title: 1889 Pembrokeshire County Council election

text:
The first election to Pembrokeshire County Council, was held in January 1889.   It was followed by the 1892 election. The county was divided into numerous single member wards with two or more councillors elected to represent Tenby and Pembroke Dock.

Overview of the result

1889 was a landmark year in the history of Welsh Liberalism, a coming of age symbolized by the triumph across Wales of Liberal candidates in the inaugural county council elections. The Liberal triumph in Pembrokeshire was not as complete as in other Welsh counties but was nevertheless significant. In the north of the county a number of landed gentry were defeated including James Bevan Bowen of Llwyngwair, former MP for the county of Pembrokeshire.
There were only nine unopposed returns, most of whom were Liberals.

Ward Results

Ambleston

Amroth

Begelly

Burton

Camrose

Carew

Clydey

Castlemartin

Eglwyswrw

Fishguard

Haverfordwest St Mary's

Haverfordwest, Prendergast and Uzmaston

Haverfordwest, St Thomas and Furzy Park

Haverfordwest St Martin's

Kilgerran

Lampeter Velfrey

Llanfyrnach

Llanwnda

Llawhaden

Llangwm

Llanstadwell

Maenclochog

Manorbier

Mathry

Milford

Monkton

Nevern

Newport

Narberth North

Pembroke (two seats)

Pembroke Dock (five seats)
None of the candidates were said to have openly run on political lines and no meetings took place during the campaign.

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  |party      = Conservative Party (UK)
  |candidate  = Dr J.F. Stamper
  |votes      = 595
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St David's

St Dogmaels

St Ishmaels

St Issels

Slebech and Martletwy

Staynton

Tenby (two seats)

Walwyn's Castle

Whitchurch

Wiston

Election of Aldermen

In addition to the 51 councillors the council consisted of 16 county aldermen. Aldermen were elected by the council, and served a six-year term. Following the election of the initial sixteen aldermen, half of the aldermanic bench would be  elected every three years following the triennial council election. After the initial elections, there were sixteen aldermanic vacancies and the following Alderman were appointed by the newly elected council (with the number of votes cast recorded in each case). A second vote was held to determine which aldermen should retire in three years.Elected for six yearsH. Allen, Liberal (elected councillor for Carew) 42
Lord Kensington, Liberal (elected councillor for St Ishmaels) 42
J. Bevan Bowen, Conservative (defeated candidate at Nevern) 31
Jno Thomas, Llether 30, Liberal
W. Gibbs, Hodgeston 29, Liberal
W. Williams, Haverfordwest 27, Liberal
N.A. Roch, Tenby, Conservative (defeated candidate at Tenby) 24
Captain Higgon 23, Conservative (elected councillor for Wiston)Elected for three years'''
W.E. Seccombe, Liberal (elected councillor for Pembroke Dock) 32
G.P. Brewer, Narberth 29, Liberal
R, Thomas, Trebover 29, Liberal
W. Evans, Bletherston 28, Liberal
Ben Rees, Granant 28, Liberal
H. Jno Thomas, Lochturfin 28, Liberal
W. Watts Williams, St David's 28, Liberal
Sir Charles Philipps, Conservative (elected councillor for Slebech and Martletwy) 22

By-elections
Five vacancies were caused by the election of aldermen.

Pembroke Dock  by-election
The election to replace the Mayor of Pembroke was fought on political lines.

St Ishmaels  by-election
The election which followed the elevation of Lord Kensington was not fought on political lines.

References

1889
19th century in Pembrokeshire
Pembrokeshire


title: Calochortus westonii

text:
Calochortus westonii, common name Shirley Meadow star-tulip, is a rare endemic plant known only from the Greenhorn Mountains range of the southern Sierra Nevada, within Kern and Tulare Counties, California.

It grows in open locations in meadows and woodlands at elevations of . It is vulnerable due to habitat loss from logging, development of ski resort, and fuel breaks.

Description
Calochortus westonii is bulb-forming herb attaining a height of up to . Leaves are basal, persistent, and linear, up to  long.

Sepals are green, up to  long. Petals are lanceolate, up to  long, with long flexible hairs along the margins. Flowers bloom from May to June and petals are white or blue in color.

References

westonii
Endemic flora of California
Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
Natural history of Kern County, California
Natural history of Tulare County, California
Taxa named by Alice Eastwood


title: Center for reliability research

text:
The Center for Reliability Research is a research center at the aerospace research institute, Tehran, Iran. Established in 2009, the center includes institute faculty and staff and external associates. It is involved in research in reliability engineering, modeling and assessment.
The first Iranian reliability software has been developed by this center. This center organized and held three conferences on reliability engineering (October 2009, October 2011, February 2014).

See also
 Availability
 Failure rate
 Fault tree
 Reliability (statistics)
 Survival analysis
 Weibull distribution

References

External links
  Official website
 Reliability and Availability Basics
 System Reliability and Availability
Aerospace Research Institute

Organizations established in 2009
2009 establishments in Iran
Reliability engineering
Reliability analysis
Organisations based in Tehran
Aerospace engineering
Aerospace research institutes


title: Athletics at the 2001 Summer Universiade – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

text:
The men's 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 2001 Summer Universiade was held at the Workers Stadium in Beijing, China between 30 August and 1 September.

Results

Heats

Final

References

Athletics at the 2001 Summer Universiade
2001


title: LGBT history in Norway

text:
Notable events in LGBT history in Norway include:

Kim Friele was the first gay Norwegian to publicly acknowledge and advocate for her sexuality, in June 1965.

The penal code's paragraph 213 was the order for the punishment (straffebud) of homosexual men. In June 1968 then minister of justice said that "it is not stated, if the paragraph should be lifted [or removed]". A different government came to power in 1969.

In 1970, a question was registered for interpellation in Parliament, by representative Arne Kielland. The Borten Government had no intent to answer the interpellation, but forwarded a law proposal about the age of sexual consent for gay males—18 years, while the age limit for all others was 16 years. A different government came to power in March 1971.

Homosexuality in Norway was decriminalised in 1972.

Same-sex civil unions were accepted by Norwegian law in 1993.

The law legalizing same-sex marriage in Norway took effect on January 1, 2009.

References

Norway
Social history of Norway
LGBT in Norway


title: Nahangi Karim Sarani

text:
Nahangi Karim Sarani (, also Romanized as Nahangī Karīm Sārānī) is a village in Dust Mohammad Rural District, in the Central District of Hirmand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 159, in 28 families.

References

Populated places in Hirmand County


title: Nur Mohammad-e Yusef Rudini

text:
Nur Mohammad-e Yusef Rudini (, also Romanized as Nūr Moḩammad-e Yūsef Rūdīnī) is a village in Dust Mohammad Rural District, in the Central District of Hirmand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 397, in 84 families.

References

Populated places in Hirmand County


title: Pakir Shahsavar

text:
Pakir Shahsavar (, also Romanized as Pakīr Shahsavār; also known as Peykeh-ye Shahsavār) is a village in Dust Mohammad Rural District, in the Central District of Hirmand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 262, in 45 families.

References

Populated places in Hirmand County


title: Pasand Khan

text:
Pasand Khan (, also Romanized as Pasand Khān) is a village in Dust Mohammad Rural District, in the Central District of Hirmand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 165, in 35 families.

References

Populated places in Hirmand County


title: Qajar Mohammad Hasan

text:
Qajar Mohammad Hasan (, also Romanized as Qajar Moḩammad Ḩasan) is a village in Dust Mohammad Rural District, in the Central District of Hirmand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 428, in 84 families.

References

Populated places in Hirmand County


title: Qus ol Din Bamadi

text:
Qus ol Din Bamadi (, also Romanized as Qūs ol Dīn Bāmadī) is a village in Dust Mohammad Rural District, in the Central District of Hirmand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 115, in 20 families.

References

Populated places in Hirmand County


title: Rakhshani, Hirmand

text:
Rakhshani () (, also Romanized as Rakhshānī) is a village in Dust Mohammad Rural District, in the Central District of Hirmand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. It lies near the border with Afghanistan. At the 2006 census, its population was 33, in 8 families.

References

Baloch people
Populated places in Hirmand County


title: Rasul Gholam

text:
Rasul Gholam (, also Romanized as Rasūl Gholām) is a village in Dust Mohammad Rural District, in the Central District of Hirmand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 246, in 55 families.

References

Populated places in Hirmand County


title: Saleh Khan (1), Hirmand

text:
Saleh Khan (, also Romanized as Şāleḩ Khān) is a village in Dust Mohammad Rural District, in the Central District of Hirmand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 77, in 15 families.

References

Populated places in Hirmand County


title: Saleh Khan (2), Hirmand

text:
Saleh Khan (, also Romanized as Şāleḩ Khān) is a village in Dust Mohammad Rural District, in the Central District of Hirmand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 195, in 37 families.

References

Populated places in Hirmand County


title: Sarani, Dust Mohammad

text:
Sarani (, also Romanized as Sārānī) is a village in Dust Mohammad Rural District, in the Central District of Hirmand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 392, in 84 families.

References

Populated places in Hirmand County


title: Sasuli, Dust Mohammad

text:
Sasuli (, also Romanized as Sāsūlī; also known as Deh-e Sāsūlī and Sālsūlī) is a village in Dust Mohammad Rural District, in the Central District of Hirmand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 568, in 115 families.

2023 clashes

Border clashes took place on the Afghanistan-Iran border in May 2023, during which Sasuli came under attack by Taliban forces, though the attack was repelled.

References

Populated places in Hirmand County


title: Shaghalak

text:
Shaghalak (, also Romanized as Shaghālak) is a village in Dust Mohammad Rural District, in the Central District of Hirmand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 491, in 114 families.

References

Populated places in Hirmand County


title: Shahrak-e Gol Beyk

text:
Shahrak-e Gol Beyk (; also known as Shahrak-e Gol Beyg) is a village in Dust Mohammad Rural District, in the Central District of Hirmand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 521, in 106 families.

References

Populated places in Hirmand County


title: Siphonogorgia godeffroyi

text:
Siphonogorgia godeffroyi, the cherry blossom coral or Godeffroy's Soft Coral, is a species of soft coral in the family Nidaliidae. It is native to the central Indo-Pacific region. Its range includes Indonesia, the Philippines and Papua New Guinea. This species was first described in 1874 by the Swiss biologist Albert von Kölliker.

Description

Siphonogorgia godeffroyi is an arborescent coral with red or pink bare branches. The polyps are white and star-like and are concentrated on the tips of small branches. This species feeds on plankton. It is found at depths between  and grows on both rocky and coral reefs, on rock ledges, on reef slopes and under overhangs.

