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Doral Golf Resort
Doral may refer to: Businesses and brands * Doral (cigarette), an American brand * Doral Financial Corporation, the holding company of Doral Bank * Doral Hotel, now the Miami Beach Resort and Spa, Florida, U.S. * Trump National Doral Miami, earlier known as Doral Country Club, in Doral, Florida, U.S. * Doral, a trade name for the sleep medicine quazepam People * Doral Moore (born 1997), American basketball player * Doral Pilling (1906–1982), Canadian javelin thrower Other uses * Doral, Florida, U.S., a suburb of Miami * Aaron Doral, a fictional character from ''Battlestar Galactica'' * The Doral, a character in the Robert A. Heinlein novel '' Glory Road'' See also * Doral Open The Doral Open was a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour in the southeastern United States. It was played annually for 45 seasons, from 1962 to 2006, on the "Blue Monster" course at the Doral Golf Resort & Spa in Doral, Florida, a subu ..., a golf tournament held in Doral, Florida, U.S. { ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doral (cigarette)
Doral is an American brand of cigarettes, currently owned and manufactured by the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. History Doral was first introduced in 1969 and is now available nationwide in the United States. Originally considered a premium brand, the cigarettes were re-branded in 1984 as a savings brand. This made Doral the first officially branded cigarette in the value-savings market. In 1984, The New York Times tested various "low tar" and "low nicotine" brands and the tests concluded that Doral King Size and Doral King Size menthol had 5 MG of tar, 0,4 MG of nicotine and 3 MG of carbon monoxide. In 1999, it was reported that, due to R.J. Reynolds' sponsoring of various sport sponsorships, the brand was the third largest tobacco brand after Marlboro (cigarette), Marlboro and Newport (cigarette), Newport. In October 2014, it was reported that R.J. Reynolds might add another brand that had to be sold off to Imperial Tobacco (along with the Kool (cigarette), Kool, Salem (ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doral Financial Corporation
Doral Financial Corporation was the holding company of Doral Bank located in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It was founded in 1972. At the time the bank closed in February 2015, it had $5.9 billion in assets and 26 branches. History Doral Financial Corporation was a Puerto Rico based diversified financial services company founded in 1972. In 1999 it established its first branch in New York. Through its wholly owned subsidiaries, Doral Financial offered a variety of banking and insurance agency activities in Puerto Rico and the United States. Its three main subsidiaries were Doral Mortgage and HF Mortgage, which were two of the largest mortgage companies in Puerto Rico, and Doral Bank whose headquarters was located at 1451 F.D. Roosevelt Avenue, near the Golden Mile District of Hato Rey, San Juan. In 2008 Doral was transformed to a full-service community bank. It then instituted two community programs, "Ruta Pink" and Sundays at the Museum. In 2009 the bank was recognized by the Ameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doral Hotel
The Miami Beach Resort and Spa is a historic resort hotel opened in 1963 as the Doral Hotel On-The-Ocean and closed in 2019. It is located on the famous Millionaire's Row at 4833 Collins Avenue in Miami Beach, Florida. History Designed by architects Melvin Grossman and Philip Birnbaum and constructed by builder Robert Turchin, the hotel, also known as the Doral Beach Hotel, was named for the owner's wife Doris and the owner Alfred Kaskel. The hotel opened on February 15, 1963, as the sister hotel to the Doral Country Club on the mainland (now in Doral, Florida), where the Doral Open was played until 2006. The Doral Beach Hotel was long considered the most elegant and luxurious hotel in the area. It won several of the coveted Mobil Five Star awards. The hotel hosted the headquarters of George McGovern during the 1972 Democratic National Convention. The Doral was home away from home for movie stars and presidents. Several scenes from the hit 1972 film '' The Heartbreak Kid' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trump National Doral Miami
Trump National Doral Miami, also known as Doral Resort and Spa, is a golf resort in Doral in South Florida in the United States. It was founded by real estate pioneer Alfred Kaskel in 1962, with the name "Doral" coming from an amalgamation of the first names of Kaskel and his wife, Doris. It currently has 72 holes of golf, and its signature course is the Blue Monster at Doral. Description The resort consists of . Prior to its renovation, the club was reported to feature "four golf courses; 700 hotel rooms across 10 lodges; more than of meeting space, including a ballroom; a spa with 33 treatment rooms; six food and beverage outlets; extensive retail; and a private members' clubhouse." History The Doral Country Club was built for $10 million (equivalent to $ million in ) by Carol Management, a New York-based real estate firm headed by Alfred Kaskel. The club opened in January 1962. The resort was the sister hotel to the famous Doral Hotel on the ocean in Miami Beach, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quazepam
Quazepam, sold under the brand name Doral among others, is a relatively long-acting benzodiazepine derivative drug developed by the Schering Corporation in the 1970s. Quazepam is used for the treatment of insomnia, including sleep induction and sleep maintenance. Quazepam induces impairment of motor function and has relatively (and uniquely) selective hypnotic and anticonvulsant properties with considerably less overdose potential than other benzodiazepines (due to its novel receptor-subtype selectivity). Quazepam is an effective hypnotic which induces and maintains sleep without disruption of the sleep architecture. It was patented in 1970 and came into medical use in 1985. Medical uses Quazepam is used for short-term treatment of insomnia related to sleep induction or sleep maintenance problems and has demonstrated superiority over other benzodiazepines, such as temazepam. It had a lower incidence of side effects than temazepam, including less sedation, amnesia, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doral Moore
