ANTA Washington Square Theatre

The ANTA Washington Square Theatre was a theatre located on 40 West 4th St., in Greenwich Village, in New York City, and run by the American National Theater and Academy (ANTA) and initial home to the Repertory Theatre of Lincoln Center from early 1964 to the completion of the Vivian Beaumont Theater in 1965. The theatre, not to be confused with the ANTA Theatre on 52nd St., was located away from the mainstream Broadway district. Demolished in 1968 , it used a thrust stage tilted toward the audience, with the audience sitting on three sides of it. It did not employ the use of a curtain.
Robert Whitehead founded ANTA to create "a national theatre as a guiding spirit". He needed a location, as he had both a company of actors and commissioned two playwrights (Arthur Miller & S. N. Behrman), and he needed one quickly. New York University leased land to them, with ANTA having to foot the bill, an estimated $525,000. Marvin Carlson described the theatre as "characterless steel box, about 20 feet high and more or less square, painted a mustard yellow and from the outside, suggesting a warehouse or storage facility. The simple entrance had a marquee bearing the name ANTA". The theatre,which was not intended to be permanent, had a seating capacity of 1,158", and opened in 1963 with Arthur Miller's "After the Fall". Another observer praised "the fine acoustics that have been achieved by the creation of irregularly surfaced concave walls." However, that same observer noted that "the interior of the building is not striking and might well be mistaken for a small industrial plant of some sort."
Several highly regarded plays had their runs at the ANTA Washington Square. Among the most notable were the original productions of Arthur Miller's plays "After the Fall" and "Incident at Vichy", and the 1964 revival of Eugene O'Neill's "Marco Millions", starring Hal Holbrook as Marco Polo and David Wayne as Kublai Khan. A production relished by many Molière lovers was William Ball's 1964 staging of "Tartuffe", with an "outrageous" Michael O'Sullivan in the title role. Quite likely, the most famous show ever to play at the ANTA Washington Square was the smash hit musical "Man of La Mancha", which began its first New York run there on November 22, 1965, and transferred to the more conventional Martin Beck Theatre in 1968, pending the demolition of the Washington Square Theatre.
The dismantled pieces of the prefabricated theatre were purchased by Yale University for the Trinity Repertory Company, one which artistic director Adrian Hall later called "bold, silly move". It was done as a way to save costs on construction, but it never materialized. Yale ended up purchasing the Majestic Theatre in downtown Providence, currently home to Trinity Repertory Company.


Hotel Admiral Golden Sands

Hotel Admiral ("Xотел Адмирал") is a 5 stars hotel in the center of the Golden Sands beach resort, Bulgaria.
The hotel was opened in 2004 and is located only 20 meters from the sea.
Interesting facts about the resort:


Chou Wong Yi Kung Study Hall

The Chou Wong Yi Kung Study Hall is a Grade II historic building in Shui Tau Tsuen, Yuen Long, Hong Kong. It was erected in 1685 by the Tang Clan, in honour of Chou Yu-te and Wang Lai-jen, two imperial officials whose pleading with the Emperor ended the coastal evacuation, and enabled the inhabitants to return to their homes in 1669.
Architectural style.
The study hall is constructed in the typical style of the Qing dynasty period. The structure itself consists of two halls on each side of a central courtyard. The complex is designed to be symmetrical with an altar placed in the centre of the structure.


Wat Chalong

The most important of the 29 buddhist temples of Phuket is Wat Chalong () or formally Wat Chaiyathararam (), located in the Chalong Subdistrict, Mueang Phuket District. It is dedicated to two highly venerable monks, Luang Pho Chaem (หลวงพ่อแช่ม) and Luang Pho Chuang (หลวงพ่อช่วง), who led the citizens of Chalong Subdistrict fighting against the Chinese rebellion in 1876 and with their knowledge of herbal medicine helped the injured.
The large market at Wat Chalong extends into the grounds of the temple and features amplified pop music and Thai-fighting advertisements.
The temple sells trinkets to visitors and the monks assist by storing boxes of items in their main prayer hall.
References.
https://www.wat-chalong-phuket.com/
https://www.facebook.com/ChaithararamTempleWatChalongPhuket/


Wolseley Battery

Wolseley Battery () is an artillery battery in Delimara, Marsaxlokk, Malta. It was built by the British between 1897 and 1899, and is located close to Fort Tas-Silġ. Today, the battery still exists, but it is not accessible to the public.
History.
The Wolseley Battery is nicknamed by locals as "Tal-Basal", meaning "of the onions". It was built between 1897 and 1899 to defend the area stretching from Delimara Point to Xrobb l-Għaġin. It formed part of a new series of fortifications meant to house breech-loading (BL) guns. The 18th century Tombrell Battery was demolished in the 19th century to clear Wolseley Battery's line of fire.
The battery has an oval plan with four gun emplacements, which originally contained two 9.2 inch and two 6 inch BL guns. The gun emplacements are surrounded by a shallow ditch, which was originally defended by barbed wire entanglements. The rear of the battery was sealed off by an iron fence. The battery also had machine gun emplacements, and it was the first fortification in Malta to have these features.
Wolseley Battery became obsolete by 1906, and its 6-inch guns were transferred to the newly built Wardija Battery near St. Paul's Bay in 1915. The battery was fully decommissioned a year later in 1916.
A stone-clad pillbox was built behind the officers' quarters in the 1930s.
Present day.
Today, the battery still exists, but there is no public access since it is private property. It is located close to the Delimara Power Station.
In 2015, the battery was shortlisted as a possible site for the campus of the proposed American University of Malta. It was not chosen, and the campus was split up between Dock No. 1 in Cospicua and Żonqor Point in Marsaskala.


Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Uskoplje

The Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary () is a Roman Catholic church in Gornji Vakuf-Uskoplje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.


Bishan Public Library

The Bishan Public Library is a library in the National Library Board network situated at Bishan, Singapore just behind Junction 8 Shopping Centre. It opened on 1 September 2006 by Mr Wong Kan Seng, then Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs, and Member of Parliament representing the Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC.
History.
The library was conceived in the late 1990s in because of high traffic in the Toa Payoh Community Library and Ang Mo Kio Community Library. Plans for the library commenced in 2002, and construction took place from 2003 to 2006 at a cost of about S$10 million. Designed by Look Boon Gee, it have about 250,000 titles spread over four floors and a basement, with a Café Galilee in the first floor. Windows that protrude out of the building are actually reading "pods", for readers who want to read quietly or use their laptops there.
The design of the library won a number of awards for its architecture, locally and internationally. The awards won include the President's Design Award in 2007 and the International Architecture Award in 2009.
Accessibility.
The library serves a population of around 90,000 in the Bishan area, including the needs of several nearby schools such as Catholic High School, Guangyang Secondary School, Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Secondary School, Whitley Secondary School, Raffles Institution and Raffles Junior College.
It is easily accessible to residents of Bishan via the buses which ply to and from Bishan Bus Interchange. However, library users have to walk a short distance to access the library. The library is also a short walk away from the Bishan MRT station.


Charlemont House

Charlemont House is a mansion in Dublin, Ireland. The house was built in 1763 and designed by William Chambers for James Caulfeild, the 1st Earl of Charlemont. It is a brick fronted mansion on Dublin's Parnell Square. It was purchased by the government in 1870 and since 1933 it has housed the Hugh Lane Dublin City Gallery.


Needle of Rijswijk

The Needle of Ryswick or Rijswijk () is an obelisk in Rijswijk, the Netherlands, commemorating the Treaty of Ryswick (September 1697).
The monument is at the location of the Huis ter Nieuwburg, the palace where the peace treaty was signed. It was built of materials from Huis ter Nieuwburg in 1792 to 1794. The palace was demolished in 1790 due to neglect.


Gojo Bridge

Gojo Bridge, or Gojo Ohashi Bridge, is a bridge in Kyoto, Japan, spanning the Kamo River. It was built in 1959.
The bridge is known as the site of Minamoto no Yoshitsune's encounter with Benkei. A sculpture near the bridge depicts the meeting.


Rivonia Square

Rivonia Square is the previous name of a shopping centre, including shops, the post office, a fitness centre and restaurants, along a thoroughfare called Rivonia Boulevard in Rivonia, Johannesburg. Late in 2012 the centre was renamed 'Oriental City'. It includes the area occupied by the first shopping centre built on the site – the Cloisters Shopping Centre. The Cloisters took its name from the Rivonia Convent, a closed order of Carmelite nuns, which originally existed on the site.


St James Workhouse

The St James Workhouse opened in 1725 on Poland Street in the Soho area of London, England, in what was then the parish of Westminster St James, and continued well into the nineteenth century.
Higgington conjectured that the infirmary at St James Workhouse was the one referred to in the American song "St. James Infirmary Blues", on the basis that that song dates from 'at least the early 19th century'.
Inhabitants included the painter Charlotte Mercier, who died there in 1762.
The site of the workhouse is now the Q Park parking garage occupying the space between Poland Street and Marshall Street.


South Barracks, Gibraltar

South Barracks were barracks built for the garrison in what is now the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar.
The barracks were built in the 1730s and were on the west side of Gibraltar overlooking the docks and the harbour. The barracks now house St. Joseph's First and Middle School.


Polish Theatre in Warsaw

Polish Theatre in Warsaw () is a theatre in Warsaw, Poland. It is located at ul. Karasia 2. The current artistic director is Andrzej Seweryn.
The theatre was initiated by Arnold Szyfman and designed by Czesław Przybylski. Opened on 29 January 1913, the facility featured Poland's first revolving stage. It is a private enterprise staging Polish and foreign classics, contemporary drama, as well as popular plays.
The theater was taken over by the Nazis and the building damaged during World War II. It was also the first theatre to be nationalized in Poland.


Bridge of Henares (Guadalajara)

The Bridge of Henares (Spanish: "Puente del Henares") is a bridge located in Guadalajara, Spain. It was declared "Bien de Interés Cultural" in 1931.


Private University of the North

Northern Private University () is a private university located in Trujillo, Peru. It was established by the Peruvian Congress Law N° 26275, on November the 5th, 1993. The academic activities in the University began on August the 15th, 1994. The Northern Private University has four campuses in Trujillo and Cajamarca and Lima respectively. Today, the University has about 10,000 students enrolled in undergraduate study programs, along with the undergraduate programs, the Northern Private University offers postgraduate programs as well. Since September 15, 2007, it has become a member of Laureate International Universities.


Ruaha Catholic University

Ruaha Catholic University (RUCU) is a private university in Tanzania. It is located in Iringa, Tanzania. It was started by the Tanzania Episcopal Conference.


Chong Hing Finance Center

The Chong Hing Finance Center is a 36-storey Grade A commercial building, located at 288 Nanjing Road West in the Huang Pu District of Shanghai, China.


Weinberg Center

The Weinberg Center is a theater building located in Frederick, Maryland. It holds various showings of music, theatre, films and visual art. The theatre was built as the Tivoli Theatre by the Stanley-Crandall concern and opened on December 23, 1926. It was the premiere movie theatre of Frederick for nearly fifty years but, after considerable damage suffered in a 1976 flood, closed. The Weinberg family, which then owned the old movie palace, chose to present it to the city as a gift rather than attempt to keep it open as a movie house. The theatre has been maintained in the splendid style of 1926. The theatre's organ, a two-manual, eight-rank Wurlitzer, is impressively the only original theatre organ installation in the state. The Weinberg Center holds several dozen events every year, and has an annual budget of over one million dollars.


Crystal Theatre (Okemah, Oklahoma)

Crystal Theater is a historic theater in Okemah, Oklahoma. It was built in 1921 and has hosted the Woody Guthrie Folk Festival.


Wat Saket

Wat Saket Ratcha Wora Maha Wihan (, usually shortened to Wat Saket is a Buddhist temple ("wat") in Pom Prap Sattru Phai district, Bangkok, Thailand.
The temple dates back to the Ayutthaya era, when it was known as Wat Sakae (วัดสะแก). When Bangkok became the capital, King Rama I (1737–1809) renovated the temple and gave it its present name. Its name roughly translated as "wash hair". Since it was believed that on the way the king returned from the war. He stopped by to take a bath and wash his hair here, before entering inner city.
Phu Khao Thong.
"Phu Khao Thong" (“Golden Mountain”, ) is a steep artificial hill inside the Wat Saket compound.
Rama I's grandson, King Rama III (1788–1851), decided to build a chedi of huge dimensions inside Wat Saket, but the chedi collapsed during construction because the soft soil of Bangkok could not support the weight. Over the next few decades, the abandoned mud-and-brick structure acquired the shape of a natural hill and was overgrown with weeds. The locals called it the "phu khao" (ภูเขา), as if it were a natural feature.
During the reign of King Rama IV, construction began of a small chedi on the hill. It was completed early in the reign of his son, King Rama V (1853–1910). A relic of the Buddha was brought from Sri Lanka and placed in the chedi. The surrounding concrete walls were added in the 1940s to stop the hill from eroding. The modern Wat Saket was built in the early 20th century of Carrara marble.
An annual festival is held at Wat Saket every November, featuring a candlelight procession up Phu Khao Thong to the chedi, along with a long red robe wrapped around the chedi, similar to "Hae Pha Khuen That" (แห่ผ้าขึ้นธาตุ) festival of Wat Phra Mahathat, Nakhon Si Thammarat province in sounthern. Devotees write their names and names of family members on the robe and set the mind to pray, believed to have been fulfilled in prayer. This festival has been carried on since the reign of King Rama V.
At the same period, a great Loi Krathong festival will take place at the temple, along with freak shows such as "Phi Krasue" ("floating female ghost head with glowing viscera dangling below", ), "Khon Song Hua" ("two-headed man", ), "Mia Ngu" ("snake's wife", ), or fun games "Sao Noi Tok Nam" ("little girl falling into water", ) etc. It has been well known among Bangkokians since the past, also at nearby Fort Mahakan community was a hub of the fireworks shop. But after the demolition of the fort and its community, fireworks trading has been banned ever since.
Phu Khao Thong is now a popular Bangkok tourist attraction and has become a symbol of the city.
Vultures of Wat Saket.
In the early Rattanakosin period (between reigns of Rama I to Rama V) Wat Saket was often used as a place to cremate the dead within the city walls. Since it was located outside the city wall Siamese in those days had a tradition not to cremate the dead within the city walls, because it was believed to cause portentous. The bodies of the dead will be conveyed from the west gate known as the "Pratu Phi" (ประตูผี, "ghost gate", later neighbouring area Samran Rat).
In the year 1820 corresponding to the reign of King Rama II (1809–1824), cholera spread from Penang to Bangkok leading to more than 30,000 deaths in the capital. Wat Saket became the main receiving ground of many dead bodies that were moved in everyday, along with Wat Sangwet in Banglampoo and Wat Choeng Lane in Sampheng. Due to the large number of the deaths, the temple was unable to cremate every dead body, therefore, left some of them in the open area of the monastery where vultures began coming to devour those bodies. The communicable disease kept spreading every dry season in Siam until the early reign of King Rama V, and the temple became the main food court for vultures. Most severe was in 1840 during the reign of King Rama III when one out of ten people in Siam and the surrounding areas were killed by the disease. The last spreading of the disease took place in 1881. At that time as many as hundreds died each day.
These miserable events are in the memory of contemporary Siamese, until it was said that "Raeng Wat Saket" (แร้งวัดสระเกศ, "vultures of Wat Saket"), paired with "Pret Wat Suthat" (เปรตวัดสุทัศน์, "preta of Wat Suthat").


Wat Ratchanatdaram

Wat Ratchanatdaram (, ) is a buddhist temple (wat) located at the intersection between Ratchadamnoen Klang and Maha Chai Road, in Phra Nakhon district, Bangkok.
Meaning "Temple of the Royal Niece", the temple was built to the order of King Nangklao (Rama III) for his granddaughter, Princess Somanass Waddhanawathy in 1846.
Loha Prasat.
Loha Prasat, which means iron castle or iron monastery (โลหะปราสาท), is composed of five towers, of which the outer, middle and the center towers contain large black iron spires. The 37 virtues that are required to reach enlightenment are signified by 37 golden spires. The multi-tiered structure consists of 3 levels, the bottom one has 24 spires, the middle one 12 and the top level has 1 spire.
There were two other similar structures which previously existed in the world. Modelled after the earlier ones in India and Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka, both of which no longer exist. It contained 1,000 rooms with a golden spire on top. Another one, built in Sri Lanka, had nine floors and the roof was thatched with copper. Precious stones, wood and ivory decorated the walls. It was destroyed and remains of stone pillar from the past. Neither of these exist today.
The design of Loha Prasat almost appears Burmese, but in fact this is a copy of old Buddhist design found in Sri Lanka. In the early nineteenth century, it was begun construct by King Rama III.
A pyramid like structure created by the outer building is the widest, The next one smaller than the previous one. At the ground floor level of the tower you will find a labyrinth environment was supported by a great number of columns. Plenty of pictures are describing the history of structure in some of the corridors were installed in late 2007.
The Loha Prasat was modeled after the one in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. It is the only one of its kind that exists today. It was submitted to UNESCO to be a World Heritage Site in 2005.
References.
http://bangkokforvisitors.com/ratanakosin/loha-prasat/
travel.com/temples/wat-ratchanadda.html
Phlainoi, S. (2555). Lao ruang Bangkok chabap sombunnn. Krung Thep...: Phimkham.


Rachocin Transmitter

Radio-Television Transmitting Centre Rachocin, situated by Sierpc/Rachocin on the north-west Masovian Voivodeship. Is a 261-metre guyed steel mast.
The mast was built to the purpose of the broadcasting of a radio signal and television on the large area. Under the reach of this RTCN a north-western part Masovian Voivodeship and an eastern part Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, are including such cities as: Sierpc, Płock, Lipno, Rypin, Włocławek, Toruń, Ciechanów, Brodnica, or Działdowo, Lidzbark Warmiński and Mława. Is an owner from EmiTel company.


Muzondo High School

Muzondo High School is located Takavarasha, Chivi District, Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe.
Notable alumni include Paul Takawira, Hon. Amos Chibaya, Movement for Democratic Change Member of Parliament for Mkoba.


Hotel Bristol (Oslo)

Hotel Bristol is a hotel in Oslo, Norway. Opened in 1920, it is owned today by Olav Thon. The hotel has 251 rooms, 10 suites and three restaurants.
On the evening of July 15, 1936, the city of Oslo offered at the hotel a dinner for participants in the 1936 International Congress of Mathematicians.
In 1939, the Oslo Report was written by Hans Ferdinand Mayer during his stay at the hotel. During World War II, the hotel was requisitioned as a hospital to treat casualties from the December 1943 explosion of a German munitions ship in Oslo's harbor.


Qalet Marku Redoubt

Qalet Marku Redoubt () was a redoubt in the limits of Naxxar, Malta. It was built in 1715–1716 by the Order of Saint John as one of a series of coastal fortifications around the Maltese Islands. It was demolished to make way for the coast road, but its remains are possibly still buried under the road.
History.
Qalet Marku Redoubt was built in 1715–1716 as part of the first building programme of redoubts in Malta. The nearest fortifications to the redoubt were Għallis Battery to the northwest and Qalet Marku Battery to the east. Both of these batteries are now largely destroyed, but some remains still survive.
The redoubt originally consisted of a pentagonal platform with a low parapet. A rectangular blockhouse was located at the centre of its gorge.
The redoubt was demolished to make way for the Baħar iċ-Ċagħaq–Salina coast road. Its remains are probably still buried under the surface of the road. Part of the structure can still be seen protruding from beneath the road, although it is encased in concrete.


Eswatini College of Technology

Eswatini College of Technology, also referred to a ECOT, is a state-owned college in Eswatini. It offers courses in engineering, science and education. Dr. Grace Mdluli is the current principal of the college. In 2011, the college collaborated with Vaal University of Technology in South Africa.


School of Electrotechnics Zagreb

School of Electrotechnics Zagreb () is a school specialised for electro-technicians, computer technicians and technicians for electro-engineering. It was founded in 1959 as "Center for educating "Rade Končar"". In 1991 the school changed its name to School of Electrotechnics which is still its name. Director of school is Ivo Klarić and his assistant is Stjepan Novoselac.


