title: Osman Bazar, Polan

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Osman Bazar (, also Romanized as ʿOs̄mān Bāzār) is a village in Polan Rural District, Polan District, Chabahar County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 341, in 77 families.

References

Populated places in Chabahar County


title: Shamel Bazar

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Shamel Bazar (, also Romanized as Shamel Bāzār; also known as Shamīl Bāzār) is a village in Polan Rural District, Polan District, Chabahar County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 38, in 8 families.

References

Populated places in Chabahar County


title: Sumarbar

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Sumarbar (, also Romanized as Sūmārbār) is a village in Polan Rural District, Polan District, Chabahar County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 263, in 43 families.

References

Populated places in Chabahar County


title: Towhidabad, Chabahar

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Towhidabad (, also Romanized as Towḩīdābād; also known as Toḩīdābād) is a village in Polan Rural District, Polan District, Chabahar County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 112, in 21 families.

References

Populated places in Chabahar County


title: Vali Mohammad Bazar

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Vali Mohammad Bazar (, also Romanized as Valī Moḩammad Bāzār) is a village in Polan Rural District, Polan District, Chabahar County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 588, in 141 families.

References

Populated places in Chabahar County


title: Giphy

text:
Giphy ( ), styled as GIPHY, is an American online database and search engine that allows users to search for and share animated GIF files.

History

Beginnings and early history

Giphy was founded by Alex Chung and Jace Cooke in February 2013. The idea for the business came when the pair was having breakfast, musing on the rising trend of purely visual communication.

When Chung and Cooke first launched Giphy, the website functioned solely as a search engine for GIFs. According to Chung, Giphy attracted around a million users during its first week and the figure leveled out to 300,000.

Giphy features what its founders called as "conversational search" wherein contents are brought to users' conversations through a search box found in their messaging applications.

Growth
In August 2013, Giphy expanded beyond a search engine to allow users to post, embed and share GIFs on Facebook. Giphy was then recognized as a Top 100 Website of 2013, according to PC Magazine. Three months later, Giphy integrated with Twitter to enable users to share GIFs by simply sharing a GIF's URL.

In May 2014, Giphy raised $2.4 million in a Series A funding round from investors, including Quire, CAA Ventures, RRE Ventures, Lerer Hippeau Ventures, and Betaworks.

In March 2015, Giphy acquired Nutmeg, a GIF messaging service, as one of the company's first major steps towards the mobile industry. This coincided with the launch of Facebook Messenger's own development platform, in which Giphy joined a few exclusive apps in its debut.

In August 2015, Giphy launched its second mobile app, GIPHY Cam, which allows users to create and share GIFs on a social network.

In February 2016, Giphy raised $55 million in funding at a $300 million valuation.

In October 2016, Giphy announced several statistics, including the statement that it had 100 million daily active users, that it served over 1 billion GIFs per day, and that visitors watched more than 2 million hours of GIF content every day.

In July 2017, Giphy announced that it had 200 million daily active users between both the API and website, with around 250 million monthly active users on the website.

Chung announced in a February 2019 New York event that Giphy was exploring an advertising scheme that is distinguished from the Google model, which shows ads according to users' search histories. The idea is to embed advertising in private messages. Giphy is seeking to take advantage of this landscape since the GIG database has been integrated into most messaging services.

Recent times
In May 2020, it was announced that Giphy had agreed to be acquired by Facebook Inc. (now Meta Platforms), with a reported purchase price of $400 million. Facebook services had accounted for roughly half of Giphy's overall traffic. Giphy was to be integrated with the staff of Facebook subsidiary Instagram, although Facebook stated that there would be no immediate changes to the service. Facebook discontinued Giphy's display advertising program upon the purchase.

The acquisition faced scrutiny due to recent privacy scandals surrounding Facebook. The United Kingdom's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) argued that the deal was potentially anti-competitive and began a probe. In June 2020, the CMA issued an enforcement order prohibiting Giphy from being fully integrated into Facebook, pending a future ruling.

In August 2021, the CMA issued preliminary findings, arguing that there was the risk that Facebook could pull Giphy's services from competitors, or require them to provide more user data as a condition of service. It also showed concerns over the market share of Facebook's advertising services. On November 30, 2021, the CMA ruled that Meta would be required to divest Giphy. On July 18, 2022, the Competition Appeal Tribunal ordered the CMA to re-evaluate its decision on procedural grounds, as it "failed to properly consult" and "wrongly excised portions" of its decision. It otherwise upheld most of the CMA's original decision.

On October 18, 2022, the CMA ruled for a second time that Meta be required to divest Giphy, stating that Meta already controls half of the advertising in the UK. Meta agreed to the sale, though it stated that it disagrees with the decision itself.

In May 2023, Shutterstock announced it would buy Giphy from Meta Platforms Inc for $53 million in cash. The acquisition was completed on June 23, 2023.

Partnerships
Giphy partners with brands to host GIFs that can be shared as marketing promotions via social media channels. The company also created artist profiles on the website, which allow GIFs to be attributed to the artist(s) who created them.

In September 2014, Giphy partnered with Line to host the inaugural sticker design competition. LINE and GIPHY enlisted a team of digital partners, including Tumblr, Fox ADHD, Frederator, Cut & Paste, New Museum, Eyebeam, Rhizome, The Webby Awards, Pratt, The Huffington Post and Dribbble to support the event.

In August 2015, Universal Studios partnered with Giphy to release six GIFs promoting the new N.W.A-based movie, Straight Outta Compton.

Giphy has partnered with over 200 companies and brands to host all their existing content on their own branded channel. Giphy's partners include Disney, Calvin Klein, GE, and Pepsi.

Notes

References

Further reading

External links

2013 establishments in New York City
2020 mergers and acquisitions
2023 mergers and acquisitions
American companies established in 2013
American photography websites
Android (operating system) software
GIF hosting websites
Internet properties established in 2013
Internet search engines
Shutterstock


title: EPIC Systems, Inc

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EPIC Systems, Inc. is an American multi-discipline engineering and fabrication firm located in Saint Louis, Missouri. EPIC's name is an acronym which stands for “Electrical, Process, Instrumentation and Control Systems”. EPIC was founded in 1995 as a privately held automation firm and has grown to include divisions for complete modular process plants and systems, integrated packaging and assembly lines, custom machinery manufacturing, and machine vision system integration.

In 2009, EPIC saw a 21% growth rate within three years. Revenue grew exponentially during this time period (2005-2008), and the company had 50 employees. EPIC is ranked by Inc. 500 as a Top 100 Fastest Growing Engineering Company (#71 United States) and Top 100 Fastest Growing Missouri Company (#55) EPIC is also listed by the St. Louis Post Dispatch as one of the “Top Places to Work” in St. Louis for 2013.

History

Early Years
In 1995, two partners, John R. Schott, P.E. and Matt Quinn, founded EPIC with $1,000 in personal savings. The two founders were both experienced plant engineers, and founded EPIC to service the manufacturing industries with which they were familiar. They formed the acronym “EPIC” from the words "Electrical, Process, Instrumentation and Control Systems", which described the firm's original focus on automation and controls for process systems. The company was founded in St. Louis, MO and provided consulting, design engineering services and automation for process plants and packing line integration.

Two years after opening, in 1997, EPIC expanded by adding a fabrication plant to support the design and construction of modular process plants.

This marked the expansion from consulting, automation and design to the four distinct divisions of EPIC that exist currently. The new facility allowed for in-house fabrication and construction management services. EPIC began offering complete design/build of process plants to industrial clients in 1999.

Rapid Expansion

In 2001, EPIC was named a FAST 50 Newcomer by St. Louis Commerce Magazine. In 2004, EPIC was recognized as one of St. Louis's fastest growing private companies by receiving two different growth-based awards: The Regional Technology Award and the St. Louis Fast 50 Technology Award. EPIC went on to become a three-time winner of the Regional Technology Award and a four-time winner of the Fast 50 Technology Award.

During this same time period, EPIC grew from a company of two employees (the owners), to approximately 30 employees. EPIC moved into an expanded 40,000 sq ft facility in 2004, which is the current location of the business. The new building in St. Louis, Missouri, features two separate facilities dedicated to the separation of industrial and sanitary applications. This feature follows ASME Bioprocessing Equipment guidelines, isolating the shop for carbon steel and stainless (high alloy) fabrication.

In 2008 a line integration division was added to EPIC, specializing in complete design/build of packaging and assembly lines. A custom machine group was also formed within EPIC, focused on manufacturing hard-to-find or non-existent machines. That same year, EPIC began giving the annual “EPIC Way Award” to recognize one outstanding employee who best exemplifies the spirit and values upon which EPIC was founded.

Restructuring and Continued Growth
By 2009, EPIC had seen a 21% growth rate within three years. Revenue grew exponentially during this time period (2005-2008), and the company had expanded to 50 employees. In 2009, one of the original founders of EPIC, Matt Quinn, sold his half of EPIC to the other owner, John Schott, making Schott the sole owner and President of EPIC Systems.

EPIC expanded their automation services again in 2011 with the addition of the Insta-Panel control system.  The Insta-Panel consisted of a standard control box equipped with a flexible HMI. The company marketed the Insta-Panel as an all-in-one automation tool that allows manufacturers to quickly automate or upgrade industrial systems.  That same year, EPIC also released a custom turnkey medical device assembly machine for a top biotechnology company.

Expansion continued in 2012 when EPIC added an additional 7,000 feet of office and manufacturing space. This expansion allowed the machine vision group to move into a larger space. Cognex awarded EPIC the “Partner System Integrator of the Year Award” for the highest growth nationwide of complete machine vision systems. EPIC was also a finalist in Control Engineering's Integrator of the Year competition in 2012 and 2013.

EPIC had grown to 60 employees by mid-2013. This growth was recognized by the Inc. 500 listing EPIC received. EPIC was also recognized a Top Place to Work by the St. Louis Post Dispatch in 2013.

Company Overview

Business Model
EPIC is an engineering and automation firm that was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri.

The majority of EPIC's business is conducted in the United States, but EPIC has also implemented systems in 17 other countries including India, China, Australia, Germany, France, the U.K, The United Arab Emirates, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Brazil, and South Africa.

Modular Process Systems
EPIC Systems, Inc. is a global provider of modular plant and process systems. Sometimes referred to as modular process skids, these systems for manufacturing chemical, biological or other products are self-contained and easily transportable. They are considered an alternative to traditional stick-built construction. EPIC takes their customers' proprietary technology and designs/ builds modular process systems across many industries, including: petrochemical, chemical, alternative fuels (including Gas to Liquid technologies), agricultural, food and beverage and consumer products industries. The specific types of modular process systems offered include:

	Raw Material Storage & Delivery Systems
	Batch Processing Systems
	Batch Reactor Systems
	Batch Mixing Systems
	Separation process Chemical Separation Systems
	Industrial Distillation Systems
	Coating Systems
	Continuous Production Systems
	Continuous Inline Blending Systems
	Industrial Pipe Bridges
	Utility Systems
	Heat Transfer Systems
	Electric Heat Trace Systems
	Process Chiller Systems
	Nitrogen Generation Systems
	Fuel Delivery Systems
	Clean-In-Place (CIP) Systems
	Industrial Wastewater Treatment Systems
	Pilot Plant
	Plant Scale up
	Production Plants

Packaging Line Integration
EPIC provides customized services for complete production line integration. The company specializes in integration of packaging line systems.

