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	Whiston (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		In 1698 Whiston obtained a vicarage in Suffolk at Lowestoft-with-Kissingland.
		It is suggested that Whiston fitted the surfaces using observations of inclination at a chosen triple of localities; and that he did this in order to use data from non-included localities as a check on his model.
		Lyndon Hall, where Whiston died, was the residence of Samuel Barker, the husband of Whiston's daughter Sarah.
	www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk /~history/Mathematicians/Whiston.html (1372 words)

	§15. Influence of Deism; Bolingbroke; Whiston’s "Primitive Christianity Revived". XI. Berkeley and ...
		The latter characteristic is exhibited in the works of William Whiston, mathematician and theologian.
		Whiston was a man of active and original mind, which led him outside the established church, but in a direction of his own, different from that of Toland or Tindal.
		He was opposed to rationalism, and a believer in prophecy and miracle; but he came to the conclusion that the Arian heresy represented the true and primitive Christian creed.
	www.bartleby.com /219/1115.html (683 words)

	William Whiston and the Deluge
		Whiston found in classical literature references to the change in inclination of the terrestrial axis and, ascribing it to a displacement of the poles by the comet of the Deluge, concluded that before this catastrophe the planes of daily rotation and yearly revolution coincided and that, therefore, there had been no seasons.
		Whiston was chosen by Isaac Newton to take over his chair of mathematics at Trinity College in Cambridge when Newton, after many years, retired in order to dedicate himself to the duties of the president of the Royal Society.
		Whiston fancied that the earth was created from the atmosphere of one comet, and that it was deluged by the tail of another.
	www.varchive.org /itb/ecwhist.htm (1213 words)

	Whiston's Flood
		Newton protege William Whiston took upon himself the task of differentiating the claims of science and religion by emphasising the hard-core millenial view that had dominated the middle ages, namely that the biblical prophecies of Daniel and Revelation should be interpeted as calling for a violent end of the world.
		Whiston's theory was controversial, but he received support from Locke and apparently Newton himself.
		Whiston believed that the London earthquake of 1750 was a sign of impending doom, though other considerations suggested to him that 1866 would be the year.
	www.stanford.edu /~meehan/donnelly/whiston.html (368 words)

	WHISTON - LoveToKnow Article on WHISTON (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		For several years Whiston continued to write and preach both on mathematical and theological subjects with considerable success; but his study of the Apostolical Constitutions lad convinced him that Arianism was the creed of the primitive church; and with him to form an opinion and to pub-ish it were things almost simultaneous.
		Whiston is a striking example of the association of an entirely paradoxical bent of mind with proficiency in the exact sciences.
		He also illustrates the possibility of arriving at rationalistic conclusions in theology without the slightest tincture of the rationalistic temper.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /W/WH/WHISTON.htm (760 words)

	William Whiston -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		He was educated privately, partly on account of the delicacy of his health, and partly that he might act as (Someone skilled in the transcription of speech (especially dictation)) amanuensis to his father, who had lost his (The ability to see; the faculty of vision) sight.
		For several years Whiston continued to write and preach both on mathematical and theological subjects with considerable success; but his study of the Apostolical Constitutions had convinced him that (Heretical doctrine taught by Arius that asserted the radical primacy of the Father over the Son) Arianism was the creed of the primitive church.
		His heterodoxy soon became notorious, and in 1710 he was deprived of his (Someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university) professorship and expelled from the university.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/w/wi/william_whiston.htm (607 words)

	GENUKI: Whiston
		"GUILTHWAITE, a hamlet in the township of Whiston, and parishes of Whiston and Rotherham, upper-division of Stainforth and Tickhill; (Gilthwaite Hall, the seat of John Outram, Esq.) 2 miles from Rotherham, 5 from Sheffield, 12 from Worksop, (Notts.)
		"MORTHEN, a hamlet in the township of Whiston, and parishes of Whiston and Rotherham, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill; (Morthen Hall, the seat of Nicholas Timm, Esq.) 4 miles SE.
		Whiston Parish Church is dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene.
	www.genuki.org.uk /big/eng/YKS/WRY/Whiston (631 words)