References

Nidaliidae
Animals described in 1874


title: Saleh Khan

text:
Saleh Khan () may refer to:

 Saleh Khan (1), Hirmand, a village in Iran
 Saleh Khan (2), Hirmand, a village in Iran
 Saleh Muhammad Khan, Pakistani politician


title: Bharella

text:
Bharella () is a union in Bangladesh. It is situated in the Comilla District of Chittagong Division. which is situated in Burichang Upazila. It stands beside the river of Gumti. Approximately 44656 people live in Bharella.

Market

A market name Kangshanagar Bazar (কংশনগর বাজার) is situated here. It approximately 26 square kilometers size.

Transport

Comilla-Sylhet Highway is a main road which by people of this city communicate with whole country. A road from Kangshanagar goes to Nimsha.

Education

There are 3 educational institutions in Bharella. They are Bharella Shah Nuruddin High School, Bharella Government Primary School.

Government offices

A branch of government bank Sonali Bank is situated here.

References

External links
 Varella Union
 Burichong Upzilla
 Comilla District

Populated places in Chittagong Division


title: T. J. Warren

text:
Anthony "T. J." Warren Jr. (born September 5, 1993) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball as a small forward for the NC State Wolfpack in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). In the 2013–14 season, he earned consensus second-team All-American honors and was named the ACC Player of the Year after leading the conference in scoring with 24.9 points per game.

Warren was picked in the first round of the 2014 NBA draft with the 14th overall pick by the Phoenix Suns, where he spent five seasons with the team before being traded to the Indiana Pacers in 2019. During the NBA bubble in 2020, Warren had a breakout performance, averaging 31.0 points per game and a career-high 53-point game against the Philadelphia 76ers. After injuries derailed his final few years in Indiana, Warren signed with the Brooklyn Nets in 2022 and was traded back to the Suns in 2023.

High school career
Warren graduated from Brewster Academy, but Warren also attended Riverside High School and Word of God Christian Academy prior to Brewster. He averaged 14 points per game on Word of God's team and his team finished the season at 24–3.  While at Brewster Academy in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, Warren was a small forward for his varsity basketball team. Warren earned 1st Team All NEPSAC honors and led his team to the National Prep Championship finishing with a record of 33-1. Ranked number 32 in the MaxPreps Class of 2012 Top 100, Warren became a hot commodity for college recruits. During his senior year of high school, Warren was viewed by multiple colleges, including North Carolina State University, Georgetown, and University of North Carolina. After visiting some of his prospective schools, Warren officially committed to North Carolina State University on November 2, 2011. Warren was recruited by Orlando Early, the assistant coach at NCSU. Warren was part of the second highest ranked college basketball draft class by CBSsports along with Tyler Lewis and Rodney Purvis. All three of the players were All-Americans and natives of North Carolina. He became the 23rd ranked prospect on the ESPN recruiting board for the 2012 recruiting class before committing to play for North Carolina State University.

College career

NC State (2012–2014)

Freshman season
As part of the 2012–13 NC State Wolfpack men's basketball team, as a freshman Warren averaged 12.1 points a game and 4.2 rebounds in 27 minutes per game earning him a spot on the ACC All-Freshmen Team.  He also led the ACC in shooting percentage that year at .622, or 62.2%.  Warren's best game that season came against Florida State on February 19, 2013, where he scored 31 points and had 13 rebounds. He helped lead the Wolfpack back into the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Tournament.  As an 8 seed, they lost to Temple University in the first round of the NCAA tournament.  The loss ended the team's season with a 24–11 record.

Sophomore season

Warren decided to stay for his sophomore year despite being rated as one of the top 31 prospects in the NBA draft during his freshman year. His main influence was his father who convinced him that playing another year at NC State would benefit Warren more, by allowing him to further develop his basketball skills and also improve his draft spot for the NBA. His father is Tony Warren Sr., who played for NC State from 1977 to 1979 under Norm Sloan. Warren only averaged 27 minutes a game his freshman season, but knew his minutes would increase his sophomore year due to NC State's basketball team losing all of their starters from the previous year. Warren showed great great potential during his Freshman year, but didn’t get to put his talents on full display due to the fact that he played more of a sixth man role as opposed to starting.

Warren truly blossomed his sophomore year, he had career highs in points with 41 against Pittsburgh, followed by a 42-point performance versus Boston College. He led his team to the final 64 in NCAA tournament, with a 12 seed, after beating Xavier in the first four, but ended his sophomore season losing to St. Louis in the second round after scoring 28 points.  For the year, Warren averaged 24.9 points and 7.1 rebounds per game while playing an average of 35.4 minutes per game.

Warren led his school to a 22–14 record and went 9–9 in the ACC in his sophomore year. He ended up leading the team with 7.1 rebounds per game and 1.8 steals per game. He was also the first player from the school to win ACC Player of the Year since Julius Hodge.

In April 2014, Warren declared for the NBA draft, foregoing his final two years of college eligibility.

Awards and honors
In 2014, Warren was in the running for the 38th Annual Wooden Award which is awarded to the National Player of the Year for the collegiate basketball season.  He was named to the Mid-Season Wooden Watch list where he was one of 25 players seriously considered for the award.

At the end of the 2014 season, Warren was one of the top in the ACC in offensive rebounds and was among the league leaders in both overall rebounding and steals. At the conclusion of the regular season, Warren was named ACC Player of the Year. Warren was also named second team All-American by the Associated Press and The Sporting News at the end of the season, as well as first team All-ACC.

On February 24, 2019, Warren was honored by NC State, with his no. 24 jersey being raised to the rafters of PNC Arena in a pregame ceremony.

Professional career

Phoenix Suns (2014–2019)
On June 26, 2014, Warren was selected with the 14th overall pick by the Phoenix Suns in the 2014 NBA draft. On July 12, 2014, Warren made his NBA Summer League debut, recording 22 points and 4 rebounds in a loss to the Golden State Warriors. He went on to earn All-NBA Summer League second team honors. On August 8, 2014, he signed with the Suns. On October 21, 2014, Warren sustained a small crack in a bone in his left thumb, sidelining him for a few weeks. He returned from injury on November 9 to make his NBA debut against Golden State. He recorded no points in just over a minute of action in a 107–95 win. He went on to record his first NBA career points and rebounds with seven and three respectively in the Suns' 118–114 win over the Boston Celtics on November 17. During his rookie season, Warren received multiple assignments to the Bakersfield Jam of the NBA Development League.

On March 11, 2015, Warren had a season-best game with 17 points on 8-of-10 shooting and 5 rebounds in a 106–97 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves. On March 29, he scored a season-high 18 points in a season defining 109–97 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder. On April 4, he scored 15 of his 17 points in the fourth quarter against the Golden State Warriors in a close 107–106 loss. Finally, to end the 2014–15 season, Warren had his first professional start as a power forward in a loss to the Los Angeles Clippers.

In July 2015, Warren re-joined the Suns for the 2015 NBA Summer League. After averaging 22.4 points per game in Las Vegas, Warren earned All-NBA Summer League first team honors. On November 12, 2015, he tied his career-high of 18 points in a 118–104 win over the Los Angeles Clippers. Four days later, Warren surpassed that mark by scoring 19 points in a 120–101 win over the Los Angeles Lakers. He was once again very efficient against the Lakers, being the ninth time he made two-thirds of his shots on at least nine attempts in his first 50 NBA appearances, becoming the first player since Yao Ming to do so. On November 27, he scored a then career-high 28 points in a loss to the Golden State Warriors. Two days later, he recorded his first career double-double with 15 points and 11 rebounds in a 107–102 win over the Toronto Raptors. On December 31, he scored a career-high 29 points in a loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder. On February 2, 2016, Warren was ruled out for the rest of the season with a broken right foot.

In September 2016, Warren returned to the court for the first time in nine months. The following month, he was named the team's starting small forward to begin the season with P. J. Tucker out injured. On October 28, 2016, Warren scored a career-high 30 points in a 113–110 overtime loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder. On November 2, he had his third 20-point game of the season, scoring 27 points in a 118–115 overtime win over the Portland Trail Blazers. Two days later, Warren recorded 18 points and six rebounds, and made a critical game-winning dunk with 7.1 seconds left in overtime, to lead the Suns to a 112–111 win over the New Orleans Pelicans. On November 23, he was ruled out indefinitely due to a minor head injury. He returned to action on December 17 against the Oklahoma City Thunder after missing 13 games. He returned to the starting line-up on December 31 against the Utah Jazz, and on January 2, he led the Suns with 24 points in a 109–98 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers. On March 9, he had 17 points and a career-high 13 rebounds in a 122–110 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers. On April 7, he set a new career high with 16 rebounds to go with 23 points in a 120–99 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder.

On September 26, 2017, Warren signed a four-year, $50 million contract extension with the Suns. On November 1, 2017, he scored 28 of his career-high 40 points in the second half of the Suns' 122–116 win over the Washington Wizards. On November 11, 2017, he had a 35-point effort in a 118–110 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves.

On November 17, 2018, Warren scored 23 points in a 110–100 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder. It was his fifth straight 20-point game, a career best. On December 13, he scored a season-high 30 points in a 99–89 win over the Dallas Mavericks.

Indiana Pacers (2019–2022)

On June 20, 2019, Warren and the 32nd overall pick in the 2019 NBA draft were traded to the Indiana Pacers. The pick was then traded to the Miami Heat in exchange for three second-round picks. The Pacers sent  money back to the Phoenix Suns. The trade was finalized on July 6, 2019. On February 12, 2020, Warren scored a team-high 35 points on 16-19 shooting, along with seven rebounds and four steals in a 118–111 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks. That season, he was one of three players on the roster using T. J. as their professional first name, along with teammates T. J. McConnell and T. J. Leaf.

On August 1, in the 2020 NBA Bubble, Warren scored a new career-high 53 points on 20/29 shooting (including 9/12 three-pointers scored) in a 127–121 win over the Philadelphia 76ers. He was also the first player to score 50+ points since the return of the NBA post hiatus.  The performance was the third most points a player had ever scored in a single game in franchise history, behind Reggie Miller's 57 points in 1992, and Jermaine O'Neal's 55 points in 2005. On August 15, Warren was named to the All-Bubble First Team after averaging 31 points across the 8 bubble seeding games.

On December 31, 2020, the Indiana Pacers announced that Warren would undergo surgery to repair a small left navicular stress fracture.  Warren underwent surgery for the stress fracture as planned on January 4, 2021.

