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  Shepherd
Shepherd was graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1971, and has served with the Navy's Underwater Demolition Team ELEVEN, SEAL Teams ONE and TWO, and Special Boat Unit TWENTY.
Shepherd is scheduled to be the first U.S. astronaut to work aboard the International Space Station, and is currently training in Russia.
Soyuz TM-31, with Shepherd, Gidzenko and Krikalyov aboard, undocked from the -Y port on Zvezda on February 24, 2001 at 1006 GMT and redocked with the -Z port on Zarya at 1037 GMT.
www.astronautix.com /astros/shepherd.htm   (6163 words)

  
 Newcastle United | Alan Shearer Testimonial | Page 783290   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Alan was brought to this club to score goals in the number 9 shirt and the new record speaks for itself.
Alan Shearer will also leave a legacy to football and the NUFC Academy by launching the Alan Shearer Academy Scholarship, which will benefit one of the most promising Under 16 players in the region each year.
Alan will help choose the player in conjunction with the Newcastle United Academy coaching staff and the selected player will be awarded a two year scholarship contract.
www.nufc.premiumtv.co.uk /page/TestimonialDetail/0,,10278~783290,00.html   (838 words)

  
 Grand jury to hear case of trooper's death - Saturday, 05/19/01   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
James Alan Shepherd is accused of hitting Trooper John Mann and suspect Charles W. Gray with his pickup truck on a snowy interstate early on New Year's Day and then leaving the accident.
Shepherd has told police that he knew he hit something while he was driving along I-24, but didn't realize he had struck two people and didn't stop.
Shepherd told police that he tried to return to the scene of the accident but could not go because of the police barricade, Shepherd's attorney, Ed Yarbrough, said.
www.tennessean.com /local/archives/01/04/05097946.shtml?Element_ID=5097946   (369 words)

  
 Safe Haven | Is Alan Greenspan now Between a Rock and a Hard Place?
He famously quoted that he relished the chance to be able to fight a Kondratiev winter, personally I felt this was somewhat of a rash statement as fighting the tides of history, is always going to be fraught with danger and eventually failure.
The only way Alan Greenspan can strengthen the dollar is to get international capital flows moving back into the dollar, and the only way he can do that is to make it more attractive to hold dollars by raising interest rates.
Alan Greenspan tries to "time" the markets with his interest rate moves but his record like most market timers is frankly dismal.
www.safehaven.com /article-2817.htm   (962 words)

  
 Irish Road Racing, NW200 and UGP   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Shepherd also had a bit of a setback coming into the Metropole but recovered quickly enough so that he hadn't lost the lead.
Meanwhile Shepherd was going so well that he set a new lap record of 103.64 mph (165.82 km/h) and second placed man Peter Middleton (Norton) just hung in and kept his head.
He was being pushed so hard by Shepherd (Aermacchi) that he broke his new lap record with a speed of 95.205 mph (152.33 km/h) on the final lap.
www.irishroadracing.co.uk /nwhistory/history62.htm   (698 words)

  
 Sermon Preached by The Reverend Dr. Harold T. Lewis, 2 February 2001 in Saint Mary's Church, Paddington, London
Alan spent fifteen minutes on the telephone explaining that it would be unethical for me to let on that I had met this man when he was behind bars while I was the prison chapel organist.
Alan took pride in pointing out that the same dyed-in-the-wool Anglicans who were aghast that a mere Methodist would be allowed to be so gloriously arrayed, are now dying for the privilege of touching the hem of Bishop Thompson's episcopal garments!
We are tempted, although the span of Alan's life managed to equal that of the Psalmist's promise of threescore years and ten, to say that he was snatched from us prematurely.
www.calvarypgh.org /sermons/hl020201.html   (1190 words)

