Orphan date February 2009 Arthur Schiff 1 May 1940 24 August 2006 was one of least known but most influential promoters of American kitsch products. Schiff ran his own company and ingenious marketing campaigns for 23 years. During his long career in advertising, he produced over 1800 direct response TV infomercial s, including the Blooming onion Steakhouse Onion Machine , Ambervision Sunglasses and the Shiwala Car washing car mop . One of the most famous products worked on by Schiff is the line of Ginsu Kitchen knife knives , during his three year term of employment as Creative Director at legendary direct marketing firm Dial Media , founded By Ed Valenti and Barry Becher in 1975, in Warwick, Rhode Island . Schiff s commercials gained a degree of notoriety for their effective use of catchphrase s, including his signature creation But wait, there s more He also coined several other widely used and often parodied phrases used in infomercials today, including Isn t that amazing? Isn t that a Clever Meat cleaver Cleaver and Act now and you ll also receive ... The history of the Ginsu product line can be traced back to 1978, when Schiff s employer Edward Valenti was looking for the best way to market a line of ordinary kitchen knives with the rather dull brand name Quikut . Working as part of a creative team that included Valenti and Becher, Schiff rebranded this product as Ginsu. Schiff ... was still on it. I stuffed it into my shirt pocket and headed off to work. The combination of Schiff ... to Schiff s employment, seemed to launch Ginsu to an even higher level of success and consumer ... board . According the opening copy co written by Valenti and Schiff, In Japan , the hand can be used ......and squashing...a tomato . Schiff died of lung cancer in Coral Springs, Florida in 2006. See also ... Persondata . NAME Schiff, Arthur ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1 May 1940 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 24 August 2006 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Schiff, Arthur Category 1940 ... more details
Infobox person name Rabbi Naftali Schiff image Naftali.jpg alt An Image of Rabbi Naftali Schiff. Schiff is a middle aged, balding man with a full beard, smiling at the camera. caption A portrait of Rabbi Naftali Schiff birth name birth date Birth date and age YYYY MM DD birth place death date Death date and age YYYY MM DD YYYY MM DD death date then birth date death place nationality other names known for occupation Rabbi Rabbi Naftali Schiff was raised in London and studied at Yeshivat HaKotel in Jerusalem s Old City where he subsequently received Semikhah rabbinic ordination from the Jerusalem Rabbinate before assuming the role of Director of the Jerusalem Fellowships. ref name autogenerated1 cite web url http www.thejc.com jc power 100 the jc power 100 numbers 51 60 title The JC Power 100 Numbers 51 60 & 124 The Jewish Chronicle publisher Thejc.com date 2008 09 17 accessdate 2011 10 25 ref He returned to London to head Aish UK, and under his leadership, and with numerous educators, ref cite web url http www.aish.com ai id wb UK England title Worldwide publisher Aish.com date accessdate 2011 10 25 ref it now reaches tens of thousands of young Anglo Jewish students and has managed to reverse the intermarriage trend in the UK ref http www.highbeam.com doc 1P1 72186918.html Aish Hatorah ... Schiff s enterprise and leadership are widely recognised among business leaders, politicians, philanthropists ... images pdf Chief 20Rabbi.pdf ref Rabbi Schiff has been named by the Jewish Chronicle as one ... to leadership, as an influencer, an educator, a pioneer, and a visionary. In 2004, Rabbi Schiff ... have been published on Aish.com ref cite web author Rabbi Naftali Schiff url http www.aish.com authors 98187704.html title Naftali Schiff publisher Aish.com date accessdate 2011 10 25 ref and has commented ... ref References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Schiff, Naftali ALTERNATIVE ... rabbis Category Living people DEFAULTSORT Schiff, Naftali ... more details
peacock date October 2010 Infobox person name Barry Schiff image image size caption birth name birth ... Deleted image removed File Barry Schiff Curtiss.jpg thumb 240px Barry Schiff flying a Curtiss Wright Aircraft Barry Schiff is a Aviator pilot and author of more than 1,500 articles published in 90 aviation magazines, notably AOPA Pilot of which he is a contributing editor . Schiff holds 10 journalism ... 300 types of aircraft, Captain Schiff has received worldwide recognition for his wide ranging aeronautical ... 06.pdf ref and has earned every FAA category and class rating except airship . Schiff holds eleven ... on the Boeing 767 and a general aviation designated examiner. Captain Schiff retired from Trans World ... 1.html ref Schiff holds five world speed records ref http records.fai.org pilot.asp?from ga&id 729 ... history.htm ref Schiff has been inducted into the New Jersey Aviation Hall of Fame ref http en.wikipedia.org ...?cmsid 164 ref In 1963, Schiff sold his publishing company Aero Progress, Inc to Elrey Jeppesen Schiff is an award winning aviation journalist ref http www.ajoya.com winners.vc?year 2004 20to ... Citation needed date August 2011 . Schiff s flight experience includes experimental flight test ing ... s U 2 . ref http www.airportjournals.com Display.cfm?varID 0806022 ref Schiff also developed and worked ... and Prime Minister of Israel Israeli Prime Minister , Yitzhak Rabin Itzhak Rabin , Schiff contributed ... ref Schiff became the first pilot ever allowed to fly between those countries. ref http www.barryschiff.com codename.htm ref Schiff is currently retired from TWA and is currently working as a journalist ... Series References reflist External links http www.barryschiff.com barryschiff.com Barry Schiff ... Retired Airline Captain Barry Schiff to Speak at Embry Riddle Commencement News release News Release ... http www.equipped.com barrybio.htm Barry Schiff s biography http www.aviationspeakers.com Speakers ... Flies On Essay by Barry Schiff Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Schiff, Barry ... more details
