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  James Van Allen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
James Van Allen was born in Mount Pleasant, Iowa.
James Van Allen became head of the physics department at the University of Iowa.
Its chairman was James A. Van Allen of The University of Iowa.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/James_Van_Allen   (2026 words)

  
 James Lane Allen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
James Lane Allen (December 21, 1849 – February 18, 1925) is the author of many novels and short stories, including A Kentucky Cardinal.
Allen was born near Lexington, Kentucky, and his formative years were spent there in the eras that impress upon his work—Ante-bellum, American Civil War, and Reconstruction.
Allen sought to accurately transcribe the accents of the characters.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/James_Lane_Allen   (208 words)

  
 Sputnik Biographies--James A. Van Allen (1914- )   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
James A. Van Allen (1914-) was a pathbreaking astrophysicist best known for his work in magnetospheric physics.
Van Allen¹s career took an important turn in 1955 when he and several other American scientists developed proposals for the launch of a scientific satellite as part of the research program conducted during the International Geophysical Year (IGY) of 1957-1958.
James A. Van Allen retired from the University of Iowa in 1985 to become Carver Professor of Physics, Emeritus, after having served as the head of the Department of Physics and Astronomy from 1951.
www.hq.nasa.gov /office/pao/History/sputnik/vanallen.html   (401 words)

  
 Memoir of a Civilian POW: Biography
James Albert Allen was born on August 14, 1918, in Monroe County, Missouri, on a small farm.
James was hired to be a carpenter on Wake Island, a United States Territory, in the summer of 1941.
James was made an official enlisted serviceman in the U.S. Navy in 1983 in recognition of his help in the defense of Wake Island.
rims.k12.ca.us /pow/bio.html   (511 words)

  
 James Allen Home Page
James Allen's philosophy became possible when liberal Protestantism discarded the stern dogma that man is sinful by nature.
We become spiritually rich, Allen writes, when we discover the adventure within; when we are conscious of the oneness of all life; when we know the power of meditation; when we experience kinship with nature.
Tempest-tossed souls, Allen continues, wherever you may be, under whatsoever conditions you may life, know this - in the ocean of life the isles of blessedness are smiling and the sunny shore of your ideal awaits your coming.
jamesallen.wwwhubs.com   (1355 words)

  
 Was it James or John Allen?
Allen are that he was a North Carolinian, well educated and of a "family of easy circumstances." That he had come to Nashville with the intention of being a lawyer.
James Allen was served with the papers on April 10, 1830, and the case was set for trial in the November term of 1830.
James Allen, for whatever reason failed to appear in court for the trial of the lawsuit and Fisher took a default judgment against him for $208.08 in damages and $23.24 court costs.
www.chickasawhistory.com /allen.htm   (3903 words)

  
 James Allen Smith   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
James Allen Smith is a historian, teacher, and sometime foundation executive.
James Allen Smith is a historian who has written widely on public policy, philanthropy, civil society and American cultural policy.
James Allen Smith is a historian who has written on public policy, philanthropy, civil society and American cultural policy.
www.brown.edu /Students/HGSA/Alumni/jaSmith/jaSmith.htm   (914 words)

  
 A Tribute to James Allen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
James Allen was born in Leicester, England on November 28, 1864.
In addition, there is a "Wisdom of James Allen" collection available from Amazon.Com.
James Allen, in my opinion, is perhaps one of the greatest writers of this century.
www.concentric.net /~conure/allenhm.shtml   (314 words)

  
 James A. Van Allen biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
JAMES A. James A. Van Allen was born in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, on September 7, 1914.
Van Allen's instruments were aboard the first successful American satellites, Explorers 1 and 3, launched in 1958, and provided data for the first space-age scientific discovery: the existence of a doughnut-shaped region of charged particle radiation trapped by Earth's magnetic field.
Van Allen was elected an AGU Fellow and named John Adam Fleming Medalist in 1963, served as AGU President in 1964-1968, and was awarded the William Bowie Medal in 1977.
www.agu.org /inside/awards/vanallen.html   (546 words)