	Encyclopedia: William Whiston (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		He is probably best known for his translation of the Antiquities of the Jews by Josephus, his A New Theory of the Earth, and his Arianism.
		A New Theory of the Earth was a book written by William Whiston, in which he presented a description of the divine creation of the Earth and a posited global flood.
		The year 1696 had the earliest equinoxes and solstices for 400 years in the Gregorian calendar, because this year is a leap year and the Gregorian calendar would have behaved like the Julian calendar since March 1500 had it have been in use that long.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/William-Whiston (2750 words)

	David Whiston biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Whiston is a frequent speaker and writer on the subject of capital planning for both professional and lay audiences.
		Whiston has primary responsibility for helping clients develop capital funding strategies relating capital needs to larger investment plans in the conventional field and exploring public resource options in the assisted field.
		Whiston was educated at Stonehill College, from which he received his Bachelor of Arts degree, and at Harvard University where he earned his Master of Education.
	www.puaf.umd.edu /OEP/SpkrBios/WHISTON.HTM (212 words)

	Macleans.ca \| Top Stories \| Carole Whiston (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Whiston teaches English and academic upgrading; she's part of a group from the local school district who work primarily with new Canadians.
		Whiston, 57, a Saskatchewan-born farm girl with a voracious appetite for books and a thirst for travel, began her teaching career in 1965 in a high school in Radisson, Sask. She met her husband, Barry, now a semi-retired importer, while teaching near Calgary, and the two settled in British Columbia.
		Whiston is inspired by their energy, but worried that Canada is wasting their talents.
	www.macleans.ca /topstories/article.jsp?content=61549 (543 words)

	ISD Panel Questions Oakland Lobbyist Brian Whiston
		This exchange was followed by Johnson asking Whiston if he always supplied the names of those who he entertained when he put in reimbursement requests to the school.
		Bradstreet was asking Whiston if the services provided by the Oakland ISD had been unaffected during the period when the incidents now considered a scandal were unfolding.
		Whiston replied that he had nothing to do with the events that led to what are now considered to have resulted in the scandals.
	www.bridges4kids.org /articles/4-04/MIRS4-21-04.html (766 words)

	Susan Whiston Faculty Vita: - School of Education, Indiana University
		Whiston, S. Response to the past, present, and future of school counseling: Raising some issues.
		Whiston, S. The relationship among family interaction patterns and career indecision and career decision-making self-efficacy.
		Whiston, S. Self-efficacy of women in traditional and nontraditional occupations: Difference in working with people and things.
	www.indiana.edu /~iuncate/facultyvita/swhiston.html (955 words)

	Oakland Schools parent group wants a say
		Austin said he placed Whiston on special assignment because the state Legislature won't be in session until late September.
		Whiston's return to his lobbyist role after the Legislature goes back in session "depends on whether he's completed his special assignment," Austin said.
		Whiston wrote a check this week to cover a $166.50 golf outing he took when he attended a legislative conference in Palm Springs, Calif. He also reimbursed the district for an $83 tram ride for a group of legislators and lobbyists.
	www.freep.com /news/education/ois29_20030829.htm (330 words)

	Whiston
		One of 484 locomotives built to the Austerity design hurriedly developed during World War 2, "Whiston" was in fact built by the Hunslet Engine Co of Leeds in 1950, demonstrating that the rugged and simple qualities proved ideal for collieries and a variety of other industrial railways.
		"Whiston" was delivered new in October 1950 to the National Coal Board at Haydock Colliery in Lancashire, before moving in April 1951 to Cronton Colliery.
		For some pictures of "Whiston" in action at Bold, in company of other locos, see an account of a visit to Bersham and Bold in August 1979.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /foxfield/whiston.htm (418 words)

