled that the railway must have shown that it went to reasonable efforts to bring the condition to Mr. Parker’s attention. The Court ordered a retrial for the jury to consider whether reasonable notice was given.


Sources

  • http://www.droit.univ-paris5.fr/jebrana/FACS/common_law/01100.html


See also

  • Olley v. Marlborough Court Hotel (1949) another famous exclusion case

Links

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You may like to search Wiktionary for “[[Wiktionary:Special:Search/|]]” instead.

To begin an article here, feel free to [ edit this page], but please do not create a mere dictionary definition.

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]]> http://www.xmaspartyfavors.com/nobble-in-the-worldever-edit/3586/feed/ Feliz Navidad (album) | Best Christmas Album In http://www.xmaspartyfavors.com/feliz-navidad-album-best-christmas-album-in/3585/ http://www.xmaspartyfavors.com/feliz-navidad-album-best-christmas-album-in/3585/#comments Thu, 08 May 2008 13:30:01 +0000 admin http://www.xmaspartyfavors.com/feliz-navidad-album-best-christmas-album-in/3585 Feliz Navidad (1982) is Menudo’s eleventh album, and third Christmas album, featuring Ricky Melendez, Johnny Lozada, Xavier Serbia, Miguel Cancel, and Charlie Rivera. This is the third album that this line-up recorded together.


Track listing

  1. La Gallina
  2. Traigo Una Parranda
  3. Noche De Paz
  4. Las Nubes
  5. Las Navidades
  6. Ensillando Mi Caballo
  7. Chiji Navideño
  8. Mi Parranda
  9. El Tamborilero
  10. Eso Es Lo Mio
  11. ñaqui quiñaqui
  12. Voy Tambien
  13. Año Nuevo Y Reyes
  14. Plena Borinqueña

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]]> http://www.xmaspartyfavors.com/feliz-navidad-album-best-christmas-album-in/3585/feed/ Butter cookie | Cookies and Hot http://www.xmaspartyfavors.com/butter-cookie-cookies-and-hot/3584/ http://www.xmaspartyfavors.com/butter-cookie-cookies-and-hot/3584/#comments Thu, 08 May 2008 12:20:02 +0000 admin http://www.xmaspartyfavors.com/butter-cookie-cookies-and-hot/3584 Butter cookies, known as Brysslkex, sablès and Dutch biscuits, are unleavened cookies consisting of butter, flour and sugar. They are often categorized as a “crisp cookie” due to their texture, caused in part because of the quantity of butter and sugar. It is generally necessary to chill the dough to enable proper manipulation and handling. Butter cookies at their most basic have no flavoring, but they are often flavored with vanilla and chocolate. They also come in a variety of shapes such as circles, squares and ovals, and appearances, including marbled, checkered or plain. In some parts of the world such as Australia, these are often served around Christmas time.


See Also

  • Koulourakia
  • Bizcochito


References

Friberg, Bo. The Professional Pastry Chef. 4th. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2002.

Links

]]> http://www.xmaspartyfavors.com/butter-cookie-cookies-and-hot/3584/feed/ Pine Grove Covered Bridge | was covered by http://www.xmaspartyfavors.com/pine-grove-covered-bridge-was-covered-by/3583/ http://www.xmaspartyfavors.com/pine-grove-covered-bridge-was-covered-by/3583/#comments Thu, 08 May 2008 04:30:03 +0000 admin http://www.xmaspartyfavors.com/pine-grove-covered-bridge-was-covered-by/3583 Pine Grove Covered Bridge is a covered bridge that spans the East branch of the Octoraro Creek on the border between Lancaster County and Chester County in Pennsylvania, United States. It is the longest covered bridge in Lancaster County.

The bridge has a double span, wooden, double Burr arch trusses design with the addition of steel hanger rods. It is the only double-span covered bridge still in use. The other double-span bridge, Herr’s Mill Covered Bridge, is located on private property. The bridge’s deck is made from oak planks. It is painted red, the traditional color of Lancaster County covered bridges on the outside, but is not painted on the inside. Both approaches to the bridge are painted in the traditional white color.

The bridge’s WGCB Number is 38-15-22/38-36-41. Added in 1980, it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as structure number 80003521. It is located at (39.7935, -76.04433).

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History

The bridge was built in 1884 by Elias McMellen.