Mingulay

Mingulay () is the second largest of the Bishop's Isles in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. Located south of Barra, it is known for its important seabird populations, including puffins, black-legged kittiwakes, and razorbills, which nest in the sea-cliffs, amongst the highest in the British Isles.
There are Iron Age remains, and the culture of the island was influenced by early Christianity and the Vikings. Between the 15th and 19th centuries Mingulay was part of the lands of Clan MacNeil of Barra, but subsequently suffered at the hands of absentee landlords.
After two thousand years or more of continuous habitation, the island was abandoned by its Gaelic-speaking residents in 1912 and has remained uninhabited since. It is no longer used for grazing sheep. The island is also associated with the "Mingulay Boat Song", although that was composed in 1938. The National Trust for Scotland has owned Mingulay since 2000.
Geology and soils.
In the Pleistocene era Mingulay was covered by the ice sheets which spread from Scotland out into the Atlantic Ocean beyond the Outer Hebrides. After the last retreat of the ice around 20,000 years ago, sea levels were lower than at present and circa 14,000 BP it was joined to a single large island comprising most of what is now the Outer Hebrides. Steadily rising sea levels since that time then isolated the island, which is made up of Hebridean gneiss interspersed with some granite. The ice deposited both erratic blocks of rock and boulder clay on the eastern side of the island around Mingulay Bay. The rest of the island is covered in peat, thin acidic soils, or bare rock.
Geography and pre-history.
Mingulay is part of the small archipelago known as the Bishop or Barra Isles which are "composed of a cluster of islands surrounded by a boisterous sea, making the passage of one island to another a matter of very considerable hazard" and which form the southern end of the larger Outer Hebrides group.
There is one large beach on the eastern side of the isle, where the only settlement of note ('The Village') was located, and a tiny cove at Skipsdale (Old Norse: "ship valley"). Bagh na h-Aoineig (Scots Gaelic: "bay of the steep promontory") on the western side is a deep cleft in the sea-cliffs once thought to be the highest in the UK which rise to 213 m (699 ft) above sea level at Builacraig.
Mingulay has three large sea stacks: Arnamul (Old Norse: "Erne mound"), Lianamul (Old Norse: "Flax mound") and Gunamul, which has a natural arch in 150 m (490 ft) cliffs through which boats can sail on rare days when the sea is calm. There are several outlying islets including the twin rocks of Sròn a Dùin to the south-west, Geirum Mòr and Geirum Beag to the south between Mingulay and the nearby island of Berneray, and Solon Mòr ('Big Gannet'), Solon Beag ('Little Gannet'), Sgeirean nan Uibhein, Barnacle Rock and a smaller stack called The Red Boy, all to the north between Mingulay and Pabbay.
The highest hills are Càrnan (273 m or 896 ft), Hecla (Old Norse: "Hooded shroud") (219 m or 719 ft) and Macphee's Hill (224 m or 735 ft). The last was named when a relief ship was sent by MacNeil of Barra to discover why communications from the island had ceased. A crewman called Macphee was sent ashore and returned to report that the residents had all died of disease. Fearing the plague, his shipmates refused to allow him back on board. He survived for a year, and climbed the hill every day to look out for a rescue. When the island was re-settled the chief of the Clan MacNeil of Barra granted him land there.
The south-western promontory of Dun Mingulay has the remains of an Iron Age fort and there is a pre-historic site at Crois an t-Suidheachain near the western landing place at Aneir at the southern end of Mingulay Bay, which may have been a stone circle. In 1971 a 2,000-year-old Iron Age midden was found resting on sand near the 'Village' overlooking the Bay. A stone 'pebble hammer' was discovered nearby in 1975, but it has not been possible to date the find. Skipisdale may also contain Iron Age remains.
Name.
In historic times the Hebrides have been heavily influenced by Celtic, Norse and Scots culture and this is evident in the variety of names the isle possesses. "Mingulay" is derived from "Mikil-ay", the Old Norse for "Big Island" although this is misleading as it is only the second largest of the Barra Isles behind Vatersay, which is lower lying and appears smaller from the sea. "Miughalaigh" and "Miùghlaigh" are two variants of the Gaelic name. Lowland Scots speakers in their turn have variously described the island as "Mewla" or "Miuley" (which are both approximations of the Gaelic pronunciation), "Megaly" and "Micklay" before finally settling on the current variant.
Murray (1973) states that the name "appropriately means Bird Island".
History and culture.
Christianity, Norsemen and Clan MacNeil.
Early Christianity influenced Mingulay (for example the nearby islands of Pabbay and Berneray both have cross-inscribed slabs) but no direct evidence has yet been found. From circa 871 onwards Viking raids on the Outer Hebrides gathered pace but similarly the Viking graves found on Berneray and Vatersay are not replicated on Mingulay and whilst there are no definite indications of Norse settlement, their presence on the island is confirmed by the many features they named.
Acknowledged by Malcolm III as part of the Kingdom of the Isles, a Norwegian crown dependency, from the 12th century onwards Norwegian power in the Western Isles weakened. By the 1266 Treaty of Perth they reverted to the Scottish crown control under the tutelage of the quasi-autonomous "Lordship of Garmoran" (ruled by the MacRory, a faction among the rulers of the Kingdom of the Isles). In 1427, following violence between the MacRory heirs to Garmoran (Clan Ranald, the Siol Gorrie, and Siol Murdoch), Garmoran was declared forfeit.
That same year – 1427 – following the forfeiture, the Lords of the Isles (the remaining MacRory heirs) awarded Lairdship of Barra (and its associated islands) and half of South Uist to Clan MacNeil of Barra. They adopted the cliffs of Builacraig as part of their traditional crest and used the name as a war-cry. However, following acts of piracy by the MacNeils, king James VI transferred ownership of some of the southern archipelago (including Mingulay) to the Bishop of the Isles, hence those islands became known as the "Bishop's Isles" .
The islanders' livelihood was based on fishing (for white fish, herring and lobster), crofting (with up to 55 ha (0.21 sq mi) of arable and pasture land fertilised by wrack on which sheep, cattle, ponies, pigs and poultry were kept) and very dependent on the bounty provided by seabirds. For example, rent was payable to The MacNeil in or ‘fatlings’ – shearwater chicks.
The Reformation never reached the south of the Outer Hebrides and Roman Catholicism held sway from the 12th century to the early 20th. The lack of a resident priest meant that services were often organised by the lay community, but the local culture and traditions of songs and story-telling were rich and varied. As Samuel Johnson observed when lamenting his failure to reach thus far on his 18th-century Hebridean journey:
Popery is favourable to ceremony; and among the ignorant nations ceremony is the only preservative of tradition. Since Protestantism was extended to the savage parts of Scotland, it has perhaps been one of the chief labours of the Ministers to abolish stated observances, because they continued the remembrance of the former religion.
Some of the local beliefs were perhaps less welcome to the practitioners of organised religion. An each-uisge was thought to live in a bottomless well near the summit of Macphee's Hill, and faery and their associated music were taken for granted, if generally avoided. The curative powers of the seventh son of a seventh son were assumed to be sufficient for the treatment of diseases as serious as tuberculosis. Yet the old ways themselves were dying.
Absentee landlords.
The Barra estates of MacNeil (including all the Barra Isles) were sold to Colonel John Gordon of Cluny Aberdeenshire in 1840 whose lack of consideration for his tenants during the potato famines was matched by his zeal for evictions to create sheep farms. However, the Highland Clearances seemed to have the effect of increasing Mingulay's population as families evicted from Barra sometimes chose to re-settle there rather than take the emigrant ships to Nova Scotia. In this regard Mingulay's remoteness was probably an advantage and rents were reduced from 1840–45. In 1878 Lady Gordon Cathcart inherited the estate and visited but once during her fifty-four year period of tenure.
In 1764 the population of the island was 52. Later census records show that there were 113 residents in 1841, 150 in 1881, 142 in 1891 (occupying 28 houses, compared to the 1841 total of 19), and 135 in 1901. Families were often large, and ten or more children was not uncommon, with three generations sometimes sharing a single small house. Life was co-operative with fishing, waulking, peat cutting and landing the boats all being communal activities. The island is remote but was by no means cut off. In the 19th century fishermen sold fish in Glasgow and Ireland, both men and women worked on the east coast herring fishing industry, and food was brought in from mainland Scotland on a regular basis.
At the height of village life there was a mill, a chapel house consisting of a church and a priest's residence, and a school. However, despite there being a continuous population on Mingulay for at least two thousand years, evacuations began in 1907 and the island was completely abandoned by its residents in 1912.
Evacuation.
There were numerous reasons for the evacuation. In 1897 a boat from the neighbouring island of Pabbay was lost off Barra Head with its crew of five: more than half of Pabbay's male population, and this did not encourage confidence amongst the fishermen of Mingulay. The lack of a sheltered landing meant that the island could be unreachable for weeks at a time, and loading and unloading goods was at best strenuous and at worst hazardous. This may have meant less at a time when possessions were fewer, but no doubt the population was also increasingly aware of their relative isolation. Writing about the collapse of similar populations in the Hebrides, Neat (2000) suggests:
one common thread would appear to be the unwillingness of even the most stoical and historically-aware communities to continue an existence based upon endless physical hardship when the opportunity of an easier livelihood elsewhere is there to be taken.
Buxton (1995) tells the story of two men who left Mingulay together. One was visiting Barra, and the other intended to emigrate to New York. They said their farewells in Castlebay but it did not work out for the latter and he returned from the United States three months later. To his great surprise he met his friend in Castlebay again, who explained that he had been unable to return to Mingulay since they had last met because of adverse sea conditions. Similar difficulties experienced by visiting priests or doctors bound for Mingulay were a constant source of concern to the islanders.
The ferocity of the weather should not be underestimated. In 1868 a huge wave washed over the top of Geirum Mor, taking the sheep with it. The summit of the islet is 51 metres (170 ft) above sea level. Fraser Darling and Boyd (1969) also speculate about the "quiet failure" of the populations of small islands like Mingulay to husband their available natural resources. Certainly the population began to exceed the carrying capacity of the land. The Congested Districts Board installed a derrick to assist with the landings at Aneir at the south end of the Bay in 1901, but the design was flawed and its failure was a further disappointment.
In July 1906 grazing land on Vatersay was raided by landless cottars from Barra and its isles, including three families from Mingulay. They were followed in 1907 by eight more raiders from Mingulay led by Micheal Neill Eachainn. Lady Gordon Cathcart took legal action but the visiting judge took the view that she had neglected her duties as a landowner and that "long indifference to the necessities of the cottars had gone far to drive them to exasperation". Vatersay has sheltered anchorages and was only 300 metres (330 yd) from Barra (until the construction of a causeway in 1990) and Neil MacPhee wrote "it is better a thousand times to die here than to go through the same hardships which were our lot" on Mingulay.
In November 1907 six more families consisting of 27 individuals from Mingulay squatted on Sandray, which has a sheltered beach. Meanwhile, the plight of the Vatersay raiders had been raised at Westminster. Despite considerable public sympathy they were eventually sentenced to two months in prison. Shortly thereafter the Congested Districts Board purchased the entire island of Vatersay with the aim of providing new crofts. By the next summer there were 14 Mingulay families living there. Only six families remained on Mingulay itself, and all of them planned to leave.
By 1910 there were only a dozen fishermen in six families living there, and in summer 1912 the island was finally abandoned. Some may have wished to stay, but by now the population had been reduced below a viable number and the lack of a school, which had closed in April 1910, would have been a factor. There is also no doubt that the parish priest, Donald Martin, encouraged the desertion. It is claimed that neither did he like travelling there, nor did the church receive much in the collection box on his visits.
Mingulay bears similarities to the island of Hirta, which was also evacuated in 1930, Mingulay is sometimes referred to as the "near St Kilda". Mingulay is less than a third of the distance from "The Long Island" that Hirta is, yet a 19th-century visitor commented that the former was "much more primitive than St Kilda, especially as regards the cottars' and crofters' houses", suggesting that the lack of a permanent landing was of greater import than sheer distance.
1912 to the present day.
After the island was evacuated it was first tenanted and then purchased in 1919 by Jonathan MacLean from Barra. In 1930 it was sold to John Russell who had experience as a sheep farmer in both Australia and Montana. Russell was clearly a man who liked his own company, choosing to live on the island alone all autumn and winter with his pet ferrets and cats, and joined by two shepherds for the spring and summer only. After seven years he sold up to Peggy Greer, a farmer from Essex who visited only rarely and let the grazings out to local farmers. In 1951 she attempted to sell the island herself, but without success until 1955 when a local crofters' syndicate called the Barra Head Isles Sheepstock Company completed the purchase. The advent of motor boats made stocking the islands considerably easier and the company's ownership continued for the next forty years.
In 2000 Mingulay was acquired by the National Trust for Scotland through a bequest by J. M. Fawcitt "to provide an area of natural beauty in memory of her parents and the courage of her late brother, Bernard."
Only two buildings survive on the island: the schoolhouse and the chapel house, although the latter has recently lost its roof and front wall.
Flora and fauna.
Mingulay has a large seabird population, and is an important breeding ground for razorbills (9,514 pairs, 6.3% of the European population), guillemots (11,063 pairs) and black-legged kittiwakes (2,939 pairs). shags (694 individuals), fulmar (11,626 pairs), puffins (2,072 pairs), storm petrel, common terns, Arctic terns, bonxies and various species of gull also nest in the sea-cliffs. Manx shearwaters nested on Lianamul stack until the late 18th century, when they were driven away by puffins, and tysties have also been recorded there.
Sheep graze the island's rough pastures and there is a population of rabbits, introduced by shepherds after the 1912 evacuation. Grey seals are abundant, numbers having grown substantially since the departure of human residents. Although they do not breed, up to 1,000 make use of the beach in winter.
The flora of the island is typical of the Outer Hebrides with heather, sphagnum moss, sedges, grass and bracken predominating. There is but a single tree – a 2-metre high poplar on a cliff overlooking Mingulay Bay. Sea holly, otherwise rare in the Western Isles, has grown on Mingulay since at least the late nineteenth century, and sea milkwort, normally only found at sea level is able to grow on the high cliff tops due to the ocean spray and seagull manure. In spring and summer there are profusions of wild flowers around the deserted Village.
Mingulay and nearby Berneray became a Site of Special Scientific Interest in 1983.
Visiting Mingulay.
The island attracts regular visits from naturalists and in recent years has also become popular with rock climbers. The National Trust for Scotland operates two licensed boatmen from Barra and further information may be available at the tourist office in Castlebay.
There is an "occasional" anchorage in Mingulay Bay sheltered from westerly winds. Landing on the beach may be difficult as there is a regular heavy swell and approaching the old landing place at Aneir may be easier. There is also a landing place at Skipisdale.
Mingulay Boat Song.
The "Mingulay Boat Song" was composed by Hugh S. Roberton, the founder of the Glasgow Orpheus Choir, in 1938, and first recorded by the Francis McPeake family of Ulster. Written in the style of Hebridean work songs to the tune "Creag Guanach" from Lochaber, it invites the listener to imagine the boatsmen of the island singing in time to the pulling of their oars.
It has been recorded by numerous artists including Robin Hall and Jimmy MacGregor in 1971, The Idlers and Richard Thompson in 2006. The lyrics have also been variously interpreted. For example, Hall and MacGregor's 1961 version has a female vocalist (Shirley Bland) rendering the third stanza as:
Although the fame of the song means that it is one of the few things popularly associated with the island and it is evocative of island life, it was never sung by its residents, having been composed long after the evacuation.
Other songs composed by or about residents of the island survive. These include "Oran do dh'Eilean Mhiulaidh" (Song to the Isle of Mingulay) written by Neil MacPhee the Vatersay raider (see above), after the abandonment of the island, and "Turas Neill a Mhiughlaigh" (Neil's Trip to Mingulay) written by Father Allan MacLean (known locally as the "Curate of Spain" having attended the Scots College in Valladolid), possibly during the period 1837–40 when he lived on Barra. Songs and oral tradition relating to Mingulay are discussed in Liza Storey's "Miughalaigh" (2008).