  
 New Orleans Jazz Great Henry Red Allen Page
Red Allen is one of the jazz immortals that migrated North from New Orleans in the 1920's.
In a career that produced hundreds of recordings, it is a tribute to his dedication to the music, and his personal growth, that recordings made in the 1957-59 period are often cited as his best.
Henry Allen, Jr., an only child, was born to Henry and Juretta Allen, in Algiers, Louisiana (1908), the home base of his father's well known marching band which was formed in 1907 and continued to perform into the early 1950's.
www.libertyhall.com /red.html   (2525 words)

  
 Global Challenge 2004 - Participant   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
British skipper, James Allen, started out in the pub trade after leaving University, running a number of student pubs in the Midlands where he is from.
When James had enough of beer he returned to the great love of his life — sailing, a sport he has enjoyed and actively pursued since childhood.
During this time James has had a highly successful sailing career, starting out training Crew Volunteers in Boston and in the UK and, more recently in the racing circuit, coming second in the inaugural Round Britain Challenge 2003, despite having led the fleet for much of the way.
www.globalchallenge2004.com /en/participant.asp?chpa_id=329   (352 words)

  
 Alibris: James Allen
Allen borrowed the title from the Biblical verse, "As a man thinketh, in his heart, so is he." In a clear and accessible argument, Allen builds on the idea that one's thoughts shape one's character, and also one's...
James Allen's foremost philosophy is that the key to personal power lies within the mind.
Allen was born on a farm near Lexington, Kentucky.
www.alibris.com /search/books/author/Allen,James   (994 words)

  
 Christine Halas on the James A. Van Allen Papers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Following in his family's footsteps, James A. Van Allen, the second of four boys, entered IWC in 1931 where he pursued his primary interests in physics, chemistry, and mathematics.
In 1935, Van Allen graduated summa cum laude from IWC and immediately began graduate study at The University of Iowa, where he received his M.S. in 1936 and Ph.D. in 1939, the latter under the guidance of Professor Alexander Ellett.
Van Allen returned to the Applied Physics Laboratory, where he organized a small cadre of scientists to conduct high altitude (or upper atmosphere) experiments using captured German V 2 rockets.
www.lib.uiowa.edu /spec-coll/Bai/halas.htm   (2069 words)

  
 History of the Mormon Battalion
In July 1846, under the authority of U.S. Army Captain James Allen and with the encouragement of Mormon leader Brigham Young, the Mormon Battalion was mustered in at Council Bluffs, Iowa Territory.
Colonel Kearny designated Captain James Allen, later promoted to Lieutenant Colonel, to raise five companies of volunteer soldiers from the able-bodied men between the ages of eighteen and forty-five in the Mormon encampments in Iowa.
Allen journeyed from Mt. Pisgah to Council Bluffs, where on 1 July 1846 he allayed Mormon fears by giving permission for the Saints to encamp on United States lands if the Mormons would raise the desired battalion.
www.onlineutah.com /historybattalion.shtml   (1280 words)

  
 Alabama's Lieutenant Governor: James B. Allen
James Browning Allen, of Gadsden, was born December 28, 1912, son of George C. and Mary Ethel (Browning) Allen, the former an attorney of the firm Dortch, Martin, and Allen, of Gadsden, and serving one term in the State Legislature, 1931-1935.
Allen received his education in the public schools of Gadsden and the University of Alabama.
Allen was elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate, November 5, 1968; reelected in 1974, and served from January 3, 1969, until his death in Gulf Shores, Ala., June 1, 1978; interment in Forrest Cemetery, Gadsden, Ala.
www.archives.state.al.us /conoff/Allen_j.html   (267 words)

  
 James Allen, author of As a Man Thinketh, published by Sun Books
James Allen strove to live the ideal life described by Russia’s great novelist and mystic Count Leo Tolstoy — the life of voluntary poverty, manual labor and ascetic self-discipline.
Allen starts us thinking — even when we would rather be doing something else.
And thus Allen teaches two essential truths: today we are where our thoughts have taken us, and we are the architects — for better or worse — of our futures.
www.sunbooks.com /jamesallen   (1089 words)

  
 Allen D James Insurance
Allen D James gave 110% on the gridiron as a former football player for the University of Washington.
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www.allendjamesinsurance.com   (178 words)

  
 The Family of Rosannah Cassell and James Allen
James Allen was born on January 23, 1810 in Hanover, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.
James had gone to visit his daughter, Louisa Jane and was sitting on a chair at their home when he suddenly died on October 26, 1882.
Nellie Allen was born on September 14, 1853 on a farm in the Cottage Hill community between Hennepin and present McNabb.
www.piperspages.com /Cassell/Rosanna.html   (2861 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: The Wisdom of James Allen: Five Books in One: As a Man Thinketh: The Path to Prosperity: The Mastery of ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
James Allen (1864 - 1912) wrote around nineteen books during his lifetime and is most recognized for his New Thought classic "As a Man Thinketh" (AMT).
It has been said that "Allen's work embodies the influence of Protestant liberalism on the one hand and of Buddhist thought on the other." The fundamental message in AMT is that humans are masters of their own destinies.
Allen's belief in the law of karma (which he equates with "Eternal Justice," among other titles, and which some authors call "the law of attraction") underlies all of his books, and his embrace of the doctrine of rebirth (popularly known as reincarnation) is clear in some of them (e.g., The Mastery of Destiny, pg.
www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/1889606006   (1063 words)

  
 James F. Allen's Home Page
James Allen's research interests span a range of issues covering natural language understanding, discourse, knowledge representation, common-sense reasoning and planning.
Allen, J.F. and Ferguson, G. Actions and Events in Interval Temporal Logic, J. Logic and Computation 4, 5, 1994.
Allen, J., Byron, D., Dzikovska, M., Ferguson, G., Galescu, L. and Stent, A., Towards a Generic Dialogue Shell, Natural Language Engineering,6(3) 2000.
www.cs.rochester.edu /u/james   (979 words)

  
 James Allen - As A Man Thinketh - Chapter One   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
James Allen - As A Man Thinketh - Chapter One
The aphorism, "As a man thinketh in his heart so is he," not only embraces the whole of a man's being, but is so comprehensive as to reach out to every condition and circumstance of his life.
In this direction, as in no other, is the law absolute that "He that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened"; for only by patience, practice, and ceaseless importunity can a man enter the Door of the Temple of Knowledge.
www.concentric.net /~conure/allen01.html   (536 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: As a Man Thinketh: Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Allen combines personal experience with meditation to probe the power of thought and the processes by which man perceives truth.
James Allen proves that it is possible to pack dozens of valuable nuggets in a small package.
James Allen leads listeners to self-improvement through his inspiring and simple message: you are what you think.
www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/087516000X   (661 words)

  
 James allen - Alibris: James Allen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
James Allen is a literary mystery man. His inspirational writings have influenced millions James Allen never gained fame or fortune.
James Allen is associate professor of philosophy, a fellow of the Center for Philosophy of Science and a member of the Graduate Program in Classics,
James Allen was born in Leicester, England in 1864.
hyperdetails.com /hpdt/james-allen.htm   (441 words)

  
 Handbook of Texas Online: ALLEN, JAMES L.
son of Samuel and Mary (Lamme) Allen, was born in Kentucky on January 2, 1815, the eldest of seven children.
Allen was a student at Marion College, Missouri, when he joined other students to volunteer for military service in Texas.
Allen was serving as tax assessor-collector of Calhoun County.
www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/AA/fal20.html   (550 words)

  
 ESPN.com: James Allen Player Card   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
James Allen has not been involved in any transactions this season.
If erstwhile rapper Mersilis is to return to the NFL as his alter-ego James Allen, as he now intends, it won't be with the Houston Texans.
Running back James Allen, who retired two weeks ago to concentrate on his rap career, has decided he would like to rejoin the Houston Texans or another team interested in his services.
sports.espn.go.com /nfl/players/profile?statsId=4234   (119 words)

