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  John Collins
Collins is a member of the CTEQ Collaboration, which is a collaboration of experimentalists and theorists at many universities and laboratories who work on QCD.
John Collins and Dezhe Z. Jin, "Grandmother cells and the storage capacity of the human brain", q-bio.NC/0603014.
John Collins, Alejandro Perez, and Daniel Sudarsky, "Lorentz invariance Violation and its Role in Quantum Gravity Phenomenology", to appear in Quantum Gravity, D. Oriti ed.
www.phys.psu.edu /~collins   (999 words)

  
 Lewis and Clark . Inside the Corps . The Corps . John Collins | PBS
Private John Collins was born in Frederick County, Maryland.
Collins was one of five chief hunters in the Corps, along with Colter, Drouillard, and the Field brothers.
Even so, Collins did not lose his service in the Corps; that afternoon he was back rowing the oars, suffering much pain for his misconduct.
www.pbs.org /lewisandclark/inside/jcoll.html   (193 words)

  
 Kona Artist - Hawaii Artist john collins
John's art depicts the feel of a Hawaii past.
Marine (underwater) paintings reflect 30+ years of diving in Hawaii and the oceans of the world.
It would be a privilege to have you join the many collectors of John's exciting art.
www.johncollins-artist.com   (253 words)

  
 Rev. John Collins - NJ to Clermont County OH
The Rev. John Collins was born in Gloucester County, New Jersey, Nov.1st 1769 to Quaker parents..
John was afflicted by a sickness that brought him to the verge of death in July 1794.
John Collins had a great ministry, his influence was felt by thousands of people, not only as Pastor of Old Bethel Methodist Church at Bantam in Clermont County and at Wesley Chapel in downtown Cincinnati, and by the thousands that he came in contact during his career.
www.usgennet.org /usa/nj/county/capemay/Migration2.htm   (1049 words)

  
 John Collins (c1798) and Chloe (Rogers?) of Marion Co, SC
John Collins, the grandson of old Thomas [John was his son, not grandson], was the father of the late Sheriff Robert Collins, and of his brothers, the late Stephen T. Collins and Samuel Collins; John may have had other sons and, perhaps, daughters, not known to the writer.
John Collins would have been about 2 years old by the time of the 1800 census, so he should be enumerated in the "under 10" age group (born ca 1790/1800), and his father Thomas did have one apparent son that age in 1800.
John Collins was listed on the 1840 census in Marion Dist, SC near his father Thomas Collins, and several of his brothers.
www.martygrant.com /gen/collins/collins-john-marion.htm   (1824 words)

  
 Interview with John Collins
John Collins objects to being asked what his religious beliefs are; he has made it clear that he was answering my questions on this subject only to demonstrate that I was being given wrong information.
Collins concludes that "it is unfortunate that we were not allowed to participate in the test because we could have avoided the controversy over whether the IE is a bacteria or an artifact of the carbon film.
Collins forwarded a copy of the EMS report to me. It does show structures in the TEM photographs, and it refutes the claim that they are artifacts of the carbon suport film used to prepare the samples, since similar structures did not show up in distilled water samples EMS prepared in the same way.
www.cs.cmu.edu /afs/cs.cmu.edu/user/dst/www/ATG/collins-interview.html   (4899 words)

  
 John Collins - Biography - AOL Music
Collins switched to guitar sometime before relocating from Alabama to Chicago, where Frank Langham was his first serious teacher.
Some of Collins' finest work as a guitarist in small jazz ensembles began in the late '40s and continued into the next decade; he played beautifully with Erroll Garner, who took the guitarist on European tours, and was also heard back with Tatum and regularly with the pianist and educator Billy Taylor.
From 1951 until Cole's death in 1965, Collins was the main guitarist in a trio that explored many aspects of songcraft and got plenty of work for the effort.
music.aol.com /artist/john-collins/65758/biography   (650 words)

  
 John Collins Biography - Miami Beach 411
Born on December 29, 1837, in Moorestown, New Jersey, John Stiles Collins was the sixth generation of Collinses to farm the family's western New Jersey homestead since 1678.
Collins, though, was not interested in tourism, and now his focus switched to improving transportation, not for the sake of travelers but for his crops.
What the Collins children saw in Miami led them away from horticulture and toward tourism, and they agreed to finance the canal only if their father would agree to build a bridge across it, thereby opening the beach to traffic and enhancing its real estate value.
www.miamibeach411.com /History/bio_collins.htm   (759 words)

