James Miles (other)
James or Jimmy Miles may refer to: *James John Miles (born 1959), British academic *James Albert Miles (1871–1953), inspector of schools in Western Australia *Boobie Miles (born 1970), high school football tail back, primary subject in the book ''Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream'' *James Miles, journalist (see 2008 Tibetan unrest) *James Miles, politician in Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1974 *Jimmy Miles (born 1967), American musician * Jimmy Miles (baseball), American baseball player See also * Jim Miles (other) *James Myles James Sproule Myles (1877 – 13 February 1956) was an Irish soldier, politician and rugby union player. Rugby player Myles played rugby for City of Derry and Ireland. In October 1899, together with Arnold Harvey, he was a member of the Ire ...

James John Miles
James John Miles (born 1959) is a retired Professor of Computer Engineering in the School of Computer Science at the University of Manchester where he previously was head of the school and a member of the Nano Engineering & Storage Technology Research Group (NEST). Education Miles graduated with a first class honours degree in Physics from the University of Liverpool in 1980. Following this he completed a Master of Science in Computational physics from the University of Salford in 1987 and PhD in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Manchester in 1990. Research Miles has worked at the Meteorological Office modelling the formation of storm clouds and completed research in novel anaesthetic delivery systems for BOC Medishield, now Datex Ohmeda. Since 1987 he has worked in Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Manchester School of Engineering and the School of Computer Science at the University of Manchester. His research interests are ...
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James Albert Miles
James Albert Miles (1871 – 1953) was a senior inspector of schools in Western Australia in the early 20th century. During the early decades of the 20th century, the district school in Duke Street, Toodyay played an important part in the history of education in Western Australia. This was due to the influence of James Miles, an educational reformer who selected Toodyay as a "country observation school", and to be a prototype for the type of school he believed should be established in rural areas. As a result of his influence Toodyay achieved a number of firsts in Western Australia: the first country observation school, the first consolidated school, the first in the Special Rural Schools programme, and the first to establish what became the Parents and Citizens Association. Miles was a strong-minded man who, having achieved academically in New South Wales, believed in his worth as an innovative educator. His career path was not always smooth when his ideas met with Departmen ...
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Boobie Miles
James Earl "Boobie" Miles Jr. (born April 16, 1970) is a former high school football running back for Permian High School, and was a primary subject in the book '' Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream'' by H.G. Bissinger, and the movie inspired by the book. He attended Permian High School in Odessa, Texas. Miles is a major figure in Bissinger's book as one of the top high school runningbacks in Texas. He was sought by dozens of top college football schools, but his promising career was derailed by a knee injury. Early life Miles was born en route to St. Luke's Hospital in Houston with a police escort on April 16, 1970. He lived with his parents until he was three when his mother left him with his maternal grandmother in Houston and moved permanently to Oklahoma without him. Around the age of five Miles went to live with his father, James Sr. The elder Miles was working two jobs, as a truck driver and printing-plant labourer. His father lost custody of Boobie when he ...
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2008 Tibetan Unrest
8 (eight) is the natural number following 7 and preceding 9. In mathematics 8 is: * a composite number, its proper divisors being , , and . It is twice 4 or four times 2. * a power of two, being 2 (two cubed), and is the first number of the form , being an integer greater than 1. * the first number which is neither prime nor semiprime. * the base of the octal number system, which is mostly used with computers. In octal, one digit represents three bits. In modern computers, a byte is a grouping of eight bits, also called an octet. * a Fibonacci number, being plus . The next Fibonacci number is . 8 is the only positive Fibonacci number, aside from 1, that is a perfect cube. * the only nonzero perfect power that is one less than another perfect power, by Mihăilescu's Theorem. * the order of the smallest non-abelian group all of whose subgroups are normal. * the dimension of the octonions and is the highest possible dimension of a normed division algebra. * the first number ...
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Minnesota Gubernatorial Election, 1974
The 1974 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 5, 1974. The 1974 election was the first election where the Governor and Lieutenant Governor ran on the same ticket. Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party candidate Wendell Anderson defeated Republican Party of Minnesota challenger John W. Johnson. Anderson won every single county in the state, becoming the first person to do so since Governor J.A.A. Burnquist in 1916. This was the last time until 1994 that a candidate would win every single county in a statewide election. Results External links * http://www.sos.state.mn.us/home/index.asp?page=653 * http://www.sos.state.mn.us/home/index.asp?page=657 Gubernatorial 1974 Minnesota Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over to ... November 197 ...
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Jimmy Miles
James Edward Miles (born August 19, 1967) is an American Outlaw Country musician, singer and songwriter. He is best known for co-writing and recording the patriotic song "Country Born, American Made" and for his performances at the Waylon Jennings Fest in Whiteface, Texas. Early life Jimmy Miles was born in Winfield, Alabama, to used car salesman, Larry Gene Miles, and factory worker Barbara Ann Lockhart. The family was poor and Jimmy's parents divorced when he was young. His father moved to Illinois, leaving his wife and six children behind. The family went through hard times and Jimmy learned very early to work hard. They moved a lot, and he visited different schools. Jimmy started singing in a Church at the age of eight and formed his first band at the age of 18. Music Early career Jimmy Miles played in several bands, but the most remarkable was "The Southern Pride Band", which was disbanded a couple of times, until he decided to perform as Jimmy Miles and The Southe ...
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Jimmy Miles (baseball)
James Miles is an American former Negro league outfielder who played in the 1930s. Miles played for the Philadelphia Stars in 1934, and for the Chicago American Giants The Chicago American Giants were a Chicago-based Negro league baseball team. From 1910 until the mid-1930s, the American Giants were the most dominant team in black baseball. Owned and managed from 1911 to 1926 by player-manager Andrew "Rube" Fo ... the following season. In 20 recorded career games, he posted 13 hits and nine RBI in 69 plate appearances. References External links anSeamheads Year of birth missing Place of birth missing Chicago American Giants players Philadelphia Stars players Baseball outfielders {{negro-league-baseball-outfielder-stub ...
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Jim Miles (other)
Jim Miles may refer to: * Jim Miles (politician) (born 1941), politician * Jim Miles (baseball) (born 1943), pitcher in Major League Baseball * James John Miles (born 1959), Professor of Computer engineering at the University of Manchester See also *James Miles (other) James or Jimmy Miles may refer to: *James John Miles (born 1959), British academic *James Albert Miles (1871–1953), inspector of schools in Western Australia *Boobie Miles (born 1970), high school football tail back, primary subject in the book ' ...