Machine Vision System Integration
EPIC Systems, Inc. provides deployment strategies for a wide range of inspection or imaging applications for machine vision. EPIC engineers utilize lighting and smart camera technology to accurately design, build and automate machine vision systems.

Community Involvement

American Manufacturing Initiative
EPIC changed their logo in 2010 to include the phrase “Moving American Manufacturing Forward” to reflect their commitment to “increase awareness and understanding about the positive change that engineered-innovation brings to the manufacturing industry.”

The company maintains a Linkedin group aimed at discussing issues surrounding manufacturing, and participated in Manufacturing Day in 2012 and 2013.

Charitable Causes
An annual Trivia Night in support of the USO of Missouri is held annually by EPIC. Over $6,000 was raised at the 2013 Trivia night.

EPIC also supports the Special Olympics of Missouri by sending a team to the annual “Over the Edge” event. In 2012 the Over the Edge EPIC team raised $6,156.

Employees of EPIC Systems each select a personal charity, and every month, EPIC donates $100 to four employee chosen charities. A charity tip jar is additionally maintained at the front desk, and a monthly charity is selected to receive the spare change that is collected. For the 2013 holiday season, EPIC has adopted a family from Burma.

References

Engineering companies of the United States
American companies established in 1995


title: Zhankuic acid

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Zhankuic acids are sterols isolated from the fungus Taiwanofungus camphoratus. Zhankuic acid C possesses in vitro anti-inflammatory properties due to its role as a selective TLR4/MD-2 antagonist.

References

External links
Zhankuic acid A - PubChem
Zhankuic acid A - ChemSpider
Zhankuic acid B - PubChem
Zhankuic acid B - ChemSpider
Zhankuic acid C - PubChem
Zhankuic acid C - ChemSpider
Antileukemia component, dehydroeburicoic acid from Antrodia camphorata induces DNA damage and apoptosis in vitro and in vivo models

Sterols


title: Radu, Iran

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Radu or Radow () in Iran may refer to:
 Radu-ye Pain
 Radu-ye Polan


title: Stephan Lewandowsky

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Stephan Lewandowsky (born 3 June 1958) is an Australian psychologist. He has worked in both the United States and Australia, and is currently based at the University of Bristol, UK, where he is the chair of cognitive psychology at the School of Psychological Science. His research, which originally pertained to computer simulations of people's decision-making processes, recently has focused on the public's understanding of science and why people often embrace beliefs that are sharply at odds with scientific evidence.

Education and career
Lewandowsky received his bachelor's degree from Washington College in 1980, followed by an M.A. in 1981 and a PhD in 1985, both from the University of Toronto. He served as an assistant professor of psychology at the University of Oklahoma from 1990 to 1994, and as associate professor for one year after that. In 1995, he joined the University of Western Australia, where he became the Winthrop Professor of Psychology in 2000. He remained there until April 2013, when he joined the University of Bristol. In 2014, he was named the first Digital Content Editor at the Psychonomic Society.

In 2015, Lewandowsky was elected a fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry.

Research

Correction of misinformation
Lewandowsky has published a number of studies examining people's belief in misinformation. In 2005, he was the lead author of a study which investigated people's beliefs in assertions about the Iraq War that had been retracted officially, and which examined people's beliefs about these assertions in Australia, the United States, and Germany. He and his co-authors found that American participants in the study persisted in believing the assertions even after being informed that they had been retracted. Lewandowsky told the Wall Street Journal that the original misinformation already had become a part of the Americans' mental worldview by the time it was retracted. He also noted that "People who were not suspicious of the motives behind the war continued to rely on misinformation." In 2012, Lewandowsky published an article in Psychological Science in the Public Interest which examined the literature on misinformation and efforts to correct it. He found a considerable amount of speculation but little concrete research into the area.

With John Cook, Lewandowsky wrote "The Debunking Handbook", a review of research on debunking falsehoods and a guide to better practices for doing so. Much of "The Debunking Handbook" focuses on "backfire effects", whereby telling people that they are wrong often reinforces their prior beliefs, rather than weakening them. An updated Debunking Handbook 2020 tries to represent the consensus of the field.

Climate change and conspiracy theories
In 2012, Lewandowsky put forward what would later become one of his best-known studies regarding public opinion on climate change. The survey examined data from more than 1,000 readers of climate science blogs, taken from online questionnaires posted there. Lewandowsky approached five climate sceptic blogs to ask them to post the questionnaire, but they all declined to do so. The study was accepted by Psychological Science on 7 July 2012, and published in the May 2013 issue of the journal with the title, "NASA Faked the Moon Landing—Therefore, (Climate) Science Is a Hoax". Based on a survey of visitors to global warming related blogs, Lewandowsky and his two co-authors concluded that belief in free-market economics was associated with being more likely to reject not only the mainstream scientific view of global warming, but also the mainstream scientific position on whether HIV causes AIDS and whether tobacco smoking causes lung cancer. The study also concluded that believing in a "cluster of conspiracy theories"—such as that the FBI was responsible for the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.—was also associated with being more likely to reject the consensus view on global warming.

Gary Marcus wrote that the paper's findings "fit in with a longer literature on what has come to be known as 'motivated reasoning. The reaction to the paper from global warming sceptics was overwhelmingly negative, with Joanne Nova referring to it as "an ad hom argument taken to its absurd extreme, rebadged as 'science'."

Later in 2013, Lewandowsky published another paper on a similar topic in Nature Climate Change. In that study, he and his co-authors told the study participants that 97% of climate scientists believe humans are causing global warming, and found that this significantly increased the proportion of people who believed it as well. They also reported that the effect was most discernible for those with free-market views. These findings contributed to what is now known as the Gateway Belief Model. Also in 2013, Lewandowsky and co-authors conducted another survey in which he examined the relationship between believing in conspiracy theories (such as 9/11 conspiracy theories) and rejection of various forms of science. They found that believing in such conspiracy theories was strongly associated with being more likely to reject all forms of science, such as climate change science, the safety of genetically modified foods, and the safety of vaccines.

"Recursive fury"

On 28 March 2013, Lewandowsky published "Recursive fury: Conspiracist ideation in the blogosphere in response to research on conspiracist ideation" in the journal Frontiers in Psychology. This paper described the reaction of climate change deniers to pre-publication versions of the "NASA Faked the Moon Landing—Therefore, (Climate) Science Is a Hoax" study that he had submitted to Psychological Science in 2012. His analysis found that, of the hypotheses generated by climate change deniers in response to his 2012 study, "many...exhibited conspiratorial content and counterfactual thinking."

The Frontiers in Psychology journal received immediate complaints, and took the paper down while it carried out an investigation. The paper was retracted with a notice published in March 2014, which stated:

Ars Technica reported that its questions were referred by the publishers to their lawyer, who told Ars: "Frontiers is concerned about solid science, and it's obviously a regret when you have to retract an article that is scientifically and ethically sound." Freedom of Information requests made by DeSmogBlog had obtained copies of the complaints, which included allegations of misconduct: some used legal terms such as "defamatory".

Staff of the Australian Psychological Society wrote to Lewandowsky expressing concern "that some scientific journals feel sufficiently threatened by potential liability fears to not publish articles with 'inconvenient information' about climate change." Elaine McKewon—who was one of the peer-reviewers of the Lewandowsky paper, in addition to being a research associate at the Australian Centre for Independent Journalism, University of Technology, Sydney—said that she was "profoundly disappointed" by its retraction, and that, "Shortly after publication, Frontiers received complaints from climate deniers who claimed they had been libeled in the paper and threatened to sue the journal unless the paper was retracted." McKewon was quoted as saying that the journal had "caved in at the first pushback from the climate change denial community".
The Sydney Morning Herald reported that academics had described the retraction as having "a chilling effect on research". The University of Western Australia published the paper online after doing its own risk analysis; their lawyer, Kim Heitman, said that there was no reason to take it down.

After media reports about this retraction, the journal's Editorial Director Costanza Zucca and Executive Editor Fred Fenter made a joint statement on the journal's blog that "Frontiers did not 'cave in to threats'; in fact, Frontiers received no threats." The statement said that the main reason for retraction was insufficient protection for the rights of the studied subjects. Ars Technica reported that this statement appeared to differ from the retraction notice, and according to one of the authors of the paper an anonymised version had been produced to meet the privacy concerns. Lewandowsky said that there had been a legally binding agreement on the original notice, and what he took "exception to is their latest statement, which is incompatible with the signed agreement and complete news to us". The paper is available at the web page of the University of Western Australia.

The paper was later republished in the Journal of Social and Political Psychology along with additional data, under the title "Recurrent fury: Conspiratorial Discourse in the Blogosphere Triggered by Research on the Role of Conspiracist Ideation in Climate Denial".

Perception of uncertainty
In May 2014, Lewandowsky published a two-part study on the relationship between uncertainty and the dangers of climate change, in which he argued that policymakers who argue that the scientific understanding of climate change is too uncertain to act are mistaken. Instead, the study argues that "on the contrary, uncertainty implies that the problem is more likely to be worse than expected in the absence of that uncertainty." Lewandowsky told Salon that these studies showed that "uncertainty also increases the likelihood of exceeding 'safe' temperature limits and the probability of failing to reach mitigation targets."

Global warming hiatus
A 2015 study by Lewandowsky, James Risbey, and Naomi Oreskes found that there is no substantive evidence of a global warming hiatus.

Psychological features cluster identified
In its March 2019 edition, Scientific American published an article about his work that posited that people drawn to conspiracy theories share some psychological characteristics that may be clustered. A secondary title to the article asserted: "Baseless theories threaten our safety and democracy. It turns out that specific emotions make people prone to such thinking".

Selected works
 The Debunking Handbook (Version 2), (2012) St. Lucia, Australia. .
 The Debunking Handbook 2020 (2020)

References

External links

1958 births
Living people
Australian psychologists
Academics of the University of Bristol
Academic staff of the University of Western Australia
University of Toronto alumni
English people of Australian descent
Washington College alumni
Cognitive psychologists
Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award holders


title: Flag and coat of arms of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta

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The flag and coat of arms of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, or the Jerusalem flag, display a white cross on a red field (blazon gules a cross argent),  ultimately derived from the design worn by the Knights Hospitaller during the Crusades.

