Tonopah, NV (No. 3)
The Mizpah Hotel is a historic hotel in Tonopah, Nevada, U.S. It is a member of Historic Hotels of America, the official program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
The Mizpah and the nearby Belvada Building, both five stories high, shared the title of tallest building in Nevada until 1927. The hotel was named after the Mizpah Mine and was the social hub of Tonopah. The hotel was pre-dated by the Mizpah Saloon, which opened in 1907, and was the first permanent structure in Tonopah. The hotel was financed by George Wingfield, George S. Nixon, Cal Brougher and Bob Govan and designed by George E. Holesworth of Reno, Nevada (other sources state that the architect was Morrill J. Curtis). Brougher in particular was involved with the Belmont, Tonopah, Midway and Tonopah Mining Company and the Tonopah Divide Mining Company. Brougher owned the Tonopah Banking Corporation, which had an office in the lobby of the 1905 building, and was a director of the Bank of Italy in San Francisco.
The reinforced concrete hotel was faced with stone on the front and brick on the sides and rear. The neighboring three-story Brougher-Govan Block, with rooms on the upper floors, served as the first Mizpah and remains connected. Cast iron columns were used in the windows and fire escapes. The three and five story buildings are joined with a wood stairway crowned with a skylight. Steam heat was provided, along with the first elevator in Tonopah.
According to legend, Wyatt Earp kept the saloon, Jack Dempsey was a bouncer, and Howard Hughes married Jean Peters at the Mizpah. But Wyatt Earp left Tonopah before the Mizpah was built, Hughes was married in Tonopah, but not at the Mizpah, and Dempsey asserted he was never a bouncer. The hotel nevertheless features the Jack Dempsey Room and the Wyatt Earp Bar.
The hotel is said to house a ghost deemed the Lady in Red by hotel guests who have experienced her presence. Legend says that the Lady in Red is the ghost of a prostitute who was beaten and murdered on the fifth floor of the hotel by a jealous ex-boyfriend. Another widely accepted description of the events is that The Lady in Red had been caught cheating by her husband at the hotel after he had missed a train, who then proceeded to kill her in a jealous rage. The Lady in Red haunting of the Mizpah was featured in season 5, episode 2 of Ghost Adventures on the Travel Channel.
The Mizpah changed hands several times through the years until Frank Scott of Las Vegas (who also built the Union Plaza Hotel) bought it in 1979. Scott updated the hotel with “all the modern conveniences,” acting as a bridge to the modern day, all the while preserving the antiquated romance that had first drawn him to the hotel. In all, the work took 2.5 years and cost almost $4 million.
The hotel had been shuttered since 1999, but in early 2011, the hotel was purchased by Fred and Nancy Cline of Cline Cellars, Sonoma, California, who renovated and reopened the building to the public in August 2011. The newly renovated hotel has 47 rooms, a bar, and two restaurants; The Pittman Cafe and the Jack Dempsey Room. There are plans to renovate further rooms in the hotel annex and to add a small casino to the property.
Source: Wikipedia
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Naejunko Week 2022
I'm here to announce Naejunko Week 2022.
This week will start December 25 and end January 1.
Day and themes
Day 1:Christmas/Junko's birthday
Self explanatory, either Junko's birthday or Christmas or something combining the two.
Day 2:Role Swap/Life Swap
Role Swap is stuff like Mastermind Makoto and Protag Junko, stuff you already seen before. Life Swap is "what if Junko had Makoto's life and Makoto had Junko's" but their talents and personality still remained, just changed depending on the circumstances they lived.
Day 3:First Meeting/Graduation
First Meeting is anything you think count as a first meeting (either meeting at Hope's Peak, Makoto seeing the Real Junko at the final class trial, Makoto seeing what Junko is truly like or anything you think fits) while Graduation is a similar thing (either them graduating from Hope's Peak, the "Graduation" when the blackened wins the class trial, anything that fits).
Day 4:Non-Despair AU/Rivals AU
Non Despair AU is self explanatory. Rivals AU is...well remember how Nagito and Kokichi can be considered Rivals/Troublemakers to Hajime and Shuichi? Well assume in this AU Junko fills a similar role to those two, in this killing game she isn't the mastermind and is just a regular participant of the killing game alongside Makoto.
Day 5: Corrupted Makoto/Reformed Junko
Self explanatory in both sides, you can play around it of you wish (Like either of them is faking being Reformed/Corrupted or you can play around what "Reformed" and "Corrupted" mean, not just becoming good/evil).
Day 6:New Years/Goodbyes
Self explanatory, something related to New Years or Goodbye.
Day 7:New Beginnings/Reincarnation
Self explanatory too, something related to New Beginnings or Reincarnation.
Rules
Must be about Makoto and Junko
It must be about the two themes...or both! You can combine the two of you wish and get creative with it!
It's not necessary for it to be romantic if you don't want (even if that's my personal preference) as long as it's about these two
Tag your work as #Naejunko Week 2022
It can be fanfics, Fanart, animations, sprite comics, whatever as long as you make it
Have fun!
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"MoOoOm? Can we have The Witcher?"
"We have The Witcher at home."
The Witcher at home:
TW Summer Camp 2022: How to do Wild Hunt, Hearts of Stone, and Blood & Wine speedrun in 10 days 😄
Thanks @akishito for "Bathroom Geralt" painting 😄
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What qualified as a bridge at a BSA camp
yes we did little bounces on it to make it wiggle
yes it was slippery
no we did not fall in
probs one of my favorite hikes ever
I do love a good adventuring and wandering through the woods
the trail was very overgrown despite the 50+ people from the wilderness survival class trampling through there on the way to their outpost/camp out night
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So, in 2022, I:
*Flew down to Momocon and met some cartoon community peeps for the first time
*Realized my 'place' in the community
*Found a strong visual style for my channel & profiles
*Made multiple in-depth videos, each more ambitious than the last
Not bad for a guy like me.
Here's to 2023 being an even more ambitious year, and thanks to all those who have supported what I've done, stood by me when things got stressful, and helped when the pressure began to get to me (you know who you are).
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Tonopah, NV (No. 4)
Also in Nye County is the Yomba Band of the Yomba Shoshone Tribe of the Yomba Reservation, a federally recognized band of Western Shoshone people. The Western Shoshone dominated most of Nevada at the time of American settlement in the 1860s.
Since the late 20th century, Tonopah has relied on the nearby military Tonopah Test Range as its main source of employment. The military has used the range and surrounding areas as a nuclear bomb test site, a bombing range, and a base of operations for the development of the F-117 Nighthawk.
In 2014, California-based solar energy company SolarReserve completed construction on a $980 million advanced solar energy project near Tonopah. The Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project uses liquid sodium as a heat transfer medium for its solar energy storage technology. The plant began producing power in November 2015.
On May 15, 2020, a magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck 35 miles (56 km) west of Tonopah, followed by a series of aftershocks, the largest of which was a magnitude 5.1. However, no injuries were reported. It was the largest earthquake in Nevada since 1954.
Source: Wikipedia
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My predictions for selected Cartoon Network shows that needed to be ended in Japan
I made a prediction list of selected Cartoon Network original shows of the 2010s that needed to ended in Japan this December or next year.
1. Regular Show
2. Ben 10 (2016 TV series)
3. Summer Camp Island
4. Victor and Valentino
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