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History.
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Location and interior.
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History.
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Architecture.
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Transportation.
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History.
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Description.
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Trstenik Airport

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The Grass runway is 80 meters (262 feet) wide with Concrete runway beginnings on both thresholds are 30 meters (98 feet) in width and 300 meters (985 feet) in length.
In 1990, construction work came to a finish on the building of both a new control tower and underground fuel tanks.
History.
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Royal railway station (Phnom Penh)

Phnom Penh Royal railway station () is a railway station in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. It is located next to the University of Health Sciences and the National University of Management as well as the Canadian embassy. This station was renovated and formally reopened October 22, 2010.
Scheduled passenger train services between Phnom Penh and Sihanoukville resumed in May 2016 after having been suspended for 14 years. After that, many passenger train service continue to resume. As of May 2021, there is schedule train service between Phnom Penh to Krong Pursat, Krong Battambang, Krong Sisophon, and Poipet. There will be a passenger train service from Phnom Penh to Bangkok by 2022.
In April 2018, trains operated by Royal Railway began running express from Phnom Penh International Airport to Phnom Penh railway station. As of 2019, Royal Railway runs 44 trains each day, and 15–16 freight trains to Sihanoukville and Poipet.
Construction.
The process of building the station was hampered by the rainy season. "A considerable advance was thus taken during the first year and, in 1931, the Company concentrated all her effort on the one hand on the Phnom Penh train station, including embankments, buildings and facilities, which are of an exceptional importance, and secondly on ballast supplies. Meanwhile, nature, so often hostile in Cambodia, became the main auxiliary against the engineers by packing embankments and consolidating them with vegetation. Good weather having returned, work actively resumed with the rehabilitation of the embankments and the levelling of the platform."
The station was built in 1932 from reinforced concrete to service the railway to Battambang.
History.
On September 28–30, 1960, twenty-one leaders of the Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Party (KPRP) held a secret congress at the station. The meeting resulted in the party being renamed as the Workers Party of Kampuchea (WPK). In Democratic Kampuchea, this pivotal meeting would later be projected as the founding date of the party. The first important meeting of the Khmer Rouge leadership including Pol Pot was held at the railway station in April 1975, following the fall of Phnom Penh at which the decision to evacuate the cities was taken.


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Notes.
1. For a history of the building and the site see The Many Lives of the Wood Green Crown Court Building


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In 1999, it underwent a major expansion and is now a five-screen theater, though the original main theater has been left largely intact and is still the largest theater in the complex. The Charles now serves as an arthouse multiplex, showing a variety of independent films along with some major studio prestige pictures. The main theatre hosts revival series and special screenings several times a week, as well as the occasional live concert performance. The entire theater complex served as the host of the annual Maryland Film Festival from 1999 until 2013.
The Charles sits just across the tracks of the Northeast Corridor from Penn Station, putting the theater within easy walking distance of Amtrak, MARC, and Light Rail service. Another Light Rail stop, University of Baltimore/Mt. Royal, is also close by.
The original structure, known as the Baltimore City Passenger Railway Power House and Car Barn, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.
Trivia.
The pre-expansion Charles of the '70s was featured in the John Waters film "Polyester" as the X-rated theater run by Elmer Fishpaw, the husband of Divine's character, Francine Fishpaw.
The first public screenings of the expanded 5-screen Charles took place within the inaugural year of Maryland Film Festival in April, 1999.
The expanded Charles includes the former location of the Famous Ballroom, where the Left Bank Jazz Society held events in the 1960s and 1970s. That incarnation of the space can be seen in portions of the documentary "".


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Vang stone

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Description.
The Vang stone was erected around 1000, during the transitional period from Paganism to Christianity in Norway. It was originally located in the traditional district of Valdres. It was situated outside a stave church at Vang. Vang Stave Church was dismantled and moved to Krummhübel, Germany in 1844. At that time, the runestone was moved to its current location, outside the Vang Church ("Vang kirke").
The stone is made of an irregular slab of slate. It is 2.15m tall, up to 1.25m wide and 8–13 cm thick. The artwork on the front of the stone is in Ringerike style, and depicts ribbons, leaves and a stylized animal, allegedly a lion. Although thought to be a part of a stone portal, this idea is generally not supported. In contrast to other Viking Era runestones. The runic text is not integrated with the artwork to make a unified composition, but is carved along the edge of the stone.
Inscription.
A transliteration of the runic inscription into Latin characters is:
Translations:


Skavica Hydro Power Plant

Skavica Hydro Power Plant is a proposed large power plant on the Drin River situated in Albania.
The project consists of a large power plant with a nominal capacity of 250 MW on the Drin River operated by the Italian company TGK Group that will invest US$664 million in the project.


Mondriaan Tower

The Mondriaan Tower (Dutch: "Mondriaantoren") is a skyscraper in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. It is the second tallest building in the city. The tower is located at the omval, an island in the Amstel river. The Mondriaantoren is 125 meters high and has 32 floors. It was opened in 2001, the tower is named for the old Dutch painter Piet Mondriaan.
The head office of Delta lloyd is based in the tower. It has a floor space of 32,000 m2.


Frankfield railway station

Frankfield railway station was the terminus of from May Pen serving the eponymous market town, from the Kingston terminus. It opened in 1925 with the completion of the final 9¼ mile extension on the branch, and closed in 1974 when the branch itself closed due to a lack of maintenance. It has since been demolished.


Dalyare fort (Darawiish)

Dalyare fort is an open-top fort of the Darawiish era which was ordered built by the Sayid Muhammad Abdullah Hassan as a strategy for countering the colonization efforts of the Europeans. The building is located in the Nugaal Valley a few miles east of Las Anod. The purpose of the Daryare fort was to serve as a refuge and escape route for Darawiish retreating from colonial forces who intend to head south towards the Shabelle River. However, retrospectively, some analysts have described the building as a setback to the previous tactic of maneuverability on the part of the Darawiish. Cali Jalax was the builder. The native Darawiish referred to the building as "Sool-Daryare". On the other hand, the colonialists who launched attacks against the Darawiish referred to the building as Dariali.
Abandonment.
The book "Ferro e fuoco in Somalia" by former Italian Somalia governor Francesco Caroselli, it records the causes and circumstances of the Darawiish abandonment of Dalyare and other forts. The letter, originally in Arabic, but since translated to Italian and Somali records correspondance between the Sayid and the Italian Somali governor Giacomo De Martino stating that the forts were abandoned due the fact that the Dhulbahante tribe, of whom Darawiish was comprised, had by and large surrendered.


