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  Bill Buxton Home Page
In 1995, Buxton became the third recipient of the Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society Award for contributions to research in computer graphics and human-computer interaction, and was given the New Media Visionary of the Year Award at the 2000 Canadian New Media Awards.
From 1998-2004, Buxton was on the board of the Canadian Film Centre, and in 1998-99 chaired a panel to advise the premier of Ontario on developing long term policy to foster innovation, through the Ontario Jobs and Investment Board.
Buxton is a member of the Association of Computing Machinery and the Industrial Designers Society of America.
www.billbuxton.com   (1493 words)

  
  Buxton
The steepness of the track (up to 1 in 33 between Buxton and Hill Top) meant that extra steam engines were required to haul the trains up from Picton, and to slow them on the return journey.
During this period the population of Buxton fell away, and the village's sleepy quietness was only broken by the train on Sundays taking day-trippers to Mittagong and then back to the city.
Buxton has a small shopping centre (the largest between Thirlmere and Mittagong), and a large population tucked away in country streets and lanes in many modern houses whose occupants commute to work as far away as the city.
www.stonequarry.com.au /towns/buxton.html   (629 words)

  
 Visit Buxton : Welcome : Accommodation Finder, What's On, Local Activities, Cultural Days Out, Festivals all within the ...
Buxton is full of things to do, for people of all ages.
Buxton is an ideal place for a family holiday or break.
The Opera House is host to the annual Buxton Festival, and a number of venues around the town contribute to the largest Festival Fringe in England.
www.visitbuxton.co.uk   (392 words)

  
 Buxton in Derbyshire - Information and photographs
Buxton is an old market and spa town, nestling amongst the surrounding Derbyshire hills at a height of over 1000ft, making it the highest town in England.
Buxton grew in fame as a spa town because of the pale blue water which bubbles up from thermal springs beneath The Cresent.
Buxton's fame as a healh spa dates back to Roman times, who were thought to have settled here around AD80 and built baths, the remains of which were excavated in the 17th and 18th centuries.
www.derbyshireuk.net /buxton.html   (762 words)

  
 Buxton, Peak District, Derbyshire
Buxton is built on a series of small hills and the grassy slopes in the middle of town lend themselves to relaxation, providing an excellent vantage point from which to view the town, with Serpentine Walks and shaded seating areas along the banks of the Wye through Ashwood Park, to the east of Spring Gardens.
Buxton was confirmed as a centre of excellence and culture, becoming a retreat and country holiday resort for the gentry during the Victorian era with the advent of public travel and communication.
Buxton is a renowned centre of culture and boasts wonderful conference centre facilities, and a complex of buildings in the form of a miniature Crystal Palace, including the Concert Hall of 1876 which incorporates a restaurant, conservatory, cafeteria and lounge bar.
www.peakdistrictonline.co.uk /content.php?categoryId=30   (1232 words)

  
 Maine Local Government - Town of Buxton - Main Page
Buxton was settled by men who were survivors of King Philip's War having been granted allotments of land in what was then Narragansett, Number One.
The Buxton Powder House, one of only three War of 1812 powder houses to survive in Maine, was erected as a result of the vote of local citizens on March12, 1812.
Located at Buxton Lower Corner, the intersection of U.S. Route 202 and Maine Routes 4 and 112, the Church is across the street from the Royal Brewster House.
www.maine.gov /local/york/buxton   (256 words)

  
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BUXTON makes no representation that Materials in the site are appropriate or available for use in other locations, and access to them from territories where their content is illegal is prohibited.
www.buxtondopp.com /termsand.htm   (1595 words)

  
 Buxton | Peak District Towns and Villages | Staffordshire | Derbyshire | England | UK
Buxton lies just outside the National Park boundaries, but is the most important town for most of the western and central Peak.
From this time until the early 20th century a series of fine buildings were constructed in Buxton, starting with the Duke's stables in 1785 - this was converted to a hospital in the 1880s and a huge dome erected over the exercise area in the centre.
In 1851-3 a new set of thermal baths were built, but in 1863 the railway arrived in Buxton to usher in its golden age.
www.cressbrook.co.uk /towns/buxton.php   (653 words)

