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	<title>Maine Lighthouses</title>
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		<title>Eagle Island Light &#8211; Deer Isle, Maine</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Eagle Island Light (+44° 13' 4.00", -68° 46' 4.00") is located in East Penobscot Bay near Deer Isle. It was originally known as Eagle Island Point Light and the island is not to be confused with the other 7 Eagle Islands dotting the coast of Maine. This 30-foot stone lighthouse was built in 1839. The light is an active U.S. Coast Guard aid to navigation with a characteristic of flashing white every 4 seconds. There is no fog signal.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lighthousesinmaine.com/2010/12/eagle-island-light/</link>
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		<title>The Healthier Benefits Of Maple Syrup</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The maple syrup diet, which is better known as the Master Cleanse diet is a kind of Medicare weight loss plan, which is over the decades and is available in different variants of thousands of users worldwide. It has many very good reviews from people who have used it to achieve rapid weight loss and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lighthousesinmaine.com/2010/12/the-healthier-benefits-of-maple-syrup/</link>
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		<title>Curtis Island Light &#8211; Camden ME</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Curtis Island Light (+44° 12' 6.00", -69° 2' 54.00") is located at the entrance to Camden Harbor, at the southeastern end of Curtis Island. It is an active U.S. Coast Guard aid to navigation and is now owned by the Town of Camden. Its characteristic is occulting green, 4 seconds (4 seconds of green followed by 1 second of darkness). The lighthouse is a 25-foot tall, white, cylindrical brick tower with a range of 6 nautical miles. The station does not have a fog signal.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lighthousesinmaine.com/2010/02/curtis-island-light-camden-me/</link>
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		<title>Cuckolds Light &#8211; Southport, ME</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Cuckolds Light (+43° 46' 48.00", -69° 38' 60.00") is located off Cape Newagen, near the town of Southport. Its characteristic is 2 white flashes every minute. Its fog signal is 1 blast every 15 seconds.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lighthousesinmaine.com/2010/01/cuckolds-light/</link>
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		<title>Cape Neddick Light, York, Maine</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Cape Neddick (“Nubble”) Light (+43° 9' 54.00", -70° 35' 30.00") is located near the entrance to York River near the town of York. Its characteristic is isophase red 6 -- 3 seconds red alternating with 3 seconds of darkness. Its fog signal is 1 blast every 10 seconds.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lighthousesinmaine.com/2010/01/cape-neddick-light/</link>
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		<title>Cape Elizabeth Lighthouse &#8211; Cape Elizabeth, Maine</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Cape Elizabeth Light (+43° 33' 56.00", -70° 12' 0.00") remains an active aid to navigation, with a characteristic of 4 white flashes every 15 seconds and a fog signal of 2 blasts every minute. The light was automated in 1963, and the second-order Fresnel lens was removed in 1994. The lens is now on display in the Cape Elizabeth Town Hall.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lighthousesinmaine.com/2010/01/cape-elizabeth-lighthouse-cape-elizabeth-maine/</link>
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		<title>Brown&#8217;s Head Light &#8211; Vinalhaven ME</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Vinalhaven is a large island, located off the coast of Rockland, in the middle of Penobscot Bay. It is one of the “Fox Islands,” a group of islands named after the gray foxes that once inhabited them. In the second half of the 19th Century, Vinalhaven was home to a thriving granite industry. (Granite was shipped from the area for the Washington Monument and the Brooklyn Bridge.) It was this industry, as well as the fishing industry, that led President Andrew Jackson to appropriate $4,000 for the development of Brown's Head Light in 1832.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lighthousesinmaine.com/2009/12/browns-head-light-vinalhaven-me/</link>
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		<title>Blue Hill Bay Lighthouse &#8211; Brooklin, ME</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Blue Hill Bay Light is located on the small island of Green Island in Blue Hill Bay, 3.7 miles southeast of Brooklin. The station has also been called Sand Island Light, and Eggemogin Light, because it is located at the eastern entrance of Eggemogin Reach. This lighthouse is a well-kept secret today, but in the 19th Century, the light guided many a ship into the busy lumber port of Ellsworth.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lighthousesinmaine.com/2009/12/blue-hill-bay-lighthouse/</link>
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		<title>Bass Harbor Head Lighthouse &#8211; Southwest Harbor, Maine</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bass Harbor Head is located on the southern end of Mt. Desert Island (+44° 13' 19.00", -68° 20' 14.00").  It's a cylindrical tower attached to a keeper's house by a short, covered passageway.  This 32-foot lighthouse was built in 1858 and is one of the most popular Maine lighthouses to photograph.  It sits proudly atop a picturesque, pink cliff and is surrounded by dark evergreens.  Though it is only 32 feet high, its light is 56 feet above sea level, thanks to the bluff on which it stands.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lighthousesinmaine.com/2009/12/bass-harbor-head-lighthouse-southwest-harbor-maine/</link>
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