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HM Prison Pentridge
Pentridge was often known by the nicknames "The Bluestone College", "Coburg College" or the "College of Knowledge". The grounds were originally landscaped by renowned landscape gardener Hugh Linaker. Since closing, much of the prison has been pulled down to make way for a housing development. Large buildings have been built and a 16 floor modern apartment block is being planned.
The northern section of the prison being developed by Valad Property Group and the other areas by Pentridge Village. The National Trust does not like the development plans approved by Heritage Victoria. These plans include taking down sections of the outside walls and building apartments between the historic prison buildings.
Divisions
The prison was split into many divisions, named using letters of the alphabet.
Jika Jika high security unit
Jika Jika, opened in 1980 at a cost of AU$7 million. It was a 'gaol within a gaol', designed to hold Victoria's toughest and longest serving prisoners. It was awarded the 'Excellence in Concrete Award' by the Concrete Institute of Australia. It was closed after the deaths of five prisoners in 1987.
Jika Jika had six separate units each at the end of radiating spines. It had electronic doors, closed–circuit television and remote locking. This meant it could use less staff but still have maximum security. The furnishings were sparse and prisoners exercised in escape proof yards.
In 1983 four prisoners escaped from ‘escape proof’ Jika Jika. When two prison officers were disciplined in relation to the Jika Jika escape a week–long strike occurred.
1987 Jika Jika prison fire
Prisoners Robert Wright, Jimmy Loughnan, Arthur Gallagher, David McGauley and Ricky Morris died in the fire. Convicted Russell Street bomber Craig Minogue and three other inmates survived as they were evacuated when the fire started.
Grave sites
The graves of executed prisoners were unmarked in a corner of the prison. In 1929, 32 bodies were moved from the Melbourne Gaol during the building of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. These graves were found in 2008. The skeleton of bushranger Ned Kelly was among those discovered.
Amit
Amit is a common given name. It is common in India, Nepal, Israel, Pakistan, Iran, Middle East, and Bangladesh.It is not a popular name in the United States (Amit is not in the top 1000 names for any year of birth beginning with 2000).
HM Prison Pentridge
Executions
There were 11 executions at Pentridge. The gallows beam and the trapdoor were moved from the Melbourne Gaol and put into "D" Division in 1924.
Amit
In Hindi and Bengali, Amit (अमित) means infinite or immeasurable or boundless. It is one of the 108 names of the Hindu God Shri Ganesha. It also means an eternal friend of everyone in Hindi, Nepali and Sanskrit.
HM Prison Pentridge
Executions
When the gaol was closed, the beam and the trapdoor were taken back to the Melbourne Gaol to be part of its historical display.
Amit
In Hebrew, Amit (עמית) means colleague, friend.
HM Prison Pentridge
Last execution
Ronald Ryan was the last man executed at Pentridge Prison and in Australia. Ryan was hanged in "D" Division at 8.00 on 3 February 1967. He had been convicted of murdering a prison officer during an escape from the same prison. Later that day, Ryan's body was buried in an unmarked grave within the "D" Division. There is still debate about his hanging.
Amit
In Arabic, Amit (اميت) means being highly praised, beloved and victorious. In Islam Amit refers to the traditional Arabian gesture. During battles the Muslim army yelled "Yā manṣūr Amit!" and attacked.
Wind Gap, Pennsylvania
Wind Gap is a borough in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Villiers-sur-Marne
Villiers-sur-Marne is a commune. It is in the Val-de-Marne department in France. In 2019, 28,895 people lived there.
Parker County, Texas
Parker County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2020, 148,222 people lived there. The county seat is Weatherford.
Sacred language
A liturgical language or sacred language or holy language is any language that is used in the religious service, by people who speak another primary language in their daily lives.
Some of the examples of the sacred languages are given below:
Component
Component could mean:
Miles of Fire
Miles of Fire (Огненные вёрсты) is a 1957 Soviet movie directed by Samson Samsonov. It stars Igor Savkin, Margarita Volodina, and Mikhail Troyanovsky.
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut is a 2006 director's cut of Superman II.
Reception
Many people considered it better than the 1980 theatrical release.
Panola County, Texas
Panola County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2020, 22,491 people lived there. The county seat is Carthage.
British Rail Class 33
The British Rail Class 33 also known as the BRCW Type 3 or Crompton is a class of Bo-Bo diesel locomotives ordered in 1957 and built for the Southern Region of British Railways between 1959 and 1963.
A total of 98 class 33s were built by the Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company, and they were called "Cromptons" after the Crompton Parkinson electrical equipment installed in them. Like their lower-powered BRCW sisters (BR classes 26 and 27) their bodywork and cab ends were of all steel construction
The original (1957) number sequence was D6500–D6597.
Flash (camera)
Flashes were first used in the late 1800's in the form of a stick with magnesium on the top that when burned would produce very bright light (the stick was held in the air, and the camera shutter released at the same time), later camera flashes used a special type of light bulb known as a flashbulb, and modern flashes use LED's or a special type of tube which emits a flash of mostly blue light when electricity is applied to it from the flash capacitor (known as a xenon flashtube).
