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Paterson's worms

Paterson's worms are a family of cellular automata devised in 1971 by Mike Paterson and John Horton Conway to model the behaviour and feeding patterns of certain prehistoric worms.


1880 Garret Rock May Day Riot

For many years Paterson, New Jersey’s mostly Roman Catholic German immigrant community had gathered at Garret Rock, a large plateau at the summit of Garret Mountain in Passaic County, New Jersey near Patterson, in continuation of the ancient German spring festival of “Maying” or ascending a mountain to sing in the rising sun of the first Sunday of May.

Alistair Paterson

By 2004, Paterson had opened a Poetry NZ office in Palm Springs, California.

Alister Paterson

In 1992, Paterson was selected to contest the state seat of South Barwon against Liberal-turned-Independent MP Harley Dickinson.

Andrew Paterson

Banjo Paterson (Andrew Barton Paterson, 1864–1941), Australian bush poet

Arab immigration to the United States

By 1924 there were 25 Syrian owned and operated silk factories in Paterson and West Hoboken, New Jersey alone.

C. Judson Child, Jr.

From 1947 to 1951, Child served as assistant to the rector of St. Paul’s, Paterson, New Jersey.

Curtis Deloatch

He participated in the Giants Player Development cooking competition at ESPN Zone, as well as the “Giant Steps to Success” program, speaking to kids at John F. Kennedy High School (Paterson, New Jersey), and Manchester Regional High School (Haledon, New Jersey), about making smart choices in life and striving for success.

David Paterson witness tampering and perjury scandals

March 18 - Paterson told John Gambling of WOR (AM) that he was the person who leaked the information about the February 7 conversation with Booker saying "the individual who first made it clear that there had been a conversation was myself." The New York Times responded by saying the Administration (via Kauffman) only responded after the Times specifically asked about the conversation.

Devil in a Woodpile

Adding Madison, Wisconsin native Joel Paterson to the lineup in 2003, the group released its third record for Bloodshot in 2005.

Echium plantagineum in Australia

It is said that both names for the plant derive from Jane Paterson or Patterson, an early settler of the country near Albury.

The Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) has carried out research on numerous classical biological control solutions, and of the 100-odd insects found feeding on Paterson's Curse in the Mediterranean, judged six safe to release in Australia without endangering crops or native plants.

Emily Murray Paterson

Emily Murray Paterson, R.S.W., S.W.A (1855–1934) was a Scottish artist, connected with the Glasgow School and member of the Society of Women Artists.

Frank Graves

Frank X. Graves, Jr. (1923–1990), American Democratic Party politician, mayor of Paterson, New Jersey

Fred Paterson

On 17 March 1948, near Central station in Brisbane, Paterson intervened to stop a police officer who was assaulting a demonstrator.

Gil Paterson

Brought up in the North of Glasgow, Paterson attended Possilpark Secondary School, before building up his own business Gil's Motor Factors.

Henry Fraser

Paterson Fraser, Air Marshal The Reverend Sir Henry Paterson Fraser

James Hamilton-Paterson

His novel Ghosts of Manila (1994) portrayed the Philippine capital in all its decay and violence and was highly critical of the Marcoses - a view he rescinded with the publication of America's Boy (1998), which sets the Marcos regime into the geopolitical context of the time.

Jay Supreme

Jeff Carmichael (born August 20, 1965 in Paterson, New Jersey), better known as Jay Supreme, is an American rapper and former co-lead artist of German Eurodance group Culture Beat.

Jimmy Paterson

An anecdote by the Times columnist Brian Glanville recounted how once, when given a bunch of daffodils by a girl in the crowd for one match, Paterson played on the wing with them in his hand for several minutes before finding a place to put them.

John Jardine Paterson

Jardine Paterson was born into the family which had founded the Jardine Matheson company, although his branch of the family controlled Jardine, Skinner and Company of Calcutta, the Indian division of Jardines, rather than its main business based in Hong Kong.

Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland

Lay Members: Mrs Barbara Duffner OBE FRSE (2002 to 2008), Professor Joan Stringer CBE (2002 to 2007), Professor Alan Paterson (2002 to 2008), Sir Robert Smith (2002 to 2007), Reverend John Miller (2009 to 2010)

Julius Erasmus Hilgard

This, together with miscellaneous field and scientific work, including a series of very elaborate experiments on the comparison of the standard bar of the base apparatus with the standard meter, occupied his time very closely up to the middle of the year 1860, when the necessary attention to his material interests led him to dissolve his official connection with the Coast Survey for a time, in order to engage in a prominent business enterprise at Paterson, New Jersey.

