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  ESPN.com: NCAA - San Diego State to announce Gwynn's hiring Thursday
Gwynn's alma mater, San Diego State, is expected to announce at a news conference Thursday that he will replace baseball coach Jim Dietz after the 2002 season.
Gwynn is retiring from the majors at the end of this season, his 20th with the San Diego Padres.
Gwynn's son, Anthony, is a sophomore outfielder for the Aztecs.
espn.go.com /ncaa/news/2001/0918/1252562.html   (393 words)

  
 Dana Gioia Online - R.S. Gwynn
Gwynn juxtaposes styles and subjects not customarily seen together–mythic and modish images phrased in language alternatively sublime and debased–but told with such force of imagination and assured musicality that the resulting poems seem not idiosyncratic but inevitable.
The poet whom Gwynn most resembles–not simply in the particulars of style but in sensibility and strategy–is Thomas Hardy, and it is testament to Gwynn’s excellence that such a comparison can be made without his being routed in the process.
Gwynn’s mock-epic cannot have pleased the targets of his satire, but it has enjoyed an underground life.
www.danagioia.net /essays/egwynn.htm   (1263 words)

  
 Veryan - pafg81 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
John Henry Bowles was born on 9 Jan 1870 in Veryan, Cornwall.
Maria Gwynn was born in 1810/1811 in Wraxall, Somerset.
John Gwynn Hatch was born on 13 Mar 1840.
webhome.idirect.com /~djtrounce/veryanres/pafg81.htm   (372 words)

  
 Isaac Beaty
John's daughter, Sarah, (1800), married George Owens; another daughter who reared her family in Fentress County was Pheriba, (1803), who married Samuel Scroggins.
There is a Gwynn Island in the Buffalo Cove area located on the East Fork River named for this John Gwynn family.
John G., born 4-22-1833, died as a prisoner of Confederates on Bell's Island on 2-17-1862, married Zilphia Holbert.
homepages.rootsweb.com /~bp2000/fentress/isaac.htm   (534 words)

  
 Tony Gwynn | BaseballLibrary.com
Gwynn's first major-league hit was a double off a 1-2 curveball from Philadelphia left-hander Sid Monge at Jack Murphy Stadium on July 19, 1982.
Gwynn was voted into the All-Star Game, finished third in the NL MVP voting, and also delivered the game-winning RBI in the fifth game of the Championship Series that sent San Diego to its first World Series.
Gwynn, whose wife, Alicia, is being sued by Nomo, goes 3-for-4 to raise his average to.387.
www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/ballplayers/G/Gwynn_Tony.stm   (3313 words)

  
 AROUND THE HORN: Gwynn coaching deal near; Pedro, Vazquez out for year
Gwynn will get the job barring a last-minute change, a person close to the school told the Associated Press on Tuesday, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Gwynn has lobbied for the job since the Aztecs announced in May that Dietz will retire after next season, his 31st.
Gwynn is retiring after this season, his 20th with the Padres.
www.freep.com /sports/baseball/horn19_20010919.htm   (372 words)

  
 CNNSI.com - MLB Baseball - Gwynn softens stance on contract talks - Friday February 25, 2000 06:55 PM
Gwynn's agent, John Boggs, wasn't present, so no negotiations took place.
Gwynn countered with a request for $4 million up front and a 2001 salary -- as an option year -- that would bring him from $5.5 million to $9 million, depending on playing time.
Gwynn, who turns 40 on May 9, originally wanted a straight extension for about $6 million.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /baseball/mlb/news/2000/02/25/padres_gwynn_ap   (480 words)

  
 Remembering John Gwynn
John, as I, was concerned about the poor mathematical preparation of university students and their accompanying attitude toward education.
John said to me, "I'm so glad that you and Mary decided to come to this conference; its wonderful to have good friends to talk to." I felt the same way.
To speak of John's skills as a teacher, as a gaming analyst, as a computer programmer, and so on does not even come close to explaining who John Gwynn was.
catlin.casinocitytimes.com /articles/1249.html   (1088 words)

