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  SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Obituaries -- John R. Craven, 46; artistic, free spirit who loved the ocean
Craven was born in La Jolla and was a resident of Oceanside.
Craven's love of the ocean came from his mother, who grew up in Philadelphia and spent her summers in Ocean City, N.J. Craven Worley said her mother took her three children to Buccaneer Beach in Oceanside every day during the summer.
Craven Worley said she and her siblings were aware they lived in a fishbowl as the children of a prominent politician.
www.signonsandiego.com /news/obituaries/20050702-9999-1m2craven.html   (541 words)

  
 John Craven -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
John Craven -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
He started his professional life in print (Newspapers and magazines collectively) journalism as a junior reporter on a local newspaper, the Harrogate Advertiser, before working for the (additional info and facts about Yorkshire Post) Yorkshire Post and as a freelance correspondent for writer for national newspapers.
He was awarded the (additional info and facts about OBE) OBE in 2000 for services to rural and children's broadcasting, and the Baird Medal in 2002.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/j/jo/john_craven.htm   (127 words)

  
 Columbus D. Craven
John Craven was born in North Carolina, being one of seven sons in his father's family, and a like number of sons were in the father's family, too.
Craven persevered in his labors and was assisted by his able helpmate, with the final result that their last years were spent in comfort, Mr.
Craven having amassed at the time of his death land to the extent of a half a section, of which there were 180 acres under cultivation.
skyways.lib.ks.us /genweb/archives/1919ks/c/cravencd.html   (926 words)

  
 BBC - Science & Nature - John Craven
John Craven is perhaps best known these days for presenting Countryfile, which highlights rural and environmental issues and celebrates the British countryside.
Born in Leeds, John started his career in newspapers before joining the BBC in Newcastle-upon-Tyne as a news writer, later becoming a reporter on regional radio and television before launching Newsround in 1972.
John is married with two daughters and lives in North Oxfordshire.
www.bbc.co.uk /nature/programmes/who/john_craven.shtml   (387 words)

  
 Valley News Web Story Layout   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Craven, who will begin Army training Wednesday after having completed ROTC at Dartmouth, was inspired to try a 100-hour dive after reading about the man who set the current record in a Tennessee lake.
Craven said his goal when he got back in was to stay underwater 75 hours, which still would have allowed him to break the record.
Craven ate cheddar soup and chicken broth Saturday night, two Reeses peanut butter cups and a Snickers bar for breakfast, and four hot dogs and cheese for lunch, the crew said.
www.vnews.com /06232003/1166517.htm   (1119 words)

  
 Newsround Past | Newsdesk
Whilst John initially dressed smartly, in a shirt and tie, his clothing later relaxed and he’d be often seen wearing a jumper, or an open necked shirt.
The “John Craven” prefix to the programme name was dropped on the days when John wasn’t presenting in the studio.
John’s new home was to be BBC One’s Countryfile, which he continues to this day.
www.transdiffusion.org /emc/newsdesk/newsroundpast.php   (1294 words)

  
 WATCHED IT! - John Craven's Newsround
To mark this change in the line-up, 'John Craven' was dropped from the name of the show on the afternoons when he wasn't presenting.
John Craven presented his last "and finally" story and left the programme after 17 years.
John didn't get the summer off, though, as he and Roger Finn followed the Radio 1 Roadshow around the country looking everyday at the town it was coming from.
www.cjetech.co.uk /watched_it/jcnr.html   (1195 words)

  
 Sarah Orne Jewett Text Project
John Craven was startled and angry at first; he had always looked forward to such a holiday, and had already enjoyed foreign sights by proxy, since his family had crossed the ocean repeatedly, like other families of their social station.
Craven died after a short illness, within a week or two of their arrival home, and the great house with its unpacked treasures, which they had chosen together, was left desolate.
Craven's daughter had said proudly that her father was able to take an hour or two's walk early every morning; in these late spring days she had complained fretfully that he used up all his strength in doing so much, and that he was fit for nothing all the rest of the day.
www.public.coe.edu /~theller/soj/awh/business.htm   (5717 words)

