John Ray
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She got married and lived happily ever after
I’m telling him she wants her name changed from Richard to Rachel, and he keeps asking me why
He wanted to change his name because people were laughing at him ... He was an Italian guy named Bimbo, and really obese. He took an Irish name.More quotes »
Around the web
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Braintree: £150k revamp at town beauty spot
A park is undergoing a £150,000 makeover. New cycle and walking tracks, play and fitness equipment and seating has been installed at John Ray Park in Braintree. A sculpture, by wood caver Ben Platt Mills, has also been unveiled at the Station Road entran from Braintree and Witham Times Read more »
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'Boiling point': On Lebanon's Syria Street, a civil war brews
Omar Ibrahim / Reuters A man hides behind sandbags amid clashes in the Bab al-Tebbaneh neighborhood in Tripoli, Lebanon, on Thursday. By John Ray, NBC News TRIPOLI, Lebanon – It only takes a two minute stroll down Syria Street to see why so many people a from MSNBC Read more »
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John Ray
Tonight we honor another husband and wife team - John and Martha Ray. Both John and Martha are exceptionally committed members of States-boro's First United Methodist Church and both are heavily involved in their church's mission program, with John servi from Statesboro Herald Read more »
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The history of science: A fishy tale
This engraving, of a flying fish, almost changed the course of history. It is one of a set from John Ray’s and Francis Willughby’s book “Historia Piscium”, published in 1686 by the Royal Society and recently put online by them for the edification of scho from Humanitarian News Read more »
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The fish that almost blew Newton's career
John Ray and Francis Willughby's 1686 book Historia Piscium must have seemed like a good bet - the illustrations, like this one of a flying fish, were impressive. And other natural history books - such as Robert Hooke's 1665 book Micrographia - had becom from New Scientist Read more »