The flag represents the Sovereign Military Order of Malta as a sovereign institution. The state flag bears a Latin cross that extends to the edges of the flag. The Flag of the Order's Works represents its humanitarian and medical activities, and it bears a white Maltese cross on a red field.
Both flags together represent the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. Its constitution states: "The flag of the Order bears either the white latin cross on a red field or the white eight-pointed cross (cross of Malta) on a red field."

History

The banner of the Knights Hospitaller was introduced in 1130, on the order of Pope Innocent III, for disambiguation from the Templars who used the reversed colours. The "eight-pointed cross" is also said to originate in the 12th century, under Raymond du Puy (this was at first a cross fourchée or cross ancrée, and developed into the fully articulated Maltese cross only around or after 1500).

A papal bull of Alexander IV in 1259 made the white cross the design to be put on the mantling of the knights.  After that, the emblem was adopted as a general symbol for the Order.
In the time after the Hospitallers moved to Cyprus in 1291, the banner of a white cross in a red field was flown from ships in their navy.

Flag variants
Today the flag flies from the SMOM's headquarters at Palazzo Malta in Rome and from other official residences and embassies.  Together with the flag of Malta, it is also flown from Fort St Angelo in Birgu, Malta.  It goes with the Grand Master and members of the Sovereign Council when they make official visits.

The Flag of the Order's Works, featuring a Maltese cross, is flown by the SMOM's Grand Priories, Subpriories, and National Associations.
As a symbol of its humanitarian works, the Order flies it at its hospitals and medical facilities.   It is sometimes described as the "Grand Master's flag," but it is not used as a personal standard.

The Grand Master's personal flag is red with a white Maltese cross surrounded by the collar of the order and surmounted by a crown.  It flies over the SMOM's magistral seats when the Grand Master is present.

Coat of arms

As of 1998, "The armorial bearings of the Order display a white latin cross on a red oval field, surrounded by a rosary, all superimposed on a white eight-pointed cross and displayed under a princely mantle surmounted by a crown" as defined in article 6 of the Constitutional Charter.

See also

 Flag of Denmark
 Flag of Savoy
 Flag of Switzerland
 Postage stamps and postal history of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta
 List of Grand Masters of the Knights Hospitaller

References

External links

1130 establishments
Sovereign Military Order of Malta
Flags of organizations
Sovereign Military Order of Malta
Coats of arms
Sovereign Military Order of Malta


title: Salem Cross Inn

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The Salem Cross Inn is a restaurant on a working farm at 260 West Main Street (Massachusetts Route 9) in West Brookfield, Massachusetts.  It is located in the White Homestead, a c. 1740 Georgian style house built on the site of a c. 1707 house which now stands elsewhere on the property.  The property has been listed twice on the National Register of Historic Places, in 1975 and 1978.

Description and history
The Salem Cross Inn is located on  in western West Brookfield, on the south side of West Main Street.  The main building is a large connected New England farmstead, consisting of a handsome Georgian style main house, and a series of ells extending behind it to a barn.  The main house is a two-story wood frame structure, with a hip roof, central chimney, clapboard siding, and stone foundation.  The interior spaces retain original flooring and woodwork, and substantial portions of its original plasterwork.  A short way west of the main building stands the original White Homestead, now converted to a carriage barn.

The property was granted to John White, the grandson of the Mayflower-born Peregrine White. in 1707 for service to the town during recent conflicts with Native Americans.  Soon thereafter he built the original homestead.  In 1710 he was killed in a Native American attack, one of the last to occur in the area.  The main house and barn were built in 1740 by his sons, John and Cornelius White.  Prominent later residents of the house include the missionary sisters Sarah White Smith and Adeline White Tracy, who performer religious missionary work in the Oregon Country and in Singapore, respectively.

See also
National Register of Historic Places listings in Worcester County, Massachusetts

References

External links
Salem Cross Inn web site

National Register of Historic Places in Worcester County, Massachusetts
Colonial architecture in the United States
Buildings and structures completed in 1707
West Brookfield, Massachusetts
1707 establishments in the Province of Massachusetts Bay


title: Antrocamphin B

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Antrocamphin B is an unusual chemical compound isolated from Taiwanofungus camphoratus. Antrocamphin B is a congener of antrocamphin A.

References

Alkyne derivatives
Catechol ethers
Resorcinol ethers
Hydroquinone ethers
Conjugated ketones
Methoxy compounds


title: Sandakzehi

text:
Sandakzehi () may refer to:
 Sandakzehi-ye Bala
 Sandakzehi-ye Pain


title: Sheykh Bazar

text:
Sheykh Bazar () may refer to:
 Sheykh Bazar, Chabahar
 Sheykh Bazar, Polan, Chabahar County


title: Shir Mohammad Bazar

text:
Shir Mohammad Bazar or Shirmohammad Bazar () may refer to:
 Shir Mohammad Bazar, Chabahar
 Shir Mohammad Bazar, Qasr-e Qand


title: Osman Bazar

text:
Osman Bazar or Osmanbazar () may refer to:
 Osmanbazar, Chabahar
 Osman Bazar, Polan, Chabahar County
 Osman Bazar, alternate name of Bajar Bazar, Chabahar County


title: Shin Dong-woo (actor)

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Shin Dong-woo (; born November 25, 1998) is a South Korean actor. He started his mandatory military service on November 26, 2018 and discharged on July 6, 2020.

Filmography

Television drama

Film

Music video

Awards and nominations

References

External links

1998 births
Living people
South Korean male child actors
South Korean male film actors
South Korean male television actors
21st-century South Korean male actors
Hanlim Multi Art School alumni
People from Daejeon


title: Sumar Zehi

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Sumar Zehi (, also Romanized as Sūmār Zehī; also known as Sūmarzī) is a village in Polan Rural District, Polan District, Chabahar County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 174, in 32 families.

References

Populated places in Chabahar County


title: I'm Not Angry!

text:
I'm Not Angry! (, translit. Asabani Nistam!) is a 2014 Iranian drama film written and directed by Reza Dormishian, starring Navid Mohamadzadeh and Baran Kosari. The film was screened in the Panorama section of the 64th Berlin International Film Festival. The film depicts the bitter story of Navid, an Iranian Kurd university student, who has become "starred" Navid tries hard not to lose his love Setareh in the movie. They met 4 years ago during the unrest in Tehran after the disputed election in 2009, and now Setareh's father asks Navid to clarify his relation with her. We accompany Navid in his efforts to provide the minimum requirements of living, and we take a glance at the various layers of the social classes in Iran.

I’m not angry! is an independent product in the Iranian cinema. That is, the film has not received any financial help from any institute, organisation, centre, institution, state-run or non-governmental network or foundation. The shooting of I’m not angry! was done in more than 60 locations from the northernmost to the southernmost areas in Tehran. A 2013 production, I’m Not Angry!, was a controversial film in 32nd Fajr International Film Festival in 2014 and the only Iranian film in 64th Berlin International Film Festival in 2014. It is Reza Dormishian's second feature film after the feature Hatred. Shot completely in Tehran, I’m Not Angry! explicitly criticises today's conditions in Iran, and as it is written at the beginning of the film, it is ‘A Free Adaptation of Today Iran’.

Berlin International Film Festival in its festival's website announced on 18 January that I’m Not Angry! would be screened in the 64th Berlinale, held 6–16 February 2014 in Germany, as the sole representative of the Iranian cinema. The film had an enthusiastic reception from the critics and audience, and after each screening, Reza Dormishian and the two leading actors Navid Mohammadzadeh and Baran Kosari attended the press conferences among lengthy applauses.

Synopsis
I’m Not Angry! is the story of Navid, a "starred" (student expelled for political reasons) university student who—while trying to provide the minimum requirements of a normal life—tries not to get angry when he is faced with the immoralities prevalent in his society, and he does all he can not to lose his love, Setareh.

Cast
Navid Mohammadzadeh as Navid
Amir Salehian as Navid
Baran Kosari as Setareh
Reza Behboudi as Mr. Javadi
 Milad Rahimi as Ahmad
Amir Reza Amiraqa as Mohsen
Misaq Zaré as Mr. Bagheri
Reza Koulqani as Reza
Hojjat Hassanpour Sargaroui as Amir
Mohamad Kart as Sasan
Tinou Salehi as Hamid
Bahram Afshari as Real Estate Agent

Production
 Director of Photography: Ali Azhari
 Sound recording: Nezamoddin Kiaie
 Sound mixing: Mohammad Reza Delpak
 Sound editing: Reza Narimizadeh
 Make-up artist: Mehrdad Mirkiani
 Costume design: Baran Kousari
 Product management: Mehdi Badrloo
 Visual effects: Amir Saharkhiz, Kamran Saharkhiz
 Assistant director: Pedram Alizadeh
 Photography: Mohamad Badrloo
 Released by: Filmiran

Awards

 17th Shanghai International Film Festival, Best Film Award, 2014
 17th Shanghai International Film Festival, Best Director Award, for Reza Dormishian, 2014
 17th Shanghai International Film Festival, Vincent Ward Prize sponsored by the University of Canterbury, for 'Best Film and Best Director for the Asian New Talent Prize', for Reza Dormishian, New Zealand, 2015
 8th Celebration of Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association, Best Actor Award, for Navid Mohamadzadeh, 2014
 8th Celebration of Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association, Best Edit Award, for Haydeh Safiyari, 2014
 8th Celebration of Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association, Honorary Diploma Award for Best Director 'Reza Dormishian', 2014
 15th Asiatica Film Mediale of Roma, Special Mention, Best Asian Feature Film Award, 2014
 Asia Pacific Screen Awards, APSA Academy NETPAC Development Prize, for Reza Dormishian, 2014
 5th London Iranian Film Festival, Best Narrative Feature Award, for Reza Dormishian, 2014
 4th Iranian Film Festival Australia (IFFA), Audience choice Award, 2014
 4th Iranian film festival Czech Republic (IFF), Audience Award, 2015

Nominations

 8th Annual Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA), nominated for 2 awards, 2014
 8th Celebration of Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association, nominated for 7 awards, 2014
 32nd Fajr International film festival, nominated for Best Man Actor Award, for Navid Mohamadzadeh, 2014
 32nd Fajr International film festival, nominated for Best Woman Actor Award, for Baran Kousari, 2014
32nd Fajr International film festival, nominated for best Edith, for Hayedeh Safiyari, 2014
32nd Fajr International film festival, nominated for best sound recording, for Nezamoddin Kiaie , 2014
32nd Fajr International film festival, nominated for best sound mixing, for Mohammad Reza Delpak, 2014
32nd Fajr International film festival, nominated for best Visual effects, for Amir Saharkhiz and Kamran Saharkhiz, 2014

Notes

References

External links
 Official Trailer

2014 films
Iranian drama films
2010s Persian-language films
2010s political drama films
Films about psychiatry
Films about social class


title: List of French horse breeds

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This is a list of some of the breeds of horse considered in France to be wholly or partly of French origin. Some may have complex or obscure histories, so inclusion here does not necessarily imply that a breed is predominantly or exclusively French.