On March 17, 2022, Warren was ruled out for the remainder of the 2021–22 season. He had not played a game during the season.

Brooklyn Nets (2022–2023)
On July 7, 2022, Warren signed with the Brooklyn Nets. On December 2, he made his Nets debut, putting up 10 points, four rebounds, and one steal in a 114–105 win over the Toronto Raptors.

Return to Phoenix (2023)
On February 9, 2023, Warren was traded, alongside Kevin Durant, to the Phoenix Suns in exchange for Mikal Bridges, Cameron Johnson, Jae Crowder, four future first-round picks and a pick swap.

Personal life
Warren is the son of former North Carolina State basketball player and rhythm and blues singer Tony Warren.

Career statistics

NBA

Regular season

|-
| style="text-align:left;"|
| style="text-align:left;"| Phoenix
| 40 || 1 || 15.4 || .528 || .238 || .737 || 2.1 || .6 || .5 || .2 || 6.1
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|
| style="text-align:left;"| Phoenix
| 47 || 4 || 22.8 || .501 || .400 || .703 || 3.1 || .9 || .8 || .3 || 11.0
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|
| style="text-align:left;"| Phoenix
| 66 || 59 || 31.0 || .495 || .263 || .773 || 5.1 || 1.1 || 1.2 || .6 || 14.4
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|
| style="text-align:left;"| Phoenix
| 65 || 65 || 33.0 || .498 || .222 || .757 || 5.1 || 1.3 || 1.0 || .6 || 19.6
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|
| style="text-align:left;"| Phoenix
| 43 || 36 || 31.6 || .486 || .428 || .815 || 4.0 || 1.5 || 1.2 || .7 || 18.0
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|
| style="text-align:left;"| Indiana
| 67 || 67 || 32.9 || .536 || .403 || .819 || 4.2 || 1.5 || 1.2 || .5 || 19.8
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|
| style="text-align:left;"| Indiana
| 4 || 4 || 29.3 || .529 || .000 || .800 || 3.5 || 1.3 || .5 || .0 || 15.5
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|
| style="text-align:left;"| Brooklyn
| 26 || 0 || 18.8 || .510 || .333 || .818 || 2.8 || 1.1 || .6 || .3 || 9.5
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|
| style="text-align:left;"| Phoenix
| 16 || 0 || 12.3 || .429 || .316 || .500 || 3.1 || .7 || .4 || .3 || 4.2
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career
| 374 || 236 || 27.4 || .506 || .354 || .780 || 4.0 || 1.2 || .9 || .5 || 14.6

Playoffs

|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2020
| style="text-align:left;"| Indiana
| 4 || 4 || 39.0 || .471 || .368 || 1.000 || 6.3 || 3.0 || 2.3 || .3 || 20.0
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2023
| style="text-align:left;"| Phoenix
| 6 || 0 || 13.4 || .316 || .143 || .750 || 1.2 || .5 || .2 || .5 || 2.7
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career
| 10 || 4 || 23.7 || .437 || .308 || .923 || 3.2 || 1.5 || 1.0 || .4 || 9.6

College

|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2012–13
| style="text-align:left;"| NC State
| 35 || 14 || 27.0 || .622 || .519 || .542 || 4.2 || .8 || 1.2 || .4 || 12.1
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2013–14
| style="text-align:left;"| NC State
| 35 || 35 || 35.4 || .525 || .267 || .690 || 7.1 || 1.1 || 1.8 || .6 || 24.9
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career
| 70 || 49 || 31.2 || .555 || .315 || .654 || 5.7 || 1.0 || 1.5 || .5 || 18.5

References

External links

 NC State Wolfpack bio

1993 births
Living people
African-American basketball players
All-American college men's basketball players
American men's basketball players
Bakersfield Jam players
Basketball players from Durham, North Carolina
Brewster Academy alumni
Brooklyn Nets players
Indiana Pacers players
McDonald's High School All-Americans
NC State Wolfpack men's basketball players
Phoenix Suns draft picks
Phoenix Suns players
Power forwards (basketball)
Small forwards
Word of God Christian Academy alumni


title: Richard P. Matty

text:
Richard P. Matty was a former member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.

Biography
Matty was born on September 16, 1932, in Menominee, Michigan. He graduated from high school in Crivitz, Wisconsin. During the Korean War, Matty served in the United States Air Force. From 1966 to 1970, he was coroner of Marinette County, Wisconsin. Matty died on April 21, 2019, at 86 years old.

Political career
Matty was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1972 to 1988. He is a Republican.

References

1932 births
Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly
American coroners
Military personnel from Wisconsin
United States Air Force airmen
United States Air Force personnel of the Korean War
People from Menominee, Michigan
People from Marinette County, Wisconsin
2019 deaths


title: Sasuli

text:
Sasuli () may refer to:
 Sasuli, Dust Mohammad
 Sasuli, Jahanabad


title: Ventress Correctional Facility

text:
Ventress Correctional Facility is an Alabama Department of Corrections state prison for men located in Clayton, Barbour County, Alabama.  Opened in August 1990 with a capacity for 1650 inmates, Ventress was the state's first correctional facility dedicated to drug and alcohol treatment as its primary mission.

In August 2010 inmate Rocrast Mack was beaten by at least four corrections officers for 40 minutes in three different locations within the prison.  An FBI investigation revealed that Mack's fatal injuries did not match up with the officers' testimony.  Four officers were convicted and imprisoned on civil rights and conspiracy charges, with the apparent ringleader given 30 years.

In late 2018, two guards were charged with smuggling contraband in the facility in exchange for cash.

References

Prisons in Alabama
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State government buildings in Alabama
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title: Yuliya Skokova

text:
Yuliya Igorevna Skokova () (born 1 December 1982) is a Russian speed skater. She lives in Yekaterinburg. She competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, where she placed eighth in 3000 meters.

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1982 births
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World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships medalists
FISU World University Games gold medalists for Russia
Universiade medalists in speed skating
Speed skaters at the 2007 Winter Universiade
Universiade silver medalists for Russia
Medalists at the 2007 Winter Universiade


title: List of HABS/HAER documentation of Schofield Barracks

text:
The following is a listing of the documentation available for Schofield Barracks on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, through the public-domain Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) and Historic American Engineering Record (HAER). See separate lists for Pearl Harbor Naval Base, Hickam Air Force Base, and the former Barbers Point Naval Air Station.

HAER surveys

HABS surveys

Historic American Buildings Survey in Hawaii
Historic American Engineering Record in Hawaii


title: Shahrak-e Shahid Beheshti, Hirmand

text:
Shahrak-e Shahid Beheshti (, also Romanized as Shahrak-e Shahīd Beheshtī) is a village in Dust Mohammad Rural District, in the Central District of Hirmand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 785, in 154 families.

References

Populated places in Hirmand County


title: Siah Khan (30°57′ N 61°35′ E), Hirmand

text:
Siah Khan (, also Romanized as Sīāh Khān; also known as Jānābād-e ‘Alīja‘far and Sīāh Khān-e Pīrī) is a village in Dust Mohammad Rural District, in the Central District of Hirmand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 58, in 12 families.

References

Populated places in Hirmand County


title: Siah Khan (31°08′ N 61°47′ E), Hirmand

text:
Siah Khan (, also Romanized as Sīāh Khān; also known as Deh-e Sīāh Khān) is a village in Dust Mohammad Rural District, in the Central District of Hirmand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 10, in 4 families.

References

Populated places in Hirmand County


title: Sar Gazak

text:
Sar Gazak () is a village in Dust Mohammad Rural District, in the Central District of Hirmand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 144, in 33 families.

References

Populated places in Hirmand County


title: Vali Khormayi

text:
Vali Khormayi (, also Romanized as Valī Khormāyī) is a village in Dust Mohammad Rural District, in the Central District of Hirmand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 36, in 6 families.

References

Populated places in Hirmand County


title: Baqerabad, Sistan and Baluchestan

text:
Baqerabad (, also Romanized as Bāqerābād) 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 70, in 16 families.

References

Populated places in Hirmand County


title: Abdol Rahman Safarzayi

text:
Abdol Rahman Safarzayi (, also Romanized as ʿAbdol Raḩmān Şafarzāyī) 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 478, in 106 families.

References

Populated places in Hirmand County


title: Righteous Priest

text:
In rabbinic Jewish eschatology, the Righteous Priest or Priest of Righteousness is a figure identified with one of the Four Craftsmen in a vision mentioned in the Book of Zechariah. He is found in the Talmud and Midrash.

B. Sukkot 52b
According to Simeon Hasida, Zechariah's Four Craftsmen are Messiah ben David, Messiah ben Joseph, Elijah and the Righteous Priest. In the oldest full manuscript of the Talmud dating from 1342, known as the Munich Talmud, the Righteous Priest is referred to as Melchizedek. In his commentary on the Talmud, Rashi says the Shem/Melchizedek is called a craftsman because he helped his father build the ark and taught Abraham.

In 1280, following the Disputation of Barcelona, the Roman Catholic Church forced Jews to censor parts of the Talmud that were theologically problematic. The Talmud was censored again in 1564 following the invention of the printing press. Numerous times between 1239 and 1775, all copies of the Talmud were ordered destroyed; few survived.

Shem
According to Avot of Rabbi Natan on Gen. i 27, Adam was born circumcised because he was created in the image of God. While they were in Egypt, the children of Israel were not circumcised because they wished to follow the customs of the Egyptians. The Israelites lived in Egypt for 210 years. According to Midrash Rabbah LVII. 4, Satan denounced Israel when they were in Egypt. Generally this is interpreted as happening after Joseph died and was because they stopped practicing circumcision. However the priestly tribe of Levi practiced circumcision in Egypt. Entry into the land of Israel required the circumcision of all the tribes.

Noah the second Adam was also born circumcised. Noah's son Shem likewise was born circumcised. Although Shem is unanimously declared by the Rabbis to have been the youngest son of Noah (a view most biblical scholars disagree with), he is always named first, being the most important of the three brothers. He was the ancestor of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; he was also a priest, a prophet, and one of the eight righteous mentioned twice in Genesis xi 10; they were allotted a portion both in this world and in the world to come. Shem is styled "the great one" According to Genesis R. xxx. 6, it was Shem who offered the sacrifices on the altar after Noah came out of the ark,  because Noah, having been crippled by a lion, was unfit for the priestly office. Noah gave the priestly garments, which he had inherited from Adam, to Shem. Shem is extolled by the Rabbis for his filial devotion in covering his father's nakedness. Although his brother Japheth helped in this act, Shem suggested and began it; his brother did not arrive on the scene until Shem was already on his way with the garment. Noah, in blessing these two sons said, "blessed be the Lord, the God of Shem", giving special significance to Shem because Shem would be the forefather of the Jewish people.