No footnotes date January 2011 Infobox musical artist See Wikipedia WikiProject Musicians name Don Schiff image caption deletable image caption Monday, 4 January 2010 date July 2011 image size background non vocal instrumentalist birth name alias Born Birth date and age 1955 11 9 in Wilmington, Delaware death date origin Wilmington, Delaware instrument NS Stick , Chapman Stick , bass guitar , bowed guitar genre Progressive rock , Rock music rock occupation Musician , songwriter years active 1974 label Think Tank Media associated acts website URL http www.donschiff.com notable instruments Electric bass, NS Stick, Chapman Stick, Bowed guitar Don Schiff born November 9, 1955 is a bass guitar , Chapman Stick , NS Stick , and bowed guitar player on recordings, TV, and film sessions. He is one of the earliest Stick, NS Stick, and bowed guitar players. He helped popularize the NS Stick and a technique of using a carabiner as a slide and tapping device. A native of Wilmington, Delaware , Schiff moved to Las Vegas, Nevada immediately after high school in 1974. At age 19 he quickly developed a reputation and within five months got his first break when hired to be the house bassist for the Flamingo Las Vegas and Las Vegas Hilton Hilton Hotel Showrooms. There, he played for such artists as Elvis Presley , Tina Turner , Peggy Lee , Sammy Davis, Jr. , Ann Margret , Perry Como , and The 5th Dimension , as well as others. Schiff purchased his first Chapman Stick in 1975 and quickly adapted to it, creating ... Stick. Schiff was given one of the first two prototypes to try out. He developed many new techniques ... Word recorded by Nia Peeples on her self titled album was also written by Schiff and Winfield. Schiff ... name Don Schiff musicbrainz artist id 5f8e2913 e21d 47af 838d 1693c930fcd4 name Don Schiff myspace donschiff1 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Schiff, Don ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1955 11 09 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Schiff ... more details
Infobox Jewish leader honorific prefix Chief Rabbi name Tevele Schiff title List of chief rabbis of the United Kingdom Chief rabbi of the United Kingdom image Schiff.jpg caption synagogueposition Chief Rabbi synagogue Great Synagogue of London occupation Chief Rabbi birth name David Tevele Schiff birth date birth place death date Death date 1791 12 17 death place London , flag United Kingdom nationality British people British Chief Rabbi David Tevele Schiff Lang he died December 17, 1791 was the chief rabbi of the United Kingdom and the rabbi of the Great Synagogue of London from 1765 until his death. He was the son of Solomon Schiff, member of a famous and learned family from Frankfurt am Main . His mother was Roesche, daughter of the quarrelsome Reb Aberle London . Tevele Schiff was educated in the schools of Rabbis Jacob Poper and Jacob Joshua Falk . He served as maggid in Vienna . He also was head of the Beth Midrash in Worms, Germany Worms , and later dayan in Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt . After Hart Lyon left London in 1764 it was agreed that his successor should be appointed ... Rabbi Schiff on February 24, 1765, while the Hambro Synagogue appointed Rabbi Israel Meshullam ... the authority of Meshullam Solomon, the main community formally accepted the authority of Rabbi Schiff ... Solomon returned to Hamburg in 1780, all communities accepted Tevele Schiff s authority. Schiff carried on a detailed correspondence with his brother the Rabbi of Copenhagen , which casts ... London, Rabbi Schiff was expected to do the work of the Hambro Synagogue as well. Overworked and underpaid ... to Rabbi Aaron Hart rabbi Aaron Hart and the founders of the congregation. His son, Moses Schiff, perpetuated ... Hirschell end Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Schiff, Tevele ALTERNATIVE NAMES ... , DEFAULTSORT Schiff, Tevele Category 18th century rabbis Category Chief rabbis of the United Kingdom ... Tevele Schiff he yi ... more details
David Schiff born August 30, 1945 in New York City is an Americans American composer , writer and Conducting conductor whose music draws on elements of jazz , rock music rock , klezmer styles and shows the influence of composers as diverse as Stravinsky , Mahler , Charles Mingus , Eric Dolphy and Terry Riley . His music has been performed by major orchestras and festivals around the United States and by soloists David Shifrin , Regina Carter , David Taylor soloist David Taylor , Marty Ehrlich , David Krakauer , Nadine Asin and Peter Kogan . He is the author of books on the music of Elliott Carter , George Gershwin and Duke Ellington . His work has been honored by the League ISCM National Composers Competition award and the ASCAP Deems Taylor award for his book on Elliott Carter. ref http www.ascap.com ... Schiff, The New Grove Dictionary of Opera ref Biography Schiff grew up in New York City and New Rochelle ... in English at Columbia