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Gordon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gordon (Scottish Parliament constituency), a constituency of the Scottish Parliament Gordon is a traditional Scottish clan name (see Clan Gordon) and it is now a common given name and a less common surname. Presbytery of Gordon, one of the Church of Scotland presbyteries, an administrative district en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gordon   (408 words)

Gordon the Big Engine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gordon is one of the central characters in the TV series Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends, which is based on the books. Gordon was rebuilt by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway at Crewe Works with a new chassis designed by William Stanier, the Fat Controller's mentor, who was also responsible for Henry's rebuild. Gordon was one of the first characters created in the Railway Series, initially to provide a foil for Edward. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gordon_the_Big_Engine   (1135 words)

Jeff Gordon Online Gordon is a three-time winner of the all-star race and a three-time winner of the 600. Gordon ran in the lead pack virtually all day, and led the most laps (62) during the race. Gordon found himself without drafting help on the low line as the field thundered by, thus relegating him to a 15th place finish. www.gordonline.com   (1125 words)

Welcome to Gordon, Nebraska! The village of Gordon was incorporated on November 19, 1885 and has grown into a second class city with a population of approximately 1,800. The Gordon City Library was built in 1987 and is a modern state accredited facility. Gordon has a city manager-council form of government. www.ci.gordon.ne.us   (288 words)

TPC ATLANTIC GORDON 2000 TROPICAL CYCLONE REPORT Gordon was downgraded to a tropical storm at 1800 UTC 17 September. Gordon's remnant low-level circulation then moved northeastward up the east coast of the United States for the next 3 days before being absorbed by a large extratropical low pressure system over eastern Canada around 1200 UTC 21 September. Average official track errors for Gordon (with the number of cases in parentheses) were 32 (8), 37 (6), 40 (4), and 75 (2) n mi for the 12, 24, 36, and 48 h forecasts, respectively. www.nhc.noaa.gov /2000gordon.html   (1874 words)

John B. Gordon, Georgia governor, Confederate General, Senator Gordon's opposition to this movement was based on his belief that the formation of a third party would lead to the victory of the Republican Party, a party, he said was "conceived in passion, born of fanaticism and baptized in blood". Gordon's wife showed that she was made of similar stuff when she rushed out into the street at Winchester to urge Gordon's retreating troops to go back and face the enemy. Gordon labored mightily to get Federal troops removed and home rule restored in the last two Southern states so burdened, Louisiana and South Carolina, and he received much of the credit for the "redemption" of these states via the Democrats agreeing to the elevation of Hayes to the presidency in exchange for their redemption. ngeorgia.com /people/gordon.html   (3285 words)

Gordon County Online - Front Page Gordon County and its environs possesses a vast array of quality-of-life resources including civil war historic sites, state parks, quality health care, excellent public and higher educational opportunities, a cultural arts center, a regional outlet mall, and the nearby fast pace urban life of Georgia's capital city of Atlanta. Gordon County is one of Georgia's 159 counties and is rich in natural and historic resources. Gordon County is strategically located on I-75 in Northwest Georgia, 45 minutes from both Atlanta and Chattanooga. www.gordoncounty.org   (264 words)

Teachers College - Columbia University: Faculty Gordon, P. Evaluating the semantic categories hypothesis: The case of the count/mass distinction. Gordon, P. and Chafetz, J. Verb-based vs. class-based accounts of actionality effects in children's comprehension of the passive. Gordon, P. Levels of affixation in the acquisition of English morphology. www.tc.columbia.edu /faculty/home.htm?facid=pg328   (336 words)

SI.com - Racing Gordon’s 2004 season had a couple of engine failures and crashes, but the most unique obstacle was the chunk of concrete he hit in Martinsville. Gordon was the driver to beat until the track broke up, damaging the car and ruining the day. Gordon has always been one of the best under pressure, and he fought off several disasters last year. sportsillustrated.cnn.com /racing/drivers/2005/jeff.gordon.html   (554 words)

Gordon Quest The Robert Gordon (born abt 1784-1854) of the Seton-Gordon branch of Scotland and America - DNA and conventional research. www.gordonquest.com   (19 words)

GORDON KORMAN Gordon Korman was born in Montreal in 1963. Gordon feels that everyone should be treated equally, that's what he might say when he visits schools and libraries to talk with children. Gordon's first (and very deserved) award was the Air Canada Award for most promising young Canadian writer, which he won in 1981. www.edu.pe.ca /elmstreet/GORDKORM.HTM   (365 words)

BBC - History - General Charles Gordon (1833 - 1885) In May 1862 Gordon's corps of engineers was assigned to strengthen the European trading centre of Shanghai, which was threatened by the insurgents of the Taiping Rebellion. The British public reacted to his death by acclaiming 'Gordon of Khartoum' a martyred warrior-saint and by blaming the government, particularly Gladstone, for failing to relieve the siege. British general Charles Gordon became a national hero for his exploits in China and his ill-fated defence of Khartoum against Sudanese rebels. www.bbc.co.uk /history/historic_figures/gordon_general_charles.shtml   (385 words)

Michael Gordon Gordon's early compositions demonstrate a deep exploration into the possibilities and nature of rhythm and what happens when rhythms are piled on top of each other, creating a glorious confusion. Michael Gordon was raised in Nicaragua in an Eastern European community on the outskirts of Managua. Gordon's special interest in adding dimensionality to the concert experience has led to frequent collaborations with artists in other media. www.schirmer.com /composers/gordon_bio.html   (657 words)

Gordon Microphone Preamplifier System Gordon Instruments has developed a "soft signal path" concept where each stage and the path itself are variable, optimized automatically for the selected gain and the output load. In the Gordon preamplifier, the gain in the signal path is variable, equal to the actual setting of the gain control, with no loop feedback, no attenuators, nor the associated redundant gain. This innovation has been incorporated into the Gordon Microphone Preamplifier System along with high-resolution analog design, component, and assembly technologies, forming a very powerful sonic combination. www.gordonaudio.com   (622 words)

Gordon Aubrecht Home Page Gordon was scribe of the Council from October, 1997 to March, 2001 (the scribe acts as the liaison to the URSB from the CAC). Gordon is involved with the Contemporary Physics Education Project (CPEP), which has produced a chart of fundamental particles and interactions, a chart for fusion energy, and a nuclear science chart. During Spring Quarter 2006 Gordon is teaching Physics 107 (a study of electric circuits using inquiry, aimed at prospective teachers)Wednesdays and Fridays from noon to 3 in Marion, Room 384 Morrill Hall, and Physics 107 in Columbus Tuesdays and Thursdays at 9:30 to 12:30. www.physics.ohio-state.edu /~aubrecht   (1367 words)

BULLS: Gordon Aiming For Consistency Gordon, who sat down with Bulls.com after a recent workout, stresses that getting a quick start in 2005.06 and spreading out his game over all four quarters are among his top priorities. Those were only a few of Ben Gordon's accomplishments in an unprecedented rookie season in which he delivered double digit scoring efforts in the final frame an absurd 21 times (only LeBron, Kobe and Arenas did it more). Gordon’s strength and conditioning work over the offseason has paid off—he played in every Bulls game last year and didn’t miss a single contest while at UConn. www.nba.com /bulls/news/gordon_050810.html   (1952 words)

GORDON COUNTY, GEORGIA GORDON, a new county in the NW part of Georgia is traversed by the Oostenaula river, a branch of the Coosa, and also drained by Pine Log and other creeks. Gordon County's original 1850 boundaries were changed many times between 1852 and 1877, during which time the legislature transferred portions of Cass (Bartow), Floyd, Murray, Pickens, and Walker counties to Gordon County, while transferring land from Gordon to Floyd and Murray counties. Gordon County was created on February 13, 1850 by an act of the General Assembly. www.usgennet.org /usa/ga/county/gordon   (466 words)

Articles: Gordon Bennett It may be that Gordon Brown caught on because of various cultural and linguistic echoes, for example that a brown suit is regarded as deeply unfashionable, or that it reminds people of brown trouser, an expressive term for an unfortunate occurrence while under stress. It has been suggested that this was through the influence of Charles George Gordon, Gordon of Khartoum, the soldier of the British Empire also known as Chinese Gordon, once hugely famous, who died during the siege of Khartoum in 1885. His son of the same name (universally known as Gordon Bennett, to start with probably to distinguish him from his father) was also a good journalist (he sent Stanley to Africa to seek out Livingstone) but preferred the good life, mostly in London and Paris. www.worldwidewords.org /articles/gordon.htm   (785 words)

Gordon College - One of the Best Christian Colleges in America and New England Gordon is committed to excellence in liberal arts education, spiritual development and academic freedom informed by a framework of faith. Gordon student, Brenda Sanya, presented to international and national academic leaders from 110 colleges at the Washington D.C. based Council for Christian Colleges and Universities International Forum on Christian Higher Education in Dallas, Texas. Gordon College, in Wenham, Massachusetts, is among the top Christian colleges in the nation and the only nondenominational Christian College in New England. www.gordon.edu   (500 words)

MSG Gary Ivan Gordon - Medal of Honor Somalia When Master Sergeant Gordon learned that ground forces were not immediately available to secure the second crash site, he and another sniper unhesitatingly volunteered to be inserted to protect the four critically wounded personnel, despite being well aware of the growing number of enemy personnel closing in on the site. Master Sergeant Gordon's extraordinary heroism and devotion to duty were in keeping with the highest standards of military service and reflect great credit upon, his unit and the United States Army. Master Sergeant Gordon immediately pulled the pilot and the other crew members from the aircraft, establishing a perimeter which placed him and his fellow sniper in the most vulnerable position. www.nightstalkers.com /tfranger/memorial/gordon   (374 words)

Dexter Gordon Gordon then alternated between the East and West coasts, performing with Tadd Dameron and joining fellow tenor player Wardell Gray for a much celebrated series of "saxophone duels" between the years 1947 and 1952. Gordon’s playing evolved with the times and he would be influenced by Sonny Rollins and John Coltrane, both of whom had originally been influenced by him. Gordon’s playing was heavily influenced by Lester Young and, to a lesser degree, by Illinois Jacquet. members.aol.com /jaz206/profiles/gordon.html   (413 words)

Dexter Gordon: The Hard Bop Homepage Gordon worked at the Spotlite Club with Charlie Parker, Miles Davis and Bud Powell and then had his own group at the Three Dueces. Gordon returned to the West Coast in the summer of 1946 but not before he had made several recordings with his own groups. Unlike many of his immediate contemporaries, Gordon studied harmony and theory at the age of 13, the same time he took up the clarinet. members.tripod.com /~hardbop/dex.html   (846 words)

Gordon College: Music She is on the faculty of the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston and of Gordon College, where she is the director of chamber music and associate director and conductor of the Gordon Symphony Orchestra. Besides serving on the faculty at Gordon, she is the director of Gordon's Music Mania program, a music outreach program for the children on the North Shore of Boston. She holds a Bachelor of Music Education from Gordon College, a Master of Music Education from the Hartt School and recently completed a Ph.D. in music education from the Hartt School of Music, University of Hartford. www.gordon.edu /academics/music/faculty.htm   (3290 words)

Gordon Bell's Home Page Gordon was with his DiamondCluster colleagues at the Boulders, Carefree, AZ where the group tested the Segway, a dual-processor, two wheeled, computer and Human Transporter. Gordon has long evangelized scalable systems starting with his interest in multiprocessors (mP) beginning in 1965 with the design of Digital's PDP-6, PDP-10's antecedent, one of the first mPs and the first timesharing computer. When joining Microsoft in 1995, Gordon had started focusing on the use of computers and the necessity of telepresence: being there without really being there, then. research.microsoft.com /users/gbell   (636 words)

Gordon Liu Chia-hui With the reoccurring popularity of martial arts film in the early '90's, Gordon was given a second chance to show off his skills in Wong Jing's Last Hero in China (1993), The Kung Fu Scholar (1994), and in Drunken Master III (1994) under the direction of his brother once again. Gordon's film output has slowed down considerably in recent years, but he has kept himself busy with acting roles on Hong Kong and Taiwanese television, managing his film production company, and travels that included a trip to the United States in 2001. Biography: Gordon Liu has the distinction of being one of the most popular martial arts stars in the West primarily due to his stellar performance in The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (AKA Master Killer). www.kungfucinema.com /people/gordon_liu_chia_hui.htm   (385 words)

Band Bios: Gordon Gano of the Violent Femmes Gordon was born on June 7, 1963 and grew up in the suburbs of Milwaukee, WI. Legend has it that Gordon met Brian Ritchie, a local musician a few years older than himself, in a punk club the night before Gordon was scheduled to perform at the National Honor Society induction ceremony at his high school. Gordon is a devout Baptist and his religious beliefs come out in several V.F. songs. www.violentfemmes.net /gordon.htm   (519 words)

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Sax Gordon - Home Page Gordon received the French Euroblues Agency's "Trophees France Blues International Musician (Divers)" in 1998, 2000 and 2003, and was nominated for a W.C. Handy Award in the "Instrumentalist - Horns" category in 2001, 2002, 2004 and 2005. "Sax" Gordon Beadle is one of the most exciting and in-demand performers carrying on the great tradition of American Rhythm and Blues Saxophone, both in studios and in clubs and concert halls worldwide. With astonishing ability and virtually unmatched energy, Gordon brings rocking sax workouts, swinging classics, gutbucket Blues, and deep ballads alive like no other player on the scene today. www.saxgordon.com   (401 words)

News & Events: Archives : The Gordon Institute : School of Engineering : Tufts University Arthur Winston, director of the Gordon Institute at Tufts and 2004 president of the Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineers, traveled to England in early April to present milestone plaques dedicating the Benjamin Franklin House in London and Bletchley Park in Central Milton Keynes. The Gordon Institute is collaborating with Dr. Karen Panetta and the Tufts School of Engineering on the project, "Nerdgirls: Breaking the Stigmas and Stereotypes of Women in Engineering". In addition to building teamwork skills, this is a special chance for students to go inside and gain the perspective of the challenges that other companies in different industries face, and learn how similar and/or different they can be from their own. gordon.tufts.edu /newsArchives.htm   (2753 words)

James Gordon Gordon, through devotion and remaining an honest cop among mass police corruption, rose through the ranks to Lieutenant and ultimately to Commissioner. Batman and James Gordon share a special friendship, even though Gordon does not know who the man is under the mask. Although today the Batman is embraced by Gotham City, Gordon is still chastised for relying on the Dark Knight too much over those who have the legal authority in Gotham. www.batman-superman.com /batman/cmp/gordon.html   (144 words)

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