Dimensions

  • Length: 198 feet (60.4 m) or 204 feet (62.2 m) total length. Note:McCain cites the length as 198 feet while the county’s visitor’s guide cites the length as 204 feet.
  • Width: 15 feet (4.6 m) total width


Gallery


See also

  • Burr arch truss
  • List of Lancaster County covered bridges


External links


References

Links

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Both versions of the attraction are located in Mickey’s Toontown, and the Disneyland version opened January 23, 1993, along with the Mickey’s Toontown area. The Tokyo Disneyland version opened on April 15, 1996.

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Ride

The Go Coaster is primarily for children and therefore has very small cars. While two children can easily fit into a single car, most adults would have to travel alone (or with a small child). Guests board a train fashioned from acorns and scavenged parts. Guests travel through Gadget’s salvaged old comb, soup can and thread spool, and over a small lake.


Attraction Facts


Disneyland

  • Grand opening: January 24, 1993
  • Designers: Walt Disney Imagineering, Vekoma
  • Number of Trains: 1
    • Capacity per Train: 16
    • Number of Cabs per Train: 8
    • Maximum seating capacity: 2 per row
    • Train theme: Hand built acorn pods by Gadget
  • Height requirement: 35″ (89cm)
  • Show length: 48 seconds
  • Ride system: Roller Coaster
  • Sponsor: Sparkle Paper Towels (A Georgia-Pacific Company)


Tokyo Disneyland

  • Grand opening: April 15, 1996
  • Designers: Walt Disney Imagineering, Vekoma
  • Number of Trains: 2
    • Capacity per Train: 16
    • Number of Cabs per Train: 8
    • Maximum seating capacity: 2 per cab
  • Show length: 1:00
  • Ride system: Roller Coaster


Image gallery


Related Attractions

  • Magic Kingdom

    • The Barnstormer at Goofy’s Wiseacre Farm
  • Tokyo DisneySea
    • Flounder’s Flying Fish Coaster


See also

  • List of current Disneyland attractions


External links

  • Official Page for attraction at Disneyland
  • Official Page for attraction at Tokyo Disneyland

Links

]]> http://www.xmaspartyfavors.com/gadgets-go-coaster-mickeys/3582/feed/ Sides of an equation | B-Side Ho! Ho! Ho! http://www.xmaspartyfavors.com/sides-of-an-equation-b-side-ho-ho-ho/3581/ http://www.xmaspartyfavors.com/sides-of-an-equation-b-side-ho-ho-ho/3581/#comments Wed, 07 May 2008 21:30:04 +0000 admin http://www.xmaspartyfavors.com/sides-of-an-equation-b-side-ho-ho-ho/3581 In mathematics, LHS is informal shorthand for the left-hand side of an equation. Similarly, RHS is the right-hand side. Each is solely a name for a term as part of an expression; and they are in practice interchangeable, since equality is symmetric. This abbreviation is seldom if ever used in print; it is very informal.

More generally, these terms may apply to an inequation or inequality. In the inequality case, there is no symmetry. The right-hand side is everything on the right side of a test operator in an expression. Conversely, the left-hand side is everything on the left side.

Contents


Some examples

In

2a + 5 = a/3,

the term

a/3

is the RHS.

In

x ≤ 10,

just

10

is the RHS.


Homogeneous and inhomogeneous equations

In solving mathematical equations, particularly linear simultaneous equations, differential equations and integral equations, the terminology homogeneous is often used for equations with the RHS set equal to zero. The corresponding inhomogeneous or nonhomogeneous equation then has the RHS with some given data, but of a general character.

The typical case is of some operator L, with the difference being that between the equation

Lf = 0,

to be solved for a function f, and the equation

Lf = g,

with g a fixed function, to solve again for f. The point of the terminology appears for L a linear operator. Then any solution of the inhomogeneous equation may have a solution of the homogeneous equation added to it, and still remain a solution.

For example in mathematical physics, the homogeneous equation may correspond to a physical theory formulated in empty space, while the inhomogeneous equation asks for more ‘realistic’ solutions with some matter, or charged particles.


Syntax

More abstractly, when using infix notation

T*U

the term T stands as the left-hand side and U as the right-hand side of the operator *. This usage is less common, though.


See also

  • equal sign
  • operator

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]]> http://www.xmaspartyfavors.com/sides-of-an-equation-b-side-ho-ho-ho/3581/feed/ Love Surrounds Me | the album Caribou. http://www.xmaspartyfavors.com/love-surrounds-me-the-album-caribou/3580/ http://www.xmaspartyfavors.com/love-surrounds-me-the-album-caribou/3580/#comments Wed, 07 May 2008 19:50:03 +0000 admin http://www.xmaspartyfavors.com/love-surrounds-me-the-album-caribou/3580 Love Surrounds Me was the B-side of the Good Timin’ single which was released by the Beach Boys in 1979.