Schiff received an MM from the Manhattan School of Music in 1974 and a DMA From ... with Carter at Juilliard, Schiff was awarded the League ISCM National Composers Competition for his ... Carol Oja Since 1980 Schiff has taught at Reed College Portland, Oregon. ref http academic.reed.edu music faculty staff.html ref He is married to Cantor Judith Blanc Schiff and they have two children. Compositions Schiff has composed works for musical theater, worship, orchestra and various chamber ... Oregon. Jazz ensembles Shtik 1992 Low Life 1998 Books and articles Schiff has written frequently on music ... , ref http www.theatlantic.com david schiff ref Tempo , the Times Literary Supplement London ref ... ref and the Nation . ref http www.thenation.com authors david schiff ref His books include The Music ... Press, 1998 ref H. Wiley Hitchcock, Review of The Music of Elliott Carter by David Schiff, American ... Schiff, David ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Composer DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Schiff, David Category Living people Category 1945 births Category 20th ... more details
Biographical infoboxes Andr s Schiff IPA hu ndra if born 21 December 1953 is a Hungarian born ... ref . Biography Schiff was born in Budapest into a Jewish family and began piano lessons at the age ... Fellow of Balliol College of Oxford University . From 1989 until 1998 Schiff was Artistic ... Artists of Carnegie Hall ref http www.carnegiehall.org About the Music Andras Schiff Perspectives ... Andrea Barca, with the name coming from an Italian translation of his last name Barca and Schiff ... Orchestra in London and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe . Schiff is one of the most renowned ... Haitink . For the ECM Records ECM label Schiff has recorded the music of Leo Jan ek Jan ek and S ndor ... work The Guardian title Andras Schiff the lectures ref His live concert recordings for ECM also include ... views Schiff has made public statements about politics in Austria and Hungary ref Kate Connolly ... ref . On 1 January 2011, Schiff published a letter in the Washington Post questioning whether Hungary ... that day, ref cite news author Andras Schiff title Hungary s E.U. role questioned url http www.washingtonpost.com ..., Schiff told the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung that he had become persona non grata in Hungary and would ..., ref cite news authors Andr s Schiff, d m Fischer , Andr s Adorj n, B la Tarr, gnes Heller ... Der Tagesspiel Schiff accused the Viktor Orb n government of racism, anti Semitism and neo fascism ... classical page 0,,1943867,00.html Andras Schiff Beethoven Lecture recitals at Wigmore Hall ... pghsymph.nsf bios Andr C3 A1s Schiff Andras Schiff biography at the Pittsburgh Symphony ... Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata NAME Schiff, Andras ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION ... Schiff, Andras Category 1953 births Category Living people Category Grammy Award winners Category ... Category Honorary Members of the Royal Academy of Music ca Andr s Schiff de Andr s Schiff es Andr s Schiff fr Andr s Schiff he it Andr s Schiff hu Schiff Andr s ja no Andr s ... more details
Infobox Person name Stephen Schiff image image size alt caption birth name birth date Birth date YYYY MM DD birth place Detroit , Michigan residence New York City , New York nationality American ethnicity citizenship other names known for education alma mater employer occupation Writer years active home ... Schiff is an American screenwriter and journalist. He grew up in Littleton, Colorado ref Citation title Littleton, Then and Now last Schiff first Stephen date 22 April 1999 publisher The New York Times ... ref From 1987 until 1996, Schiff was also the Film Critic of National Public Radio s Fresh Air . ref cite web url http www.npr.org search index.php?searchinput stephen schiff title www.npr.org search index.php?searchinput stephen schiff INSERT TITLE ref He served three terms as chairman of the National ... title www.imdb.com title tt0088638 INSERT TITLE ref In 1995, Schiff was asked to write a screenplay ... . It was Schiff s first screenplay, and the controversial film that was made from it, directed ... 05 24 ref In her New York Times review, critic Caryn James called Stephen Schiff s discerning, faithful ... York Times first Caryn last James date 1998 07 31 ref Schiff became a full time screenwriter, ref ... 2007 05 05 accessdate 2010 05 24 ref Schiff served four terms on the governing Council of the Writers ... 2009, Henry Holt and Company announced that it would publish Schiff s forthcoming biography of Norman Mailer . ref http www.publishersweekly.com article 421671 Holt Acquires Schiff Bio of Mailer.php?rssid 20825 ref Schiff is a graduate of Wesleyan University . ref http articles.courant.com 2007 11 ... last Schiff first Stephen coauthors title Lolita The Book of the Film year 1998 publisher Applause Books location Milwaukee isbn 1 55783 354 0 pages 226 citation first Stephen last Schiff title Summer ... film True Crime References Reflist 2 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Schiff, Stephen ... PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Schiff, Stephen Category American film critics Category American screenwriters ... more details
