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  Woolston - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Woolston is a large modern parish in the English town of Warrington, Cheshire.
Woolston is situated in the Mersey Valley and so there is a very slight lowering in height between it and the surrounding areas.
The nearest rail station(s) to Woolston are Padgate and Birchwood.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Woolston   (658 words)

  
 Woolston Reservoirs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Woolston #1 (near) was an open reservoir with rock walls.
Woolston #2 (far) is a concrete circular reservoir.
Woolston #1 was originally built in the late 1800's.
www.ci.helena.mt.us /works/water/reservoir/wool.php   (118 words)

  
 Printable Version
Woolston said research shows children who are overweight are ridiculed by their peers more than children with disabilities, a shift from four decades ago when overweight children were more socially accepted.
Woolston said the issue with television isn't viewers' lack of exercise but the junk food that is consumed while watching TV.
Woolston said that keeping kids inside to help them achieve better on tests is actually counterproductive because exercise helps stimulate the brain.
www.helenair.com /articles/2005/01/26/health/c01012505_01.prt   (728 words)

  
 Thomas Woolston - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Thomas Woolston (1669 - January 21, 1731), English deist, born at Northampton in 1669, the son of a reputable tradesman, entered Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, in 1685, studied theology, took orders and was made a fellow of his college.
For many years he published nothing, but in 1720-1721 the publication of letters and pamphlets in advocacy of his notions, with open challenges to the clergy to refute them, brought him into trouble.
Woolston denied absolutely the proof from miracles, called in question the fact of the resurrection of Christ and other miracles of the New Testament, and maintained that they must be interpreted allegorically, or as types qf spiritual things.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Thomas_Woolston   (472 words)

  
 Woolston   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
As it is on the rural-urban fringe there is also some countryside between the eastern edge of Woolston and the start of Rixton.(although they are politically in the same ward).
The highest point is on the Woolston Eyes (2 man made areas formed by large embankments for the dispersement of dredging waste).
Woolston has plenty of waters including the aforementioned canals, the new cut of the River Mersey and the Manchester Ship Canal.
www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/woolston   (719 words)

  
 Docket No. 88-1877
Woolston was hired to dig trenches for other subcontractors who would lay pipes that would vent the methane gas accumulating in the landfill.
Moreover, David Woolston knew or should have known that the large quantities of trash contained in the trench reduced the cohesiveness of the material in the walls of the trench.
587) Woolston was vice-president and a principal shareholder of WCC.
www.oshrc.gov /decisions/html_1991/88-1877.html   (11824 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Va. inventor vindicated, vilified after verdict against eBay   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Woolston said he has received death threats since his victory.
He said Woolston's patents "are illustrative of patents being issued that maybe shouldn't have been issued" and said the case raises questions about the large number of business method patents that were issued in the mid- to late 1990s, when the Internet took off.
Woolston put some of the technological expertise he had honed in the Air Force and CIA to use in working out the details of his invention.
www.usatoday.com /tech/news/2003-06-09-eBay-loss_x.htm   (927 words)

  
 Office of Public Affairs at Yale - News Release   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Woolston is professor of child psychiatry and pediatrics at Yale School of Medicine, medical director of Child Psychiatric Services at Yale-New Haven Hospital, medical director of the Yale Intensive In-home Child and Adolescent Services (YICAPS) at the Child Study Center, and medical director of HUSKY Behavioral Plus.
Woolston has been an active advocate for improving the delivery of mental health services at the state policy level.
Woolston received his undergraduate degree from Yale University in 1970 and earned his M.D. in 1973 from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.
www.yale.edu /opa/newsr/02-07-08-02.all.html   (410 words)

  
 Woolston Eyes Reserve - Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Woolston Eyes Reserve can be approached by visitors from outside the area by leaving the M6 at Junction 21 and taking the A57 signposted to Warrington.
Woolston is not only excellent for birds but many other animals have been recorded.
Woolston Eyes Conservation Group, a voluntary organisation formed in September 1979, manages the rich and varied wildlife of the deposit grounds with the agreement of the Manchester Ship Canal Company.
home.clara.net /nortonw/info.htm   (3081 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Deism
Upon this follows a critical examination of the writings of the Old and New Testaments, with a particular regard to the verification of prophecy and to the miraculous incidents therein recorded.
Woolston appeared as a moderator in the acrimonious controversy that was being waged between Collins and his critics with his "Moderator between an Infidel and an Apostate".
During the years 1728-9, six discourses on the miracles of Our Lord came out in three parts, in which Woolston asserted, with an extraordinary violence of language and blasphemy that could only be attributed to a madman, that the miracles of Christ, when taken in a literal and historical sense, are false, absurd, and fictitious.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/04679b.htm   (4603 words)

  
 Law.com
Woolston believes the patents cover nearly every aspect of eBay's operations, including the very procedure millions of people use to buy and sell everything from stuffed bears to aircraft.
Woolston and Kumamoto discussed his patents' value that afternoon in June 2000.
The fight between Woolston and eBay, however, centers on whether Woolston's patent claims were adequately described in the original application, or were revised in subsequent filings.
www.law.com /jsp/printerfriendly.jsp?c=LawArticle&t=PrinterFriendlyArticle&cid=1032128636119   (1219 words)

  
 Headlines for December 13, 1999
Woolston found the Rotary grant for teachers to serve in developing countries through a Web-based network of scientists and their institutions called Community of Science.
Woolston also spent lots of time trying to become familiar with the UCT campus, and as a natural advisor, he struggled when students asked him questions he couldn't answer.
Woolston taught several courses, including a module about how to use computers, to University of Cape Town students.
www.engr.wisc.edu /news/headlines/1999/Dec13.html   (833 words)

  
 Hunton & Williams | Intellectual Property | News
Woolston’s company, MercExchange LLC, filed suit in federal court in September 2001 and had originally requested $43 million in damages.
Woolston has indicated that he intends to sell his patented technology to the highest bidder.
As an intellectual property case, many experts and analysts were surprised the verdict was in favor of Woolston.
www.hunton.com /practices/news.aspx?gr_H4ID=863&desp=true&gen_H4ID=10152   (597 words)

  
 J. Rogers Woolston - Who's Who in RCA VideoDisc
Rogers Woolston received the BSE degree from Princeton University in 1955, in a combined program of electrical engineering and physics.
Woolston joined the Manufacturing Systems and Technology Laboratory where he designed automation systems for a wide range of manufacturing applications.
Woolston is a member of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry and has served on several of its sub-committees.
www.cedmagic.com /mem/whos-who/woolston-j-rogers.html   (554 words)

  
 News Briefs - Smith & Hopen, P.A.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Woolston’s attorneys say he wanted to license his method to eBay and estimate that 26 percent of eBay’s revenue come from the parts of its operations that infringe on Woolston’s patents.
Woolston, whose career includes work for military and intelligence services, also claimed to have patented the core auction system that eBay has turned into a runaway success.
Woolston said he first conceived his auction idea as a way for baseball enthusiasts to exchange trading cards during the 1994 Major League Baseball strike.
www.baypatents.com /News/news_briefs_display.asp?ID=365   (479 words)

  
 Patent suit could sting eBay | CNET News.com
Woolston says he first started thinking about virtual markets and online auctions in the late 1980s and early 1990s, when he was working on computer networking projects.
Woolston took steps to protect his patents almost immediately after he got his first one in 1998--No. 5,845,265, covering a method of creating a marketplace for used or collectible goods over the Internet.
Woolston says he sued eBay last October after it became clear that the company wasn't going to license his patents.
news.com.com /2100-1017-956638.html   (1589 words)

  
 Woolston   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Para otros lugares llamados Woolston, ver Woolston (desambiguación).
Woolston apareció como Ouston en el primer mapa de camino de Lancashire publicado en 1675.
Woolston tiene un montón de aguas incluyendo los canales ya mencionados, el nuevo corte del río Mersey y el canal de la nave de Manchester.
www.yotor.net /wiki/es/wo/Woolston.htm   (787 words)

  
 CNN.com - Patent dispute threatens eBay - Sep. 29, 2002
At the core of the dispute is one of three patents issued to Woolston in 2000 and 2001 that were spawned from an original, or "parent," application he filed in April 1995.
Woolston's key patent, the last of the three, was issued March 13, 2001, covering a complex process for conducting computerized Internet auctions, virtually identical to that used by eBay.
There are two remaining eBay motions to dismiss the case -- one that challenges Woolston's patent by arguing that a similar auction process was described in detail by Choy Heng-Wah of Digital Equipment Corp., in a stamp-collecting newsgroup in 1994.
archives.cnn.com /2002/LAW/09/29/ebay.patents   (1257 words)

  
 GENUKI: Woolston and Martincroft, Lancashire genealogy
You can also perform a more selective search for churches in the Woolston area that are recorded in the GENUKI church database.
In 1835 Woolston and Martincroft was a township in the parish of Warrington.
For probate purposes prior to 1858, Woolston and Martincroft was in the Archdeaconry of Chester, in the Diocese of Chester.
www.genuki.org.uk /big/eng/LAN/WoolstonandMartincroft   (175 words)

  
 Dean Donald C. Woolston
As the assistant dean for all pre-engineering students, Donald Woolston is responsible for the advising and orientation of approximately 1,200 undergraduates.
Additionally, in conjunction with his advising collaborators, Woolston teaches an introduction to engineering course called "Contemporary Issues in Engineering." Through his affiliation with the Department of Engineering Professional Development, he has also taught courses in technical communication, general engineering and freshman professional orientation.
Woolston co-authored the book Effective Writing Strategies for Scientists and Engineers as as well as the videotape series On-the-Job Writing: A Course in Basic Writing for Engineers, Scientists and Technicians.
www.engr.wisc.edu /lists/deans/woolston_donald.html   (147 words)

  
 Woolston Eyes - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Woolston Eyes is a Site of Special Scientific Interest located in the town of Warrington in the North West of England.
The eyes themselves are used for the dumping of dredgings in the Manchester Ship Canal.
The Woolston Eyes Conservation Group manages the site and wildlife of the grounds as well as handing out permits for access.
www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Woolston_Eyes   (105 words)

  
 Wolves v Woolston - 4th Round Challenge Cup   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
It was Woolston who came out all guns blazing, looking for all purposes several divisions higher than they actually are.
Woolston again pressured early in the half and gained some good some territory from their efforts.
Woolston came back and went close in the Wolves half before the homeside broke out.
www.warringtonwolves.com /fixtures/2001/cc4.html   (632 words)

  
 Woolston Eyes Reserve - Contents Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
At Woolston Eyes,7-8 pairs were thought to be present in early June, with one brood being seen (photographs below taken on June 18th).
This clearly strengthens the level of protection at Woolston and WECG is grateful to English Nature (in particular Mandy North of their Wigan Office) for all the hard work involved in guiding this revision through.
It is our aim to gain as much knowledge as possible of other wildlife at Woolston with surveys of amphibians, fungi and moths having been carried out, while a number of wardens monitor butterflies and plants each year.
home.clara.net /nortonw   (2920 words)

  
 STUFF : NATIONAL NEWS - STORY : New Zealand's leading news and information website   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
I've lived in Woolston for 10 or 12 years and I love it.
It shows he does not like the people of Woolston, who are solid, working class, mainstream New Zealand.
Christchurch City Councillor David Cox defended Woolston as "one of the proudest areas of the ward I represent.
www.stuff.co.nz /stuff/0,2106,3355741a11,00.html   (483 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - EBay seeks new trial in $29M patent case   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Woolston filed for the patents in 1994, the year before eBay founder Pierre Omidyar spent a long weekend setting up what became the eBay Web site.
Woolston has said eBay approached him about buying his patents, while the company said Woolston came to them.
Woolston, an engineer, had careers in the military, the National Security Agency and the CIA before starting MercExchange in Great Falls, Va.
www.usatoday.com /tech/techinvestor/corporatenews/2004-10-06-ebay-patent_x.htm   (608 words)

  
 Woolston Riverside - Creating a mixed-use community
The Woolston Riverside development will transform a 12.5 hectare (31 acre) redundant shipbuilding facility in Southampton into a thriving and sustainable, waterfront area with marine business park, high quality housing, retail, leisure and community facilities.
The site will be opened up to the public for the first time in over a century and will contribute positively to the physical, economic and social regeneration of the locality.
Located on the eastern bank of the River Itchen in Southampton, the site is being marketed to commercial and residential developers to create a vibrant and mixed-use community providing up to 1,500 homes and 60,000 sq m of commercial space, and creating, or safeguarding, up to 1,000 jobs.
www.woolstonriverside.co.uk   (180 words)

  
 Yale Bulletin and Calendar
Joseph L. Woolston, recently appointed as the Albert Solnit Professor of Child Psychiatry and Pediatrics, has played a major role in the development of programs designed to ensure that youngsters receive the psychiatric care they need.
Woolston's own research focuses on eating disorders in childhood and infancy, and he has written widely on that topic, as well as on issues ranging from parental influences to childhood schizophrenia to suicide.
Woolston has served on numerous task forces and committees on children's mental health services for the State of Connecticut and is currently an executive council member of its Mental Health Policy Council and the Connecticut Center for Effective Practice.
www.yale.edu /opa/v32.n14/story8.html   (531 words)

  
 PC Magazine: Changes for eBay?
Woolston's law firm, Hunton & Williams, estimates that 26 percent of eBay's revenue comes from business operations that infringe on its client's patents.
Woolston and his lawyers also claim that he patented the basic auctioning system at the heart of eBay's business, but Judge Friedman threw out this claim before the trial began.
Woolston, according to his lawyers, tried to start his own online auction house but quickly gave up in the face of eBay's immense success.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_zdpcm/is_200306/ai_ziff43922   (645 words)

  
 Woolston Construction, Inc. of Boise, Idaho   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Innovative design, superior craftsmanship, quality materials and demanding attention to detail are the trademarks of a Woolston home.
Among the distinctive Woolston touches you'll find in our homes are superior floor plan design.
That's why Woolston's architects and designers have perfected the art of construction management, allowing us to build high-quality homes at affordable prices.
www.woolston.com /aboutus.html   (97 words)

  
 W6: Damages   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
By filing this suit, Thomas Woolston seems to be saying that if eBay had not stolen his idea, he would have earned "tens of millions of dollars" more than he has.
Assuming a minimum amount of $20 million to qualify as "tens of millions of dollars," Woolston seems to believe that he merited $5 million in compensatory damages.
Based on the apparent lack of success of Woolston's electronic sword, I'd say he seems to be better at suing to get a piece of the accomplishments of others than actually accomplishing anything in business.
w6daily.winn.com /001092.html   (677 words)

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