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unusual facts about Hamer



Alain Hamer

Hamer was one of the referees who agreed to officiate Scottish Premier League matches in November 2010 after strike action was announced by the Scottish referees association.

Dantzig

Jol Dantzig, American guitar player and designer, founder of Hamer Guitar company

David Hamer

David John Hamer AM, DSC (5 September 1923 – 14 January 2002) was an Australian politician.

Hamer was also interested in promoting the arts in Australia, helping establish the Arts Council of Victoria, and serving as President of the Arts Council of Australia and of the Australian Film Institute.

Eight-string bass guitar

The first known 12-string bass guitar, the "Hamer Quad", was designed by Jol Dantzig and built in 1978 for Tom Petersson by Hamer Guitars.

Gibson Les Paul Doublecut

Many believe these newer archtop doublecut Les Pauls were developed in response to the high-end guitars of Gibson competitor Paul Reed Smith (PRS), whose PRS guitars most typically have a doublecut design and master tone and volume controls, and whose production eventually went from a small shop (as Hamer's has stayed) to an assembly-line production rivaling Gibson's.

God gene

John Polkinghorne, an Anglican priest, member of the Royal Society and Canon Theologian at Liverpool Cathedral, was asked for a comment on Hamer's theory by the British national daily newspaper, The Daily Telegraph.

Hamar people

They live in Hamer woreda (or district), a fertile part of the Omo River valley, in the Debub Omo Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region (SNNPR).

Hamer Guitars

In 1980, Hamer moved to larger quarters in Arlington Heights (a suburb of Chicago.) The staff had grown to 12 and Hamer Guitars continued to launch new models such as the Special, Cruisebass, Prototype, Blitz, and Phantom.

Hamer Guitars was an American manufacturer of electric guitars, founded in 1973 by vintage guitar shop owners Paul Hamer, Jol Dantzig and John Montgomery in Arlington Heights Illinois.

John Hamer

Despite having always been trained by Gary Jones in Gillingham, Hamer has worked with numerous international coaches, including Michael Jiranek and Rinata Jiranek (2005), Tatiana Tarasova (2006) and Texas-based Lorraine Boreman (2006).

Phil Hamer

Hamer had impressed at junior level with the Phoenix, and his opportunity came towards the end of the 2007-08 season, with Phoenix head coach Tony Hand's decision to release Rhys McWilliams from the Phoenix roster.

Hamer initially chose shirt number 17 but after the signing of veteran defenceman Dwight Parrish in May 2008, he would voluntarily change to become number 76.

Hamer is also an accomplished Inline Hockey player and he was a FIRS World Champion in 2008 at Under 18 level, whilst playing for Great Britain.

Ru den Hamer

Rudolf "Ru" den Hamer (July 24, 1917 in Buitenzorg, Dutch East Indies – March 14, 1988 in The Hague) was a Dutch water polo player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Rupert Hamer

Employing the slogan "Hamer Makes It Happen", he won a landslide against the Labor opposition under Clyde Holding, and an ever bigger victory (also against Holding) in 1976.

Rusty Hamer

For his contribution to television Hamer has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame located at 6323 Hollywood Boulevard.

Twelve-string bass

The first known 12 string bass guitar, the "Hamer Quad," was designed by Jol Dantzig and built in 1978 for Petersson by Hamer Guitars.

Xq28

The 1993 study by Hamer examined 114 families of gay men in the United States and found increased rates of homosexuality among maternal uncles and cousins, but not among paternal relatives.


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