Infobox Law Firm firm name Schiff Hardin LLP firm logo Image Schiff hardin logo.JPG 292px Schiff Hardin LLP headquarters Image Flag of the United States.svg 20px Chicago num offices 7 num attorneys 400 practice areas General practice revenue 231M ref name revenue http www.law.com 2009 AmLaw 200 Rankings ref date founded 1864 Chicago founders Charles Hitchcock and Charles Dupee company type Limited Liability Partnership homepage http www.schiffhardin.com index.htm www.schiffhardin.com Schiff Hardin LLP is a national law firm with nearly 400 attorneys practicing out of eight offices nationwide & 151 Ann Arbor, Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Lake Forest, New York, San Francisco and Washington, DC. ref name offices http www.schiffhardin.com about us offices ref It is a general practice firm serving corporate clients in a number of practices. History The firm was founded in 1864 as Hitchcock & Dupee and ranks as one of Chicago s oldest law firms. In its early years, it represented the Chicago City Railway Company and Chicago Transit Authority . In 1889, Hitchcock & Dupee gained Northern Trust as a client today the company still turns to Schiff Hardin for all matters of legal advice. The firm acquired its current name in 2004. ref name history http www.schiffhardin.com History.htm http www.schiffhardin.com History.htm ref Schiff Hardin opened a Washington, D.C. office in 1977. Offices in New York City 1991 and Atlanta 2003 followed. In 2007, the firm merged with Morgenstein & Jubelirer to open a San Francisco office it also opened a Boston office that year. Notable Deals and Cases ... EXP PB Julie Rea Harper.htm People v. Harper Schiff Hardin represented Julie Rae Harper ... by Schiff Hardin s Animal Law practice attorneys and North Carolina counsel, obtained a full ... 100 Attorneys List Honors Schiff Hardin LLP Partners Thomas W. Abendroth and John D. Dadakis http www.aldf.org content saldf.php?pid 199 Schiff Hardin Attorneys Obtain Injunction Against the Georgia Department ... more details
Jeffrey Schiff is an artist working in Brooklyn, New York. He currently teaches at Wesleyan University ref name nyt20031019 in Middletown, Connecticut. He has been making art for over 30 years. Education M.F.A. University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts B.A. Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island Selected Exhibitions 2006, Proteus Gowanus, Brooklyn NY, Library 2006, Exit Art, NYC, The Water Project with Aki Sasamoto Colossus 2006, William Benton Museum of Art, University of Connecticut, Proximities of Distance 2005, Exit Art, NYC, The Praying Project with Aki Sasamoto Everything 2004, Paul Mellon Library, Choate Rosemary Hall, The Library Project 2003, William Benton Museum of Art, University of Connecticut, Masala 2003, Wesleyan University, Olin Memorial Library, The Library Project ref name nyt20031019 cite news authorlink Benjamin Genocchio last Genocchio first Benjamin title A World Surrounded by Numbers url http select.nytimes.com gst abstract.html?res F30B15FE3B5A0C7A8DDDA90994DB404482 work The New York Times date October 19, 2003 accessdate February 4, 2011 ref 2001, The Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, NY, A Threshold of Spirit 2000, Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn NY, Wunderkammer Wonderworks 2000, Bose Pacia Modern, NY, Boundlessly Various and Everything Simultaneously ref cite news last Cotter first Holland title Boundlessly Various and Everything Simultaneously url http query.nytimes.com gst fullpage.html?res 9805E5D81638F934A35754C0A9669C8B63&pagewanted print work The New York Times date July 7, 2000 accessdate February 4, 2011 ref 2000, San Jose Museum ... After 15 years, Jeffrey Schiff s Destination reaches South Station, but is it lost in commercial chaos ... 1997 Fulltext 29&desc An artist 27s long journey After 15 years 2C Jeffrey Schiff 27s 60Destination ... links http jschiff.web.wesleyan.edu Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Schiff, Jeffrey ... DEFAULTSORT Schiff, Jeffrey Category Living people Category Wesleyan University faculty Category American ... more details
Schiff Scout Reservation refers to one of two Boy Scout reservations campgrounds located in the United States Mortimer L. Schiff Scout Reservation , located in Mendham, New Jersey John M. Schiff Scout Reservation , located in Wading River, New York disambig ... more details
Seiner Majest t Schiff German language German translated as His Majesty s Ship and abbreviated to S.M.S. or SMS was the ship prefix used by the Prussian merchant navy Maritime Enterprise Seehandlung , the Prussian Navy , the Imperial German Navy Kaiserliche Marine and the Austro Hungarian Navy . It was created by translating the British prefix Her Majesty s Ship HMS into German. It was sometimes also abbreviated to S.M. or SM for Seiner Majest t when a ship was mentioned by class, such as S.M. Kleiner Kreuzer Emden His Majesty s Light Cruiser Emden . Special forms included S.M.Y. or SMY Seiner Majest t Yacht His Majesty s Yacht for king s or emperor s yacht I.M.Y. Ihrer Majest t Yacht Her Majesty s Yacht for the queen s or empress s yacht. S.M.F. Seiner Majest t Feuerschiff His Majesty s Lightvessel S.M.H. Seiner Majest t Hilfsschiff His Majesty s auxiliary ship Auxiliary Ship S.M.W. Seiner Majest t Werkstattschiff His Majesty s Workshop Ship S.M.U. Seiner Majest t Unterseeboot His Majesty s Submarine , prefixing a number not a name See also Glossary of nautical terms DEFAULTSORT Seiner Majestat Schiff Category Ship prefixes Category Austro Hungarian Navy Category Prussian Navy Category Kaiserliche Marine de Seiner Majest t Schiff hr Seiner Majest t Schiff it Seiner Majest t Schiff hu Seiner Majest t Schiff no Seiner Majest t Schiff tr Seiner Majest t Schiff ... more details
