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Redstone may refer to: Military * Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, a U.S. Army base ** Redstone (rocket family), a U.S. missile and support system, named for the Arsenal ** PGM-11 Redstone, U.S. missile and carrier rocket, namesake of the family * USNS ''Redstone'' (T-AGM-20), a tracking/communications ship supporting the Apollo program * Redstone Old Fort, an 18th-century military post in western Pennsylvania Places and structures * Redstone, Colorado * Redstone Old Fort, a fort * Redstone, New Hampshire, site of abandoned "red granite" quarry * Redstone Building, San Francisco, California * Redstone (Dubuque, Iowa), a historic home * Redstone Creek (Pennsylvania), a historic creek in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania ** Brownsville, Pennsylvania, known as "Redstone" when it was a notable 18th-century frontier town ** Redstone Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania * Redstone (Burlington, Vermont), a historic estate * Redstone, British Columbia, a settlement in the Chilcotin District o ...
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Redstone Arsenal
Redstone Arsenal (RSA) is a United States Army post and a census-designated place (CDP) adjacent to Huntsville in Madison County, Alabama, United States and is part of the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area. The Arsenal is a garrison for various tenants across the Department of Defense, Department of Justice, and NASA. RSA has benefited from decisions by the Defense Base Realignment and Closure Commission. The Redstone Arsenal CDP had a residential population of 837 as of the 2020 census. The base contains a government and contractor workforce that averages 36,000 to 40,000 personnel daily. Established during World War II as a chemical manufacturing facility, in the immediate post-war era the Arsenal was used for research and development by German weapons rocket scientists who were brought to the U.S. as part of Operation Paperclip. The team first worked on ballistic missiles, starting with V-2 rocket derivatives, before moving on to a series of ever larger designs. Man ...
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Redstone, Telopea
Redstone is a heritage-listed private house at 34 Adderton Road, Telopea, New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by Walter Burley Griffin and built in 1935. It is also known as The Winter House. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 9 January 2009. History Aboriginal occupation of this part of Sydney The valley of the Parramatta River had been populated by Indigenous Australians for some 40,000 years before European settlement by peoples of the Darug (or Dharug) nation. The Wallumedagal (or Walumettagal) clan lived along the north bank of the Parramatta River, westward from the Lane Cove River (centred on the present day Ryde district). Further west, at the head of the Parramatta River, lived the Burramattagal (or Booramedical) of the present day Parramatta district. Seasonal burning of the long grass to encourage a fresh grass supply for native animal feed created the fertile landscape that attracted the European colonists - large trees, spaced w ...
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Minecraft
''Minecraft'' is a sandbox game developed by Mojang Studios. The game was created by Markus "Notch" Persson in the Java programming language. Following several early private testing versions, it was first made public in May 2009 before being fully released in November 2011, with Notch stepping down and Jens "Jeb" Bergensten taking over development. ''Minecraft'' is the best-selling video game of all time, with over 238 million copies sold and nearly 140 million monthly active players , and has been ported to several platforms. In ''Minecraft'', players explore a blocky, procedurally generated 3D world with virtually infinite terrain and may discover and extract raw materials, craft tools and items, and build structures, earthworks, and simple machines. Depending on their chosen game mode, players can fight hostile mobs, as well as cooperate with or compete against other players in the same world. Game modes include a survival mode (in which players must acquire resources t ...
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Redstone Science Fiction
''Redstone Science Fiction'' was an online science fiction magazine. The first issue was published June 1, 2010 and maintained a regular monthly schedule until the September 1, 2012 issue. ''Redstone Science Fiction'' (often called ''Redstone SF'') has published fiction by Cory Doctorow, Mary Robinette Kowal, Ken MacLeod, Cat Rambo, Hannu Rajaniemi, Vylar Kaftan, Lavie Tidhar, and others. The magazine has conducted interviews with many editors and authors in the science fiction field, including Lou Anders, John Joseph Adams, Mary Robinette Kowal, Vylar Kaftan, Cat Rambo, Lavie Tidhar, and others. ''Redstone SF'' has also published essays on science fiction literary criticism and the writing craft. The magazine initiated a writing contest in June 2010 to draw attention to issues of disability in science fiction. Staff * Michael Ray, Co-Publisher, Editor * Paul Clemmons, Publisher, Co-Editor *Cassondra Link, Assistant Editor *Ferlie, Assistant Editor *Mary Ann Locke, Assistant Edit ...
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Redstone (Watership Down)
''Watership Down'' is an animated fantasy children's television series, adapted from the 1972 novel of the same name by Richard Adams. It is the second adaptation of the novel, following the 1978 film. Co-produced by Alltime Entertainment of the United Kingdom and Decode Entertainment of Canada, the series was produced by Martin Rosen, the director of the 1978 feature film adaptation. The series is produced with the participation of the Canadian Television Fund, the Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit and the Ontario Film and Television Tax Credit from the Government of Ontario. ''Watership Down'' aired for 39 episodes and three seasons from September 1999 to December 2001, on both YTV in Canada and CITV in the UK, though the latter did not broadcast the third series. The series stars several well-known British actors, including Stephen Fry, Rik Mayall, Phill Jupitus, Jane Horrocks, Dawn French, John Hurt, and Richard Briers. Hurt and Briers also star in the film. ...
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Redstone (comics)
Redstone is the name of two fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Various incarnations of Redstone The first Redstone is a superhero who is a native to the alternate universe of the original Squadron Supreme. A member of Nighthawk's Redeemers, Redstone, a later creation, is a counterpart to DC Comics and Detroit Justice League character Steel. The second Redstone is a super-powered serial killer from the reality of the ''Supreme Power'' series. Though he shares the same name as the first, his powers in this universe are derived from elements of Hyperion's alien DNA and mimic most - but not all - of his alien abilities. Squadron Supreme Michael Redstone was an Apache born on a reservation somewhere in the Southwest United States of "Other-Earth", or "Earth-S", later known as Earth-712. As Redstone, he was a part of ''Nighthawk's Redeemers''. Like the Greek god Antaeus, he drew his power from the Earth, and lost much of his super-stre ...
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Jeff Locke (baseball)
Jeffrey Alan Locke (born November 20, 1987) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He previously played for the Miami Marlins and Pittsburgh Pirates, where he was an Major League Baseball All-Star Game, All-Star in 2013. Early life Locke is the son of Alan and Pam Locke and the grandson of Greta Locke. In 2003, his first year, he was a New Hampshire State Second-Team All-Star. In 2004, his second year, he was a New Hampshire State First-Team All-Star. In 2005, his junior year, he was the New Hampshire player of the year and a New Hampshire State First-Team All-Star. In 2006, his senior season, he was the New Hampshire player of the year, a New Hampshire State First-Team All-Star, co-captain of the Kennett High baseball team, and he shared the Jack Burns (first baseman), Jack Burns Baseball Award. In June 2006, Locke graduated from Kennett High School (New Hampshire), A. Crosby Kennett High School. Locke is the all-time leader in wins for Kennett High School. The Re ...
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Willy Redstone
Willy (or Willie) Redstone (24 September 1883 – 30 September 1949) was a French composer and conductor of light music who had a substantial career in England and Australia, where he became music editor for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, ABC. History Redstone (originally Rottenstein) was born in Paris, a nephew of the composer Charles Gounod (his mother was a half-sister). and cousin of Albert Carré, director of the Paris Opéra-Comique. His parents were in Paris as refugees from Strasbourg, which had fallen to Germany in 1870. He trained in Paris to be an engineer, but was more interested in music. He was four years at the Paris Conservatoire, on a scholarship won through his talent as a pianist. He studied harmony and counterpoint under Massenet. His first composition, at the age of 20, was a light opera which ran at the Théâtre Hébertot, Théâtre des Arts for thirty weeks in 1905, setting his future as a writer of light music. He was also in demand by theatre d ...
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Sumner Redstone
Sumner Murray Redstone ( Rothstein; May 27, 1923 – August 11, 2020) was an American billionaire businessman and media magnate. He was the founder and chairman of the second incarnation of Viacom which was dissolved in 2019 (a year before Redstone's death) and was the majority owner and chairman of the National Amusements theater chain. Through National Amusements, Redstone, up until his death, was, and his family remains, majority voting shareholder of mass media conglomerate ViacomCBS, in turn, the parent company of the Paramount Pictures film studio, the CBS television network, and various cable networks. According to ''Forbes'', as of April 2020, he was worth US$2.6 billion. Redstone was formerly the executive chairman of both CBS and Viacom. In February 2016, at age 92, Redstone resigned both chairmanships following a court-ordered examination by a geriatric psychiatrist. He was ultimately succeeded by Les Moonves at CBS and Philippe Dauman at Viacom. Early life and educ ...
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Shari Redstone
Shari Ellin Redstone (born April 14, 1954) is an American media executive with a background in numerous aspects of the entertainment industry and related ventures. She currently serves as the non-executive chairwoman of Paramount Global (formerly known as ViacomCBS) and president of National Amusements; she formerly served as the vice-chairman of CBS Corporation and Viacom. Through National Amusements, Redstone and her family are majority owners of CBS, Comedy Central, BET, Showtime Networks, Nickelodeon, MTV and the film studio Paramount Pictures. In 2020, Redstone was named on ''Time''s list of the 100 most influential people in the world. Early life and education Redstone was born into a Jewish family and is the daughter of Phyllis Gloria Raphael and Sumner Redstone and is the sister of Brent Redstone. Her grandfather was Michael Redstone, who was the original founder of National Amusements, the parent company that now owns the majority of the Redstone media empire. She gra ...
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Peter William Redstone
Peter may refer to: People * List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Peter (given name) ** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church * Peter (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) Culture * Peter (actor) (born 1952), stage name Shinnosuke Ikehata, Japanese dancer and actor * ''Peter'' (album), a 1993 EP by Canadian band Eric's Trip * ''Peter'' (1934 film), a 1934 film directed by Henry Koster * ''Peter'' (2021 film), Marathi language film * "Peter" (''Fringe'' episode), an episode of the television series ''Fringe'' * ''Peter'' (novel), a 1908 book by Francis Hopkinson Smith * "Peter" (short story), an 1892 short story by Willa Cather Animals * Peter, the Lord's cat, cat at Lord's Cricket Ground in London * Peter (chief mouser), Chief Mouser between 1929 and 1946 * Peter II (cat), Chief Mouser between 1946 and 1947 * Peter III (cat), Chief Mouser between 1947 a ...
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Michael Redstone
Michael "Mickey" Redstone (born Max Rothstein; April 11, 1902 – April 4, 1987) was an American entrepreneur and founder of the Northeast Theater Corporation'','' now National Amusements, Inc. Biography Redstone was born on April 11, 1902 in Boston, Massachusetts.Boston Globe: "MICHAEL REDSTONE, OWNED THEATERS, LATIN QUARTER NIGHTCLUB; AT 85
April 6, 1987
Born Max Rothstein, he later changed the family name to "Redstone" to avoid association with Jewish gambling boss Arnold Rothstein. Redstone dropped out of high school to pursue his first business venture, buying a truck and securing a trucking contract with the City of Boston. During this period, he became close with local gambling boss Harry “Doc” S ...
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