The International Institute for Psychical Research (IIPR) was a short-lived psychical organization based in London that was formed in 1934. It was criticized by scientists for its spiritualist leanings and non-scientific approach to the subject.

History

A predecessor to the International Institute for Psychical Research was the Survival League founded in 1929 by Catherine Amy Dawson Scott and Shaw Desmond. After the Survival League dissolved, Desmond, Shaw and Arthur Findlay founded the International Institute for Psychical Research in 1934. The institute attracted scientists such as its first President Grafton Elliot Smith and Vice-Presidents Julian Huxley and Ernest MacBride although they resigned after a few months as the lack of scientific method and the spiritualist leanings of the institute became clear.

Arthur Findlay was Chairman and D. F. Fraser-Harris was Research Officer. Fraser-Harris, Huxley, MacBride, Smith and other members such as Ernest Bennett and William Brown had resigned by June, 1934. Huxley described the institute as "not very scientific". Smith stated that he resigned because the institute was meant to have set up a scientific laboratory to investigate claims of psychical phenomena but it was never built.
Findlay a spiritualist was criticized for his non-scientific approach to the subject. A review in the Nature  journal noted that he had "little conception of the critical attitude of science towards the evidence which he presents and the explanations he gives of the phenomena he describes."

Nandor Fodor replaced Fraser-Harris as Research Officer, a position he held until 1938.

In December, 1938 the institute merged with the British College of Psychic Science becoming the Institute for Experimental Metaphysics. It changed name in January 1939, to the International Institute for Psychic Investigation (IIPI). The famed novelist and poet Hilda Doolittle joined the IIPI in 1941. Occult writer Ralph Shirley was Vice President of the IIPI. Its librarian was palmist Beryl Butterworth Hutchinson. The institute struggled during World War II and its library and records were destroyed by bombing raids. By 1947 the institute had collapsed.

Investigations

The International Institute for Psychical Research utilized a séance room for testing spiritualist mediums.

In 1935, Lajos Pap a medium famous for producing apports was investigated by Nandor Fodor. He reported that the phenomena were fraudulent and not evidence for the paranormal. During the séance a dead snake appeared. Pap was searched and was found to be wearing a device under his robe, where he had hidden the snake.

Icelandic medium Ingibjorg Lara Agustsdottir was tested in October, 1937. The results were negative, the phenomenon was "both fraudulent and farcical".

Publications

Hereward Carrington. (1936). Historic Poltergeists. International Institute for Psychical Research. Bulletin I.
Nandor Fodor. (1936). The Lajos Pap Experiments. International Institute for Psychical Research. Bulletin II.
B. J. Hopper. (1936). Enquiry into the Cloud-Chamber Method of Studying the "Intra-atomic Quality". International Institute for Psychical Research. Bulletin III.
Erik Palmstierna. (1938). Horizons of Immortality and the Subconscious Mind. International Institute for Psychical Research. Bulletin IV.
Ernesto Bozzano. (1938). Discarnate Influence in Human Life: A Review of the Case for Spirit Intervention. Library of the International Institute for Psychical Research. Volume I.

The International Institute for Psychic Investigation published the quarterly journal Psychic Science. During 1945-1947 it became the Experimental Metaphysics.

Notable members

See also
Society for Psychical Research

References

1934 establishments in the United Kingdom
Organizations established in 1934
Paranormal organizations


title: Queen Elizabeth Oak

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The Queen Elizabeth Oak  is a large sessile oak tree in Cowdray Park near the village of Lodsworth in the Western Weald, West Sussex, England. It lies within the South Downs National Park.  It has a girth of , and is about 800–1,000 years old. According to this estimate it began to grow in the 11th or 12th century AD.  In June 2002, The Tree Council designated the Queen Elizabeth Oak, one of fifty Great British Trees, in recognition of its place in the national heritage.  According to the Woodland Trust, the tree is the third largest sessile oak tree to be recorded in the United Kingdom after the Pontfadog Oak in Wales and the Marton Oak in Cheshire, although this tree is now fragmented.

According to legend, Queen Elizabeth I stood with an arrow ready in her bow waiting for a stag to be driven within range for her to shoot it, although she was unsuccessful.

See also
 List of individual trees
 List of Great British Trees

References

External links
Monumental trees in Cowdray Park in Midhurst.
Recorded information about the Queen Elizabeth Oak on the Ancient Tree Hunt

Individual oak trees
Individual trees in England
West Sussex
Elizabeth I


title: Jelena Peeters

text:
Jelena Peeters (born 19 December 1985, Turnhout) is a Belgian speed skater. She was born in Turnhout. She competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, where she placed 12th in 3000 meters and 20th in 1500 meters.

Peeters is the current Belgian record holder in three distances: 1500, 3000 and 5000 metres.

Speed skating

Personal records

References

1985 births
Living people
Belgian female speed skaters
Speed skaters at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Speed skaters at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Olympic speed skaters for Belgium
Sportspeople from Turnhout
21st-century Belgian women


title: Justin Jedlica

text:
Justin Jedlica (born August 11, 1980), known as the "Human Ken Doll", is an American man who has garnered international attention for undergoing many cosmetic procedures.

Cosmetic procedures
At the age of seventeen, Jedlica began to research his first cosmetic procedure, rhinoplasty. Inspired by watching Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous as a teen, Jedlica saw body contouring and cosmetic surgery as emblematic of the wealthy, glamorous lifestyles he sought to emulate. His parents did not approve of cosmetic enhancements and Jedlica was forced to wait until he could legally make the choice for himself. Four days after his eighteenth birthday, Jedlica underwent his first cosmetic procedure, to reconstruct his nose.

As of 2012, Jedlica had undergone approximately 190 cosmetic procedures. These have included rhinoplasty, chest implants, shoulder implants, bicep implants, triceps implants, brow shaving and lifts, cheek augmentations, subpectoral implants, gluteoplasty, and lip augmentations.

Jedlica has no facial hair. He has appeared in the 1st, 6th, and 7th seasons of Botched. He has also appeared in the 2022 reality series Men of West Hollywood.

Personal life
Jedlica was born in Poughkeepsie, New York, the oldest of four siblings. He was brought up in Fishkill, New York and Cary, North Carolina, and graduated from Apex High School where he first discovered his passion for visual and performing arts. Jedlica was raised in the Christian faith and says he considers himself spiritual.

Jedlica is gay and wed his partner, a successful businessman, in a civil ceremony in July 2014 after five years of dating; the couple relocated for business purposes to Chicago and resided in Trump Tower. In 2016 they divorced after two years of marriage.

See also

 Jessica Alves, a Brazilian personality who underwent multiple surgeries to look like a Ken doll.

References

1980 births
Living people
21st-century American businesspeople
American consulting businesspeople
American health care businesspeople
American people of Slovak descent
Businesspeople from New York (state)
American LGBT businesspeople
LGBT people from New York (state)
Male models from New York (state)
People from Cary, North Carolina
People from Fishkill, New York
People known for their body modification
Plastic surgery


title: Rupali Akhter

text:
Rupali Akhter () is a Bangladeshi national women's Kabaddi player who was part of the team that won the bronze medal at the 2010 Asian Games and 2014 Asian Games.

References

External links
 Women's sports in Bangladesh

Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
Asian Games medalists in kabaddi
Kabaddi players at the 2010 Asian Games
Bangladeshi kabaddi players
Kabaddi players at the 2014 Asian Games
Female kabaddi players
Asian Games bronze medalists for Bangladesh
Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games
Year of birth missing (living people)
Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games
Kabaddi players at the 2018 Asian Games


title: Shir Mohammad Gargij

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Shir Mohammad Gargij (, also Romanized as Shīr Moḩammad Gargīj) is a village in Jahanabad Rural District, in the Central District of Hirmand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 45, in 8 families.

References

Populated places in Hirmand County


title: Marek Boháč

text:
Marek Boháč (born 31 October 1988) is a Czech football goalkeeper who last played for Pardubice.

References

External links

1988 births
Living people
Czech men's footballers
Men's association football goalkeepers
Czech First League players
FK Viktoria Žižkov players
FC Sellier & Bellot Vlašim players
Czech National Football League players
FK Příbram players
FK Pardubice players
Footballers from Prague


title: Sanjarani

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Sanjarani (, also Romanized as Sanjarānī) is a village in Jahanabad Rural District of the Central District of Hirmand County, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran.

At the 2006 National Census, its population was 2,190 in 394 households, when it was in the former Hirmand District of Zabol County. The following census in 2011 counted 2,071 people in 446 households. By the time of the census, Hirmand District had been separated from Zabol County to form Hirmand County. It was then divided into the Central and Qorqori Districts. The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 1,914 people in 459 households. It was the largest village in its rural district.

References

Hirmand County

Populated places in Hirmand County


title: Sanjardeh Mardeh

text:
Sanjardeh Mardeh () is a village in Jahanabad Rural District, in the Central District of Hirmand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 80, in 10 families.

References

Populated places in Hirmand County


title: Sarferaz

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Sarferaz (, also Romanized as Sarferāz) is a village in Jahanabad Rural District, in the Central District of Hirmand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 96, in 15 families.

References

Populated places in Hirmand County


title: Aziz-e Bamadi

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Aziz-e Bamadi (, also Romanized as ‘Azīz-e Bāmadī; also known as Shahrak-e ‘Azīz-e Bāmadī) is a village in Jahanabad Rural District, in the Central District of Hirmand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 250, in 52 families.

References

Populated places in Hirmand County


title: Zurabad, Hirmand

text:
Zurabad (, also romanized as Zūrābād) is a village in Jahanabad Rural District, in the Central District of Hirmand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 175, in 36 families.

References

Populated places in Hirmand County


title: Abil Pol Randeh

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Abil Pol Randeh (, also Romanized as Ābīl Pol Randeh) is a village in Margan Rural District, in the Central District of Hirmand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 277, in 50 families.

References

Populated places in Hirmand County


title: Al Gorg, Hirmand

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Al Gorg (, also Romanized as Āl Gorg and Ālgorg; also known as Deh-e ‘Alī Gorgī) is a village in Margan Rural District, in the Central District of Hirmand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 601, in 115 families.

References

Populated places in Hirmand County


title: Arag Khan Malek

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Arag Khan Malek (, also Romanized as Ārag Khān Malek) is a village in Margan Rural District, in the Central District of Hirmand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 28, in 5 families.

References

Populated places in Hirmand County


title: Lave Knud Broch

text:
Lave Knud Broch is a Danish politician and Vice President of the European political alliance, EUDemocrats and substitute member to the European Parliament  for the People's Movement against the EU. Broch is the chair of the Danish UN Association’s Peace and Conflict resolution committee and serves on the executive board. He is widely known in the Danish public for arguing that Denmark should not participate in military actions without a UN mandate. He strongly supports Danish participation in the UN's efforts to promote peace, including establishing a permanent UN peace force.

Broch has connections to a variety of Nordic countries, having grown up in a Danish-Norwegian Family in Malmö, Sweden. Broch has a Master of Science degree in Political Science from University of Copenhagen. He is also a member of the Danish Social Liberal Party and was a European Parliament candidate for the first time in 1994.

References

1972 births
Living people


title: Asak, Hirmand

text:
Asak (, also romanized as Āsak; also known as Ās-e Bād) is a village in Margan Rural District, in the Central District of Hirmand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 108, in 22 families.

References

Populated places in Hirmand County


title: Esmail Ali

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Esmail Ali (, also Romanized as Esmāʿīl ʿAlī) is a village in Margan Rural District, in the Central District of Hirmand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 142, in 29 families.

References

Populated places in Hirmand County


title: 2014 Duke Blue Devils football team

text:
The 2014 Duke Blue Devils football team represented the Duke University in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) in the Coastal Division. The team was led by head coach David Cutcliffe, in his seventh year, and played its home games at Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham, North Carolina.

Schedule

Personnel

Coaching staff

Game summaries

Elon

At Troy

Kansas

Tulane

At Miami (FL)

At Georgia Tech

Virginia

At Pittsburgh

At Syracuse

Virginia Tech

North Carolina

Wake Forest

Vs. Arizona State (Sun Bowl)

Rankings

References

Duke
Duke Blue Devils football seasons
Duke Blue Devils football


title: Abdol Rahman Sarani

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Abdol Rahman Sarani (, also Romanized as ʿAbdol Raḩman Sārānī) is a village in Margan Rural District, in the Central District of Hirmand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 73, in 15 families.

References

Populated places in Hirmand County


title: Baluch Abil

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Baluch Abil (, also Romanized as Balūch Ābīl) is a village in Margan Rural District, in the Central District of Hirmand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 153, in 35 families.

References

Populated places in Hirmand County


title: Chakkol, Hirmand

text:
Chakkol (, also Romanized as Chak Gol) is a village in Margan Rural District, in the Central District of Hirmand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 485, in 97 families.

References

Populated places in Hirmand County


title: Dad Shah Mohammad Pahlavan

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Dad Shah Mohammad Pahlavan (, also Romanized as Dād Shāh Moḩammad Pahlavān; also known as Dād Shāh and Dādsheh) is a village in Margan Rural District, in the Central District of Hirmand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 110, in 26 families.

References

Populated places in Hirmand County


title: Deh-e Afghan-e Bar Ahuyi

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Deh-e Afghan-e Bar Ahuyi (, also Romanized as Deh-e Afghan-e Bar Āhūyī; also known as Deh-e Afghān-e Barāvī) is a village in Margan Rural District, in the Central District of Hirmand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 161 people with 35 families.

References

Populated places in Hirmand County


title: 216th Army Air Forces Base Unit

text:
The 216th Army Air Forces Base Unit (AAF BU) (Special) provided base services at Wendover Army Airfield, where the 509th Composite Group was stationed during World War II. As such, it became involved in the Manhattan Project's program of testing bombs and aircraft under the codename Project W-47.

History
By early 1944, the role of the United States Army Air Forces had moved away from defense and preparing new units. Some 90 per cent of the planned units had been activated, and three-quarters of them had already deployed overseas. The Air Forces therefore shifted to the training of replacement aircrew and special projects like the Boeing B-29 Superfortress program.

It was found that the existing system of units with fixed establishments was not sufficiently flexible for the Air Forces new roles, so in February 1944 Army Air Forces Headquarters ordered the units at each installation to be consolidated into Army Air Forces Base Units.  The 216th Army Air Forces Base Unit was formed at Wendover Army Airfield in Utah, where it supported the 72d Fighter Wing, a formation responsible for training pilots of P-47 Thunderbolts. The base covered , and was the largest bombing and gunnery range in the world.

By September 1944, when Lieutenant Colonel Paul Tibbets visited Wendover for the first time, this training program was ending, and there was only one aircraft left. Tibbets had recently been selected to command the 509th Composite Group, although it had not yet been formed, and Wendover was one of three bases offered to him.  Tibbets was particularly impressed by Wendover's remoteness. He noted that the runway was long enough to handle the B-29, and the hangars and maintenance facilities were good. The only drawback in his mind was that the base housing was inadequate. Tibbets selected Wendover without examining the other two sites.

Tibbets established his headquarters at Wendover on 8 September, and the 393d Bombardment Squadron followed three days later. The 509th Composite Group was not activated until 17 December. At this point, some 800 personnel were transferred to the new group from the 216th Army Air Forces Base Unit, including Karnes, who became the 509th Composite Group's adjutant. Wendover, codenamed "Kingman", became the Manhattan Project's Site K.

A new commander, Colonel Clifford J. Heflin, arrived in January 1945 to assume command of the 216th Army Air Forces Base Unit, and relieve Tibbets of some of his administrative burden. Like Tibbets, Heflin was a veteran pilot, having commanded the 801st Bombardment Group (Provisional) and the 492d Bombardment Group. As part of Operation Carpetbagger, this unit had air dropped agents, weapons and supplies to resistance fighters in German-occupied Europe.

The 216th Army Air Forces Base Unit's special activities in support of the Manhattan Project were codenamed Project W-47. These were carried out by two special elements within the unit.

Flight Test Section
In February 1945, Heflin created the Flight Test Section to carry out testing with prototype bombs in the shape of the Little Boy and Fat Man bombs. It was originally equipped with five Silverplate B-29s, three flight crews and five maintenance crews. The Flight Test Section was commanded Major Clyde "Stan" Shields, who had piloted the "Pullman" prototype Silverplate B-29 in the initial drop tests at Muroc Army Air Field in February and March 1944. The Flight Test Section received five new Silverplate B-29s in April 1945. It retired three of its aircraft, and kept another three, leaving it with eight test aircraft.

Test drop missions were initially flown by Shields and Heflin.To help out with an increasingly demanding schedule, four crews from the 393d Bombardment Squadron were made available. The Flight Test Section carried out 24 drop tests in June and 30 in July. About two-thirds of the June tests were with Fat Man shapes and the rest with Little Boy ones. In July, all but four of the tests were with Fat Man shapes, some with explosive-filled Pumpkin bombs. Test drops were carried out at Wendover, at the Naval Ordnance Test Station at Inyokern, and at Naval Auxiliary Air Station Salton Sea. Testing continued up to the last minute, with the Fat Man firing unit, known as the X-unit, only being successfully tested at Wendover on 4 August, and a final test of the X-unit was carried out six days later.

One of the three B-29s that carried Fat Man assemblies to Tinian was from the 216th Army Air Forces Base Unit's Flight Test Section.

Special Ordnance Detachment
To assemble bombs for the Flight Test Section, the 1st Ordnance Squadron, Special (Aviation) was activated on 6 March 1945 under the command of Captain Charles F. H. Begg. However, as part of the 509th Composite Group, it was scheduled to accompany the group to the Pacific Theater to assemble atomic and Pumpkin bombs for combat missions. The 216th Army Air Forces Base Unit began forming and training a Special Ordnance Detachment in January 1945 under the command of Captain Henry Roerkohl to take over the role of supporting the Flight Test Section. The two units worked together until the 1st Ordnance Squadron departed for Tinian in May 1945.

In all, the Special Ordnance Detachment assembled 71 bombs between May and August 1945. It moved to Oxnard Field in September, where it was transferred to the Manhattan District's 9812th Technical Services Unit on 17 December 1945. This was later designated Sandia Base. The Special Ordnance Detachment took with it its special tools and equipment, and even some of its buildings. The test program resumed at Sandia in January 1946. For its services, the Special Ordnance Detachment was awarded a Meritorious Service Unit Plaque on 19 December 1945.

Notes

References

Manhattan Project
216
Military units and formations established in 1944


title: Syzemology

text:
Syzemology is the debut album by underground rapper and Army of the Pharaohs member King Syze. It was released on May 30, 2006.

Background
The album features appearances from fellow Army of the Pharaohs members Vinnie Paz, 7L & Esoteric, OuterSpace, Reef the Lost Cauze, Des Devious & Block McCloud as well as verses from Sabac Red (formerly of Non Phixion) & Pumpkinhead. It also features production from 7L, Arythmetic, Block McCloud, Cimer, Jon Doe, Joshue "AK" I. Cortes, November 17, Showgun, Sound Scientist, Undefined.

Track listing

References

2006 albums
Babygrande Records albums
King Syze albums


title: Al Gorg

text:
Al Gorg or Algorg () may refer to:
 Al Gorg, Hirmand, a village in Hirmand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran
 Al Gorg, Zabol, a village in Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran

See also
 Gorg (disambiguation)


title: Chinavia aseada

text:
Chinavia aseada is a species of plant bugs belonging to the family Pentatomidae that is endemic to Passo Fundo, Brazil.

References

Insects described in 1983
Nezarini
Hemiptera of South America
Endemic fauna of Brazil


title: 2013–14 Euroleague Quarterfinals

text:
Results for the Quarterfinals  of the 2013–14 Euroleague basketball tournament.

The quarterfinals were played in April, 2014. Team #1 (i.e., the group winner in each series) hosted Games 1 and 2, plus Game 5 if necessary. Team #2 hosted Game 3, plus Game 4 if necessary.

Some times given below are in Central European Time, and some others in Eastern European Time

Quarterfinals
Team 1 hosted Games 1 and 2, plus Game 5 if necessary. Team 2 hosted Game 3, and Game 4 if necessary.

Game 1

Game 2

Game 3

Game 4

Game 5

External links
Euroleague schedule

Quarterfinals


title: Shiho Ishizawa

text:
is a Japanese speed skater. She was born in Hokkaido. She won a bronze medal in the women's team pursuit at the 2011 Asian Winter Games. She competed at the 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympics, placing ninth in the 3000 meters in Sochi.

References

1986 births
Japanese female speed skaters
Speed skaters at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Speed skaters at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Olympic speed skaters for Japan
Speed skaters at the 2011 Asian Winter Games
Medalists at the 2011 Asian Winter Games
Asian Games medalists in speed skating
Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan
Speed skaters from Hokkaido
Living people
20th-century Japanese women
21st-century Japanese women


title: Athletics at the 2001 Summer Universiade – Women's 200 metres

text:
The women's 200 metres event at the 2001 Summer Universiade was held at the Workers Stadium in Beijing, China on 30–31 August.