Melchizedek as Shem
Melchizedek occupied an important place in ancient Judaism. In one of the Dead Sea scrolls 11Q13, he is presented as a semi-divine being. Josephus referred to Melchizedek as the first priest and as a Canaanite chief. Many scholars now believe that Israelite beliefs were an evolution of Canaanite beliefs. In Samaritan tradition, Melchizedek's city was near the temple on Mount Gerizim. Josephus followed the Jewish tradition and linked Salem with Jerusalem and Mount Zion.

The name Melchizedek translates as "king of righteousness". He also had priestly duties. Based on biblical life spans in the Masoretic text, Shem would have still been alive during Abraham's lifetime. The identification of Shem as Melchizedek is found in the Talmud, Targumim and Midrashim. Many Christian sources have said Shem was associated with Melchizedek for anti-Christian reasons . He was probably already associated with priesthood—if not Melchizedek—in pre-rabbinic times. Targums Targum Neofiti, Targum Pseudo-Jonathan, Targum Fragment P, Targum Fragment V all identify Shem as Melchizedek. The Book of Jubilees also says Shem was linked with priesthood. Similarly, Philo's writings exalt Shem. None of these documents contain antichristian polemics.

It is not known when Shem became associated with Melchizedek. By the fourth century CE, the identification of Shem with Melchizedek was well established. This was not limited to Jewish sources; Ephrem the Syrian also identifies Melchizedek as Shem.

Early sources in chronological order
The poly-messianic Testimonia text 4Q175 presents a prophet similar to Moses, a messianic figure and a priestly teacher. It is dated to the early 1st century BCE.
1QS lists a Messiah of Israel, a prophet and a priestly Messiah of Aaron. 1QS dates from around 100 BCE.
Babylonian Talmud Sukkah 52b presents the Four Craftsmen. Each may have a role to play in the ushering in the messianic age they are listed as Elijah, Messiah ben David, Righteous Priest and Messiah ben Joseph.
Pesikta de-Rav Kahana 5.9 here the four craftsmen are listed as Elijah, the King Messiah, Melchizedek and the Anointed for War.
Avot of Rabbi Natan states that Messiah ben David is more beloved then the Priest of Righteousness it cites Psalm 110 linking the Priest of Righteousness with Melchizedek.
Song of Songs Rabbah also lists the four craftsmen. Here they are listed as Elijah, the King Messiah, Melchizedek and the Anointed for War.
Pesikta Rabbati 15.14/15 likewise the four craftsmen are listed as Elijah, the King Messiah, Melchizedek and the Anointed for War.
In Tanna Devei Eliyahu the four craftsmen are listed the same as in the Talmud as Elijah, Messiah ben David, Righteous Priest and Messiah ben Joseph.
Rashi referred to the Righteous Priest as Shem/Melchizedek in his commentary on the Talmud.
Numbers Rabbah 14.1 here the Righteous Priest has been replaced. The four craftsmen are listed as Elijah, Redeemer from David, War Messiah from Ephraim, Messiah from Manasseh.
Yalkut Shimoni 569 lists the four craftsmen as Elijah, Messiah ben David, Righteous Priest and Messiah ben Joseph.
Melchizedek takes the place of the Righteous Priest in the Munich Talmud. The oldest full manuscript of the Talmud dating from 1342.

Later writings
In Judaism, Shem and Melchizedek are one and the same. Shem plays an important role throughout Jewish literature beyond the role of the Righteous Priest. He is especially prominent in Kabbalah.

Kabbalah

Ecstatic Kabbalah
Abraham Abulafia was the founder of Ecstatic Kabbalah. He identified Jesus as the Messiah ben Joseph, referring to him as "the sixth day" and as Satan. Abulafia linked Jesus with the month of Tammuz, the month of the sin of the golden calf. Abulafia referred to himself as "the seventh day" and the true Messiah ben David. He claimed to be both the Messiah ben David and a Kohen like Melchizedek. He supported this by claiming his father was of Judah, his mother of Levi, and his wife of the Kohen. He also identified himself as the priestly angel Metatron.

Lurianic Kabbalah

In Lurianic Kabbalah, Adam incorporated all souls; it is possible for different soul-sections to be given to different people. In addition, multiple people can share the same soul root. In the Kabbalistic understanding, the Righteous Priest would be reincarnated as Abel, Seth, Noah, and Shem. Moses like Adam also incorporated all souls. Messiah ben Joseph was incarnated as Cain; he was also reincarnated as Jacob's son Joseph and Jeroboam. Messiah ben David was incarnated as Abel and David.

See also
 Teacher of Righteousness
 Tzadik
 Melchizedek priesthood
 Messiah ben Joseph

Footnotes

References

Bibliography
  This article is an evolution of the corresponding article on Shem
  This article is an evolution of the corresponding article on Noah

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title: Deh-e Azad, Hirmand

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Deh-e Azad (, also Romanized as Deh-e Āzād; also known as Āzād) 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 167, in 32 families.

References

Populated places in Hirmand County


title: Deh-e Bar Ahuyi

text:
Deh-e Bar Ahuyi (, also Romanized as Deh-e Bar Āhūyī) 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 147, in 25 families.

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Populated places in Hirmand County


title: Deh-e Hajji Hoseyn, Hirmand

text:
Deh-e Hajji Hoseyn (, also Romanized as Deh-e Ḩājjī Ḩoseyn) 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 90, in 22 families.

References

Populated places in Hirmand County


title: Deh-e Hajji Mirza Khan

text:
Deh-e Hajji Mirza Khan (, also Romanized as Deh-e Ḩājjī Mīrzā Khān; also known as Ḩājjī Mīrzā Khān) 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 196, in 36 families.

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Populated places in Hirmand County


title: Candy Ezzell

text:
Candy Spence Ezzell (born November 26, 1953 in Artesia, New Mexico) is an American politician and a Republican member of the New Mexico House of Representatives representing District 58 since January 2005.

Education
Ezzell attended Eastern New Mexico University and New Mexico State University.

Elections
2012 Ezzell and returning 2006 Democratic challenger Pablo Martinez were both unopposed for their June 5, 2012 primaries, setting up a rematch; Ezzell won the November 6, 2012 General election with 3,888 votes (62%) against Martinez.
2004 To challenge District 58 incumbent Democratic Representative Pauline Ponce, Ezzell was unopposed for the June 1, 2004 Republican Primary, winning with 271 votes and won the three-way November 2, 2004 General election with 3,632 votes (54.6%) against Representative Ponce and Libertarian candidate George Peterson.
2006 Ezzell was unopposed for the June 6, 2006 Republican Primary, winning with 591 votes and won the November 7, 2006 General election with 2,619 votes (54.1%) against Democratic nominee Pablo Martinez.
2008 Ezzell and returning 2004 opponent George Peterson, running as a Democrat, were both unopposed for their June 8, 2008 primaries, setting up a rematch; Ezzell won the November 4, 2008 General election with 4,208 votes (61.6%) against Peterson.
2010 Ezzell was unopposed for the June 1, 2010 Republican Primary, winning with 925 votes and won the November 2, 2010 General election with 3,036 votes (64.9%) against Democratic nominee Michael Trujillo.

References

External links
Official page at the New Mexico Legislature

Candy Spence Ezzell at Ballotpedia
Candy Spence Ezzell at the National Institute on Money in State Politics

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New Mexico State University alumni
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21st-century American women politicians


title: Siah Khan (disambiguation)

text:
Siah Khan was an 8 ft 6 in (259 cm) tall Persian man.

Siah Khan () may also refer to:
 Siah Khan (30°57′ N 61°35′ E), Hirmand
 Siah Khan (31°08′ N 61°47′ E), Hirmand


title: Saidabad, Hirmand

text:
Saidabad (, also Romanized as Saʿīdābād; also known as Deh-e Şāḩeb ol Zamān and Deh-e Şāḩeb-e Zamān) is a village in Dust Mohammad Rural District, in the Central District of Hirmand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 436, in 87 families.

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Populated places in Hirmand County


title: Carlton Ward Jr.

text:
R. Carlton Ward Jr. is a photographer with National Geographic Society. The Edge of Africa was his first book, a result of eight months in the tropical rain forests of Gabon. He documented Mali's elephants in Mali for the cover of Smithsonian Magazine and a chapter in the National Geographic book Great Migrations. His book Conservation Photography was a product of his masters thesis on ecology. In 2009 his book Florida Cowboys was published. It earned a silver medal at the Florida Book Awards.

Ward founded the Legacy Institute for Nature & Culture (LINC), a non-profit group advocating for the protection of Florida’s natural and cultural heritage through art.

Ward was featured in Popular Photography Magazine as part of a profile of three photographers working to save "vanishing America". He helped organize and led The Florida Wildlife Corridor Expedition.

Ward is a founding fellow of the International League of Conservation Photographers.

Additionally, Ward is a great-grandson of Florida's 25th governor, Doyle E. Carlton.

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title: Obfusc

text:
Obfusc is the name given to the musical output of Joseph X. Burke (born 1981), an American, Chicago-based graphic designer and photographer. Originally formed in Brooklyn in 2005 as an electronic music project, Obfusc has since evolved to include a greater array of live instrumentation and post-rock influence. Burke is most notably associated with London-based Boltfish Recordings, but has also released music through Static Caravan Recordings, Expanding Electronic Diversity, INSTALL Sound, and several other DIY labels. His music has been licensed for placement in the Netflix series "House of Cards", CBS Television's "CSI: Miami", the media campaign for Ustwo Games' "Monument Valley", and various web series, short films, and promotional videos.