  
 NBA.com: James, Allen Named Players of the Week
James led the Cavaliers to a perfect 3-0 week, averaging 29 points (2nd in the NBA) on.508 shooting, 9.7 rebounds, 4.7 assists, a league-high 3.33 steals and 2.3 blocks in wins over Atlanta, Phoenix and Washington.
Allen led the SuperSonics to a 4-0 week, averaging 28.3 points (3rd in the NBA) on.535 shooting (.560 from 3-point range), 5.3 rebounds and 4.3 assists in wins over Denver, Sacramento, Toronto and Memphis.
Currently ranked fifth in scoring (26.0 ppg) and fourth in three-point field goal percentage (.600), Allen scored a season-high 34 points in a dramatic come-from-behind 118-113 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies after trailing by 21 points in the third quarter.
www.nba.com /news/pow_041115.html   (452 words)

  
 local6.com - NFL - James Allen Not Ready For Retirement
Allen, who split time with Jonathan Wells in the backfield, also caught 47 balls for 302 yards.
Allen spent the first five seasons of his NFL career with Chicago before signing with Houston as a free agent in March 2002.
Allen spent time with Philadelphia before being signed off the Eagles' practice squad by the Bears in 1997.
www.local6.com /nfl/2431246/detail.html   (220 words)

  
 Rhode Island news | projo.com | The Providence Journal | A Tribute to Our Troops
Hi James I just want you to know that I'm SO proud of you and that I LOVE you very much...I can't wait until you are back in my arms again.
James ~ We would like to thank you so much for your dedicated, selfless service to protect the freedom that we all enjoy in this great country of ours.
~James~ I just wanted to say how proud I am that I live in a country where ppl would go into harms way to keep me from being in harms way.
www.projo.com /cgi-bin/extra/terror/tribute/view.cgi?id=11606   (1007 words)

  
 James Allen: author of the timeless classic As A Man Thinketh -- FREE eBook.
James Allen: author of the timeless classic As A Man Thinketh -- FREE eBook.
Although his book, As A Man Thinketh, has inspired millions around the world and been a major influence in the self-improvement industry, very little is known about its author, James Allen.
He was born in Leicester, England in 1864 and worked as a personal secretary for an executive of a large English corporation until 1902.
www.asamanthinketh.net /JamesAllen.htm   (176 words)

  
 Tribute Page to James Allen author of As a Man Thinketh
On the other hand, Allen noted, when we curtail our negative and destructive thoughts, ‘All the world softens towards us, and is ready to help us.’ We attract not only what we love - but what we fear.
While Allen does not deny that poverty can ‘happen’ to a person or a people, what he tries to make clear is that defensive actions like blaming the perpetrator will only further run the wheels into the rut.
Allen observed that: ‘Most of us are anxious to improve our circumstances, but are unwilling to improve ourselves – and we therefore remain bound.’ Prosperity and happiness cannot happen when the old self is still stuck in its old ways.
www.aabibliography.com /jamesallen.htm   (731 words)

  
 ASU Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry -Graduate Studies in Chemistry and Biochemistry, Chemistry, Biochemistry
The mechanism by which toxins use this ability to target a narrow range of organisms is being studied with a goal of developing new means of using these toxins against disease carrying insects such as mosquitoes.
Camara-Artigas, R. Blankenship and J. Allen (2003) “The structure of the FMO protein from Chlorobium tepidum at 2.2 Å resolution” Photosynthesis Res., 75, 49-55.
Kalman, J. Williams and J. Allen (2004) “Mimicking the properties of the oxygen-evolving complex in purple bacterial reaction centers” in Photosystem II: The water/plastoquinone oxido-reductase of photosynthesis.
chemistry.asu.edu /faculty/J_allen.asp   (398 words)

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