ATDTDA (1): De Forest and Kimura (29:32-3)

[Charles Albert]

and I keep forgetting to proofread.....




On 1/30/07, Charles Albert <cfalbert at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> A "kimura" is an arm bar....P watches UFC or Pride figthing.....
>
> "The *Kimura* lock is one of the most important *submission* holds in
> Jiu-jitsu.
> It is also found in many other grappling systems,"
>
> http://www.grapplearts.com/Kimura-Article.htm
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>
>
> love,
> cfa
>
>
> On 1/30/07, Tim Strzechowski <dedalus204 at comcast.net> wrote:
> >
> >  [...] "young De Forest, a regular wizard with the electricity ... along
> > with a Japanese visitor, Mr. Kimura" [...] (p. 29, lines 32 - 3).
> >
> >
> > Lee De Forest, (August 26, 1873 – June 30, 1961) was an American
> > inventor with over 300 patents to his credit. De Forest invented the Audion,
> > a vacuum tube that takes relatively weak electrical signals and amplifies
> > them. De Forest is one of the fathers of the "electronic age", as the Audion
> > helped to usher in the widespread use of electronics.
> >
> > He was involved in several patent lawsuits and he spent a fortune from
> > his inventions on the legal bills. He had four marriages and several failed
> > companies, he was defrauded by business partners, and he was once indicted
> > for mail fraud, but was later acquitted.
> >
> > He was a charter member of the Institute of Radio Engineers, one of the
> > two predecessors of the IEEE (the other was the American Institute of
> > Electrical Engineers). [...]
> >
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_De_Forest
> >
> > http://www.leedeforest.org/
> >
> >
> > Dr. Lee deForest's inventions have led more than one scholar to name him
> > "the father of American radio." [...]
> >
> > http://www.radiohof.org/pioneer/leedeforest.html
> >
> > http://www.antiqueradio.com/gonshor_deforest_8-97.html
> >
> >
> > Shunkichi Kimura
> >
> > http://www.genealogy.ams.org/html/id.phtml?id=38055
> >
> > not finding much on Kimura ... anyone?  anyone??
> >
> >
> >
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