Medalists

Results

Heats
Wind:Heat 1: ? m/s, Heat 2: +2.2 m/s, Heat 3: +1.1 m/s, Heat 4: +1.5 m/s, Heat 5: ? m/s

Quarterfinals
Wind:Heat 1: 0.0 m/s, Heat 2: -0.4 m/s, Heat 3: +0.9 m/s

Semifinals
Wind:Heat 1: +2.0 m/s, Heat 2: +0.7 m/s

Final
Wind: +0.5

References

Athletics at the 2001 Summer Universiade
2001 in women's athletics
2001


title: Dun Troddan

text:
Dun Troddan () is an iron-age broch located about  southeast of the village of Glenelg, Highland, in Scotland. It is one of the best-preserved brochs in Scotland.

Location
Dun Troddan () stands on a level rock platform north of the Abhainn a’ Ghlinne Bhig, in the lower reaches of Gleann Beag. It lies just north of the minor road leading south from Glenelg. It can be accessed via a steep path. The neighbouring broch of Dun Telve lies  to the west, whilst the "semi-broch" known as Dun Grugaig is around  to the southeast.

History
Dun Troddan was first sketched in about 1720 when it was still an intact tower. It is thought that it was over  high in 1720, and it was described as being "by far the most entire of any in that Country". It was robbed for stone in 1722 during the construction of Bernera Barracks in Glenelg. The broch was visited by Thomas Pennant in 1772, and it was still a substantial structure, although it had lost the upper gallery by this time. It was cleared of "debris" without any supervision and consolidated by the Office of Works in the years between 1914 and 1920. The broch is now in the care of Historic Environment Scotland.

Description
The broch consists of a drystone tower which measures around  in diameter, and currently stands to a maximum height of . The external walls are  thick at the base.

The entrance is on the southwest side, and is now roofless. On the left side of the entrance passage is a small side-chamber, sometimes called a "guard cell". The broch has features now missing from Dun Telve; these include a number of postholes in the floor and a hearth. Built into the hearth is a broken quern-stone. The central court is an almost perfect circle with a diameter of .

An internal doorway in the remaining high part of the wall provides access to a stairway. From here it is possible to ascend nine stairs to a first floor landing. The landing is  long, at a height of  above the central court. At the end of the landing can be seen the first step which would have led up the next flight of stairs.

References

External links

Glenelg Brochs: Dun Telve And Dun Troddan, Historic Scotland

Archaeological sites in Highland (council area)
Brochs
Historic Environment Scotland properties
Scheduled Ancient Monuments in Highland


title: Thorning-Schmidt II Cabinet

text:
The Second Cabinet of Helle Thorning-Schmidt was the Government of Denmark in office from 3 February 2014 to 28 June 2015. It was a coalition government between the Social Democrats and the Social Liberal Party.

It was preceded by the First Cabinet of Helle Thorning-Schmidt, a cabinet that ended when the Socialist People's Party left the government.

Government formations
Helle Thorning-Schmidt formed the First Cabinet of Helle Thorning-Schmidt following the 2011 parliamentary election and lead a coalition government consisting of her own Social Democrats, the Social Liberal Party and the Socialist People's Party until 2014.

On 30 January 2014, the Socialist People's Party announced their departure from the government due to a conflict over the proposed sale of DONG Energy shares to Goldman Sachs. Before departure, they also announced they will support Helle Thorning-Schmidt although not being a part of her government.

This event lead to the resignation of the First Cabinet of Helle Thorning-Schmidt and the formation of the Second Cabinet of Helle Thorning-Schmidt on 3 February 2014.

The Second Cabinet of Thorning-Schmidt resigned following defeat in the 2015 general election.

List of ministers
The Social Democrats had thirteen ministers including the Prime Minister. The Social Liberal Party had seven ministers.

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References

Cabinets of Denmark
2014 establishments in Denmark
Cabinets established in 2014
2015 disestablishments in Denmark
Cabinets disestablished in 2015


title: Chakkol

text:
Chakkol () may refer to:
 Chakkol, Hirmand
 Chakkol, Khash
 Chakkol, Saravan


title: Kazi Shahin Ara

text:
Kazi Shahin Ara () is a Bangladeshi national women's kabaddi player who was part of the team that won the bronze medal at the 2010 Asian Games and 2014 Asian Games.

References

External links
 Women's sports in Bangladesh

Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
Asian Games medalists in kabaddi
Kabaddi players at the 2010 Asian Games
Bangladeshi kabaddi players
Kabaddi players at the 2014 Asian Games
Female kabaddi players
Asian Games bronze medalists for Bangladesh
Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games
Year of birth missing (living people)
Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games


title: Enos Eastman

text:
Enos Eastman was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and the Wisconsin State Senate.

Biography
Eastman was born on October 27, 1821, in Ellisburg, New York. On January 11, 1844, he married Miriam Carpenter. Eastman died in June 1908.

His brother, La Fayette Eastman, was also a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.

Career
Eastman was elected to the Assembly in 1870 and to the Senate in 1874. He was a Democrat.

References

See also

People from Ellisburg, New York
Democratic Party Wisconsin state senators
Democratic Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly
1821 births
1908 deaths
Burials in Wisconsin
19th-century American politicians


title: Nagyvisnyó

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Nagyvisnyó is a village and municipality in northern Hungary, in Heves county, northwest of the Bükk Mountains, in the valley of Bán-patak. Until 1950, the village was part of Borsod county.

Popular ski resort Bánkút is situated within municipality limits.

Monuments

The Baroque Protestant church was built around 1800; its cassetted ceiling was made in 1804.

Populated places in Heves County


title: R. T. Greer and Company (Marion, Virginia)

text:
R. T. Greer and Company is a historic commercial building located at Marion, Smyth County, Virginia. It was built in 1916. R. T. Greer and Company was the Appalachian region's largest dealer in medicinal herbs.  They remained in business until 1968.  It is occupied by the Herb House Trading Company, Inc.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.

References

External links
 Herb House Trading Company, Inc.

Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
Commercial buildings completed in 1916
Buildings and structures in Smyth County, Virginia
National Register of Historic Places in Smyth County, Virginia
1916 establishments in Virginia


title: Deh-e Arjuni

text:
Deh-e Arjuni (, also Romanized as Deh-e Arjūnī) is a village in Margan Rural District, in the Central District of Hirmand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 24, in 6 families.

References

Populated places in Hirmand County


title: Deh-e Chahar Dari

text:
Deh-e Chahar Dari (, also Romanized as Deh-e Chahār Darī) is a village in Margan Rural District, in the Central District of Hirmand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 260, in 54 families.

References

Populated places in Hirmand County


title: Deh-e Fatami

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Deh-e Fatami (, also Romanized as Deh-e Fāţamī) is a village in Margan Rural District, in the Central District of Hirmand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 24, in 6 families.

References

Populated places in Hirmand County


title: Deh-e Fakhireh

text:
Deh-e Fakhireh (, also Romanized as Deh-e Fakhīreh; also known as Fakhīreh-ye Bālā and Fakhīreh-ye ‘Olyā) is a village in Margan Rural District, in the Central District of Hirmand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 112, in 24 families.

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Populated places in Hirmand County


title: Deh-e Fakhireh-ye Sofla

text:
Deh-e Fakhireh-ye Sofla (, also Romanized as Deh-e Fakhīreh-ye Soflá; also known as Deh-e Fakhīreh, Fakhīreh-ye Pā’īn, and Fakhīreh-ye Soflá) is a village in Margan Rural District, in the Central District of Hirmand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 108, in 26 families.

References

Populated places in Hirmand County


title: Deh-e Gargich

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Deh-e Gargich (, also Romanized as Deh-e Gargīch; also known as Deh-e Gargīj and Gargīj) is a village in Margan Rural District, in the Central District of Hirmand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 58, in 13 families.

References

Populated places in Hirmand County


title: Deh-e Khoda Rahm

text:
Deh-e Khoda Rahm (, also Romanized as Deh-e Khodā Raḩm; also known as Deh-e Khodā Raḩīm) is a village in Margan Rural District, in the Central District of Hirmand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 26, in 5 families.

References

Populated places in Hirmand County


title: Deh-e Kadkhoda Ali-ye Namruri

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Deh-e Kadkhoda Ali-ye Namruri (, also Romanized as Deh-e Kadkhodā ‘Alī-ye Namrūrī; also known as Deh-e Kadkhodā ‘Alī-ye Namrūdī) is a village in Margan Rural District, in the Central District of Hirmand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 327, in 75 families.

References

Populated places in Hirmand County


title: Deh-e Kandal

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Deh-e Kandal (; also known as Kandal) is a village in Margan Rural District, in the Central District of Hirmand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 165, in 39 families.

References

Populated places in Hirmand County


title: Shoko Fujimura

text:
is a Japanese speed skater. She was born in Hokkaido. She competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, where she placed 15th in the 3000 meters and 10th in the 5000 meters.

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External links

1987 births
Japanese female speed skaters
Speed skaters at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Olympic speed skaters for Japan
Speed skaters from Hokkaido
Living people
Universiade medalists in speed skating
Universiade bronze medalists for Japan
Speed skaters at the 2007 Winter Universiade
Medalists at the 2007 Winter Universiade
21st-century Japanese women


title: Deh-e Mirza Khan-e Bar Ahuyi

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Deh-e Mirza Khan-e Bar Ahuyi (, also Romanized as Deh-e Mīrzā Khān-e Bar Āhūyī; also known as Deh-e Mīrzā Khān-e Barāvī) is a village in Margan Rural District, in the Central District of Hirmand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 109, in 22 families.

References

Populated places in Hirmand County


title: Deh-e Malang

text:
Deh-e Malang (; also known as Malang-e Ḩasan) is a village in Margan Rural District, in the Central District of Hirmand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 236, in 51 families.

References

Populated places in Hirmand County


title: Deh-e Nazar Isa Zahi

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Deh-e Nazar Isa Zahi (, also Romanized as Deh-e Naz̧ar ‘Īsā Zahī; also known as Naz̧ar Sharīf) is a village in Margan Rural District, in the Central District of Hirmand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 104, with 20 families.

References

Populated places in Hirmand County


title: Deh-e Said

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Deh-e Said (, also Romanized as Deh-e Sa‘īd) is a village in Margan Rural District, in the Central District of Hirmand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 225, in 50 families.

References

Populated places in Hirmand County


title: Deh-e Soltan, Sistan and Baluchestan

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Deh-e Soltan (, also Romanized as Deh-e Solţān; also known as Solţānī) is a village in Margan Rural District, in the Central District of Hirmand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 134, in 29 families.

References

Populated places in Hirmand County


title: Deh-e Sargazi

text:
Deh-e Sargazi (, also Romanized as Deh-e Sargazī) is a village in Margan Rural District, in the Central District of Hirmand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 383, in 74 families.

References

Populated places in Hirmand County


title: Deh-e Mardeh, Margan

text:
Deh-e Mardeh () is a village in Margan Rural District, in the Central District of Hirmand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 147, in 30 families.

References

Populated places in Hirmand County


title: Dust Mohammad-e Shah Gol Pahlavan

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Dust Mohammad-e Shah Gol Pahlavan (, also Romanized as Dūst Moḩammad-e Shāh Gol Pahlavān) is a village in Margan Rural District, in the Central District of Hirmand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 68, in 15 families.

References

Populated places in Hirmand County


title: Ed McNamara

text:
Ed McNamara (21 June 1921 – 11 October 1986) was a Canadian film actor. He appeared in more than 40 films from 1941 to 1986.

At the 27th Canadian Film Awards in 1976, McNamara and his costar Hugh Webster jointly won the Canadian Film Award for Best Actor in a Non-Feature for their performances in For Gentlemen Only, and McNamara received a Genie Award nomination for Best Actor at the 7th Genie Awards in 1986, for his performance in Bayo. In the same year, he posthumously received the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television's Earle Grey Award for lifetime achievement at the 1st Gemini Awards.

Selected filmography

References

External links

1921 births
1986 deaths
Canadian male film actors
Canadian male television actors
Canadian male voice actors
20th-century Canadian male actors
Male actors from Toronto
Canadian Screen Award winning actors


title: Hombres de esta tierra

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Hombres de esta tierra is a 1922 Chilean silent film, the debut film of Carlos F. Borcosque. It features boxer Luis Vicentini, Jorge Infante, Ketty Zambelli, and Alfredo Rondanelli.

Cast
Luis Vicentini
Jorge Infante
Ketty Zambelli
Alfredo Rondanelli
Eugenio Matte Hurtado
César Olivos Prado
Fernando Corres

References

External links

1922 films
Chilean silent films
Films directed by Carlos F. Borcosque
Chilean black-and-white films


title: Fakhireh

text:
Fakhireh () may refer to:
 Fakhireh-ye Olya
 Fakhireh-ye Sofla


title: Head II

text:
Head II is an oil and tempera on hardboard painting by the Irish-born British figurative artist Francis Bacon. Completed in 1948, it is the second in a series of six heads, painted from the winter of 1948 in preparation for a November 1949 exhibition at the Hanover Gallery, London.

The figure seems half human, half animal, and has disintegrated to an extent that, like the preceding Head I of the series, the entire upper head has disappeared leaving only mouth and jaw. The figure is set in a shallow pictorial space, and is positioned behind curtains that borrow from Titian's 1558 Portrait of Cardinal Filippo Archinto. The curtains are fastened at one point by a safety pin. John Russell sees the curtains as enclosing the figure, as if the walls of a prison or execution dock. Remarking on their dreary and drab appearance he further speculates that they seem "stiffened by fifty year's crasse of a tenth rate lodging-house; or they could be sliding shutters that has been pulled apart to admit a new victim."

The painting's overall grisaille appearance give the impression of x-ray photographs, and the look may have been inspired by K.C. Clark's Positioning In Radiography, a book Bacon often acknowledged as a key source for his work. The painting contains a small arrow just below the figures mouth; the first appearance of a motif the artist was to continue using for the rest of his career.

References

Notes

Sources

Dawson, Barbara; Sylvester, David. Francis Bacon in Dublin. London: Thames & Hudson, 2000.
Farr, Dennis; Peppiatt, Michael; Yard, Sally. Francis Bacon: A Retrospective. NY: Harry N Abrams, 1999.
Peppiatt, Michael. Anatomy of an Enigma. London: Westview Press, 1996.
Russell, John. Francis Bacon (World of Art). NY: Norton, 1971.

1949 paintings
Paintings by Francis Bacon
Heads in the arts


title: Chatsworth Nature Preserve

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The Chatsworth Nature Preserve (CNP) is a  open-space preserve located in the northwest corner of the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles, California, United States. The preserve contains oak woodlands, savanna, riparian areas, grassland, vernal pools, and an Ecology Pond, all of which support more than 200 bird species and numerous mammals, amphibians and reptiles.

Location
The CNP is located within Los Angeles city limits. The preserve's western edge abuts Los Angeles County's western border with Ventura County. The preserve is in the foothills of the Simi Hills. The following San Fernando Valley neighborhoods surround the preserve: Chatsworth, Chatsworth Lake Manor, and West Hills.

The preserve is located at the former site of Chatsworth Reservoir, a former Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) water-storage reservoir. Nearby points of interest include Stoney Point, Santa Susana Pass State Historic Park, Santa Susana Field Laboratory, Burro Flats Painted Cave, and Minnie Hill Palmer House.

Nature preserve designation
In the 1990s, former Los Angeles City Councilman Hal Bernson, other community leaders, and environmental organizations worked together to create the Chatsworth Nature Preserve. The Los Angeles City Council passed City Ordinance #169723 (the Chatsworth Open Space Ordinance) in 1994, limiting use of the area encompassing the former Chatsworth Reservoir property to a nature preserve and related scientific studies and education.

Key features

Wildlife
More than 200 bird species inhabit the CNP. Resident bird species are greater roadrunner, California quail, woodpeckers, herons, egrets, orioles, ash-throated flycatchers, acorn woodpecker, Nuttall's woodpecker, western kingbird, great horned owl and others. Migratory birds include Canada goose, western meadowlark, tricolored blackbird, sapsuckers, and a variety of ducks and shorebirds. Raptors populating the preserve include ferruginous hawk, red-tailed hawk, prairie falcon, and many others. Notable amphibians and reptiles include western spadefoot toad, slender salamander, western skink, ring-necked snake, and red racer. The preserve's wildlife population includes large and small mammals: desert cottontail rabbit, gray fox, coyote, and raccoon, plus occasional bobcats, mountain lions, and mule deer.

Terrain
Among the CNP's various natural habitats are oak woodlands and savanna, riparian areas, chaparral, grassland, pond water and fringing marsh, seasonal ponds, and vernal pools created by seasonal rains and streams, including Woolsey Canyon Creek and Box Canyon Creek, which drain into the preserve from the steep rocky Simi Hills. Inside the preserve, the now-channelized Chatsworth Creek, a tributary of the Los Angeles River, joins with Box Canyon Creek, Woolsey Canyon Creek, and additional unnamed creeks. Rocky hills rise out of the preserve, and earthen berms from former water-retention dams arc across the terrain.

Ecology Pond
The CNP Ecology Pond provides the only permanent source of water within the preserve and draws wildlife from throughout the area. In recent history it has served as habitat for a variety of dabbling ducks, diving ducks, herons, egrets, grebes, coots, cormorants, and shorebirds. The pond is the core for a complex of habitats along its shores, including mudflats during lower water periods, a fringing marsh of cattails, bulrushes, nettles, and other water-associated plants. On slightly higher ground, the pond waters also support dense thickets primarily of mule fat and willows that could not exist in drier areas. The pond, mudflats and marsh provide foraging, roosting, and nest sites for numerous bird species, and are used by various mammals, reptiles and amphibians. The thickets support breeding bird species.

The Ecology Pond is also used as an emergency water supply source for fighting nearby wildfires. Fire department helicopters refill their water tanks with the pond's water.

Designated Historical Site

The CNP contains Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument #141, thus designated on April 2, 1975, by the Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Commission. Also known as the Chatsworth Calera, monument #141 is a centuries-old kiln used for burning limestone in the making of lime for concrete, mortar, and whitewash, a step in the construction of bricks and tiles. The monument now looks like a hole in the ground with walls of vitrified limestone and brick. It measures about fifteen feet deep and six and a half feet across. The kiln was in use during early California history (Spanish/Mission and Mexican periods). Rich in oak trees and lime deposits, the location was ideal for kiln operation. Several such lime kilns were in operation around the edge of the San Fernando Valley. The word "Calera" is Spanish for "limestone quarry" or "limekiln".

Land management
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) owns and manages the CNP. A chain-link fence encloses most of the preserve's grounds. The LADWP limits general public access to the enclosed portion of the CNP to a once-yearly Earth Day celebration.

History
The CNP contains evidence of at least 1,000 years of human culture: native tribes made sacred use of the land, and the Fernandeño and Chumash people ground acorns and seeds in the sandstone outcroppings. Spanish missionaries processed limestone for use in plaster coatings of adobe buildings, and in the 19th century the land was used by Mexican cattle ranchers and Basque sheepherders.

Chatsworth Reservoir
In the early 20th century, the City of Los Angeles developed a linked chain of 19 water-retention basins to store and manage water imported via the Los Angeles Aqueduct system from the Owens Valley. Chatsworth Reservoir was the last of these, and occupied the now-current CNP lands.

Placed into service in 1919, the reservoir was created by two large earth-filled dams and two smaller dikes spanning gaps between hills. From 1920 to 1950 it was the main water storage facility for the western San Fernando Valley, primarily serving agricultural irrigation needs. During that period, dam improvements increased water capacity from the initial 7,400 acre-feet to 9,840 acre-feet. As the West San Fernando Valley shifted away from agriculture toward suburban housing, reservoir use shifted toward domestic water supply, requiring reservoir improvements to address water quality issues related to storm water runoff, algae and aquatic plant growth in shallow bays, and wind-propelled waves which stirred up mud. Construction related to these improvements began in the spring of 1969.

After the 1971 San Fernando earthquake, the California Department of Water Resources Division of Safety of Dams directed a stability investigation of all hydraulic-fill dams in California, including the Chatsworth Reservoir dams. The analysis determined that the Chatsworth dams would have to be completely rebuilt in order to be safe during a major earthquake. In 1972 the reservoir was drained and taken out of service. No schedule for reconstructing the Chatsworth Reservoir has been established.

Film history
The CNP was a popular filming location, as was true for several neighboring areas and ranches. The locale's rugged rock outcroppings, boulders, canyons, majestic oak trees, grasslands and lake featured prominently in "B" westerns. Movies filmed on the land now designated as the CNP include The Ten Commandments, Donovan's Brain, The Palomino, Susanna Pass, Sioux City Sue, Man from Rainbow Valley, Out California Way, Home on the Range, Hell's Angels, Tess of the Storm Country, Three Word Brand, and The Karate Kid. Television shows filmed there include The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin, Rin Tin Tin II, and The Dukes of Hazzard.

References

External links
 Savechatsworthpreserve.org: Chatsworth Nature Preserve Coalition website
 Archive.org: Chatsworth Reservoir historical information

Nature reserves in California
Parks in the San Fernando Valley
Protected areas of Los Angeles County, California
Simi Hills
Chatsworth, Los Angeles
West Hills, Los Angeles
Protected areas established in 1994
1994 establishments in California
Lime kilns in the United States


title: Blackbird (2014 film)

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Blackbird is a 2014 drama film directed by Patrik-Ian Polk and starring Mo'Nique and Isaiah Washington. The film is adapted from the novel of the same name by Larry Duplechan and was released theatrically on April 24, 2015.

