On 21 November 1739 Admiral Vernon did however succeed in capturing the ill-defended Spanish harbour of Porto Bello in present-day Panama.

In 1957, Vernon Mountcastle showed that the functional properties of the cortex change abruptly between laterally adjacent points ; however, they are continuous in the direction perpendicular to the surface.

Who else knows about it ?” By early July 1972 however, Gray had an alarming picture of the apparent conspiracy as conveyed to him by Vernon Walters and he changed tack.

Bloomingdale's also had a full line branch store in New Rochelle, NY and a furniture store in the Vernon Hills shopping center in Eastchester, NY ( about seven miles ( 11 km ) away ) which they wanted to expand, however, the City of New Rochelle and the surrounding neighborhood were opposed to Bloomingdales being enlarged, for fear of increased traffic congestion and the loss of some other long-time businesses along New Rochelle's Main Street.

Furthermore, in a somewhat controversial move, for a time it referred to itself on-air as WMIX, with an announcer whispering its true calls hurriedly during hourly legal IDs ; however, the use of WMIX as a brand was short-lived, as the owners of the WMIX stations in Mount Vernon, Withers Broadcasting, registered the " WMIX " branding as a registered trademark.

The earliest well-known Baltimore saxophonists include Arnold Sterling, Whit Williams, Andy Ennis, Brad Collins, Carlos Johnson, Vernon H. Wolst, Jr .; the most famous, however, was Mickey Fields.

On December 18, 1799, a funeral was held at Mount Vernon, where his body was interred.

Vernon, again held that the English attack was merely a maneuver score, although the main consequence of his action was to alert the Spanish.

This seemed to support literary critics like Van Wyck Brooks and Vernon Parrington who had condemned James's expatriation and criticised his work as effeminate and deracinated ; Leon Edel used it as the premise of his influential biography which held the field for many years.

Vernon held the county seat until 1927 when the seat was moved to Chipley.

* CDW, one of the world's largest privately held companies that specialises in computer hardware, software and supplies, is based out of Vernon Hills.

The station, which had long held a monopoly over Sri Lanka's airwaves, had been established in 1925, and one of Sri Lanka's pioneering broadcasters, Vernon Corea, almost immediately grasped the opportunity to introduce Sri Lankan Music on the English Services of Radio Ceylon.

Its first international event, the 2008 Ford World Women's Curling Championship was held at the Vernon Multiplex.

Vernon Rodney Coaker ( born 17 June 1953 ) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament ( MP ) for Gedling since 1997 ; Coaker was appointed Minister of State for Schools and Learners in June 2009, a post he held until Gordon Brown resigned as Prime Minister on 11 May 2010.

Lewis Vernon Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt PC ( born Reginald Vernon Harcourt ; 31 January 1863 – 24 February 1922 ) was a British Liberal Party politician who held the Cabinet office of Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1910 to 1915.

Tulip Festivals are held in several cities around the world, including a number in North America — most often cities with Dutch heritage — such as Albany ( New York ); Ottawa ( Ontario ); Gatineau ( Quebec ); Montreal ( Quebec ); Holland ( Michigan ); Lehi ( Utah ); Orange City ( Iowa ); Pella ( Iowa ); Mount Vernon ( Washington ); and Woodburn ( Oregon ), and in other countries such as Australia India and England.

At this stage, both the Directors, the station's manager, Vernon Margetts and the studio manager, Ray Benn, held conservative Christian beliefs that were reflected in 3AK's program schedule.

It was alleged by fellow newspaper columnist Vernon Coleman that she may have held racist views.

Located in the basement of Mount Vernon is an auditorium referred to as Town Hall, where the school's daily chapel sessions and other special events are held.

The Brock encounter, held at Vernon, California, was Welsh's first 25-round bout and ended in a terribly one-sided victory with a plucky Brock losing on points.

" Ambassadors " were invited from the Pacific-Northwest State to attend the December BCYP legislative session in Victoria, British Columbia, as well a number of BCYP sponsored events, including the " Vernon Conference " held in 1985, a project to celebrate the U. N. International Year of the Youth, involving the BCYP, the TUXIS Parliament of Alberta, and the JSA.

It had previously held office by a ten-seat margin — the drop was a result of losing the Hobson seat to Social Credit's Vernon Cracknell.