Discography

Albums
 Internal Countryside, 2006 (on Boltfish Recordings) - CD-R, Digital
 Cities of Cedar, 2008 (on Boltfish Recordings) - CD, Digital
 Midnight Dome, 2011 (on Boltfish Recordings) - CD, Digital

EPs
 Infinite Glimpse, 2016 (on Obfusc Music) - Digital
 Wrought From The Walls, 2005 (Self-Released) - CD-R, Digital

Singles
 "Inverted Island" (Day Mix) b/w "Oceanic Glow" (Night Mix), 2009 (on Static Caravan Recordings) - 7" Vinyl

Split releases
 Break It Into Pieces (with Cheju), 2005 (on Wyrd Skies Recordings) - CD-R, Digital
 Untitled (with David Tagg), 2009 (on INSTALL Sound) - 2 x 3" CD-R, Digital

Soundtracks
 Monument Valley (Original Soundtrack: Volumes I & II) (with Stafford Bawler & Grigori), 2016 (on iam8bit) - 2 x 12" Vinyl
 Monument Valley (Original Soundtrack) (with Stafford Bawler & Grigori), 2014 (on Ustwo Games) - Digital
 Neo Cab (Original Soundtrack) (with Chris Ward & Vincent Perea), 2019 (on Obfusc Music) - Digital

Music videos
 Before We Lose Our Legs, 2006 (Directed by Jason Banker)
 Amateur Cartography, 2008 (Directed by Jason Banker, featuring James Davidson)

References

External links
 Official website
 Boltfish Recordings Artist Profile

1981 births
Living people
Ambient musicians
American male composers
21st-century American composers
Record producers from New York (state)
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title: William Brownlow (British Army officer)

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Colonel William Stephen Brownlow  (9 October 1921 – May 1998) was a British Army officer and Northern Irish Unionist politician.

Early life and military service
Brownlow was born in Portaferry, County Down. He was the son of Colonel Guy Brownlow and Elinor Scott, the daughter of Colonel George Scott (18th Hussars). He was educated at Eton College before joining the British Army following the outbreak of the Second World War. He was commissioned into his father's former regiment, the Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own). Over the course of the war, Brownlow was wounded and Mentioned in Despatches three times. He retired from the military with the rank of major in 1954. He was awarded the rank of Honorary Colonel in 1973 in the Northern Irish Militia, part of the Royal Irish Rangers.

Politics
He held the office of Justice of the Peace for County Down in 1956 and was High Sheriff of Down in 1959.  Brownlow was Deputy Lieutenant of County Down in 1961 and was an Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) member of the Down County Council between 1970 and 1973. He was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly for North Down as a pro-Sunningdale UUP candidate in 1973 following the Sunningdale Agreement, but Parliament never assembled. In 1975, he stood as the Unionist Party of Northern Ireland (UPNI) candidate for North Down in the Constitutional Convention Election, but failed to be elected, being defeated by a coalition of Anti-Assembly Unionists. Brownlow stood for North Down's Westminster seat in the October 1974 general election for the UPNI, but lost to the UUP. He served as the Lord Lieutenant of Down between 1990 and 1996.

Personal life
Brownlow married Eveleigh, the daughter of  Lieutenant Colonel George Panter MBE, on 11 January 1961. Together they had three children:
James George Christy Brownlow (b. 20 September 1962)
Camilla Jane Brownlow (b. 29 July 1964)
Melissa Anne Brownlow (b. 8 May 1968)

In his spare time, Brownlow was a leading practitioner of fox hunting, in which circles he was known as "The Major".  Following his death, a Brownlow Trophy was instituted for the person who had made the "greatest contribution to country sports and conservation in Ireland" each year.  During the 1960s, Brownlow used an amphibious car to cross Strangford Lough to visit his fox hounds, stopping only when he persuaded local councillors to introduce the Portaferry - Strangford Ferry service.

References

Davina Jones, Parallel Lives (Appletree Press, 2005)

1921 births
1998 deaths
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William
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title: Orrin Thompson (real estate developer)

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Orrin Thompson (August 26, 1913March 7, 1995) was one of the largest real-estate developers in the United States.  In the 1950s, a time when the post World War II population was exploding and in need of housing, he built and sold thousands of one-family homes, primarily in Minnesota. He contributed significantly to the creation of the mode of life in the twentieth century that became known as the suburb.

Building plans, methods and growth

Thompson and his company, Orrin Thompson Homes, built rows and rows of modestly priced new homes that were termed subdivisions or tract housing. He then offered them to the generation known as the Greatest Generation.

To keep his prices down, he saved on building costs in a number of ways: by taking ideas from the assembly line, by creating great quantities of houses, by building them in proximity to each other, and by using the same plans over and over.  In the 1950s these newly built homes were priced around $12,000.
Also, Thompson was able to build on inexpensive land away from the city, because the automobile and the public streets and highways had come of age, which gave homeowners greater mobility and the ability to commute.

Beginning with a few acres of prairie, Thompson created entirely new communities; first each basement would be excavated and constructed of cinder blocks, then each house would be erected on top of that, then the new family would move in.  Lawns were then planted. The next step would be the addition of sewer systems, natural gas pipelines, then asphalt streets.
The communities grew, accompanied by the development of businesses and schools, and in some cases communities developed into cities where there had been no cities.
His large real-estate developments occurred in the Minnesota cities of Edina, Richfield, Bloomington, Cottage Grove, Apple Valley, and Coon Rapids.

House design

His typical house design was known as the rambler, or the ranch-style house; a modest one family house.  Its style borrowed modern ideas that had been developed by Frank Lloyd Wright and the Prairie School. The design emphasized horizontality, large windows, a relatively flattened roof, and eaves that extend like the brim of a hat. The prototype of this style is Wright's first independent commission, with its innovative design: the William H. Winslow House of River Forrest, Illinois built in 1893.

Biography

Orrin Thompson grew up on the family farm near the town of Barrett, Minnesota. He believed that he would have become a farmer, had not the Great Depression forced him to take on other kinds of work.

First, he became an electrician, and then during World War II he found employment in factories in the midwest. He also worked in his brother's electric shop in south Minneapolis.  When the war ended, he observed that Minnesota was having a housing crisis: Soldiers were coming home, finding few places to live and were forced to move in with relatives, or into cramped apartments, or into the  metal housing structure known as the Quonset hut.

Adding to the demand for housing was the G.I. Bill, which offered veterans assistance and encouragement to purchase homes.  Thompson saw this situation as an opportunity, and began building his first houses in a rural area south of Minneapolis. This development, in the township of Lebanon Hills, became the nucleus of the City of Apple Valley. Considering that his name was attached to all of his houses, there were almost no photographs taken or displayed of him, except for one that shows him standing in front of some of his first houses.

Criticism

The 1950s style of suburban real-estate development is mocked by Pete Seeger in the 1962 song “Little Boxes”, and it is criticized for contributing to urban sprawl, a phenomenon which results in diminished woods and prairie.

References

1913 births
1995 deaths
People from Grant County, Minnesota
American real estate businesspeople
Businesspeople from Minnesota
American city founders
20th-century American businesspeople


title: Robert R. Reilly

text:
Robert R. Reilly (born October 31, 1946) is a writer, think tank executive and former diplomat. He has published on topics of US foreign policy and the "war of ideas." Reilly is also known as a classical music critic who has written for periodicals including High Fidelity, Musical America, Schwann/Opus, and American Record Guide. In December 2020 Reilly was named director of the Voice of America and he was removed from that post in January 2021 shortly after President Biden's inauguration.

Career
From 1968 to 1970, Reilly served as a tank platoon leader (1st Lieutenant) in the 1/18th Armored Cavalry at Fort Lewis, Washington. He worked in the private sector from 1977 to 1981, and for The Heritage Foundation (1981, 1989) the U.S. Information Agency (1981–1983) and as Special Assistant to President Ronald Reagan during the latter's first term (1983–1985). He was Senior Advisor for Public Diplomacy at the US Embassy in Bern, Switzerland (1985–1988). He produced and hosted a weekly talk-show on foreign policy, On the Line, for Voice of America & Worldnet TV (1990–2001), and was director of Voice of America (2001–2002; 2020–2021).

He acted as Senior Advisor for Information Strategy in the Office of the Secretary of Defense during 2002 to 2006 and as Senior Advisor to the Iraqi Information Ministry during the Iraq War in 2003.
In 2007 he was Assistant Professor of Strategic Communications, School for National Security Executive Education, National Defense University.

Reilly in 2010 published The Closing of the Muslim Mind, published by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute. In the book, he draws a connection between the decline of the "rational" theological school of Mu'tazila in favor of the rise of Ash'arism, which would become the mainstream Sunni theology, in the 10th century. The author argues that the widespread acceptance of the Ash'ari school in the Islamic world resulted in "intellectual suicide" that was primary reason for the end of the Islamic Golden Age and the decline of Islamic civilization, transforming Islamic society into a "dysfunctional culture based on a deformed theology" locked in determinism, occasionalism and ultimately fatalism. In his review of the book, Frank Griffel describes it as "war literature", and "a Catholic refutation of Ash'arite Muslim theology", complaining that Reilly constructs an undue equation between Ash'arism and contemporary Jihadism, while most Jihadists in fact follow Salafism and its more restrictive "traditionalist" school of theology which is hostile towards Ash'arism.

He has repeatedly condemned homosexuality and same-sex marriage, and wrote a book in 2014, Making Gay Okay: How Rationalizing Homosexual Behavior Is Changing Everything.

He is director of the Westminster Institute, a conservative research organization set up in Virginia in 2009. He is a former senior fellow at the American Foreign Policy Council.

On December 9, 2020, USAGM Director Michael Pack appointed Reilly as the Director of VOA. Reilly was thrown out of the VOA by two security guards Directy 21, 2021, shortly after President Joe Biden's inauguration.

Publications
 Justice and War In the Nuclear Age, "The Nature of Today's Conflict," University Press of America, 1983.
 Peace In a Nuclear Age, "In Proportion to What? The Problem With the Pastoral," Catholic University Press, 1986.
 Der Politische Krieg: Die Reale Gefahr, ("The Political War: The Real Danger"), Soviet Global Strategy, Ost-Institut, Switzerland, 1986.
 The New Federalist Papers, "E Pluribus Unum," University Press of America, 1989.
 The Fall of the Wall, editor, Publisher C.L.E.B Gallery, 1990.
 We Hold These Truths, "The Truths They Held," Franciscan University Press, 1991.
 The Catholic Imagination, “The Music of the Spheres,” St. Augustine Press 2003.
 Surprised by Beauty: A Listener's Guide to the Recovery of Modern Music, Revised and Expanded Edition, Ignatius Press 2016.
 The Roots of Islamist Ideology, CRCE Briefing Paper, London, 2006.
 Strategic Influence, IWP Press, 2007.
 The Closing of the Muslim Mind, ISI Books, 2010
 Fighting the Ideological War: Strategies for Defeating Al Qaeda (Public Diplomacy in an Age of Global Terrorism: Lessons from the Past), Westminster Institute conference, 25 May 2011
 Information Operations: Successes and Failures, Westminster Institute, 2013
 Making Gay Okay: How Rationalizing Homosexual Behavior Is Changing Everything, Ignatius Press, 2014.

