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Empire Complex formerly the Empire Hotel in Timmins in the Township of Tisdale in the City of Timmins located in Northeastern Ontario Canada
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Bangkok's most unmissable attraction is of course the Grand Palace, and most specifically the temple complex of Wat Phra Kaew (Temple of the Emerald Buddha), famed for it's riot of coloured and gilded ornament, paintings and sculptures; quite simply, so visually stunning there is nothing quite like it anywhere else!
The Palace and Temple complex were begun in 1782, the year the capital was moved to Bangkok, and parts of the palace buildings betray 18th century European influence combined with traditional Thai style, such as the breathtaking gilt spires on the roof. Most of the interiors of the Palace itself are off limits to visitors since, although no longer the main residence of the thai monarchy, it is frequently used for state functions and ceremonies.
The Wat Phra Kaew complex however is the greatest draw, famed for it's stunning architecture and the famous 'Yaksha' guardian figures that flank all the main entrances to the complex. These towering figures, with their rich colours and tapering crowns, represent demonic characters from the mythological epic the 'Ramakien', and are identifiable as distinct individuals, all here serving a benign, protective role.
The Ramakien is also the subject for a stunning sequence of wall paintings within the cloister that encirlces the entire site, illustrating in minute detail the battles of the heroic monkey warriors, led by the monkey god Hanuman, against the demonic armies and kingdoms of Tosakan.
The Temple of the Emerald Buddha itself forms the largest structure and contains the venerated (though small) Buddha image. The complex contains several other iconic buildings clad in sumptuous decor, most notably the library or 'mondop' with it's gilt spire along with the great golden stupa.
The temple complex is technically a royal chapel rather than a working monastery like most Thai temples as it has no resident monks (the sheer volume of visitors leaves little room for anyone else anyway!).
The gneiss in this area has pegmatite intrusions sheared into near parallelism with the gneiss foliation, quartz intrusions also seem to be affected by strain too, but not to the extent of the pegmatite. The high strain courtesy of a tectonothermal event circa < 2 Billion years ago.
Glacial scouring and deposition of erratics are a visible legacy of the last glaciation in the British Isles.
Bronzite in sulfidic serpentinite from the Precambrian of Montana, USA.
Southern Montana’s Beartooth Mountains has one of only three platinum mines in North America. There, platinum and palladium are mined from the 2.71 billion-year-old Stillwater Complex, a classic example of an LLI (large, layered igneous province). LLIs are large intrusive bodies that display large-scale and small-scale layering, even including cross bedding, ripples, graded bedding, channelforms, and other sedimentary-like features. The Stillwater started out as a large subsurface mass of slowly cooling magma. As various minerals crystallized, they settled to the bottom of the magma chamber. This resulted in layering. Igneous rocks that formed this way have a cumulate texture. Currents in the still-liquid portions of the magma chamber produced the sedimentary structures mentioned above. Most of the Stillwater displays only large-scale layering.
The rocks in the Stillwater are ultramafic and mafic intrusive igneous rocks. Common lithologies include gabbros, norites, harzburgites, anorthosites, troctolites, chromitites, pyroxenites, and dunites. Portions of the Stillwater have been metamorphosed. Olivine is the most commonly altered component, usually metamorphosed to serpentine.
The main platinum-palladium occurrence is in the Johns-Manville Reef (J-M Reef), an interval in the lower part of the Lower Banded Series. There, the Pt-Pd occur in intercumulate sulfides, typically pyrrhotite (Fe1-xS) (= dull brassy colored) and chalcopyrite (CuFeS2) (= yellow brassy colored). Platinum ores in the J-M Reef are principally sulfidic anorthosites, but other lithologies also occur. The J-M Reef is the highest grade deposit known for platinum-group elements (PGEs).
This Stillwater rock is principally a sulfidic serpentinite. The highly lustrous areas are cleavage planes of bronzite, a type of orthopyroxene.
Stratigraphy: "footwall rocks" beneath the main olivine-bearing zone associated with the Johns-Manville Reef, Troctolite-Anorthosite I zone, Lower Banded Series, Stillwater Complex, Neoarchean, 2.71 Ga
Locality: 50W141 D7 West in the Stillwater Mine (= western side of the D7 level, ~98’ below the 5000’ elevation level, 141’ west of shaft), underground and west of the Stillwater River, southwest of the town of Nye, southwestern Stillwater County, Beartooth Mountains, southern Montana, USA
Quote from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Mile_Complex
The Golden Mile Complex is a commercial and residential development, providing offices, shopping, entertainment services and apartment living within its podium and stepped terrace structure. It houses 411 shops, 226 offices and 68 residential units.[2] The building was designed by Gan Eng Oon, William Lim and Tay Kheng Soon of the Singapore architect firm Design Partnership, now known as DP Architects.
