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Haft (other)
Haft may refer to: People * Al Haft (1886–1976), professional and amateur wrestler, wrestling and boxing promoter and wrestling trainer * Harry Haft (1925–2007), Polish World War II concentration camp inmate forced to box other inmates, the losers being executed * Herbert Haft (1920-2004), American businessman, father of Robert Haft * Linal Haft (born 1945), English actor * Robert Haft (20th century), American businessman * Sam Haft (born 1989), American singer, songwriter, and voice actor * Sofia Rose Haft, American technology executive * Steven Haft (born 1949), American film producer, attorney, and media executive Other uses * Haft, another name for the hilt of a weapon * Haft, the shaft or handle of an arrow, axe, or spear * The narrow constricted part of the standards (petals) and falls (sepals) of the iris flower * Haft, Iran, a village in Razavi Khorasan Province See also *Hafting Hafting is a process by which an Artifact (archaeology), artifact, often made ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Haft
Albert C. Haft (November 13, 1886 – 10 November 1976) was a wrestler (both professional and amateur), wrestling and boxing promoter and wrestling trainer who was a prominent promoter in the United States from the late 1910s until the 1960s, running his operations primarily from Columbus, Ohio. He founded the Midwest Wrestling Association and was one of the founding members of the National Wrestling Alliance in 1948. Haft's was originally the manager and booker of John Pesek, who would go on to become World Heavyweight Champion. He was also involved in amateur wrestling and was the head wrestling coach at the Ohio State University, leading "The Buckeyes" to their first team title in 1923. He also holds the Ohio State Second-Year Coaching Record to this day. Career Professional wrestling in-ring career (1917-19) In his early life, Haft was an in-ring competitor in professional wrestling, entering the ring in 1917 and competing under the ring name Young Gotch. He competed sporadi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Haft
Harry Haft (July 28, 1925 – November 3, 2007) also known as Herschel Haft, was a survivor of the Auschwitz concentration camp where he boxed fellow inmates to survive, the losers being executed. He was briefly a professional boxer in post-war Germany, and boxed as a light heavyweight in the United States from 1948–1949. Early life Born in Bełchatów, Poland on 28 July 1925, he was three years old when his father died. In 1939, when he was 14, Haft witnessed the invasion and German occupation of Poland. Under Nazi occupation, he ran a smuggling business with his older brother. Deportation to Auschwitz By 1942, because he was Jewish, Haft was imprisoned in several German-Nazi slave labor camps where he was beaten and starved. Because of his strong physical stature, by 1943 an SS overseer trained him to be a boxer, and had him compete at fights to the death in front of the military personnel. The fights took place at the concentration camp Jaworzno, which was situated a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Haft
Herbert H. Haft (August 24, 1920 – September 1, 2004) was an American businessman who was famous first for the development of discount stores in the drug store, bookstore, and auto part businesses in Washington, D.C., and later as a corporate raider. Early life and education Haft was born to a Jewish family in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of an immigrant pharmacist from Russia. His family moved to Washington D.C. where he graduated from Central High School. He earned a B.S. in pharmacy from George Washington University. Career After school, Haft worked as a pharmacist at a local drug store. In 1955, he and his wife, cosmetician Gloria Haft, opened the first drug discount store, Dart Drug in the Adams Morgan neighborhood of Washington, D.C. He quickly ran into problems as consumer goods wholesalers and pharmaceutical distributors refused to sell to him because his prices were lower than their other customers. Haft unsuccessfully sued until Parke-Davis - at the time one of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linal Haft
Linal Haft (born 23 March 1945) is an English actor, best known for playing controlling or manipulative characters in both film and television, most notably his role as businessman Harry Gold in the popular BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' from 2010 to 2011. He is sometimes credited as Lionel Haft. Biography Haft made his acting debut in an episode of ''Homicide'' as Harry Bruce in 1968. He went on to play his second role later the same year, as Adams in an episode of '' Contrabandits''. From 1968 to 1978, he had many more roles, including Curly in an episode of '' Riptide'' (1969); Don in an episode of ''The Squirrels'' (1976); as the blackmailer and hard-man Brian Frederick Fischer in ''The Sweeney'' episode ''"Money, Money, Money"'' (1977) and as Cookson in two episodes of ''Armchair Thriller'' (1978). He appeared as Monty Fish in the second series of ITV's post-war comedy drama '' Shine on Harvey Moon'' in 1982. Haft also appeared in an episode of Dempsey and Makepeace. He ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Haft
Robert Michael Haft is an entrepreneur, primarily in health care, and became a household name in the Washington, D.C., Chicago, San Francisco, Houston, and Los Angeles markets for his Crown Books television commercial tagline, "Books cost too much, so I opened Crown Books. Now you'll never pay full price again." Education Haft earned a B.S. in economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1974. He simultaneously earned an MBA from Harvard Business School as well as a master's degree from Harvard's School of Design. Dart Group Based on a thesis he wrote in business school, Haft founded Crown Books, a discount book chain and a subsidiary of the Dart Group, in 1977 after traveling around the country for five months learning about the book business. His father, Herbert Haft, funded the initiative. In 1979, he and his father founded a discount automotive chain called Trak Auto, which sold auto parts and accessories such as mufflers, batteries, pressure ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Haft