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title: Deh-e Azad

text:
Deh-e Azad () may refer to:
 Deh-e Azad, Hirmand
 Deh-e Azad, Zehak


title: Charles Cousar

text:
Charles B. Cousar (born in 1933) was an American Presbyterian minister and Professor of the New Testament at Columbia Theological Seminary. He was a writer and a New Testament scholar. He is a recipient of the Alumni Distinguished Service Award from Columbia Theological Seminary.

Education
Cousar was born in 1933 in Charlottesville, Virginia. He attended the McCallie School in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He graduated from Davidson College with a BA in 1955. He proceeded to study at the Columbia Theological Seminary and earned a BD in 1958. Cousar then obtained a Ph.D. from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland in 1960.

Career
Cousar served as an Assistant Professor and an Associate Professor at Columbia Theological Seminary until 1966. He was the Samuel A. Cartledge Professor of the New Testament until 2003. He was also the Dean of Academic Affairs, served twice as an Interim Dean of Faculty and served twice as the Interim President at Columbia Theological Seminary. From 1962 to 1968 he was a visiting professor at Agnes Scott College, and in 1969 at Union Theological Seminary. Since 1960 he has been a member of the Society of Biblical Literature.

Awards and recognition
He is a recipient of the Alumni Distinguished Service Award from Columbia Theological Seminary. He has also received the Faculty Research Fellowship from the Association of Theological Schools, and the McCallie School Alumni Achievement Award.

Major publications
Cousar is known for his New Testament research and commentaries. He also wrote part of the series Texts for Preaching, co-authored with a number of people including Walter Brueggemann. In addition to writing several books, he also published a number of scholarly articles and written sections for other larger books. His academic works include:
The Letters of Paul: Interpreting Biblical Texts Series. Abingdon Press(Nov 1, 1996)
Galatians (Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching & Preaching). Westminster John Knox Press (January 1, 1986). This is his most widely held work: according to WorldCat, the book is held in 664 libraries
An Introduction to the New Testament: Witnesses to God's New Work. Westminster John Knox Press; annotated edition (September 19, 2006)
Theology of the Cross: the death of Jesus in the Pauline letters (Overtures to Biblical Theology). Augsburg Fortress Publishing (May 1, 1990)
Reading Galatians, Philippians, and 1 Thessalonians: A Literary and Theological Commentary (Reading the New Testament) (Volume 8). Smyth & Helwys Publishing, Incorporated (January 11, 2013).
Philippians and Philemon: A Commentary. Westminster John Knox Press(April 2, 2009)Texts for Preaching, Year A: A Lectionary Commentary Based on the NRSV. Westminster John Knox Press (July 7, 1995)Texts for Preaching, Year B: A Lectionary Commentary Based on the NRSV. Westminster John Knox Press (July 7, 1995)Texts for Preaching, Year C: A Lectionary Commentary Based on the NRSV''. Westminster John Knox Press (July 7, 1995)

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American Presbyterian ministers
Living people
Columbia Theological Seminary faculty
Davidson College alumni
Columbia Theological Seminary alumni
1933 births
Writers from Charlottesville, Virginia


title: Deh-e Hajji Hoseyn

text:
Deh-e Hajji Hoseyn () may refer to:
 Deh-e Hajji Hoseyn, Hirmand
 Deh-e Hajji Hoseyn, Zabol


title: Christian-Social People's Party (Liechtenstein)

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The Christian-Social People's Party (), often shortened to People's Party (, VP), was a social liberal political party in Liechtenstein. Founded in 1918, the Christian-Social People's Party and the Progressive Citizens' Party (FBP) were the first political parties in Liechtenstein.

History
The party was established in 1918 as an offshoot of the trade union movement. It first formed the country's government following the 1922 elections, and remained in power until losing the 1928 elections.

In 1936, it merged with Liechtenstein Homeland Service (LHD) to form the Patriotic Union (VU).

Electoral performance

Ideology
The VP advocated for an expansion of democracy and progressive social policies, and was also supportive of the country's constitutional monarchy. Due to its pro-democratic social liberal leanings and party colors, party members were often referred to disparagingly as "Reds."

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Defunct Christian political parties
Catholic political parties
Defunct political parties in Liechtenstein
Political parties established in 1918
Political parties disestablished in 1936
1918 establishments in Liechtenstein
1936 disestablishments in Liechtenstein


title: Bromus pubescens

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Bromus pubescens, the hairy woodland brome or hairy wood chess, is a grass species found across much of the eastern and central United States, as well as in Arizona, Québec and Ontario.

Bromus pubescens is a perennial grass up to 1.2 m (4 feet) tall. Leaf blades are up to 30 cm (12 inches) long and 15 mm (0.6 inches) across. Spikelets are drooping, up to 3 cm (1.2 inches) long, lacking awns on the glumes.

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pubescens
Flora of the United States
Flora of Quebec
Flora of Ontario
Flora without expected TNC conservation status


title: Salkımlı, Kulp

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Salkımlı (, ) is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Kulp, Diyarbakır Province in Turkey. It is populated by Kurds and had a population of 581 in 2022.

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Neighbourhoods in Kulp District
Kurdish settlements in Diyarbakır Province


title: Deh-e Kadkhoda Shah Jan Bamari

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Deh-e Kadkhoda Shah Jan Bamari (, also Romanized as Deh-e Kadkhodā Shāh Jān Bāmari) 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 203, in 37 families.

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Populated places in Hirmand County


title: Deh-e Ali Akbar

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Deh-e Ali Akbar (, also Romanized as Deh-e ‘Alī Akbar) 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 44, in 8 families.

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Populated places in Hirmand County


title: Deh-e Mohammad Shahraki

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Deh-e Mohammad Shahraki (, also romanized as Deh-e Moḩammad Shahrakī; also known as Moḩammad Shahrakī) is a village in Jahanabad Rural District, in the Central District of Hirmand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. According to the 2006 census, its population was 202, in 46 families.

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Populated places in Hirmand County


title: Deh-e Mir Jafar Khan

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Deh-e Mir Jafar Khan (, also Romanized as Deh-e Mīr Ja‘far Khān) 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 1,107, in 233 families.

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Populated places in Hirmand County


title: Deh-e Mirza Mohammad

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Deh-e Mirza Mohammad (, also Romanized as Deh-e Mīrzā Moḩammad) 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 114, in 22 families.

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Populated places in Hirmand County


title: Deh-e Nazar Gargich

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Deh-e Nazar Gargich (, also Romanized as Deh-e Naz̧ar Gargīch; also known as Deh-e Naz̧ar Gargīj and Naz̧ar Gargīch) 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 284, in 52 families.

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Populated places in Hirmand County


title: Deh-e Pahlavan

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Deh-e Pahlavan (, also Romanized as Deh-e Pahlavān; also known as Pahlavān) 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 374, in 79 families.

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Populated places in Hirmand County


title: Deh-e Qader

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Deh-e Qader (, also Romanized as Deh-e Qāder) 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 100, in 16 families.

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Populated places in Hirmand County


title: Deh-e Shadi Jamal Zehi

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Deh-e Shadi Jamal Zehi (, also Romanized as Deh-e Shādī Jamāl Zehī; also known as Deh-e Shādī) 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 134, in 24 families.

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Populated places in Hirmand County


title: Deh-e Samad

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Deh-e Samad (, also Romanized as Deh-e Şamad) 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 107, in 17 families.

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Populated places in Hirmand County


title: Deh-e Mardeh, Jahanabad

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Deh-e 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 74, in 12 families.

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Populated places in Hirmand County


title: Deh Now-e Ali Khan

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Deh Now-e Ali Khan (, also Romanized as Deh Now-e ‘Alī Khān and Dehnow ‘Ali Khan; also known as Ali Khan and Deh Now-e Malek) 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 940, in 179 families.

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Populated places in Hirmand County


title: Dow Kalleh

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Dow Kalleh (; also known as Ḩājjī Do Kalleh) 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 214, in 43 families.

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Populated places in Hirmand County


title: The Pinkprint

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The Pinkprint is the third studio album by rapper Nicki Minaj, initially released in Germany on December 12, and generally released on December 15, 2014, by Young Money Entertainment, Cash Money Records and Republic Records. Minaj co-executive-produced the album alongside Birdman, Lil Wayne and Ronald Williams, with a variety of producers who produced the album's sound. Looking to depart from the dance-pop elements of her second studio album, Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded (2012), The Pinkprint is a follow-up record influenced by her traditional hip hop beginnings.

Upon its release, The Pinkprint received positive reviews from music critics, with many of them complimenting its production and personal lyrics. Among best of the decade lists, it landed at 166 on Pitchfork and 60 on Rolling Stone. The album peaked at number two on the US Billboard 200 with 244,000 album-equivalent units in its first week, of which 198,000 were pure sales. In the United Kingdom, The Pinkprint debuted at number 22 on the UK Albums Chart. As of December 2015, the record has sold 682,000 pure copies in the United States, and has since been certified 2× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) by adding streaming and track sales equivalent. The Pinkprint received a Grammy nomination for Best Rap Album in 2016.

The Pinkprint spawned six singles; "Pills n Potions", "Anaconda", "Only", "Bed of Lies", "Truffle Butter", and "The Night Is Still Young". "Anaconda" peaked at number two on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming Minaj's highest-charting single at the time, while four other singles peaked within the top 40. To further promote the album, Minaj embarked on her third concert tour, titled The Pinkprint Tour, which commenced in March 2015 and ended in August 2015, spanning more than fifty shows over the five month period.

Background and production

In 2013, Minaj stated that she would begin writing material for her third album later that year, after production was completed for her supporting role in her first feature film The Other Woman (2014). Minaj noted that there were currently no featured artists on the record, and commented that she was "just enjoying [the] creative process". Recording sessions for the album took place at Jungle City Studios New York, NY; Evdon Studios, Toronto, Canada; Glenwood Recording Studios, Burbank, CA; Luke's In The Boo, Malibu, CA; Record Plant, Hollywood, CA, Conway Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA; and Eightysevenfourteen Studios, Los Angeles, CA. In November 2013, Minaj described the project as "next level", "very different from anything I've done", and made clear that she just experimented with pop music but never had the intention to continue with the genre. She also stated that she is still "hungry" and just because she's had a successful career that wouldn't stop her from giving the fans what they wanted.