Sited on 1.3 hectares and built to a height of 89 metres (292 feet),[5] the Golden Mile Complex is an exemplary type of "megastructure" described by architectural historian, Reyner Banham. It is one of the few that have been actually realised in the world. Pritzker Architecture Prize laureate Fumihiko Maki had called the Golden Mile Complex a "collective form". It successfully propagates high-density usage and diversity under a broad range of ideas advanced by the Japanese Metabolist Movement of the 1960s. The complex was designed as a "vertical city", which stands in contrast to homogenised cities where functional zoning restrains all signs of the latter's vitality.
Conceived as a prototype for a lively environment, the design of the Golden Mile Complex was intended to catalyse urban development along Beach Road by employing an extruded section that would stretch along the East Coast facing the sea. In terms of public transport and accessibility, the building is serviced from the rear on Beach Road, instead of its frontage with Nicoll Highway, with a continuous pedestrian spine linking all buildings in the Golden Mile of Beach Road. The design was influenced by the linear city concepts of Le Corbusier and Arturo Soria y Mata.[6]
The stepped profile of the Golden Mile Complex offers the occupants of the apartments on the upper floors a panoramic view of the sea and sky. All the apartments have balconies, and two-storey maisonette penthouses crown off the building. The narrowness of this sloping slab form enhances natural ventilation and shades a lofty communal concourse above the podium along Beach Road. The stepped design also reduces the impact of noise from the road traffic. The Golden Mile Complex preceded by several years avant-garde stepped-section buildings which were built in the United Kingdom and Europe.[6]
The lower floors contain offices and a retail mall, located within staggered atria to allow natural light into the heart of the building.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Golestān Palace (Persian: کاخ گلستان) is the former royal Qajar complex in Iran's capital city.
The oldest of the historic monuments in Tehran, the Golestan Palace (also Gulistan Palace) (The Rose Garden Palace) belongs to a group of royal buildings that were once enclosed within the mud-thatched walls of Tehran’s Historic Arg (citadel).
The Arg was built during the reign of Tahmasp I (r. 1524-1576) of the Safavid dynasty (1502-1736), and was later renovated by Karim Khan Zand (r. 1750-1779). Agha Mohamd Khan Qajar (1742-1797) chose Tehran as his capital. The Arg became the site of the Qajar (1794-1925). The Court and Golestan Palace became the official residence of the royal Qajar family. The palace was rebuilt to its current form in 1865 by Haji Abol-hasan Mimar Navai.
During the Pahlavi era (1925-1979) Golestan Palace was used for formal royal receptions and the Pahlavi dynasty built their own palace at Niavaran. The most important ceremonies held in the Palace during the Pahlavi era were the coronation of Reza Khan (r. 1925-1941) in Takht-e Marmar and the coronation of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (r. 1941-deposed 1979) in the Museum Hall.
In between 1925 and 1945 a large portion of the buildings of the palace were destroyed on the orders of Reza Shah who believed that the centuries old Qajar palace should not hinder the growth of a modern city. In the place of the old buildings modern 1950s and 1960s style commercial buildings were erected.
مجموعه کاخ گلستان، یادگاری به جای مانده از ارگ تاریخی تهران محل اقامت شاهان سلسله قاجار و از زیباترین و کهنترین بناهای پایتخت دویست ساله ایران می باشد. این بنا روزگاری همانند نگینی در میان این ارگ می درخشید .
سابقه تاریخی ارگ سلطنتی که محدوده مکانی تاریخی آن را در شمال خیابان و میدان امام خمینی (سپه) در سمت غرب خیابان خیام ،در شرق خیابان ناصر خسرو و در جنوب خیابان پانزده خرداد و میدان ارگ تشکیل می دهد، به روزگار صفویه باز می گردد .
شاه طهماسب اول صفوی (930-984) نخستین پادشاهی بود که در سفرهای خود به قصد زیارت مقبره حضرت عبدالعظیم دستور داد بارویی به طول یک فرسخ به دور قصبه تهران احداث شود. پس از او شاه عباس صفوی در قسمت شمالی حصار طهماسبی چهار باغ و چنارستانی احداث نمود که بعدها دیوار بلندی گرد آن بنا کرده و عمارات مقر سلطنتی را در داخل آن ساخته، ارگ نامیدند .