  
 John Collins (admiral) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Collins was one of the first graduates of the Royal Australian Naval College to attain flag rank.
John Augustine Collins was born in Deloraine, Tasmania, in 1899.
Collins was badly wounded in the first kamikaze attack in history, on October 21, 1944, in the lead up to the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Collins_(admiral)   (406 words)

  
 ESPNsoccernet: Collins John   (Site not responding. Last check: )
John began his career with little known Dutch outfit DES Nijverdal as a midfielder, moving to Twente in the summer of 2002.
Collins John was humorously introduced to the Fulham fans by former fans' favourite...
John burst onto the Premiership scene in April 2004, having made his debut as a substitute at Chelsea in March.
soccernet.espn.go.com /player?id=26797&cc=5739   (296 words)

  
 APP.COM v4.0 - Ex-teacher admits 2 sex assaults | Asbury Park Press Online
Collins, 57, of Cloverdale Avenue, pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree sexual assault and one charge of third-degree witness tampering before Superior Court Judge Francis P. DeStefano.
Collins contacted the girl through the Internet in July while the investigation continued and attempted to advise her on her statement to authorities, he said in court.
Collins also admitted he molested another former student between August 2000 and June 2001, when that girl was 13 and 14 years old.
www.armchairsubversive.com /John_Collins.htm   (922 words)

  
 Canon Collins Educational Trust for Southern Africa
John Collins, priest and political crusader, was Canon of St Paul's Cathedral for 33 years.
Collins was born in 1905 into a middle-class, Anglican and conservative background.
Collins was vehemently opposed to the use of nuclear weaponry and when CND was launched in 1958 he became its chairman.
www.canoncollins.org.uk /about/aboutHistoryJohnCollins.shtml   (679 words)

  
 Lewis and Clark   (Site not responding. Last check: )
During the Fort Clatsop winter of 1805-6, Private John Collins was one of the members of the Corps of Discovery dispatched to the shore of the Pacific Ocean at present-day Seaside, Oregon, to boil seawater down to salt.
Once the Expedition had re-crossed the Rockies headed east, Collins was assigned to the detachment led by Sgt. Ordway who were responsible for taking the canoes from the headwaters of the Jefferson River down to the Missouri and a rendezvous with Lewis’s detachment near the mouth of the Marias River.
In early August, Collins and John Colter returned to the river from a hunting foray to find that their mates were not where they thought they should be.
www.id.blm.gov /lc/collins.htm   (1153 words)

  
 John Collins   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Although his military career would continue for the remainder of his life, John Collins became a successful Albany businessman by combining a legal practice with supplying the fort and other military initiatives, some importing, and surveying.
Often on duty at Schenectady, Collins was able to form business and legal relationships that extended out into the Mohawk Valley.
The first Collins child to be born to now thirty-two-year old Margarita Schuyler Verplanck Collins was Edward (1704); followed by Samuel (1712-14), and Margaret (1715) - who married Hitchen Holland.
www.nysm.nysed.gov /albany/bios/c/jcollins.html   (364 words)

  
 John Collins : MyFonts
Since joining the company in 1986, John Collins has been active in the development of several pieces of font technology for Bitstream, including Fontware, Speedo, 4-in-1, TrueDoc and, most recently, the world’s smallest stroke-based fonts for Chinese, Japanese and Korean languages.
On a much smaller scale, John Collins has written several font utilities for use within Bitstream, and by his wife.
In 1999 John Collins became leader of the MyFonts.com team.
www.myfonts.com /person/collins/john   (184 words)

  
 Homepage - John Collins
Recommended by the Legal 500, John Collins and Partners LLP Solicitors in Swansea, South Wales, is a modern and vibrant law firm.
Mae John Collins a'i Bartneriaid Cyfreithwyr PAC, Abertawe, De Cymru, yn gwmni cyfreithiol cyfoes, egnïol sy'n gweithredu drosoch chi, eich busnes a'ch eiddo.
John Collins and Partners LLP is a Limited Liability Partnership registered in England and Wales (Reg No. OC307349) And regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority Registered office at Copper Court, Phoenix Way, Enterprise Park, Swansea, SA7 9EH.
www.jcpsolicitors.co.uk   (247 words)