  
 Jeff Karr
John was a big fish in high school but he said he was among a lot of big fish.
John said, “I knew that coming to UConn was going to be a good decision but it turned out to be great.” He had always wanted to be a starter, he didn’t really like coming into the game off the bench.
John wishes that his daughters could have seen him play when he was in his prime, when he was really good.
www.uconnhooplegends.com /gwynn.html   (1477 words)

  
 Baseball America Online - Gwynn to Manage SDSU
Gwynn, 41, is in 20th big league season, all with the Padres, and started lobbying for the job as soon as Dietz made his retirement announcement in May. His son Anthony will be a sophomore for the Aztecs this season after hitting.318-0-23 with 19 stolen bases in 2001.
Gwynn's agent John Boggs has negotiated with Aztecs athletic director Rick Bay and told the Associated Press that Gwynn interviewed for the job formally on Sept. 5.
The younger Gwynn broke most of Tony's SDSU records and is currently a scout for the Padres.
www.baseballamerica.com /today/news/gwynn0919.html   (322 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego | Aztecs -- Gwynn to become San Diego State baseball coach after '02 season
Gwynn, who's won eight NL batting titles in his 20-year big league career, has 16 games left before retiring from the Padres.
Gwynn has a.338 lifetime average, but he's been limited this season by hamstring and knee injuries.
Gwynn snapped an 0-for-14 slump with a pinch-hit single Wednesday night that triggered the winning rally in San Diego's 4-3, 10-inning victory at Los Angeles.
www.signonsandiego.com /sports/aztecs/20010920-1440-bbc-sandiego.html   (602 words)

  
 Descendants of John (Sir) Wynne   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
JOHN (SIR)3 WYNNE (MEREDITH (SIR)2 WYNN-GWYNN, JEVAN (SIR)1) was born 1553 in Gwydir Castle, Llanrwst, Wales, UK, and died 1626 in Lucca, Italy.
HUGH5 GWYNN (OWIN (SIR)4 GWYN, JOHN (SIR)3 WYNNE, MEREDITH (SIR)2 WYNN-GWYNN, JEVAN (SIR)1) was born Abt.
JOHN6 GWYNN (HUGH5, OWIN (SIR)4 GWYN, JOHN (SIR)3 WYNNE, MEREDITH (SIR)2 WYNN-GWYNN, JEVAN (SIR)1) was born Abt.
www.nikodem.com /jwynne.html   (3632 words)

  
 San Diego Padres News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Just a few years removed from completing a 20-year Major League career, all with the Padres, Gwynn said he is attempting to help elevate the profile of not just his school's program, but of collegiate baseball in general.
Yet despite the expected windfall from the tournament, a large chunk of the anticipated revenue will be used to pay down the loan on the scoreboard named after Gwynn in 1997, the same year he captured batting title No. 8, tying Honus Wagner for most all-time among National Leaguers.
Gwynn remains a pillar of the San Diego community, with The Tony and Alicia Gwynn Foundation helping to fund many organizations that support children in need such as the YMCA.
www.mlb.com /NASApp/mlb/sd/news/sd_news.jsp?ymd=20040312&content_id=649359&vkey=news_sd&fext=.jsp   (765 words)

  
 Tony Gwynn's Countdown to 3000
Gwynn is one of those rare baseball birds who wants to play his entire career in the same city.
Gwynn who played baseball and basketball at San Diego State before being drafted by the Padres and the old San Diego Clippers in 1981, is taking the threat seriously.
Believe it or not, after winning a record-tying eight NL batting titles and raising his lifetime average to.340, Tony Gwynn insists there's still something left for him to prove.
hometown.aol.com /CruiznSD/gwynn.html   (669 words)

  
 Ongoing: Batter up!
John Gwynn is an electrical engineer, not a batting coach, but he hopes to hit a home run with an indoor baseball training facility.
Part of an emerging trend in the Valley, the indoor facility was inspired by Gwynn's 11-year-old son, Michael, and his love for the game.
Gwynn joined forces with Bob Davis, a longtime East Valley athletic trainer, and recruited expert instructors who have tutored his son.
www.azcentral.com /ent/calendar/articles/0914evbatting14.html   (676 words)