The use of a flash to take photographs is mostly known as 'flash photography'
The use of flashes is not allowed in some places where it may be annoying to other people or where the bright light could damage rare or very old objects (like paintings) such as in a museum.
Weiding, Schwandorf
Weiding is a municipality in Schwandorf in Bavaria, Germany.
Republic, Missouri
Republic is a city within Christian and Greene counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 United States Census, almost 17,000 people lived in the city. Republic is part of the Springfield metropolitan area. It is the second-largest city in the county.
Chess piece
In the board game chess, the players each start with 16 Chess pieces. The way that the pieces move are defined by both tradition and by FIDE, the international chess federation.
The bottom-right square of the board for each player must be a light-square, Chess is a wonderful game that challenges the mind.
Summary
If an enemy piece is straight in front of a pawn, the pawn cannot capture that piece. Pawns have a special way to capture. A pawn can capture an enemy piece which is on the diagonal square to the left or right of the square in front of it. This is the only time a pawn can move to a square that is not straight in front of it.
If a pawn reaches the end of the board, it is removed and replaced by any other piece the player chooses, except a king or pawn.
If a pawn moves two squares on its first move, it may be taken (on the opponent's next move only) by an enemy pawn as if it had only moved one square. This is called "en passant" (French for "in passing"). A pawn is worth 1 point.
List of compositions by Frédéric Chopin by genre
Most of Frédéric Chopin's compositions were for solo piano. He also composed piano concertos (his concertos No. 1 and No. 2 are two of the romantic piano concerto repertoire's most often-performed pieces) as well as some other music for ensembles.
This listing uses the traditional opus numbers where they apply; other works are listed by number from the catalogues of Maurice J. E. Brown (B), Krystyna Kobylańska (KK), and Józef Michał Chomiński (A, C, D, E, P, S).
Études
Fanciful nicknames have been given to most of Chopin's Études from time to time, although Chopin himself never used nicknames for these pieces, and none are authentic. Only about three such nicknames are widely used: Op. 10, No. 5 Black Keys; Op. 10, No. 12 Revolutionary; and Op. 25, No. 11 Winter Wind. A number of occasionally suggested nicknames are shown below.
Chess piece
Summary
Bishop - A bishop can move any number of squares diagonally, meaning, if you pretend the bishop is in the middle of a big X, it can move to any square along the lines of the X. Because of this, a bishop will be on the same colored squares for the whole game. At the start, a bishop is placed on the third from the left and third from the right of the row of pieces closest to each player. A bishop is worth 3 points.
Knight - The knight is special because it is the only piece than can jump over other pieces. When a knight moves, first it goes two squares in one of the four ways a rook can move. Then the knight ends its move by going one square to the side. The knight is said to move in the shape of an L. See the picture (picture is coming). It "jumps over" the pieces on its way to its new square, and does not capture them, but the knight will capture an enemy piece if it lands on one. Knights are placed at the second and seventh squares on the rows closest to each player, between the rooks and the bishops. A knight is worth 3 points.
Rook - A rook can move any number of squares: left or right on the ranks, and up & down on the files. Rooks start at the far left and far right squares in the row closest to each player, next to the knights. A rook is worth 5 points.
Queen - The queen combines the moves of a bishop and a rook. The queen is placed next to the king on a square of its own colour. Thus the two queens exactly face each other at the start. The queen is worth 9 points.
King - The king starts next to the queen. The king can move to one of the eight squares around it. It is limited as an active piece, but always is vulnerable to attack. No numerical value can be put on it.
A king may perform a special move known as "castling". This is when a king moves two spaces towards a rook, and the rook moves to the square on the other side of the king. This may not be done if:
President-elect of the United States
President-elect of the United States is the title used for an incoming president of the United States between the general election on Election Day in November and noon Eastern Standard Time on Inauguration Day, January 20. During this time, the elected nominee is not in office yet.
Since the election for U.S. president is not by popular vote, the title is used for the apparent winner. The decision is finalized when votes of the Electoral College, cast in December, are counted by a joint session of Congress in early January.
If the current president has won re-election, they are not given the title of president-elect because he or she is already in office and not waiting to become president. If a new president is scheduled to enter, then the current-standing one is said to hold the office on a lame duck basis.
Sonny With a Chance
Sonny with a Chance is a Disney Channel original series that started on Sunday, February 8, 2009. The show's previous title in the beginning was Welcome to Mollywood about a girl name Molly, but was later changed to Welcome to Holliwood, about a girl name Holli, but was now changed to Sonny With a Chance.
Plot
The series follows Sonny Munroe, a smalltown girl from Wisconsin who is the newest member of the show So Random!
I Am Peter, Hear Me Roar
"I Am Peter, Hear Me Roar" is the 8th episode of Family Guy's 2nd season. It was first broadcast on the Fox network on March 28, 2000. It was written by Chris Sheridan and Monte Young is the director of the episode.
In the episode, Peter Griffin must go to a retreat after he tells a sexist joke at his job. The episode was broadcast on the same day as the one before it ("The King Is Dead"). This made Seth MacFarlane (creator of Family Guy) worried that the show would get cancelled.
