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Slight or slights may refer to: * A snub or an insult, an intentional discourtesy * Slighting, the deliberate destruction of a fortification to reduce its value Arts and entertainment * ''Slights'' (novel) (2009), a horror novel by Kaaron Warren * "Slight", a song from the 2002 hip hop album ''Circle'' by Boom Bip and Doseone People * Aaron Slight (born 1966), former professional motorcycle road racer * * * George Henry Slight (1859–1934), Scottish engineer * Jim Slight (1855–1930), Australian cricketer * John Slight, Scottish lawn bowler * Other * Slights, Michigan, a ghost town in Blair Township, Grand Traverse County See also * Sleight (other) * Slite Slite is a locality situated in Gotland Municipality, Gotland County, on the island of Gotland, Sweden with 1,500 inhabitants in 2014. Geography Slite is situated on the northern east coast of Gotland. The town is divided by the Sjuströmmar in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snub
A snub, cut, or slight is a refusal to recognise an acquaintance by ignoring them, avoiding them or pretending not to know them. For example, a failure to greet someone may be considered a snub. In awards and lists For awards, the term "snub" is usually used to refer to a work or person that fails to be nominated or win award, with whether or not a person or work was legitimately snubbed for an award has often been subject for public debate. The term "snub" has also been used in relation to lists, such as the NBA 75th Anniversary Team. Many notable people and works have failed to be nominated or win a major award. For example, Alfred Hitchcock and Stanley Kubrick never won best director at the Oscars despite being nominated five and four times respectively, and Glenn Close, Peter O'Toole, Deborah Kerr, Sigourney Weaver and Cicely Tyson have never won an Oscar related to acting despite each having multiple nominations. Among films, ''Citizen Kane,'' '' E.T. the Extra-Terres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Insult
An insult is an expression, statement, or behavior that is often deliberately disrespectful, offensive, scornful, or derogatory towards an individual or a group. Insults can be intentional or unintentional, and they often aim to belittle, offend, or humiliate the target. While insults may sometimes include factual information, such information is typically presented in a pejorative manner, intended to provoke a negative emotional response or to socially undermine or discredit the target. Insults can also be made unintentionally or in a playful way, but these can, in some cases, also have unintended negative impacts and effects. Insults can have varying impacts, effects, and meanings depending on intent, use, recipient's understanding of the meaning, intent behind the action or words, and social setting and social norms, including cultural references and meanings. History In ancient Rome, political speeches and debates were known to include strong harshness and personal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slighting
Slighting is the deliberate damage of high-status buildings to reduce their value as military, administrative, or social structures. This destruction of property is sometimes extended to the contents of buildings and the surrounding landscape. It is a phenomenon with complex motivations and was often used as a tool of control. Slighting spanned cultures and periods, with especially well-known examples from the English Civil War in the 17th century. Meaning and use Slighting is the act of deliberately damaging a high-status building, especially a castle or fortification, which could include its contents and the surrounding area. The first recorded use of the word ''slighting'' to mean a form of destruction was in 1613. Castles are complex structures combining military, social, and administrative uses, and the decision to slight them took these various roles into account. The purpose of slighting was to reduce the value of the building, whether military, social, or administrative. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slights (novel)
''Slights'' is a 2009 Horror fiction, horror novel by Australian writer Kaaron Warren. It is her debut novel and is about a woman who withdraws from society and has near-death experiences in which she enters a dark room where she is tormented by people she had previously slighted. It was first published as a paperback, paperback original and e-book in the United Kingdom and Australia in July 2009 by Angry Robot, an offshoot of HarperCollins, and in the United States by Angry Robot in September 2010. In general ''Slights'' was well received by critics, and went on to win the 2009 Australian Shadows Award for Best Long Fiction, and the 2010 Australian Ditmar Award for Best Novel. Plot ''Slights'' is a first-person narrative by a troubled woman, Stevie, who lost her father when she was nine, and her mother when she was 18. Her father, a police officer, was killed during a mysterious shooting incident on the job, and her mother died when Stevie crashed their car while driving reckl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Circle (Boom Bip And Doseone Album)
''Circle'' is a collaborative studio album by Boom Bip & Doseone. It was originally released via Mush Records on August 1, 2000. In Europe, it was re-released via The Leaf Label on May 27, 2002. Critical reception Kingsley Marshall of AllMusic gave the album 4.5 stars out of 5, saying, "Boom's otherworldly production and sense of the epic match the rapid-fire delivery of Dose blow for blow -- though occasionally the lyrics come so quickly that lines have to be spun simultaneously through different speakers." Thomas Quinlan of ''Exclaim!'' called it "one of the greatest contemporary hip-hop albums". ''The New York Times'' included it on the year-end "Worthwhile Albums Most People Missed" list. In 2010, Ali Maloney of '' The Skinny'' described the album as "a critical textbook for anyone with delusions of performance poetry." In 2011, Blake Gillespie of '' Impose'' said, "''Circle'' remains one of the most daring and challenging records from the early Aughts, predating Anticon's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aaron Slight
