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Ken Fisher (other)
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Ken Fisher may refer to: * Kenneth Fisher (born 1950), financial manager & journalist * Kenneth Fisher (headmaster) (1882–1945), headmaster of Oundle School * Ken Fisher, American cartoonist, a.k.a. Ruben Bolling * Ken Fisher, founder of website '' Ars Technica'' * Ken Fisher (born 1936), Canadian game creator Wizard card game and Superquiz See also *Ken Fischer (1945–2006), founder of Trainwreck Circuits Trainwreck Circuits is an American company that manufactures boutique guitar amplifiers. The company was founded by Ken Fischer (May 12, 1945 – December 23, 2006) in 1985. Trainwreck amplifiers are made in Colonia, New Jersey. History Ken Fis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenneth Fisher
Kenneth Lawrence Fisher (born November 29, 1950) is an American billionaire investment analyst, author, and the founder and chairman of Fisher Investments, a fee-only financial adviser. Fisher's ''Forbes'' "Portfolio Strategy" column ran from 1984 to 2017, making him the longest continuously-running columnist in the magazine's history. Fisher is now known for writing monthly, native language columns in major media outlets spanning Western Europe and Asia. The list includes the UK's "Financial Times"; Germany's "Focus Money"; Denmark's leading business newspaper, "Børsen"; the Netherlands' largest newspaper, "De Telegraaf"; Switzerland's leading business paper, "Handelszeitung"; Spain's largest business website and newspaper, "elEconomista"; Italy's third largest newspaper and number one business paper, "Il Sole 24 Ore"; France's "L'Opinion"; Belgium's "La Libre"; Austria's "Trend; Caixin"; the "Hong Kong Economic Journal"; Taiwan's "Business Weekly"; South Korea's largest busine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenneth Fisher (headmaster)
Kenneth Fisher JP (18 July 1882 – 2 October 1945) was a British educator and ornithologist. He was headmaster of Oundle School, an independent school in Oundle, Northamptonshire, England, run by the Worshipful Company of Grocers, from 1922 to 1945 Early life and education Fisher was born in Cheshire, son of J. H. Fisher. He was educated at Manchester Grammar School and Magdalen College, Oxford as a demy, and took a Ph.D. from the University of Jena in Germany before continuing his research at Manchester University. Career He was senior science master at Clifton College from 1909 to 1919, having managed a Brunner Mond & Co munitions factory at Northwich in Cheshire during the First World War. From 1920 to 1922 he was senior science master at Eton, where he reorganized science education, and then took over headmastership at Oundle, where he remained until 1945; his headmastership was reckoned "a period of considerable success", during which many new buildings were cons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruben Bolling
Ruben Bolling (born c. 1963 in New Jersey) is a pseudonym for Ken Fisher, an American cartoonist, the author of ''Tom the Dancing Bug'' and ''Super-Fun-Pak Comix''. His work started out apolitical, instead featuring absurdist humor, parodying comic strip conventions, or critiquing celebrity culture. He came to increasingly satirize conservative politics after the September 11 attacks and Iraq war in the early 2000s. This trend strengthened with the Donald Trump presidency and right-wing populism from 2017-2020, his critiques of which earned him several cartooning awards. Career Fisher, who has no formal art training, read many comics when he was a child (his biggest influence being Garry Trudeau's ''Doonesbury''), and sometimes features their styles in his work. However, he didn't aspire to be a full-time cartoonist; instead he studied economics as an undergraduate at Tufts University and later attended Harvard Law School (graduating in 1987). It was at Harvard in the mid-1980s t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ars Technica
''Ars Technica'' is a website covering news and opinions in technology, science, politics, and society, created by Ken Fisher and Jon Stokes in 1998. It publishes news, reviews, and guides on issues such as computer hardware and software, science, technology policy, and video games. ''Ars Technica'' was privately owned until May 2008, when it was sold to Condé Nast Digital, the online division of Condé Nast Publications. Condé Nast purchased the site, along with two others, for $25 million and added it to the company's ''Wired'' Digital group, which also includes ''Wired'' and, formerly, Reddit. The staff mostly works from home and has offices in Boston, Chicago, London, New York City, and San Francisco. The operations of ''Ars Technica'' are funded primarily by advertising, and it has offered a paid subscription service since 2001. History Ken Fisher, who serves as the website's current editor-in-chief, and Jon Stokes created ''Ars Technica'' in 1998. Its purpose was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wizard Card Game
Wizard is a trick-taking card game for three to six players designed by Ken Fisher of Toronto, Ontario in 1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A .... The game was first printed commercially in June 1986. The game is based on Oh Hell. A Wizard deck consists of 60 cards: a regular set of 52 playing cards (replaced with custom symbols and colours in some editions), 4 Wizards and 4 Jesters. The Jesters have the lowest value, then the one up to thirteen, with Wizards highest in value. Gameplay The objective of the game is to bid correctly on the number of tricks that a player will take in the subsequent round of play. Points are awarded for a correct bid and subtracted for an incorrect bid. The player with most points after all rounds have been played is the winner. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Superquiz
''Pick a Box'' was an Australian game shows that first aired on radio in 1948 until the early 1960s; subsequently, the concept transferred to TV and was broadcast from 1957 and 1971. The program was hosted by the husband and wife duo Bob and Dolly Dyer History Radio program Beginning initially as a radio program in 1948, it was heard Australia-wide on was then the Macquarie Broadcasting Service (now Nine Entertainment Co.). It was originally produced in Sydney, New South Wales at studio 2GB. The program successfully made the move to television, debuting at on Saturday 2 March 1957, less than six months after the new medium had been launched in Australia. Nevertheless, the program continued to be heard on radio for some years. Television version The TV version in addition to the radio version was filmed in the studios of Sydney's ATN-7 and was broadcast on ATN-7 and Melbourne's GTV-9, which were initially affiliated. This changed, however, when Frank Packer, owner of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |