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Weinstock
Weinstock (german: grapevine, link=no) is a Jewish and a German surname. Notable people with this surname include: * Arnold Weinstock (1924–2002), English businessman * Bob Weinstock (1928–2006), founder of Prestige Records * Carol Weinstock (1914–1971), American artist and educator * Eleanor Frank Weinstock (born 1929), American former politician * Evan Weinstock (born 1991), American Olympic bobsledder * George Weinstock (born 1949), American geneticist and microbiologist * Gertrude Weinstock (1904–1985), American pianist * Harris Weinstock (1854–1922), American businessman in Sacramento, California * Herbert Weinstock (1905–1971), American music historian * Izzy Weinstock (1913–1997), American football player * Jack Weinstock (died 1969), American author and playwright * Judith Weinstock (born 1940), Israeli author * Julian Weinstock (c. 1922–1993), American architect, real estate contractor and philanthropist from Los Angeles, California * Maia Weins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grapevine
''Vitis'' (grapevine) is a genus of 79 accepted species of vining plants in the flowering plant family Vitaceae. The genus is made up of species predominantly from the Northern Hemisphere. It is economically important as the source of grapes, both for direct consumption of the fruit and for fermentation to produce wine. The study and cultivation of grapevines is called viticulture. Most cultivated ''Vitis'' varieties are wind-pollinated with hermaphroditic flowers containing both male and female reproductive structures, while wild species are dieceous. These flowers are grouped in bunches called inflorescences. In many species, such as ''Vitis vinifera'', each successfully pollinated flower becomes a grape berry with the inflorescence turning into a cluster of grapes. While the flowers of the grapevines are usually very small, the berries are often large and brightly colored with sweet flavors that attract birds and other animals to disperse the seeds contained within the berrie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Weinstock
Jack Weinstock (died 23 May 1969 in New York City, New York) was an American author and playwright who is best known for writing the musical book for ''How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying''. Musical Theatre International. Retrieved 2015-8-9. He also co-authored the play '''' with Willie Gilbert
Willie Gilbert (24 February 1916 – 2 December 1980) was an American author and playwright.
Born William Gomberg in Cleveland, Ohio, Gilbert's proclivity for creating gags em ...
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Ulf Weinstock
Ulf Weinstock (born August 10, 1952 in Strängnäs, Sweden) is an ice hockey player who played for the Swedish national team. He won a bronze medal at the 1980 Winter Olympics The 1980 Winter Olympics, officially the XIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as Lake Placid 1980, were an international multi-sport event held from February 13 to 24, 1980, in Lake Placid, New York, United States. Lake Placid was elected .... He played for Leksands from 1970 until 1984 and for Stjernen in Norway from 1984 to 1987. References 1952 births Living people Ice hockey players at the 1980 Winter Olympics Leksands IF players Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden Olympic ice hockey players for Sweden Olympic medalists in ice hockey Stjernen Hockey players Swedish ice hockey players Medalists at the 1980 Winter Olympics People from Strängnäs Municipality Sportspeople from Södermanland County {{Sweden-icehockey-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Todd Weinstock
Glassjaw is an American post-hardcore band from Hempstead, New York. The band is fronted by vocalist Daryl Palumbo and guitarist Justin Beck, and was a major part of the Long Island music scene in the early 2000s. The band has been influential in the progression of the underground music scene in the eastern United States and United Kingdom for the post-hardcore genre, and are known for their intense live shows as well as their frequent line-up changes. Biography Early years (1993–1998) The band formed in the summer of 1993 after Palumbo and Beck met each other at camp. Of the band name, Beck has said: "We had a list of names, and we were just like, let's pick one of these band names which ones the coolest. At the time there were a bunch of bands coming out with two names in one like that, like mouthpiece, curbjaw, stuff like that. We were going down the list, and the first name that I liked was Swiftkick. I'm all like, that's a sick name. But for some reason Glassjaw stuck. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sylvia Weinstock
Sylvia Weinstock (January 28, 1930 – November 22, 2021) was an American baker and cake decorator. She was known for making delicious, multi-tiered wedding cakes decorated with botanically accurate sugar flowers. She also created elaborate trompe-l'oeil cakes that looked like cars, a crate of wine, Fabergé eggs, and other objects. Early life and education Sylvia Silver was born January 28, 1930, in the Bronx, New York. She was raised in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The family lived above their shop, which sold liquor and later was a bakery. Weinstock completed a bachelor's degree in 1951 in psychology at Hunter College. She later completed a master's degree in education from Queens College in 1973. Career Weinstock's first career was as an elementary school teacher on Long Island. She began selling extra cakes to local restaurants, and then apprenticed with pastry chef George Keller at the suggestion of André Soltner of Lutèce. She started her cake baking and decoration co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sophia Petrillo