Details

  • Written by: Dennis Wilson/Geoffrey Cushing-Murray
  • Album: L.A. (Light Album)
  • Time: 3 min 41 sec
  • Produced by: The Beach Boys, Bruce Johnston, James William Guercio


Performers

  • Dennis Wilson: Lead Vocals


See also

  • The Beach Boys
  • L.A. (Light Album)
  • List of songs by The Beach Boys

Links

]]> http://www.xmaspartyfavors.com/love-surrounds-me-the-album-caribou/3580/feed/ Wintry showers | Snow on Main http://www.xmaspartyfavors.com/wintry-showers-snow-on-main/3579/ http://www.xmaspartyfavors.com/wintry-showers-snow-on-main/3579/#comments Wed, 07 May 2008 14:20:02 +0000 admin http://www.xmaspartyfavors.com/wintry-showers-snow-on-main/3579 Wintry showers is a somewhat informal meteorological term, used primarily in the United Kingdom, to refer to various mixtures of rain, freezing rain, sleet and snow. Professional meteorologists tend to shy away from using the term under any circumstances, but radio and television weather reporters use it regularly, the same way wintry mix is used in the United States.

Though no “official” criteria exist for the term, it is not used when any accumulation of snow on the ground takes place. It is often used when the temperature of the ground surface is above 0°C, preventing accumulation from occurring even if the air temperature is marginally below 0°C; but even then the falling precipitation must generally be something other than consisting exclusively of snow.


References

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]]> http://www.xmaspartyfavors.com/wintry-showers-snow-on-main/3579/feed/ Saint John’s College | albums Elton John’s http://www.xmaspartyfavors.com/saint-johns-college-albums-elton-johns/3578/ http://www.xmaspartyfavors.com/saint-johns-college-albums-elton-johns/3578/#comments Wed, 07 May 2008 08:50:04 +0000 admin http://www.xmaspartyfavors.com/saint-johns-college-albums-elton-johns/3578 There are a number of colleges with the name St. John’s:

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Australia

  • St John’s College, University of Sydney, a residential college at the University of Sydney
  • Saint John’s College, Whyalla, a secondary school in Whyalla
  • St. John’s College, University of Queensland, of the University of Queensland
  • St. John’s College (Sunshine Coast), a secondary school in Nambour, Queensland


Belize

  • St. John’s College, Belize


Canada

  • St. John’s College, University of Manitoba of the University of Manitoba
  • St. John’s College, University of British Columbia, a residential college at the University of British Columbia
  • St. John’s College (Brantford), a Roman Catholic High School in Brantford, Ontario


Ghana

  • St. John’s College (Ghana), a Congregation of the Holy Cross secondary school


Hong Kong

  • St. John’s College, University of Hong Kong, a residential college at the University of Hong Kong


India

  • St John’s College, Agra, India


New Zealand

  • St John’s College, Auckland
  • St. John’s College, Hamilton


South Africa

  • St John’s College (Johannesburg, South Africa)


Sri Lanka

  • St. John’s College, Jaffna


United Kingdom

  • St John’s College, Cambridge, of the University of Cambridge, England
  • St John’s College, Durham, of the University of Durham, England
  • St John’s College, Nottingham, a Church of England theological college in Nottingham, England
  • St John’s College, Oxford, of the University of Oxford, England
  • St John’s College, Portsmouth, a private secondary school in Portsmouth, England
  • St John’s College, St Andrews, original foundation of St. Mary’s College of the University of St. Andrews, Scotland, 1418-1527
  • York St John University, in York, England


United States

  • St. John’s College, U.S., one college on two campuses in Annapolis, Maryland and Santa Fe, New Mexico
  • St. John’s University, New York, New York City, (formerly St. John’s College)
  • St. John’s College (1841 until 1907) in the Bronx, New York was the progenitor of Fordham University
  • St. John’s College, Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio (1854-ca. 1974)
  • St. John’s College, Toledo, Toledo, Ohio (1898-?)
  • St. John’s Seminary (Massachusetts) in Brighton, Massachusetts
  • St. John’s Seminary (California) in Camarillo, California
  • St. John’s College High School was known St. John’s College from 1887 until 1921


Zimbabwe

  • St. John’s College (Harare, Zimbabwe), a private high school in Harare, Zimbabwe


See also

  • Saint John’s University (disambiguation)
  • Saint John’s (disambiguation)