  
 CNNSI.com - MLB Baseball - Gwynn expected to get SDSU coaching job - Wednesday September 19, 2001 01:32 AM
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Tony Gwynn all but has his dream job.
Gwynn interviewed with Aztecs athletic director Rick Bay on Sept. 5, said his agent, John Boggs.
The 41-year-old Gwynn played for Dietz and also was a star point guard on San Diego State's basketball team.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /baseball/mlb/news/2001/09/18/gwynn_ap   (497 words)

  
 Descendants of Edward Broaddus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
JOHN F. Child of WILLIAM BROADDUS and LUCY FLEET is: vii.
JOHN F.6 BROADDUS (REUBEN5, WILLIAM4, ROBIN3, EDWARD2, UNKNOWN (BROADHURST)1) was born in Virginia, and died 1860.
She was born in Covington, KY. Child of JOHN BROADDUS and ADIEN RIGGS is: i.
www.nikodem.com /ebroaddus.html   (4418 words)

  
 Online edition of Daily News - News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Donors have been relatively slack to respond because the effects of the drought appear to be less devastating than expected and because of an involuntary local relief effort, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said.
He said according to the estimates carried out by the their federation that 1.5 million people across seven of the country's 24 districts have been severely affected by the island's worst drought in half a century.
Gwynn said the drought was not " a full scale disaster" but there were still pockets of "extreme vulnerability" if the causes of the drought are acknowledged and addressed.
www.dailynews.lk /2001/09/17/new18.html   (485 words)

  
 ESPN.com: MLB - Smoltz's repertoire makes him game's top closer
John Smoltz has gone from being a Cy Young Award-winning starter to being the game's best closer this season.
Because he has more than one quality pitch, he has to be the toughest one-inning pitcher to hit.
Tony Gwynn, who will take over as the head baseball coach at San Diego State next year, is working as an analyst for ESPN.
espn.go.com /mlb/columns/gwynn_tony/1413307.html   (981 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports > Aztecs -- Spring breakout
Gwynn was happy to be hosting a four-team, three-day tournament at Petco that included USD, Long Beach State and UCLA.
Then Gwynn got a call over the summer from Padres owner John Moores, setting in motion a series of events that tonight will result in SDSU and Houston playing before the largest crowd to see a college baseball game.
Gwynn had been told in a conversation with Houston coach Rayner Noble that the Cougars had a scheduling conflict.
www.signonsandiego.com /sports/aztecs/20040311-9999-1s11azbase.html   (1168 words)

  
 Immigrants to Canada - 1867 Voyage
John writes of his voyage to Canada and of the things he saw.
John is what some refer to as a ‘gentleman immigrant'.
John's letters continued for the next year giving details of the various places he visited in Canada.
ist.uwaterloo.ca /~marj/genealogy/swain.html   (2268 words)

  
 Taliaferro Times, Issue 25   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Her father Dr. John B. David Taliaferro was known to be a French Doctor.
John Taliferro and Ruth Ann McCandles 's daughter Jane Taliaferro buried in Prescott, Nevada Co. AR.
Son of John Taliaferro and Ruth Ann McCandles is Charles A. Taliaferro b.
www.spingola.com /TaliaferroTimes/TT25.htm   (3026 words)

  
 Burson Ramsey - pafn40 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Children of JOHN WYNNE and SYDNEY GERRARD are: 2.
John Hawkins held lands in thetown undertheCorporation before 1480, and was de a d b y or before 1490,when hisheirsheld them.
This was before the Hawkinses were at Tavisto c k.WilliamHawkins, son of John Hawkins (who had lived at Tavistock),andJoan,daughter o f W i lliam Amadas, of Launceston, was born probablyatPlymouthtowards the end of the fifteen t h c entury.
www.southern-style.com /bursonram/pafn40.htm   (1063 words)