  
 Mirror.co.uk - Sport - Football - 'ALAN CAN HAVE ANY TOON JOB HE WANTS'
ALAN SHEARER was yesterday hailed as the greatest striker the Premiership has seen, as Newcastle face life without their legendary No.9.
Chairman Freddy Shepherd led the tributes to Shearer and insisted he'll stay involved at Newcastle next year in whatever form he likes - from "club ambassador to turnstile operator".
Shepherd joined the world of football in hailing Shearer's immense contribution on and off the field as the ultimate professional and role model.
www.mirror.co.uk /sport/football/tm_objectid=16963067&method=full&siteid=94762&headline=-alan-can-have-any-toon-job-he-wants--name_page.html   (495 words)

  
 Shepherd's Calendar (part 1 of 2), by Alan DeNiro
Words were doorways for the shepherds; it took some fiddling with the lock for telepaths to understand where the shepherds were coming from.
The shepherd's voice inside of her head had sounded like a man shouting behind a roaring waterfall.
The shepherd, of course, couldn't physically manipulate the pieces, but it indicated to Julia where to place discs, where to turn a row.
www.strangehorizons.com /2002/20020415/calendar.shtml   (3051 words)

  
 Friends University - ePaper
Staying in the Wichita area was one of the aspects of the job that appealed to Shepherd.
Shepherd met with the team last week and said the chemistry among the team members impressed him.
Shepherd plans to apply the coaching style he has used in the past at schools such as Kapaun Mt. Carmel.
studentweb.friends.edu /crimsonchronicle/article_detail.asp?id=924   (932 words)

  
 NASA's Solar System Exploration: Multimedia: Gallery: First American in Space
Alan Shepherd holds the distinction of being the first American to journey into space.
On May 5, 1961, in the Freedom 7 spacecraft, he was launched by a Redstone vehicle on a ballistic trajectory suborbital flight--a flight which carried him to an altitude of 116 statute miles and to a landing point 302 statute miles down the Atlantic Missile Range.
Born Born November 18, 1923, in East Derry, NH, Shepherd retired from the U.S. Navy at the rank of Rear Admiral.
solarsystem.nasa.gov /multimedia/display.cfm?IM_ID=1833   (102 words)

  
 CNN - Shepard: One of America's 'true adventurers' - August 1, 1998
HOUSTON (CNN) -- Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr., the first American in space, was remembered Saturday by his fellow NASA space pioneers as a patriot and leader, a fierce competitor and a close friend.
Cooper remembered competing with Shepard by racing identical Corvettes, one of several references to Shepherd's choice of car during the early years of the U.S. space program.
James Lovell Jr., a Gemini and Apollo astronaut, said Shepherd's accomplishments continued after he left the space program, noting he was the driving force behind the creation of the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation.
www.cnn.com /US/9808/01/shepard.memorial   (1351 words)

  
 RedOrbit - Science - Wine Aspics Taking on World
Jennifer Shepherd, a former hairdresser from Ashburton, has stepped from high style to high food in developing an award winning range of gourmet port wine jellies.
Three years ago Shepherd updated her grandmother's port wine jelly recipe, took it to wine conferences, where positive comments inspired a series of flavours based on New Zealand sauvignon blanc and pinot noir wines.
Working with food technologists at Formula Foods in Christchurch, Shepherd changed her grandmother's recipe to make it health-based for the 2000s that are naturally set using a seaweed based product, glutton free and suitable for both vegetarians and diabetics.
www.redorbit.com /news/science/465315/wine_aspics_taking_on_world/index.html?source=r_science   (413 words)

  
 DefendAmerica News - Airman Joins Forces with Marines in Iraq
Gallon and his six-year-old German shepherd partner, Alan, were sent to Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, with 12 other Air Force dog handlers from various commands.
Alan would have to make sure the roads were clear and safe before vehicles would drive through.
Gallon and Alan celebrated their homecoming from Iraq in November and returned to the 52nd in January.
www.defendamerica.mil /profiles/feb2005/pr020305a.html   (803 words)

