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Ballas (other)
Ballas is a variety of non-gem-grade diamond. Ballas may also refer to: People * Corky Ballas (born 1960), American ballroom dancer * George Ballas (1925–2011), American entrepreneur * Gustavo Ballas (born 1958), Argentine boxer * Mark Ballas (born 1986), American dancer * Panagiotis Ballas (born 1993), Greek football player * Shirley Ballas (born 1960), British ballroom dancer * Zois Ballas (born 1987), Greek basketball player Other uses * Ballas Transit Center, a bus transit terminal in Missouri, US * The Ballas, a fictional street gang in the video games '' Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas'' and ''Grand Theft Auto V ''Grand Theft Auto V'' is a 2013 action-adventure game developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. It is the seventh main entry in the Grand Theft Auto, ''Grand Theft Auto'' series, following 2008's ''Grand Theft Auto IV'', and ...'' *Ballas, an antagonistic member of the Orokin race in the video game Warframe See also * '' Ballers [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ballas
Ballas or shot bort is a term used in the diamond industry to refer to shards of non-gem-grade and -quality diamonds. It comprises small diamond crystals that are concentrically arranged in rough spherical stones with a fibrous texture. Ballas is hard, tough, and difficult to cleave. It is mostly found in Brazil and South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri .... References Diamond {{mineral-stub This is a Helpful web browser to use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corky Ballas
Mark Alexander Ballas Sr. (born December 25, 1960), known as Corky Ballas, is an American retired competitive ballroom dancer who holds several Latin dance championship titles. His son, Mark Ballas, is a professional dancer on ''Dancing with the Stars''. His father was George Ballas, who invented the Weed Eater lawn-trimming device. Personal life Ballas was born in Houston, Texas. He is the son of Mexican-American Maria Marulanda and Greek-American George Ballas, the inventor of the Weed Eater lawn-trimming device. His paternal grandparents, Karolos ("Charles") Ballas and Maria Lymnaos were immigrants to the United States from Greece. He has three sisters, Michelle, Maria, and Lillian, and one brother, George. He has one son, Mark Ballas. Corky and Shirley Ballas also raised and trained Julianne Hough and Derek Hough. Corky now teaches dancing in San Antonio via his dancing studio, and his website. His plans for the future include more television performances as well as an on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Ballas
George Charles Ballas Sr. (June 28, 1925 – June 25, 2011) was an American entrepreneur. He invented the first string trimmer, known as the Weed Eater in 1971. He is the father of ballroom dancer, Corky Ballas, and grandfather of professional dancer Mark Ballas of ''Dancing with the Stars''. Early life Ballas was born in Ruston, Louisiana. He was the son of Karolos ("Charles") Ballas and Maria (née Lymnaos), who were Greek immigrants that ran a restaurant. His brother is Peter Ballas. He enlisted in the United States Army at the age of 17 in 1942 during World War II and was a bombardier. Ballas would later serve in the Korean War. Family He married Maria Marulanda who was of Mexican and Spanish descent in 1951. He had five children, including Corky Ballas. His grandson Mark Ballas is a dancer in ''Dancing with the Stars''. He had six other grandchildren. Inventor Ballas got the idea for the trimmer while driving through an automatic car wash, where the rotating brushes gav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gustavo Ballas
Gustavo Ballas (born February 10, 1958) is an Argentine retired super flyweight boxer who fought from 1976 until 1990. He retired with a record of 105 wins (29 KOs), 9 losses and 6 draws. Ballas fought mainly in Argentina. In 1979 he managed to outpoint future multi champion Santos Benigno Laciar in what is a still remembered fight in Argentina On September 12, 1981 he became the first ever WBA world super flyweight champion by defeating Sok-Chul Bae by TKO 8 in Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Ballas lost the title on his next fight against Rafael Pedroza in Panama. He was unsuccessful on two other attempts at winning the super flyweight title, one from the WBA and another one for the WBC. Although he fought as much as 120 times in his career, only 4 of those fights were outside of Argentina, losing all of those fights, 3 of them for a world title. Ballas has had troubles after boxing with alcoholism and drug addiction. He was jailed once for robbery. After that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Ballas
Mark Alexander Ballas Jr. (born May 24, 1986) is an American dancer, choreographer, singer-songwriter, musician, and actor. Ballas is a professional ballroom dancer on the ABC program ''Dancing with the Stars''. He began competing on the show in season five during the fall of 2007 and was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Choreography in 2011. Ballas released his first solo CD ''HurtLoveBox'' in March 2011. Personal life Ballas was born in Houston, Texas, the son of dancers Corky Ballas and Shirley Ballas (née Rich). His paternal grandparents were of Mexican and Greek background, and his mother is originally from the United Kingdom and is of predominantly English heritage. His mother also has distant Malagasy ancestry from Madagascar. His paternal grandfather, George Ballas, was the inventor of the Weed Eater lawn-trimming device. His paternal great-grandparents, Karolos ("Charles") Ballas and Maria Lymnaos were immigrants to the United States from Greece. Ballas is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panagiotis Ballas
Panagiotis Ballas ( el, Παναγιώτης Μπάλλας, born 6 September 1993) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Super League 2 club Egaleo. Club career He joined Atromitos in 2008 from Akadimia Elpides Karditsas. He made his debut for the first team in a home game against Kavala Kavala ( el, Καβάλα, ''Kavála'' ) is a city in northern Greece, the principal seaport of eastern Macedonia and the capital of Kavala regional unit. It is situated on the Bay of Kavala, across from the island of Thasos and on the Egnat ..., on the final matchday of the 2010–11 season. On 8 September 2017, he signed a three-year contract with AEL, on a free transfer. Career statistics Club References External links * Atromitos F.C. profile {{DEFAULTSORT:Ballas, Panagiotis 1993 births Living people Greek men's footballers Greece men's under-21 international footballers Greece men's youth international footballers Super ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shirley Ballas
Shirley Annette Ballas (née Rich, formerly Stopford; born 6 September 1960) is an English ballroom dancer, dance teacher, and dance adjudicator. She specialises in the International Latin division, where she won several championship titles which earned her the nickname The Queen of Latin. In 2017, Ballas was appointed head judge on the BBC TV show, ''Strictly Come Dancing'' following the departure of Len Goodman. Life and dancing career Ballas was born and raised in Wallasey, Cheshire (now Merseyside), England, with brother David and mother Audrey. The children's father left the family when Shirley was 2 years old. She began dancing at age 7, and began performing competitively the following years. At 15, Ballas moved to North Yorkshire to partner British Ballroom Champion Nigel Tiffany, which she described as "a difficult time". Two years later, she moved with Tiffany to London, where their partnership ended after dance teacher Nina Hunt convinced her to audition to partner ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zois Ballas
Zois Ballas ( el, Ζώης Μπάλλας; born 1987) is a Greek professional basketball player. He is 2.05 m (6 ft 8 in) in height and he plays at the power forward position. Professional career Ballas played with AEK Athens, Doukas The House of Doukas, Latinized as Ducas ( el, Δούκας; feminine: Doukaina/Ducaena, Δούκαινα; plural: Doukai/Ducae, Δοῦκαι), from the Latin title ''dux'' ("leader", "general", Hellenized as 'ðouks'', is the name of a Byzant ..., and Doxa Lefkadas. References External linksEurobasket.com Profile 1987 births Living people [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ballas Transit Center
Ballas or shot bort is a term used in the diamond industry to refer to shards of non-Gemstone, gem-grade and -quality diamonds. It comprises small diamond crystals that are concentrically arranged in rough spherical stones with a fibrous texture. Ballas is hard, tough, and difficult to cleave. It is mostly found in Brazil and South Africa. References Diamond {{mineral-stub This is a Helpful web browser to use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Andreas
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San Andreas is an archaic variation of the Spanish language San Andrés (Saint Andrew, the apostle). It may also refer to: Places * San Andreas, California, an unincorporated town * San Andreas Fault, a geologic fault that runs through California * San Andreas Lake, a lake near San Francisco, California for which the fault is named Arts, entertainment, and media * ''San Andreas'' (novel), a 1984 novel by Alistair MacLean * ''San Andreas'' (film), a 2015 film directed by Brad Peyton *'' Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas'', a 2004 action-adventure video game See also *San Andrés (other) *St Andrews (other) St Andrew most commonly refers to Andrew the Apostle, the Christian apostle and brother of Peter. St Andrew or St Andrews may also refer to: People * List of saints named Andrew, several people known as Saint Andrew Places Asia * St. Andrew's Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Theft Auto V
''Grand Theft Auto V'' is a 2013 action-adventure game developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. It is the seventh main entry in the Grand Theft Auto, ''Grand Theft Auto'' series, following 2008's ''Grand Theft Auto IV'', and the fifteenth instalment overall. Set within the fictional state of San Andreas, based on Southern California, the Single-player video game, single-player story follows three protagonists—retired Bank robbery, bank robber Michael De Santa, street gangster Franklin Clinton, and drug dealer and Arms trafficking, gunrunner Trevor Philips—and their attempts to commit heists while under pressure from a corrupt government agency and powerful criminals. The open world design lets players Nonlinear gameplay, freely roam San Andreas' open countryside and the fictional city of Los Santos, based on Los Angeles. The game is played from either a Virtual camera system#Third-person view, third-person or First-person (video games), first-person persp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warframe
''Warframe'' is a free-to-play action role-playing third-person shooter multiplayer online game developed and published by Digital Extremes. First released for Windows personal computers in March 2013, it was later ported to PlayStation 4 in November 2013, Xbox One in September 2014, Nintendo Switch in November 2018, PlayStation 5 in November 2020, and Xbox Series X/S in April 2021. Support for cross-platform play was released in 2022. Cross-save, as well as ports to mobile devices, is planned for 2023. The game is in a perpetual open beta. In ''Warframe'', players control members of the Tenno, a race of ancient warriors who have awoken from centuries of suspended animation far into Earth's future to find themselves at war in the planetary system with different factions. The Tenno use their powered Warframes along with a variety of weapons and abilities to complete missions. While many of the game's missions use procedurally-generated levels, it also includes large open worl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