Premise
Set in a small baptist community in the south of Mississippi, a 17-year-old high school senior and talented singer juggles with his sexuality and religion while also dealing with the disappearance of his younger sister as it tore his family apart.

Cast
 Julian Walker as Randy Rousseau
 Mo'Nique as Claire Rousseau
 Isaiah Washington as Lance Rousseau
 Kevin Allesee as Marshall MacNeil
 Terrell Tilford as Pastor Crandall
D. Woods as Leslie Crandall
 Gary LeRoi Gray as Efrem
 Torrey Laamar as Todd Waterson
 Nikki Jane as Crystal

Background
Polk initially tried to get the film made several years earlier, with Jussie Smollett cast as the young lead, however financing fell through. When the funding came through years later, he was forced to re-cast because of Smollett's busy schedule on Empire, and struggled to find a black male actor who would portray a gay love story on screen. However, he later met Julian Walker, who is openly gay, and chose to cast him despite his lack of acting experience.

Polk discussed, in an interview with BuzzFeed, the need for more stories featuring gay men who aren't white: Through my years of filmmaking, we have seen the gay coming-of-age story from every possible white male point of view ... We’ve seen it over, and over, and over.

Release
The film had a successful run on the film festival circuit, winning awards at several LGBT-oriented festivals including Outflix Memphis, Atlanta’s Out On Film Festival, and the Crossroads Film Festival in Polk’s native Mississippi. The film was the closing night gala screening for Los Angeles’ Pan African Film Festival (PAFF), where it won the Founders Award for Best Narrative Feature Film.

Reception
Blackbird received mixed to negative reviews from critics. , 40% of the ten reviews compiled on Rotten Tomatoes are positive, with an average rating of 4.6/10. The Hollywood Reporter called it "too all over the map to take seriously". The New York Times said that the film has an "impressive, palpable conviction", although it ultimately "suffers from soapy excesses and narrative disjunctures". Slant Magazine wrote: "Blackbird is, like its main character, too naïve to understand or, at least, to deploy the reparative powers of camp".

See also
List of black films of the 2010s

References

External links

2014 films
African-American drama films
African-American LGBT-related films
American LGBT-related films
American independent films
Films directed by Patrik-Ian Polk
Gay-related films
Films about interracial romance
2014 LGBT-related films
LGBT-related drama films
2014 drama films
2014 independent films
2010s English-language films
2010s American films


title: Jane Powdrell-Culbert

text:
Jane E. Powdrell-Culbert (born April 30, 1949, in Albuquerque, New Mexico) is an American politician who served as a Republican member of the New Mexico House of Representatives for the 44th district from 2003 to 2023.

Elections
 2002: When the District 44 incumbent Republican Representative Judy Vanderstar Russell ran for Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico, Powdrell-Culbert ran in the 2002 Republican primary, winning with 892 votes (51.3%) and won the November 5, 2002, general election with 5,080 votes (64.3%) against the Democratic nominee Mara Minwegen.
 2004: Powdrell-Culbert was unopposed for both the June 1, 2004, Republican primary, winning with 618 votes and the November 2, 2004, general election, winning with 12,018 votes.
 2006: Powdrell-Culbert was unopposed for the June 6, 2006, Republican primary, winning with 817 votes and won the November 7, 2006, general election with 7,516 votes (59.1%) against the Democratic nominee Eliot Gould.
 2008: Powdrell-Culbert was unopposed for the June 8, 2008, Republican primary, winning with 2,527 votes and won the November 4, 2008, general election with 11,581 votes (54.1%) against Lisa Cour.
 2010: Powdrell-Culbert was unopposed for the June 1, 2010, Republican primary, winning with 2,840 votes and won the November 2, 2010, general election with 9,960 votes (62.8%) against the Democratic nominee Joel Davis.
 2012: Powdrell-Culbert was unopposed for both the June 5, 2012, Republican primary, winning with 1,486 votes and the November 6, 2012, general election, winning with 10,136 votes.

References

External links
 Official web page at the New Mexico Legislature

 Jane Powdrell-Culbert at Ballotpedia
 Jane E. Powdrell-Culbert at the National Institute on Money in State Politics

Politicians from Albuquerque, New Mexico
1949 births
Living people
African-American state legislators in New Mexico
African-American women in politics
Republican Party members of the New Mexico House of Representatives
Women state legislators in New Mexico
21st-century American politicians
21st-century American women politicians
People from Corrales, New Mexico
21st-century African-American women
21st-century African-American politicians
20th-century African-American people
20th-century African-American women


title: The Labor Union

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The Labor Union is the second studio album by underground rapper King Syze. It was officially released on 5 August 2008 via Babygrande Records.

Background
In 2008, King Syze released his second studio album The Labor Union. The album was known for "Syze lacing his relentless, rapid-fire flow over a slew of spine-tingling gutter tracks" It contained production from Team 707, DJ Waxwork, Skammadix, and MTK. The album was considered an underground cult classic.

Track listing

References

2008 albums
Babygrande Records albums
King Syze albums


title: Cylindropuntia abyssi

text:
Cylindropuntia abyssi, common name Peach Springs cholla, is a species of cactus endemic to northwestern Arizona. It is known from only from the Grand Canyon and in Peach Springs Canyon, on the Hualapai Reservation in Mohave County. It grows in desert scrub on limestone ledges and hilltops. The natural range of the species is fairly small, but it is locally abundant and growing in an isolated area with few threats to the species survival.

Cylindropuntia abyssi has branched stems up to 1 m (40 inches) tall. Stem segments are somewhat detachable, up to 14 cm (5.6 inches) long. Flowers are pale greenish-yellow. Fruits are dull yellow, dry, spineless or nearly so, with brown seeds.

References

External links
Cylindropuntia abyssi photo gallery at Opuntia Web

Flora of Arizona
abyssi


title: Hostages (1943 film)

text:
Hostages is an American war film produced by Paramount Pictures and released in 1943.  It was directed by Frank Tuttle from a script by Frank Butler and Lester Cole based on the 1942 novel of the same name by Stefan Heym.  The film stars Luise Rainer, Arturo de Córdova, William Bendix and Paul Lukas and features Katina Paxinou and Oskar Homolka.

Plot
A group of 26 Czechoslovakian citizens are jailed as hostages by the Gestapo until the supposed killer of a Nazi officer – who actually committed suicide – is turned in. The hostages include the leader of the underground resistance movement (William Bendix), whose cover is that of an apparently ignorant washroom attendant in the nightclub where the victim was last seen alive.

Cast
 Luise Rainer as Milada Pressinger
 Arturo de Córdova as Paul Breda
 William Bendix as Underground leader
 Paul Lukas as Rheinhardt
 Katina Paxinou as Maria
 Oskar Homolka as Lev Pressinger
 Reinhold Schünzel as Kurt Daluege
 Frederick Gierrman as Captain Patzer
 Roland Varno as Jan Pavel
 Felix Basch as Dr. Wallerstein
 John Mylong as Proskosch
 Hans Conried as Lt. Glasenapp
 Steven Geray as Mueller

Production
Hostages utilized footage of Prague which was originally shot six years before for the film Bluebeard's Eighth Wife. Erich von Stroheim was originally scheduled to play the part of "Rheinhardt", but had to withdraw in order to film Paramount's Five Graves to Cairo.

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1943 films
1943 drama films
1940s English-language films
1940s war drama films
American black-and-white films
American war drama films
Films based on American novels
Films directed by Frank Tuttle
Films produced by Sol C. Siegel
Films scored by Victor Young
Films set in Prague
Paramount Pictures films
World War II films made in wartime
Czech resistance to Nazi occupation in film


title: San Esteban Apedreado

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The San Esteban Apedreado was a fifth-rate frigate in the Spanish navy that ran ashore and was damaged in the Rio de la Plata in 1741 and was broken up in 1744 or 1745.

Construction

The San Esteban Apedreado was a fifth-rate frigate built in the Guarnizo shipyard near Santander, Spain, by Lorenzo Arzueta. Its length was , its keel , its beam , and its depth in the hold . It displaced 625 tons. It carried eighteen 12-pound guns on the lower gun deck, eighteen 8-pound guns on the upper gun deck, and four 4-pound guns on the quarterdeck. In 1741, it had a crew of 350.

Career

The San Esteban Apedreado was acquired by the Spanish Navy in 1726. In 1730 it was stationed at Havana. It sailed from Havana on 26 May 1731, carrying 4,000,000 pesos, and reached Cádiz on 14 July 1731. In October 1731 it carried troops from Cadiz to Livorno with the fleet of the Marquis del Mari. It returned to Cadiz to be careened in February 1732. The San Esteban Apedreado left Cadiz in 1736 and sailed to Buenos Aires.  On 18 August 1736, it was engaged with a Portuguese ship carrying 60 guns for two hours. On 26 August 1736, it captured the Portuguese frigate Madre de Dios. On 15 January 1737, it was back in Buenos Aires. In April of that year, it was in the Rio de la Plata with Hermione, San Francisco Javier, and Paloma Indiana. It left for Spain with the Hermione in 1739 carrying 600,000 pesos. The San Esteban Apedreado and Hermione reached Ferrol, Galicia, in 1740 and entered Cadiz in April 1740.

Last voyage
The San Estéban Apedreado left Ferrol on 7 October 1740 in Vice-Admiral José Alfonso Pizarro's squadron, but was forced back due to bad weather. The squadron left Ferrol again on 21 October 1740. In 1741 a fleet under Commodore Anson left England to attack the coasts of Chile and Peru. The Spanish government ordered General José Pizarro to respond with his squadron consisting of the ships Asia (64), Guipúzcoa (74), Hermione (54) and Esperanza (50) and the frigate San Estéban (40). At the end of February the squadron was just west of Cape Horn when it was dispersed by a violent storm.  With continuing poor weather the San Estéban was forced to return to the Rio de la Plata. On the ship's arrival, it ran ashore. The ship had recovered, but had been badly damaged, and was broken up in 1744.

References
Citations

Sources

Age of Sail merchant ships of Spain
18th-century ships
Shipwrecks in the Bay of Biscay
1720s ships


title: Umtech

text:
Umtech Incorporated, also known as VideoBrain Computer Company, was an early entrant in the personal computer market that developed, manufactured, and marketed the first computer, VideoBrain, sold in department stores.  Although VideoBrain generated major excitement and strong orders when it was introduced at the January 1978 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), consumers did not adopt it as readily as hoped.  The company halted manufacturing in the spring of 1979 and was folded into the structure of its largest financial backer, the Cha Group.