  
 Countway Library of Medicine - The Warren Family Practice, Dr. John Collins Warren
Collins Warren eventually organized the material and donated it to the Boston Medical Library for its historical value.
Dr. John Collins Warren was also closely associated with the foundation of Massachusetts General Hospital and was the facility's first surgeon.
This Swiss gold repeating pocket watch was presented by Dr. Henry I. Bowditch to Dr. John Collins Warren "with gratitude and respect" upon his retirement from the faculty of Harvard Medical School on March 2, 1847.
www.countway.med.harvard.edu /rarebooks/exhibits/warrens/warren2.html   (1132 words)

  
 C. John Collins
Here C. John Collins provides a thorough exegetical foundation for discussing God's action in the world while offering a concise examination of the philosophical, theological, scientific, and apologetic questions that it raises.
John Collins believes that Christians should study the natural world and that God's truth will stand against any challenge.
Collins investigates specific topics of "conflict" between faith and science, including the age of the earth and evolution.
www.gnpcb.org /contributor/collins.c.john   (371 words)

  
 John S. Collins - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John Stiles Collins (December 29, 1837-February 11, 1928) was a Quaker farmer from New Jersey, USA who came to southern Florida and attempted to grow vegetables and coconuts on the swampy, bug-infested stretch of land between Miami and the ocean, a barrier island which became Miami Beach.
The Collins Bridge was located at the southern terminus of promoter Fisher's Dixie Highway project, which brought traffic from the mid-west as part of the National Auto Trail road system.
Collins, his family, and Fisher all became very wealthy with the development of Miami Beach, which had a 400% increase in resident population between 1920 and 1925.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_S._Collins   (317 words)

  
 Wheaton College: Faculty: John Michael Collins
John Collins and Xuesheng Chen for a proposal entitled "Light-shifts of Energy Levels of Rare Earth Ions in Solids." The experiment involves measuring the effect of a high intensity laser field on the energy levels in solid state laser materials containing rare earth ions.
Ozen, J. Collins, B. Di Bartolo, and O Forte, "Dynamics of the excitation and upconversion processes in YAlO3: Pr single crystals." Accepted for publication in the Journal of.
Collins and B. Di Bartolo, "Luminescence Spectroscopy of Solids" in The Handbook of Solid State Spectroscopy, R. Vij,, ed., Springer Press, pp.
www.wheatoncollege.edu /Faculty/JohnMichaelCollins.html   (848 words)

  
 John Collins
John Collins entered the Church and during the Second World War became Canon of St. Paul's Cathedral.
Collins and his Christian Action group raised funds to help support the families and dependants of ANC members imprisoned by the South African government.
Collins was disgusted by what he heard and saw in South Africa and this only intensified his campaign against apartheid.
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /REcollins.htm   (674 words)

  
 John Collins
Collins, who was one of the survivors, may have been the man who informed William Clark about Cruzatte's fate.
That year, St. Louis fur trader William Henry Ashley--like Collins, in his forties--advertised for men to accompany him and "ascend the river Missouri to its source, there to be employed for one, two or three years." Collins signed on, and may have gone with Ashley that year.
In 1823, Collins was with Ashley's men heading up the Missouri when they were attacked by Arikaras, angry with white traders after another party had killed a chief's son and another Arikara man. Collins was among several of Ashley's men killed.
www.lewis-clark.org /content/content-article.asp?ArticleID=2596   (506 words)

  
 Wheaton College: Faculty: John Michael Collins
John Collins and Xuesheng Chen for a proposal entitled "Light-shifts of Energy Levels of Rare Earth Ions in Solids." The experiment involves measuring the effect of a high intensity laser field on the energy levels in solid state laser materials containing rare earth ions.
Ozen, J. Collins, B. Di Bartolo, and O Forte, "Dynamics of the excitation and upconversion processes in YAlO3: Pr single crystals." Accepted for publication in the Journal of.
Collins and B. Di Bartolo, "Luminescence Spectroscopy of Solids" in The Handbook of Solid State Spectroscopy, R. Vij,, ed., Springer Press, pp.
www.wheatonma.edu /Faculty/JohnMichaelCollins.html   (848 words)