In July 2013, a complaint to A&W Restaurants about their "Burger Family" was rejected. The complaint said that the Burger Family was harming the LGBT community. The person who made the complaint used the name "Gloria Ironbox". Ironbox is a character in the episode that parodies feminism. The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario did not look into the complaint and called it "an abuse of process."
Ludwig von Brenner
Ludwig von Brenner (born Leipzig, 19 September 1833; died 9 February 1902) was a German conductor and composer.
He studied at the Leipzig conservatory. He went to Saint Petersburg to play in the Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra. In 1872 he returned to Germany and conducted an orchestra called the Berlin Symphony Orchestra. He then started an orchestra called Neue Berliner Symphoniekapelle. In 1882 he became the first conductor of a new orchestra, the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, which was soon to become one of the world's best orchestras.
Botanic
Botanic is a district of South Belfast, in the country of Ireland. It is named after Botanic Gardens, a local park dedicated to the science of botany.
Geography
Botanic has a total area of 28 acres.
Pecos County, Texas
Pecos County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2020, 15,193 people lived there. The county seat is Fort Stockton.
Mark Zakharov
Mark Anatolyevich Zakharov (Марк Анатольевич Захаров; 13 October 1933 – 28 September 2019 ) was a Soviet and Russian theater and movie director and playwright. He was best known for his Soviet-era fantasy movies. He was also known for his productions of plays at Moscow's Lenkom Theatre.
He was also a professor of the Moscow Theatre Institute (GITIS).
99
AD 99 was a year in the Julian calendar. It started on a Tuesday. It was not a leap-year.
Greenock
Greenock (Gaelic Grianaig) is a large town in the Inverclyde council area of western Scotland.
Greenock's population was recorded as being 45,467 in the 2001 census, a decrease from about 78,000 in 1966. It lies on the south bank of the Clyde at the "Tail of the Bank" where the River Clyde expands into the Firth of Clyde, and is in what was the county of Renfrewshire.
Steve Jay
Stephen "Steve" Jay (born January 26, 1951) is a bassist best known for working with the singer-songwriter "Weird Al" Yankovic.
O2
O2, O-2, o2, O2, or O2 may refer to:
Presidio County, Texas
Presidio County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2020, 6,131 people lived there. The county seat is Marfa.
Road to the Stars
Road to the Stars (Дорога к звёздам) is a 1957 Soviet science fiction movie directed by Pavel Klushantsev. It stars Georgy Solovyov.
Spencer Johnson
Patrick Spencer Johnson (November 24, 1938 – July 3, 2017) was an American author. He was known for the ValueTales series of children's books and for his 1998 motivational book Who Moved My Cheese?, which recurred on the New York Times Bestseller list, on the Publishers Weekly Hardcover nonfiction list.
Johnson was chairman of Spencer Johnson Partners until his death in 2017.
Johnson died in San Diego, California on July 3, 2017 of complications from pancreatic cancer, aged 78.
Battlefield, Missouri
Battlefield is a city in Greene County, Missouri. The 2019 United States Census show about 6,622 people living in the city. Battlefield is part of the Springfield metro area.
Rains County, Texas
Rains County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2020, 12,164 people lived there. The county seat is Emory.
La Queue-en-Brie
La Queue-en-Brie is a commune. It is in the Val-de-Marne department in France. In 2019, 12,051 people lived there.
The commune is in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, 17.9 km from the center.
Kenzō Takada
Kenzō Takada (高田 賢三) was a Japanese fashion designer. He started Kenzo in 1970, which is a brand of perfumes, skincare products and clothes.
Takada died on 4 October 2020 in Paris of COVID-19. He was 81 years old.
Oviraptor
Oviraptor is a genus of dinosaur that is today Mongolia. Oviraptor was a relatively large-brained dinosaur which cared for its eggs. In 1924, an Oviraptor fossil was found on top of some eggs, and some thought that it had been eating the eggs. Others thought that the fossilized Oviraptor was probably a parent of the eggs in the nest, and not an egg thief.
Oviraptor lived in the Upper Cretaceous period, about 75 million years ago. Only one definite specimen is known (with associated eggs), from Mongolia, though a possible second specimen (also with eggs) comes from the northeast region of Inner Mongolia, China.
Oviraptor is usually drawn with a distinctive crest, similar to that of the cassowary. However, re-examination of several oviraptorids show that this well-known, tall-crested species may actually belong to a relative of Oviraptor, the genus Citipati. It is likely that Oviraptor did have a crest, but its exact size and shape are unknown due to crushing in the skull of the only recognized specimen.
Relatives
In 1976, Barsbold put six more brooding (nest sitting) specimens into the genus Oviraptor, but these were later reclassified in the new genus Conchoraptor. Another specimen, IGN 100/42, is perhaps the most famous, owing to its well-preserved complete skull and large size. This specimen was referred to the genus Oviraptor by Barsbold in 1981, and was presented as Oviraptor in popular magazines and scientific studies. However, this specimen, with its distinctive tall, cassowary-like crest, was re-examined by the scientists who described the nesting oviraptorids, and found to resemble them more closely than the original specimens of Oviraptor. For this reason, they removed IGN 100/42 from the genus Oviraptor, suggesting it was a species of Citipati.
