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Billy Joel William Martin Joel (born May 9, 1949) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. He was born in the Bronx, New York, and raised on Long Island, New York, places which have a heavy influence on his songs. Since releasing his first hit song, "Piano Man", in 1973, Joel has become the sixth best-selling reco...
Morton F. Plant House Morton F. Plant House may refer to either of two mansions on Fifth Avenue in New York City built for Morton F. Plant. The first, at 52nd Street, was completed in 1905 and is now also known as the Cartier Building. The second, at 86th Street, was built in 1916 and is now demolished. The 52nd Street...
Gwarn Music Gwarn Music is an independent record label which was created in Manchester, England in 1991. It was founded by former 52nd Street guitarist Tony Henry to release his then new music project FR’ Mystery (lead vocalist Lorna Bailey) after talks to sign the act to WEA in London broke down. The label was initial...
On Lexington & 52nd Street "On Lexington & 52nd Street" (also "Lexington & 52nd Street") is an original song introduced in the seventh episode of the first season of the musical TV series "Smash", entitled "The Workshop". The song is written by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, but in the show's universe, it is writt...
Santa Fe, Oakland, California Santa Fe is a small neighborhood in North Oakland, Oakland, California. This roughly triangular area is bounded by Temescal Creek (just south of 52nd Street) west of Martin Luther King Jr. Way to Lowell Street, north to 61st Street, east to Martin Luther King, Jr. Way and back to 52nd Stre...
52nd Street station (Market–Frankford Line) 52nd Street station is an elevated stop on the Market-Frankford Line, above the intersection of 52nd Street and Market Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The station lies at the junction of four neighborhoods. Haddington is to the northwest, Dunlap to the northeast, Walnut...
52nd Street (BMT Fifth Avenue Line) 52nd Street was a station on the demolished section of the BMT Fifth Avenue Line. It was served by trains of the BMT Fifth Avenue Line, it had 2 tracks and 1 island platform. The station was opened on October 1, 1893, at the intersection of Third Avenue and 52nd Street. The next stop...
Princess cut The princess cut is the second most popular cut shape for diamonds, next to a round brilliant. The face-up shape of the princess cut is square or rectangular and the profile or side-on shape is similar to that of an inverted pyramid with four beveled sides. The princess cut is a relatively new diamond cut,...
International Diamond Cut Conference The 1st International Diamond Cut Conference, held in Moscow Russia, April 23–26, 2004, brought industry leaders together to discuss diamond cut, the factor where human intervention has the most influence, yet the least understood and hardest to evaluate.
Henry Grossbard Henry Grossbard was the inventor of the Radiant Cut, a diamond cut similar to the Barrion but with different faceting, and founder of RCDC corp. marketing the original radiant cut. He came to the U.S. during World War II from Austria, and apprenticed with a diamantaire. He later became a master diamond ...
Garry Holloway Garry Holloway FGAA, DipDT, JAA Appraiser, left a career in geology and in 1976 established Melbourne diamond design award winning jeweller, Precious Metals. In 1984 he studied the Fire Scope while undertaking the Gemological Association of Australia’s Diamond Diploma. This led to a long and passionate i...
Wittelsbach-Graff Diamond The Wittelsbach-Graff Diamond is a 31.06 carat deep-blue diamond with internally flawless clarity. Laurence Graff purchased the Wittelsbach Diamond in 2008 for £16.4 million. In 2010, Graff revealed he had had the diamond cut by three diamond cutters to remove flaws. The diamond was now more t...
Diamond cut In order to best use a diamond gemstone's material properties, a number of different diamond cuts have been developed. A diamond cut constitutes a more or less symmetrical arrangement of facets, which together modify the shape and appearance of a diamond crystal. Diamond cutters must consider several factor...
Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (22 March 1767 – 17 February 1845) was the son of the 1st Earl Grosvenor, whom he succeeded in 1802 as 2nd Earl Grosvenor. He was created Marquess of Westminster in 1831. He was an English Membe...
