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Origin Story: Why We Call Them Emmys | Dictionary.com Blog
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Why It's Called an Emmy | Hollywood Reporter  Aug 16, 2011 ... Why do they call the Emmy Award Emmy? It's a feminization of 'Immy,' which is short for the image orthicon tube, explains John Leverence,...
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This Is How the Emmy Awards Got Their Name | TIME  Sep 18, 2015 ... Most of the leading entertainment awards are named for real people. ... The winning name was chosen to honor the image orthicon tube,...
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Why are the Emmy Awards Called Emmys? - Today I Found Out  Jul 26, 2012 ... Pioneering TV engineer (and third American Academy of Television Arts President) Harry Lubcke suggested that the name Immy be used, named after the image orthicon tube that was nicknamed the Immy.
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Origin Story: Why We Call Them Emmys | Dictionary.com Blog  Sep 18, 2015 ... The word Emmy refers to the statuette that's handed out during the awards ceremony. It was named after a camera tube used in television called an image orthicon, known to those in the industry as Immy.
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Emmy Award - Wikipedia  An Emmy Award, or simply Emmy, recognizes excellence in the television industry, and .... However, "Ike" was also the popular nickname of World War II hero and future U.S. ... the name "Immy", a term commonly used for the image orthicon tube used in the ... The Regional Emmy Awards are made by Society Awards, a New...
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Technology & Engineering Emmy Award - Wikipedia  A Technology and Engineering Emmy Award is given by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) for outstanding achievement in technical or engineering development. An award can be presented to an individual, a company, or to a scientific or ... 1) Pioneering Development of 2nd Screen Navigable Mosaic for Direct...
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Invention | MIT News  Water-shedding coating for car windshields wins $10K grand prize at annual prototyping contest. ... Collegiate inventors awarded 2016 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize ... a prolific spirit of innovation and invention resulting in a tangible impact on society. ... First mass-produced, low-cost, eco-friendly battery has the potential to...
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SGO Issues Oct 6, 2016 | SGO  Oct 6, 2016 ... Claudia Cohen Research Foundation Prize for Outstanding Gynecologic ... Ms. Cohen was a highly respected journalist and philanthropist. ... the Claudia Cohen Research Foundation for its generous support of this annual prize. This is ... Now physician burnout is in the news, and many specialties report a...
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NAACP Image Award - Wikipedia  Official website, NAACP Image Awards. An NAACP Image Award is an accolade presented by the American National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to honor outstanding people of color in film, television, music ... Although for long not having a Best Actress in a Motion Picture nominee, in 1987 it was...
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Ross Video is Recognized and Honored with the Emmy Award for ...  Jan 11, 2016 ... XPression Go ... One of the reasons for the exciting growth of our industry can be ... Ross will be showing the latest in openGear technology at its IBC Stand in Hall 9. ... with a Technology & Engineering Technical Emmy that supports ... these technology companies and individuals whose innovation and...
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Image dissector - Wikipedia  An image dissector, also called a dissector tube, is a video camera tube in which photocathode ... Philo T. Farnsworth invented the first functional image dissector in 1927. ... Farnsworth submitted a patent application for the image dissector on ... By September 3, 1928, Farnsworth had developed the system sufficiently to...
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The Cathode Ray Tube site, X-Ray tubes.  Which tube Rntgen used during his discovery is not clear, it is known that he had ... tube with two electrodes one in the form of a ring which can be seen against the ... so it is possibly an experimental tube from the time that the X-rays were invented. ... Here a link to the original PDF article from the Dartmouth Medical school.
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History of Steadicam | Tiffen  Steadicam Academy Award winning image stabilizers for film and video. ... with his invention of the Steadicam  a device created in the 1970s that mounts a ... Brown spoke of his career as the inventor of camera stabilization equipment at a ... be the first film to win the Academy Award for cinematography to feature the then...
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Early History of X Rays - SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory  new form of photography and curi- ous to know the nature of the new rays. Physicians put it ... mechanics, or of try- ... Forms of tube used by Roentgen in 18951896 for the production of X rays. German ..... In 1900,. Rutherford had identified the s as high-speed electrons: deflected in a ... William Henry Bragg announced in.
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Meave Leakey Awarded Hubbard Medal, National Geographic ...  Jul 8, 2016 ... The National Geographic Society awards the Hubbard Medal, its highest honor, ... Jane Goodall won in 1995 for her 35-year study of wild chimpanzees. ... Thanks to her groundbreaking anthropological finds and continued ... of Kenya (NMK), where she lead the paleontology division from 1982 to 2001.
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Could 600,000 nurses help Make Poverty History?  Jul 1, 2005 ... featured the following clue: "The Golden Lamp Awards are bestowed for the best portrayals of these health professionals in the media.
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The genesis of the AIDS awareness ribbon, from 99% Invisible and ...  Jul 22, 2015 ... New York artist Patrick O'Connell would spend days visiting friends ... A costume designer named Marc Happel was invited to a meeting of the Visual AIDS artist caucus. ... But in mid-May of 1991, one of the Visual AIDS directors had a crazy ... I think it was just, it was also a symbol that we created that, that...
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PPFA Maggie Awards for Media Excellence :: Planned Parenthood  The Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) Maggie Awards recognize ... Inaugurated in 1978 and named after Planned Parenthood founder Margaret ... Daily Print Reporting: Carolyn Jones, formerly of the Texas Observer, for her...
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The Palme d'Or celebrates its 60th Anniversary - Chopard Diary ...  May 22, 2015 ... ... well as the city's coat-of-arms, on which the palm evokes the famous legend of Saint Honorat. ... In 1955, the first Palme d'Or, awarded to Delbert Mann for Marty, ... like to come up with a new version for him, a makeover of some sort. ... It is the symbol of the Cannes Film Festival just as I imagined it to be...
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Charles Goodyear Medal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia  The Charles Goodyear Medal is the highest honor conferred by the American Chemical Society, Rubber Division. Established in 1941, the award is named after Charles Goodyear, the discoverer of vulcanization, ... 1957 Arthur W. Carpenter - past president of ASTM, known for contributions to quality control for rubber; 1958...