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- John Harrison
(1693 - 1776) was an English clock designer, who developed and built the world's first successful maritime clock, one whose accuracy was great enough to allow the determination of longitude over long distances. Harrison was born at Foulby in Yorkshire, the eldest son of a carpenter. A carpenter by initial trade, Harrison built and repaired clocks in his spare time. Legend has it that he was given a watch when he was six to amuse him while in bed with smallpox, spending hours listening to it and studying its moving parts. Scholars today, however, consider this unlikely to be true, as
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- John Dalton
Chemical Philosophy (1808). The second part of this volume appeared in 1810, but the first part of the second volume was not issued till 1827, though the printing of it began in 1817. This delay is not explained by any excess of care in preparation, for much of the matter was out of date and the appendix giving the author's latest views is the only portion of special interest. The second part of vol. ii. never appeared. Altogether Dalton contributed 116 memoirs to the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, of which from 1817 till his death he was the president. Of
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- Joan of Kent
concerned about the budding romance between the two cousins, and set herself against it. The Archbishop of Canterbury warned the Prince that there could be doubts cast on the legitimacy of any children Joan might bear him, in view of the fact that one of her previous husbands, the Earl of Salisbury, was still alive, but the marriage went ahead with an assurance of absolution from the Pope. They were married in 1361, and almost immediately set sail for France, since the Black Prince was also the Prince of Aquitaine, a region of France which belonged to the English Crown. Two
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- John Dolmayan
John Dolmayan John Dolmayan was born in 1971 in Lebanon, but is of Armenian ethnicity. One night when he was five, he got scared and went to his parent's room and asked if he could sleep there. His parents agreed, and soon after a bullet came through the window of his room and hit his bed, where he would have been sleeping. His father decided they had to move. He moved to Toronto then to Los Angeles. He's the drummer for System of a Down. He has a condominium in Las
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- Johnston-Ruyer Back Therapy
are overused, and used inappropriately to compensate for other weaker and less used muscles. Eventually the extra burden on the back causes muscle spasms, a typical sort of athletic injury for any overused muscle, which we experience as nagging back pain or as a severe episode of pain that puts us "flat on our backs." The Basic Program Standard sorts of leg exercises are part of the program, if possible including lots of running and walking (taking care not to employ back muscles to help swing the legs.) Maintaining a specific sort of balance while moving, especially when sitting down or
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- Jorge Porcel
of these 48 movies were collaborations with another famous Argentinian comedy actor, Alberto Olmedo, who died tragically in 1988 after falling off a twelfth floor. Among the movies they did together was 1986's Rambito Y Rambon: Primera Mision. (Little Rambo and Big Rambo: First Mission) Porcel most of the times played characters that would have possibly enraged many of today's feminists, but he also played transvestites and other types of men during his career. After he retired from filming movies in Argentina, he moved to Miami, where he starred in a show named A La Cama Con Porcel (To Bed With
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- John Bonham
of phasing cymbals. His drum solos, first "Pat's Delight" then later "Moby Dick", would often last for half-an-hour and regularly featured his use of bare hands to achieve different sound effects. Rap artists such as the Beastie Boys would heavily sample his drumming. In 1974, Bonham appeared in the film Son of Dracula, playing drums in Count Downe's (Harry Nilsson) backing band. Most fans agree that Bonham's action sequence for the film The Song Remains the Same was the best out of all four musicians. It featured him in a drag race at Santa Pod speedway in California to the sound
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- Village gai
maps. Finally, the governments lent their support in securing the Gay Games for 2006; the city later lost the right to hold the Games under that name because the Federation of Gay Games considered their plans too ambitious. However, the city government came under criticism recently for cutting funding to the Divers-Cité pride celebrations. Gays and lesbians live all over the highly accepting city, so their residential density in the Village is only slightly higher than elsewhere. However, the Village contains a variety of shops and services targeting the community, and so serves as an entertainment and tourism epicentre rather than
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- John Loudon McAdam
from layered rocks and gravel. He wrote two treatises documenting his research, Remarks on the Present System of Road-Making (1816) Practical Essay on the Scientific Repair and Preservation of Roads (1819). In 1820 Parliament awarded him 2,000 pounds for his efforts and in 1827 he was made Surveyor-General of metropolitan roads. When he was appointed surveyor to the Bristol Turnpike Trust in 1816 he remade the roads under his control with crushed stone bound with gravel on a firm base of large stones. A camber, making the road slightly convex, ensured the rainwater rapidly drained off the road and did not
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- John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville
on the ground that the fall of the house of Austria would dangerously increase the power of France, even if she gained no accession of territory. These views made him welcome to George II, who gladly accepted him as secretary of state in 1742. In 1743 he accompanied the king to Germany, and was present at the battle of Dettingen on June 27 1743. He held the secretary-ship till November 1744. Carteret succeeded in promoting an agreement between Maria Theresa and Frederick II of Prussia. He understood the relations of the European states, and the interests of Great Britain among them.
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- Joe Hill
pistol. Hill was arrested for Morrison's murder. A red bandanna was found in Hill's rooms. The pistol Hill had when he was at the doctor was not found. Hill resolutely denied that he was involved in the robbery and murder of Morrison, but he refused to testify at his trial, and was convicted of murder. An appeal to the Utah Supreme Court was unsuccessful, and it is uncertain whether appeals for mercy organized by the I.W.W. did his case any good. Hill was executed by firing squad on November 19, 1915. His last words, to his supporters, were "Don't mourn for
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- John Rebus
John Rebus Inspector John Rebus is the protagonist in a series of detective novels by Ian Rankin. The novels are set in Edinburgh. In order, the books in the series are: Knots and Crosses (1987) Hide and Seek (1991) Wolfman (later known as Tooth and Nail) (1992) A Good Hanging (1992) - short stories Strip Jack (1992) The Black Book (1993) Mortal Causes (1994) Let it Bleed (1996) Black and Blue (1997) The Hanging Garden (1998) Dead Souls
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- John Fell
Commonwealth; in 1672, he rebuilt the east side of the Chaplain's quadrangle "with a straight passage under it leading from the cloister into the field," occupied now by the new Meadow Buildings; the lodgings of the canon of the third stall in the passage uniting the Tom and Peckwater quadrangles (c. 1674); a long building joining the Chaplain's quadrangle on the east side in 1677-1678; and lastly the great Tom tower gate, begun in June 1681 on the foundation laid by Wolsey and finished in November 1682, to which the bell "great Tom," after being recast, was transferred from the cathedral
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- John Tyndall
striking gifts and made him a colleague of Faraday, whom in 1866 he succeeded as scientific adviser to the Trinity House and Board of Trade, and in 1867 as superintendent of the Royal Institution. His reverent attachment to Faraday is beautifully manifested in his memorial volume called Faraday as a Discoverer (1868). His inquiries into glacier motion were notable for his association with Switzerland and for prolonged controversy with other men of science on the subject. In 1854; after the meeting of the British Association in Liverpool, a memorable visit occurred to the Penrhyn slate quarries, where the question of slaty
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- John Stapp
to better safeguard occupants of crashing airplanes. The initial phase of the program, as set up by the Aero Medical Laboratory of the Wright Air Development Center, was to develop equipment and instrumentation whereby airplane crashes might be simulated, and to study the strength factors of seats and harnesses, and human tolerance to the "G forces" encountered in simulated airplane crashes. The crash survival research program was originally slated to be conducted near the Aero Medical Laboratory, but Muroc (now Edwards Air Force Base) was chosen because of the existence there of a 2000-foot track, built originally for V-2 rocket research.
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- Johnny The Homicidal Maniac
do this, he goes around kills jerks and people who do things that may slightly irritate him. Johnny overreacts, which is why he is usually successful in keeping his walls wet with blood. Occasionally, however, the monster gets out and kills people. Like his creator, Johnny is a comic book artist and runs an underground comic series called Happy Noodle Boy. Other characters: Squee - aka Todd, but nicknamed Squee. Johnny's semi-friend, Johnny likes to scare him. Nail Bunny - Johnny's first and last pet, used to be a bunny before Johnny nailed it to the wall. Now it is Johnny's
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- Joe Niekro
Atlanta Braves in 1973. While pitching for Atlanta, Niekro perfected his knuckleball, and two years later joined the Houston Astros, where he would become the winningest pitcher in Astros history. He was an All-Star in 1979, a year in which he led the National League in wins with 21, threw a league-leading five shutouts, and finished second in voting for the National League Cy Young Award. The Niekro brothers were briefly reunited again in 1985 when Joe was acquired by the New York Yankees. In June 1987, the Yankees traded Niekro to the Minnesota Twins. A month later, on August 3,
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- John Fitzalan, 14th Earl of Arundel
of John Fitzalan, 13th Earl of Arundel. On his father's death, he inherited the title of Baron Maltravers and a claim to the Earldom of Arundel, which was disputed with the Duke of Norfolk. As a young man Fitzalan fought for the English in France, where he distinguished himself at the siege of Compiegne, and earned the favor of the English regent, John, Duke of Bedford. He also fought at Anglure and Louviers, and was present at Henry VI's coronation as king of France. Fitzalan was made captain of Rouen in February, where on the night of March 3 he was
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- Juliana Hatfield
Juliana Hatfield Juliana Hatfield (b. July 27, 1967), is a guitarist/songwriter from the Boston area, formerly of the Blake Babies. She studied at the Berklee College of Music. Partial Discography Hey Babe Become What You Are Only Everything God's Foot (not released) Please Do Not Disturb Bed Beautiful Creature Total System Failure
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- Jules Rimet trophy
representing the hopes and ambitions of every footballing nation on earth. It was named after the FIFA president Jules Rimet who in 1929 passed a vote to initiate the competition. It was designed by Abel Lafleur, standing 35 cm high and weighting 3.8 kg and made of pure gold. It was in the shape of a cup, incorporating a statuette of Nike, the ancient Greek goddess of victory. During the World War II, the trophy was held by Italy. Ottorino Barassi, an official of the Italian football association, hid it from the Germanss in a shoe-box under his bed. During a
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