Aaron Tony Slight (born 19 January 1966) is a New Zealand former professional motorcycle road racing, road racer. He competed in the Superbike World Championships from to , finishing second in the championship twice and third four times. He later competed in auto racing, car racing and was a television presenter for AA Torque, a motoring show on New Zealand television. Motorcycle racing career Born in Masterton, New Zealand, Slight was Australian Superbike racing, Superbike Champion in 1991, before spending most of the 1990s racing in the Superbike World Championship, amassing 87 podiums, 13 wins and 8 pole. For many years he was the only rider to win the Suzuka 8 Hours race for three consecutive years, having done so in 1993–1995. This feat has been repeated only recently by multiple Japanese Superbike Champion Katsuyuki Nakasuga in 2015–2018. Although Nakasuga was only declared a winner in 2018 due to being part of the three rider team (with Sam Lowes and Michael Van Der ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Henry Slight
George Henry Slight (30 September 1859 – 26 June 1934) was a Scottish engineer who established the Chilean lighthouse service. Early years Slight, the son of George Slight and Elizabeth Marshall, grew up in Edinburgh in an engineering family. After an apprenticeship as a mechanical engineer, he worked on the steamers plying the route between Britain and India. He subsequently worked for several years with Trinity House, which was responsible for the lighthouse service in England and Wales. Chile In 1893 Slight was recruited by the Chilean ambassador in London, Agustin Ross, who had been ordered by the President of Chile, Jorge Montt, to find someone suitable to establish a system of lighthouses in the country. Slight's first task on arrival in Chile was to build a lighthouse on the Evangelistas Islets at the western entrance to the Strait of Magellan in the southern part of the country, which he accomplished when the Evangelistas Lighthouse was completed in 1896. Sli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Slight
James Slight (20 October 1855 – 9 December 1930) was an Australian cricketer who played in one Test match in 1880. Slight played first-class cricket as a batsman for Victoria from 1874 to 1888, but was never able to replicate at state level his heavy scoring for South Melbourne, where his score of 279 in 1882–83 is still the club record. He toured England in 1880 with the Australian team and played in the first Test to be held in England, but his tour was marred by illness. Slight was also a leading Australian rules footballer for South Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football Association The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in Australia operated by the Australian Football League (AFL) as a second-tier, regional, semi-professional competition. It includes teams from clubs based in east ... (VFA) as well as a field umpire, who, in 1879, umpired the first ever interstate Australian rules match.Atkinson, p. 184. Refe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Slight
John Slight is a retired Scottish international lawn bowler. Bowls career He won a silver medal in the fours at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh with Alex McIntosh, Norman Pryde and David Pearson. He also won the Scottish National Bowls Championships The Scottish National Bowls Championships is one of the oldest bowls competitions in the world. In 1892, James Brown of Sanquhar Bowling Club and Dr Clark of the Partick Bowling Club formed the Scottish Bowls Association and organised the first ... fours title (with McIntosh, Pryde and Pearson) in 1968. References Living people Scottish male bowls players Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Scotland Bowls players at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games Year of birth missing (living people) Medallists at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists in lawn bowls {{UK-bowls-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slights, Michigan
Blair Township ( ) is a civil township of Grand Traverse County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the township had a population of 8,994, an increase from 8,209 at the 2010 census. The township lies about south of Traverse City, the largest city in Northern Michigan. Because of this proximity, much of the north of Blair Township is developed, especially within the township-administered communities of Chums Corner and Grawn, while much of the south of the township is rural in nature. Blair Township is the location of Turtle Creek Stadium, the home stadium for the Traverse City Pit Spitters, a collegiate summer baseball team. History The territory of Blair Township has historically been part of territory under the Council of Three Fires (Odawa, Ojibwe, and Potawatomi). In 1853, Traverse Township was organized, and comprised all of Grand Traverse County excluding the Old Mission Peninsula. In April 1867, Blair Township was organized from the section o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sleight (other)
''Sleight'' is a 2016 American science fiction drama film. Sleight may refer to: * Brinley D. Sleight (1835–1913), American newspaper editor and politician * George Sleight (1853–1921), English trawler owner * Karl J. Sleight (born 1962), US attorney * Rebecca Sleight (born 1974), English singer who performs under the stage name Berri See also * Sleight of hand Sleight of hand (also known as prestidigitation or ''legerdemain'' () comprises fine motor skills used by performing artists in different art forms to entertain or manipulate. It is closely associated with close-up magic, card magic, card fl ..., referring to fine motor skills used by magicians and others * Slight (other) {{disambiguation, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