Sonfest is also the name of an annual music festival held on the campus of Mount Vernon Nazarene University in Mount Vernon, Ohio.

In 3 shutout innings, Loewen held veterans Chipper Jones, Mark Teixeira, Vernon Wells, and Derrek Lee hitless.

Apple Butter Makin ' Days has been held on the courthouse square in Mount Vernon, Missouri each October since 1967.

The 2008 Ford World Women's Curling Championship was held from 22 March to 30 March 2008 at the Wesbild Centre in Vernon, British Columbia, Canada.

A key event in BCYP history was the " Vernon Conference " held in 1985.

In that election, Mitchell ( by then a junior minister ) lost to Labour's Vernon Coaker, who has held the seat since then.

Vernon was serviceable on the botanical field trips, but he could arrange no schedule with the cooks, and he was glad when the trips dropped off, and the botanists began to motor out by themselves.

Raymond Vernon reports that residents of East St. Louis have been driving across the Mississippi, through the heart of downtown St. Louis and out to the western suburbs for major shopping, simply because parking is easier at the big branches than it is in the heart of town.

In April 1883, looking out the window of the little train between Vernon and Gasny, he discovered Giverny.

Diaconis left home at 14 to travel with sleight-of-hand legend Dai Vernon, and dropped out of high school, promising himself that he would return one day so that he could learn all of the math necessary to read William Feller's famous two-volume treatise on probability theory, An Introduction to Probability Theory and Its Applications.

In the winter of 1775 and 1776, the Rhode Island Legislature put militia General William West in charge of rooting out loyalists in Newport, and several notable individuals such as Joseph Wanton and Thomas Vernon were exiled to the northern part of the state.

With the constant movement of soldiers and their dependents in and out of the parish, Vernon experiences a unique blend of culture from numerous states and countries creating a true " melting pot.

Many homes in the Vernon Hill and Grafton Hill neighborhoods have been restored to their original appearance inside and out.

* Zebra Technologies, a manufacturer of thermal bar code label and receipt printers used by over 90 percent of Fortune 500 companies, is based out of Vernon Hills.

* American Hotel Register Company, a well-known manufacturer and supplier of hospitality products and services, is based out of Vernon Hills.

* Rust-Oleum Corporation, a worldwide leader in protective paints and coatings for both home and industry, is based out of Vernon Hills.

When the Essex County village got a post office, they found out that another Vernon existed, and so they eventually named the town Verona.

As of March 23, 2011, out of a 2010 Census population of 23, 943 in Vernon, there were 15, 476 registered voters ( 64. 6 % of the population, vs. 65. 8 % in all of Sussex County ).

North Belle Vernon, in Westmoreland County, was laid out in 1872 by Louis and was incorporated in 1876.

In July 1935, due to faulty business-dealings and technological modernization, the sisters were forced to sell their communication enterprise to the Skagit Valley Telephone company ( later known as Continental Telephone ) with service based out of Mount Vernon, Washington – " downriver ".

In October 2003 the townspeople of Mount Vernon turned out to build a sandbag dike along the river in anticipation of a flood.

The design work was carried out by Herbert Taylor at the RN Torpedo and Mine School, HMS Vernon.

Washington out on the plantation, with Mount Vernon in background.

* World Middleweight Champion Stanley Ketchel loses his title on 7 September to Billy Papke by a 12th round technical knockout at Vernon, California, but regains it on 26 November at Colma, California, where he knocks out Papke in the 11th round

In December 2008, Vernon De Maynard, ( Chair – Clapham Park West Residents Association ( CPWRA )) contacted Lambeth Parks to find out why the pond and community garden had been allowed to fall into a state of disrepair.

Another place for cliff jumpers and campers is Ellison Provincial Park, located about 15 – 20 minutes out of South Vernon.

George Washington realized this would happen and wisely made his Mount Vernon floors out of yellow pine which is much harder ( Ling, 2003 ).

The second miniature built for the original pilot measures long and was built by a small crew of model makers, Volmer Jensen, Mel Keys, and Vernon Sion, and supervised by Richard Datin, working out of Jensen's model shop in Burbank, California.

Mrs. Vernon Schuder reported that the alumni were polled and she voted for the raven but that " all those old Bearkats beat us out!