Infobox person name John Mortimer Schiff image Schiff 2423489958 50af8c9ed3 o.jpg caption Schiff circa 1913 at the Piping Rock Club birth date Birth date 1904 8 26 birth place Roslyn, New York , United States U.S. death date death date 1987 5 9 death place Oyster Bay town , New York Oyster Bay, New York , United States U.S. occupation Businessman br Banker br Racehorse owner breeder John Mortimer Schiff August 26, 1904 May 9, 1987 was an American banker and national president of the Boy Scouts of America from 1951 to 1956. Biography Born into a Jewish German banker family in New York, as son of Mortimer Loeb Schiff and grandson of Jacob H. Schiff , Schiff graduated from Yale University in 1925 then spent a year at Oxford University in England . He learned the banking business as an employee ... of his father, he became a partner in the investment bank ing firm Kuhn, Loeb & Co. John Schiff married ... Baker Schiff ref They had two sons, David T. and Peter G. Schiff. From 1965 to 1976, Schiff served ... in 1987. Scouting movement Both John Schiff and his father were notable early Boy Scouts of America Scouter leaders . John Schiff served as national president of the Boy Scouts of America from 1951 to 1956. Schiff also served on the World Scout Committee of the World Organization of the Scout Movement from 1955 until 1961. Schiff was awarded the Bronze Wolf , the only distinction of the World Organization ... Scouting, in 1961. The John M. Schiff Scout Reservation was named in his honor. Thoroughbred horse racing Schiff owned and bred thoroughbred horse racing racehorse s. He was the horse breeding ... See also Portal Scouting Mortimer L. Schiff Scout Reservation S start S npo bsa S bef before ... 1951 1956 S aft after Kenneth K. Bechtel End Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Schiff ... Oyster Bay, New York , United States U.S. DEFAULTSORT Schiff, John M. Category 1904 births Category ... descent Category Schiff family John M. Schiff Category People from Long Island Category Loeb family ... more details
Mortimer Loeb Schiff June 5, 1877 June 4, 1931 , sometimes Mortimer Leo Schiff, was an American banker and notable early Boy Scouts of America BSA Scouter leader . ref cite news title Schiff Gave Freely to Social Service nytquery F00C10F73E5F177A93C7A9178DD85F458385F9 format PDF work The New York Times date 1931 06 05 ref His son John Mortimer Schiff was also involved with the BSA. Biography Image Schiff 1931.jpg thumb right Schiff memorialized on the cover of Scouting Magazine , July, 1931 Mortimer Leo Schiff was the only son of the Germany German American Jews Jewish American banker and philanthropist Jacob Schiff and his wife Therese. ref He listed himself as Mortimer Leo Schiff in the 1917 World War I draft registration. For a 1923 passport application he listed himself as Mortimer Loeb Schiff . ref While he worked as a partner in the financial firm of Kuhn, Loeb & Co. from 1900 until his death in 1931, he also devoted much of his time to the development of scouting in United States America . He was a member of the World Scout Committee of the World Organization of the Scout Movement and the Theodore Roosevelt Council Executive Board. After a long tenure as vice president of the BSA ... years. The property for the Mortimer L. Schiff Scout Reservation was subsequently purchased by his mother, named in his honor, and donated to the BSA for their national training center. Schiff was awarded ... son, John M. Schiff , received Silver Buffalo Award s from the BSA. See also Portal Scouting John M. Schiff Scout Reservation S start S npo bsa S bef before Walter W. Head S ttl title National president ... References Reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Schiff, Mortimer L. ALTERNATIVE ... OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Schiff, Mortimer L. Category 1877 births Category 1931 deaths Category American ... descent Category People associated with the Boy Scouts of America Category Schiff family Mortimer L. Schiff Category World Scout Committee members Category Loeb family Scout stub ... more details
Esther Schiff Goldfrank , 1896 1997, was an Anthropology anthropologist of the famous German American Schiff family. She had studied with Franz Boas and specialized in the Puebloan peoples Pueblo Indians . She worked closely with Elsie Clews Parsons and also with Ruth Benedict on the Blackfoot . She published on Pueblo religion, Cochiti, New Mexico Cochiti sociology and Isleta drawings. Esther Schiff Goldfrank married the historian and sinologist Karl August Wittfogel after the death in 1935 of her first husband, Walter Goldfrank. ref Notes on an undirected life As one anthropologist tells it Queens College publications in Anthropology, no. 3, 1978 ref Selected Works Changing Configurations in the Social Organization of a Blackfoot Tribe During the Reserve Period The Blood of Alberta, Canada , J.J. Augustin Publisher, 1945. Isleta Paintings , Smithsonian Institution, 1962. The artist of Isleta paintings in Pueblo society Smithsonian contributions to anthropology , Smithsonian Institution, 1967. The social and ceremonial organization of Cochiti Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association , Kraus, 1974. Notes on an undirected life As one anthropologist tells it Queens College publications in Anthropology, no. 3, 1978. Bibliography Gloria Levitas, Esther Schiff Goldfrank, p. 120 126, in Women Anthropologists , Ute Gacs, editor, new ed., University of Illinois Press, Chicago, 1989. References reflist External links http jwa.org encyclopedia article goldfrank esther schiff A biography of Esther Schiff Goldfrank on the Jewish Women Encyclopedia . Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Goldfrank, Esther Schiff ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1896 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1997 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Goldfrank, Esther Schiff Category 1896 births Category 1997 deaths Category American anthropologists Category Women anthropologists ... more details
Leonard Isaac Schiff was born in Fall River, Massachusetts on March 29, 1915 and died on Jan 21, 1971. ref name Bloch Citation last Bloch first Felix author link Felix Bloch title LEONARD ISAAC SCHIFF place Washington, D.C. publisher National Academies Press National Academy Press work Biographical Memoirs year 1983 volume 54 pages 300 323 edition url http books.nap.edu openbook.php?record id 577&page 300 isbn 0 309 03391 8 accessdate 2009 09 22 ref He was a physicist best known for his book Quantum ... Leonard Schiff entered Ohio State University at age 14. ref name cfa.harvard.edu http www.cfa.harvard.edu jpritchard bios schiff.htm ref Schiff received his B.S. & M.S. from Ohio State University and his doctorate from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1937. Career Schiff was a theoretical ...?docId tf609nb1db developer local query style oac4 doc.view entire text ref In 1948, Schiff became ... nav? corp history ref In the late 1959 and 1960 Schiff and fellow physicist George Pugh wrote papers ...&pg PA239&lpg PA239&dq schiff cannon fairbank pool v onepage&q schiff 20cannon 20fairbank 20pool&f false accessdate 2010 01 28 isbn 0 465 09088 5 ref Schiff was elected a fellow of the United States National ... style oac4 ref Family Leonard Schiff was the son of Edward and Mathilda Schiff and was of Lithuanian ... Leonard Schiff and Ellen Schiff. His wife was a cousin of Artemus Ginzton who was married to Schiff ... openbook.php?record id 577&page 300 National Academies Press Biography Leonard Schiff http www.oac.cdlib.org view?docId tf609nb1db developer local query style oac4 Guide to the Leonard I. Schiff Papers, 1948 1971 http encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com Schiff 2c Leonard I. Leonard I. Schiff, The Free Dictionary http www.stanford.edu dept physics history Quantum Mechanics and Leonard Schiff References references Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Schiff, Leonard I. ALTERNATIVE ... Schiff, Leonard I. Category 1915 births Category 1971 deaths Category American physicists Category ... more details
unreferenced date December 2011 Infobox WorldScouting type campsite name Schiff Nature Preserve location Mendham, New Jersey country United States coords coord 40 45 0.6264 N 74 37 46.8336 E type landmark region US display inline,title Schiff nature reserve Nature Preserve is a land trust located in Mendham, New Jersey . It occupies the land that was once owned by the Mortimer L. Schiff Scout Reservation . Category Protected areas of Morris County, New Jersey NewJersey geo stub ... more details
for depicting living people see WP NONFREE name Karenna Gore Schiff pseudonym birth date birth ... Author, journalist, attorney nationality United States American period spouse Andrew Newman Schiff 1997 2010 separated children Wyatt Gore Schiff ,Anna Hunger Schiff ,Oscar Aitcheson Schiff genre subject ... website Karenna Aitcheson Gore Schiff ref name NYT1 cite news url http query.nytimes.com gst fullpage.html ... cite web url http www.albany.edu writers inst webpages4 archives schiff karenna gore.html title New ... she married Andrew Newman Schiff, ref name NYT1 a doctor, in Washington D.C. ref cite news url http query.nytimes.com gst fullpage.html?res 9C01E1DF1E39F930A25754C0A961958260 title Andrew Schiff, Karenna ... Schiff . They have three children together Wyatt Gore Schiff, born July 4, 1999 in New York City ref ... publisher Time magazine Time date 1999 07 19 accessdate 2009 01 08 ref Anna Hunger Schiff, born August ... accessdate 2009 01 08 date 2001 08 24 ref and Oscar Aitcheson Schiff born in 2006 . ref cite web url http www.cookiemag.com homefront 2008 05 karennagoreschiff title Cookie Sheet Karenna Gore Schiff ... 9 June 2010 newspaper The Baltimore Sun date 9 June 2010 ref 2000 campaign and book Gore Schiff ... Schiff Speak to the Democratic National Convention publisher Transcripts.cnn.com date 2000 08 16 ... 0008 17 lkl.02.html title Karenna Gore Schiff Discusses Her Father s Campaign publisher Transcripts.cnn.com ... news 2006 02 06 gore book x.htm title Dad s defeat helped light the way for Gore Schiff accessdate ... USA Today ref a book written in reaction to the results of the 2000 campaign. Gore Schiff stated I wanted ... 04 28 ref References reflist 2 External links imdb name id 1227662 name Karenna Gore Schiff Al Gore Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Schiff, Karenna Gore ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION ... DEFAULTSORT Schiff, Karenna Gore Category 1973 births Category American female lawyers Category Columbia Law School alumni Category Gore family Karenna Gore Schiff Category Harvard University alumni ... more details