  
 Andrew: DRENNAN Family
Other records indicate that a John Drennen served in the Pennsylvania Militia during the Revolution, serving as a Private in Captain John Vanmeter's Company, 4th Battalion, Westmoreland County Militia, and is shown on the payroll of Captain Vanmeter's Company being paid dated 10 July 1784.
John's tombstone at Sugg's Creek Cemetery indicates that he was a Mason.
John's wife at the time of his death, Delphan, received a widow's allotment, 12 June 1816, in Wilson Co., TN.
www.cwis.net /~andrew/famtree/hugueley/d0/i0000485.htm   (951 words)

  
 Carnwallon
John Hugh Pryse houldeth by Will from his grandfather, Jeuan John Gwynne, certayne lands lyinge in the parishe of Llaneddy in the Commote of Carnowllan, and in the parishe of Llandebea in the Commotte of Iskennen contayninge..
Morgan Rees Willim houldeth by deede of purchase from John Rees Willim one tenemente contayninge..
Hugh John Gryffith houldeth by deede and release one messuage or tenemente contayninge..
www.kidwellyhistory.co.uk /Surveys/1609/Carnawllon.htm   (3797 words)

  
 Dana Gioia Online - John Haines
The introduction to New Poems: 1980-1988 by John Haines.
Rooted in one specific landscape as deeply as any poet in American literature, Jeffers managed to create work which was both distinctly regional and unequivocally universal.
John Haines' decision in May of 1947 to move to Alaska had a similarly decisive effect on his life and work.
www.danagioia.net /essays/ehaines.htm   (2467 words)

  
 Historic Maps of London
Here on two sheets, are the plans of Christopher Wren and John Evelyn for the rebuilding of London after the great fire of 1666.
John Rocque's magnificently detailed plan in 24 sheets, when trimmed and assembled it is approximately 7 feet high by 13 feet long.
Gwynn included a long explanation of the proposal, adding his own suggestion for the creation of a permanent body for "inspecting and condemning old and useless buildings and regulating new ones".
www.microcolour.com /uk_maps.htm   (270 words)

  
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It is technically possible to design a progressive system that can win at fljack, but in practice the gain would be so small that it would hardly be worth bothering with.
John Gwynn tried to design such a system.
Leon Dubey expanded on Gwynn's ideas in his "No need to count" (1981), which includes a number of other "situational" effects, such as the increase in advantage following hard double-downs and non-ace pair splits.
ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/greenbaize21/prog.htm   (962 words)

  
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John Reeves, Heart, Farmer, M, 50Y Hollow Springs 146 J. Cox, R. Cox, Consumption, 24 Aug., Farmer, M 42Y Rock House Cem.
Clark-c, John Clark, Gall stones, 10 May, M 30Y State Line Cem.
Gwynn, Broken Spine, 23 Jun, Carpenter, S 35Y Oakdale 263 Minnie Jones, J. Jones, Spinal Meningetis, 29 Jun, S 22Y Jones Cem.
home.earthlink.net /~bcamin/moodys.htm   (9739 words)

  
 Images, Glimpses of London's Past, exhibition, Special Collections, University of Otago Library, Dunedin, New Zealand
London: Printed for the Author, Sold by Mr Dodsley, and at Mr Dalton’s Print-Warehouse in Pall-Mall, Mr Bathoe in the Strand, Mr Davies in Russell Street, Covent Garden, and by Mr Longman in Pater-noster Row, 1766.
John Stow, A survey of the cities of London and Westminster: containing the original, antiquity, increase, modern estate and government of those cities.
London: Printed by Peter Lillicrap, for John Wingfield at the Bible and Anchor in Tower Street near Mark-land end, 1665.
www.library.otago.ac.nz /exhibitions/london/images.html   (559 words)

  
 GoIreland.com - Genealogy surname search   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Later Fiants (for 1602-3) exemplify in the person of John Gwynn the extent to which plurality of church livings was then carried: he was presented to four in three different dioceses - Cashel, Ossory and Lismore.
In the next generation another South of Ireland clergyman, Rev. Arthur Gwynn, who was rector of several parishes, was the cause of contention between Strafford and Lord Cork.
Other Gwynns were established as a clerical family in Co. Down in the seventeenth century shortly after the Cromwellian was.
www.goireland.com /Genealogy/scripts/Family.asp?FamilyID=346   (409 words)

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