History

Umtech was founded in 1976 by Dr. Albert Yu, an integrated circuit engineering manager at Intel who became Umtech’s President, and Dr. David Chung who led development of the F8 processor for Fairchild Semiconductor.  It was based in Sunnyvale, California. The company was backed financially by Dr. Yu’s father-in-law, Cha Chi Ming, the principal of the Cha Group headquartered in Hong Kong.  Some employees of the company later became minor shareholders through the exercise of employee stock options.

The company created the name VideoBrain for the computer it developed and then used the name VideoBrain Computer Company in marketing.

Technology

Integrated circuits
The company developed two chips to facilitate displaying the computer’s output on a standard color television set.  The UM1 chip controlled sixteen rectangular objects on the screen that could be manipulated in size and shape, placement on the screen, and image within the rectangle.  Software could designate the color of the image and of the remaining space within the rectangle, usually the background color of the display which was also software selectable.  The UM1 was in turn controlled by an F8 processor.  The UM1 fed a stream of pixels into a FIFO buffer which passed them along to be converted into signals that were delivered to the RF antenna input of a television set.  Because the UM1 delivered the pixels needed for every line on the raster scan of the TV, rather than using the same pixel stream for every two or more adjacent lines as in then current video games, the VideoBrain produced finer display resolution than most television sets could support.  The UM1 chip (Patent #4,232,374) was designed by John Cosley and Len Chen under the direction of Dr. Chung.

A second chip, the UM2, was developed to serve as a clock for the entire system and to produce the NTSC (USA) and PAL (Europe) scanning video frames for the TV set.  The PAL version of the UM2 was never manufactured or brought to market.  Though a much simpler chip than the UM1, getting the UM2 into manufacturing was difficult because any flaw in timing, even once in millions of cycles, could bring the entire system down.

The masks used to create the proprietary chips were drawn by hand.  The company tested its chips using its own stepper and chip tester.

Hardware and system design

Like the later Apple MacIntosh, the VideoBrain did not allow the user to open the case and insert hardware components.  Like the Commodore PET the keyboard was built into the computer.  Taking a lesson from videogames, VideoBrain was the first home or personal computer where software programs were stored on ROM chips and loaded into the system in cartridges.  This was much easier and more reliable for consumers than loading software from cassette tapes or the notoriously fallible 5.25” diskettes.

In addition to the F8 processor and the proprietary chips, the system contained 1K of RAM and 1K of resident software on ROM.  Though the computer’s capabilities were very limited by today’s standards, it is impressive how much the developers were able to accomplish with this seemingly minuscule amount of memory.

VideoBrain featured a non-standard keyboard with 36 keys and a reset button labeled “Master Control”.  The keys were level with each other and had very little travel when they were struck.  This made typing somewhat difficult and also emphasized to anyone familiar with computers that the system’s capabilities were limited.

The system supported four plug-in joysticks and a port on the back that could connect to an extender product using proprietary signaling over an RS-232 physical interfaces.  The extender product, and ROM cartridge that turned VideoBrain into a timeshare terminal, were sold in very small quantities.  Other connections on the back panel were to the television display and to the external AC transformer.  A switch on the back panel directed the TV signal to channel 3 or channel 4.

The motherboard was enclosed in a metal shield to meet Federal Communications Commission requirements for limiting radio frequency emissions.  The external case was molded plastic, designed for low-cost high-volume manufacturing.

Software

The code was written in F-8 Assembly language, and then run through a translator/assembler on a Hewlett-Packard minicomputer to produce binary machine code.  The resident 1K ROM contained basic start-up and operating code, images of letters and numbers, and four user-accessible programs – text, clock, alarm, and color.

Umtech developed and marketed fourteen software programs, six in the Education Series, six in the Entertainment Series, and two in the Money Management Category.  The company developed but never offered for sale a cartridge with 1k of onboard RAM that made the computer programmable in a variation of the APL language, and an educational program called Old Regime that allowed users to simulate being a wealthy landowner in seventeenth century France.

A list of software programs can be found   here

Packaging, distribution, and marketing
The company never sold the computer by itself but always packaged it as a “system” with some software cartridges.  The System 100, with three cartridges, sold for $500.  The systems were initially delivered in a colorful, consumer-oriented box.  The box was later changed to a larger, plainer, box to better protect the computer from shock.

The progress of marketing and sales can be seen in the following timeline:

 January 1977 – Marketing research trip to Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Chicago
 Spring, 1977 – Umtech first meets with a manufacturer’s rep and with Interstate Electronics, an electronics distributor that becomes an important business partner

 April 1977 – Umtech meets with a German distributor at the Hannover Messe industrial fair.  Presents a mockup of the product and demonstrates software capabilities using a portable breadboard.
 June 1977 – Umtech meets with RadioShack and other retailers in a hotel suite at the CES show in Las Vegas.
 January 1978 – Umtech introduces VideoBrain to an enthusiastic response on the show floor at the winter CES show in Las Vegas.  All aspects of marketing are high quality and professional – product packaging, show booth, brochures, displays, and employee presentations.  The company garners more orders at the show ($2.5 million) than Apple.  Orders come from Federated Department Stores (Macy’s, Bloomingdale's), Associated Dry Goods (Lord & Taylor, Robinsons, Goldwater's), Nordstrom and from many other department stores, computer stores, and electronics retailers.
 February 1978 – VideoBrain, presented by a representative of Interstate, appears on The Today Show with Jane Pauley.  The computer is introduced at retail with a special promotion in a dedicated room at Macy's San Francisco.  Macy's later reports that it was the biggest sales day in the electronics department in the history of Macy's.
 March 1978 – VideoBrain begins shipping but many department stores have cancelled their orders due to the absence of shipments since January.
 June 1978 – VideoBrain appears again in a booth at the CES show.
 January 1979 – VideoBrain does not appear on the floor at CES.  Some manufacturer’s reps do not even pick up their commission checks from the Umtech hotel suite.

Umtech was introduced to Interstate Electronics, a distributor of consumer electronics located in Chicago, Illinois, and to a major distributor of consumer electronics in Germany by a Hong Kong businessman, Raymond Koo of Raitronics, who sold other products to these companies.  Umtech also sold directly to some computer stores, like Computerland, and through manufacturer’s representatives.  The rep that may have achieved the most success sold VideoBrain to military PX’s.

Umtech’s first advertising agency was Regis McKenna in Palo Alto, which also handled advertising for Intel and Apple.  After the 1978 CES show, Apple insisted that the agency resign the Umtech account, which it did.  Umtech then hired  Wilton, Coombs & Colnett of San Francisco.  To pull the product through retailers, Umtech advertised the product in popular and computer-oriented magazines.  VideoBrain's first position as a "family computer" was changed to "home computer" during 1978.  In both cases the suggestion of multiple users within a household sought to justify the price of the product.

Facilities and manufacturing
The company began research and development in 1976 in David Chung’s living room in Palo Alto, California then moved in October to a small space on Sobrante Way in Sunnyvale.  In 1977 the company moved to larger facilities on Wolfe Road in Sunnyvale and later added adjoining space in the same building.  Here the company began low volume manufacturing.  In 1978 Umtech moved to larger space on Patrick Henry Drive in Santa Clara and set up a volume manufacturing facility.  When the company cut back its operations and moved to a small space in Palo Alto, it very profitably sub-leased the Patrick Henry facility to ROLM.

Employees
At one point in 1979 Umtech grew to over 100 employees.  Key managers and personnel included the following:

 Dr. Albert Yu - President
 David Chung - Vice President of Engineering and Marketing
 John Cosley – Chief Chip, Hardware, and System Engineer
 Len Chen – Chip Design Engineer
 Bob Frankovich – Director of Design Automation
 Niall Shapero – Senior Software Engineer
 Pavel Stoffel – Senior Software Engineer
 Mike Hall - Senior Software Engineer
 Bruce Mackay – Director of Manufacturing
 Bob Samuel - Manufacturing Engineer
 Ed Alemany - Customer Service Manager
 Richard Melmon – Director of Marketing
 Darhsiung (Dash) Chang – Product Manager
 Ted Haynes – Marketing Manager and Product Manager

Umtech’s place in personal computer history
VideoBrain was a visionary attempt to skip years ahead in personal computers - before consumers were ready for it and before technology was prepared to support the vision.  Although the public was largely oblivious to microcomputers in the late seventies, there were business people who believed passionately that personal computers would be an enormous market with tremendous impact.  They were right in the long run but they were ahead of their time.

VideoBrain was the first personal computer to make loading and running software easy and reliable.  In an era when floppy disks were uncommon and expensive, VideoBrain loaded software via ROM cartridges.  VideoBrain was the first personal computer to be packaged and sold through department stores as a consumer product.  Unfortunately the idea of buying and using a computer (or even touching it in the store) was intimidating to most consumers.  To those familiar with computers, VideoBrain did not offer enough capability and flexibility to be useful.  It could not be user programmed, the keyboard was limited, and the 1K of RAM could not be expanded.  On the other hand, VideoBrain was too expensive to compete with video games.

While consumer channels regrouped after VideoBrain, personal computer manufacturers turned their attention from hobbyists to business.  It seems the Apple MacIntosh capitalized on Umtech’s experience a few years later when it came out as a system where the user was not expected to open the case to add or delete hardware.  With glamorous marketing, Apple made consumers comfortable that, as intended for VideoBrain, they could bring a computer home, plug it in, and use it easily.

References

Notes
 Personal recollections by former Umtech employees Ted Haynes, Niall Shapero, John Cosley, and Jack Moynihan
 The First Entry-level Home Computer, Business Week, December 26, 1977, Industrial Edition
 Crudele, John, Halt Output, Cut Staff at Video Brain, Electronic News, April 23, 1979
 VideoBrain User Manual
 Wikipedia article on VideoBrain Family Computer

External links
 Obsolete Technology Website article on VideoBrain
 Obsolete Computer Museum article on VideoBrain - good photos
 Atari Protos web pages on VideoBrain
 Home Computer and Video Game Museum article on VideoBrain

1976 establishments in California
1979 disestablishments in California
American companies established in 1976
American companies disestablished in 1979
Companies based in Palo Alto, California
Companies based in Sunnyvale, California
Computer companies established in 1976
Computer companies disestablished in 1979
Defunct companies based in the San Francisco Bay Area
Defunct computer companies of the United States
Defunct computer hardware companies
Technology companies based in the San Francisco Bay Area


title: Richard Samnick

text:
Richard-Quentin Samnick (born 23 January 1993) is a French former professional footballer who played for as a defender. A youth product of Paris Saint-Germain, he played senior football in Italy for Bari and Martina Franca and in France for Châteauroux and Quevilly-Rouen.

Club career
After finishing his youth formation with Paris Saint-Germain, Samnick was assigned to the club's reserve squad in the 2011–12 season. After failing to feature regularly with the side, he joined Italian Serie B side Bari, signing a four-year deal with the Biancorossi.