Ermita de Santiago

Ermita de Santiago is a church in Marbella, Spain. Built in the 15th century after the capture of Marbella by the Crown of Castile, it is the oldest religious building in the city. It is located in the Plaza de los Naranjos in the heart of Old Town. The chapel has a single rectangular nave covered with Islamic tiles.


Capital Towers (Moscow)

Capital Towers is a complex of three residential skyscrapers under construction in Moscow, Russia. It is located near the Moscow International Business Center on a Moskva River bank. The three skyscrapers are named Park Tower, City Tower and River Tower. A construction started in 2017 and will end in 2020. Upon completion the Capital Towers will be one of the tallest buildings in Moscow and in Europe.


Bada Tower

The Bada Tower () is a tower in Lieyu Township, Kinmen, Fujian Province, Republic of China.
History.
The tower was constructed in 1963 by the Republic of China Armed Forces to commemorate the fallen seven soldiers in Gubeikou, Peking in 1933.
Architecture.
The tower is located at the center of a roundabout. On top of it stand statues of soldiers.


VRT Zendstation Egem

The VRT Zendstation Egem is a tall guyed mast used as a broadcast antenna. It broadcasts the radio and TV programs of the VRT and Q-Music, JOE fm, and Nostalgie Vlaanderen. There are also a number of antennas for mobile communications (Base, Mobistar and Proximus ) attached to the mast.
It was built in 1973 and is located in Egem in Pittem, West Flanders, Belgium. It is the tallest structure in Belgium. The tower is owned and operated by Norkring België.
Radio services broadcast from the site (particularly those of the VRT) can be received in parts of neighbouring countries. Reception of the VRT services can regularly be received in the southern provinces of the Netherlands, Nord-Pas-de-Calais in Northern France and Kent in South East England.
Services Broadcast.
Analogue Radio (FM)
Digital Radio (DAB)


Beijing Shejitan

The Beijing Shejitan (北京社稷壇), also known as the Altar of Earth and Harvests or Altar of Land and Grain is a Confucian altar, located in the Zhongshan Park in Beijing. Built in 1421, it was used to perform the national soil and grain ceremonies. The Shejitan is also located in the opposite geometric location to the Imperial Ancestral Temple. Along with the Imperial Ancestral Temple, Xiannongtan, and Temple of Heaven, it is one of Beijing's main imperial temples.


Igreja de Jesus (Luanda)

The Igreja de Jesus, also Igreja dos Jesuítas, is a landmark in Luanda, Angola, adjacent to the Presidential Palace in the "cidade alta" neighborhood. It is the former church of the Jesuit college established in the city in the early 17th century. It has a fine baroque façade and a richly decorated interior.
History.
In the 1580s, Portuguese governor Paulo Dias de Novais donated the land on which the church stands to the Society of Jesus, on a site then known as "Praça da Feira" (Market Square). The church's construction started in 1607 or 1612 and lasted until 1636.
From 1641 to 1648, Luanda was occupied by the Dutch Republic and the church was used as an assembly hall while the nearby Jesuit college hosted the governor's residence. Luanda was retaken by Portuguese administrator Salvador de Sá in 1648 and the Jesuits recovered their properties. Following Portugal's suppression of the Society of Jesus in 1759, the church rapidly fell into disrepair. It was restored from 1953 and reopened in December 1958, on designs by architect Humberto Reis. It underwent further modification in the early 1970s.


Msembe Airstrip

Msembe Airstrip is an airstrip serving Ruaha National Park in the Iringa Region of Tanzania. A few domestic airlines fly there, including Coastal Aviation and Auric Air.
On September 15, 2020 Msembe ranked second in the world and first in Africa continent.


Maradhoo Feydhoo School

Maradhoo Feydhoo School is a school located in Maradhoo-Feydhoo, a district of Addu City in the Maldives.
At present, there are around 14 teachers and 168 students under the leadership of Mrs Fathimath Hafsa, Principal. There are 7 classroom buildings, 1 Hall class room and 1 administrative building.


Maponya Mall

Maponya Mall is a shopping centre in Soweto, Pimville, South Africa. The 65,000 square-metre development cost R650m to build and officially opened in September 2007. The mall was owned by South African entrepreneur and property developer Richard Maponya until his death in early January 2020 under The Maponya group in partnership with Investec and ZenProp property holdings.
See also.
Richard Maponya


House of Sombrerete

The House of Sombrerete (Spanish: "Corrala de Sombrerete") is a building located in Madrid, Spain. It was declared "Bien de Interés Cultural" in 1978.


Songo Songo Airstrip

Songo Songo Airstrip is a private airstrip in eastern Tanzania on Songo Songo Island in Lindi Region.


Oranjemund Airport

Oranjemund Airport is an airport serving Oranjemund, a town in the ǁKaras Region of Namibia. The town and airport are located near the northern bank of the Orange River, which is the border between Namibia and South Africa.
The airport is west of the Alexander Bay VOR-DME (Ident: ABV), located on the Alexander Bay Airport across the river in South Africa.
Airlines and destinations.
As of February 2021, there are no scheduled services at the airport. Previously, FlyWestair operated domestic flights to Windhoek-Eros.


University of Lubumbashi

The University of Lubumbashi (), also known by the acronym UNILU, is one of the largest universities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is located in Lubumbashi in Katanga Province. The campus is located in the northern part of the city, west of the airport.
History.
The university was created in 1955 under Belgian colonial rule as the Official University of the Congo and Ruanda-Urundi () by the University of Liège and opened in 1956.
It was one of the institutions merged into the National University of Zaire in 1971. It was re-established as an autonomous university in 1981 when the National University of Zaire was split up.
In May 1990 Zaire's government violently suppressed student protests on the campus, killing several students and destroying parts of the campus.


Bok House

The Bok House was an old mansion on Jalan Ampang in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, demolished in 2006. The compound where the building stood is a block away from the Petronas Twin Towers, owned by a private trustee managed by the Bok family.
History.
The mansion was designed by Swan & Maclaren in 1926 and it was completed in 1929 for a local millionaire, the Cycle & Carriage owner Chua Cheng Bok. In the 1958 and up until its closure in 2001, the mansion housed an upscale restaurant and bar called the Le Coq d'Or.
Demolition and controversy.
In 2001, the building was abandoned by the restaurant operator. Being located on a high-value land, plan for redevelopment emerged but it was opposed by local conservation groups. Initially, the local government denied there were plans to redevelop the land and hence, the possibility of demolishing the building. Local conservation groups later tried to lobby the government to gazette the mansion for its historical value but to no avail.
On December 15 2006, the mansion was demolished, resulting in public outcry. The building was 77 years old when demolished.
After demolition of the mansion, on 21 December 2006 Culture, Arts and Heritage Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim challenged dissenters to prove that Bok House is of historic value. According to him:
"The cost of rehabilitating Bok House will be high and there is no significant history or aesthetic value attached to the building"
"The Government could also not save Bok House from being demolished because it is owned and not registered as a heritage building."
The list of registered heritage buildings in Malaysia is in fact determined by the government.
The plot of land where Bok House once stood remain vacant till late 2012, when it was boarded up and construction on a proposed W Hotel commenced. The W Kuala Lumpur Hotel was opened in 2017.


Yare Prison

Yare Prison (Spanish: "Prisión de Yare"; officially: Prison of San Francisco de Yare) is a prison in San Francisco de Yare, in the Simon Bolivar Municipality of Miranda State in Venezuela.
Like other prisons in Venezuela, it is known for its harsh conditions, mainly due to overcrowding and poor facilities. Nationally some 44,500 prisoners are housed in buildings designed for 15,000
There are three groups of buildings: Yare I, II, and III. These centres are overpopulated. Yare I was designed to have 750 prisoners, but currently has about 1153.
Yare I was built in 1984; and Yare II between 1997 and 1998. The principal military involved in the coup of February 1992 against President Carlos Andrés Pérez were imprisoned here from 1992 until 1994, until President Rafael Caldera's pardon. While imprisoned here, Hugo Chávez, leader of the coup, wrote his manifesto "Cómo salir del laberinto".


Biblioteca Cathariniana

The Biblioteca Cathariniana or Cateriniana is a public library in Pisa, region of Tuscany, Italy. It is affiliated with the Archbishop's Seminary (Seminario Arcivescovile).
The library was founded in the 13th-century in the Dominican convent of Santa Caterina d’Alessandria. The convent of Santa Caterina was affiliated with scholars such as Giordano da Rivalto, Bartolomeo da San Concordio, and Domenico Cavalca. These scholars participated in the religious education of students at the monastery. A nucleus of the collection was the donation of 61 codexes by Fra Proino di Orlandino da Fabro, cofounder of the monastery and colleague of Thomas Aquinas.
After the suppression of monasteries in 1783, the collection acquired part of the library of Guido Grandi from the Camaldolese Monastery of San Michele in Borgo. In 1784, this monastery was suppressed but the Archbishop obtained the present site for the Seminary of the diocese. The collection of the Barnabite Convent of San Frediano and the collections of 18th-century archbishop Francesco Frosini and the 19th-century archbishop/cardinal Cosimo Corsi were added.
There is a modern and antique collection. The modern collection has over 20,000 volumes from 1830 onward, including 150 journals no longer published. It is particularly rich in theology, patristic and more recent church history. But also has collections in anthropology, philosophy, sociology, pedagogy, and psychology. It possesses the entire collection of the "L'Osservatore Romano".
The antique collection has nearly 12,000 books, including 2000 from the 15th century, 98 incunaboli, and 222 manuscript books.


East Cape Lighthouse

East Cape Lighthouse is a lighthouse sited on Otiki Hill above East Cape, the easternmost point on the North Island of New Zealand. It is owned and operated by Maritime New Zealand. The lighthouse was originally constructed on nearby East Island. However the island was difficult to access (four men died during tower construction when their boat capsized) and proved to be susceptible to earthquakes and subsequent landslips. In 1920 a decision was made to relocate the light to the mainland and in April 1922, the light was extinguished and then relit at its current location in December of that year. Originally manned by three lighthouse keepers, the light's staffing was progressively reduced until it was fully automated in 1985. It is now controlled from the Maritime New Zealand headquarters in Wellington. While the area around the light is accessible by foot, the lighthouse itself is not open to the public.


Beco dos Redemoinhos Residence

The Residence of Beco dos Redemoinhos (), is a 14th-century building situated in the Portugueses civil parish of Cedofeita, Santo Ildefonso, Sé, Miragaia, São Nicolau e Vitória, municipality of Porto.
History.
The building was likely constructed in the first half of the 14th century, as the principal residence of a wealthy merchant. The owner had obtained his inspiration from his business trips to northern Europe.
Owing to alterations to the Sé Cathedral of Porto, the building was reduced in size, at a time when the merchants of Porto were connected to the commercial enterprises in Flanders, France and England.
Architecture.
The long narrow building is located to the rear of the Sé Cathedral, but was reduced in size to the expansion of the main chapel.
The Flemish residence is marked by trilobe Gothic windows and the typical centralized chimney.


Bremen-Burg station

Bremen-Burg is a railway station serving the Burg district of Bremen. It also is a junction between the lines from Bremen–Bremerhaven and to Bremen-Vegesack. The station is connected to the BSAG bus network.


Haa Dhaalu Atoll Education Centre

Haa Dhaalu Atoll Education Centre, originally named Haa Dhaalu Community School, is a government school in The Maldives. The foundation stone was laid by Haa Dhaalu Atoll Chief Thiyara Mohamed Rasheed on 18 March 1978, and the school was opened on 1 March 1979. This school was opened by President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom on 1 March 1979.


Kaiyuan Finance Center

Kaiyuan Finance Center () is a 53-story, skyscraper built in 2012 in Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China. The building is located in the central business district of Shijiazhuang, and as of January 2020, it's the tallest in the city.
Designed by International and developed by Fincera Inc., an e-commerce company serving small and medium-sized Chinese businesses, the building serves as the company's headquarter. It's also home to Hilton Shijiazhuang. A mixed-use building, 20 of the building's floors consist of hotel rooms while 21 floors are office space.
Floor Plan.
Floors 32-53 belongs to Hilton Shijiazhuang, one of the main tenants of the building. Floors 5 through 27 are office spaces. The sky lobby lies in between the hotel rooms and the offices, stretching from the 29th to the 31st floor. Floors 1-4 consists of lobbies, restaurants, and meeting rooms. Maintenance floors scatter across the building, occupying floors 12, 28, and 40.


Gnifetti Hut

The Gnifetti Hut (Italian: "Capanna Giovanni Gnifetti") is a refuge in the Alps in Aosta Valley, Italy. It is located at an altitude of , and provides access to mountaineers climbing any of the fifteen nearby 4,000 metre high summits of the Monte Rosa massif, and gives access to high-level glacier routes as well as to the Margherita Hut, located on the Signalkuppe.
The refuge is named after Italian mountaineer and parish priest from Alagna Valsesia, .


Goetheweg station

Goetheweg station () is located between the stations of Schierke and Brocken on the Brocken Railway in the Harz Mountains of Central Germany at a height of 956 m above sea level. The track layout today consists, as in the past, of a horizontal reversing track ("Rückdrückgleis") and just one turnout, whilst the running line maintains its continuous gradient of 33 permille.
History.
The station was first opened on 17 July 1900. During the 1930s it was given a new station building, entry signals and accommodation for the track maintenance gang. The station was only manned by a stationmaster during the summer half-year because, in the winter, no trains ran on the Brocken Railway. After 1961 only goods trains worked the route and, in the 1980s, supply trains for the Brocken, usually moved by a pusher engine, terminated at Goetheweg station because of the increasingly poor condition of the permanent way.
All the buildings had been destroyed during the Second World War and had not been rebuilt. Since that time its facilities have only consisted of a garden bench and an operator control for the key lock. The station is not listed in the timetable and is only used as an operating point for train crossings. For a long time it was only equipped with "So 5" railway signs (i.e. trapezium boards). Today, however, after changes to the operating system following the train accident in Thumkuhlental in 1994, signals have been installed again.
Above the station on the mountain of Königsberg in the Harz National Park are the rocky crags of the Hirschhornklippen which are not accessible.


InterContinental Phnom Penh

InterContinental Phnom Penh is a 5-star InterContinental hotel in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. It has 346 rooms and is located in the city centre.
Accommodations.
The hotel has 346 rooms in a 15-story building. Deluxe room (), Premium room (), Club InterContinental () and total 5 types of Suites are designed for both business and leisure travelers.
Conference & Meetings.
There are twelve conference facilities with that can accommodate from 10 to 700 guests.


Chick Springs

Chick Springs is a mineral springs in present-day Taylors, Greenville County, South Carolina, which from the mid-nineteenth to the early twentieth century served as the focus of a small Upstate South Carolina resort community.
The healing power of the mineral waters was known to Native Americans living near the Enoree River, and several early European visitors commented on them, including the architect Robert Mills, who in 1826 described the perfectly clear water as smelling strongly “like the washings of a gun barrel” and claimed it to be useful in “curing ring worms and other cutaneous disorders.”
In 1840, planter Burwell Chick opened a resort at the location, building a “large and commodious hotel.” He also allowed some individual "cottages" to be built on the property. After Chick's death in 1847, the enterprise continued under two of his sons, Pettus and Reuben. By the 1850s, when the railroad had reached the Upstate, the resort attracted hundreds of visitors at a time and boosted the local economy, farmers “for ten and twenty miles around” finding a market for their livestock and produce.
A visiting Catholic priest found the resort “like all watering-places,” largely “patronized by those in quest of pleasure or matrimonial alliances.” A reporter in 1854 noted “the whole house busy” with “five or six tables of whist parties below the piazzas, two or three card tables employed in the drawing room, two pianos accompanied by sweet voices, one billiard table, at which the balls were constantly cracking, a nine-pin alley, and a great many outsiders and lookers on busily engaged in smoking their cigars. Some were walking to the spring, and at the spring house some were pitching quoits for exercise after drinking the sulphur and chalybeate water.” The reporter further noted the dissection of a fresh watermelon and evening dances that often lasted until midnight.
The Chick brothers sold the property in 1857. On the afternoon of November 4, 1862, the hotel caught fire and burned to the ground. In 1868 the Chicks repurchased the property, then in 1885 sold it to George Westmoreland, an Atlanta lawyer, who put up a new hotel and several cottages.
In 1903, Westmoreland sold the property to prosperous Greenville grocer and entrepreneur James A. Bull, who greatly enlarged the hotel. In 1905, Bull had 4000 guests from May to October. The grounds of his 117 acres included pavilions, croquet grounds, tennis courts, and golf links. Guests could participate in bowling, archery, target shooting, swimming, and horseback riding. The hotel featured telegraph and long-distance telephone lines, and New York and Washington newspapers could be purchased on the evening of publication. Bull also bottled the spring water for sale.
In December 1907, Bull's hotel also burned, although Bull had his own firefighting apparatus and saved most of the outlying buildings and cottages. In 1914, Bull completed an even larger $100,000 hotel “of Spanish architecture, three stories in height, fireproof, and with all the modern equipment and facilities.” Bull's venture was unsuccessful, and the property briefly served from 1916 to 1917 as a military academy. Bull then promoted a combination hotel and sanitarium under the direction of a graduate of the University of Georgia, Dr. Benjamin Broadus Steedly, an enterprise that closed shortly after Steedly's death in 1932.
Bottling mineral water from the springs remained profitable, and in 1927, the Chick Springs Ginger Ale Company was incorporated to manufacture carbonated beverages. The Company also constructed a swimming pool and opened a park that included picnic facilities and a large dance floor. The business failed during the Depression, and the acres around the mineral spring reverted to the Bull family.
By the 21st century only the spring house and a picnic gazebo remained of the former resort. A Chick Springs Historical Society was organized in 2008 with the goal of purchasing and preserving as a park the seven-acre site around the springs.


Holy Trinity Church, Sutton Coldfield

Holy Trinity Parish Church is the parish church of Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, England. It is Grade I listed and gives its name to the ward in which it stands, Sutton Trinity.
History.
The first church on the site is thought to have been built in the 13th century, associated with the nearby Sutton Coldfield manor. The earliest part of the current building, the west tower, dates from the late 15th century. In the 1530s, Bishop John Vesey extended the church with two side aisles and added an organ. In the 18th century, galleries, pews and bells were added to the church.
Inside the church are the tomb of Bishop Vesey, as well as a font, acquired in the 19th century from the Church of St Lawrence, Over Winacre, Nottinghamshire. The ornate, early 17th century screens and panelling, fitted in 1875, were removed from the choir and organ casing of Worcester Cathedral in 1864.
In 1835 the church built a chapel near Mere Green which later became St James' Church, Hill. In 1853 part of the parish was taken to form a new parish for St James' Church.
Today.
Formerly in the mediaeval Diocese of Lichfield, the church now operates within the Diocese of Birmingham.
The "Friends of Holy Trinity Parish Church" was established in September 2013 to raise funds for the church. The inaugural Patron was Andrew Mitchell MP. Their first scheduled event in November 2013 was the Royal Town Gala Concert, hosted by Don Maclean.


Charlestown Shopping Centre

Charlestown Shopping Centre is a shopping centre located on St. Margaret's Road, Dublin, Ireland, north of Finglas village. It opened in October 2007.
Shops.
Dunnes Stores is the anchor tenant; other tenants include Sports Direct, Boots, Eddie Rocket's and Ulster Bank.
Later phases.
Phase two of the shopping centre opened in October 2015. It consisted of a nine screen Odeon cinema, and a Leisureplex which includes bowling and Quasar facilities. Phase three consisted of 3 car showrooms and opened in 2019.


Amthausgasse

The Amthausgasse is one of the streets in the Old City of Bern, the medieval city center of Bern, Switzerland. It is part of the Innere Neustadt which was built during the expansion of 1255 to 1260.
One building, a Burgher house at Amthausgasse 5 is listed on the Swiss inventory of heritage site of national significance and it is part of the UNESCO Cultural World Heritage Site that encompasses the Old City.


Hotel Metropole, Szczecin

The Hotel Metropole in Szczecin was a hotel, which was located at the corner of today's Holy Spirit Street and Podwale streets, in the Old Town, in the Centre district. It was destroyed in the Second World War.
History.
The Hotel Metropole was built between 1900 and 1901 on then Heiligegeiststraße 7b. The building had a total of 100 rooms and was one of the largest hotel buildings in pre-war Szczecin. A swimming pool, garages and a restaurant were also available to guests.
Description.
The Metropole Hotel was a corner, four-storey building. The wing from the side of the Holy Spirit Street was seven-axial, whereas from the side of Podwale Street – one axis shorter. The façade of the first and second floor was decorated with bossage. The main entrance was located in the corner of the building. The façade of the upper storeys was divided by cornices. The roof was covered by tiles. The corner crowned a tented roof with a spire.
The hotel was destroyed during the bombing of Szczecin. After the war, its ruins were cleared away and since then the space has been used as a temporary bus parking.
Guests.
At the end of January 1907, Ida Altmann, a German activist of the proletarian women's movement, spent the night at the Hotel Metropole. On 21 January 1907 she sent a letter from this hotel to her friend and future husband, Jager Bronn.


Manado State University

Manado State University (UNIMA) is a public university in North Sulawesi on a hill in Tonsaru Tataaran Tondano, Minahasa Regency, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. The university was established on September 22, 1955. It is led by Julyeta P. A Runtuwene.
History.
UNIMA derived from the Higher Education Teacher Education (abbreviated PTPG in Bahasa Indonesian) — one of four PTPG first established in Indonesia: PTPG Batusangkar, PTPG Malang, Bandung PTPG, PTPG Tondano, based on the Decree of the Minister of Education and Culture.
PTPG Tondano underwent several changes: at first the Guidance and Counseling University of Hasanuddin Makassar, then turned into FKIP Unhas Tondano in Manado, FKIP Sulteng (Sulawesi Tengah), IKIP Branch Yogyakarta at Manado, and the latter being a stand-alone IKIP based PTIP Decree No. 38 dated March 8, 1965.
On 13 September 2000, IKIP converted to Manado Manado State University and was inaugurated by the Minister of National Education Republic of Indonesia Yahya Muhaimin on October 14, 2000.
Faculty.
The university has seven faculties:


Monument to the First President of Uzbekistan

The Monument to the First President of Uzbekistan is a monument in the Ok Saroy Presidential Palace in the city of Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan. It was opened by the president of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, and family members of Islam Karimov on August 31, 2017.


Marthalen Landi-Silo

Marthalen Landi-Silo is a 35 metres high silo east of Marthalen in Switzerland. Marthalen Landi-Silo is one of the few buildings with a wind turbine on the roof.


Gujurly Nesil

The Gujurly Nesil Education Center is a privately owned institution providing short courses on languages, mathematics and computer skills. It is located in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. It was established in 2014 by local entrepreneurs inspired by the teachings of President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow. The 'Arkadag' Berdimuhamedow's educational philosophy serves as the main founding pillar of the education center.
GNEC provides short term seasonal courses throughout the year. GNEC's academic year consists of four educational seasons; winter, spring, summer, and fall academic sessions. Currently GNEC provides multiple level English, Russian, German, Computer Technology, and Mathematics courses. All courses are taught in three shifts: morning, afternoon, and evening.
GNEC's entity serves wide and diverse range of learners, ranging from 7-year-old school kids to working adults. Courses are delivered by highly qualified instructors in an interactive student centered teaching fashion using cutting edge educational technology tools. GNEC's teacher-student ratio is kept at a minimum level to enhance student-teacher interaction.
Courses given at GNEC:
1. "English": Beginner, Elementary, Pre-Intermediate, Intermediate, Upper-Intermediate, Advanced, Practice Course, English for Kids 1, 2, 3;
2. "Mathematics:" Mathematics I (Basics of Algebra), Mathematics II (Algebra and Elementary Functions), Mathematics III (Algebra and Trigonoimetric functions), Mathematics IV (Algebra and the beginning of the analysis);
3. "Computer Technologies:" Basic Office Tools, Graphical Applications, Architectural Drawing, 3D Modeling, Introduction to Programming, Computer Technical Support, Computer Network Administration, Computer Network Infrastructure, Web Design, Web Programming, Database Management (using MS Access), ;
4. "Russian:" Russian for Kids 1, 2, 3; Russian for Adults 1, 2, 3;
5. "German:" A1, A2, B1, B2, C1, C2;
6. Preparational Courses: TOEFL Prep Course; IELTS Prep Course; SAT Prep Course;
Sessions:
GNEC has 3 sessions for convenience of the audience.
1) Morning session. 09:00 - 12:00
2) Afternoon session. 15:00 - 17:50
3) Evening session. 18:30 - 21:20


Maakhir University

Maakhir University (, ) is a university in the eastern Sanaag region of Somaliland.
Overview.
Situated in Badhan, the college was established in 2009 with the purpose of providing affordable higher education to residents of the province and elsewhere in the nation. According to the institution's website, Maakhir University offers undergraduate degrees with the ultimate goal of contributing to the development of Somali society.
The Sanaag, Maakhir diaspora community has been the university's main sponsor since the outbreak of Somalia's civil war in the early 1990s. Members purchased equipment from abroad, which they then sent to the institution. The latter contributions include vehicles and office equipment. Expatriates from the region have also contributed to the construction of a new university campus, a project that has been in the works for the last couple of years.
Additionally, through its representative to Kuwait, Faisal Hawar, the Puntland government signed an agreement in Dubai with a Kuwaiti company for the development of facilities at Maakhir University as well as the Garowe International Airport. The deal was valued at $10 million USD and was financed by the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED).