Isaac Singer, who made improvements to an existing model of a sewing machine in the 1850s, began one of the first franchising efforts in the United States, followed later by Coca-Cola, Western Union, etc.

A CBC Fifth Estate documentary in 2006 linked these two debates, naming Singer as a scientist who has acted as a consultant to industry in both areas, either directly or through a public relations firm.

Naomi Oreskes and Erik Conway named Singer in their book, Merchants of Doubt, as one of three contrarian physicists — along with Fred Seitz and Bill Nierenberg — who regularly injected themselves into the public debate about contentious scientific issues, positioning themselves as skeptics, their views gaining traction because the media gives them equal time out of a sense of fairness.

In 2006, the CBC's Fifth Estate named Singer as one of a small group of scientists who have created what the documentary called a stand-off that is undermining the political response to global warming.

Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway named Singer in their book, Merchants of Doubt, as one of three contrarian physicists — along with Fred Seitz and Bill Nierenberg — who regularly position themselves as skeptics, with their views being given equal time by the media.

Margaret Singer, who also spent time studying the political brainwashing of Korean prisoners of war, agreed with this conclusion: in her book Cults in Our Midst she describes six conditions which would create an atmosphere in which thought reform is possible.

The four musicians who augmented Campbell-Lyons and Spyropoulos on their live appearances and TV shows for those few months were Ray Singer ( guitar ), Brian Henderson ( bass ), Sylvia A. Schuster ( cello ) and Michael Cole ( French horn, viola ).

This universalising step, which Singer traces from Kant to Hare, is crucial and sets him apart from those moral theorists, from Hobbes to David Gauthier, who tie morality to prudence.

Similar to his argument for abortion, Singer argues that newborns lack the essential characteristics of personhood —" rationality, autonomy, and self-consciousness "— and therefore " killing a newborn baby is never equivalent to killing a person, that is, a being who wants to go on living.

Nazi-hunter Simon Wiesenthal wrote to organisers of a Swedish book fair to which Singer was invited that " A professor of morals ... who justifies the right to kill handicapped newborns ... is in my opinion unacceptable for representation at your level.

Bernard Williams, who was a critic of utilitarianism, said of Singer that he " is always so keen to mortify himself and tell everyone how to live ".

Singer explains " my views are not threatening to anyone, even minimally " and says that some groups play on the anxieties of those who hear only keywords that are understandably worrying ( given the constant fears of ever repeating the Holocaust ) if taken with any less than the full context of his belief system.

Despite this, Singer argues that it has led to a difficult intellectual climate, with professors not able to teach courses in Germany on applied ethics and campaigns demanding the resignation of professors who invited Singer to speak.

One of the notable popularizers of Speciesism is Australian philosopher Peter Singer – who had known Ryder from his own time as a postgraduate philosophy student at Oxford – in his Animal Liberation ( 1975 ).

This is the view taken by Peter Singer who says, “ No doubt we do instinctively prefer to help those who are close to us.

Other notable artists from Whitehorse are the actors Tahmoh Penikett of Battlestar Galactica and Dollhouse ; Amy Sloan who has done many television shows ,( Molly Lang ) Dancer, Singer, Northern Icon, the storyteller Ivan Coyote, punk rock bassist Jonas Smith of JJS3, and the creator of Scrooge McDuck occasional resident Carl Barks.

Following the end of the strike, Singer fired 400 workers, including all strike leaders and purported members of the IWGB, among whom was Arthur McManus, who later went on to become the first chairman of the Communist Party of Great Britain between 1920 and 1922.

The 47-story Singer Building, completed in 1908, was also designed by Flagg, who designed two landmark residences for Bourne.

Singer Bobby Bare, who covered Jennings ' songs " Four Strong Winds " and " Just To Satisfy You ", recommended him to producer Chet Atkins, who signed Jennings to RCA Victor in 1965.

Singer began to study brainwashing in the 1950s at Walter Reed Army Medical Center Institute of Research in Washington, D. C., where she interviewed U. S. soldiers who had been taken prisoner during the Korean War.

The director co-stars as Alvy Singer, who investigates the reasons for the failure of his relationship with the film's eponymous female lead ( Diane Keaton ).

In addition to JoAnne Worley, it starred a young Richard H. Blake, who would go on to become a familiar face on Broadway in such shows as The Wedding Singer, Saturday Night Fever, and Legally Blonde: The Musical.

The two had joined forces as Bamford & Martin the previous year to sell cars made by Singer from premises in Callow Street, London where they also serviced GWK and Calthorpe vehicles.

In 2003, while promoting X2, Hugh Jackman mentioned in an interview on UK television morning talk show This Morning that he planned to make a biopic of Bill Bixby, that he had been drawn to the project by Bryan Singer and that it was a project he loved.

Singer has had a varied career, serving in the armed forces, government, and academia.

Time magazine wrote in 1969 that Singer had had a lifelong fascination with Phobos and Mars's second moon, Deimos.

Singer told CBC's The Fifth Estate in 2006 that he stood by the position that the EPA had " cooked the data " to show that second-hand smoke causes lung cancer.

ABC News reported in March 2008 that Singer said he is not on the payroll of the energy industry, but he acknowledged that SEPP had received one unsolicited charitable donation of $ 10, 000 from ExxonMobil, and that it was one percent of all donations received.

Singer responded with a letter to Science saying the IPCC report had presented material selectively.

In December 2009, after the release of thousands of e-mails from the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit — a controversy that came to be known as " Climategate "— Singer wrote an opinion piece for Reuters in which he said the scientists had misused peer review, pressured editors to prevent publication of alternative views, and smeared opponents.

He continued to submit his works to the Salon, where his painting Spanish Singer had won a 2nd class medal in 1861, and he urged the others to do likewise, arguing that " the Salon is the real field of battle " where a reputation could be made.

It had not intended to halt the lecture and even had questions to ask Singer.

In addition to works in North America, the Singer Corporation also had the honour of creating the largest clock face in the world, the Singer's clock at its Clydebank, Scotland factory which opened in 1885 and closed in 1980.

Articles in The New York Times and The Los Angeles Times reported complaints by Singer and her family that she had been enduring harassment and death threats due to her " battles " with the cults.

In 2003, Ebert had a cameo appearance in the film Abby Singer, in which he recited the white parasol monologue from Citizen Kane.

The development of commercial sound cinema had proceeded in fits and starts before The Jazz Singer, and the film's success did not change things overnight.

Meanwhile, Warner Bros. had released three more talkies, all profitable, if not at the level of The Jazz Singer: In March, Tenderloin appeared ; it was billed by Warners as the first feature in which characters spoke their parts, though only 15 of its 88 minutes had dialogue.

The Jazz Singer had its European sound premiere at the Piccadilly Theatre in London on September 27, 1928.

" According to P. W. Singer, the FARC attack upon the Guatape hydroelectric facility in 1998 had allegedly involved militants as young as 8 years old and a 2001 FARC training video depicted boys as young as 11 working with missiles.

His tonalism had a profound effect on many American artists, including John Singer Sargent, William Merritt Chase, and Willis Seaver Adams ( whom he befriended in Venice ).

Sound film had been captivating audiences since 1927 with The Jazz Singer and Walt decided that the next cartoon Steamboat Willie would have sound.

Singer Zack de la Rocha had already left the band, but their version still featured his vocals.