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]]> http://www.xmaspartyfavors.com/saint-johns-college-albums-elton-johns/3578/feed/ Mahatma Gandhi Road, Bangalore | Hit Parade II http://www.xmaspartyfavors.com/mahatma-gandhi-road-bangalore-hit-parade-ii/3577/ http://www.xmaspartyfavors.com/mahatma-gandhi-road-bangalore-hit-parade-ii/3577/#comments Wed, 07 May 2008 06:50:03 +0000 admin http://www.xmaspartyfavors.com/mahatma-gandhi-road-bangalore-hit-parade-ii/3577 Mahatma Gandhi Road (M.G. Road) in Bangalore, India, was called “South Parade” in British times and renamed post independence. Many Indian cities (including New Delhi and Mumbai) have an M.G. Road, and in general there is no linkage between these various roads (except that in many cases, these happen to be the busiest part of the city).


Commercial

Along with retail stores and food outlets, M.G. Road is also home to a large number of financial institutions like Canara Bank, ING Vysya, Vijaya Bank, Oriental Bank of Commerce, Citibank, HSBC, Scotia Bank, BNP Paribas, Standard Chartered, UTI Bank, Deutsche Bank, etc. On its Trinity circle end are located some of the Bangalore’s best hotels like The Oberoi and the Taj Residency. Presently M.G. Road is being improved and prepared for the long-awaited Metro Rail line that connects the eastern part of Bangalore with the west.

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]]> http://www.xmaspartyfavors.com/mahatma-gandhi-road-bangalore-hit-parade-ii/3577/feed/ Slate Islands (Ontario) | Caribou. http://www.xmaspartyfavors.com/slate-islands-ontario-caribou/3576/ http://www.xmaspartyfavors.com/slate-islands-ontario-caribou/3576/#comments Wed, 07 May 2008 04:05:04 +0000 admin http://www.xmaspartyfavors.com/slate-islands-ontario-caribou/3576 The Slate Islands archipelago is formed of two main islands, five minor islands and numerous islets located in northern Lake Superior south of the town of Terrace Bay. The total surface area is about 36 km². The nearby ‘Leadman Group’ of islands one km east is often considered part of the Slate Islands.

The islands are home to woodland caribou which have been studied extensively from 1974 to today by Dr. A.T. (Tom) Bergerud. The caribou are a classic example of island biogeography in action; the islands are notable for species that are absent but present on the adjacent mainland (red squirrel, moose, white-tailed deer, and grouse). No ungulates were present on the islands until the caribou arrived in the early 1900s. And, no predators of caribou were present. Caribou reached and maintain higher density than anyplace in the world here. Wolves reached the archipelago in the early 1990’s preying heavily on the caribou but for reasons not entirely known they disappeared a few years later. Other mammals found on the islands include beaver, muskrat, snowshoe hare, short-tailed weasel, red-backed vole, and red fox.

A lighthouse was built on Patterson Island, the largest island, in 1903 to help ships locate the harbour at the nearby town of Jackfish, Ontario.

The original forests on the islands were modified by logging and forest fires. Up until the 1940s, the islands were used to stockpile boomed logs from the mainland Lake Superior north shore for export on lake freighters to pulp mills in the United States.

The outer shores of the Slate Islands are particularly harsh habitats and harbour arctic plant species. These arctic disjunts are reminders of ice ages and associated tundra conditions in this area in the past.

In 1985, the Slate Islands were protected as an Ontario provincial park. There are no facilities and the islands can only be accessed via boat or airplane. The islands remoteness is enforced by almost 9 km of open, wild, Lake Superior water and its distance from any large communities. It is frequented by naturalists, fishing parties, sailors exploring this Great Lake, and recently by an increasing number of sea kayaking parties.

The waters of the Slate Islands have been protected even longer from commercial fishing to preserve one of the last native stocks of lake trout in Lake Superior. The Slate Islands have been a source of lake trout brood stock used at the Dorion Fish Hatchery, and fingerlings are planted back to Lake Superior to restore the fishery.


Slate Islands impact crater

The Slate Islands are believed to mark the centre of a large meteorite impact crater. The original crater rim is estimated at about 30 km in diameter, but this and most of the crater has subsequently eroded away, leaving the islands which are interpreted as a central uplift. The age of the impact event is estimated to be about 450 million years (Ordovician). The islands are not made of slate, but mainly consist of metamorphosed igneous rock.


External links

  • Slate Islands at Earth Impact Database
  • Aerial Exploration of the Slate Islands Structure
  • Slate Islands, Ontario Parks
  • Slate Islands Provincial Park, Terrace Bay, Ontario

Links

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