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  Leonardo DaVinci
In his first year with Leonardo, Salai was given a cloak, six shirts, three doublets and at least twenty-four pairs of shoes.
Salai is said to have been a handsome, almost pretty boy with long golden ringlets.
Salai appears to have died in 1523, probably of a gunshot wound.
www.lairweb.org.nz /leonardo/salai.html   (328 words)

  
 Social Impacts of Rasi Salai Dam   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The Rasi Salai dam project was planned as part of the large-scale Khong-Chi-Mun water diversion project proposed by the DEDP in 1987 for the purpose of solving water shortages in 14 provinces in Northeastern Thailand (4.98 million rai of land).
The main occupation of the Rasi Salai dam affected villagers, was rice farming, which was done both in the wetland and in the highlands.
The Rasi Salai dam and its reservoir, along with the irrigation area, are all located directly on top of a large salt dome, and the problem of salinization is directly related to the construction of the project.
www.searin.org /Th/RSD/rsd_wcd_e1.htm   (7219 words)

  
 Giacomo (Salai)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Giacomo (Salai) - Giacomo (Salai) entered Leonardo's household in April 1490, when he was 10 years old.
The relationship between the two is unclear: Salai had ravishing good looks and curly hair, and Leonardo showered him with fine clothes–this would have been unusual behavior toward a servant or pupil.
Salai's presence was probably a source of vanity and perhaps pleasure to the older man. Salai remained devoted to Leonardo until his death.
www.sparknotes.com /biography/davinci/terms/char_8.html   (134 words)

  
 Schulers Books (Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci - 156/159)
Salai carried them to him and gave them into his own hand, and he said he would repay within the space of 40 days.
That on the same day I paid to Salai 3 gold ducats which he said he wanted for a pair of rose-coloured hose with their trimming; and there remain 9 ducats due to him--excepting that he owes me 20 ducats, that is 17 I lent him at Milan, and 3 at Venice.
To Salai 4 grossoni, and for one braccio of velvet, 5 lire, and 1/2; viz.
www.schulers.com /books/science/Notebooks_of_Leonardo/Notebooks_of_Leonardo156.htm   (958 words)

  
 The Hindu : Tamil Nadu / Chennai News : Stretch of Anna Salai in Maraimalai Nagar in a shambles
The Hindu : Tamil Nadu / Chennai News : Stretch of Anna Salai in Maraimalai Nagar in a shambles
Stretch of Anna Salai in Maraimalai Nagar in a shambles
While a major portion of Anna Salai is motorable, a 650-metre stretch from the junction of the GST Road and another 300-metre portion a little ahead needed to be re-laid.
www.hindu.com /2006/07/29/stories/2006072918910400.htm   (608 words)

  
 Salai - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Traditionally the Meitei people of Manipur are divided into seven salais.
Salai is also the tree species used for tapping of gum.
This tree is found in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh in India.Its botanical name is Boswellia serrata family Burseraceae.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Salai   (108 words)

  
 Rasi Salai Dam, Thailand
In a victory for villagers, on July 6, 2000, Thailand’s Science Minister agreed to open all seven sluice gates of Rasi Salai to let the river run free for at least two years for environmental recovery and to conduct studies to determine who was affected by the project.
IRN is working to support the villagers in their quest for permanent decommissioning of the Rasi Salai Dam.
Villagers in Rasi Salai reservoir refuse to leave as the waters rise and threaten to drown them.
www.irn.org /programs/rasi   (462 words)

  
 AAAS - AAAS Human Rights Action Network
Salai was arrested in November 2001 for staging a one-man protest in front of the Rangoon government building, during which he called for a multiparty general election and the unconditional transfer of state power to the winning party.
Salai holds a Ph.D. in crop nutrition from the University of Wisconsin and a MA in agronomy from the University of Georgia.
Salai told reporters that he plans to continue his work on rural development projects.
shr.aaas.org /aaashran/alert.php?a_id=252   (516 words)

  
 Chin Human Rights Organization - CHRO - Who we are
Again, in June 2000, CHRO field monitor Salai Zo Thang was caught by the Burmese army while interviewing victims of human rights violations and shot to dead on the spot along with two villagers Pu Za Dun and Pu Siamhmingthang in Bungkhua village.
Salai Michael Enzapau was an engineering student when the nation wide pro-democracy uprising was broke out in the summer of 1988 in Burma.
Salai Michael Enzapau joined the Chin Human Rights Organization in 1996 and he latter become secretary of CHRO.
www.chro.org /index.php/About_us/9   (735 words)

  
 UPDATE (Burma): Professor says he will launch new solo protest; passport illegally revoked
Dr Salai Tun Than, the retired agriculture professor who in 2002 was imprisoned by the authorities in Burma after launching a solo protest against the military regime, has had his passport illegally revoked.
Salai Tun Than attracted international attention when in 2002 as a mild-mannered retired agriculture professor he made a solo protest against the military regime in Burma.
Salai Tun Than was released from prison on 4 May 2003 on health grounds.
www.ahrchk.net /ua/mainfile.php/2006/1779   (943 words)

  
 Salai - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre
Entre 1488 y 1490 Salai entra al estudio milanés de Leonardo (estudio mantenido por Ludovico Sforza).
Luego de muchas escenas de celos, Salai y Leonardo establecen los limites de su relación, lo que permite que los tres llevan a cabo varias giras a través de Italia.
En 1518, Salai abandonó a Leonardo y retornó a Milán, donde más adelante perecería en una riña.
es.wikipedia.org /wiki/Salai   (256 words)

  
 The Irrawaddy News Magazine Online Edition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Salai Tun Than’s daughter, Mai Theingi, who lives in the US, said the "Free Dr Salai Tun Than, Free Burma" vigil is being organized to support her father, currently refusing food to protest basic human rights and religious violations in Rangoon’s Insein Prison.
A junta spokesperson, Col Hla Min, denied that Salai Tun Than was on a hunger strike after the FBC issued the statement, but a person close to the prisoner’s family confirmed today from Rangoon that he had heard two days ago Salai Tun Than was refusing food.
She said pamphlets and postcards of her father, as well as a petition letter that Salai Tun Than distributed in 2001, would be available at the ceremony.
www.irrawaddy.org /aviewer.asp?a=1228&z=23   (411 words)

  
 Radio Free China
Dr Salai Tun Than also claimed that his freedom to practice his Christian faith was severely curtailed.
Dr Salai Tun Than was arrested outside Rangoon City Hall on November 29, 2001 for staging a solo protest and distributing a petition calling for a multi-party general election to be held.
The release of Dr Salai Tun Than and 17 others is the first significant wave of release of political prisoners in six months.
radio.weblogs.com /0118924/2003/05/07.html   (941 words)

  
 The Irrawaddy On-line Edition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
As a condition of their release, they are held accountable under Section 401 of the Criminal Procedure Code, which states they will be reincarcerated for the remainder of their sentences if found to be involved in politics.
Dr Salai Tun Than had recently gone on a hunger strike to protest human rights and religious violations inside the prison, including his inability to procure a Bible.
Dr Salai Tun Than was released two days after a candlelight vigil "Free Burma, Free Salai Tun Than" was held in San Francisco.
www.irrawaddy.org /news/2003/may02.html   (592 words)

  
 Dr Than's letter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Dr Salai Tun Than was detained in December 2001 while peacefully exercising his right to freedom of speech, in calling for a transition to democratic government in your country.
The optimism created by the release of a small number of political prisoners in Myanmar is being undermined by the arrest of new political prisoners and the continued imprisonment of thousands of others because of their political views.
Dr Salai Tun Than has suffered from health problems while he has been in prison, including fever and serious eye problems.
www.cswusa.com /Thanletter&petition.htm   (1746 words)

  
 Department of State Washington File: Text: Lawmaker Hails Release of Dr. Salai Tun Than of Burma   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Salai Tun Than, University of Georgia graduate and a political prisoner of the Burmese government since December 2001, was released from his 7-year sentence this past Sunday.
While many were instrumental in Dr. Tun Than's release, including the University of Georgia Student Government Association and the UGA chapter of Amnesty International, I would like to express my gratitude to Burmese Ambassador Linn Myaing for his assistance and willingness to meet with me to discuss Dr. Tun Than.
U.S. Representative Max Burns (R-GA) spoke on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives today calling for the immediate release of Dr. Salai Tun Than, a graduate of the University of Georgia in Athens, who is being held as a political prisoner by the Burmese government.
usembassy-australia.state.gov /hyper/2003/0512/epf102.htm   (659 words)