Sophia Petrillo is a character from the sitcom television series ''The Golden Girls'' and its spin-offs ''The Golden Palace and'' ''Empty Nest.'' She also appeared in episodes of the series ''Blossom'' and ''Nurses''. Her character was played by the actress Estelle Getty for 10 years and 258 episodes. Chronology Early history Sophia was born in Sicily to Angelo, Sr. and Eleanor. Their family name was never established in the series. She had two sisters, Angela and Regina, and a brother, Angelo, Jr. Although another brother was mentioned, he was unnamed and was only spoken of a few times. Dorothy mentions an "Uncle Vito" in Season 2, but it is unclear whether he is Sophia's brother or the brother of her husband, Salvadore. In the first episode of ''The Golden Palace'' (1992) Sophia was described as a 87-year-old who experiences flashbacks to her younger life in Sicily, depicting herself as a young peasant girl having multiple romantic affairs earlier in life (1912 and 1922). H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcus Weinstock
Marcus Weinstock (born 15 February 1984) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey forward. He most notably played for Örebro HK in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). Playing career Weinstock came to Färjestads BK as a junior. After playing for the club's junior team he was loaned out to second league club Bofors IK in 2003. He played with Bofors until the 2005–06 season when Bofors no longer wanted him. Instead, Färjestad loaned him to IFK Arboga, where Weinstock's uncle, Ulf Weinstock, was the coach. Weinstock played very well while with Arboga, scoring 15 points in 20 games. During the 2005–06 season he also played one game with Färjestads BK in Elitserien. Before the 2006–07 season, he signed with Allsvenskan club Växjö Lakers. He stayed there for two seasons before signing with Leksands IF before the 2008–09 season. Since the 2010–11 season he has played for Örebro HK, helping the club secure their status from the Allsvenskan to the SHL. In his tenth se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maia Weinstock
Maia Weinstock is an American science writer and Lego enthusiast who resides in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She graduated from Brown University in 1999, and is Deputy Editor of ''MIT News''. Biography Before working at MIT, she worked at BrainPOP, and was an editor for SPACE.com and other science publications. In 2014, Weinstock was cited by Judith Newman of ''The New York Times'' as "a Wikipedian who has been instrumental in raising awareness" of the gender imbalance on that online encyclopedia; her article on how notability is determined on Wikipedia immediately provoked other Wikipedia editors to create a page about Newman. In addition to her editing work, Weinstock has been an editor of Wikipedia for a number of years, and has been involved in efforts to reduce the gender gap among editors and articles that occur on the site. This work includes working at edit-a-thons on Ada Lovelace Day, as well. A fan of Lego mini-figures, she first started building them for living s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julian Weinstock
Julian Weinstock (c. 1922-1993) was an American architect, real estate contractor and philanthropist from Los Angeles, California. He built thousands of home in the San Fernando Valley and developed large areas of Bel Air. Early life Julian Weinstock was born circa 1922.Julian Weinstock; Built Thousands of Homes ''The Los Angeles Times'', January 13, 1993 He studied architecture at the . Career Weinstock moved to |
Judith Weinstock
Judith (Yehudit) Weinstock ( he, יהודית ויינשטוק; born 1940) is an Israeli author. Biography Judith Weinstock is the eldest daughter of Chana and Chaim Zissowitz, and has a brother and a sister. Her parents immigrated for Zionist reasons in the mid nineteen thirties, and were among the founders of the religious kibbutz of Be'erot Yitzhak. At the age of six, Judith moved with her family to the moshava of Pardes Hanna, where she grew up. Uri Keidar“Judith Weinstock: ‘I’m no political writer’”, interview in Yedioth Petakh Tivka newspaper, October 25, 2013 Her father was an activist for the Hapoel HaMizrachi national religious party, and served as vice chairman of the municipality and chairman of its employment office. Weinstock studied preschool education at Tel Aviv's Talpiot College. She holds a Ba in preschool education and in education management from Bar-Ilan University. Weinstock worked in preschool education for nearly four decades: first as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Izzy Weinstock
Isadore "Izzy" Weinstock (June 27, 1913 – September 26, 1997) was an American football player. Weinstock attended James M. Coughlin High School in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, and the University of Pittsburgh. He played college football for the Pitt Panthers football team from 1932 to 1934 and was selected by the Newspaper Enterprise Association and the North American Newspaper Alliance as a first-team fullback on the 1934 College Football All-America Team. He was also chosen as a second-team All-American by the Associated Press. He also played professional football as a fullback in the National Football League for the Philadelphia Eagles in 1935, and for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1937 and 1938. Weinstock sustained a broken nose and thereafter became one of the first football players to wear a face mask. Weinstock served as a lieutenant in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. He was the head coach and a player for the 1943 Spokane Air Service Commandos footb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arnold Weinstock
Arnold Weinstock, Baron Weinstock, Kt. OMRI, (29 July 1924 – 23 July 2002) was an English industrialist and businessman known for making General Electric Company one of Britain's most profitable companies. The City criticized Weinstock for his financial caution but after he retired as managing director in 1996, under his successor a series of ill-judged acquisitions led to catastrophic losses. Early life Born in Stoke Newington, Hackney, London, the son of working class Polish-Jewish immigrants Golda () and Simon Weinstock, Arnold Weinstock was educated at the London School of Economics. Career He was a junior administrative officer in the Admiralty in the period 1944–1947. In 1949, he married Netta Sobell, the daughter of industrialist Michael Sobell. The couple had two children, Simon (1952–1996) and Susan (b 1955). Lady Weinstock died in 2019. In 1954 he joined his father-in law's electronics company, Radio & Allied Industries Ltd., and in 1963 orchestrated its me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
