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2 unusual facts about Michael R. Burns


Michael R. Burns

Burns has served as chairman of Ignite Entertainment, a Los Angeles-based entertainment production company, was co-founder of the Hollywood Stock Exchange, and serves as chairman and co-founder of Novica.com.

Burns has recently been profiled or featured in such varied major media outlets as AMC Sunday Morning Shootout, Barron's, BloombergTV, BusinessWeek, CBS MarketWatch, CNBC Power Lunch, Financial Times, Fortune, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal.


Alleghany Corporation

The company's residual railroad investments led to president and CEO John J. Burns serving on the board of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation from 1995 to 2004.

Blanchfield

Michael R. Blanchfield (January 4, 1950 – July 3, 1969) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration.

Brook Park, Ohio

Coyne is most known for the 2001 Cleveland Hopkins International Airport runway extension deal with then Mayor of Cleveland Michael R. White, which seceded Brook Park land including homes and the International Exposition Center (IX Center) to Cleveland, Ohio in exchange for NASA Glenn Research Center and 10 years of tax revenues from the IX Center.

Cobra II

Cobra II: The Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq is a 2006 book written by Michael R. Gordon, chief military correspondent for The New York Times, and Bernard E. Trainor, a retired Marine Corps lieutenant general, which details the behind-the-scenes decision-making leading to the invasion of Iraq in 2003.

David D. Burns

For Burns, the BDC replaced Aaron Beck's BDI which appeared in the 1980 edition of Feeling Good (that Burns says he was grateful for permission to reproduce).

David R. Burns

Earlier in the same day, leading Democratic state representative Emily Cain had called for Burns' immediate resignation.

Faraday constant

The Simpsons episode "Dark Knight Court" (RABF10) has Mr. Burns asking Comic Book Guy how much he wants for his entire comic book inventory.

Fredrik Olsen

Olsen has been called "The Norwegian Howard Hughes" for his great wealth and avoidance of publicity; although a recluse he is also reputed to be the inspiration for the look of The Simpsons cartoon character Mr. Burns.

George Reardon

A bill to abolish the statutes of limitations to help the victims claim compensation (House Bill 5473) was opposed by the bishops of Connecticut, Bishop Henry J. Mansell, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hartford, Bishop William E. Lori, Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport, and Bishop Michael R. Cote, Roman Catholic Diocese of Norwich.

Indianapolis Monthly

Founded in 1973 by Michael R. Levy, Indianapolis Monthly brings readers information on every facet of Indianapolis life, including arts and entertainment, fashion, real estate, business, dining, education, travel, politics, sports, plus up-to-date information on local Central Indiana events.

It Don't Come Easy

The song is used as inspirational background music for a montage of Marge Simpson painting a portrait of Mr. Burns.

John A. Burns

His many achievements include the promotion of Hawaii as a center for oceanography, construction of the new State Capitol building, and expansion of the University of Hawaii, helping to transform it into a first-class university, attracting students and faculty from around the world and early planning for the construction of the Aloha Stadium to host university football and bowl games.

John F. Burns

Burns was awarded the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting citing "his courageous and thorough coverage of the destruction of Sarajevo and the barbarous killings in the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina".

John G. Schwegmann

agriculture commissioner, Dave L. Pearce, and, later, the state Milk Commission, which could set milk prices at the processing and retail levels, said Michael R. Fontham, another Schwegmann attorney.

Kiss Kiss, Bang Bangalore

Homer, Smithers, and Mr. Burns get a positive (if inaccurate) impression from this, and Homer is put in total charge of the power plant while Mr. Burns takes time off to have fun floating down the Ganges with corpses he has befriended.

Laura J. Burns

She often collaborates with fellow author Melinda Metz, with whom she writes the book series based on the Everwood TV show, and the Wright and Wong young detective series.

Mary B. Wolf

In her second run for mayor, Wolf defeated incumbent Michael R. Rafferty for the Republican nomination for mayor despite Rafferty's being endorsed by the County Republican Party.

Meta-power

The idea has stemmed from work by sociologists such as Tom R. Burns and Peter Hall, the economist Thomas Baumgartner, as well as by political scientists such as James Rosenau and Stephen D. Krasner.

Michael Harrison

Michael R. Harrison, MD (born 1943), director of pediatric surgery at UCSF

Michael Long

Michael R. Long (born 1940), chairperson of the Conservative Party of New York State

Michael R. Anastasio

He participated in the development of the W87, W84, and B83 warheads and 10 nuclear tests; he was project physicist on four of these tests.