Juan Rosai
Juan Rosai, M.D. (August 20, 1940 – July 7, 2020) was an Italian-born American physician. He worked in clinical research and education in the specialty of surgical pathology. He was born in Poppi, Italy.
He was the principal author and editor of a major textbook in that field. His works focused on Rosai-Dorfman disease and the desmoplastic small round cell tumor. Rosai was also well-known because of his role as teacher, mentor and consultant to many American and international surgical pathologists.
Rosai died on July 7, 2020 in Milan at the age of 79.
Android
The word Android may mean one of two things:
Ahmed Musa
Ahmed Musa (born 14 October 1992) is a Nigerian professional footballer who currently plays as forward for Turkish football club Sivasspor and the Nigeria national team.
Red River County, Texas
Red River County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2020, 11,587 people lived there. The county seat is Clarksville.
Louis-Constantin Boisselot
Louis-Constantin Boisselot (11 March 1809 – 5 June 1850 in Marseille) was a French piano manufacturer. Franz Liszt was a long-time friend of the family and also his son's (Marie-Louis-François Boisselot (1845–1902)) godfather. Liszt received a Boisselot piano as a gift and used it for creating the Weimar years. A replica of the Liszt's personal Boisselot 1846 piano was created by 200 Liszt's celebration by a piano builder McNulty. Both original and the replica are property of the Klassik Stiftung Weimar.
Louis-Constantin Boisselot succeeded his father Jean-Louis Boisselot in the piano making business, which was successfully continued by next generations of the family until the late nineteenth century.
Cruiserweight
The Ring
Ranking done by Ring magazine, as of September 1, 2023.
BoxRec
As of September 1, 2023.
Longest reigning world cruiserweight champions
The table below is a list of longest reigning cruiserweight champions in boxing. It is measured by the individual's longest reign. Career total time as champion (for multiple time champions) does not apply.
Adriana Sivieri
Biography
She also worked in radio and as a voice actor, dubbing foreign movies for release in Italy. She was known for her roles in Vanity (1947), Bitter Rice (1949) and in At the Edge of the City (1953).
Sivieri was born in Buenos Aires.
Paco Rabanne
Early life
At the age of five, he and his mother, a head seamstress at Balenciaga, escaped the Spanish Civil War by fleeing to France. There, he assumed the name Paco Rabanne. By the early 1960s, after training as an architect, he applied his skills towards avant-garde accessory design, proposing unique creations for several haute couture houses.
Career
He became notorious in the 1960s for creating bizarre yet influential garments made of unusual, nonwoven materials such as plastic and aluminum.
He left the fashion scene in 1999 to devote himself to other activities. His success was not only limited to clothing and costume design, in 1969 he had a smash hit with the metallic 'It' bag, a simple square envelope with a shoulder strap.
In 1999, he announced that at the age of seventeen he had visions of Parisians in flames throwing themselves into the Seine and that after studying other concordant prophecies, he came to the conclusion that the Mir space station was going to crash in France at the time of the solar eclipse of August 11, 1999.
Meitei Vaishnavism
Meitei Vaishnavism or Manipuri Vaishnavism is a religious sub-denomination of Vaishnavism of Hinduism, followed by Meitei ethnicity of Manipur, Assam, Tripura, Bangladesh and Myanmar. It was founded in Medieval Manipur and continues to be the largest religion in the present day Modern Manipur.
Historically, King Charairongba was the first ruler of Manipur to formally adopt Vaishnavism as his family religion, though he did not enforce the faith to his subjects, and the reign of King Chandrakirti Singh was the "Golden Period of Vaishnavism" in Manipur kingdom.
Kazuhito Tanaka
Kazuhito Tanaka (田中和仁) is a Japanese sportsman. He is best known as a gymnast.
Career
Tanaka was part of a team which won the team silver medal in gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Norman Allinger
Norman "Lou" Allinger (April 6, 1928 – July 8, 2020) was an American organic and computational chemist. He was Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus of Chemistry at the University of Georgia (UGA) in Athens.
In 1992, he became a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1992. He was born in Alameda, California.
Allinger died on July 8, 2020 at the age of 92.
Varberg
Varberg is an urban area in the county of Halland in Sweden. It is the seat of Varberg Municipality.
The Sisters (1957 movie)
The Sisters (Сёстры) is a 1957 Soviet movie directed by Grigori Roshal.
Codrin Țapu
Codrin Ștefan Țapu (born December 17, 1973) is a Romanian psychologist. He developed the hypostatic model of personality, which is a way of viewing the many sides of a person's character.
Yuriy Meshkov
Yuri Alexandrovich Meshkov (Юрій Олександрович Мєшков, Юрий Александрович Мешков (Yuri Alexandrovich Meshkov); October 25, 1945 – September 29, 2019) was a Crimean politician. He was a leader of the pro-Russian movement in Crimea. Meshkov was the only President of Crimea from 1994 to 1995.
