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  TV ACRES: Advertising Mascots - Mrs. Butterworth
Butterworth as a lovely elderly woman who is as sweet as the syrup inside her bottle.
Butterworth in the TV commercials was provided by Mary Kay Bergman, an actress and Los Angeles native who sadly, took her own life at age 39 on Thursday November 11th, 1999.
Butterworth's brown glass bottles with the distinctive yellow twist cap were later replaced by a brown plastic bottle so as to prevent broken glass accidents.
www.tvacres.com /admascots_mrsbutterworth.htm   (676 words)

  
 First World War.com - Who's Who - George Butterworth
George Sainton Kaye Butterworth (1885-1918), the British composer, critic and collector of folk song and dance, served with the British Army during the First World War until he was killed by a sniper's bullet in August 1916.
Butterworth's two years of service saw him Mentioned in Despatches and win the Military Cross for successfully defending a trench at Pozieres during 17-19 July 1916.
Butterworth's body was never found and his name is consequently among the 73,357 listed on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing.
www.firstworldwar.com /bio/butterworth.htm   (330 words)

  
 Butterworth travel guide - Wikitravel
Butterworth is the main town on the mainland side of Penang state in Malaysia.
Butterworth railway station is conveniently located next to the bus and ferry terminal, south of the town centre.
It is a major rail terminal for Keretapi Tanah Melayu (Malayan Railways) trains heading south to Kuala Lumpur and Singapore and north to Hat Yai in Thailand as well as the State Railways of Thailand's International Express to Bangkok.
wikitravel.org /en/Butterworth   (922 words)

  
 Butterworth Campus   (Site not responding. Last check: )
In 1894, the hospital was renamed Butterworth Hospital in honor of its benefactor.
Richard Butterworth left the hospital a legacy of caring and compassion that was continued by his descendants.
Butterworth's grandson, Edward Lowe, and his wife, Susan (a Blodgett, the family that created Blodgett Memorial Hospital) served on the administrative board and made numerous contributions, culminating in the gift of a new modern hospital in the 1920s.
www.spectrum-health.org /?s=8&nid=5338365ea3ce4a65953d703915dfba67&snid=E23DD14517674E77ACE4C5B594DE6637   (531 words)

  
 Opinion: Butterworth's jam
Butterworth, who is running for the state Senate, technically failed to comply with another section of the resign-to-run law that requires state officials seeking another state office to submit a letter of resignation 10 days prior to the qualifying deadline.
Butterworth says the law doesn't apply to his circumstance, because term limits require him to leave office anyway.
If Butterworth chooses to remain in office until Election Day while running for a legislative seat, he risks perpetuating a controversy that could detract from his exemplary record as attorney general and stick Florida with another partisan spat it can't afford.
www.sptimes.com /2002/08/08/Opinion/Butterworth_s_jam.shtml   (603 words)

  
 Butterworth blazes a trail of memories: 2/22/98
Butterworth had a sparkle in his eye remembering those early days of what would be a long life of skiing.
Butterworth became certified by E.P.S.I. (Eastern Professional Ski Touring Instructors), which later became the nordic division of P.S.I.A. "It was a rigorous certification test set up on a golf course to challenge all the skills involved in nordic skiing.
Butterworth enjoyed cross country skiing under the moonlight and in the peacefulness of the trails.
www.southcoasttoday.com /daily/02-98/02-22-98/c07sp131.htm   (1544 words)

  
 James Butterworth, Christian youthwork and Clubland
Butterworth sought him out - and found that he had both returned to Walworth and to criminal activity (in part to escape the sordid conditions he had come back to).
James Butterworth urged club workers to be patient and to persevere with the encouragement of self-government - especially in the face of setbacks.
James Butterworth wanted to build a complex of buildings for young people and, after some years of fundraising, he was able to demolish the old church in the mid 1930’s and build Clubland.
www.infed.org /thinkers/butterworth.htm   (1810 words)

  
 State: Butterworth endorses vouchers
Butterworth is the most prominent Democrat to endorse the plan to date.
Butterworth said Wednesday that since the end of the legislative session he has been able to see the effect that the threat of vouchers has had on failing schools.
Butterworth's comments Wednesday came at a news conference Bush called to announce the state team that will defend the voucher program in court.
www.sptimes.com /News/62499/State/Butterworth_endorses_.shtml   (877 words)

  
 Crist Picks Butterworth For DCF Post | theledger.com   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Butterworth was frequently mentioned as a candidate for governor as he became the only Democratic Cabinet official between 2000 and 2002.
Both Crist and Butterworth were mum on how they intend to fix the problems related to mentally ill inmates as well as the near-constant complaints endemic to the system that oversees child abuse claims, foster care and other social woes.
Butterworth came to the Capitol on Tuesday with George Sheldon, a former Tampa Bay lawmaker who is Butterworth's associate dean at St. Thomas and was his former assistant attorney general.
www.theledger.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061220/NEWS/612200358/1004   (707 words)

  
 Robert Butterworth Sr., 91   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Butterworth was born in East Rutherford, N.J., on March 29, 1915.
Bob Butterworth credits his parents for helping him with his successful political career, which included working as a prosecutor, judge and sheriff in Broward County and serving as Sunrise mayor.
Butterworth is survived by his wife, Katherine; his sons Richard and Bob; his five grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
www.topix.net /content/trb/1001253090061067720722272772334090039172   (731 words)

  
 Butterworth: Positive Economic Effects Trump Antitrust Theory
Simply by virtue of its holding, the Butterworth decision is significant because it marks the first time that a court in an antitrust merger case has ruled that the potential benefits to consumers from the efficiencies of combined hospital operations were sufficient to rebut the government's showing of potential anticompetitive effect.
What is unique about Butterworth is the court's departure from a traditional formulation that would have ended the analysis at the point that the FTC was able to show substantial concentration in a discernible product and geographical market.
The guidance of the Butterworth court might, in addition to describing the most-likely effective mode of merger advocacy, serve as an effective limiter on the confusing exercise of agency enforcement power as to hospitals.
www.ebglaw.com /article_334.html   (2580 words)

  
 Salon Technology | The music man   (Site not responding. Last check: )
In 1994, Butterworth was managing a tiny bulletin board service (BBS) called SonicNet, which served as a community and news service for music lovers, musicians and early adopters of the Net.
Today, Butterworth, 32, is still at the helm, but SonicNet is a very different kind of beast.
Butterworth currently serves as president and CEO of MTVi -- MTV's Internet division -- overseeing not only SonicNet, but MTV.com, VH1.com and the convergence of MTV's Internet brands with its cable shows.
www.salon.com /tech/view/1999/11/29/butterworth   (725 words)

  
 GENUKI: Butterworth, Lancashire genealogy
You can also perform a more selective search for churches in the Butterworth area that are recorded in the GENUKI church database.
In 1835 Butterworth was a township in the parish of Rochdale.
For probate purposes prior to 1858, Butterworth was in the Archdeaconry of Chester, in the Diocese of Chester.
www.genuki.org.uk:8080 /big/eng/LAN/Butterworth/index.html   (330 words)

  
 JEZ BUTTERWORTH interview
Butterworth says Birthday Girl originated with Tom, who wanted to write a story about the push-and-pull of a romantic couple overcoming obstacles in their relationship.
Butterworth considered several Russian actors, but he didn't find any who were right for the part who also spoke sufficient English to work efficiently on the set.
A native of London, Butterworth, 33, was raised in St. Albans (the setting of Birthday Girl).
www.rochestergoesout.com /mov/b/birthdsid.html   (458 words)

  
 Verilog HDL: Butterworth IIR Filter
Butterworth filters are also known as "maximally flat" filters because they have no passband ripple.
Butterworth filters tradeoff roll off steepness for their no-ripple characteristic.
The complexity of calculating the result of the Butterworth filter can be greatly reduced if the filter is broken down into several second order systems known as biquads.
www.altera.com /support/examples/verilog/ver_butterworth.html   (426 words)

  
 The Mathematical Brain: Author
Butterworth, B. Eight arguments for the innateness of a capacity for numerosity.
Butterworth, B., Swallow, J. and Grimston, M. Silence and gesture as indicators of lexical processes in jargon aphasia.
Butterworth, B., Howard, D. and McLoughlin, P. The semantic deficit in aphasia: the relationship between semantic errors in auditory comprehension and picture naming.
www.mathematicalbrain.com /author.html   (2409 words)

  
 Butterworth Filters   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Butterworth filter is a filter that can be constructed out of passive R, L, C circuits.
Butterworth filters give transfer functions (H(ⅈω) and H(s)) that are rational functions.
Design a Butterworth filter with a passband gain between 1 and 0.891 (-1 dB gain) for 0andlt;ωandlt;10 and a stopband not to exceed 0.0316 (-30 dB gain) for ω≥20.
cnx.org /content/m10127/latest   (570 words)

  
 George Butterworth: His Life and Music
It is as if Butterworth wanted to underscore the generally happy nature of this poem by emphasizing that first syllable as if it were a word on its own.
Butterworth's army career and early death are evidence of a completely different man from the sensitive and modest composer.
Butterworth was offered the position of 1st Lt. but, characteristically, and feeling that the battalion had more 1st Lts than were really needed, he requested to be made a 2nd.
www.calculator.net /Butterworth/Butterworth.html   (3055 words)

  
 Butterworth Filters   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The term Butterworth refers to a type of filter response, not a type of filter.
The Chebyshev response continues the continuum beyond Butterworth, which is the last characteristic for which there is a flat passband.
The Butterworth response is a compromise between Bessel and Chebyshev.
www-k.ext.ti.com /SRVS/Data/ti/KnowledgeBases/analog/document/faqs/bu.htm   (200 words)

  
 Butterworth Filter Design
Modern solid-state transmitters are more prone to harmonic and parasitic frequency radiation, and therefore it is desirable for the radio amateur to have access to modern filter design in order to comply with present FCC rules for purity of emissions.
Butterworth filters are superior to image-parameter filters (constant-k and m-derived) in their efficiency and response characteristics.
The Butterworth filter is composed of a series of "branches" which are alternately connected in series or shunt with the source-to-load path.
www.qsl.net /kp4md/butrwrth.htm   (742 words)

  
 Butterworth Looks Forward To Challenge As DCF Secretary - Local News Story - WTVJ | Miami
Butterworth said his priority is to improve the image of and the morale within the department, which has 14,000 employees and a budget of $3 million.
Butterworth said he is wary of potentially divisive issues getting in the way, like Florida's ban on gay couples adopting children out of foster care.
Butterworth said he personally thinks the blanket ban is wrong, saying juvenile judges should be able to decide who would make a fit parent.
www.nbc6.net /news/10611485/detail.html?subid=10101481   (527 words)

  
 Butterworth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Butterworth is a surname, and may refer to:
Butterworth, Penang, a town located in Province Wellesley, Penang, Malaysia
Butterworth, Eastern Cape, a town located in South Africa
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Butterworth   (109 words)

  
 Chebyshev/Butterworth Filter Design
The normalized Butterworth filter component values are calculated in statement 270; the Chebyshev values are calculated in statements 300 to 330.
These values are scaled to the desired frequency and impedance in the subroutine at statements 340 to 390; and the subroutine at statements 400 to 510 rounds these values to 3 significant digits and prints them in the most common units.
Both the Butterworth and Chebyshev filters require 3 branches, but the Chebyshev filter has a steeper curve and higher attenuation near the center frequency.
www.qsl.net /kp4md/filter.htm   (823 words)

  
 IT Florida Task Force Members - Bob Butterworth   (Site not responding. Last check: )
During 1973-74, Butterworth was part of a team of prosecutors in Broward County that gained widespread recognition for its successful crack-down on local political corruption and the south Florida underworld.
Broward citizens subsequently elected Butterworth to that office by one of the widest margins in county history.
Butterworth pioneered FHP's highly successful drug interdiction program, developed one of the nation's first formal driver license fraud detection programs and formed an elite team of "super troopers" to uncover drug runners.
www.state.fl.us /itflorida/bobbutterworth.html   (401 words)

  
 Guest Comment on NRO
Butterworth insists that he did not attempt to convince McDermott to conduct a hand count in Volusia County, and he claims to have resigned as chairman of Gore's Florida campaign several hours before the call.
Days later, Butterworth issued an "advisory" opinion in favor of hand counts, which are thought to benefit the vice president.
More interesting, perhaps, is that Butterworth issued the advisory despite two statements on his state website that seemed to caution against — if not forbid — his doing so.
www.nationalreview.com /comment/comment111700e.shtml   (708 words)

  
 purevolume™ | Butterworth & Sieg
Not just one or two stars, fighting with the big city lights to be noticed, but a sky so thick with stars that the brilliant, soft glow of the Milky Way remains uncontested.
Michael Butterworth and Peter Sieg grew up underneath that western sky, in the Grand Canyon and Gem states, respectively.
Humble college student transplants to Louisville, Butterworth and Sieg are simple musicians that write simple songs.
www.purevolume.com /butterworthsieg   (232 words)

  
 FTC Complaint - Docket No. 9283 - Butterworth Health Corporation
PARAGRAPH TWO: Butterworth Health Corporation ("Butterworth") is a non-profit corporation organized, existing and doing business under the laws of Michigan, with its principal place of business at 100 Michigan N.E., Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503.
Butterworth, and/or its subsidiaries or affiliates, owns and/or operates Butterworth Hospital, a general acute care hospital in Grand Rapids.
If the consolidation is consummated, divestiture of either Butterworth Hospital or Blodgett Memorial Medical Center hospital, and associated assets, in a manner that restores both hospitals as viable, independent competitors in the relevant markets, subject to the prior approval of the Federal Trade Commission.
www.ftc.gov /os/1996/11/d9283cmp.htm   (909 words)

  
 Bio of Charles Butterworth - Center for the Study of Islam & Democracy (CSID)
Professor Butterworth's publications include critical editions of most of the Middle Commentaries written by Averroes on Aristotle's logic; translations of books and treatises by Averroes, Alfarabi, and Alrazi, as well as Maimonides; and studies of different aspects of the political teaching of these and other thinkers in the ancient, medieval, and modern tradition of philosophy.
Butterworth has also written monograph analyses of the political thought of Frantz Fanon and Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
From October 1999 until March 2000, Butterworth held a Fulbright Senior Scholar Research and Lecturing Award at the Friedrich-Alexander Universität in Erlangen, Germany and from May through August 2000 a German Academic Exchange Professorship at the same university.
www.islam-democracy.org /butterworth_bio.asp   (528 words)

  
 cbs4.com - Butterworth Named By Crist To Head DCF
Butterworth is a former Broward County Sheriff, and currently dean of St. Thomas Law School.
Butterworth served as attorney general for 16 years before being forced out by term limits in 2002, when Crist was elected.
Butterworth, who is 64, has since served as dean of St. Thomas University Law School since leaving the Attorney General’s office.
cbs4.com /topstories/local_story_353130450.html   (349 words)

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