  
 John Collins
Collins went on to play with Lester Young, Benny Carter, Fletcher Henderson, Dizzy Gillespie but his most famous role was as a vital element in the famed Nat "King" Cole sound from 1951-1965.
On September 15, 1985, Mayor Tom Bradley proclaimed John Collins Day in Los Angeles, California, and the Los Angeles Jazz Society declared The Year of the Guitar in recognition of Collin's artistic excellence and inspiration to generations of musicians.
In 1993, Collins was inducted into the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame in Birmingham, Alabama.
www.alamhof.org /collinsj.htm   (187 words)

  
 ToffeeWeb - Everton Past Players: John Collins
The arrival of John Collins was seen by many as potentially the most important new signing at Goodison Park for many years.
John Collins marched into Walter Smith's Everton revolution claiming he was a far better player since the last time he figured in the British game.
After a disappointing few months, Collins has shown a propensity for being caught in possession time after time as he wants extra seconds to explore options which are not there, because his teammates don't or can't play the type of creative football he thrives upon.
www.toffeeweb.com /players/past/Collins.html   (897 words)

  
 ESPN.com Soccernet England: John Collins
After Walter Smith's appointment as boss at Everton, Collins was always rumoured to be joining the Goodison Park club, and he moved to Merseyside for £2.5million in 1998.
Collins said that he's at the Cottage to learn how to be a manager, but doesn't stop him from showing his influence as the team's anchor man.
Collins is possibly one of the most highly cultured players to come out of Scotland in the last decade and, although his star is waning it still has the ability to shine far brighter than many in the First Division.
www.soccernet.com /england/players/CollinsJohn.html   (330 words)

  
 John Kerry For Senate :: Home
John Kerry, Tom Finneran and Wendy Murphy talk about energy and the health of the planet.
John Kerry speaks at the Lance Armstrong Foundation: iTunes
From the San Juan Basin to the Gulf of Mexico to the South Bronx, from mothers on Cape Cod to Colorado ranchers, Teresa and John found a vibrant coalition of people and communities deploying ingenuity, technology, and sheer willpower to save the world they live in.
www.johnkerry.com   (468 words)

  
 Amazon.com: West African Pop Roots: Books: John Collins   (Site not responding. Last check: )
He demonstrates that the enormous energy generated by African music is in part a result of its polyrhytmic nature and rhythmic spacing, "the hot sounds and the cool space." He describes the complexities of African rhythms: the cross-beats, the inside rhythm, the varying tempo, the positive and negative sound, and the rhythmic dialogue.
A little bio: John Collins' British father was a professor at the University of Ghana, where John spent most of his youth and developed his interest in music.
At some point John studied medicine (came in helpful the night he had to deliver his nephew), but gave it up to be a musician/recording engineer/and eventually professor of music and the University of Ghana (he also had a bit part in Fela's attempted movie, but that's another story).
www.amazon.com /West-African-Roots-John-Collins/dp/0877227934   (1256 words)

  
 Colonial Hall: Biography of John Collins
John Collins was an active patriot of Rhode Island during the Revolution.
When the independence of his country was once declared, he lent all his energies to upholding the declaration, and was a chief advocate of the Articles of Confederation to which we find his signature affixed.
Collins was elected governor of Rhode Island; and he held that office until 1789.
www.colonialhall.com /collins/collins.php   (165 words)

  
 John Norman Collins: The Co-Ed Killer -- Crime Library - The Crime library
Some students had seen Schell in the company of an Eastern Michigan University student named John Collins, who lived across the street from her, but he claimed to have been with his mother in Detroit for the weekend.
Philips was left in a bed of poison oak, and Collins was treated in a hospital there for a case of poison oak.
He stated that she had made plans to get together with Collins when the other men went their own way, and that Collins later had claimed that he'd left her in an empty parking lot when she'd been sexually uncooperative.
www.crimelibrary.com /serial_killers/predators/collins/invest_4.html   (2826 words)

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