Yuri Meshkov was born on October 25, 1945 in Synelnykove, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, of the Soviet Socialist Republic of Ukraine (now Ukraine) of a mother of Ukrainian origin and a Russian father of Kossan Cossacks. He grew up in Simferopol, where he finished high school. When he was about eight years old, the Crimea region was officially transferred from the Russian RSFS to the Ukrainian SSR. For his military duties, he served in the Border Guard. In 1967 (in some sources in 1977), he graduated from the Faculty of Law of the Moscow State University. Until 1982, he worked as a detective and then as chief inspector in the district attorney's office. From 1982 to 1985, he spent time on the Skif scientific research yacht. After 1985 and until 1990, he worked privately as a legal consultant. At that time, he was also one of the heads of the "Memorial" department of the Crimean Illuminating Society "All-Union" and president of the Crimean kick-boxing Federation.
In 1990, Meshkov was elected deputy to the Supreme Council of Crimea (the parliament of the republic). There, he became the co-founder of the RDK (Republican Crimean Movement) party. In 1994, he headed the electoral block "Russia" for the Republican presidential elections, where he easily defeated Mykola Bahrov in the second round. Mykola Bahrov was at that time head of the Supreme Council of Crimea. In the second round of the presidential elections in Crimea in 1994, Meshkov won 72.9% and was elected only president of the republic.
In 1995, the Ukrainian Parliament repealed the Crimean Constitution and abolished the office of president on March 17, 1995. After some previous warnings in September and November 1994 on March 17, 1995, the President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma, signed the law of Ukraine that repeals the amended Constitution of Crimea and some other laws of the Republic of Crimea, because they were contrary to the Constitution of Ukraine and jeopardized the sovereignty of Ukraine.
Rungis
Rungis is a commune. It is in the Val-de-Marne department in France. In 2019, 5,657 people lived there.
The commune is in the southern suburbs of Paris, 11.6 km from the center. It is best known as the home of the large wholesale food market Marché d'Intérêt National de Rungis.
Scrat: Spaced Out
Scrat: Spaced Out is a 2019 American computer animated comedy slapstick short film directed by Mike Thurmeier and Galen T. Chu. The short is a spin-off of the Ice Age franchise and focuses on Scrat. This is the third Scrat short film and it's set right after the events of Collision Course.
Plot
Right after the events of Collision Course, Scrat is ready to come back to Earth but he's kidnapped by alien female anthropomorphic sabertooth squirrels named Scratazons.
The Scratazons tries to kill him but they ultimately fails, however they steals his acorn but luckily Scrat gets it back with the attraction ray.
There's a battle between Scrat and the Scratazons leader with the attraction rays which ends with the explosion of the Scratazons ship and causes a black hole which swallows all of them except Scrat and the Scratazons leader.
Scrat initially loses the run against Scratazon for the acorn but he successfully uses the toilet to arrive to the acorn and he knock Scratazon away causing her to be swallowed by the black hole as well.
Scrat and his acorn are then swallowed as well but they are spitten out. Scrat is happy that he finally has his acorn but the black hole reopens and swallows the acorn, much to Scrat's horror and dismay.
Scrat then screams in frustration while he floats in the space.
British Rail Class 35
The British Rail Class 35 is a class of mixed traffic B-B diesel locomotive with hydraulic transmission. On account of their Mekydro-design hydraulic transmission units, the design became known as the Hymeks.
The type was developed for the Western Region of British Railways, which had opted for lightweight locomotives with hydraulic transmission when allocated funds under the British Railways Modernisation Plan of 1955. One hundred and one of the class were built between 1961 and 1964 when it became apparent that there was a requirement for a medium power diesel-hydraulic design for both secondary passenger work and freight duties.
They were allocated to Bristol Bath Road, Cardiff Canton and Old Oak Common. None of the class was named. Withdrawal from service began in 1971, and by 1975 all had been withdrawn. Their early withdrawal was caused, primarily, by BR classifying the hydraulic transmission as non-standard. Four examples survived into preservation.
Lopburi province
Lopburi (ลพบุรี) is a province in the central region of Thailand. Many historical structures, artifacts, and prehistoric settlements have been discovered.
History
Known as Lavo during much of its history, Lopburi probably dates to prehistoric times. The name Lavo originated in the Dvaravati period (6th–11th century CE). The Khmer Empirewould build many impressive temples in the city during its rule.
In 1856, King Mongkut of the Chakri dynasty ordered King Narai's palace to be renovated. The city finally regained its importance in 1938, when Field Marshal Plaek Phibunsongkhram chose Lopburi to be the largest military base in Thailand.
Geography
Lopburi is on the east side of the Chao Phraya River valley. It is between the Lopburi River and Pa Sak Rivers. Most of the land is mixed plains and hills.
Sights
Structures built during the reign of King Rama IV include: Phiman Mongkut Pavilion (หมู่พระที่นั่งพิมานมงกุฎ) was constructed at the command of King Rama IV in 1862 as his private residence when he came to renovate Lopburi. Phra Prathiap Buildings (หมู่ตึกพระประเทียบ) Composed of two single storey buildings and a group of eight two-storey brick buildings, constructed for being residential quarters for court officials who attended King Rama V when he visited Lopburi.