Golkonda Golkonda, also known as Golconda, Gol konda ("Round shaped hill"), or Golla konda, (Shepherds Hill) is a citadel and fort in Southern India and was the capital of the medieval sultanate of the Qutb Shahi dynasty (c.1518–1687), is situated 11 km west of Hyderabad. It is also a tehsil of Hyderabad district, Tela...
Nassak Diamond The Nassak Diamond (also known as the Nassac Diamond and the Eye of the Idol) is a large, 43.38 carat diamond that originated as a larger 89 carat diamond in the 15th century in India. Found in the Amaragiri mine located in Mahbubnagar, Telangana, India, and originally cut in India, the diamond was the a...
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Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine is a documentary film about Steve Jobs directed and produced by Alex Gibney. After a few festival showings, the film was released to the Internet on September 4, 2015 and in limited release to theaters on September 19, 2015.
Give a Man a Job Give a Man a Job is a short film produced in 1933 in conjunction with the National Recovery Administration in which audience members were encouraged to offer jobs to the unemployed in the midst of the Great Depression. The film featured Jimmy Durante explaining to an audience through a comic song how t...
The Lobster The Lobster is a 2015 absurdist dystopian black comedy film directed, co-written, and co-produced by Yorgos Lanthimos, co-produced by Ceci Dempsy, Ed Guiney, and Lee Magiday, and co-written by Efthimis Filippou. In the film's setting, single people are given 45 days to find a romantic partner or otherwise b...
Gyara Hazar Ladkian Gyara Hazar Ladkian (Eleven Thousand Girls ) is a 1962 Hindi romantic social drama film directed by K. A. Abbas. The film was co-produced by the poet Ali Sardar Jafri, who also helped co-write the story with Abbas.
Jeremy Theobald Jeremy Theobald is a British actor best known for his portrayal of "The Young Man", the main character in Christopher Nolan's 1998 major picture debut "Following", and for which Theobald was also a producer, Filming was scheduled around their day jobs. Jonathan Romney, writing in the "New Statesman", no...
This Is 40 This Is 40 is a 2012 American comedy film written, co-produced and directed by Judd Apatow, and starring Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann. It is the spin-off sequel of "Knocked Up", which starred Seth Rogen and Katherine Heigl. Filming was conducted in mid-2011, and the film was released in North America on Decembe...
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Lili Zoe Ermezei Lili Zoe Ermezei (born as Érmezei Lili Zoé in Hungary, 1988) is a portrait and conceptual photographer. Her father is the Hungarian conceptual artist, painter and sculptor Érmezei Zoltán (1955–1991). She lives and works in Helsinki and Budapest, and is a member of the Hungarian Studio of Young Photogra...
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Grace & Tony Grace & Tony (last name White) are husband-and-wife music duo based in Loretto, Tennessee, who play a blend of Americana/bluegrass music called "punkgrass," a combination of punk, folk, bluegrass, and Texas swing. They have released an EP ("Inside A 7-Track Mind", 2011) and an album ("November", 2013)....
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Renáta Tomanová Renáta Tomanová (born 9 December 1954) is a former professional tennis player from Czechoslovakia.
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Pavel Vojtisek Paul Vojtischek (born Pavel Vojtíšek, 13 June 1963) is a Czechoslovak-born West German retired professional tennis player. Vojtisek, who got West German citizenship in his early 20s, is married to two-time Grand Slam finalist Renáta Tomanová.
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2000 Sparkassen Cup – Doubles Mary Pierce and Larisa Neiland were the defending champions, but none competed this year. Neiland retired from professional tennis during this season.
List of sportspeople with diabetes Improvements in the management of diabetes mellitus in the twentieth century have made it possible for athletes to compete in sport at a professional level. While it is rare for professional athletes to have type 2 diabetes, a number of notable athletes have type 1.
Sports associations (East Germany) The term Sports Associations (German: "Sportvereinigung" , ] ) in East Germany (German Democratic Republic, GDR) meant a sports agency for certain economic branches of the whole society, which were members of the East German Sports Association (DTSB). Members of biggest social employe...
2000 estyle.com Classic – Doubles Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and Larisa Neiland were the defending champions, but Neiland did not compete this year as she retired from professional tennis during this season. Sánchez Vicario teamed up with Barbara Schett and lost in quarterfinals to Kimberly Po and Anne-Gaëlle Sidot.
Lithocarpus kostermansii Lithocarpus kostermansii is a species of plant in the Fagaceae family. It is a tree endemic to Java in Indonesia. It is an endangered species threatened by habitat loss.
Duranta Duranta is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. It contains 17 species of shrubs and small trees that are native from southern Florida to Mexico and South America. They are commonly cultivated as hedges and ornamental plants.
Imazapyr Imazapyr is a non-selective herbicide used for the control of a broad range of weeds including terrestrial annual and perennial grasses and broadleaved herbs, woody species, and riparian and emergent aquatic species. It is used to eliminate "Lithocarpus densiflorus" (Tan Oak) and "Arbutus menziesii" (Pacific M...
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Duranta erecta Duranta erecta is a species of flowering shrub in the verbena family Verbenaceae, native from Mexico to South America and the Caribbean. It is widely cultivated as an ornamental plant in tropical and subtropical gardens throughout the world, and has become naturalized in many places. It is considered an ...
Lithocarpus glaber Lithocarpus glaber, the Japanese oak, is a tree species in the genus "Lithocarpus" found in Japan, China and Taïwan.
Lithocarpus crassinervius Lithocarpus crassinervius is a species of plant in the Fagaceae family. It is a tree endemic to Java in Indonesia. It is an endangered species threatened by habitat loss.
Lithocarpus Lithocarpus is a genus in the beech family Fagaceae, differing from "Quercus" in the erect spikes of insect-pollinated male flowers and the short styles with punctate stigmas on the female flowers. The World Checklist (see link below) accepts 334 species, though some other texts suggest as few as 100 specie...
Laetiporus ailaoshanensis Laetiporus ailaoshanensis is a species of polypore fungus in the family Fomitopsidaceae. It is found in southwestern China, where it grows on "Lithocarpus". The species was described as new to science in 2014 by Baokai Cui and Jie Song. Its fruit body has an orange-yellow to reddish-orange cap...
Lithocarpus platycarpus Lithocarpus platycarpus is a species of plant in the Fagaceae family. It is a tree endemic to Java in Indonesia. It is an endangered species threatened by habitat loss..
Prozor Fortress Prozor Fortress (Croatian: "Tvrđava Prozor" or "Gradina" ) is a medieval fortress situated in the continental part of Split-Dalmatia County, in inland Dalmatia, just above the town of Vrlika in Croatia. From its origin as a small stronghold built by the ancient Illyrian tribe Dalmatae, it developed into...
Tønsberg Fortress Tønsberg Fortress ("Tunsberg festning") was a medieval fortress, located in Tønsberg, Norway which was defended by the fortress for over 300 years.
Fortress of Klis The Klis Fortress (Croatian: "Tvrđava Klis" ) is a medieval fortress situated above a village bearing the same name, near the city of Split, in central Dalmatia, Croatia. From its origin as a small stronghold built by the ancient Illyrian tribe Dalmatae, becoming a royal castle that was the seat of man...
Glamoč Fortress Glamoč fortress (Bosnian: "Glamočka tvrđava" ) is a medieval fortress located on the north slopes of Staretina mountain just above town of Glamoč. The construction of the fortress started as early as 14th century.
Nicopsis Nicopsis, Nikopsis, or Nikopsia (Greek: Νικόψις ; Georgian: ნიკოფსი, ნიკოფსია ) was a medieval fortress and town on the northeastern Black Sea coast, somewhere between the towns of Tuapse, Russia, and New Athos, Abkhazia/Georgia. It features in the medieval Greek and Georgian sources as a Byzantine outpost and...
Prizren Fortress Prizren Fortress (Serbian: Призренски град"/Prizrenski grad" ), also known as Kaljaja (Albanian: "Каlаја" , ) and Dušan's Fortress (Душанов град"/Dušanov grad" ), is a medieval fortress in Prizren, Kosovo, which once served as the capital of the Serbian Empire. It was built on a hill above Prizrenska B...
Asen's Fortress Asen's Fortress (Bulgarian: Асенова крепост , "Asenova krepost"), identified by some researchers as Petrich (Петрич), is a medieval fortress in the Bulgarian Rhodope Mountains, 2 to south of the town of Asenovgrad, on a high rocky ridge on the left bank of the Asenitsa River. Asen's Fortress is 279 m ab...
Saranta Kolones Saranta Kolones(Greek: Κάστρο Σαράντα Κολώνες, Forty Columns castle ) is a ruined medieval fortress inside the Paphos Archaeological Park and it is located just north of the harbour of Paphos, on the island of Cyprus. It takes its name from the large number of granite columns that were found on the site...
Buncle Buncle is a Celtic derived surname originating from Bonkyll Castle, Berwickshire, Scotland. It has many modern variations that are phonetically similar, for example: Bonkle, Bonkyll, Bonkill, Bonkylle, Bonkile, Bunkle, Bunkall and Bonckle. The names' meaning is believed to refer to a chapel at the bottom of hill...
Bonkyll Castle Bonkyll Castle (also variously spelled Bonkyl, Boncle, Buncle, Bunkle or Bonkill) was a medieval fortress situated in the eastern Scottish Borders of which little remains. The site is protected as a scheduled monument.
Prisoner of the Caucasus (opera) Prisoner of the Caucasus ("Кавказский пленник" in Cyrillic, "Kavkazskij plennik" in transliteration) is an opera in three acts, composed by César Cui. The libretto is credited to Viktor Krylov, and is based on Alexander Pushkin's poem "The Prisoner of the Caucasus".
Alexander Scriabin Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin ( ; Russian: Алекса́ндр Никола́евич Скря́бин , ] ; 6 January 1872 [O.S. 25 December 1871] – 27 April [O.S. 14 April] 1915 ) was a Russian composer and pianist. Scriabin, who was influenced early in his life by the works of Frédéric Chopin, composed works that are chara...
The Prisoner of the Caucasus (poem) The Prisoner of the Caucasus (Russian: Кавказский пленник ), also translated as Captive of the Caucasus, is a narrative poem written by Alexander Pushkin in 1820-21 and published in 1822. Dedicated to his friend General Nikolay Raevsky, it was inspired by the poet's time spent in Pya...
César Cui César Antonovich Cui (Russian: Це́зарь Анто́нович Кюи́ ; 18 January [O.S. 6 January] 1835 13 March 1918) was a Russian composer and music critic of French, Polish and Lithuanian descent. His profession was as an army officer (he rose to the rank of Engineer-General (compared to full general) of The Russian Im...
Alexander Radvilovich Alexander Yuryevich Radvilovich (Russian: Александр Юрьевич Радвилович ; born 1955) is a Russian composer, pianist and teacher from Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg) from which Conservatory he also graduated at which he was under guidance from Sergei Slonimsky. In 1992 and 1994 respectively he was ...
Alexander Serov Alexander Nikolayevich Serov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Никола́евич Серо́в , Saint Petersburg, 23 January [O.S. 11 January] 1820 – Saint Petersburg, 1 February [O.S. 20 January] 1871 ) was a Russian composer and music critic. He is notable as one of the most important music critics in Russia during the 1850s ...
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ( ; Russian: Пётр Ильи́ч Чайко́вский ; 25 April/7 May 1840 – 25 October/6 November 1893), often anglicized as Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky, was a Russian composer of the romantic period, some of whose works are among the most popular music in the classical repertoire. He was...
Prisoner of the Mountains Prisoner of the Mountains (Russian: Кавказский пленник , "Kavkazskiy plennik"), also known as Prisoner of the Caucasus, is a 1996 Russian war drama film directed by Sergei Bodrov and written by Bodrov, Arif Aliyev and Boris Giller. The film is based on the Caucasian War-era short story "The Pr...
Tarikh-e Qarabagh The Tarikh-e Qarabagh ("History of Qarabagh") is a book written by Jamal Javanshir Qarabaghi sometime after 1847 about the history of the Qarabagh (Karabakh) region. Written in Persian — the literary language of the Muslims in the Caucasus — it was composed on the order of the Russian head of the Cauc...
Symphony No. 2 (Rachmaninoff) Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27 is a symphony by the Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff, written in 1906–07. The premiere was conducted by the composer himself in Saint Petersburg on 8 February 1908. Its duration is approximately 60 minutes when performed uncut; cut performances can be...
Theme Park Inc Theme Park Inc. (also known as SimCoaster in the United States and Theme Park Manager in Australia) is a construction and management simulation video game. It is the last game of the Theme Park series that started with "Theme Park" in 1994 and continued with "Theme Park World" in 1999. "Theme Park Inc." ...
Castle Park (amusement park) Castle Park, formerly Castle Amusement Park, is a 25-acre amusement park and family amusement center located in Riverside, California. The park utilizes a medieval "castle" theme and includes attractions such as a miniature golf course, arcade, and 27 amusement rides including three roller ...
California Screamin' The boardwalk-themed launched roller coaster was designed by Ingenieur Büro Stengel GmbH and was built by Intamin. California Screamin' is the eighth-longest rollercoaster in the world (and third-longest steel coaster in the United States), at 6072 ft long. It is also the longest ride with an inver...
Tokyo DisneySea Tokyo DisneySea (東京ディズニーシー , Tōkyō DizunīShī ) is a 176 acre theme park at the Tokyo Disney Resort located in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan, just outside Tokyo. It opened on 4 September 2001, at a cost of 335 billion yen. Owned by The Oriental Land Company, which licenses Disney characters and themes from The W...
RollerCoaster Tycoon World RollerCoaster Tycoon World is a theme park construction and management simulation video game developed by Nvizzio Creations and published by Atari for Microsoft Windows. It is the fourth major installment in the "RollerCoaster Tycoon" series. The game was released on November 16, 2016.
Paradise Pier Paradise Pier is a themed land at Disney California Adventure, based on that of Victorian boardwalks that were once found along the coast of California. Despite its name and the presence of a nearby man-made lake, Paradise Pier is not actually a pier, but merely a waterside area of the park. The roller co...
Pittsburgh Phantoms (RHI) The Pittsburgh Phantoms were a professional roller hockey team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States that played in Roller Hockey International. The team got its name from the "Steel Phantom" rollercoaster, located at Kennywood Park, a theme park located in the suburb of West Miffli...
Gulliver's Kingdom Gulliver's Kingdom (also known as Gulliver's Matlock Bath) is a theme park aimed at children aged 3 to 13 in the Derbyshire town of Matlock Bath, England. Founded in 1978 by Ray Phillips, it is still owned by the Phillips family and now has sister theme parks; Gulliver's World in Warrington and Gulli...
Paultons Park Paultons Family Theme Park | Home of Peppa Pig World is located in the village of Ower, near Romsey, in Hampshire, England. The theme park has 70 rides and attractions. The Peppa Pig World theme park area is based on the children’s television series character. The Lost Kingdom theme park area includes 27 ...
Theme Park World Theme Park World, also known as Theme Park 2, and in North America as Sim Theme Park, is a 1999 construction and management simulation game developed by Bullfrog Productions and released by Electronic Arts. The direct sequel to "Theme Park" ("Theme Hospital" and "Theme Aquarium" are thematic sequels), ...
Aerials (film) Aerials is a 2016 Emirati science fiction film set in the city of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Directed by S.A.Zaidi and produced by Ghanem Ghubash, it is considered to be the first science fiction film in the Middle East portraying an alien invasion over the city of Dubai.
Rajesh Roshan Raajesh Rooshan Lal Nagrath (born 24 May 1955) is a Hindi cinema music composer. He is the son of music director Roshan, younger brother of filmmaker Rakesh Roshan and the uncle of actor Hrithik Roshan.
Karutha Rathrikal Karutha Rathrikal ("Dark Nights") is a 1967 Indian Malayalam-language science fiction film. An adaptation of the novel "Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" by Robert Louis Stevenson, it was the first science fiction film in the history of Malayalam cinema.