  
 Football - Premiership roundup: Shepherd praises Shearer - Eurosport
Newcastle chairman Freddy Shepherd is doubtful that team captain Alan Shearer will be fit to finish out the last three games of his career.
The former England captain is due to retire at the end of the season but it looks like a knee injury sustained Monday against bitter rivals Sunderland might have ended his season early.
Shepherd, who once mocked Shearer for his clean image, was all compliments after the heartbreaking knee injury.
www.eurosport.com /football/premiership/2005-2006/sport_sto869904.shtml   (694 words)

  
 In His Big Grip
The Good Shepherd became like one of his sheep, and like a sheep he was led to slaughter.
A shepherd seeks sheep -- that's the role of a priest, to find sheep who have wandered off or are injured.
The shepherds of Israel would have included some who were prophets, some who were priests and some who were kings.
johnalanturner.blogspot.com   (2699 words)

  
 Papers, Articles, and Stories from Alan Shepherd   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
You can also find some more of Alan's efforts in the Articles index.
Some Tasmanian readers might recognise Alan from the newsletter of the Launceston Angling Club.
Alan also compiles articles of an historical nature.
www.flyflickers.com /ff/articles/shepherd/index.shtml   (146 words)

  
 The Bredbo
Alan started saltwater fishing at a young age.
He has a Diploma of Applied Science in Aquaculture and whilst studying at university he discovered a love of researching and writing about fish and fishing matters.
Alan fly-fishes the pristine rivers and lakes of Tasmania where trout are big, and in many locations, seeing another angler is a rare occurrence.
www.fishingwithflies.com /Bredbo.htm   (794 words)

  
 Mar 30, 2005 It's a bubble, Alan Ceri Shepherd 321gold
When the chart of the major indices becomes obviously parabolic, and when major index gains were in the region of 30% to 40% annually a detective would have deduced that we were probably in an unsustainable "bubble" (Federal Reserve Trademark).
To me the Dollar chart does not look so bearish anymore, i am not saying for one minute that we are going to see a glorious new dollar bull what I am saying is that we will probably see a sideways trading market bordered for the foreseeable future between 80 and 90 on the USDX.
Higher oil prices are exasperating his problem as high oil prices have a 100% track record of causing recessions, and in a recession the stock market falls by an average of 43%.
www.321gold.com /editorials/shepherd/shepherd033005.html   (993 words)

  
 Admiral Alan Shepard, Jr. Profile -- Academy of Achievement
Shepard's mission made him a national hero and put to rest any fears that the United States would be left behind in the space race.
Freedom 7, the Mercury capsule that carried Alan Shepard into space, was the brainchild of Maxime Faget of NASA's Manned Spacecraft Center.
His memories and observations are interspersed throughout our interview with Alan Shepard.
www.achievement.org /autodoc/page/she0pro-1   (507 words)

  
 The DaltaĆ­ Boards: Another name translation...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
I was hoping someone could provide me with the Irish word for Shepherd, my last name.
As most of my ancestry is Irish I was hoping to have a converted version as my last name was based on occupation (along the lines of names such as Smith).
Dublin and Kildare as 'le Shepherd' (that's a lower case 'l').
www.daltai.com /cgi-sys/cgiwrap/daltai/discus/show.pl?tpc=12465&post=2512   (375 words)

  
 Things to Do - Events - from TBO.com
And the fourth is a curmudgeon who sums up their situation with the observation: ``It's not easy being alive with nothing to do.' So, what the four old men do is play a round of golf.
The play is ``Golf With Alan Shepard,' a contemporary two-act comedy at American Stage.
``Golf With Alan Shepard' is every bit as fanciful as its title, and it is probably safe to say most theatergoers have never seen anything quite so refreshingly original.
ae.tbo.com /index.cfm?fuseaction=front_event_detail&eventID=12233   (488 words)

  
 CNN - Alan Shepard was 'a pretty cool customer' - July 22, 1998
Shepard, a gruff, eighth-generation New Englander, was born in East Derry, New Hampshire, on November 18, 1923, and had the kind of storybook childhood that could have been illustrated by Norman Rockwell.
The son of Alan Bartlett Shepard Sr., a retired Army colonel and businessman, and Renza Emerson Shepard, he grew up on a farm and went to school in a one-room schoolhouse where he completed six grades in five years.
When he was selected to be one of America's first seven Mercury astronauts he was regarded "as a top-knotch Navy aviator, tough, quick-witted, and a leader," wrote Tom Wolfe in "The Right Stuff," his classic account of the early space program.
www.cnn.com /US/9807/22/obit.shepard.02   (1778 words)

  
 BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Newcastle United | Shepherd wants Shearer as manager
Newcastle chairman Freddy Shepherd says he would like Alan Shearer to succeed Graeme Souness as boss of the Magpies.
"Graeme has said he wants Alan to take over when he leaves and, as far as I know, it's what our fans want," Shepherd told the Sun newspaper.
The ex-England striker will take a player-coach role next season and is currently studying to earn the coaching badges which will ensure he is qualified to step up to the top job.
news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/football/teams/n/newcastle_united/4539363.stm   (180 words)

  
 Rabbi Marder Sermons Arvchive: May 4, 2001
Exactly 40 years ago this week astronaut Alan Shepherd became the first American in space.
But most of us know what it is to stand under the splendor of the night sky, overwhelmed at the vastness of a galaxy 600 quadrillion miles wide, awestruck by the sense of our smallness, overcome by our place in the infinite.
Tonight, as we begin to experience the power of the Walk Through Time; tonight, on the 40th anniversary of Alan Shepherd's journey into space, we give thanks for the twin blessings of science and religion, whose teachings remind us never to yawn at the stars.
www.betham.org /sermons/marder010504.html   (1398 words)

  
 SHEPHERD HARRIS & CO.
Former partner ALAN SHEPHERD and local member of parliament David Burrowes are consultants.
The expertise of the partners, together with full use of information technology and the backing of a loyal and efficient staff successfully combine to ensure that clients can overcome their legal worries.
To supplement the comprehensive legal service we provide in matters involving English law, the firm is a member of the Hattinga Verschure Shepherd Harris EEIG, a European Economic Interest Grouping enabling the firm to work in close co-operation with colleagues in Europe and providing clients with the same level of personal service and quality.
www.shepherd-harris.co.uk   (224 words)

  
 Jumanji (1995)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Trivia: In the film, the role of Alan Parrish's father and that of the merciless hunter Van Pelt are played by the same actor (Jonathan Hyde).
This may be a reference to Peter Pan, since (in theatre and movie versions) the parts of Captain Hook and Wendy's father are traditionally played by the same actor.
Goofs: Continuity: When Carl is handcuffed to the top of the car door, Alan gets into the car and closes the door.
us.imdb.com /Title?0113497   (396 words)

  
 dprogram • Edgar Mitchell - Psichonaut   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
On the moon, the crew set off on a walk to Cone crater and were only 200 ft from their target when the mission commander Alan Shepherd decided they should turn back.
At the end of their three hour moon walk, Shepherd surprised everyone by producing a golf ball and a six iron and attempting a little 'sand trap shot'.
On arrival back on earth, there was only muted interest in the mission, the press were most interested in Alan Shepherd's golfing exploits.
www.dprogram.com /edgar_mitchellp1.html   (746 words)

  
 Friends University - Athletics - Detail
For more information on Friends University Women's Soccer contact Head Coach Alan Shepherd at womenssoccer@friends.edu or visit Goal for Goal for information on 2006 summer camp opportunities.
She is technically sound and has a great attitude and seems very coachable." Says Coach Shepherd.
Tiffany is planning on majoring in Pre-Med at Friends and is the daughter of Phet and Sherry.
www.friends.edu /athletics/sport_detail.asp?id=13   (914 words)

  
 Gere Publishing
Considered by many to be the Father of Improv, David Shepherd inspires the movie-maker in all of us.
He shares for the first time his improv techniques and anecdotal insights for creating video movies— with the family camcorder and a cast of old, or new-found friends.
Shepherd founded Chicago Compass, the first improvisation cabaret theater in America, which evolved into Second City.
www.gerepublishing.com   (265 words)

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