Thim Dap or Royal Guards Residence (ทิมดาบ หรือที่พักของทหารรักษาการณ์) Passing through the entrance to the middle court, the buildings on both sides of the lawn were the barracks of the royal guards of the palace. Wat San Paulo (วัดสันเปาโล) A Jesuit church, constructed in the reign of King Narai. At present, only a side of the wall and an observatory remain. Wat Chi Pa Sitaram (วัดชีป่าสิตาราม) Within the compound of the temple is a bell-shaped chedi representing Ayutthaya art.
Kraison Siharat Hall (พระที่นั่งไกรสรสีหราช) This hall is another residence of King Narai. Wat Yang Na Rangsi and Lop Buri Boat Museum (วัดยาง ณ รังสี และพิพิธภัณฑ์เรือพื้นบ้าน) Lopburi Boat Museum is at the temple sermon hall, constructed in 1927 on the bank of the Lopburi River. The hall was granted an award for Best Architectural Preservation in 1993. It reflects the rural Thai temple hall's style in central Thailand. Tha Khae Scripture Hall (หอไตรวัดท่าแค) Dharma Scripture hall of the "Lao Lom" community. Normally, a scripture hall is constructed on high columns in a pond. However, the one at this temple is a wooden house with a cruciform plan located on high columns.
Ang Sap Lek (อ่างซับเหล็ก) A natural ancient reservoir. In 1977, Lopburi improved Ang Sap Lek to be a natural tourist attraction by building roads around the reservoir, planting trees, as well as, erecting a summer relaxation pavilion.
Wat Lai (วัดไลย์) There are remaining ancient stucco reliefs on the Jakata stories and the Buddha's life. Maitreya Bodhisattva's image is another object that has been highly respected by the people from the past. Besides, there are other objects such as an old wihan with slit windows, which is the architecture reflecting the early Ayutthaya style. Khao Samo Khon (เขาสมอคอน) A mountain range which has been important historically. There are four important temples on this mountain range: Wat Bandai Sam Saen, Wat Tham Tako Phutthasopha, Wat Tham Chang Phueak, and Wat Khao Samo Khon.
Amphoe Ban Mi (อำเภอบ้านหมี่) Famous for Mudmi silk. Most of the locals are Thai Phuan who migrated from Laos around 130 years ago. They named their new settlement as "Ban Mi" after their former Laotian village. Wat Thammikaram or Wat Khangkhao (วัดธรรมิการาม หรือ วัดค้างคาว) Mural paintings at the four sides of the ubosot depict the life of Buddha. The paintings incorporate Western techniques such as the shading of trees. Wat Thong Khung Tha Lao (วัดท้องคุ้งท่าเลา) The entrance of the temple is in the shape of Hanuman with its mouth wide open, decorated with glass in distinctive colours. Wat Nong Tao (Wat Phanit Thammikaram) (วัดหนองเต่า หรือ วัดพาณิชธรรมมิการาม) The ubosot on the back of a turtle, "tao", considered the symbol of the sub-district. Wat Khao Wongkot (วัดเขาวงกต) There is a bat cave on the shoulder of the mountain above the ubosot. It is the largest bat cave in Lopburi, inside which live millions of bats. The bats' droppings generate an income for the wat of more than ten thousand baht a year.
Khao Wong Phrachan (เขาวงพระจันทร์) At the summit of Khao Wong Phrachan visitors can see the panoramic scenery below. Khao Wong Phrachan is the highest mountain in Lopburi.
Sunflower fields (ทุ่งทานตะวัน) Lopburi is the leading sunflower province. Some 200,000–300,000 rai are planted with sunflowers. They are usually in full bloom from November–January. Sunflower fields are scattered throughout Mueang District, Phatthana Nikhom District, and Chai Badan District. Wat Phrom Rangsi (วัดพรหมรังษี) This temple has an ubosot with four porches. The bell-shape chedi is similar to the Phra Borommathat, a chedi containing a Buddha relic, in Nakhon Si Thammarat. Pa Sak Jolasid Dam (เขื่อนป่าสักชลสิทธิ์) It is the longest clay-core dam in Thailand. The Pa Sak River Basin Museum presents information about nature and culture. Ban Pong Manao Site Museum (พิพิธภัณฑ์เปิดบ้านโป่งมะนาว) A pre-historic archaeological site dating from around 2,500–3,000 years ago or the late-Ban Chiang Period. Thirteen ancient human skeletons were found here.
Khao Somphot Non-hunting Area (เขตห้ามล่าสัตว์ป่าเขาสมโภชน์) A high and steep limestone mountain range stretching along the southwestern direction, full of caves and cliffs. There are two plains in the valley and a plateau, with many spots of water seepage around the area, making it a significant watershed. Sap Langka Wildlife Sanctuary (เขตรักษาพันธุ์สัตว์ป่าซับลังกา) The significance of the area is that it is the source of the Lam Sonthi River, as well as, a source of food for wildlife. At present, there are still goat antelopes which are protected animals living in the sanctuary. Special Warfare Command (หน่วยบัญชาการสงครามพิเศษ) (Mueang District) Demonstrations of how to survive in the forest, a 34-foot tower jump, parachute from a balloon, shooting, cliff climbing, and a military jungle tour. An Army Special Forces Museum displays photos, equipment, background, evolution and pictures of various activities of the special forces.