 Ardennais
 Ardennais du Nord
 AQPS
 Auvergne horse
 Auxois
 Barraquand horse
 Boulonnais
 Breton
 Camargue horse
 Castillonnais
 Comtois
 Corlais
 Corsican horse
 French Anglo-Arab
 French Saddle Pony
 French Trotter
 Henson
 Landais
 Mérens
 Nivernais
 Norman Cob
 Percheron
 Poitevin
 Pottok
 Selle français
 Trait du Nord
 Vercors horse - see Barraquand horse

Minor, suppressed and extinct breeds
 Angevin
 Anglo-Normand
 Augeron
 Baudet du Poitou
 Berrichon
 Bidets
 Bourbonnais
 Bourbourien - see Boulonnais
 Bourguignon
 Bresse horse
 Cauchois horse
 Carrossier Normand
 Cauchoix - see Boulonnais
 Centre-montagne - see Breton
 Charentais
 Charolais
 Cotentin horse
 Demi-sang du Centre
 Dombes horse
 Limousin horse
 Mareyeur - see Boulonnais
 Morvan horse
 Navarrin horse
 Petit Boulonnais - see Boulonnais
 Postier Breton - see Breton
 Tarbésan
 Trait Breton - see Breton
 Trait de la Loire
 Trait de Saône-et-Loire
 Trait du Maine
 Trait Picard - see Boulonnais
 Vendéen

References

Horse


title: 2014 Dutch Darts Masters

text:
The 2014 Dutch Darts Masters was the second of eight PDC European Tour events on the 2014 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the NH Hotel in Veldhoven, Netherlands, between 14–16 February 2014. It featured a field of 48 players and £100,000 in prize money, with £20,000 going to the winner.

Michael van Gerwen won his third European Tour title by beating Mervyn King 6–4 in the final.

Prize money

Qualification and format
The top 16 players from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit  on the 17 January 2014 automatically qualified for the event. The remaining 32 places went to players from three qualifying events - 20 from the UK Qualifier (held in Wigan on 19 January), eight from the European Qualifier (held at the venue the day before the event started) and four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held at the venue on 11 February).

The following players took part in the tournament:

Top 16
  Michael van Gerwen (winner)
  Dave Chisnall (quarter-finals)
  Peter Wright (second round)
  Brendan Dolan (semi-finals)
  Kim Huybrechts (second round)
  Jamie Caven (second round)
  Steve Beaton (second round)
  Wes Newton (quarter-finals)
  Simon Whitlock (second round)
  Mervyn King (runner-up)
  Ian White (semi-finals)
  John Part (second round)
  Paul Nicholson (second round)
  Gary Anderson (second round)
  Adrian Lewis (third round)
  Kevin Painter (third round)

UK Qualifier
  Stuart Kellett (third round)
  Mick Todd (first round)
  Mickey Mansell (quarter-finals)
  Michael Barnard (first round)
  Andy Smith (second round)
  Kevin Thomas (third round)
  Steve Maish (second round)
  Richie Burnett (third round)
  Terry Jenkins (second round)
  Wayne Jones (first round)
  David Pallett (first round)
  Jamie Lewis (second round)
  Darren Webster (third round)
  Joe Cullen (third round)
  Terry Temple (first round)
  Glenn Spearing (first round)
  Mark Walsh (first round)
  Dean Winstanley (second round)
  Josh Payne (first round)
  Peter Hudson (first round)

European Qualifier
  Jyhan Artut (first round)
  Dimitri Van den Bergh (second round)
  Ronny Huybrechts (second round)
  Fabian Herz (first round)
  Bernd Roith (first round)
  Jarkko Komula (third round)
  Mensur Suljović (first round)
  Max Hopp (first round)

Host Nation Qualifier
  Jelle Klaasen (first round)
  Kevin Voornhout (first round)
  Christian Kist (second round)
  Vincent van der Voort (quarter-finals)

Draw

References

2014 PDC European Tour
2014 in Dutch sport


title: Swiss Canadians

text:
Swiss Canadians are Canadian citizens of Swiss ancestry or people who emigrated from Switzerland and reside in Canada. According to the 2016 Census there were 155,120 Canadians  who claimed Swiss ancestry, having an increase compared to those 146,830 in the 2011 Census.

One of the earliest settlers in Canada was Pierre Miville (d. 1669). Laurenz Ermatinger (1736 to 1789), a fur trader and merchant, arrived in Montreal from Switzerland and together with his son Charles Oakes (1776 to 1833), and Sebastian Freyvogel have explored the large Huron tract. Many Swiss arrived in North America as part of the Swiss mercenaries, some of which later settled in Canada. One of these soldiers was Frederick Haldimand, who served in the British Army in North America during the Seven Years' War and the American Revolutionary War.  From 1778 to 1786, he served as Governor of the Province of Quebec.

Another group of Swiss emigrants were Mennonites who originally settled in Pennsylvania and were descendants of Swiss Anabaptists. In 1786, a group of these Mennonites (led by John, Thielman and Steffen Kolb as wel as Franklin Albrecht and Frederich Hahn) settled in the Niagara Region, close to the Twenty Mile Creek.   Another colony was founded by David Hoover on the north shore of Lake Erie in 1792.  Abraham Erb who founded Waterloo, was a Mennonite of Swiss ancestry from Pennsylvania.  Similarly, Benjamin Eby emigrated to Upper Canada in 1806 and purchased a large tract of land in what would later become Kitchener, Ontario.

By 1871 about 3,000 Swiss had settled in Canada and in the time between 1887 and 1938, a reported additional 8,548 Swiss had moved to Canada.  With the passing of the Free Grants and Homestead Act in 1868, large areas of land became available for settlement. In 1973, a group of Swiss immigrants arrived in the Nipissing region, led by Elise von Koerber. Peter Rindisbacher was a Swiss artist who specialized in painting the Western USA and Canada until his death in 1834.

Until WWII, most Swiss immigrants were farmers who settled in Canada. This changed after WWII, when several Swiss firms opened offices in Canada, leading to immigration of educated Swiss personnel including engineers, professors and merchants. When farmland became unaffordable in Switzerland in the 1970s, a number of Swiss farmers bought farmland in Canada and settled there. In the 1990s, rising unemployment in Switzerland led to another wave of emigration.

Swiss Canadians by numbers

See also

Canada–Switzerland relations
European Canadians
Swiss Americans

References

European Canadian

Canada


title: Dee Saturday Night

text:
Dee Saturday Night () is a 2014 Indian Hindi-language film directed by Jay Prakash. The film was released on 21 February 2014. It stars Prashant Narayanan, Arif Zakaria, Aman Verma, Amit Dimri, Vivek Rajput, Mahi Khanduri, Gaurav Dixit, Mushtaq Khan, Vishwajeet Pradhan, Nazneen Patel. Dee Saturday Night was about rave parties.

Cast
Prashant Narayanan
Arif Zakaria
Aman Verma
Mahi Khanduri as Shivani Dixit,
 Gaurav Dixit
 Mushtaq Khan
 Vishwajeet Pradhan
 Nazneen Patel
 Bobby Darling
 Amit Dimri
 Vijendra Vijay as Rajeev
 Vivek Rajput
 Wasim Khan as mangesh

Soundtrack
The music of the film was unveiled in September 2013 by Ravi Kishan.

References

External links

2010s Hindi-language films
2014 films
Films about parties


title: Ushab

text:
Ushab (, also Romanized as Ūshāb; also known as Vashab) is a village in Talang Rural District, Talang District, Qasr-e Qand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 84, in 19 families.

References

Populated places in Qasr-e Qand County


title: Bal, Qasr-e Qand

text:
Bal () is a village in Talang Rural District, Talang District, Qasr-e Qand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 152, in 29 families.

References

Populated places in Qasr-e Qand County


title: Bal-e Bala

text:
Bal-e Bala (, also Romanized as Bal-e Bālā) is a village in Talang Rural District, Talang District, Qasr-e Qand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 150, in 30 families.

References

Populated places in Qasr-e Qand County


title: Bal-e Pain

text:
Bal-e Pain (, also Romanized as Bal-e Pā’īn) is a village in Talang Rural District, Talang District, Qasr-e Qand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 96, in 23 families.

References

Populated places in Qasr-e Qand County


title: Buchchi

text:
Buchchi (, also Romanized as Būchchī) is a village in Talang Rural District, Talang District, Qasr-e Qand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 116, in 26 families.

References

Populated places in Qasr-e Qand County


title: Burniduk

text:
Burniduk (, also Romanized as Būrnīdūk; also known as Borīndūk, Brīndūk, Būrīdūk, and Kohan Balūchānī) is a village in Talang Rural District, Talang District, Qasr-e Qand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 65, in 13 families.

References

Populated places in Qasr-e Qand County


title: Chorrak, Qasr-e Qand

text:
Chorrak (, also Romanized as Chork; also known as Jowrak) is a village in Talang Rural District, Talang District, Qasr-e Qand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 320, in 65 families.

References

Populated places in Qasr-e Qand County


title: Dirman

text:
Dirman (, also Romanized as Dīrmān and Dayermān) is a village in Talang Rural District of Talang District, Qasr-e Qand County, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran.

At the 2006 National Census, its population was 755 in 190 households, when it was in Polan District of Chabahar County. The following census in 2011 counted 736 people in 160 households. The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 826 people in 231 households, by which time the Talang Rural District had been separated from the county and became a part of the newly established Qasr-e Qand County as Talang District. It was the largest village in its rural district.

References

Qasr-e Qand County

Populated places in Qasr-e Qand County


title: Dak, Sistan and Baluchestan

text:
Dak () is a village in Talang Rural District, Talang District, Qasr-e Qand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the  census, its population was 540, in 161 families.

References

Populated places in Qasr-e Qand County


title: Dansar, Qasr-e Qand

text:
Dansar (; also known as Danāsar, Daneh Sar, and Sar) is a village in Talang Rural District, Talang District, Qasr-e Qand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 530, in 111 families.

References

Populated places in Qasr-e Qand County


title: Dengari

text:
Dengari (, also Romanized as Dengarī and Dangarī) is a village in Talang Rural District, Talang District, Qasr-e Qand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 623, in 144 families.

References

Populated places in Qasr-e Qand County


title: Dansar Kaldan

text:
Dansar Kaldan (, also Romanized as Dansar Kāldān) is a village in Talang Rural District, Talang District, Qasr-e Qand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 172, in 31 families.

