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Weinstein Theorem
Weinstein is a German or Yiddish surname meaning ”wine stone”, referring to the crystals of cream of tartar (potassium bitartrate) that precipitate out of fermenting grape juice. Hermeswein website. List of people with this surname * Alan Weinstein, (born 1943), American mathematician * Albert Weinstein (1885-1969), German Olympic track and field athlete * ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yiddish
Yiddish, historically Judeo-German, is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated in 9th-century Central Europe, and provided the nascent Ashkenazi community with a vernacular based on High German fused with many elements taken from Hebrew language, Hebrew (notably Mishnaic Hebrew, Mishnaic) and to some extent Aramaic. Most varieties of Yiddish include elements of Slavic languages and the vocabulary contains traces of Romance languages.Aram Yardumian"A Tale of Two Hypotheses: Genetics and the Ethnogenesis of Ashkenazi Jewry".University of Pennsylvania. 2013. Yiddish has traditionally been written using the Hebrew alphabet. Prior to World War II, there were 11–13 million speakers. 85% of the approximately 6 million Jews who were murdered in the Holocaust were Yiddish speakers,Solomon Birnbaum, ''Grammatik der jiddischen Sprache'' (4., erg. Aufl., Hamburg: Buske, 1984), p. 3. leading to a massive decline in the use of the language. Jewish ass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cordt Weinstein
Cordt Weinstein (born March 2, 1972) is an American retired professional soccer player who played nine seasons with the Long Island Rough Riders. Player Weinstein attended Southern Connecticut State University, playing on the men's soccer team from 1989 to 1993. In 1990 and 1992, Weinstein and his team mates won the NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Championship. In 1994, Weinstein signed with the Long Island Rough Riders of the USISL. In 1996, the Rough Riders loaned Weinstein to the New York Fever of the A-League A-League Men, also known as the Isuzu UTE A-League for sponsorship reasons, is a professional soccer league in Australia and New Zealand and the highest level of the Australian soccer league system. Established in 2004 as the A-League by the ... for the months of August and September. In 2001, Weinstein was loaned to MetroStars. Coach In 1993, Weinstein became an assistant coach at St. John the Baptist Diocesan High School in West Islip, New York. He wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Pirates Of Orion
"The Pirates of Orion" is the second season premiere episode of the American animated science fiction television series '' Star Trek: The Animated Series'', the 17th episode overall. It first aired on September 7, 1974 on NBC. It was directed by Bill Reed and written by Howard Weinstein. The episode was Weinstein's first professional sale at the age of 19, making him, as of 2023, the youngest writer of any ''Star Trek'' TV episode. Set in the 23rd century, the series follows the adventures of Captain James T. Kirk (voiced by William Shatner) and the crew of the Starfleet starship ''Enterprise''. In this episode, Kirk and the ''Enterprise'' must contend with a pirate captain and crew who have stolen a load of cargo that includes medicine crucial to save a dying Spock (voiced by Leonard Nimoy). The story was developed from Weinstein out of a ''Star Trek''-based short story he had previously published in a school science fiction publication. After it failed to be read on th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howard Weinstein (writer)
The ''Star Trek'' franchise's first tie-in publications were James Blish's 1967 volume of episode novelizations and Mack Reynolds's 1968 young adult novel '' Mission to Horatius''. Since 1968, more than 850 original novels, short story collections, episode and film novelizations, and omnibus editions have been published. Novels based on ''Star Trek'', '' The Next Generation'', ''Discovery'', and ''Picard'' are currently in print. As recently as 2020, novels based on '' Deep Space Nine'', ''Enterprise'', and '' Voyager'' were published. Original concept and flagship series such as ''New Frontier'', ''Titan'', ''Seekers'', and ''Vanguard'' have also been published since 1994. Official publishers of ''Star Trek'' novels include Simon & Schuster and U.K. publisher Titan Books. Bantam Books published novels from 1967 to 1981. Past publishers include Western Publishing, Random House imprints Ballantine and Del Rey Books, Science Fiction Book Club. Publishers Heyne and Cross Cult ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howard Weinstein