During the recording process Minaj recorded two songs that were inspired by Irish Celtic singer-songwriter Enya; Minaj stated that the songs contain "airiness and the whimsicalness" that reminded her of Enya. In 2014, singer-songwriter Skylar Grey wrote and recorded a demo version of a song entitled "Bed of Lies" and the song was later sent to Minaj who wrote and recorded verses of her own to the song. In August 2014, Minaj's manager informed her that Beyoncé wanted to make a remix of "Flawless" with her and in return she would feature on The Pinkprint. Minaj said that she wrote her verse in New York and Beyoncé visited her in the studio and encouraged her. During the album's production, Minaj worked with a variety of people including Dr. Luke, Ester Dean, Boi-1da and Detail. Minaj also hoped to have guest features from Rihanna and Drake. While Rihanna did not appear on the album, Drake was featured on two songs from the album, along with fellow Young Money labelmate Lil Wayne, on "Only" and "Truffle Butter", with the latter appearing exclusively on the deluxe edition of the album.

In September, Minaj stated that "it was her best album to date" saying she had grown as a writer and was able to speak about topics that she had felt uncomfortable sharing two years ago. Later that month, Minaj characterized the album as consisting of "raw talent, emotion, hard spitting and everything that people have come to love about Nicki Minaj". In November 2014, Minaj revealed she had recorded 25 songs for the album, stating she would find a song that "sits" with her and then mold that track for a while until she was satisfied; she continued to say her biggest problem during the recording process was cutting songs from the final track listing as each track was "special" to her. In November 2014, Minaj described the record as "personal" and an "emotional rollercoaster" to MTV News.

Music and lyrics

Speaking on the album's musical style, Minaj stated that the album would "focus on rap" and "feed the core rap fan", whereas Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded explored more prominent elements of dance music. In April 2014, Minaj told MTV News "the tracks on [my next album] are back to my hip-hop roots. And I don't think it's something that I'm necessarily trying to do [but] as soon as I started working on my new album, that's just the songs that I've been writing". Minaj stated the album's lyrics touch upon themes of her family, loss, death and her struggle with guilt. The Pinkprint opens with the autobiographical song, "All Things Go", which was described as a sequel to Minaj's song "Autobiography" off her Sucka Free mixtape in 2008. A mid-tempo ballad, which slowly unfolds and contains "heavy beats and heavy bass" along with "subtle synths". The lyrics discuss a wide range of personal issues Minaj has faced, from reflecting on fame and the speed in which her life has moved, to strained relationships with her family including the murder of her cousin Nicholas Telemaque, to her relationship with her mother and her own child which references an abortion. "I Lied" is a ballad that contains a torpid production that does not change tempo. Lyrically, the song revolves around a "complicated regret" in which Minaj admits she denied her love for a man in order to stop him from breaking her heart. "The Crying Game" features initially uncredited vocals from British musician Jessie Ware, before being officially credited at a later date. The song mixes "sombre balladry with downbeat guitar loops" and is described as one of the album's most emotional songs. During the song, Minaj alternates between "devastating verses and pensive crooning" whilst Ware adds "haunting" and "soulful" vocals to the chorus. During an interview for Malcolm Music, Ware revealed how the collaboration came about, saying that she wrote the song with Pop Wansel for her own album Tough Love (2014) but ultimately felt that it didn't fit the album. Wansel subsequently sent the song to Minaj who recorded her own vocals to turn the song into a collaboration between Ware and Minaj. Initial pressings of the album did not list Ware as being featured; something Ware added was a mistake and later corrected.

"Get on Your Knees" features vocals from American singer Ariana Grande. Minaj raps in a "trance-like" style as she demands things from her male partner, which hints at oral sex, and is described as a "fetish obsession with seeing their man on all fours". "Feeling Myself" features singer-songwriter Beyoncé, and is built over a West Coast synth, driving bass and drums along with bells and whistles incorporated into the production. "Only" is a hip-hop song that features guest appearances from Drake, Lil Wayne, and Chris Brown who sings the chorus of the song. The song contains an "icy" production that sits "ominously" underneath dirty lyrical metaphors. "Want Some More" (with uncredited vocals from Jeremih) features lyrics that see Minaj stroking her own ego and check anyone who dares to doubt her worth. During the song, Minaj makes references to Eminem, Kanye West and Lil Wayne and states she is her "only competition". "Four Door Aventador" has humming and low-key production with lyrics revolving around mafia imagery. The song is compared to the work of Lil'Kim

"Favorite" features American R&B singer Jeremih and is a return to a "romantic narrative" following the four previous songs which features Minaj bragging. The song is lyrically sexually explicit and sees Jeremih singing about wanting to be Nicki's favorite. Minaj raps about wanting to be the "primary role in a man's life". "Buy a Heart" features rapper Meek Mill, who sings the hook of the song. "Trini Dem Girls" is a dancehall track that features a guest appearance from rapper LunchMoney Lewis. The song contains echoing handclaps and a "Diwali Riddim" with a "blaring" chorus. "Anaconda" is a hip-hop and pop-rap song that heavily samples "Baby Got Back" by Sir Mix-a-Lot. The song's lyrical content is described as "raunchy" and noted for containing a "heavy dose of 2014 sex lingo". "The Night Is Still Young" is a pop song with verses revolving around a routine night out at a club.

The lead single, "Pills n Potions" is a slow-burning piano ballad that contains prominent elements of hip hop, R&B and pop. The song opens with a sparse, haunting drum beat, while Minaj sings the pre-chorus in a feather-like near-whisper. As the song's pre-chorus repeats, an echo effect is added to her vocals, and "blooming" chants are sung to create the song's chorus. The song's lyrics revolve around someone who has wronged her but she still loves. "Bed of Lies" features guest vocals from singer-songwriter Skylar Grey and is a slow-tempo song built over triumphant production, pianos, rolling drums and booming bass. The song opens with Grey's chorus and a restrained keyboard set before Minaj begins to rap about an ex-lover. "Grand Piano" is the final song on the album's standard version and is the only song on the album that is not a hip hop song; it features no rapping from Minaj nor drums are played in the song. The song is a ballad that contains pianos and violins, with lyrics revolving around Minaj "feeling stupid" and feeling "played" by a former lover.

Singles
"Pills n Potions" was released as the lead single from the album on May 21, 2014. Minaj announced the release at the 2014 Billboard Music Awards. The song peaked at number 24 on the US Billboard Hot 100.

"Anaconda" was released as the second single from the album on August 4, 2014. The song samples Sir Mix-a-Lot's "Baby Got Back" and peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Minaj's highest-charting single in the US at the time. It topped both the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and the Hot Rap Songs charts for six weeks. Additionally, the song peaked within the top ten in countries including Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.

"Only", which features Drake, Lil Wayne and Chris Brown, was released as the third single from the album on October 28, 2014. The song peaked at number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 and topped the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.

"Bed of Lies" featuring Skylar Grey was released as the fourth single from the album on November 16, 2014. Minaj debuted the song at the 2014 MTV Europe Music Awards. The song peaked at number 62 on the Billboard Hot 100. "

"Truffle Butter" featuring Drake and Lil Wayne was released separately from the album to iTunes and Spotify on January 23, 2015, after initially being an iTunes exclusive bonus track, and was serviced to US radio on March 3, 2015 as the fifth single from the album. The song peaked at number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100.

"The Night Is Still Young" was officially released in the UK on April 12, 2015 and later in the US on April 28, 2015, as the sixth single from the album, and has peaked at number 31 on the Billboard Hot 100.

According to FMQB and Republic Records, "Trini Dem Girls", featuring LunchMoney Lewis, impacted US radio stations on September 1, 2015.

Packaging and title
The album was officially announced to be titled The Pinkprint with the premiere of the track "Lookin Ass" along with its Nabil Elderkin-directed music video on February 12, 2014. Its title reportedly references The Blueprint (2001) by Jay-Z, to which Minaj replied that "I think everybody knows how obsessed I am with Jay-Z. He's always been my favorite rapper", also adding that, "He did such a great job of creating this Blueprint brand for male rappers and I wanted to do that [for] female rappers to be able to pattern themselves with what I've done one day". During an interview with Complex magazine, Minaj was asked if Jay-Z's The Blueprint inspired the title to The Pinkprint and what similarities there were, which Minaj replied saying;

On November 2, 2014, Minaj released the album's artwork, which was created by Joe Perez's design studio, who works for Kanye West's creative team Donda, who had previously designed artwork for Lil Wayne and 2 Chainz. It displays a "sandy" textured pink "splatter" with a thumbprint placed in the middle of a black background on the standard version and a white background for the deluxe version. On December 1, 2014, the track listing was released to the public, and confirmed collaborations with Ariana Grande, Beyoncé, Drake, Lil Wayne, Chris Brown, Jeremih, Meek Mill, LunchMoney Lewis, Jessie Ware and Skylar Grey.

Release and promotion

In August 2014, Minaj confirmed that the album would be released in the fourth quarter of the year. In September 2014, Minaj announced through her Twitter account that the album would be released on November 24, 2014. In late October, her management announced that the album had been rescheduled for release on December 15. The album was made available for pre-order on iTunes on December 3, 2014 with the intro track "All Things Go" as an instant download.
The standard version of The Pinkprint features sixteen songs, while the deluxe version is packaged with three additional tracks. American retailer Best Buy packaged the latter edition with a smaller version of Minaj's 2015 calendar. "Truffle Butter" and "Wamables" are respectively included as the twentieth songs on the iTunes Store and Japanese pressings of the record. A fifth deluxe variant (distributed by American retailer Target and the United Kingdom) lists "Mona Lisa" and "Put You in a Room" as the twentieth and twenty-first tracks, although most of the tracks on this version are abbreviated to fit the exclusive material. During the first week of retail availability, it was discovered that physical deluxe versions of The Pinkprint were unintentionally shipped worldwide with an instrumental version of "Anaconda" instead of the original track.

In contrast to the vibrantly-colored wardrobe and hairpieces she had become associated with earlier in her career, Minaj embraced a more understated image during the first promotional runs for The Pinkprint. She opined that "You can either continue doing costumes or you can just say, 'Hey guess what? This will shock them even more. Doing nothing will shock them even more'". On August 24, 2014, Minaj performed “Anaconda” at the MTV Video Music Awards. She also performed at that year's iHeartRadio Music Festival on September 19. On November 9, 2014, Minaj performed a medley of "Super Bass", "Anaconda", and "Bed of Lies" at the MTV Europe Music Awards, and also hosted the show. On November 23, 2014, Minaj performed "Bed of Lies" at the American Music Awards. On December 6, 2014, Minaj appeared as a musical guest on an episode of NBC's Saturday Night Live alongside host James Franco. She performed three songs from the album: "Bed of Lies", "Only" and "All Things Go". She also participated in a few skits. During album release week, Minaj visited a few talk shows in promotion for the album. On December 15, Minaj appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show for an interview and also performed "Bed of Lies". On December 16, Minaj appeared on The Today Show for an interview and another performance. That same night, she appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon for an interview. On December 18, Minaj appeared on 106 & Park as the show's final guest artist to discuss the album and the show's legacy. On December 19, Minaj appeared on The Real for an interview. On January 18, 2015, MTV aired My Time Again, a documentary filmed during the final stages of the making of The Pinkprint, which featured behind the scenes clips of Minaj in the studio and in rehearsals, and interviews with Minaj and footage of her with her family. In May 2015, she performed "The Night Is Still Young" and "Hey Mama" at the Billboard Music Awards. Minaj also opened the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards with a performance of "Trini Dem Girls", then "The Night Is Still Young" and "Bad Blood" with Taylor Swift.