  
 Buxton travel guide - Wikitravel
Buxton [1] is an ancient spa town in the Peak District, England.
Buxton is served by Northern Rail, the last station on the line from Manchester Piccadilly, however Buxton is served by regular trains to Blackpool North and Preston which run through Manchester Piccadilly and Stockport Visit Northern Rail for timetable
Buxton is the home of Buxton Spring Water which is sold round the world, but if you are in town make sure you get some free water from the well that is in the center by the Royal Crescent.
wikitravel.org /en/Buxton   (461 words)

  
 Buxton Raceway
Welcome to Buxton Raceway, set in the heart of the beautiful Peak District just 3 miles from Buxton Town Centre just off the Buxton to Leek road, the track is signposted on racedays and we have a huge car park.
Buxton Raceway is a Tarmac Oval, we have many domestic
Above are slides of images sourced from www.buxtonracepix.com, we hope to see you all soon, thanks for visiting.
buxtonraceway.oppositelockforum.com   (125 words)

  
 Buxton :: Online Catalog   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Buxton recommendations include one intervention to reduce exposure to ETS (smoking bans and restrictions), two interventions to reduce tobacco-use initiation (increasing Buxton unit price for tobacco products and multicomponent Buxton media campaigns), and six interventions to increase cessation (increasing the unit price for tobacco.
For example, evidence of harms Buxton from an intervention might lead to a recommendation that the intervention not be used, even if it is effective in improving Buxton outcomes.
In general, the Task Force Buxton not use economic information to modify recommendations.A finding of insufficient evidence of Buxton does not result in Buxton regarding an intervention's use but is Buxton Buxton identifying areas of uncertainty and continuing research needs.
sukanah.org /buxton.html   (293 words)

  
 Buxton Online, Derbyshire Peak District local towns and villages
The town is served by regular buses to and from Buxton, Chesterfield and Derby.
For nearby, is the Tissington Trail, the disused Railway line that runs between Buxton and Ashbourne, and used by cyclists, horse riders and walkers as a means to explore this attractive area of Derbyshire's Limestone country and the Peak District National Park.
Eyam is reached from Buxton via the A6, then the B6049 through Tideswell turning right at the A 623 continuing towards Stoney Middleton until the signposted turning for Eyam is reached.
www.buxtononline.net /derbyshire.htm   (3683 words)

  
 Sam Buxton / Design Museum Collection : Product Designer (1972-) - Design/Designer Information
When Sam Buxton needed a business card rather than make “a boring printed card”, he decided to devise one which would reflect his work as a product designer.
By deploying a chemical milling process he had discovered in the electronics industry, Buxton created a flat fine stainless steel card the various parts of which unfolded into a 3-D replica of himself working at his computer.
Buxton has ploughed the royalties from MIKRO-Man, his first mass-manufactured product, into producing prototypes of the complex product design projects – such as his electroluminescent clock and table – which he has been developing since graduating from the Royal College of Art in 1999.
www.designmuseum.org /design/sam-buxton   (2026 words)

  
 Buxton Initiative
The Buxton Initiative draws its inspiration from the life and deeds of Thomas Fowell Buxton, a 19th-century reformer and member of the British Parliament.
Buxton and his colleague William Wilberforce combined vision and powerful ideas with influential networks to tackle seemingly insurmountable problems, including slavery and the abuse of children in factories.
In this tradition, the Buxton Initiative seeks to pioneer practical means to encourage dialogue and collaboration to engender hope and real change.
www.casefoundation.org /partners/buxton   (435 words)

  
 Charles Buxton
A member of the Liberal Party, Buxton was elected to the House of Commons for Ashburton in 1910.
Buxton joined the Labour Party and was elected to represent Accrington in November 1922.
Buxton was defeated in the 1931 General Election and was also unsuccessful in the 1935 General Election.
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /TUbuxton.htm   (149 words)

  
 BUXTON Real estate with respect   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Buxton is proud to announce that it is the first and only real estate group in Australia to offer property information specifically formatted for mobile phones.
When told of the win, Kathryn, whose name was drawn at random from hundreds of entrants, said she couldn’t remember the last time she’d had a romantic weekend away with Graeme, her husband of 18 years.
Buxton Brighton’s Regina Schmidt and Brian Devlin skilfully negotiated a successful sale of the property prior to auction for $4.25 million.
www.buxton.com.au /nletter.html   (1560 words)

  
 Chunking & Phrasing
In what follows we argue that this can be achieved by engineering the pragmatics of the human-computer dialogue (Buxton, 1983) to reinforce the chunking that we believe would used by an expert working in the domain.
(From Buxton, Sniderman, Reeves, Patel and Baecker, 1979.)
This is demonstrated in a recent study by Buxton and Myers (1986).
www.billbuxton.com /chunking.html   (2473 words)

  
 Buxton Fire & Rescue - Home
Buxton Fire and Rescue welcomes Chief James Graves to the Department!
The Buxton Fire and Rescue Department was established in 1995 by consolidating the Town’s three separate fire departments.
Today, in addition to serving the Town of Buxton, the Department provides mutual aid services to the surrounding communities including Hollis, Gorham, Scarborough, Standish, Waterboro.
www.buxton-firerescue.org /index.html   (159 words)

  
 Discover Derbyshire and the Peak District
Visitors arriving in Buxton for the first time from the bleak moorlands cannot be blamed for pinching themselves in some disbelief as they emerge into a town with fine parks and grand old buildings.
It was in the 1780s that Buxton really came to prominence as a spa.
The fifth Duke of Devonshire using the profits he had made from his copper mines at Ecton in the Manifold Valley, embarked on a costly campaign to attract and accommodate more visitors in what was then only a tiny Peakland village.
www.derbyshire-peakdistrict.co.uk /buxtonwalk.htm   (937 words)

  
 Buxton, Maine
Buxton, Maine, in York county, is 13 miles W of Portland, Maine and 92 miles N of Boston, Massachusetts.
Buxton isn't a place with a large population of people in poverty.
In Buxton, 85% of the houses and apartments are occupied by the owners, not rented out.
www.citytowninfo.com /places/maine/buxton   (405 words)

  
 City of Buxton Oregon
enry T. Buxton settled in this place in 1884, and was appointed its first postmaster on December 27, 1886.
He was a son of Henry Buxton, a pioneer of 1841, and the town was named for his family.
Buxton station on the Portland, Astoria and Pacific Railroad was above Mendenhall Creek east of the town.
www.oregoncities.us /buxton/index.htm   (55 words)

  
 Buxton Hires HealthCareID Vice President   (Site not responding. Last check: )
“Healthcare is a critical growth area for Buxton and we are happy to have Lewis’ expertise,” said Charles Wetzel, chief operating officer at Buxton.
Buxton enables organizations to pinpoint the exact value of every customer for every product at any distance from a particular site.
Buxton draws from its individual and household level databases to identify customer’s lifestyles, behavior patterns and buying habits.
www.buxtonco.com /prLewisHoss.htm   (387 words)

  
 Buxton Initiative
The Buxton Initiative is a nonprofit organization seeking to build bridges among Abrahamic faith communities through friendship and dialogue.
We offer a simple yet profound proposal: look to faith and friendship as the vital bridge to establishing deep understanding.
Jews and Muslims, sharing many traditions of love and respect, are in the midst of a generations-old conflict that has brought about distrust, violence and non-cooperation between the two communities in many co...(more)
www.buxtoninitiative.org   (156 words)

  
 Buxton Weather – Live Weather in Buxton Derbyshire, UK.
Buxton Weather – Live Weather in Buxton Derbyshire, UK.
Press here for Live Video Webcam over Buxton Rooftops!
Wind Speed (May differ from the reading on the right as 2 samples are
www.buxtonweather.fsnet.co.uk   (454 words)

  
 Buxton Opera House : Season Highlights
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Buxton Opera House receives core funding from High Peak Borough Council and Arts Council England.
Registered Office: 5 The Square, Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 6AZ
www.buxtonoperahouse.org.uk   (306 words)

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