  
 Dr. John Craven: The Confederate Patient
Craven was dismissed from Fort Monroe because he had become too friendly with the patient.
Craven resisted and as a result was removed from his post.
Craven was replaced by another Union doctor, General Burton, who also became Davis' friend and gave him freedom of the fort.
battleofraymond.org /history/craven.htm   (967 words)

  
 Wired 13.06: The Mad Genius from the Bottom of the Sea   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The topic under discussion is Craven's plan to use cold water pumped up from the deep ocean to provide low-cost and environmentally sustainable power, water, and food to a new residential and commercial development in the Marianas, a chain of islands some 3,000 miles to the west.
Craven may sound like a brilliant psychotic, but he's got plenty of credentials: a PhD in ocean engineering, a law degree, and a stint as chief scientist for the US Navy's Special Projects Office.
Craven hopes that within a year, bulldozers will begin clearing land on Saipan and engineers will start sinking a pipe to pump icy water from the ocean depths to produce electricity and freshwater.
www.wired.com /wired/archive/13.06/craven.html   (1160 words)

  
 Jefferson Letters   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
John Henderson's bond for James Henderson's performance of contract, 28 December 1799, witnessed by Thomas Concord and John Agg.
John Henderson has completed an excellent canal, which was stopped by a court bill.
Encloses John Henderson's quitclaim for Peyton's use in defending against Elizabeth Henderson's claim that Peyton purchased for T. lands of minor Henderson children without her knowledge or permission.
www.isleham.net /files/jefferson.shtml   (4373 words)

  
 WildlifeWorldwide - festival2005_craven   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
John Craven OBE is the presenter of "Countryfile" the BBC magazine programme which, every Sunday, highlights rural and environmental issues.
John stayed for more than 3,000 editions, spending 17 years with the programme and filming special reports from more than 40 countries.
John will be talking about wildlife journalism and his many experiences during the course of his career on Newsround, Countryfile and also Animal Sanctuary.
www.wildlifeworldwide.com /page?tag=festival2005_craven   (171 words)

  
 Kivett - pafg42.htm - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Cinderella Craven was born on 29 Mar 1869 in of Gentry, Mo. She died in 1871 and was buried in Magee Cem., Gentry, Mo.
Laura Jane Craven was born on 4 Jul 1873 in of, Worth, Mo. She died on 2 Aug 1973 in Co and was buried in Rifle,, Co.
John Lee Craven was born in Nov 1880 in of, Worth, Mo. He died in 1944 in, Worth, Mo and was buried in Miller Cem., Gentry, Mo.
www.webpak.net /~cdm2/kivett/pafg42.htm   (2006 words)

  
 John Craven Jones   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
John Craven Jones was born in Raleigh, North Carolina on September 10, 1834.
In 1850, John Craven Jones went to Oberlin College, Ohio, and was enrolled in the Preparatory Department.
John enrolled in the college in the Classical Course in 1851 and graduated with an A.B. degree in 1856.
saltspringarchives.com /usha/JCJonesU.htm   (2262 words)

  
 Dr. Craven and the Origin of the Free Library Association, 1883-1893   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Craven had the manacles removed, treated Davis' wounds, had the manacles left off, got the prisoner moved to less damp living quarters, and through recommendations in his reports, influenced President Andrew Johnson to issue an order for more humane treatment of and better living conditions for the prisoner.
In any event, they seem to have viewed Craven as becoming too chummy with the late enemy, and implicitly thereby, a security risk, and he was removed from the case in Dec. '65, and in Jan.
The library created and guided by the genius of John Joseph Craven became the kernel of the new library, the foundation for the events of 1900, and bedrock for the library that has arisen and grew from those good beginnings.
pml.suffolk.lib.ny.us /Craven.htm   (1703 words)