Infobox Company company name Morgan Schiff & Company company logo File Morgan Schiff logo.png 300px company type Private Partnership foundation 1984 founder Phillip Ean Cohen location New York City , San Francisco , Melbourne key people Phillip Ean Cohen , Founder and Chairman Sterling Brinkley , Senior Partner industry Investment Banking , Private Equity revenue USD 550 million 1986 ref name books.google.com http books.google.com books?id 6MnzYrLerlwC&pg PA223&dq 22morgan schiff 22&lr &ei F yFSqr7BZXszASbpIzhDQ&client firefox a v onepage&q 22morgan 20schiff 22&f false ref Morgan Schiff & Co. was an investment house founded by Phillip Ean Cohen which was a prominent Mergers and Acquisitions and Private Equity firm from its founding in the mid 1980s to the late 1990s. The firm was discontinued after the bankruptcy of Friedman s Inc. , the largest jewelry bankruptcy of all time. The firm was named after Jacob Schiff and J.P. Morgan although the firm had no affiliation with either individual ... format, as in the days of JP Morgan and Jacob Schiff. Cohen was considered one of the top minds ..., Jeff Beck, Page 148 ref One of these clients was Zale Corporation , which used Morgan Schiff ..., despite only having 12 employees and just two partners, Morgan Schiff was one of the 50 largest Mergers ... do so under the name Morgan Schiff. Brinkley and Cohen had put Brad Stinn in charge of Friedman s Inc ..., thrived under the intense goals which Morgan Schiff placed on him and Friedman s. Friedman s grew ... jail time. After the fiasco Morgan Schiff lost its trading license, and Cohen decided to shut down the firm. Brinkley, Cohen, and Jaroszewicz continue to own and operate Morgan Schiff s largest investments under an anonymous firm name, and still own Morgan Schiff s Park Avenue Manhattan Park Avenue ... br Triboro br AMC Theaters gallery Deleted image removed Image 350 park.jpg Morgan Schiff ... Jacob Schiff Image JohnPierpontMorgan.jpg J.P. Morgan Deleted image removed Image Phil Cohen.jpg ... more details
for the name Adam given name Other uses Infobox person name Adam image God2 Sistine Chapel.png imagesize 350px caption Michelangelo s The Creation of Adam , a fresco on the Sistine Chapel ceiling ceiling of the Sistine Chapel . Adam is the figure on the left, and God the figure on the right. Adam Hebrew ... narrative s, he was created by Yahweh Elohim Yahweh God , the god of Israel , though the term adam ... churches differ on how they view Adam s subsequent behavior often called the Fall of man , and to the consequences ... sometimes hold Adam and Eve the first woman to a different level of responsibility for the Fall, though Islam Islamic teaching holds both equally responsible. In addition, Islam holds that Adam was eventually ... of God s son, Jesus Christ. Bah Faith , Islam and some Christian denominations consider Adam ... Adam regarded as a Prophet For even as He Muhammad regarded Himself to be the First of the Prophets that is Adam in like manner, the Seal of the Prophets is also applicable unto that Divine Beauty. It is admittedly ... u ll h, p.162 http bahai library.com writings bahaullah iqan 162.html ref Etymology Adam Hebrew ... of Genesis , Adam occurs as a proper name in chapters 2 5. As a masculine noun, adam ref Strong ... 2000 p 18 ref The noun adam is also the masculine form of the word adamah which means ground or earth ... of Genesis the word adam is used in all of its senses collectively mankind , sup 1 27 sup ... 23 24 sup ref Hendel. p.18 ref In Genesis 1 27 adam is used in the collective sense, whereby not only the individual Adam, but all humans, are created on the sixth day. The interplay between the individual Adam and the collective humankind is a main literary component to the events that occur in the Garden ... 2 7 is the first verse where Adam takes on the sense of an individual man the first man the context of sex and gender, prior to these verses, is absent. The gender distinction of adam is then reiterated ... in Gen. 1 8, is the bond between Adam and the earth adamah . Adam is made from the earth, and it is from ... more details
Expert subject Physics date May 2011 reason What is correct name and is it distinct from Lense Thirring precession or a special case of it Pugh Schiff precession or spin spin precession is the Lense Thirring precession of an orbiting spinning vector. ref cite web url http arxiv.org ftp astro ph papers 0501 0501291.pdf title Precessions in Relativity ref Caused by the general relativity effect of frame dragging on a gyroscope orbiting a spinning body. Schiff precession is the usual name for this effect. ref http www.slidefinder.net c confirming frame dragging effect satellite 13629915 See slide 19 ref ref cite web url http cddis.nasa.gov lw13 docs papers sci ries 1m.pdf title Prospects for an Improved Lense Thirring Test with SLR and the GRACE Gravity Mission quote Gravitomagnetism has two observable effects the Schiff precession and the Lense Thirring precession. Both can be described as the dragging of inertial frames but have different consequences. ref See also Tests of general relativity Gravity Probe B , satellite testing GR effects References reflist Category Precession Category General relativity relativity stub ... more details