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B/W 3x5 prints and Scotch tape made this panoramic view of Complex 34, from the roof of the blockhouse, under the walkway. ECD Photo, Nov. 1970
Stars Complex Urban Garden: 7/25/09, day three of three.
Sown Together partners with Ft. Myers’ STARS Complex, The Boys and Girls Clubs of Lee County, and Key Club Volunteers to construct an urban vegetable garden.
Rihab Complex is Gaming Heaven; here you can find hundreds of shops selling gaming consoles, games, and computer related stuff. There are network gaming stations but awful and smoke filled.
The Headquarters of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma is located in the heart of Durant. It was originally the Oklahoma Presbyterian College for Girls until 1966. The larger building, above, is the original of the complex; it was built in 1910 and is built in the Classical Revival style. It was listed on the National of Historic Places on December 12, 1976.
The central part of the building also had an additional floor on top, but it was destroyed in a fire...I don't know when the blaze occurred though.
The South and Financial Buldings were added on after Choctaw Nation moved into their new "capitol". The Financial Building was built in the mid 1990s. Unfortunately, I don't know when the South Building was built, but I do know that it was built before the Financial Building.
The 41 Complex Fires in 2011 consisted of 5 lightning caused fires that burned more than 15,200 acres on the Darby Ranger District of the Bitterroot National Forest. All of the fires were located in the Sapphire Mountains approximately 10 miles east of Hamilton. The largest fire, Up Top, grew to more than 12,300 acres and burned across Skalkaho Highway, closing the road to motorists for several weeks. The fire burned completely around the historic Gird Point Lookout which was saved by firefighters. More than 530,000 gallons of water and 150,000 gallons of fire retardant were dropped on the fires and more than 350 firefighters were assigned to the 41 Complex. To see more fire photos visit www.inciweb.org/incident/2544
The Katas Temple Complex
Nestled away in the eastern part of the great Salt Range, east of Islamabad, lie ancient temples whose beauty has inspired countless travellers for centuries. With the construction of the Islamabad-Lahore Motorway which skirts its edge, it is emerging - fortunately or unfortunately - as a popular tourist destination in the region.
Located in the Chakwal district of Punjab province, this complex is approximately 150 kilometers from Islamabad and can be reached from the capital in less than 3 hours.
It is located on the main road leading from Lake Kallar Kahar to Choa Saidan Shah and is not far from the Kallar Kahar Lake. Built in the 9th-11th century when the Salt Range was part of the powerful Hindu Kingdom of Kashmir, this large complex houses several temples most of which, unfortunately, are in a rather derelict condition. There is also a fortress surrounding a pool. Legend has it that the pool was formed by the tears of the Hindu God Shiva while weeping over his dead wife. According to an Indian website I looked up, the pool reportedly has "magical powers" and is mentioned in the great Indian epic Mahabharata. The Katas Temple Complex used to be a major place of pilgrimage for the Hindus before the partition of India in 1947 and to this day several devotees visit it in Spring every year. There is talk that it may be placed on the World Heritage List and a joint India-Pakistan project to restore and renovate it is under discussion.
According to Gen Cunningham, Katas was considered the second largest holy place in Punjab for Hindu pilgrims after Jawala Mukhi. It is said famous Pando brothers spent 12 years in Katas and built the temples of Satghara. It is said Al-Beruni also spent some time at Katas to learn Sanskrit in a linguistic university which, at that time, was established here. Temples at Katas have been transferred from the federal government to the Punjab Archaeology Department recently.
Katas Raj is also the place where Alberuni attempted to measure the circumference of the Earth, studied Sanskrit and wrote his renowned Kitab-ul-Hind (Book of Hind) which depicted the religion, scientific knowledge, and social customs of Hindus. Paras Nath Jogi drew his last breath on Katas. Jagat Guru Nanak Ji also visited the place on the 1st of Visakh. Katas came to be known as Nanaknawas and was a site of contemplation for many large groups of mystics, ascetics and jogis. According to Hindu beliefs, taking bath in the holy pond at the site washes away all sins and makes man innocent.
For more info. about Katas Temples, visit: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katasraj_temple
(65th Commemoration of D-Day on the Hillman site)
Hillman Fortress is located inland near Colleville-Montgomery, formerly known as Colleville-sur-Orne, on the British landingzone codenamed Sword Beach.