  
 John H. Craven, Chaplain (Captain) United States Navy
John H. Craven, 85, a captain in the Navy's Chaplain Corps who served with Marine Corps units in high-casualty combat operations during World War II and the Korean War, died April 10, 2001, at Arlington Hospital of complications related to a blood infection.
CRAVEN, JOHN H. On April 12, 2001, of McLean, VA. Funeral service at Ft. Myer Memorial Chapel on Wednesday, May 9 at 3 p.m., followed by interment with full military honors in Arlington National Cemetery.
CRAVEN, JOHN H. On April 10, 2001, of McLean, VA, beloved husband of Verna H. Craven; devoted father of Carol Ashe of Virginia Beach, VA and Margaret Diamond of Burke, VA; loving brother of Allen B. Craven of Virginia Beach, VA. Survived by two grandchildren, Sharif and Amir Elkassed.
www.arlingtoncemetery.net /jhcraven.htm   (1104 words)

  
 BBC - Science & Nature - Countryfile
John Craven travels to the Porter Valley to meet archaeologist James Symonds and discover how this green corridor, which stretches from the city centre out into the Peak District, was once the centre of the local metal industry.
John finds another oasis of green in the heart of the city at Sheffield's Winter Garden – one of the largest temperate glasshouses to be built in the UK during the last hundred years.
John Craven and Adam Henson head to the Somerset Levels to explore the mysticism that's grown up around Glastonbury and find out about an innovative transport scheme involving scooters.
www.bbc.co.uk /nature/environment/programmes/countryfile/index.shtml   (932 words)

  
 Amazon.com: The Silent War: The Cold War Battle Beneath the Sea: Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Craven, who had previously been known as the head of the Polaris sub-based missile program, has surfaced mysteriously in the press over the years, most recently in the critically acclaimed Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage; here, he is forthright about much of his background and activities.
Craven quotes Byron, Verne and others with feeling throughout, and his explanations of the complicated physics related to his various projects are clear if sometimes still classified making this is a distinctively well-crafted intelligence-community memoir.
John Craven lives in Hawaii and has met with a group of the former submariners for a breakfast gathering the past twenty three years to recall things which are better left unsaid.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0743223268?v=glance   (2465 words)

  
 Chadwick Genealogy
John was a Master Mariner and a Lt in the RNR, and he was called up in 1939 for WWII, serving in Zanzibar, Russian Convoys, Atlantic, Mediterranean and The Channel, and finishing as a Commander.
John Craven Chadwick served on the Niagara Frontier in the Rebellion of 1837-38 as a Volunteer in Capt. Alexander Milne's Troop of Cavalry and was gazetted Lieut.
John Carden (nee Roe) a house shown in the background being Barnane, and that a portrait at Ballinard of a fair haired lady, dressed in red, is that of Rose Craven.
www.antonymaitland.com /chad0001.htm   (9126 words)

  
 Simonsays.com > SimonSaysShop > The Silent War: The Cold War Battle Beneath the Sea (eBook)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Craven was considered so important by the Soviets that they assigned a full-time KGB agent to spy on him.
Craven led a team of experts to diagnose the structural flaw that could have sent the sub to the bottom of the ocean, taking the Navy's missile program with it.
Craven offers insight into the rivalry between the advocates of deterrence (with whom he sided) and those military men and scientists, such as Edward Teller, who believed that the United States had to prepare to fight and win a nuclear conflict with the Soviet Union.
www.simonsays.com /content/content.cfm?sid=358&isbn=0743242254   (378 words)

  
 www.mineweb.net | columns | london beat Lonmin boss invests £517,000 on 'new chapter'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Sir John made a convincing case for diversification at Lonmin's annual meeting when he pointed out that "the company is dependent on a single suite of metals, a single mining complex and smelting technology.
With this in mind, Sir John said he must have been the first person to telephone Brian Gilbertson after the latter's departure as chief executive of BHP Billiton was announced.
Sir John reported last week that the revamped smelter had been recommissioned as was operating satisfactorily.
www.mineweb.net /columns/london_beat/76858.htm   (1148 words)