References

Populated places in Qasr-e Qand County


title: Dazvanik

text:
Dazvanik (, also Romanized as Dazvānīk; also known as Dūzdānīk) is a village in Talang Rural District, Talang District, Qasr-e Qand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 177, in 31 families.

References

Populated places in Qasr-e Qand County


title: Gazger

text:
Gazger (, also Romanized as Gāzger and Gāzgar; also known as Gazūr) is a village in Talang Rural District, Talang District, Qasr-e Qand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 241, in 58 families.

References

Populated places in Qasr-e Qand County


title: Jodegalabad

text:
Jodegalabad (, also Romanized as Jodegālābād) is a village in Talang Rural District, Talang District, Qasr-e Qand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 208, in 47 families.

References

Populated places in Qasr-e Qand County


title: Joghranvaru

text:
Joghranvaru (, also Romanized as Joghrānvārū; also known as Joghrāvārū) is a village in Talang Rural District, Talang District, Qasr-e Qand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 162, in 36 families.

References

Populated places in Qasr-e Qand County


title: Gativan

text:
Gativan (, also Romanized as Gatīvān) is a village in Talang Rural District, Talang District, Qasr-e Qand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 418, in 86 families.

References

Populated places in Qasr-e Qand County


title: Gurchari

text:
Gurchari (, also Romanized as Gūrchārī) is a village in Talang Rural District, Talang District, Qasr-e Qand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 211, in 36 families.

Cities, towns and places near Gūrchārī include Vashīn Chāt, Machī Ḩasan, Vashin Chah and Seni.

The closest major cities include Sharjah, Dubai, Karachi and Kermān.

References

Populated places in Qasr-e Qand County


title: Gazi Zehi

text:
Gazi Zehi (, also Romanized as Gazī Zehī; also known as Gaze’ī-ye Pā’īn, Gazezai, Gazī, Gaz’ī-ye Pā’īn, Gazo’ī Pā‘īn, Qārezā’ī, Qāzeh Zā’ī, Qāzeh Zāy, and Qazo‘ī Pā‘īn) is a village in Talang Rural District, Talang District, Qasr-e Qand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 90, in 26 families.

References

Populated places in Qasr-e Qand County


title: Hajji Bazar

text:
Hajji Bazar (, also Romanized as Ḩājjī Bāzār and Ḩājī Bāzār) is a village in Talang Rural District, Talang District, Qasr-e Qand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 513, in 99 families.

References

Populated places in Qasr-e Qand County


title: Emil Polit

text:
Emil Polit (born 11 October 1940) is a Polish painter known for his works on canvas and church murals. He is a portrait artist and painter of religious works which are exhibited in many churches in Poland and held in numerous collections including at the National Museum of Przemyśl, Art Exhibitions Bureau's Exhibition Center in Rzeszów, and at the Vatican.

Early life and education
Polit was born on 11 October 1940, in Zmysłówka, Poland. In 1954, he began attending the Fine Arts Preparatory Academy in Jarosław. From 1959, he studied at The Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow where he trained under Polish artist . Polit graduated with a Master of Fine Arts in painting and lithography in 1965.

Career
After graduate school, Polit settled in Rzeszów, Poland, where he was inducted into the Polish Professional Artists' Association in 1966.

In 1988, Polit began teaching at State Secondary School of Fine Arts in Rzeszów. Polit served as an artistic painting and drawing teacher until his retirement in 2006. He also served there as the chair of the art department for a number of years. He was also the director of the local chapter of the Polish Professional Artists' Association () from 1989 to 1991.

Polit's support for his community includes donating to a number of organizations through annual art auctions. Some of the more notable events are the Polish Contemporary Art Auctions coordinated through the Polish Consulate in New York City and his Indianapolis exhibits supporting public television. Others are donations to benefit the St. Albert Society in Rzeszów, where he was awarded in 2002 with the Society's recognition award for exceptional generosity and his continuing support for Children's Hospice charities of Southeastern Poland. Polit also actively supports the Catholic Charities of the Rzeszów region and other local charities.

Works
Polit initially focused on industrial art design in parallel with his lifelong pursuit of painting and drawing. Later, he transitioned to painting full-time. Among his works are the interior design of the  of Roman Catholic Diocese of Rzeszów. He designed the altar and also painted the large frescos that adorned the church's interior walls, including murals of Jesus and patron saints of the diocese, Józef Sebastian Pelczar and Karolina Kózka. Also at the cathedral is Polit's rendition of the Stations of the Cross, a traditional series of images depicting Jesus on the day of his crucifixion.

Polit's religious works can also be found in Rzeszów, Matysówka, Trzebownisko, Nowa Dęba, Sonina, Rogóżno, and Łukawiec. His secular works often draw inspiration from his personal life. He often paints self-portraits as well as portraits of his friends and family including his wife, sons and grandchildren. His portraits are depicted in intimate scenes and in a highly stylized form unique to the artist.

Awards
In 1996, Polit received the Rzeszów Heritage Award for contributions to "shaping and developing the region's art environment". In 2003, he named as the National Art Educator for his contributions to art education in Poland.

Exhibitions
Polit's work has been shown at more than 20 individual exhibitions, including:

 1980 – W. Siemaszkowa Theater, Rzeszów
 1981 and 1983 – Fine Art Studio, Holyoke, Massachusetts
 1984 – Polish Culture Festival, Springfield, Massachusetts
 2004 – Masterpiece Gallery, Indianapolis, Indiana
 1994 – Zamek Romantyczny, Łańcut
 1995 – Jubilee Painting Exhibition, Art Exhibitions Bureau, Rzeszów
 1997 – Galeria 13, Rzeszów
 1998 – Katedra, Sala Papieska, Rzeszów
 1999 – Muzeum Diecezjalne. Rzeszów
 2000 – Galeria Sztuki Współczesnej, Przemyśl
 2001 – Galeria w Podwórzu, Rzeszów
 2004 – Masterpiece Gallery, Indianapolis
 2005 – Diocese Museum, Rzeszów
 2005 – 40th Anniversary Exhibit, Art Exhibitions Bureau, Rzeszów
 2006 – Masterpiece Gallery, Indianapolis
 2008 – Masterpiece Gallery, Indianapolis

References

External links

1940 births
20th-century births
Living people
People from Leżajsk County
Polish painters
Polish male painters


title: Committee of the German Baltic Parties

text:
The Committee of the German-Baltic Parties (, ADP) was an alliance of Baltic German political parties in Latvia during the inter-war period. Its members included the German-Baltic Democratic Party, the German-Baltic Progressive Party, the German-Baltic Reform Party, the German-Baltic People's Party, the German-Baltic Integration Party, the German-Baltic State Party and the Voters Association of Mitau.

History
The alliance was established in early 1920 as a successor to the National Committee. It won six seats in the 1920 Constitutional Assembly elections. The alliance retained its six seats in the 1st Saeima in the 1922 elections, but was reduced to four seats in the 1925 elections. The alliance returned to its six-seat strength in the 3rd Saeima as a result of the 1928 elections. Following the 1931 elections (the last multi-party elections in Latvia until 1990), they had five seats in the 4th Saeima.

Members of the Saeima

References

Political parties of minorities in Latvia
Defunct political party alliances in Latvia
1920 establishments in Latvia
Political parties established in 1920
Baltic-German people
German diaspora political parties


title: Bol, Iran

text:
Bol or Bal or Bel () in Iran may refer to:
 Bol, Mazandaran, Iran
 Bol, Chabahar, Chabahar County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran
 Bal, Qasr-e Qand, Qasr-e Qand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran
 Bal-e Bala, Qasr-e Qand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran
 Bal-e Pain, Qasr-e Qand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran
 Bal, Zanjan, Iran


title: 2014 World Series of Poker

text:
The 2014 World Series of Poker is the 45th annual World Series of Poker (WSOP). It was held at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Paradise, Nevada, USA, between May 27 – July 14, 2014. There were 65 bracelet events, culminating in the $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event beginning on July 5. The November Nine concept returned for a seventh year, with the Main Event finalists returning on November 10. For the first time, the Main Event had a guaranteed $10 million first prize. The $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop was also held for the second time.

Event schedule

Source:

Player of the Year
Final standings as of October 18 (end of WSOPAP):

The Big One for One Drop

The second edition of the $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop began on June 29. The tournament drew 42 entries, 6 fewer than the first edition in 2012, creating a prize pool of more than $37,000,000. The winner of the tournament earned $15,306,668. The tournament was first conceived by Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte to benefit the One Drop Foundation, with $111,111 of each buy-in being donated to the foundation; in addition, the donation was the only rake taken from the prize pool, with the WSOP taking nothing for itself.

Results

Main Event
The $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event began on July 5 with the first of three starting days. The final table was reached on July 14, with the November Nine returning on November 10.

The Main Event attracted 6,683 entrants, creating a prize pool of $62,820,200. The top 693 finishes placed in the money, with the finalists guaranteed $730,725 and the winner earning $10,000,000.

Performance of past champions

Notably absent was 1976 and 1977 Main Event champion Doyle Brunson who reported earlier in his Twitter account he will not be attending the event since the tournament hours are too long and demand too much energy. He also stated he needed to stay home to take care of his wife who was feeling ill at the time.

This was the first time since 2002 that no previous champion cashed in the Main Event, with Huck Seed making it to Day 4, the only former champ to make it to Day 4.

Other notable high finishes
NB: This list is restricted to top 30 finishers with an existing Wikipedia entry.

November Nine
Mark Newhouse made historic back to back final tables. After finishing 9th in 2013 for $733,224 he finished 9th again for $730,725. Bruno Politano was the first Brazilian to final table the main event. He finished 8th for $947,172.
*Career statistics prior to the beginning of the 2014 Main Event.

Final Table

Records
Event #8: $1,500 Millionaire Maker No Limit Hold'em attracted 7,977 entries. It established a new record as the largest single-day starting field when 4,722 players played in Day 1a. It was also the largest non-Main Event field in WSOP history, and the second largest field overall after the 2006 Main Event.

Ronnie Bardah finished in 475th place in the Main Event, setting a new record by cashing in five consecutive Main Events. He previously finished in 24th in 2010, 453rd in 2011, 540th in 2012, and 124th in 2013.

References

External links
Official site

World Series of Poker
World Series of Poker


title: Christian Geiger

text:
Christian Geiger (born 29 March 1988) is an Australian Alpine skier, Paralympic alpine ski coach and sighted guide for visually impaired skiers. He was Jessica Gallagher's guide skier at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, winning a bronze medal. He represented Australia at the 2008 World Junior Alpine Skiing Championships and the 2009 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships, but his career was cut short when he was severely injured in a traffic collision in 2009. He became  Jessica Gallagher's sighted guide in 2013, and guided her to silver medals in women's slalom and giant slalom at the 2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup in Thredbo. Geiger was Melissa Perrine's guide and coach at the 2018 Winter Paralympics where she won two bronze medals.

Personal
Geiger was born on 29 March 1988 in St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia, but lived in Austria until he was eight. On 26 September 2009, he was involved in a car crash. The vehicle he was travelling in as a passenger slammed into a tree just   from his family's home in Bright, Victoria. He suffered severe injuries to his arm, spleen and liver as well as serious brain trauma. As a result, he was in an induced coma for a week. It took months before he could walk, talk and eat independently again. As of August 2011, he had ten operations, extensive physiotherapy and speech therapy.

Skiing
Geiger began skiing at the age of two in Austria, and made the national team in 2006. He won numerous Australian Championships during his teenage years, and represented Australia at the 2008 World Junior Alpine Skiing Championships and the 2009 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships. This changed after his 2009 accident. "I tried to get back to able bodied [competition] but couldn't quite get back to where I was, let alone where I wanted to go," he later explained, "so I had to hang it up."

In 2013, Australian Paralympic Alpine Head Coach Steve Graham asked Geiger to replace Eric Bickerton as Jessica Gallagher's sighted guide. In their first competition, the 2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup in Thredbo, New South Wales, he guided Gallagher to silver medals in women's slalom and giant slalom.

Gallagher gave an insight on taking on Geiger as a guide. She said:

Geiger was guide to Gallagher at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, where they won a bronze medal in the women's giant slalom visually impaired event. They came seventh in the women's slalom visually impaired. In 2015, he was Head Coach of Australia’s Para-Alpine skiing program.

Following Gallagher's move to para-cycling, Geiger became sighted guide to Melissa Perrine. At the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, Geiger guided Perrine to bronze medal wins in the women's super combined and giant slalom visually impaired events. The pair also placed  fourth in the slalom and fifth in the downhill and super-G visually impaired.

In November 2018, Geiger won the New South Wales Institute of Sport 7News Spirit of Sport Award, as voted by the public, for his act of generosity in flying Perrine’s family to PyeongChang, allowing them to watch her compete at the Winter Paralympics.

At the 2019 Australian Ski and Snowboard Awards, Geiger with Ryan Pearl was named Coach of the Year (Paralympic disciplines).

References

External links

1988 births
Alpine skiers at the 2014 Winter Paralympics
Alpine skiers at the 2018 Winter Paralympics
Australian male alpine skiers
Living people
Medalists at the 2014 Winter Paralympics
Medalists at the 2018 Winter Paralympics
Paralympic alpine skiers for Australia
Paralympic bronze medalists for Australia
People from the North Shore, Sydney
Skiers from Sydney
Paralympic medalists in alpine skiing
Sportsmen from New South Wales


title: Chorrak

text:
Chorrak or Chork () may refer to:
 Chorrak, Qasr-e Qand
 Chorrak, Zabol


title: Samolus ebracteatus

text:
Samolus ebracteatus, the limewater brookweed, is a plant species known to Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and to the United States (Florida, Nevada, Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Kansas and New Mexico). It is found in wetlands, including seashore salt marshes, and near springs and intermittent rivers in desert areas.

Samolus ebracteatus is a perennial herb up to 60 cm (24 inches) tall. Pinkish or white flowers are borne in a terminal raceme.

The species is quite variable, with some recognizing 5 varieties and others not recognizing any subspecific taxa.

References

ebracteatus
Flora of the United States
Flora of Mexico
Flora of Central America


title: Dansar

text:
Dansar () may refer to:
 Dansar, Nik Shahar
 Dansar, Qasr-e Qand
 Dansar, Sarbuk, Qasr-e Qand County
 Dansar Kaldan, Qasr-e Qand County


title: Dangari

text:
Dangari is a village in Saikhowa Tehsil in Tinsukia District of Assam State, India. It is located 34 km towards East from District headquarters Tinsukia. 28 km from Saikhowa. 489 km from State capital Dispur. Dangari is surrounded by Sadiya Tehsil towards North, Hapjan Tehsil towards South, Saikhowa Tehsil towards west, Namsai Tehsil towards East.

Connectivity
Dangari is connected with railway line from Tinsukia and Makum railway junctions.

References

Tinsukia
Cities and towns in Tinsukia district


title: Ally Ridgers

text:
Ally Ridgers (born 30 June 1982) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Highland Football League side, Clachnacuddin. He is the brother of fellow goalkeepers Mark and William.

References

External links
Brora Rangers F.C. player profile

1982 births
Living people
Footballers from Inverness
Elgin City F.C. players
Clachnacuddin F.C. players
Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. players
Nairn County F.C. players
Brora Rangers F.C. players
Scottish Football League players
Scottish men's footballers
Men's association football goalkeepers
Highland Football League players


title: Not Not While The Giro

text:
Not Not While the Giro is a collection of short stories by the Scottish writer James Kelman first published in 1983.

References

Scottish short story collections
Short story collections by James Kelman
1983 short story collections
Polygon Books books


title: Kal Kut

text:
Kal Kut (, also Romanized as Kāl Kūt) is a village in Talang Rural District, Talang District, Qasr-e Qand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 139, in 35 families.

References

Populated places in Qasr-e Qand County


title: Kankowr

text:
Kankowr (, also Romanized as Kānkowr) is a village in Talang Rural District, Talang District, Qasr-e Qand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 95, in 24 families.

References

Populated places in Qasr-e Qand County


title: Kadarm

text:
Kadarm (, also Romanized as Kederm; also known as Kahrād) is a village in Talang Rural District, Talang District, Qasr-e Qand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 110, in 21 families.

References

Populated places in Qasr-e Qand County


title: Kahn-e Bala, Sistan and Baluchestan

text:
Kahn-e Bala (, also Romanized as Kahn-e Bālā; also known as Kahn-e Bālā’ī, Kahn-e Barānī, and Kohan-e ‘Olyā) is a village in Sharak Rural District of Talang District, Qasr-e Qand County, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran.

At the 2006 National Census, its population was 651 in 146 households, when it was in Talang Rural District of Polan District of Chabahar County. The following census in 2011 counted 784 people in 184 households. The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 1,148 people in 339 households, by which time the rural district had been separated from the county and became a part of the newly established Qasr-e Qand County. It was the largest village in its rural district.

References

Qasr-e Qand County

Populated places in Qasr-e Qand County


title: Kahn-e Pain

text:
Kahn-e Pain (, also Romanized as Kahn-e Pā’īn and Kohan-e Pā’īn; also known as Kahan, Kahan Barānī, Kahn, Kahnak, Kahn Balūchānī, Khān, Kohan Balūchānī, Kohan Balūchī, Kohan Barātī, and Ūshāb) is a village in Talang Rural District, Talang District, Qasr-e Qand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 215, in 50 families.

References

Populated places in Qasr-e Qand County


title: Kollanzeh

text:
Kollanzeh (, also Romanized as Kollānzeh) is a village in Talang Rural District, Talang District, Qasr-e Qand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 75, in 17 families.

References

Populated places in Qasr-e Qand County


title: Kutiru

text:
Kutiru (, also Romanized as Kūtīrū; also known as Gūtīrū, Katīrdān, Kītrdān, Kotīredān, and Kūtīrd) is a village in Talang Rural District, Talang District, Qasr-e Qand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 336, in 60 families.

References

Populated places in Qasr-e Qand County


title: Lalu Bazar, Qasr-e Qand

text:
Lalu Bazar (, also Romanized as Lālū Bāzār) is a village in Talang Rural District, Talang District, Qasr-e Qand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 199, in 40 families.

References

Populated places in Qasr-e Qand County


title: Mandirow, Qasr-e Qand

text:
Mandirow (, also Romanized as Mandīrow; also known as Mānderīyū and Mānderow) is a village in Talang Rural District, Talang District, Qasr-e Qand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 490, in 92 families.

References

Populated places in Qasr-e Qand County


title: Marungaz

text:
Marungaz (, also Romanized as Mārūngaz; also known as Mārāngaz and Mārangāz) is a village in Talang Rural District, Talang District, Qasr-e Qand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 147, in 26 families.

References

Populated places in Qasr-e Qand County


title: Minab, Sistan and Baluchestan

text:
Minab (, also Romanized as Mīnāb) is a village in Talang Rural District, Talang District, Qasr-e Qand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 37, in 7 families.

References

Populated places in Qasr-e Qand County


title: Nalvad

text:
Nalvad (, also Romanized as Nālvad; also known as Nālyad) is a village in Talang Rural District, Talang District, Qasr-e Qand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 417, in 92 families.

References

Populated places in Qasr-e Qand County


title: Nowhani Bazar

text:
Nowhani Bazar (, also Romanized as Nowhānī Bāzār; also known as Nowhānī) is a village in Talang Rural District, Talang District, Qasr-e Qand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 265, in 60 families.

References

Populated places in Qasr-e Qand County


title: Shahak Bazar

text:
Shahak Bazar (, also Romanized as Shāhak Bāzār; also known as Shāhvak) is a village in Talang Rural District, Talang District, Qasr-e Qand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 262, in 49 families.

References

Populated places in Qasr-e Qand County


title: Sharag

text:
Sharag (, also Romanized as Shārag; also known as Qal‘eh-ye Shārak and Shārak) is a village in, and the capital of, Sharak Rural District of Talang District, Qasr-e Qand County, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran.

At the 2006 National Census, its population was 1,058 in 218 households, when it was in Talang Rural District of Polan District of Chabahar County. The following census in 2011 counted 701 people in 165 households. The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 942 people in 267 households, by which time the rural district had been separated from the county and became a part of the newly established Qasr-e Qand County.

References

Qasr-e Qand County

Populated places in Qasr-e Qand County


title: Sheykh Kalag

text:
Sheykh Kalag (; also known as Shey Kallak and Sheykh-e Kallak) is a village in Talang Rural District, Talang District, Qasr-e Qand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 185, in 37 families.

References

Populated places in Qasr-e Qand County


title: Shir Mohammad Bazar, Qasr-e Qand

text:
Shir Mohammad Bazar (, also Romanized as Shīr Moḩammad Bāzār) is a village in Talang Rural District, Talang District, Qasr-e Qand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 331, in 82 families.

References

Populated places in Qasr-e Qand County


title: Sonni Bazar

text:
Sonni Bazar (, also Romanized as Sonnī Bāzār and Sonnībāzār) is a village in Talang Rural District, Talang District, Qasr-e Qand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 225, in 45 families.

References

Populated places in Qasr-e Qand County


title: Sattani

text:
Sattani (, also Romanized as Sattānī; also known as Sartānī) is a village in Talang Rural District, Talang District, Qasr-e Qand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 90, in 21 families.

References

Populated places in Qasr-e Qand County


title: Shudik

text:
Shudik (, also Romanized as Shūdīk; also known as Shūdī) is a village in Talang Rural District, Talang District, Qasr-e Qand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 274, in 60 families.

References

Populated places in Qasr-e Qand County


title: Tuk Dan

text:
Tuk Dan (, also Romanized as Tūk Dān) is a village in Talang Rural District, Talang District, Qasr-e Qand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 194, in 43 families.

References

Populated places in Qasr-e Qand County


title: Vashin Chat

text:
Vashin Chat (, also Romanized as Vashīn Chāt and Vashīn Chat; also known as Vashīn Chāh) is a village in Talang Rural District, Talang District, Qasr-e Qand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 352, in 71 families.

References

Populated places in Qasr-e Qand County


title: Mahdi Tajik

text:
Mahdi Tajik (born 1981, Tehran) is an Iranian students’ activist, journalist and political prisoner. He was arrested for the first time in 2005 by the security forces. He was also arrested by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards in 2006, for founding a student activist organization. In the same year, the Revolutionary Court sentenced him to two and a half years in prison which was reduced to cash surcharge afterwards.

For the third time, Mahdi Tajik was arrested in January 2010 and transferred to the section 350 of Evin prison. He was sentenced to 27 months of prison and 30 years of prohibition from any interview, journalism, writing articles, membership and political activity in any political parties.
He also begins serving his sentence on 12 Feb 2013 and released on furlough on 05 Oct 2013.

Mahdi Tajik is an expert nuclear physicist and has a master's degree in North American Studies from  Tehran University Law School.

References

1981 births
Mass media people from Tehran
Iranian journalists
Iranian prisoners and detainees
Living people


title: Monuments (band)

text:
Monuments were founded in January 1981 in Turin, Italy. The band emerged from the new wave band Tecknospray (1978–81), where the founding members played side by side as guitarist/keyboardist and bassist/keyboardist. In the new line-up Mauro Tavella (synthesizer and programs) and Andrea Costa (synthesizer and vocals) immediately decided to dedicate themselves exclusively to electro - music. Their aim was to blend traditional pop melodies with the latest synthesized sounds.

Live

Live concerts were performed on a “synthesizers and percussion” recorded base coming from a 4-track tape player. This was normally supported by visual material (slides shows and 16mm film clips). The melodies, the main instrumental parts and vocals were always played live. The four most important tours were: Ice Age (40 dates in Piedmont and around Italy, from 1981 to 1982); Monuments from the Future (60 dates from 1983 to 1984, with 8 shows in Germany; Nite & Lite (50 dates spanning 1984 and 1985, with 10 shows in France and Belgium); Per mangiare le nuvole (about 40 dates from 1985 to 1986, including a show in which they represented new Italian music at the first Mediterranean Biennial in Barcelona (1985).
In the same years they also did some impromptu sound performances. These included "Sunset Boulevard" in 1984 during which Monuments played a two-hour improvised sound track to accompany a sunset at 2,400 meters in the Alps.

Theatre, Radio and Cinema

In 1986, Monuments decided to abandon the live set, but they held on to their synthesizers and music. In previous years they had often been commissioned to write music and now decided to return to their private studio to work on soundtracks for the theatre, radio and independent cinema.
In 1987, they pooled economic and physical resources by joining forces with Carlo Ubaldo Rossi and Andrea Lesmo to create a professional recording studios (Transeuropa Recording Studio). This new lineup mixed and produced a lot of independent music for artists such as Litfiba, Neon, Moda and others, as well as composing new material on commission.
In 1995, Monuments start working on a new live experiment, Electronìa Alchemica, which would see them working exclusively with sound (bringing the mixer on stage, too) to produce a quadraphonic concert. The show was only performed in a few select venues and then dropped.

Crisis

In 2002, the duo agreed to have a break. Mauro Tavella devoted his time to working as technical director and occasional producer on projects for Africa Unite (Italian reggae band) and also worked as a freelance in many different recording studios in the city. Andrea Costa worked on a few experimental solo projects and also began providing technical and artistic support for fashion shows and conventions.

The recent history

In 2006, the story seemed all  over when Costa and Tavella felt like giving it another go. They rekindled the Monument project by inviting the singer/composer Marino Paire to work with them. They had already collaborated with him over the years in parallel experiences. Marino Paire should have joined the lineup in 1986, but the change in direction of the duo placed the idea on the back burner.
In 2007 Anna Logue Records contacted them to discuss reissuing some of the old material and some previously unheard tracks. This resulted in XXVII coming out at the beginning of 2008. This CD is an anthology containing the best of the group’s early years (1981–84). The first ever piece by the duo, Die Denkmäler (1981), was specially rearranged for the occasion in a more modern guise, and represents a crossover point towards their most recent work.
Between 2008 and 2010 Monuments tested the new line-up in Turin with an improvised live performance (Electronìa Alchemica 2). They also reinterpreted some pieces by Mozart for a live performance by Italian artist Maurizio Vetrugno. They produced an  multimedia installation called Up/Down for a contemporary art exhibition. At the same time, a number of compilations came out on the market containing tracks by Monuments.
In 2012 Marino Paire leaves the band and Andrea Costa and Mauro Tavella continue to work together. A new album will be released in a short time.

Discography

 Albums

 Body section (vinyl) A.A.V.V.  Electric Eye (1983)
 Age (vinyl) Discordie (1984)
 Labyrinthus NP (1986)
 A est di Benù NP (1991)
 Body section (CD) A.A.V.V. Spittle Records (2007)
 XXVII Anna Logue Records (2008)
 Torino Reloaded (vinyl) A.A.V.V. Traffic Festival (2009)
 Danza Meccanica A.A.V.V. Mannequin Records (2009)
 Fifth Anniversary A.A.V.V.  Anna Logue Records (2010)
 New wave italiana A.A.V.V. Spittle Records (2011)
 Fifth Anniversary A.A.V.V.  Mannequin Records (2012)
 Age + bonus tracks (vinyl) Mannequin Records (2013)

 Soundtracks (Radio and Theatre)

 Il teppista stellare RAI Italian Radio (1985)
 Oltre Plutone RAI Italian Radio (1986)
 Sculacciando la cameriera Arco Theatre Company (1987)
 La danza della rabbia Sosta Palmizi (1989)
 Notti rosse RAI Italian Radio (1991)
 Il mulino magico RAI Italian Radio (1994)
 Quaderni di Banna Banna Art Foundation (2005–2014)

 Television theme tunes

 Tu mi senti Torino RAI Italian Radio (1985)
 Pronto Polizia Mediaset (1991)
 Pronto intervento Mediaset (1993)
 Intervalli Europei RAI Italian TV (1995)
 Italiani brava gente RAI Italian TV (1996)

Important
There are three bands that are called Monuments with an official record production:
 Monuments (Italy) – this page – (1981 – in activity)
 Monuments (USA) – (2001 – in activity)
 Monuments (UK) – (2009 – in activity)

References

External links

 Monuments interviews from redbull music academy

Musical groups established in 1981
Italian new wave musical groups
Italian synthpop groups
Italian electronic music groups
Neoclassical dark wave musical groups
Italian dark wave musical groups


title: Nakagusuku Hotel ruins

text:
The , also known as the Royal Hotel or , is an abandoned, unfinished hotel in Kitanakagusuku, Okinawa. It sits no more than 50 meters from the walls of Nakagusuku Castle. As of May 2020, the hotel has been fully demolished.

Background

It is believed to have been built by a wealthy businessman from Naha in order to take advantage of the 1975 Okinawa Ocean Exposition. The hill directly South of Nakagusuku Castle was chosen as the construction site because of the view of both the Pacific Ocean and the East China Sea. There were warnings given by monks from a nearby Buddhist temple that the site was home to numerous graves and sacred sites, but they were initially ignored. After many construction accidents, the workers refused to finish the complex as they felt that the place was cursed. The businessman tried to prove the place was not cursed by spending a night at the unfinished hotel only to go completely mad the next day and disappeared soon after. It now sits empty and overgrown by vegetation.

Name
The hotel's most common name in Japanese is written as 中城高原ホテル跡 (Nakagusuku Takahara/Kogen Hotel site). The name is less of a name and more of a description. 高原 can be pronounced as either Takahara or Kōgen, the latter meaning plateau. An alternative name, Royal Hotel, is the supposed name that the builder intended for it, and is evidenced by the faded word "Royal" painted above the entrance.

References

External links
http://gpzagogo.s8.xrea.com/nakagusukuhotel.html

Buildings and structures completed in 1975
Buildings and structures in Okinawa Prefecture
Unfinished buildings and structures


title: Athletics at the 2001 Summer Universiade – Men's high jump

text:
The men's high jump event at the 2001 Summer Universiade was held at the Workers Stadium in Beijing, China on 27–29 August.

Medalists

Results

Qualification

Final

References

Athletics at the 2001 Summer Universiade
2001


title: Jitka Landová

text:
Jitka Landová (born 20 July 1990 in Jablonec nad Nisou) is a former Czech biathlete, AND a double Winter Universiade winner in the mass start competition. She competed at the Biathlon World Championships 2012 in Ruhpolding and at the Biathlon World Championships 2013 in Nové Město na Moravě. She competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. Her best result here was 3rd place in relay, shared with her Czech teammates Eva Puskarčíková, Gabriela Soukalová and Veronika Vítková. Apart from that, she also competed in sprint, pursuit and individual.

References

1990 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Jablonec nad Nisou
Biathletes at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Czech female biathletes
Olympic biathletes for the Czech Republic
Universiade medalists in biathlon
FISU World University Games gold medalists for the Czech Republic
Universiade bronze medalists for the Czech Republic
Competitors at the 2013 Winter Universiade
Competitors at the 2015 Winter Universiade


title: Bina (missile)

text:
Bina () is an Iranian laser guided dual-capability surface-to-surface and air-to-surface missile.

History
It was successfully tested by Iranian military on February 10, 2014, according to Janes and Reuters. It appears to be an AGM-65 Maverick air-to-ground missile with a semi-active laser (SAL) seeker fitted to its nose.

Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan said the ballistic missile had radar-evading capabilities.  "The new generation of long-range ground-to-ground ballistic missile with a fragmentation warhead and the laser-guided air-to-surface and surface-to-surface missile dubbed Bina (Insightful) have been successfully test-fired. The Bina missile is capable of striking important targets such as bridges, tanks and enemy command centres with great precision."

References

Islamic Republic of Iran Army
Guided missiles of Iran
Surface-to-surface missiles of Iran
Air-to-surface missiles of Iran


title: Minab (disambiguation)

text:
Minab is a city in Hormozgan Province, Iran.

Minab () may also refer to:
 Minab, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari
 Minab, Sistan and Baluchestan
 Minab County, in Hormozgan Province

See also
 Mosques and Imams National Advisory Board (MINAB)


title: 2004 Multan bombing

text:
The 2004 Multan bombing was a car bombing that took place in Multan, Punjab, Pakistan on October 7, 2004. The death toll was reported at 41 and the number of injured was close to 100.