	About Whiston Brass Band (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Whiston Brass Band was formed in 1985 and commenced rehearsals in the Village Hall, later moving to the Lonsdale Club.
		We are now in the very fortunate position of being able to hold rehearsals in Whiston Barn and thanks to the support of the Parish Council and Barn Committee hold Community Concerts there.
		Whiston Band also has a 'junior' section which is open to anyone who has an interest in wanting to learn and play music.
	www.whistonweb.co.uk /community/wbb.htm (350 words)

	44th District Demograhic Profile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Whiston has the endorsements of members of the Senator Nichols, Representative Claude Trim and Oakland County Prosecutor’s teams, and many other local elected officials.
		Whiston has a strong organization who have been called "The Well Oiled Machine" by local newspapers.
		Brian Whiston’s strategy calls for an aggressive campaign in all areas of the district that will include direct mail, signs, radio, TV, newspapers and door-to-door campaign.
	pages.prodigy.net /bruinent/whiston/44th.htm (295 words)

	The Oakland Press: Local News: Reform proponent blasts Oakland Schools official (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Whiston was quoted in several Daily Oakland Press articles marking the 10-year anniversary of Michigan voters approving Proposal A. Whiston said Minard has mischaracterized positions he offered on the legislation.
		Whiston said that to address school-funding issues, he favors reducing district costs over raising taxes to generate new operating revenue.
		Whiston speculated that representatives of the Great Lakes Education Project resent his successful help to defeat a proposal to introduce school vouchers in Michigan.
	www.theoaklandpress.com /stories/031904/loc_20040319026.shtml (539 words)

	William Whiston: Honest Newtonian:0521524881:James E. Force:eCampus.com
		William Whiston succeeded Sir Isaac Newton as Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge in 1703.
		Like his predecessor, Whiston presents an interesting combination of the scientific and the theological mind, but whereas Newton carefully concealed the true nature of his religious beliefs, Whiston, a well-known preacher, did not.
		Professor Force examines the writings in which Whiston applies his Newtonian Biblical interpretation to social, political, and theological issues in the context of the Newtonian movement at the turn of the eighteenth century.
	www.ecampus.com /bk_detail.asp?isbn=0521524881 (139 words)

	The Oakland Press: Local News: Official admits fault in election law dispute (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Brian Whiston, the intermediate school district's director of legislative affairs, acknowledges that an application form he used to establish the Heroes of Public Education political action committee was sent to him via an Oakland Schools fax machine.
		Reiterating that the incident was his oversight alone, Whiston said it has nothing to do with the good work Oakland Schools is doing.
		Whiston is caught is slap him on the wrist and then do nothing more," he said.
	www.theoaklandpress.com /stories/080304/loc_20040803044.shtml (727 words)

	Whiston Hall Golf Club And Mansion Court Hotel
		A very warm welcome of hospitality awaits at Whiston Hall, the 19th Century Manor House Hotel and Eighteen Hole Golf Course, hidden away in the heart of Staffordshire Moorlands.
		At Whiston Hall you will discover many stunning architectural features and carvings which add to all the original charm and elegance of this magnificent building.
		Whiston Hall And Mansion Court Hotel host Society Events, Golfing Events, Exclusive Weddings, Corporate Hospitality, and many other functions, and has large Banqueting Facilities.
	www.whistonhall.com (237 words)

	GENUKI: Whiston, Lancashire genealogy
		You can also perform a more selective search for churches in the Whiston area that are recorded in the GENUKI church database.
		In 1835 Whiston was a township in the parish of Prescot.
		For probate purposes prior to 1858, Whiston was in the Archdeaconry of Chester, in the Diocese of Chester.
	www.genuki.org.uk /big/eng/LAN/Whiston (152 words)

	Whiston Asset Management
		Whiston Advisors is focused on giving you access to the professional money management and the financial services needed to reach your financial objectives.
		Whiston Advisors has access to 11,000 experienced portfolio managers whose approaches can match your needs and goals.
		Whiston Advisors offers a wide range of different investment approaches, and asset allocations.
	www.whistonadvisors.com (188 words)

	USATODAY.com - Janus CEO steps down amid trading probe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Janus Capital Group (JNS) said Tuesday that CEO Mark Whiston will step down from the mutual fund firm, which has been battered by poor performance and allegations of trading irregularities.
		Whiston's departure marks the end of an era at Janus, experts say.
		A spokesman for Whiston said the outgoing CEO "has been a vigorous opponent of market timing for many years.
	www.usatoday.com /money/perfi/funds/2004-04-20-janus_x.htm (759 words)

	Knowsley Local History - ref: WHorigins1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		From the 11th Century, South Lancashire was divided into six districts known as 'Hundreds' or 'Wapentakes', As the Whiston area at that time was part of the parish of Prescot, it appeared as such on the district maps of the time within the West Derby Hundred.
		Early references show the township as Quitstan (1245); Wystan, Quystan (1278); Whystan, Whytstan, Whyghstan (1292); Quistan (1346); eventually reaching its present spelling of Whiston around 1355.
		Whiston is located 1 1/2 miles south of Prescot, 3/4 mile east of Huyton Quarry, 4 miles south-west from St. Helens and 1 1/2 miles west from Rainhill.
	history.knowsley.gov.uk /show_photo.msql?reference=WHorigins1 (100 words)

	Table of contents for Library of Congress control number 84004316 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Whiston, the Burnet controversy, and Newtonian biblical interpretation 3.
		Whiston's Newtonian argument from prophecy divine providence and the criticism of Anthony Collins 4.
		Whiston's Newtonian biblical interpretation and the rage of party, radical Arianism, and millennial expectations 5.
	www.loc.gov /catdir/toc/cam029/84004316.html (145 words)

	Whiston Web:Home Page and Index (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Whiston is in an ideal location, situated close to beautiful open countryside.
		The only rule is that your content must be related to Whiston.
		The Genealogy Section contains details and further reference to some Whiston families with links to detailed family trees.It is updated on a regular basis.
	www.whistonweb.co.uk (157 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Flavius Josephus
		The first German translation was edited by the Strasburg Reformer Kaspar Hedio, in 1531, and a French translation was issued by Burgoing in Lyons in 1558.
		Among the best-known translations in English is that by Whiston (London, 1737), revised by Shilleto (5 vols., London, 1888-9).
		In the middle of the nineteenth century the interest in the "Jewish Antiquities" was revived by a translation which the Society of St. Charles Borromeo induced Professor Konrad Martin, afterwards Bishop of Paderborn, to undertake in collaboration with Franz Kaulen (1st ed., Cologne, 1852-3; 2nd and 3rd ed.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/08522a.htm (1532 words)

	Fund firm Janus names new CEO - Fund Scandal - MSNBC.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Questions have persisted about Whiston, who was supposed to take over the chairman's position on Jan. 1, ever since Janus was named in the first complaint about abusive trade last year.
		Analysts have questioned whether Whiston was aware of market timing at Janus before New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer launched his probe into improper trade in September.
		Janus said it anticipates that the payments and benefits to be provided in connection with Whiston's departure will result in a second-quarter charge of approximately $17 million, or 4 cents per diluted share.
	msnbc.msn.com /id/4786561 (456 words)

	Whiston, William on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		He won favor through his New Theory of the Earth (1696) and in 1701 was made deputy to Sir Isaac Newton, whom he succeeded (1703) as Lucasian professor of mathematics at Cambridge.
		Well-known as a preacher, Whiston aroused opposition by proclaiming his opinion that the faith of the early Christian centuries was Arian.
		Richard Whiston Named Director Of Community West Bancshares.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/W/Whiston.asp (309 words)

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