|
Stone (other)
A stone is a small piece of rock. Stone may also refer to: Unit of measurement * Stone (unit), a measure of weight formerly used in various Germanic European countries and still commonly used in Great Britain and Ireland for measuring human body weight * Stone (Chinese weight) Materials and minerals * Building stone, a building materials, building material * Dimension stone, stone fabricated to specific sizes or shapes * Gemstone, an attractive mineral used for adornments * Stoneware, a ceramic ware Biology * Calculus (medicine), a stone formed in the body, such as kidney stones or gallstones * Pyrena, the hard seed-bearing kernel inside drupe fruits such as peaches and olives Geography England * Stone, Buckinghamshire * Stone, Gloucestershire *Stone, South Yorkshire * Stone, Staffordshire * Stone (UK Parliament constituency) in Staffordshire * Stone, Worcestershire * Kent ** Norton, Buckland and Stone ** Stone, Kent ** Stone in Oxney United States *Stone, Kentucky *Stone, Wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stone
In geology, rock (or stone) is any naturally occurring solid mass or aggregate of minerals or mineraloid matter. It is categorized by the minerals included, its Chemical compound, chemical composition, and the way in which it is formed. Rocks form the Earth's outer solid layer, the Earth's crust, crust, and most of its interior, except for the liquid Earth's outer core, outer core and pockets of magma in the asthenosphere. The study of rocks involves multiple subdisciplines of geology, including petrology and mineralogy. It may be limited to rocks found on Earth, or it may include planetary geology that studies the rocks of other celestial objects. Rocks are usually grouped into three main groups: igneous rocks, sedimentary rocks and metamorphic rocks. Igneous rocks are formed when magma cools in the Earth's crust, or lava cools on the ground surface or the seabed. Sedimentary rocks are formed by diagenesis and lithification of sediments, which in turn are formed by the weathe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stone In Oxney
Stone in Oxney is a village in the civil parish of Stone-cum-Ebony, in the Ashford district, in the county of Kent, England. It is south of Ashford, near Appledore. The village is south east of Tenterden, on the eastern side of the Isle of Oxney. The stone that gives the village its name is preserved in the village church, and is of Roman origin. Often thought to be an altar of Mithras, it in fact depicts Apis. The Saxon Shore Way, a long-distance walking route tracing the old Saxon shoreline, passes through the parish. In 1891 the parish of "Stone" had a population of 356. In 1894 the parish was abolished and merged with Ebony Ebony is a dense black/brown hardwood, coming from several species in the genus '' Diospyros'', which also includes the persimmon tree. A few ''Diospyros'' species, such as macassar and mun ebony, are dense enough to sink in water. Ebony is fin ... to form "Stone cum Ebony". File:Roman Altar at Stone in the Isle of Oxney.jpg, Roman Altar at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stone Smartt
Stone Cole Smartt (born October 4, 1998) is an American professional football tight end for the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Old Dominion Monarchs. Early life Smartt attended Del Oro High School in Loomis, California. During his high school career, he played the quarterback position, throwing for 3,021 yards from scrimmage with 29 touchdowns. He took his team in 2015-16 to a Division II-AA State title championship by beating Camarillo (16-13). In 2016-17 he led Del Oro to a Division 1-A state championship game against San Clemente. Smartt was also an established point guard for the Del Oro boys basketball team. He committed to Northern Arizona University to play college football in 2017. College career As a true freshman at NAU in 2017, Smartt played in just 2 games. He transferred to Riverside City in 2018, where he played in 12 games and completed 177 out of 277 for 2,754 yards and 31 touchdowns. Rushed for 58 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stone Phillips
Stone Stockton Phillips (born December 2, 1954) is an American television reporter and correspondent on NBC, ABC and PBS. He is best known as the former co-anchor of ''Dateline NBC'', a news magazine TV series. He's also worked as a substitute anchor for ''NBC Nightly News'' and ''Today'' and as a substitute moderator on ''Meet the Press''. Prior to his tenure at NBC, he was an ABC News correspondent for '' 20/20'' and '' World News Tonight''. Early life Phillips was born December 2, 1954, in Texas City, Texas, to parents Victor and Grace Phillips, a Monsanto chemical engineer and school teacher, respectively. Victor Phillips is a veteran of World War II. Phillips and his siblings—brother Victor III and sister Minta—were raised in the Claymont section of Ballwin, Missouri, in the Greater St. Louis area. As a boy Phillips was an acolyte at St. Martin's Episcopal Church in Ellisville, Missouri, where his parents were founding members of the congregation. Phillips attended ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stone Librande
Stone Librande is an American video game designer at the video game publisher Riot Games. He was the lead designer of '' Diablo III'' at Blizzard Entertainment and creative director of ''SimCity'' at Electronic Arts. Stone is a frequent speaker at the Game Developers Conference The Game Developers Conference (GDC) is an annual conference for video game developers. The event includes an expo, networking events, and awards shows like the Game Developers Choice Award for Game of the Year, Game Developers Choice Awards and ... where he has given several talks about game design: * 2009The Paper Prototypes of Spore* 2010One Page Designs* 201115 Games in 15 Years* 2012Designing Games for Game Designers* 2013Simulating a City - One Page at a Time* 2015game < design References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stone Johnson
Stone Edward Johnson (April 26, 1940 — September 8, 1963) was an American sprinter and professional football player. He played as a kick returner and running back for the Kansas City Chiefs of the American Football League (AFL) during the 1963 preseason. On August 30, 1963, the rookie Johnson, a 200-meter track finalist in the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome and former world record holder, suffered a fractured vertebra in his neck in a preseason game against the Houston Oilers in Wichita, Kansas during a kickoff return. He died 10 days later, on September 8, at the age of 23. Although he was only on the team's active roster during preseason, his jersey number 33 was retired. See also *List of American Football League players This is a list of players who appeared in at least one regular season or postseason game in the American Football League (AFL). A * Bud Abell * Ray Abruzzese * Ken Adamson * Tom Addison * Ben Agajanian * Harold Akin * Ted Alflen * Bruce Alford ... Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stone Hallquist