Doral Lamont Larod Moore (born January 21, 1997) is an American basketball player who last played for the Stockton Kings of the NBA G League. He played college basketball at Wake Forest University from 2015 to 2018. Early life Doral L. Moore Jr. was born in Louisville, Kentucky, on January 21, 1997, to parents Valerie and Doral Moore. He was raised in Stockbridge, Georgia. Moore attended Luella High School in Mcdonough, Georgia and Montverde Academy in Montverde, Florida, and played on both the basketball teams. On April 4, 2015, the Eagles won the Dick's Sporting Goods High School National Tournament. He graduated in 2015. College career Moore was rated as a top 60 prospect by 247Sports and a 72nd in the ESPN 100 in 2015. He chose Wake Forest University and played three seasons with the Demon Deacons as a center under head coach and former NCAA player of the year Danny Manning. In his final season, he averaged 11.1 points and 9.4 rebounds; he had a team-best 61 blocks and set ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doral Pilling
Doral William Pilling (14 January 1906 – 24 December 1982) was a Canadian athlete who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics. Early years Pilling was born in Cardston, Alberta, Canada. College years In 1927, Pilling became the NCAA champion in the javelin throw with 199' 8", representing the University of Utah."Ags' Enyeart Becomes Rarity With NCAA Win", Salt Lake Tribune, 20 March 1975 p.104 1928 Olympic Games In the 1928 Summer Olympics, in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Pilling finished twelfth in the men's javelin throw event, where he threw 59.16 m. International and Canadian competitions After the Amsterdam Olympics Pilling attended the Tailteann Games and shattered the Irish record for the javelin thrown and won the event. Back in Canada, he was feted and there were events for him in Vulcan and Calgary, among other places. Pilling threw his personal best of 212 ft. 5 in. (64.74m) in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, on August 20, 1928, shortly after the Olympic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doral, Florida
Doral is a city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. One of 34 municipalities in the county, it is located west of Miami International Airport and west of Greater Downtown Miami, Downtown Miami. Doral occupies bordered on the west by the Florida's Turnpike, Ronald Reagan Turnpike and the Everglades, Florida Everglades, on the north by the town of Medley, Florida, Medley, on the east by the Palmetto Expressway and on the south by the Dolphin Expressway and the city of Sweetwater, Miami-Dade County, Florida, Sweetwater. The city is part of the Miami metropolitan area of South Florida. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, Doral had a population of 75,874, up from 45,704 in 2010 United States census, 2010. Doral has operated under the Council-Manager, mayor-council-manager form of government since Municipal corporation, incorporation. Policymaking and legislative authority are vested in a governing council consisting of the mayor and four other councilmembe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aaron Doral
''Battlestar Galactica'' is a 2004 American military science fiction television series, and part of the ''Battlestar Galactica'' franchise. The show was developed by Ronald D. Moore and executive produced by Moore and David Eick as a re-imagining of the 1978 ''Battlestar Galactica'' television series created by Glen A. Larson. The pilot for the series first aired as a three-hour miniseries (comprising four broadcast hours in two parts) in December 2003 on Sci Fi, which was then followed by four regular seasons, ending its run on March 20, 2009. ''Battlestar Galactica'' follows a group of human survivors fleeing the destruction of their homeworlds aboard the titular spacecraft, searching for a new home while being pursued by the Cylons, a fearsome society of robots intent on exterminating all humans. Biological models of Cylons, indistinguishable from humans, have infiltrated what remains of the human population, and their identities are revealed over the course of the serie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glory Road
''Glory Road'' is a science fantasy novel by American writer Robert A. Heinlein, originally serialized in ''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction'' (July – September 1963) and published in hardcover the same year. It was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1964. In the novel, an unemployed war veteran with a facial scar responds to a newspaper ad and is hired to join a quest to retrieve the Egg of the Phoenix. After fighting the Egg's guardian Cyrano de Bergerac, the character and his employers retrieve the Egg and escape. The character marries his employer Star and moves with her to an alternate universe. Star is an Empress whose life has been extended indefinitely by medical treatments, and the Egg contains the knowledge and experiences of her predecessors. Bored with the life of the idle rich which he experiences, the main character returns to planet Earth and seeks another adventure. Plot summary Evelyn Cyril "E.C." Gordon (also known as "Easy" and " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doral Open
The Doral Open was a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour in the southeastern United States. It was played annually for 45 seasons, from 1962 to 2006, on the "Blue Monster" course at the Doral Golf Resort & Spa in Doral, Florida, a suburb west of Miami. The introduction of the FedEx Cup in 2007 caused a change in the PGA Tour schedule. The WGC-CA Championship, a World Golf Championship event co-sponsored by the PGA Tour, moved from October to March and took the Doral Open's spot on the schedule. This championship was also held at the Blue Monster course for the next decade; it was renamed the WGC-Cadillac Championship in 2011 and continued at Doral through 2016. The resort was sold in 2012 and became Trump National Doral Miami. The PGA Tour Latinoamérica development tour will host the season-ending Shell Championship in December 2018 on the Golden Palm course to continue the PGA Tour's tradition of hosting at Doral. History The tournament was played at various poi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
