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  2. Ooty Radio Telescope - Wikipedia

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    The Ooty Radio Telescope (ORT) is located in Muthorai near Ooty, in South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. [1] It is part of the National Centre for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA) [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), which is funded by the Government of India through the Department of Atomic Energy . [ 5 ]

  3. List of Virginia state prisons - Wikipedia

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    Pocahontas State Correctional Center: Pocahontas: 1,034 Powhatan Correctional Center Closed 2015 Red Onion State Prison: Pound: 848 River North Correctional Center: Independence: 1,024 Rustburg Correctional Unit Rustburg: 152 St. Brides Correctional Center: Chesapeake: 1,192 Sussex I State Prison: Waverly: 1,139 Sussex II State Prison: Waverly ...

  4. List of astronomical observatories - Wikipedia

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    Benito Loyola Observatory 2024 Virginia Beach, Virginia, US Benmore Peak Observatory: 1996 Mackenzie Basin, South Island, New Zealand BeppoSAX (defunct) 1996–2003 Low Earth orbit: Bergisch Gladbach Observatory: 1995 Bergisch Gladbach, Germany Berlin Observatory: 1711 Berlin, Germany Besançon Observatory: 1882 Besançon, France Bidston ...

  5. GRAPES-3 - Wikipedia

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    The GRAPES-3 experiment (or Gamma Ray Astronomy PeV EnergieS phase-3) located at Ooty in India started as a collaboration of the Indian Tata Institute of Fundamental Research and the Japanese Osaka City University, and now also includes the Japanese Nagoya Women's University.

  6. Red Onion State Prison - Wikipedia

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    Red Onion State Prison (ROSP) is a supermax state prison located in unincorporated Wise County, Virginia, [4] near Pound. Operated by the Virginia Department of Corrections (VADOC), it houses about 800 inmates. [3] The prison opened in August 1998.

  7. Virginia prison officials won't divulge complaints about ...

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    The Virginia Department of Corrections, under scrutiny over the death of an inmate that raised broader questions about conditions at a southwest Virginia prison, is refusing to release public ...

  8. Virginia Department of Corrections - Wikipedia

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    The facility, which received its first prisoners in 1800 and was completed (with using prison labor) in 1804, (earlier than the current oldest state prison in America, the still standing Eastern State Penitentiary (1829-1971) in Philadelphia and seven years before the neighboring Maryland Penitentiary (now Metropolitan Transitional Center and ...

  9. Virginia State Penitentiary - Wikipedia

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    Virginia State Penitentiary was a prison in Richmond, Virginia.Towards the end of its life it was a part of the Virginia Department of Corrections.. Early 1900s. First opening in 1800, the prison was completed in 1804; it was built due to a reform movement preceding its construction. [1]