Day of the attack
Top leaders of the banned outfit Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan along with Ahl-i-Sunnat-Wal Jamaat had organized a meeting to mourn the death of  Amjad Hussain Farooqi. The meeting began on 10:30 pm on Wednesday after Isha prayers, and it ran till 4:15 am on Thursday morning. The bomb blast took place as the people were leaving the meeting venue at Rashidabad neighbourhood.

Incident
Ahl-i-Sunnat-Wal Jamaat had gathered a crowd of 2000 for a meeting when the attack happened around 4:30 am. The bomb, according to Interior Minister Aftab Khan Sherpao was remote-controlled and was placed inside of a Suzuki car. Eyewitnesses reported that they heard two blasts with a 20-second interval. Besides killing innocent civilians the bomb also damaged some nearby buildings and left puddles of blood and human flesh scattered around. Two minutes after the first explosion, another blast went off. According to reports this bomb was attached to a motorcycle.

Aftermath

After the attack the Pakistani police were deployed to the site amid the attacks from protestors who burned tires, damaged windscreens, and attacked two ambulances. The blast left a one and half foot crater at ground zero. After the blast most of shops in the area closed down and people from started gathering to protest. Some of them pelleted passing vehicles with stones and chanted slogans against the government for failure to provide security to its citizens.

Later on the police arrested Irfan Ali Shah who was eventually found guilty on 40 counts of terrorism for masterminding the double bombing and was sentenced to death in 2006.

References

2004 murders in Pakistan
2000s crimes in Punjab, Pakistan
2000s trials
2004 bombing
21st-century mass murder in Pakistan
Attacks on buildings and structures in 2004
Attacks on buildings and structures in Punjab, Pakistan
Car and truck bombings in Pakistan
2004 bombing
Improvised explosive device bombings in 2004
Improvised explosive device bombings in Punjab, Pakistan
Mass murder in 2004
Mass murder in Punjab, Pakistan
Massacres in Pakistan
Murder trials
October 2004 crimes
October 2004 events in Pakistan
Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2004
Trials in Pakistan


title: Gergely Gaal

text:
Gergely Gaal (born 3 June 1977) is a Hungarian educator and politician, member of the National Assembly (MP) from Fidesz–KDNP Pest County Regional List from 2013 to 2014 and from National List between 2017 and 2018.

Gaal joined Fidesz in 2004 and KDNP in 2006. He was elected deputy mayor of Solymár in the 2010 local elections. He became MP from the party's Pest County Regional List in March 2013, replacing László Salamon, who was appointed a member of the Constitutional Court of Hungary, as a result he resigned on 24 February 2013. Gaal was elected a member of the Committee of National Cohesion on 4 March 2013 and Committee on Youth, Social, Family and Housing Affairs on 10 June 2013.

He was elected MP again on 18 September 2017, replacing György Rubovszky, who died in office in June 2017. Gaal  was appointed Ministerial Commissioner within the Prime Minister's Office responsible for the coordination and promotion of settlement development programs at the local level and from domestic sources on 10 December 2020.

References

1977 births
Living people
Hungarian educators
Fidesz politicians
Christian Democratic People's Party (Hungary) politicians
Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2010–2014)
Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2014–2018)
Politicians from Budapest


title: Sar Tap

text:
Sar Tap () may refer to:
 Sar Tap, Iranshahr
 Sartap, Sarbuk, Qasr-e Qand County


title: Quechee Gorge

text:
The Quechee Gorge is located in Quechee, Vermont along U.S. Route 4. The gorge is 165 feet deep and is the deepest gorge in Vermont. It serves as a popular tourist attraction in Quechee State Park and can be viewed from the U.S. Route 4 bridge and from trails on both sides of the gorge.  Many people from around New England flock to the gorge for the views.  The Ottauquechee River flows through the bottom of the gorge and is a popular whitewater kayak run.

Geology
The gorge was carved approximately 13,000 years ago as the Laurentide Ice Sheet retreated across the region. The carving is thought to be a result of rapid downcutting of the Ottauquechee River after the drainage of glacial Lake Hitchcock. The gorge cuts through bedrock of the Devonian Gile Mountain Formation and Mesozoic mafic dikes can be seen on the west wall.

References
The National Geological Society, Vol. 12 2009.

External links

 Geology of Vermont  Quechee Gorge, Hartford, VT (VGS)

Canyons and gorges of Vermont
Landforms of Windsor County, Vermont
U.S. Route 4


title: Don't Drive Here

text:
Don't Drive Here was a reality television series. It aired on Discovery Channel Canada and was hosted by Andrew Younghusband. The series was a follow-up to Canada's Worst Driver.  In August 2015, it was announced that the show had not been renewed for a third season. The show was replaced first by How Hard Can It Be?, then by Tougher Than It Looks, expanding on the challenges of driving to the challenge of doing things.

Each one-hour episode featured Younghusband in a different country completing driving challenges in one of "the world's worst driving cities", with the ultimate goal of learning to drive better than a local professional driver. Cities featured in the first season of the show included Delhi, India; Bangkok, Thailand; Mexico City, Mexico; Manila, Philippines; Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia; and Lima, Peru. Cities featured in the second season included Nairobi, Kenya; Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; Port-au-Prince, Haiti; La Paz, Bolivia; Rome, Italy; and São Paulo, Brazil.

Don't Drive Here was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award for Best Factual Program in 2014.

A reviewer for the Winnipeg Free Press called the show "this week's most white-knuckle-inducing, terrifying television…undoubtedly one of the most stressful hours of prime-time programming you'll encounter this or any other season".

See also
Jeremy Clarkson's Motorworld

References

External links

 Don't Drive Here at Bell Media

2010s Canadian reality television series
Discovery Channel (Canada) original programming
Television series by Proper Television
2013 Canadian television series debuts
2015 Canadian television series endings


title: Dan Baer

text:
Daniel Brooks Baer (born January 6, 1977) is an American politician and former diplomat from Colorado currently serving as Senior Vice President for Policy Research at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Baer served in the Obama administration's State Department, first as a Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor from 2009 to 2013, and then as United States Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe from 2013 to 2017. In 2018, Governor John Hickenlooper appointed Baer as the executive director of the Colorado Department of Higher Education.

Early life and education
Baer is a native of Colorado. He graduated from Harvard University with a degree in social studies and African American studies and was then a Marshall Scholar at Oxford University, where he earned master's and doctoral degrees in international relations.

Consulting, academic, and diplomatic career

From 2004 to 2007, Baer worked at the Boston Consulting Group as project leader.

He was then an Assistant Professor of Strategy, Economics, Ethics, and Public Policy at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University. He then joined the United States Department of State, where he was Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor from November 23, 2009 to September 10, 2013. From 2013 to 2017, Baer was the United States Ambassador for the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe.

Colorado politics
In July 2017, Baer announced that he was running in the Democratic primary for the U.S. House seat for Colorado's 7th congressional district, held by Democrat Ed Perlmutter, who initially did not file to run for re-election in 2018. The district covers portions of Jefferson and Adams counties. Baer withdrew from the race after Perlmutter announced that he would seek reelection.

From 2017 to 2018, Baer was a diplomat-in-residence at the University of Denver's Josef Korbel School of International Affairs. In May 2018 Baer was appointed by Governor John Hickenlooper to serve as Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Higher Education.

In April 2019, Baer announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate seat held by Cory Gardner in the 2020 election. Baer entered the primary with a field of nine Democratic candidates seeking the party's nomination, running against John F. Walsh, Andrew Romanoff, Mike Johnston, Ellen Burnes, Alice Madden, and others. In September 2019, Baer dropped out of the primary and endorsed John Hickenlooper, who entered the race after ending his 2020 U.S. presidential bid.

Personal life
Baer is openly gay; in August 2014, he married his longtime partner Brian Walsh.

See also
List of LGBT ambassadors of the United States
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

References

External links

1977 births
21st-century American LGBT people
Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
McDonough School of Business faculty
Harvard College alumni
Gay diplomats
American gay men
Living people
LGBT ambassadors of the United States
LGBT people from Colorado
Marshall Scholars
Colorado Democrats
Candidates in the 2020 United States Senate elections


title: Miltochrista linga

text:
Miltochrista linga is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Frederic Moore in 1860. It is found in the north-western Himalayas and Sikkim.

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linga
Moths described in 1860
Moths of Asia


title: Miltochrista maculifasciata

text:
Miltochrista maculifasciata is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1894. It is found in Myanmar.

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maculifasciata
Moths described in 1894
Moths of Asia


title: Bazar Ahmad Sanjar

text:
Bazar Ahmad Sanjar (, also Romanized as Bāzār Aḩmad Sanjar) is a village in Kambel-e Soleyman Rural District, in the Central District of Chabahar County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 86, in 20 families.

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Populated places in Chabahar County


title: Dambdaf

text:
Dambdaf (; also known as Dambdaf-e Shafīʿ Moḩammad, Dambadāb, Dambdāb, Dambdab, Dambodāb, and Dambodad) is a village in Kambel-e Soleyman Rural District, in the Central District of Chabahar County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 571, in 97 families.

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Populated places in Chabahar County


title: Dambdaf-e Miran

text:
Dambdaf-e Miran (, also Romanized as Dambdaf-e Mīrān) is a village in Kambel-e Soleyman Rural District, in the Central District of Chabahar County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 106, in 16 families.

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Populated places in Chabahar County


title: Dambdaf-e Moradi

text:
Dambdaf-e Moradi (, also Romanized as Dambdaf-e Morādī) is a village in Kambel-e Soleyman Rural District, in the Central District of Chabahar County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 242, in 38 families.

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Populated places in Chabahar County


title: Dambdaf-e Osman

text:
Dambdaf-e Osman (, also Romanized as Dambdaf-e ʿOs̄mān) is a village in Kambel-e Soleyman Rural District, in the Central District of Chabahar County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 250, in 43 families.

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Populated places in Chabahar County


title: Gu, Chabahar

text:
Gu (, also Romanized as Gū; also known as Gao, Gaow, Gaū, Gāv, and Gāveh) is a village in Kambel-e Soleyman Rural District, in the Central District of Chabahar County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 155, in 33 families.

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Populated places in Chabahar County


title: Gowmazi Kowsar

text:
Gowmazi Kowsar (, also Romanized as Gowmāzī Kows̄ar) is a village in Kambel-e Soleyman Rural District, in the Central District of Chabahar County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 47, in 7 families.

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Populated places in Chabahar County


title: Gowmazi Sanjar

text:
Gowmazi Sanjar (, also Romanized as Gowmāzī Sanjar; also known as Gowmāzī) is a village in Kambel-e Soleyman Rural District, in the Central District of Chabahar County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 149, in 22 families.

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Populated places in Chabahar County