  
 The Oakland Press: Local News: Father and son save dog from drowning
Groggy from a lazy Sunday morning, Craven and his wife, Cathy, looked out the back window of their Waterford home, and noticed that a yellow Labrador had fallen through the ice on Lake Oakland.
Then he and his father, John Craven, hopped in their flat-bottomed boat to rescue the doggie in distress.
John explained that Draco belongs to a neighbor who lives on the opposite side of the mile-long lake.
www.theoaklandpress.com /stories/012105/loc_20050121022.shtml   (537 words)

  
 Newsround presented by Lizo Mzimba, Laura Jones and Ellie Crisell on CBBC - SphereTV   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The first presenter of the programme was John Craven, and the programme was known as John Craven's Newsround.
John Craven chose to sit on the desk rather than behind it because he did not want the children to see him as a kind of teacher figure.
In 1989 John Craven left the programme after 17 years presenting the show.
www.spheretv.com /newsround.htm   (489 words)

  
 CBBC Newsround | HOTSEAT | John Craven and Becky Jago
Did John Craven ever think that 30 years ago teenagers watching then would be watching now with their children?
John: I've always thought that the great success of Newsround is that it doesn't go on for very long.
John: I think there'd be a huge national outcry if anybody ever tried to stop it.
news.bbc.co.uk /cbbcnews/hi/chat/hotseat/newsid_1906000/1906481.stm   (1230 words)

  
 John Craven's Newsround - Nostalgia Central   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
BBC 1 saw John Craven present his Newsround at five past five on weekdays (it aired twice weekly in the beginning and went to every weekday in 1979).
The shooting of Pope John Paul II in 1981 was another exclusive.
The show was presented until 1989 by John Craven, and since then various presenters have anchored a show simply called Newsround.
www.nostalgiacentral.com /tv/kids/newsround.htm   (278 words)

  
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John, Stephen, William and Anthony lived on Broad Creek and Alligator Gut in Craven 5.
Craven marriage Bonds - John Moore - 1786 and 1788 8.
John and Simon on Deep Branch in Craven - John had children Edward, Amos, John, Abraham, Nathan 9.
www.public.asu.edu /~moore/news/newsb15b   (1250 words)

  
 MTV.com - Movies - John Craven   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
A successful supporting and occasional leading actor of stage, screen and television, John Craven starred as Bob MacDonald in the first live television series, The Egg and I (1951), a sitcom based on Betty MacDonald's humorous autobiography.
Craven launched his career playing George in the 1938 Broadway version of Our Town with his father Frank Craven, a playwright who worked as an actor and a stage manager of the production.
Craven made his feature-film debut in Over the Goal (1937).
www.mtv.com /movies/person/13920/bio.jhtml   (249 words)

  
 BevNET.com - About Us
Craven realized early on that the “Cola Wars” and the promotion of new beverages like ready-to-drink teas, energy drinks, and bottled water meant that there would be a need for clarification in the evolving beverage market, as well as a quality rating system for consumers and retailers alike.
In addition, John is the founder of Prezza Technologies, a leading software developer that specializes in survey software and data collection applications.
John is a graduate of Boston College with a BS in Marketing and Computer Science.
www.bevnet.com /about.asp   (738 words)

  
 Land & Water Australia | John Craven   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
John Craven, a community activist who enabled a NSW north coast community to reach a positive resolution on a potentially explosive development.
Nominated by the Goonengerry Landcare Group, John assisted the group and other community members who were objecting to planned waste-water management for a residential development near the headwaters of Tibian Creek.
John provided training in mediation and conflict resolution that enabled the Goonengerry Landcare Group to successfully negotiate with the developers.
www.lwa.gov.au /education.asp?section=232   (211 words)

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