Kathryn Paterson

When she was appointed Chief Censor, the opposition women's affairs spokesperson Elizabeth Tennet MP raised fears that Paterson would import Australian "macho cultural imperialism" into New Zealand.

Michael Dudick

He also constructed a new Eparchial Center in Paterson, New Jersey and a spiritual and recreational Center, Carpathian Village, in northeastern Pennsylvania.

Miriam Barnert Hebrew Free School

The Miriam Barnert Hebrew Free School was dedicated on September 27, 1904 in Paterson, New Jersey by Nathan Barnert.

Mohammad Qatanani

Qatanani became the Imam of the Islamic Center of Passaic County (ICPC) in Paterson, New Jersey, the second largest Muslim community in the U.S..

Murray Paterson

Outside from writing and performing with The Dark Horses, Paterson has worked on an as yet unreleased project with Joel Silbersher and Skritch Needham called Milk, Milk.

New Jersey Route 120

In 1953, Route 3 was moved to its current freeway alignment, replacing Route S3, and a portion of Route 20 was designated to run from current Route 3 north to Paterson Plank Road while Paterson Plank Road was removed from the state highway system.

New Jersey Route 5

Pre-1927 Route 10 was legislated in 1916 to run from Paterson east by way of Hackensack and Ridgefield to the Public Service Railway's Fort Lee Ferry at Edgewater.

Nigel Paterson

Paterson began his career at the BBC as part of the production team on the 2001 series Walking with Beasts for which he shared the 2002 Primetime Emmy Award for Animated Program – More Than One Hour.

Oatcake

Nowadays, many brands of oatcakes are commercially available, such as Nairns, Paterson's, and Walkers.

Paterson City Hall

The third, centered in between the two and in front of the entrance to the building, honors former Vice President of the United States Garret Hobart, who took residence in Paterson following his graduation from Rutgers College and became one of its most powerful political leaders before his election as William McKinley's first Vice President.

Paul Plishka

He studied at Montclair State College and with Armen Boyajian (also the pedagogue of Marisa Galvany and fellow basso Samuel Ramey), and made his operatic debut with the Paterson Lyric Opera, in 1961.

Philip Anstruther

Sir Philip Anstruther-Paterson, 3rd Baronet (1752–1808), known until 1782 as Philip Anstruther, MP for Anstruther Burghs from 1774–1777

Political career of David Paterson

Since the Great Depression, only one party caucus leader has been unseated in either legislature; Paterson succeeded without the help of a powerful patron, and owed no debts to other Democratic party leaders.

Sean Paterson

Sean Paterson (born 25 March 1987 in Greenock, Inverclyde) is a Scottish semi-professional footballer who is currently playing for Burscough F.C..

Sentient computing

Andy Hopper, The Royal Society Clifford Paterson Lecture, 1999 - Sentient Computing.

Sweeny Toddler

Tom Paterson took over from Baxendale quite early on, Paterson becoming easily the most famous and longest running artist to draw the strip.

The Citizens Campaign

In addition to facilitating the New Jersey Hyperlocal News Association, The Citizens Campaign owns PatersonPress.com, a hyperlocal news site for Paterson, New Jersey founded in October 2010.

The Spaceship

Melissa Paterson (Emily Joyce) – Despite being the ship's security officer, Melissa never wears the regulation uniform.

Tim Paterson

Paterson has also raced rally cars in the SCCA Pro Rally series, and even engineered his own trip computer which he integrated into the axle of a four-wheel drive Porsche 911.

Ursula Merkin

Shortly thereafter, she emigrated to the United States, where she found a teaching position at a Jewish girls' school in Paterson, New Jersey.

Visitations

Paterson Visitations, an American basketball team based in Paterson, New Jersey

William Gormley

Though the courts would restore the party line years later, the legislation paved the way for Tom Kean to win the Republican gubernatorial primary against the Republican establishment candidate, Paterson Mayor Lawrence “Pat” Kramer.

William J. Martini

Martini was defeated for re-election in 1996 by Paterson mayor Bill Pascrell, and was one of eight Republican Representatives elected in the 1994 Republican Revolution to be defeated in their re-election bids.

William Ryle

William Ryle later journeyed to the United States where in Paterson, New Jersey and in New York City, he owned and operated the largest silk importing firm in the United States.

WPAT

WPAT-FM, a radio station (93.1 FM) licensed to Paterson, New Jersey, United States


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