Monte Ne is a former health resort and planned community in the U.S. state of Arkansas, open from 1901 to the mid-1930s. It was owned and operated by William Hope Harvey, a financial theorist and writer, in the Ozark hills of the White River valley east of Rogers on the edge of Beaver Lake. Two of its hotels, Missouri Row and Oklahoma Row, were the largest log buildings in the world at the time, and Oklahoma Row's tower is one of the earliest examples of a multi-story concrete structure. The resort was not a financial success, due in part to Harvey's management style, and shortly after his death the property was sold off. The remainder of the resort and town was almost completely submerged after Beaver Lake was created in 1964. The severely vandalized Oklahoma Row tower is the only remaining structure that can be seen at normal lake levels. The area on the edge of Beaver Lake still referred to as Monte Ne, owned and managed by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, serves mainly as a boat ramp.

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1411:

Forces of Donald of Islay, Lord of the Isles, and Alexander Stewart, Earl of Mar, fought at the Battle of Harlaw near Inverurie, Scotland. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Harlaw

1701:

French explorer Antoine de La Mothe Cadillac established Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit, which later grew into the city of Detroit. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit

1910:

Ottoman forces captured the city of Shkodër to put down the Albanian revolt of 1910. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albanian_revolt_of_1910

1967:

During a speech in Montreal, French President Charles de Gaulle declared "Long live free Quebec!", a statement that was interpreted as support for Quebec independence from Canada. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vive_le_Qu%C3%A9bec_libre

2013:

A Spanish high-speed train derailed at Santiago de Compostela; 79 died and around 140 were injured (rescue efforts pictured). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santiago_de_Compostela_derailment

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Integrity is not a conditional word. It doesn't blow in the wind or change with the weather. It is your inner image of yourself, and if you look in there and see a man who won't cheat, then you know he never will. Integrity is not a search for the rewards of integrity. Maybe all you ever get for it is the largest kick in the ass the world can provide. It is not supposed to be a productive asset. Crime pays a lot better. I can bend my own rules way, way over, but there is a place where I finally stop bending them.   --John D. MacDonald https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_D._MacDonald