  
 Vist of Dr.Moshe Salai to Bangkok Biomaterial Center
March 2001, Dr. Moshe Salai was in Bangkok and was graciuos enough to make an informal visit to the Center.
At the Center, after some discussions and basic orientation, he was taken for a trip of the facilities by Prof.
Salai, also briefed the hosts about the Tissue Banking in Israel.
members.tripod.com /biothai/moshe.html   (179 words)

  
 Silverfoxes Club Digest 268
Vasari says that Salai was a pretty lad, "graceful and with a fine head of long, wavy hair." Leonardo, himself of "such physical beauty as transcends all praise," used to choose his students—at least that is what evil-tongues whispered—for their looks rather than for their artistic gifts.
Salai, Leonardo complains in his notes, was a liar, a thief and a little glutton; but nevertheless the great painter spoiled him, showering him with beautiful clothes and gifts.
On his death, Leonardo left a sizeable estate to Salai although his principal inheritor turned out to be another one of his students, Francesco Melzi.
www.benboxer.com /Digests/Jun01/Digest268.html   (3176 words)

  
 Democratic Voice of Burma
Having done that, tell his children and wife that the old man died in so much agony that it is so beautiful (to watch).
Salai Tun Than, former professor who has been preparing to stage a peaceful solo protest demanding the return of power to the hand of the people from the ruling military junta, told DVB that he is to arrive at Rangoon Mingaladon Airport at 9a.m.
Dr Salai Tun Than is in serious health condition
english.dvb.no /news.php?id=7280   (717 words)

  
 AAAS - AAAS Human Rights Action Network
Salai holds a Ph.D. in Agronomy from the University of Wisconsin.
Since the 1950s, Dr. Salai has also been an advocate for social justice programs for the Chin people, an ethnic and religious minority in northwestern Burma.
Salai is currently being held in Insein Prison in Rangoon, a prison notorious for torture and ill treatment.
shr.aaas.org /aaashran/alert.php?a_id=207   (889 words)

  
 UPDATE (BURMA) Professor Salai Tun Than Released
Dr Salai Tun Than arrived home yesterday (04 May 2003) from Insein Prison after serving 18 months of a seven year sentence.
The Associated Press, 05 May 2003, reported that Dr Salai Tun Than, who is an alumnus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Georgia, had also thanked students at those schools for demonstrating for his release from Insein Prison.
Dr Tun Than said that he was aware of appeals for his freedom, such as those made by the students from his old schools, U.S. lawmakers (including Wisconsin Sen. Russell Feingold and Georgia Rep. Max Burns), and human rights groups.
www.ahrchk.net /ua/mainfile.php/2003/437   (517 words)

  
 Rasi Salai Dam   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The Rasi Salai Dam, located just upstream from Pak Mun Dam on Thailand’s Mun River, has been a disaster since it was first proposed.
The project was the first to be built of 13 dams planned to irrigate land in northeast Thailand as part of the Kong-Chi-Mun Water Diversion project.
However, Rasi Salai Dam is currently useless and likely to remain so.
www.searin.org /Th/rsd_en.htm   (550 words)

  
 The Telegraph - Calcutta : Jamshedpur   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The popularity and importance of the Salga in Jharkhand can be gauged from the fact that many villages like Salga-dih, Jug-salai and even Salai Banwa near Garhwa, the railway station, have been named after it.
Salai guggul, as the paste is called, brings relief to patients suffering from toothache.
Texts suggest that Salai guggul is also helpful in the cure of gout and joint pains.
www.telegraphindia.com /1050823/asp/jamshedpur/story_5145285.asp   (631 words)

  
 The Hindu : Film shooting hits traffic on Kamarajar Salai
Flow of traffic on Kamarajar Salai was affected for over two hours on Saturday as crew of a film unit occupied space on the busy Napier bridge, shooting for a movie.
Vehicles from Kamarajar Salai proceeding towards Secretariat were diverted through the other narrow bridge meant for vehicles towards Santhome.
Some of the road-users were taken by surprise and urged the authorities to at least inform them in advance, through the media, of such changes.
www.hindu.com /2003/12/07/stories/2003120709260300.htm   (425 words)

  
 Leonardo Gallery - Cenacolo, Salai- Marchetti Web Archive   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
This drawing is considered as a portrait of Salai, the lifelong lover of Leo.
His face is angelic, to a point, his tit is adolescent and his penis worth of attention.
To show the St. John I take here the copy of Giampietrino as it is sharper, and I do not see much difference from the original of Leo for this detail.
www.cesaremarchetti.org /gallery/cenacolo/gc_salai.php   (147 words)

  
 Rasi Salai Declaration
We, more than 300 people from 62 countries throughout the world, peoples affected by dams, fighters against destructive dams, and activists for sustainable and equitable water and energy management, have met in Rasi Salai.
We have met on land that is being restored to life after being flooded by a dam.
The dam-affected people of Thailand offer to us and to all peoples an example of determination and struggle to preserve lives, rivers, territories, culture, and identities.
www.rivernet.org /general/movement/rasisalai.htm   (1180 words)

  
 Tamil movies : Kamal to inaugurate Mana Shanthi in Anna Salai   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Located in the prime area of Anna Salai in Chennai, this theatre has endured the test of time successfully.
In April 2005, this theatre was renovated with a lot of facilities and was reopened officially by Superstar Rajnikanth.
Kamal to inaugurate Mana Shanthi in Anna Salai
www.behindwoods.com /tamil-movie-news/oct-06-03/19-10-06-kamal.html   (324 words)

  
 Thailand: letter to the Prime Minister on Rasi Salai dam
Inhabitants of Mae Mun Man Yuen Village #2 affected by Rasi Salai Dam are demanding that the government reexamines the impacts of the project and compensate 1800 families that are in danger of loosing their farmlands.
These people intend to stay in their village, Mae Mun Man Yuen Village #2, and face the rising waters, until their demands are met.
Rasi Salai has been plagued by problems and deceit ever since it was first conceived.
www.wrm.org.uy /bulletin/28/Thailand2.html   (594 words)

  
 WebWire® | AWOX Introduces World’s First DMA / Home Media Server Reference Design Based On Ti’s Davinci™ ...
SALAI will be produced in Thomson’s facility at Batam Indonesia for ODM’s next generation digital media adaptor devices.
With the SALAI complete hardware and software platform, a flexible turn-key solution is now available to manufacturers to easily develop software plug-ins in order to customize advanced feature sets based on the requirements of their customers.
By offering a complete reference platform that includes a hard disc drive, an LCD connector, USB 2.0 OTG standard support, a wide variety of peripheral sets, (memory card, compact flash) and transcoding capabilities, SALAI addresses the interoperability challenges OEMs are facing in shaping digital convergence in the home.
www.webwire.com /ViewPressRel.asp?aId=13061   (653 words)

  
 An Official Website of the Chin Forum
The State Constitution Seminar held in New Delhi, India was attended by Pu Lian Uk and Salai Ngun Cung Lian, Conveners of the Chin Forum Working Group (I), which was held in November 1-5, 2002.
Pu Lian Uk, Convener of the Working Group (I) and Salai Ngun C. Lian, Co-convener of the Working Group (I) attended the State Constitution Seminar held by National Democratic Front and United Nationalities League for Democracy, sponsored by National Reconciliation Program in Thai-Burma border in August 20-26, 2001.
With the assistances of the Department of States, National Endowment of Democracy, National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma, the first Chin Forum Working Group (I) Roundtable Meeting was held in Washington D.C. on January 17, 2002.
www.chinforum.org /ACTS/index.html   (464 words)

  
 Kizhakku Kadarkarai Salai Tamil Movie Preview - Synopsis, Cast, Crew, Release date
Kizhakku Kadarkarai Salai- in English called as The East Coast Road (ECR) - a road stretch in Chennai is popular among youngsters for pleasure driving.
On the either sides of the stretch, there are many amusement parks, sea-side motels, beach resorts and other entertainment sports serving cross section of people.
The director is positive that his winning streak along with Srikanth will continue with this film.
www.nowrunning.com /film/preview.asp?movieNo=3044   (253 words)

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