Michael R. Ayers

In 1987 Bryan Magee invited Michael Ayers to talk about Locke and Berkeley in the BBC's series The Great Philosophers.

Michael R. Collings

Collings has had multiple collections of his poetry published on subjects such as Mormon theology, Joseph Smith, Christmas, science fiction, and horror.

Michael R. Douglas

He is also very active in organizing schools and workshops, for example at Les Houches, Cargese, and the KITP Santa Barbara.

Michael R. Gordon

During the first phase of the Iraq war, he was the only newspaper reporter embedded with the allied land command under General Tommy Franks, a position that "granted him unique access to cover the invasion strategy and its enactment".

Michael R. Hayden

Hayden also identified the first mutations underlying Lipoprotein lipase deficiency (LPL) and developed gene therapy approaches to treat this condition.

Hayden appears in the 2012 documentary movie Do You Really Want to Know? directed by John Zaritsky.

Michael R. Krätke

Michael R. Krätke (born 1950) is professor for political economy at Lancaster University, and editor of the German scholarly journal SPW – Zeitschrift für sozialistische Politik und Wirtschaft.

Michael R. Long

After representing the then abolished Brooklyn at-large New York City Council District, Long challenged sitting New York City Councilman Sal F. Albanese in 1985, for Bay Ridge's 31st District which was previously held by Republican Angelo J. Arculeo.

Michael R. White

He also declared October 30, 1994 "Bone Thugs~N~Harmony Day" in the city of Cleveland to honor the hometown rappers.

Some of his accomplishments include passing legislation making banks dispel lending policies that were restrictive to minorities, providing leadership for retaining a Cleveland Browns team in the NFL (after then-Browns team owner Art Modell moved to Baltimore with all former Browns players and personnel to form the Baltimore Ravens) as well as building a new stadium for the Cleveland Browns, and construction of the Gateway stadium development.

Mur Lafferty

These essays also led to her becoming an early contributor to Michael and Evo's Wingin' It, a sci-fi variety show podcast hosted by Michael R. Mennenga and Evo Terra.

Philippe DeVille

Philippe R. DeVille (born August 5, 1944) is a Belgian economist, and Emeritus Professor of Economics at the Catholic University of Louvain, known for his contributions in the field of socioeconomic systems theory in collaboration with Tom R. Burns and others.

Reinsurance

Using game-theoretic modeling, Professors Michael R. Powers (Temple University) and Martin Shubik (Yale University) have argued that the number of active reinsurers in a given national market should be approximately equal to the square-root of the number of primary insurers active in the same market.

Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh

Edward J. Burns (1983–2009) – Appointed Bishop of Juneau, Alaska on January 19, 2009; installed on April 2, 2009.

Scott Burns

Scott Z. Burns (born 1962), American screenwriter, producer, and director

Social rule system theory

The development of a more systematic conceptualization and theorizing about social rules and systems of social rules emerged in the late 1970s in the collaborative work of Thomas Baumgartner, Tom R. Burns, Philippe DeVille, and later Helena Flam, Reinier de Man, Atle Midttun, Anders Olsson, and others.

The Guy's Guide to Surviving Pregnancy, Childbirth and the First Year of Fatherhood

The Guy’s Guide to Surviving Pregnancy, Childbirth and the First Year of Fatherhood is a parenting book written by Michael R. Crider.

The John Glenn Story

The John Glenn Story is a 1962 American short documentary film directed by Michael R. Lawrence about the astronaut John Glenn.

Theobald M. Burns

Burns ran unsuccessfully in the federal Gloucester riding in 1908 and 1911, losing to Onésiphore Turgeon each time.

Tom R. Burns

Social rule system theory was formulated in the 1980s by Burns and Helena Flam together with others was a contribution to the New Institutionalism.

Vision 2020: New York City Comprehensive Waterfront Plan

Vision 2020 the New York City Comprehensive Waterfront Plan was introduced in March 2011 by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn and the Director of the New York City Department of City Planning, Amanda Burden, this plan provides a framework for the next ten years of waterfront development in New York City.

William J. Biggy

Upon falling out with the men supporting the graft prosecution, Biggy was placed under surveillance by detectives employed by William J. Burns, a special agent to the prosecution.


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