Minaj supported the album with a 17-date European tour which commenced on March 16, 2015 in Stockholm, Sweden and stopped off in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Norway, Germany, France, Belgium and the Netherlands before ending on April 12, 2015 in Glasgow, Scotland. Trey Songz was the opening act.

Critical reception

The Pinkprint received generally positive reviews from critics with many praising the production and her personal lyrics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 70 based on 25 reviews, indicating "generally positive reviews."

Billboard magazine's Niki McGloster called it "her best album to date. Minaj was finally able to out-rap herself and purge issues she's struggled with in private in her most exposed fashion yet". Sheldon Pearce of The A.V. Club thought that The Pinkprint is "the closest Nicki Minaj has ever gotten to balancing her tendencies". Randall Roberts from the Los Angeles Times wrote that throughout the album, "she's intent on channeling her talent to explore and document her many moods. The combination is often, if not always, intoxicating". In Cuepoint, Robert Christgau commended most of her vulnerable ballads and their "narrative arc", but felt the album is defined more so by the bonus tracks, particularly "Shanghai" and "Win Again", where "Minaj returns to her triumphalist mode prepared to embrace the role of a 32-year-old woman ready for love—even, in both songs, the motherhood she reflects on as the record begins." Pitchfork editor Meaghan Garvey said the last series of songs, including the bonus tracks, comprise "a thrilling, confounding six-song set that elevates The Pinkprint from an occasionally transcendent break-up album to something far more intriguing," and added "the album presented Minaj in her most unexpected role yet: a human being."

In a less enthusiastic review, Spin magazine's Brennan Carley felt the more emotionally vulnerable songs were counterintuitive to the album's success: "Minaj forces herself into her own box, muting her own strengths and songwriting abilities in favor of excising her emotional demons." Jon Caramanica of The New York Times, who found the album to be "full of compromises and half-successes", wrote that Minaj is a less impressive rapper on the more sincere songs where her flow is more measured and plain-spoken: "As a rapper, she's capable of grand technical feats, rapid cadence switching and complex rhyme patterns, but generally she puts those fireworks to the side when diving deep into her feelings." Kyle Anderson of Entertainment Weekly was more critical and panned the ballads as "ponderous".

Accolades

Commercial performance
The Pinkprint debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200, with 244,000 album-equivalent units (with 198,000 coming from pure sales and 46,000 combined track-equivalent units and streams) in its first week behind Taylor Swift's 1989 which was spending its sixth week at number one. The album was streamed 16.8 million times across all on-demand streaming services in the United States during its first week. In its second week on the chart, the album stayed at number two moving an additional 156,000 units, which included 105,000 pure sales.The Pinkprint held the number two position for three weeks before falling to number three on the Billboard 200. As of December 2015, the album has sold 682,000 copies in the United States. In February 2016, the RIAA certified the album double platinum, for combined album sales, on-demand audio, video streams, and track sales equivalent of two million album-equivalent units.

Track listing

Notes
  signifies a co-producer
  signifies an additional vocal producer
 "Want Some More" contains additional vocals by Jeremih.
 "Shanghai" contains additional vocals by Yung Berg.
 "Buy a Heart" contains excerpts of "Stay" performed by Henry Krinkle and "Un-Thinkable (I'm Ready)" performed by Alicia Keys.
 "Anaconda" contains a sample of "Baby Got Back" performed by Sir Mix-a-Lot.
 "Grand Piano" contains interpolations from "Rush Rush", written by Peter Lord and performed by Paula Abdul.
 "Truffle Butter" contains a sample of "What They Say" performed by Maya Jane Coles.
 Some initial physical copies of the album didn't include Jessie Ware’s feature on "The Crying Game" due to a printing mistake.
 In order to fit all tracks on the disk, the physical copies of the Japanese and international deluxe editions feature many tracks edited shorter.

Personnel
Credits adapted from AllMusic.

Performance

Nicki Minaj – primary artist
Beyoncé – featured artist
Chris Brown – featured artist
Drake – featured artist
Ariana Grande – featured artist
Skylar Grey – featured artist
Jeremih – featured artist
LunchMoney Lewis – featured artist
Lil Wayne – featured artist
Meek Mill – featured artist
Jessie Ware – featured artist
Parker Ighile – featured artist (uncredited)
Lukasz Gottwald – vocals
Theron Thomas – vocals
Henry Walter – vocals
Ester Dean – vocals
Candice Boyd – vocals (background)
Katy Perry – vocals (background)

Production

Dwayne Carter – executive producer
Bryan "Birdman" Williams – executive producer
Ronald "Slim" Williams – executive producer
Nicki Minaj – co-executive producer
A.C.
Anonymous
Arch tha Boss
Boi-1da
Darhyl "DJ" Camper Jr.
Cirkut
Da Internz
DJ Spydr
Dr. Luke
Steve Mostyn
Keith Harris
Hit-Boy
Hitmaka
Rob Holladay
Parker Ighile
Breyan Stanley Isaac
JMIKE
Johnny Juliano
Kane Beatz
Alex da Kid
The Mad Violinist
Metro Boomin
Mike Will Made-It
Nineteen85
Polow da Don
Allen Ritter
Sak Pase
Skooly
T.O.D.A.Y
Vinylz
Pop & Oak
will.i.am
Yung Exclusive
Zaytoven

Technical

A.C. – instrumentation, programming
John Armstrong – recording assistant
Chris Athens – mastering
Todd Bergman – engineer, recording assistant
Boi-1da – instrumentation
Noel Cadastre – engineer
Cirkut – instrumentation, programming
John Cranfield – recording assistant
Aubry "Big Juice" Delaine – engineer, mixing
Dr. Luke – instrumentation, programming
Rachael Findlen – engineer, recording assistant
Ashanti "The Mad Violinist" Floyd – strings
Serban Ghenea – mixing
Clint Gibbs – engineer
John Hanes – engineer, mixing
Jaycen Joshua – mixing
JMIKE – instrumentation, programming
Dustin Kapulong – recording assistant
Ryan Kaul – mixing assistant
Caleb Laven – vocal editing
Omar Loya – engineer
Fabian Marasciullo – mixing
Manny Marroquin – mixing
Cameron Montgomery – recording assistant
Irene Richter – production coordination
Allen Ritter – instrumentation
Ramon Rivas – recording assistant
Tim Roberts – mixing assistant
Phil Seaford – mixing assistant
Ben Sedano – recording assistant
Brandon Mr. B Speed – engineer
Brian Springer – engineer
Chris Tabron – engineer
Vinylz – instrumentation
Stuart White – engineer
Daniel Zaidenstadt – engineer

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Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Decade-end charts

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Release history

See also
List of Billboard number-one rap albums of 2015

References

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2014 albums
Albums produced by Cardo
Albums produced by Boi-1da
Albums produced by Hit-Boy
Albums produced by Cirkut
Albums produced by Dr. Luke
Albums produced by Polow da Don
Cash Money Records albums
Nicki Minaj albums
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Albums produced by Zaytoven
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title: Theodore Conkey

text:
Theodore Conkey (December 11, 1819March 17, 1880) was a Wisconsin pioneer, Union Army officer, and businessman.  He was a member of the Wisconsin State Senate and the Wisconsin State Assembly.

Biography
Conkey was born in Canton, New York, son of Asa Conkey and Mary Nash.  His father was a farmer, and had served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812. He left his father's farm in 1841, moving first to Fond du Lac, in the Wisconsin Territory, then settling for a year in Madison, where he taught school. He returned to Fond du Lac and took up a new career in civil engineering, where he conducted U.S. government surveys of land in Wisconsin. As a surveyor, he apprenticed under Albert Gallatin Ellis, who had been surveyor general of the Wisconsin and Iowa district.  Together, they surveyed large tracts of northern Wisconsin.

Conkey determined that the Grand Chute rapids would provide an ideal source for water-power, and in early 1849, in partnership with Morgan Lewis Martin and Abraham B. Bowen, they selected a tract of land on the north side of the Fox River to start a village.  Conkey surveyed and platted the land where the city would be built, and in July 1849, moved his family to the area, becoming one of the original pioneers of Appleton, Wisconsin. Conkey constructed a saw mill, and performed contract construction projects in the area.  He was invested in improvements on the Fox and Wisconsin Rivers, partnering again with Morgan Lewis Martin.

In 1861, at news of the outbreak of the American Civil War, Conkey sold his mill and decided to help raise a company of men for the Union Army.  His volunteers were incorporated into the 3rd Wisconsin Volunteer Cavalry Regiment as Company I, and Conkey was named Captain of that company.  The regiment was attached to the Army of the Frontier and served almost the entire war in Missouri, Kansas, and Arkansas.  He mustered out of the service as lieutenant colonel of the regiment a few months after the close of the war.

He returned to Wisconsin November 1865 and resumed the milling business, investing with Charles Pfennig.  On his partner's death, Conkey bought out the other investors.  He invested in enlarging and improving the mill, and was involved in running it until 1879, when he sold to Kimblerly, Clark & Co.  Conkey effectively retired from business after this sale.

An Episcopalian, Conkey married Cynthia F. Foote in June 1848. They had four children, three survived to adulthood.

Political career
Conkey was a member of the Wisconsin Senate from 1851 to 1852. Perhaps his most important legislative contribution in the Senate was his act in 1851 to split off the western part of Brown county and create a new county named "Outagamie." Conkey later represented Outagamie county in the Wisconsin Assembly in 1857.  He also served on the Appleton City Council and on the Outagamie County Board.  He was a Democrat.

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People from Canton, New York
Politicians from Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
Democratic Party Wisconsin state senators
People of Wisconsin in the American Civil War
Union Army colonels
1819 births
1880 deaths
19th-century American politicians
Democratic Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly