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Riverstone Terrace
Riverstone may refer to: Places * Riverstone, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney, Australia ** Riverstone railway station, Sydney ** Electoral district of Riverstone ** Riverstone High School * Riverstone Terraces, a suburb of Upper Hutt, New Zealand * Riverstone (Fort Bend County, Texas), a master-planned residential community in Sugar Land, Texas and Missouri City, Texas Companies and organizations * Riverstone Holdings, an energy and power focused private equity firm * Riverstone International School, a school in Boise, Idaho * Riverstone Networks {{Infobox company , industry = Electronics , hq_location_city = Santa Clara, California , hq_location_country = United States , parent = {{ubl, Cabletron Systems, Lucent Technologies (2006) , defunct = {{end date, 2006 , fate = Absorbed by ..., a computer networking company Other * Patuxent River stone, a gem * Riverstone Pebble Tiles * ''Riverstone'', an album by Ten Mile Tide {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riverstone, New South Wales
Riverstone () (postcode: 2765) is a suburb of Blacktown, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Riverstone is located north-west of the Sydney central business district, in the Blacktown local government area; parts of the Greater Western Sydney Greater Western Sydney (GWS) is a large region of the metropolitan area of Greater Sydney, New South Wales (NSW), Australia that generally embraces the north-west, south-west, central-west, and far western sub-regions within Sydney's metropoli ... region. Originally settled in 1803 as part of a government stock farm, Riverstone is one of the oldest towns in Australia. As at the 2016 Australian census, 2016 census, Riverstone had an estimated population of 7,248. History Prior to History of Australia (1788-1850), settlement and colonisation of Australia, the area that was to become known as Riverstone was inhabited by the Darug people, Darug tribe. Most of these people died due to introduced diseases following the arrival of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riverstone Railway Station, Sydney
Riverstone railway station is a heritage-listed railway station at Riverstone Parade, Riverstone, City of Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by NSW Government Railways and William Weaver and built from 1883 to 1939. The station is located on the Richmond line, and is served by Sydney Trains T1 Western and T5 Cumberland line services. The property was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999. History Two routes to Windsor were proposed in 1846 for the introduction of railways into the colony of New South Wales. The line was built as the first line to be operated as a horse-drawn tramway. In 1856 a petition for the establishment of a railway from the residents of Windsor and Richmond had been presented to the Government. In 1860 a grant of £57,000 was approved for a railway between Blacktown and Windsor. In the following year it was increased to £60,000 for a railway between Blacktown and Richmond. The route of the railway li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Riverstone
Riverstone is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It has been represented by Kevin Conolly of the Liberal Party since 2011. Riverstone is a 73 km² urban and semi-rural electorate in Sydney's north west, taking in the suburbs of Acacia Gardens, Angus, Grantham Farm, Kellyville Ridge, Nirimba Fields, Parklea, Richards, Riverstone, Schofields, Stanhope Gardens, Tallawong, The Ponds and parts of Glenwood, Marsden Park, Quakers Hill, Rouse Hill and Vineyard. Much of the electorate is situated in the growing north-west sector, which has been poorly served in transport, health and police resources. Although ancestrally a seat, changing demographics in the eastern portion of the seat (Glenwood, Parklea, Acacia Gardens, Stanhope Gardens, Kellyville Ridge, The Ponds, Rouse Hill) suggested a long-term trend in voting patterns. Proving this, Liberal Kevin Conolly won the seat in 2011 on a swing of 30.2 percent—al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riverstone High School
Riverstone High School, is a co-educational, comprehensive high school located on the northwest fringes of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Riverstone High School was established in January 1962 at 71 McCulloch Street, Riverstone. In 1999, the school joined the Nirimba Collegiate, which also includes nearby Quakers Hill High School, Seven Hills High School, and Wyndham College. Riverstone operates from Year 7 through 10. Senior schooling, Years 11-12 are completed at Wyndham College. The school once again offers Years 11 and 12 from 2020 onwards. In 1979–80, 970 students attended the school from year 7 to 12. The school emblem is an oval with a navy surround. The centre is light blue with a red kangaroo Kangaroos are four marsupials from the family Macropodidae (macropods, meaning "large foot"). In common use the term is used to describe the largest species from this family, the red kangaroo, as well as the antilopine kangaroo, eastern gre .... The school's mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riverstone Terraces
Riverstone Terraces (commonly referred to as simply 'Riverstone') is a suburb of Upper Hutt in the Hutt Valley, New Zealand, Hutt Valley of New Zealand's North Island, perched on a hill previously known as Craig's Flat, above the Hutt River, New Zealand, Hutt River. Although mostly residential, the suburb also contains bush walks, a children's playground, and the suburb formerly harboured a small convenience store. The nearest supermarket is in central Upper Hutt, 4.9 to 8.1km away (depending on where one starts in the suburb). The suburb's streets commemorate the names of notable Upper Hutt residents, including Frankie Stevens, James Nairn, Paul Swain (politician), Paul Swain and Cory Jane. A peak-time Metlink Wellington, Metlink bus service, route 113, services the suburb. Demographics Riverstone Terraces statistical area covers . It had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km2. Riverstone Terraces had a population of 1,776 at the 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riverstone (Sugar Land, Texas)
Riverstone is a upscale master-planned residential community in Fort Bend County, Texas. About 18,000 residents ultimately will live in 6000 homes. The development is largely located in the unincorporated areas of Sugar Land and Missouri City, with a portion being in Missouri City proper. 441 houses were sold in Riverstone in 2016. As of 2017, John Burns Real Estate Consulting, a company headquartered in Irvine, California, ranked Riverstone as No. 20 on its list of highest-selling Greater Houston subdivisions, and Robert Charles Lesser & Co. (RCLCO) ranked Riverstone as No. 18 on its top-selling list. John Burns ranked Riverstone among its top 25 in 2018. History Riverstone's began development in 2001, with development continuing until the present. It was created by the Johnson Development Corporation. Riverstone's neighborhoods were developed by a series of housing companies such as Taylor Morrison and Meritage Homes. Geography The community is mostly located in unincorpora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riverstone Holdings
Riverstone Holdings is a multinational private equity firm based in New York City focused on leveraged buyout, growth capital, and credit investments in the energy industry and electrical power industry sectors. The firm focuses on oil and gas exploration, midstream pipelines, electricity generation, energy and power services, energy and power technology, and renewable energy infrastructure and technology. Riverstone has raised approximately $41 billion since the firm's inception in 2000. History Riverstone was founded by Pierre F. Lapeyre, Jr. and David M. Leuschen, who had been instrumental in the formation of the Goldman Sachs Global Energy & Power Group in the mid 1980s. The firm is based in New York and has offices in Houston, London, and Mexico City. Riverstone and Carlyle closed on their first fund with $222 million of commitments in 2001. In June 2004, the firms completed fundraising for Carlyle/Riverstone Global Energy & Power Fund II, with $1.1 billion of investor com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riverstone International School
Riverstone International School is a private, independent school for preschool through high school students in Boise, Idaho that offers day and boarding programs. Riverstone was the first International Baccalaureate World School in Idaho and is one of a small number of schools in the United States to offer all three IB programs, the Primary Years Programme (PYP), Middle Years Programme (MYP), and the Diploma Programme (DP). The school’s Five Pillars—Academic Excellence, Community and Service, Leadership by Example, International Understanding and Outdoor Education—provide pathways for students to explore academically and personally. Students raft the Main Payette River and Main Salmon River and backpack through the White Cloud and Sawtooth Mountains. The school's boarding program enrolls a maximum of 30 students from the U.S. and around the world. The school community as a whole includes representation from 45+ countries, including Australia, Bulgaria, China, Ethiopia, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riverstone Networks
Riverstone Networks, was a provider of networking switching hardware based in Santa Clara, California. Originally part of Cabletron Systems, and based on an early acquisition of YAGO Systems, YAGO, it was one of the many Gigabit Ethernet startups in the mid-1990s. It is now a part of Alcatel-Lucent and its operations are being wound down via a Chapter 11 filing by their current owners. Company history * 7 February 2006 - Riverstone's partner Lucent Technologies signed an Asset Purchase agreement to acquire Riverstone Networks * 21 March 2006 - Lucent Technologies wins the auction for Riverstone Networks over rival Ericsson. The final price was $207 million * 18 April 2006 - Lucent Technologies are currently in the process of a merger of equals with Alcatel-Lucent, Alcatel * 1 December 2006 - Lucent Technologies completed the process of a merger of equals with Alcatel-Lucent, Alcatel. Assets of Riverstone Networks are now part of Alcatel-Lucent Products All of Riverstone Networks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patuxent River Stone
The Patuxent River stone is the state gem (a form of agate) of the U.S. state of Maryland. Since It is found in red and orange this stone could also be referred to as carnelian. It is only found in Maryland and its colors reflect the Maryland State Flag The flag of the state of Maryland is the 17th-century heraldic banner of arms of Cecil, 2nd Baron Baltimore. It consists of the arms of his father George, 1st Baron Baltimore (1579–1632), quartered with those of his grandmother, heiress of th .... The Patuxent River stone became the state gem effective October 1, 2004 through the passage of Chapter 272, Acts of 2004; Code State Government Article, sec. 13-319. References Symbols of Maryland Agates {{Maryland-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riverstone Pebble Tiles
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Riverstone may refer to: Places * Riverstone, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney, Australia ** Riverstone railway station, Sydney ** Electoral district of Riverstone ** Riverstone High School * Riverstone Terraces, a suburb of Upper Hutt, New Zealand * Riverstone (Fort Bend County, Texas), a master-planned residential community in Sugar Land, Texas and Missouri City, Texas Companies and organizations * Riverstone Holdings, an energy and power focused private equity firm * Riverstone International School, a school in Boise, Idaho * Riverstone Networks, a computer networking company Other * Patuxent River stone, a gem * Riverstone Pebble Tiles * ''Riverstone'', an album by Ten Mile Tide Ten Mile Tide is a folk rock indie band originating from San Francisco. Origins and members Twin brothers Jason and Justin Munning started the band in 1999 at Stanford University along with Steve Kessler, Marc Mazzoni, Bryan Jayne, and Brooks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