The Living Tombstone (TLT) is an electronic rock group and YouTube channel, originally created in 2011 by Israeli-American recording producer Yoav Landau and later including American singer Sam Haft in 2020 as a musical duo. The group is notable for their songs and music videos based on video games and pop culture media, such as the ''Five Nights at Freddy's'' series, ''Overwatch'' and ''My Little Pony'', as well as original music. Signed to Warner Music, they have released two studio albums, ''Zero One'' (2020) and ''Rust'' (2025). Several of their songs have garnered online popularity, and they have been credited with spawning various internet memes. In addition to their music videos, they have created music for the video games '' In Sound Mind'', '' Beat Saber'', and have created the video game ''AudioClash: Battle of the Bands''. Music publication ''NME'' has referred to them as "the internet's biggest gaming band". Career Background The Living Tombstone was founded by L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sofia Rose Haft
Sofia Rose Haft (born Sofia Rose Gross) is an American technology executive. Early life Haft received her bachelor's degree from the University of Chicago, where she was the captain of the varsity swimming and diving team. She later completed the Technology and Democracy Fellowship at Harvard Kennedy School where she focused how companies could increase voter turnout. Career She worked for a Washington, D.C.-based nonpartisan think tank, the McCain Institute. Haft joined Snap Inc. in 2015. She worked at Snap Inc. for over 7 years and held various positions including News Editor, Public Policy Manager and Head of Social Impact, among others. She is a Public Affairs Officer in the U.S. Navy Reserve. She has been the director of communication at Anduril Industries Anduril Industries, Inc. is an American defense technology company that specializes in autonomous systems. It was cofounded in 2017 by inventor and entrepreneur Palmer Luckey and others. Anduril aims to se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven Haft
Steven Haft is an American media executive, attorney and film producer. Biography Haft was born in Manhattan and raised in Flushing, Queens, the son of Helen (''née'' Urdang) and Nathan "Nuddy" Haft. He is a graduate of Hofstra University School of Law and is a member of the bar of the U. S. Supreme Court. After studying, Haft produced films for over 20 years including ''Jakob the Liar'' and ''Dead Poets Society''. In 2000, he accepted a position with AOL as vice president and chief strategy officer for its $1.2 billion in sales Interactive Marketing Group. He left AOL to found the media consultancy company Indyworks, which focuses on the impact of emerging technologies on media. His clients included Comcast Cable, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the College Television Network, AirMedia, Edelman and Burson-Marstellar. He is the senior vice president of innovation for the magazine publisher Time Inc. Philanthropy and civic service Haft has been involved in environm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilt
The hilt (rarely called a haft or shaft) is the handle of a knife, dagger, sword, or bayonet, consisting of a guard, grip, and pommel. The guard may contain a crossguard or quillons. A tassel or sword knot may be attached to the guard or pommel. Pommel The pommel ( Anglo-Norman "little apple") is an enlarged fitting at the top of the handle. They were originally developed to prevent the sword from slipping from the hand. From around the 11th century in Europe, they became heavy enough to be a counterweight to the blade. This gave the sword a point of balance not too far from the hilt, allowing a more fluid fighting style. Depending on sword design and swordsmanship style, the pommel may also be used to strike the opponent (e.g. using the Mordhau technique). Pommels have appeared in a wide variety of shapes, including oblate spheroids, crescents, disks, wheels, and animal or bird heads. They are often engraved or inlayed with various designs and occasionally gilt and moun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arrow
An arrow is a fin-stabilized projectile launched by a bow. A typical arrow usually consists of a long, stiff, straight shaft with a weighty (and usually sharp and pointed) arrowhead attached to the front end, multiple fin-like stabilizers called fletchings mounted near the rear, and a slot at the rear end called a nock for engaging the bowstring. A container or bag carrying additional arrows for convenient reloading is called a quiver. The use of bows and arrows by humans predates recorded history and is common to most cultures. A craftsman who makes arrows is a fletcher, and one who makes arrowheads is an arrowsmith.Paterson ''Encyclopaedia of Archery'' p. 56 History The oldest evidence of likely arrowheads, dating to years ago, were found in Sibudu Cave, current South Africa.Backwell L, d'Errico F, Wadley L.(2008). Middle Stone Age bone tools from the Howiesons Poort layers, Sibudu Cave, South Africa. Journal of Archaeological Science, 35:1566–1580. Backwell L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spear
A spear is a polearm consisting of a shaft, usually of wood, with a pointed head. The head may be simply the sharpened end of the shaft itself, as is the case with Fire hardening, fire hardened spears, or it may be made of a more durable material fastened to the shaft, such as bone, flint, obsidian, copper, bronze, iron, or steel. The most common design for hunting and/or warfare, since modern times has incorporated a metal spearhead shaped like a triangle, lozenge (shape), diamond, or Glossary of leaf morphology, leaf. The heads of fishing spears usually feature multiple sharp Tine (structural), points, with or without barbs. Spears can be divided into two broad categories: those designed for thrusting as a melee weapon (including weapons such as lances and Pike (weapon), pikes) and those designed for throwing as a ranged weapon (usually referred to as javelins). The spear has been used throughout human history as a weapon for hunting and/or fishing and for warfare. Along with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iris (plant)
''Iris'' is a flowering plant genus of 310 accepted species with showy flowers. As well as being the scientific name, iris is also widely used as a common name for all ''Iris'' species, as well as some belonging to other closely related genera. A common name for some species is flags, while the plants of the subgenus '' Scorpiris'' are widely known as junos, particularly in horticulture. It is a popular garden flower. The often-segregated, monotypic genera '' Belamcanda'' (blackberry lily, ''I. domestica''), '' Hermodactylus'' (snake's head iris, ''I. tuberosa''), and ''Pardanthopsis'' (vesper iris, '' I. dichotoma'') are currently included in ''Iris''. Three ''Iris'' varieties are used in the ''Iris'' flower data set outlined by Ronald Fisher in his 1936 paper ''The use of multiple measurements in taxonomic problems'' as an example of linear discriminant analysis. Description Irises are perennial plants, growing from creeping rhizomes (rhizomatous irises) or, in drier c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