Howard M. Weinstein (born 1953) is an American bridge player from Chicago, Illinois. He is a graduate of University of Minnesota. He is related to Josh (J. Elvis) Weinstein from ''Mystery Science Theater 3000''. Bridge accomplishments Wins * North American Bridge Championships (10) ** von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs (1) 1997 ** Silodor Open Pairs (1) 1996 ** Blue Ribbon Pairs (1) 1998 ** Nail Life Master Open Pairs (1) 2006 ** Grand National Teams (1) 1991 ** Vanderbilt (1) 1993 ** Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (2) 2012, 2019 ** Reisinger (2) 1997, 2001 Runners-up * Bermuda Bowl (1) 2007 * North American Bridge Championships ** von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs (3) 1988, 1989, 2007 ** Grand National Teams The Grand National Teams (GNT) North American bridge championship is held at the summer American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). The Grand National Teams is a team knockout event. The event is broken into ... (2) 1986, 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harvey Weinstein
Harvey Weinstein (, ; born March 19, 1952) is an American film producer and convicted sex offender. In 1979, Weinstein and his brother, Bob Weinstein, co-founded the entertainment company Miramax, which produced several successful independent films including ''Sex, Lies, and Videotape'' (1989); '' The Crying Game'' (1992); '' Pulp Fiction'' (1994); '' Heavenly Creatures'' (1994); '' Flirting with Disaster'' (1996); and '' Shakespeare in Love'' (1998). Weinstein won an Academy Award for producing ''Shakespeare in Love'' and also won seven Tony Awards for plays and musicals including '' The Producers'', ''Billy Elliot the Musical'', and '' August: Osage County''. After leaving Miramax, Weinstein and his brother Bob founded the Weinstein Company (TWC), a mini-major film studio. He was co-chairman, alongside Bob, from 2005 to 2017. In October 2017, following sexual abuse allegations dating back to the late 1970s, Weinstein was dismissed from his company and expelled from the Aca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hannah Weinstein
Hannah Weinstein ( Dorner; June 23, 1911 – March 9, 1984) was an American-British journalist, publicist and left-wing political activist who moved to Britain and became a television producer. She is best remembered for having produced ''The Adventures of Robin Hood'' television series in the mid-to-late 1950s. Early life Born to a Jewish family in New York City, after graduating with a degree in journalism from New York University, Weinstein worked for the ''New York Herald Tribune'' from 1927. In 1937, she left the newspaper to join Fiorello H. La Guardia's mayoral campaign in New York City. She was also involved in the presidential campaigns of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Henry Wallace. With Ring Lardner Jr., she wrote speeches for Charlie Chaplin and Orson Welles during this period. Exile In 1950, Weinstein began her film career in Paris having left the US to avoid the rise of anticommunism, as typified by the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC). In 1952, aft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Esperanto Speakers
An Esperantist () is a person who speaks, reads or writes Esperanto. According to the Declaration of Boulogne, a document agreed upon at the first World Esperanto Congress in 1905, an Esperantist is someone who speaks Esperanto and uses it for any purpose. List Important Esperantists * Muztar Abbasi, Pakistani scholar, patron in chief of PakEsA, translated the Quran and many other works into Esperanto * William Auld, eminent Scottish Esperanto poet and nominee for the Nobel Prize in Literature * Julio Baghy, poet, member of the Akademio de Esperanto and "Dad" ("Paĉjo") of the Esperanto movement * Henri Barbusse, French writer, honorary president of the first congress of the Sennacieca Asocio Tutmonda * Kazimierz Bein, "Kabe", prominent Esperanto activist and writer who suddenly left the Esperanto movement without explanation * Émile Boirac, French writer and first president of the Esperanto language committee (later the Akademio de Esperanto) * Antoni Grabowski ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
