City of Asylum (more formally City of Asylum/Pittsburgh) is a nonprofit organization based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, that helps writers exiled from...
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written by Dennis O'Neil with art by Irv Novick. Located in Gotham City, the asylum houses patients who are criminally insane, as well as select prisoners...
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Asylum, commencing serious development of Arkham City's story in February 2009. The layout of Arkham City has a virtual footprint five times that of Arkham...
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elaborate plot to seize control of Arkham Asylum, trap Batman inside with many of his incarcerated foes, and threaten Gotham City with hidden bombs. The game...
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right of asylum according to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Article 14. A person keeps the status of asylum seeker until the right of asylum application...
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Washington City Orphan Asylum, also called The Protestant Male and Female Orphan Asylum, was an orphanage established in Washington, D.C., for homeless...
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up asylum in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Asylum may refer to: Asylum (antiquity), places of refuge in ancient Greece and Rome Benevolent asylum, a...
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Magdalene asylums, also known as Magdalene laundries (named after the Biblical figure Mary Magdalene), were initially Protestant but later mostly Roman...
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lunatic asylum, insane asylum or mental asylum was an institution where people with mental illness were confined. It was an early precursor of the modern...
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Huang Xiang (section City of Asylum)
during the summer of 2004, at the City of Asylum, a program located on the North Side of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The City of Asylum "provides sanctuary...
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The right of asylum, sometimes called right of political asylum (asylum from Ancient Greek ἄσυλον (ásulon) 'sanctuary'), is a juridical concept, under...
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Health Center." The road leading to the asylum from the thriving city of New York (at the time consisting only of lower Manhattan) was called Bloomingdale...
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played an important role in the cultural rejuvenation of Pittsburgh, with its neighbors City of Asylum and Mattress Factory. Randyland has received international...
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Asylum is the thirteenth studio album by American rock band Kiss, released on September 16, 1985. The album marked a continuation of the glam metal sound...
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Batman: Arkham (redirect from Batman: Arkham Asylum (series))
seize control of Arkham and trap Batman on the island, while threatening Gotham City with hidden bombs. While fighting through the Asylum's inmates and...
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Stone House Hospital (redirect from City of London Lunatic Asylum)
The asylum grounds, at first 33 acres (130,000 m2) and later expanded to 140 acres (0.57 km2), included a working farm. It opened as the City of London...
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Soul Asylum is an American rock band formed in 1981 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Their 1993 hit "Runaway Train" won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Song....
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The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum was a psychiatric hospital located in Weston, West Virginia and known by other names such as West Virginia Hospital...
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The Hebrew Orphan Asylum of New York (HOA) was a Jewish orphanage in New York City. It was founded in 1860 by the Hebrew Benevolent Society. It closed...
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name "Dark Tilted". Batman: Arkham Asylum (2009) opens with Batman driving Joker from Gotham City to Arkham Asylum. Joker also threatens to detonate bombs...
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infamous Arkham Asylum, a psychiatric hospital housing the most dangerous supervillains in Gotham City. Inside, Batman confronts many of his enduring rogues...
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attack even as several people held him back. One of these people was the co-founder of City of Asylum, Henry Reese, onstage at the time, about to begin...
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The Octagon (Roosevelt Island) (redirect from New York City Lunatic Asylum)
York City. It originally served as the main entrance to the New York City Mental Health Hospital (also known as the New York City Lunatic Asylum), which...
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magnificent asylum for the insane" with the aim of portraying Melbourne as a civilised and benevolent city whilst avoiding the jail-like appearance of other...
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Rockwood Asylum (also known as Rockwood Lunatic Asylum or Rockwood Asylum for the Criminally Insane) was one of the first criminal asylums in Upper Canada...
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The Colored Orphan Asylum was an institution in New York City, open from 1836 to 1946. It housed on average four hundred children annually and was mostly...
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The United States recognizes the right of asylum for individuals seeking protections from persecution, as specified by international and federal law....
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Asylum Entertainment Group LLC is an American production company specialized in television and film production founded in 2003 by Steve Michaels. The company...
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The Traverse City State Hospital, also known at various points as the Northern Michigan Asylum and the Traverse City Regional Psychiatric Hospital, is...
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All Saints' Hospital, Winson Green (redirect from Birmingham City Asylum)
Birmingham) and opened as the Birmingham City Asylum in June 1850. The asylum was run by the Birmingham Lunatic Asylum Committee from 1845 to 1948. The building...
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