orphan date April 2010 Rebecca L. Schiff born January 11, 1963 is a scholar of military studies and a professional fundraiser. She is best known for her concordance theory of civil military relations . Concordance theory revises conventional approaches to civil military relations that argue for the separation of a country s civil and military institutions to prevent domestic military interventions such as coup d tat . Schiff s concordance theory does not preclude separation as a condition for concordance but offers it as one alternative among many, ranging from complete separation to full integration of a country s military and society establishments. Biography Schiff was born on January 11 ... of Chicago . Currently, Schiff serves as associate editor of the academic journal Armed Forces .... In addition to her academic career, Schiff has held institutional advancement and development positions .... Schiff has also been an active supporter of the LGBT Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered communities ... heavily on the U.S. case, from an institutional perspective, during the post World War II period. Schiff ... to exist. Schiff argues that three partners the military , political elite s and citizenry ... military intervention is less likely to occur. In her book, The Military and Domestic Politics , Schiff ... Board Member Launches Her New Book. Biztekian Vision May Aug 2009 22. ref Schiff s concordance ... of her theory among several national contexts. Schiff s approach is considered both timely and an important ... Member Launches Her New Book. Biztekian Vision May Aug 2009 22. ref Targeted partnerships Schiff s current ... & Society 22 Fall 1995 7 24 Notes references Other resources Schiff, Rebecca L. Concordance Theory Response to Recent Criticism , Armed Forces & Society 23 Winter 1996 277 83. Schiff, Rebecca L. Civil ... Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Schiff, Rebecca L. ALTERNATIVE NAMES ... Schiff, Rebecca L. Category Living people Category 1963 births Category Occidental College alumni ... more details
Infobox Ship Begin Infobox Ship Image Ship image File Mein Schiff2.jpg 300px Ship caption Mein Schiff 2 May 2011 in Hamburg Infobox Ship Career Hide header Ship name Mercury 1997 2008 br Celebrity Mercury 2008 2011 br Mein Schiff 2 May 2011 present Ship owner 1997 2011 Celebrity Cruises br 2011 present TUI Cruises Ship operator 1997 2011 Celebrity Cruises br 2011 present TUI Cruises Ship registry Valletta, Malta Valletta , flag Malta civil Ship route Ship ordered Ship builder Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg , Germany Ship original cost Ship yard number Ship way number Ship laid down Ship launched Ship completed Ship christened Nov 2, 1997 Ship acquired Ship maiden voyage Ship in service 1997 present Ship out of service Ship identification IMO Number 9106302 Ship fate Ship status In Service Ship notes Infobox Ship Characteristics Hide header Header caption Ship class Ship tonnage 77,713 gross tons Ship displacement Ship length convert 866 ft m 0 abbr on Ship beam convert 105.6 ft m 0 abbr on Ship height Ship draught Ship draft convert 25.5 ft m 0 abbr on Ship depth Ship decks 12 Ship deck clearance Ship ramps Ship ice class Ship sail plan Ship power Ship propulsion Ship speed convert 21.5 kn km h 0 lk in sing on Ship capacity 1,886 passengers Ship crew Ship notes MV Mein Schiff 2 is a Century class cruise ship . She was built in 1997 as MV Mercury by the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg , Germany for Celebrity Cruises and was later renamed MV Celebrity Mercury . History File ... to be renovated by Imtech and join TUI Cruises fleet as Mein Schiff 2 , alongside Mein Schiff 1 ... Commons category multi IMO 9106302 Mein Schiff 2 ship, 1997 Celebrity Mercury ship, 1997 http www.celebritycruises.com ... century class Official Celebrity Mercury UK site http www.schiffe und kreuzfahrten.de mein schiff 2 schiffsbesichtigung in kiel im august 2011 bildergalerie 160 fotos 160 Pictures from the Mein Schiff ... in Papenburg cruise ship stub de Mein Schiff 2 fr Celebrity Mercury ru Mein Schiff 2 ... more details
Paul Schiff Berman is an United States of America American lawyer and the current dean of the The George Washington University Law School as of July 1, 2011. He also serves as GW s Robert Kramer Research Professor of Law. ref name GW http www.law.gwu.edu Dean Pages DeanBerman.aspx Paul Schiff Berman named Dean of GW Law . ref He was previously the Dean at the Sandra Day O Connor College of Law of Arizona State University . Before his arrival at ASU he was a Professor at the University of Connecticut School of Law, where he taught from 1997 to 2008. His scholarship focuses on the intersection of international law , conflict of laws, cyberspace law, written law, and the cultural analysis of law. He earned his A.B., summa cum laude, from Princeton University in 1988 and his J.D. in 1995 from New York University School of Law , where he served as Managing Editor of the NYU Law Review and received the University Graduation Prize for the graduating law student with the highest cumulative grade point average. He served as law clerk to then Chief Judge Harry T. Edwards , of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, and for Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg , of the United States Supreme Court . Prior to entering law, Berman was, from 1988 2005, Artistic Director of Spin Theater , a theater company based in New York City. He was also Administrative Director of http www.thewoostergroup.org The Wooster Group and was the founding Administrator for Richard Foreman s Ontological Hysteric Theatre http www.ontological.com at Saint Mark s Church in the East Village. Publications His recent work, which discusses the multiple effects of globalization on legal systems, includes http papers.ssrn.com sol3 papers.cfm?abstract id 793584 Seeing Beyond the Limits ... References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Berman, Paul Schiff ALTERNATIVE ... Berman, Paul Schiff Category University of Connecticut faculty Category Law clerks of the Supreme Court ... more details
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