On 23 August 2013 Samnick made his professional debut, starting in a 0–0 draw at Reggina. He spent the 2014–15 season on loan with Martina Franca in the Lega Pro. At the end of the season he terminated his contract with Bari two years early, and returned to France, signing for Châteauroux.

After three seasons at Châteauroux, the last being in Ligue 2, Samnick signed for Quevilly-Rouen on 21 June 2018. He was subsequently release by the club after two seasons. It proved to be the final club of Samnick's playing career, retiring at the age of 28.

Personal life
Samnick's wife is from Châteauroux. As of January 2022, the couple have a daughter.

In December 2021, Samnick opened a gym in Châteauroux.

Career statistics

Honours
Paris Saint-Germain U19
 Championnat National U19: 2010–11

References

External links

PSG official profile

1993 births
Living people
People from Noisy-le-Grand
Men's association football defenders
French men's footballers
France men's youth international footballers
French expatriate men's footballers
French expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
Paris Saint-Germain F.C. players
SSC Bari players
ASD Martina Calcio 1947 players
LB Châteauroux players
US Quevilly-Rouen Métropole players
Serie B players
Serie C players
Championnat National players
Footballers from Seine-Saint-Denis
French sportspeople of Cameroonian descent
Black French sportspeople


title: Jahan Tigh, Hirmand

text:
Jahan Tigh (, also Romanized as Jahān Tīgh and Jahāntīgh) is a village in Margan Rural District of the Central District of Hirmand County, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran.

At the 2006 National Census, its population was 826 in 172 households, when it was in the former Hirmand District of Zabol County. The following census in 2011 counted 634 people in 144 households. By the time of the census, Hirmand District had been separated from Zabol County to form Hirmand County. It was then divided into the Central and Qorqori Districts. The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 798 people in 175 households; it was the largest village in its rural district.

References

Hirmand County

Populated places in Hirmand County


title: Gol Mir, Hirmand

text:
Gol Mir (, also Romanized as Gol Mīr; also known as Deh-e Gol Mīr and Gol-e Mīr Karam) is a village in Margan Rural District, in the Central District of Hirmand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 36, in 8 families.

References

Populated places in Hirmand County


title: Gholam Rostam

text:
Gholam Rostam (, also Romanized as Gholām Rostam; also known as Deh-e Gholām Rostam) is a village in Margan Rural District, in the Central District of Hirmand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 115, in 25 families.

References

Populated places in Hirmand County


title: Gholam Ali Jafar

text:
Gholam Ali Jafar (, also Romanized as Gholām ʿAlī Jaʿfar) is a village in Margan Rural District, in the Central District of Hirmand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 114, in 29 families.

References

Populated places in Hirmand County


title: Gazmeh

text:
Gazmeh (; also known as Deh Gazma) is a village in Margan Rural District, in the Central District of Hirmand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 124, in 25 families.

References

Populated places in Hirmand County


title: Hajji Hoseyn Shirzehi

text:
Hajji Hoseyn Shirzehi (, also Romanized as Ḩājjī Ḩoseyn Shīrzehī) is a village in Margan Rural District, in the Central District of Hirmand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 35, in 7 families.

References

Populated places in Hirmand County


title: Hajji Malek Shirzayi

text:
Hajji Malek Shirzayi (, also Romanized as Ḩājjī Malek Shīrzāyī) is a village in Margan Rural District, in the Central District of Hirmand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 95, in 17 families.

References

Populated places in Hirmand County


title: Khaneh Hay Nazer Saheb Khan

text:
Khaneh Hay Nazer Saheb Khan (, also Romanized as Khāneh Hāy Naz̧er Şāḩeb Khān) is a village in Margan Rural District, in the Central District of Hirmand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 174, in 38 families.

References

Populated places in Hirmand County


title: Hoseynabad, Hirmand

text:
Hoseynabad (, also Romanized as Ḩoseynābād) is a village in Margan Rural District, in the Central District of Hirmand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 58, in 10 families.

References

Populated places in Hirmand County


title: Hoseyn Safdar

text:
Hoseyn Safdar (, also Romanized as Ḩoseyn Şafdar) is a village in Margan Rural District, in the Central District of Hirmand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 269, in 53 families.

References

Populated places in Hirmand County


title: Yusef Zehi, Hirmand

text:
Yusef Zehi (, also Romanized as Yūsef Zehī) is a village in Margan Rural District, in the Central District of Hirmand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 207, in 42 families.

References

Populated places in Hirmand County


title: Jalalabad, Hirmand

text:
Jalalabad (, also Romanized as Jalālābād) is a village in Margan Rural District, in the Central District of Hirmand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 156, in 32 families.

References

Populated places in Hirmand County


title: The Lights from the Chemical Plant

text:
The Lights from the Chemical Plant is the third studio album by Nashville-based singer-songwriter Robert Ellis. It was released in February 2014 under New West Records.

Ellis recorded the album in Eric Masse's East Nashville studio the Casino under the direction of producer Jacquire King. Ellis has said The Lights from the Chemical Plant, inspired by his hometown Lake Jackson, Texas, is more "stylistically ambiguous" than his previous albums incorporating elements of R&B, bossa nova, fusion and free jazz.

On June 30, 2014 NPR Music listed the track "Chemical Plant" as one of the 50 Favorite Songs Of 2014 (So Far) .

Track listing

References

2014 albums
New West Records albums


title: Jahan Tigh

text:
Jahan Tigh or Jahantigh () may refer to:
 Jahan Tigh, Golestan
 Jahan Tigh, Hirmand, Sistan and Baluchestan Province


title: Carl Benedicks

text:
Carl Axel Fredrik Benedicks (27 May 1875 – 16 July 1958) was a Swedish physicist whose work included geology, mineralogy, chemistry, physics, astronomy and mathematics.

Biography
Carl Benedicks was born 27 May 1875 in Stockholm, Sweden to Edward Otto Benedicks and Sofia Elisabet Tholander. He married Cecilia af Geijerstam on 6 October 1899.

Benedicks was a professor at Stockholm's technical university, Director of the Institute of Metallography, and was the first to study the yttrium silicate thalenite. In 1926 Benedicks argued to the Nobel Physics Committee that Jean Baptiste Perrin should receive the Nobel Prize in Physics for his work, over 15 years prior, on Brownian motion, a debate which led to Perrin's eventual nomination and award. Benedicks was awarded a Carnegie Gold medal for his work on the cooling power of liquids, quenching velocities, and the constituents of troostite and austenite.

Benedicks was critical of the Copenhagen interpretation put forward by Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberg, saying he thought they had resigned themselves to never observing the effects of individual atoms, and that their arguments were no more than that of any pessimist.

References

20th-century Swedish physicists
1875 births
1958 deaths
Academic staff of Stockholm University
Scientists from Stockholm
Members of the Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala


title: Traición (film)

text:
Traición is a 1923 Chilean silent film, the second film of Carlos F. Borcosque. It stars María Brieba, Yvonne D'Albert, Jorge Infante and boxer Luis Vicentini.

Cast
María Brieba
Yvonne D'Albert
Jorge Infante
Luis Vicentini

References

External links

1923 films
Chilean silent films
Films directed by Carlos F. Borcosque
Chilean black-and-white films


title: Diktaattorimies

text:
Diktaattorimies is the debut studio album by Finnish rapper Spekti. It was released on 18 October 2013. The album peaked at number 20 on the Official Finnish Album Chart.

Track listing

Charts

Release history

References

2013 debut albums
Finnish-language albums
Hip hop albums by Finnish artists


title: The Big Bang Theory (season 8)

text:
The eighth season of the American sitcom The Big Bang Theory premiered on CBS with two back-to-back episodes on Monday, September 22, 2014. The series returned to its regular Thursday night time slot on October 30, 2014 beginning with the  eighth season's seventh episode. The season concluded on May 7, 2015. On March 12, 2014, The Big Bang Theory was renewed for an additional three years, extending it through the 2016–17 television season for a total of ten seasons.

Mayim Bialik submitted the episode "The Prom Equivalency" for consideration due to her nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series at the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards. Christine Baranski submitted the episode "The Maternal Combustion" for consideration due to her nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series at the 67th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards.

Carol Ann Susi, the voice of the never-seen Mrs. Wolowitz, died of cancer at age 62 on November 11, 2014.  In the season's fifteenth episode, "The Comic Book Store Regeneration", Howard Wolowitz receives a phone call that his mother  died while visiting family in Florida.

Production
In February 2014, CBS CEO Leslie Moonves confirmed an eighth season, when announcing that the first part of the new season would air on a different night, due to CBS acquiring the rights to Thursday Night Football games. In May 2014, CBS announced at its annual upfront presentation, that the series would begin its eighth season on Mondays, before returning to the Thursday slot it has held since 2010 on October 30, once the football games end.

Delay
Production for the season was expected to begin on July 30, 2014, however the start was delayed due to the five main cast members' desire to renegotiate new contracts, with Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons and Kaley Cuoco seeking approximately $1 million per episode, as well as more backend money. Simon Helberg and Kunal Nayyar negotiated together, separate from Galecki, Parsons and Cuoco's negotiations. Production was officially delayed on July 30, due to the contract negotiations, and was rescheduled for August 6, 2014. On August 4, Galecki, Parsons and Cuoco signed new contracts, worth $1 million per episode for three years, with the possibility to extend for a fourth year. The deals also include larger pieces of the show, signing bonuses, production deals and advances towards the back-end. The following day, Helberg and Nayyar renegotiated their contracts, giving them a per-episode pay in the "mid six-figure range", up from around $100,000 per episode they each received in years prior. The first table read for season 8 took place on August 6.

Premiere
The first episode of season 8, "The Locomotion Interruption", first aired in the United States on September 22, 2014. In Australia, season 8 premiered on October 13, 2014. In the United Kingdom, "The Locomotion Interruption" first aired on October 23, 2014.