Stone Conrad Hallquist (April 8, 1902June 1, 1981) was an American football running back, who played for the Milwaukee Badgers in the National Football League. Biography Hallquist was born in Söderholm, Sweden. He went to South Division High School and Middlebury College. He played 9 regular season games over 1 season, in 1926. He died in Sun City, Arizona Sun City is an Unincorporated area#United States, unincorporated community and census-designated place in Maricopa County, Arizona, Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, that is located within the Phoenix metropolitan area. The population wa .... References External links * * 1902 births 1981 deaths Middlebury Panthers football players Swedish players of American football Players of American football from Milwaukee South Division High School alumni Swedish emigrants to the United States 20th-century American sportsmen {{runningback-1900s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stone Gossard
Stone Carpenter Gossard (born July 20, 1966) is an American musician and songwriter who serves as the rhythm guitarist for the rock band Pearl Jam. Along with Jeff Ament, Mike McCready, and Eddie Vedder, he is one of the founding members of the band. Gossard is also known for his work prior to Pearl Jam with the Seattle-based grunge bands Green River (band), Green River and Mother Love Bone. Gossard was also a member of the bands Temple of the Dog and Brad (band), Brad. In addition to his performing career, he has been active in the music industry as a producer and the owner of a record label and recording studio. He released his first solo album ''Bayleaf (album), Bayleaf'' in 2001; his second, ''Moonlander'', followed in 2013. Gossard was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Pearl Jam in 2017. Biography Early life Gossard was born in Seattle to David W. Gossard Jr. and Mary Carolyn Carpenter. His father was a lawyer and his mother worked in the Seattle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stone Garrett
Gregory Stone Garrett (born November 22, 1995) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Kiwoom Heroes of the KBO League. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Arizona Diamondbacks and Washington Nationals. Career Miami Marlins Garrett was drafted by the Miami Marlins in the eighth round of the 2014 Major League Baseball draft out of George Ranch High School in Richmond, Texas. He signed with the Marlins rather than play college baseball at Rice University. He made his professional debut with the Gulf Coast Marlins. Playing with the Low-A Batavia Muckdogs in 2015, Garrett was named the Marlins Minor League Player of the Year after hitting .297 with a .933 On-base plus slugging (OPS), 11 home runs and 46 runs batted in. Garrett spent 2016 with the Single–A Greensboro Grasshoppers where he posted a .213 batting average with six home runs and 16 RBI in 52 games. While with Greensboro, Garrett was involved in a prank with his then-roommate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stone Forsythe
Stone Forsythe (December 29, 1997) is an American professional football offensive tackle for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Florida Gators. Early life Forsythe was born and grew up in Winter Garden, Florida, and attended West Orange High School. He committed to play college football at Florida over offers from Kentucky and Duke. College career Forsythe redshirted his true freshman season. He saw his first playing time when he started the final two games of his redshirt freshman season. Forsythe played in all 13 of Florida's games with one start as a redshirt sophomore. He became a starter going into his redshirt junior season and started the final 25 games of his career. Forsythe appeared in 40 games with 28 starts over the course of his collegiate career. Professional career Seattle Seahawks Forsythe was selected by the Seattle Seahawks in the sixth round, 208th overall, of the 2021 NFL draft. On May 14, 2021, Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stone (surname)
Stone is a surname that is an anglicization of the Scandinavian name of Sten dating back to Anglo-Saxon. List of people with the surname A * Adam Stone, American professor and political scientist * Alan Stone (other), several people, including :* Alan A. Stone (1929–2022), American scholar of law and psychology at Harvard, and film critic :* Alan Stone (opera director) (1929–2008), founder of the Chicago Opera Theater :* Alan Stone (wrestler) (born 1977), Mexican professional wrestler * Albert Stone (born 1928), owner of Sterilite and a philanthropist from Townsend, Massachusetts * Alfred Stone (other), several people, including: :* Alfred Stone (musician) (1840–1878), English organist and choir-trainer :* Alfred Stone (1834–1908), American architect from Rhode Island; partner in Stone, Carpenter & Willson :* Alfred Holt Stone (1879–1955), American planter, writer, politician, from Mississippi :* Alfred P. Stone (1813–1865), American politician fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stone (singer)
Annie Gautrat, better known by her stage name Stone (born in Paris on 31 July 1947) is a French singer and actress, and very notably part of the musical duo Stone et Charden with her then-husband Éric Charden. the duo were successful in the 1970s with some hits in France and internationally. Biography In 1966, Gautrat (Stone) was taking part in the "Miss Beatnik" competition where Éric Charden was a member of the jury. They were acquainted after the competition and got married the same year. Already having separate musical careers, they decided to form the duo known as Stone et Charden in 1971, releasing "L'Avventura" in 1972 and "Made in Normandie" in 1973. She also took part in the French musical comedy ''Mayflower'' written by Guy Bontempelli and music composed by Charden. Soon artistic and personal tensions resulted in a divorce and break-up of the duo in 1975 with each member pursuing a separate solo musical career. Éric Charden married Pascale Rivault, whereas Stone l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