Built in 1942, this German occupying forces strongpoint (WN17) is a concrete set of 600 meters long where the headquarters of the 736th Regiment Grenadiers was established. It consists of 18 half buried blockaus connected by underground passageways.
On the evening of 6 June 1944, the British First Suffolk Regiment fought a costly battle to win the Hillman strongpoint, but the Germans had resisted long enough to allow the Wehrmacht 21st Panzer division regroupment and deny General Montgomery the advance into Caen.
On 9 June, Rommel is back on the front and the 21st Panzer division is grouped with two SS units.
The Allied Forces captured Caen after a month of fighting, including heavy Allied air raids.
Hillman site is being restored since 1990 by an association called "Les Amis du Suffolk Régiment".
April 15, 2016:.
16-493473.
Toronto,
Education Building/Complex,
Ryerson,
Daphne Cockwell Health Sciences Complex,
300 Church St,
Ryerson University,
27s,
Perkins+Will Architect,
“NASA’s fourteen newest astronauts visit Cape Kennedy’s Saturn Launch Complex 37 for a close-up look at the SA-6 vehicle. Left to right are: Donn Eisele, C.C. Williams, Dick Gordon, Eugene Cernan, Bill Anders, Charles Bassett, Walter Cunningham, David Scott, Russell Schwieckart, Edwin Aldrin, Ted Freeman, Roger Chaffee, Alan Bean, and Mike Collins.”
Group 3, present & accounted for. What a lineup, eh?
Per Wikipedia:
“NASA Astronaut Group 3 (nicknamed "The Fourteen") was a group of fourteen astronauts selected by NASA for the Gemini and Apollo program. Their selection was announced in October 1963. Seven were from the United States Air Force, four from the United States Navy, one was from the United States Marine Corps and two were civilians. Four died in training accidents before they could fly in space. All of the surviving ten flew Apollo missions; five also flew Gemini missions. Buzz Aldrin, Alan Bean, Gene Cernan and David Scott walked on the Moon.
Group 3 was the first to waive the requirement of a test pilot background, though military jet fighter aircraft experience was substituted. This applied to Buzz Aldrin, Bill Anders, Gene Cernan, Roger Chaffee, Walter Cunningham and Rusty Schweickart; all the others were test pilots. On average, its members were younger, slightly taller and heavier than the previous two groups, and better educated.”
At/From:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA_Astronaut_Group_3
Looks like everyone was issued identical pairs of aviators. 😊 Although, the pair C.C.’s wearing looks a little different.
Despite being assigned a Gemini photo ID, I also consider it a Saturn/Apollo cross-over, hence my “g/a” labeling.
CSEM student John Hawkins' has modeled this protein complex as part of his interdisciplinary work in fundamental biology research and “big data” processing. The work is conducted under ICES Professor William Press, and has important implications for improving gene-editing tools, such as CRISPR-Cas9—the most specific gene editing technique to date.
There are only two good things about working at Georgia Tech: the architecture and the long breaks I get to walk around and enjoy the architecture. I love how every building looks like the vision of the future as it was imagined in the year of its construction. This shit? So nineties.
This first morning we drove a short distance to this area with very limited natural habitat but beside a small river. The first hour and a bit were fantastic and that was the only short period in this entire area that were really good. We spent 4 days in this area. The following hour and a half very little was around.
Apparently there are several similar hairstreaks and I think they have not been sorted scientifically. A shame I did not get a better angle.
The Royal Palace complex is home to some spectacular buildings, including the Throne Hall and Silver Pagoda (home to an "Emerald Buddha" statue). Disappointingly, visitors are not allowed inside most of them.
Cuiabá - MT 13.05.2011 - Juiz José Dantas Inspeção Obras novo Complexo POMERI. foto:Jocil Serra/Agência CNJ
Workers demolish a facility at the Biology Complex at Y-12 National Security Complex, a 2010 accomplishment at Oak Ridge. The Recovery Act funded the demolition of four facilities at the Biology Complex, reducing the site’s footprint by 135,000 square feet.
Juarez complex located inside the historical center of Mexico City, in front of the Alameda Park.
Like many new courthouses in the State, Juarez Complex primary objective is to regenerate an important zone of the historical downtown of Mexico City. This site was severely damaged by the 1985 earthquake, with the new government building on site, new business will began to develop.
The complex is formed by open spaces, passages and plazas. The new headquarters for the Foreign Affairs Secretariat and the Superior Court of Justice of the Federal District, as well as mixed use buildings and parking lots are part of the Juarez Complex.