Cast

Main cast
 Johnny Galecki as Dr. Leonard Hofstadter
 Jim Parsons as Dr. Sheldon Cooper
 Kaley Cuoco as Penny
 Simon Helberg as Howard Wolowitz
 Kunal Nayyar as Dr. Rajesh "Raj" Koothrappali
 Mayim Bialik as Dr. Amy Farrah Fowler
 Melissa Rauch as Dr. Bernadette Rostenkowski-Wolowitz
 Kevin Sussman as Stuart Bloom

Special guest cast
 Billy Bob Thornton as Dr. Oliver Lorvis
 LeVar Burton as himself
 Nathan Fillion as himself
 Kevin Smith as himself (voiceover)

Recurring cast
 Carol Ann Susi as Mrs. Wolowitz
 Regina King as Janine Davis
 Michael Massimino as himself
 Laura Spencer as Emily Sweeney
 John Ross Bowie as Dr. Barry Kripke
 Brian George as Dr. V.M. Koothrappali
 Alice Amter as Mrs. Koothrappali
 Wil Wheaton as himself
 Laurie Metcalf as Mary Cooper
 Christine Baranski as Dr. Beverly Hofstadter
 Stephen Hawking as himself

Guest cast
 Stephen Root as Dan
 Kara Luiz as Jeanie
 Paul Wilson as Professor Sharpe
 Angela Relucio as Hostess
 Max Adler as The Zombie
 Tate Ellington as Mitchell
 Matt Bennett as Josh
 Sara Erikson as Gwen
 Kelli Goss as Chelsea

Episodes

Ratings

Reception
The eighth season received positive reviews. MaryAnn Sleasman of TV.com praised character developments, and wrote that "there's a lot to be excited about with regard to this coming season" with some of the central characters more comfortable around each other.
Emily Gould of Salon criticized the humor, writing that "I watched all seven episodes that had aired so far this season and didn't so much as expel air forcefully from my nose in response to any of the jokes". Oliver Sava of The A.V. Club also criticized the humor, writing that "A lot of the jokes are tired and the plotlines are standard sitcom material, but if it's worked for seven seasons, why switch it up now?"

References

General references

External links

2014 American television seasons
2015 American television seasons
The Big Bang Theory seasons


title: Gol Mir

text:
Gol Mir () may refer to:

 Gol Mir, Hirmand
 Golmir, Hirmand County
 Gol Mir, Zabol, a location in Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran

See also
 Gol Mirak
 Gulmira (disambiguation)


The 2014 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships was the sixth edition of the international indoor athletics event between Asian nations. It took place at the Vocational and Technical College Athletics Hall in Hangzhou, China, between 15 and 16 February. The city was confirmed as the host in September 2013 at the 77th Council Meeting of the Asian Athletics Association. This was the second time the city held the event, successively following on from the 2012 Championships. A total of 28 nations were represented at the tournament comprising 26 track and field events.

Qatar won the most gold medals – its contingent of African-born athletes won four of the five men's running events. Its sole native medallist, Mutaz Essa Barshim, gave one of the best performances of the meet with 2.36 m in the men's high jump (one centimetre short of his Asian record) to take his third consecutive title. The host nation China won the most medals overall, with four golds in a haul of twenty. Most of China's medals came from the field events, where it had at least one medallist in each event on the men's and women's sides. Kazakhstan ranked a clear third with four champions and twelve medals in total. From the fifteen nations at reached the medal table, Uzbekistan, Kuwait, Japan and Iran were others that frequently featured on the podium.

Four championship records were improved during the course of the two-day competition. Kazakhstan's men's 4×400 m relay team knocked a second off Saudi Arabia's mark from 2008. Maryam Jamal's time in the women's 3000 metres was a six-second improvement from the previous record by compatriot Shitaye Eshete. China's Wu Shuijiao improved her own record from 2012 with a run of 8.02 seconds in the 60 metres hurdles, which was also a Chinese indoor record. Svetlana Radzivil raised the women's high jump best to 1.96 m, erasing Marina Aitova's height of 1.93 m that had stood since 2006.

Four athletes successfully defended their titles from 2012: Dmitriy Karpov in the men's heptathlon, Maryam Tousi in the women's 400 metres, Mutaz Essa Barshim in the men's high jump, and Wu Shuijiao in the women's 60 m hurdles. Mohamad Al-Garni and Maryam Jamal were the only two competitors who won two individual golds, each of them completing a 1500/3000 metres double. Betlhem Desalegn was the women's runner-up in both those events, and sprinter Maryam Tousi was the only other runner to take multiple individual medals.

Results

Men

Women

Medal table

Participating nations

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National records
A total of 20 national records were set at the championships. Non-medalling national record performances are listed below.

See also
2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships

References

Results
6th Asian Indoor Championships . Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2014-02-17.
6th ASIAN INDOOR ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS Day 1 Results. Asian Athletics Association. Retrieved on 2014-02-17.
Medal table and participation
Medal Table 2014 Asian Indoor Championships. Asian Athletics Association. Retrieved on 2014-02-17.

External links
2014 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships on DrinksBreak.com
Official Asian Athletics Association website

Indoor 2014
Asian Indoor Championships
Asian Indoor Championships
Indoor Championships
Asian Indoor Athletics Championships
Sport in Hangzhou
International athletics competitions hosted by China


title: Cătălin Carp

text:
Cătălin Carp (born 20 October 1993) is a Moldovan professional footballer who plays as a centre back or defensive midfielder for Liga I club UTA Arad.

Club career
Carp made his way through the youth system of the Ukrainian football club FC Shakhtar Donetsk.

In January 2012 Carp signed a three-year deal with Ukrainian Premier League side FC Dynamo Kyiv.

On 27 January 2017, he joined a Russian Premier League club FC Ufa on a 3.5-year contract. On 18 January 2021, he exercised the option to terminate his contract early.

On 28 October 2021, he signed a one-year contract with Romanian club Dinamo București.

On 13 July 2022, Carp returned to Ufa. Carp left Ufa following their relegation to the third-tier Russian Second League in June 2023.

In June 2023, Carp returned to Romania when he joined UTA Arad on a one-year contract with the option for a further year.

International career
On 14 August 2013, Carp made his debut for the Moldova national football team in a friendly match against Andorra.

Personal life
His father, Ilie Carp, was a football scout and coach, who previously managed in Moldova, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan.

Career statistics

Club

International

International goals
 Scores and results list Moldova's goal tally first.

Honours
Steaua București
Cupa Ligii: 2015–16

Viitorul Constanța
Liga I: 2016–17

References

External links

1993 births
Footballers from Chișinău
Living people
Moldovan people of Romanian descent
Moldovan men's footballers
Men's association football defenders
Moldova men's youth international footballers
Moldova men's under-21 international footballers
Moldova men's international footballers
FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv players
CFR Cluj players
FC Steaua București players
FC Viitorul Constanța players
FC Ufa players
FC Tambov players
FC Dinamo București players
FC UTA Arad players
Ukrainian First League players
Liga I players
Russian Premier League players
Russian First League players
Moldovan expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine
Moldovan expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine
Expatriate men's footballers in Romania
Moldovan expatriate sportspeople in Romania
Expatriate men's footballers in Russia
Moldovan expatriate sportspeople in Russia


title: George Grimmer

text:
George Grimmer (February 28, 1827March 16, 1907) was a Canadian American immigrant, lumberman, politician, and Wisconsin pioneer.  He served in the Wisconsin State Senate for four years, representing the 1st State Senate district—northeastern Wisconsin.

Biography
Grimmer was born on February 28, 1827, in Saint David Parish, New Brunswick, then part of British North America. He emigrated to the United States, and, in 1850, he moved to Shawano, Wisconsin, to work as a lumberman.  Three years later, he moved to Kewaunee, Wisconsin, where he remained for the rest of his life.

In Kewaunee, he served as chairman of the town board for several years, and was chairman of the Kewaunee County Board of Supervisors.

In 1876, he was elected to the Wisconsin State Senate, running on the Republican Party ticket.  He represented Wisconsin's 1st State Senate district which then comprised Door, Kewaunee, Marinette, Oconto, and Shawano counties.  He was re-elected in 1878, serving through 1880.  He did not run for a third term in 1880.

He died on March 16, 1907, at his home in Kewaunee.

Electoral history

Wisconsin Senate (1876, 1878)

| colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| General Election, November 7, 1876

| colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| General Election, November 5, 1878

References

People from Charlotte County, New Brunswick
Emigrants from pre-Confederation New Brunswick to the United States
People from Shawano, Wisconsin
People from Kewaunee, Wisconsin
County supervisors in Wisconsin
Republican Party Wisconsin state senators
1827 births
1907 deaths
19th-century American politicians


title: Liechtenstein Homeland Service

text:
Liechtenstein Homeland Service (, LHD) was a political party in Liechtenstein that advocated corporate statism and the abolition of party politics.

Established in the autumn of 1933, the party's positions began to radicalize and move toward Nazi ideas within a few months of existence. By December 1933, this radicalization caused some members (such as co-founder Eugen Schafhauser) to abandon the party.

LHD merged with the Christian-Social People's Party (VP) in 1936 to form the Patriotic Union (VU).

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1933 establishments in Liechtenstein
1936 disestablishments in Liechtenstein
Defunct political parties in Liechtenstein
Nazi parties
Political parties established in 1933
Political parties disestablished in 1936


title: Eduard Schleich

text:
Eduard Schleich may refer to:

 Eduard Schleich the Elder (1812–1874), German landscape painter
 Eduard Schleich the Younger (1853-1893), his son, also a German landscape painter
 Eduard Ritter von Schleich (1888–1947), his grandson, a German flying ace

See also
Schleich,a German company that makes toy figurines and accessories
Schleich, Germany, a city in the Trier-Saarburg district


title: Kachkul

text:
Kachkul (, also Romanized as Kachkūl) is a village in Margan Rural District, in the Central District of Hirmand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 85, in 14 families.

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Populated places in Hirmand County


title: Kang-e Emam Dad

text:
Kang-e Emam Dad (, also Romanized as Kang-e Emām Dād) is a village in Margan Rural District, in the Central District of Hirmand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 221, in 42 families.

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Populated places in Hirmand County


title: Kang-e Molla Abdollah

text:
Kang-e Molla Abdollah (, also Romanized as Kang-e Mollā ‘Abdollāh) is a village in Margan Rural District, in the Central District of Hirmand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 177, in 31 families.

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Populated places in Hirmand County


title: Kureh Ajar Fashari Sepah

text:
Kureh Ajar Fashari Sepah (, also Romanized as Kūreh Ājar Fashārī Sepāh) is a village in Margan Rural District, in the Central District of Hirmand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 27, in 6 families.

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Populated places in Hirmand County


title: Kureh Ajarpazi

text:
Kureh Ajarpazi (, also Romanized as Kūreh Ājarpazī) is a village in Margan Rural District, in the Central District of Hirmand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 54, in 11 families.

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Populated places in Hirmand County


title: Ali Akbar Khamr

text:
Ali Akbar Khamr (, also Romanized as ʿAlī Akbar Khamr) is a village in Margan Rural District, in the Central District of Hirmand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 106, in 20 families.

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Populated places in Hirmand County


title: Ali Modad

text:
Ali Modad (, also Romanized as ʿAlī Modad) is a village in Margan Rural District, in the Central District of Hirmand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 72, in 17 families.

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Populated places in Hirmand County


title: Latfi

text:
Latfi (, also Romanized as Laţfī) is a village in Margan Rural District, in the Central District of Hirmand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 263, in 43 families.

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Populated places in Hirmand County