Winklarn
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Fatimata Touré
Work
During the 2012 and 2013 fighting in Mali, a hospital in Gao was attacked. Touré helped the fistula patients find a new place to live, and find medical help. Touré also gave care and shelter to those forced into marriages or raped. She also spoke against violence against women. She made a record of what happened, even as her own home was attacked.
White Heat
White Heat is a 1949 American crime thriller movie. It was directed by Raoul Walsh. The movie is based on the story of the same name by Virginia Kellogg. It stars James Cagey, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O'Brien, Steve Cochran, Margaret Wycherly, and Wally Cassell. It was distributed by Warner Bros. It was nominated for an Academy Award in 1950.
John Debney
John Cardon Debney (born August 18, 1956) is an American composer, conductor and musician. He received an Academy Award nomination for the music for Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ (2004). He is also known for writing the music for Cutthroat Island (1995).
Pioneer
Pioneer can mean a settler who migrates to previously uninhabited or sparsely inhabited land.
John Debney
Life and career
Debney was born in Glendale, California to Louis Debney and Edith Manhunt. His father is of English, French-Canadian, German, Greek, Irish, Northern Irish (Scotch-Irish) and Welsh descent and His mother is of Cherokee Native American and Russian Jewish descent.
Eldon A. Money
Eldon A. Money (November 7, 1930 – July 8, 2020) was an American politician. He was a Democratic member of the Utah House of Representatives and Utah State Senate. An alumnus of Utah State University, he was a farmer and cattleman. He was a state representative from 1974 to 1979 and he was a state senator from 1980 to 1997. He was born in Spanish Fork, Utah.
John Debney
Influences
Debney stated composers like Buddy Baker, George Bruns, Elmer Bernstein, Jerry Goldsmith, Danny Elfman, Bernard Herrmann, John Williams, Maurice Jarre, Lalo Schifrin, John Barry, Duke Ellington, Alan Silvestri, James Horner, Randy Newman, Henry Mancini, Howard Shore, Richard Strauss and Carter Burwell as influences.
Lure
Lure may refer to:
Landscape
A landscape means an area of land as one can see it. This includes landforms, flora, fauna and human elements, for instance human activity or the built environment.
Eldon A. Money
He died of Alzheimer's disease on July 8, 2020, in Mapleton, Utah at age 89.
Landscape
According to its meaning, lighting and weather conditions are part of landscape as well. Objects inside the building can sometimes be considered part of landscape as well.
Geology
The landscape is determined mainly by the underlying geology. This can be seen clearly in the East African Great Rift Valley. There almost everything in the landscape is caused by or connected with the pulling apart of Africa which is happening there. Even in Great Britain, a geologically quiet place, the whole landscape can be understood by understanding its geological past. One geological place is the rain forest
Etymology
The word was borrowed as a painters' term from Dutch during the 16th century, when Dutch artists began to become masters of the landscape genre. The Dutch word landschap had earlier meant simply “region, tract of land” but now meant “a picture depicting scenery on land”.
Pioneer
In the United States pioneer often means an American pioneer, a person in American history who migrated west, from Thirteen Colonies to join in settling and developing new areas.
Dumfries
Dumfries is a former royal burgh and town within the Dumfries and Galloway council area of Scotland. Its name means either fort or ridge of the thicket.
Pioneer
Pioneer, The Pioneer, or pioneering may be:
Dumfries
Its nickname is Queen of the South, which is also the name of its local football team Queen of the South F.C..
Geography
Dumfries is close to the Solway Firth, near the mouth of the River Nith. The River Nith runs through the centre of the town.
Its suburbs include: The eastern side of Dumfries has the DG1 post code, while the western side of the town has the DG2 postcode.
Education
Dumfries has four main high schools, with three being in DG1. There is one primary school per key district. There is one college in the town, while the University of west of Scotland and the open university is on the same campus. Glasgow University also has a campus on the same site.
Reeves County, Texas
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Sergiu Celibidache
Sergiu Celibidache (11 July 1912 – 14 August 1996) was a Romanian conductor. He was one of the great conductors of his time, living in Germany all his adult life.
His life
Celibidache was born in Romania. He went to Berlin in 1936 and in 1939 studied there at the Hochschule für Musik. He got a doctorate by writing about the Renaissance composer Josquin Desprez. He was lucky very early in his career to be appointed as conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. He stayed with them until 1952 when Wilhelm Furtwängler returned. He later worked with radio orchestras in Stockholm, Stuttgart and Paris. He also worked for a time in Britain, as well as touring in Europe and South America. From 1979 until his death he was music director of the Munich Philharmonic. He taught at Mainz University in Germany and in 1984 taught at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He liked teaching and often let students come to his lessons without having to pay.
Celibidache did not like making recordings, although there are a few recordings of his concerts which have survived. He was well known for asking for lots of rehearsals, and he rehearsed his orchestras in great detail. He often chose very slow speeds for the slow movements and very fast speeds for the fast movements.
In Munich he had a long argument with the trombone player Abbie Conant because he did not want her in the orchestra. Conant thought it was because she was a woman that he did not want her. The argument lasted for 12 years.
Celibidache died near Paris in 1996 at 84.
References
New Groves Dictionary of Music and Musicians, ed. Stanley Sadie; ISBN 1-56159-174-2
Anushka Sanjeewani
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Mapleton, Utah
Mapleton is a city in Utah County, Utah, United States. It is part of the Provo–Orem Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, 11,365 people lived in Mapleton. This is up from 7,979 people at the 2010 census.
Balogun Market
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Saint-Maurice, Val-de-Marne
Saint-Maurice is a commune. It is in the Val-de-Marne department in France. In 2019, 14,189 people lived there.
Femi Hamzat
Femi Hamzat (was born September 19, 1964) is a Nigerian politician who currently serves as the Deputy Governor of Lagos State.
Saint-Maurice, Val-de-Marne
The commune is in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, 6.8 km from the center.
Femi Hamzat
Early life
Hamzat was born in Lagos, Nigeria into the family of Late Oba Mufutau Olatunji Hamzat and Late Alhaja Kehinde Hamzat from Iga Egbe, Lagos state. His father, Late Oba Mufutau Olatunji Hamzat served as a member of the Lagos State House of Assembly and as a Commissioner for Transportation in the state before becoming the Vice-Chairman SW of then Alliance for Democracy(AD).
Career
Hamzat worked at RTP Consulting Services, Columbia University, Merrill Lynch Inc, Morgan Stanley and Oando Plc where he served as the Chief Information Officer.
Education
Hamzat graduated from the University of Ibadan in with a degree in Agricultural Engineering in and a master's in Agricultural Engineering in. He also obtained his PhD in System Process Engineering at Cranfield University, United Kingdom.
Scrabble
Scrabble is a board game that is played by 2, 3 or 4 people. It uses a 15×15 board with squares on it and a large number of letters on small tiles. (In the English version of Scrabble, there are 100 tiles.) Players take turns putting words on the board using any of the seven letters (seven tiles) that they have in front of them. Their word must connect to another word that is already on the board.
History
Scrabble was invented in 1938 by an architect named Alfred Mosher Butts. He had previously invented a similar game called Lexiko. He decided how many points each letter was worth by looking at books and newspapers and counting how often each letter was used in the English language. He called the game "Criss-Crosswords". However, he was not successful in selling the game. In 1948 a lawyer called James Brunot bought the rights to make to game. Brunot made some of the rules easier, and changed the name to "Scrabble", which is a real word meaning “to scratch around frantically”. Soon other firms around the world were buying rights to make the game. It had become so popular by 1984 that it was made into a daytime TV show on NBC television.
The name Scrabble today is a trademark of Hasbro in the US and Canada and of J. W. Spear & Sons PLC in other countries.
Many people play Scrabble in clubs and tournaments all over the world. People who play in serious tournaments are given a time limit. They lose points if they spend too long thinking about their moves.
There are websites where one can play Scrabble online.
How to play
The players decide who is going to start by taking one letter (one tile) from the bag. The person with the letter closest to the beginning of the alphabet may start.
Each player takes seven tiles from the bag (without looking at what they are). The player puts these tiles on a rack in front of them. This is so the player can see the letters they have, but the other players can not.
Allowed words
There are special Scrabble dictionaries used for the game. In these dictionaries, all the allowed words (words that can be played during the game) are listed. When playing according to the proper rules, a player can not use a dictionary. However, if one player puts a word on the board, and another player says it is not an allowed word, then the players may check the dictionary. If the word is not in the dictionary, the player who played the word must take their letters back and lose their turn.
Scoring
Each letter has a number of points. Letters worth more points are less common. For example, common letters such as E, T, and A are worth one point, while uncommon letters such as Q and Z are worth 10 points. There are also two blank tiles which can be used for any letter. These are worth zero points. A player must say what the letter is when they place it on the board. For example, a player might place the tiles "C", "A", and a blank tile on the board, and say the blank tile is a T. This makes the word "CAT". For the rest of the game, the blank tile must be used as if it was a T.
There are many squares on the board where a player can get extra points. Some squares allow the player to count that letter twice (light blue) or three times (dark blue). These squares have "double letter score" or "triple letter score" written on them. Other squares allow them to count the whole word twice (light red) or three times (dark red). These squares have "double word score" or "triple word score" written on them. The star at the center of the board is also a "double word score" square.
Example
Player 1 plays the word "TEAR" on the board. The letter "T" is on a "double letter score" square, and the letter "R" is on a "double word score" square.
To find how many points Player 1 gets, the points of each letter are added together: (1 × 2) (T) + 1 (E) + 1 (A) + 1 (R) = 5. The letter T gets twice as many points because of the square it is on. Because the word is on a "double word score" square, this number is multiplied by 2: 5 × 2 = 10. Player 1 gets 10 points for playing this word.
Matt Duchene
Matt Duchene (born January 16, 1991 in Haliburton, Ontario) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre for the Nashville Predators of the National Hockey League (NHL). He also played for the Ottawa Senators, Colorado Avalanche, and Columbus Blue Jackets. He was picked by the Avalanche with the third overall pick in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft. He played in the OHL with the Brampton Battalion.