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Hoyle's Official Book of Games

Hoyle's Official Book of Games (later Hoyle Classic, Hoyle Card Games, or the Hoyle Series) is a series of computer games released from 1989 to 2016 that was initially developed and published by Sierra On-Line. The series focuses primarily on playing cards, but has also included board games, puzzles, dice, and dominos. It spawned a spin-off series dedicated to casino table games and machines called Hoyle Casino in 1996.

The series is named after 18th century playing card expert Edmond Hoyle, but some titles in the series also used trademarks and designs from the Hoyle brand of playing cards under license from Brown & Bigelow. Early titles had a volume numbering and included humorous computer opponents drawn from other Sierra video game series. Later titles saw yearly releases or specialized in particular types of games.

Encore Software took over publishing the series from 2005 to 2016, leading to the development of their own Encore Classic Games series in 2020.

Volume 1
Hoyle's Official Book of Games: Volume 1 was the first card game simulator in the series, and a spiritual sequel to Sierra's Hi-Res Cribbage (1981). It included five multi-player card games and the Klondike variant of Solitaire (Patience). The Hoyle trademark and facecards were used under license from Brown & Bigelow Inc.

Games
The games included are: Crazy Eights, Old Maid, Hearts, Gin Rummy, Cribbage, and Klondike.

Characters
For all games, except the last, the player could choose opponents, each having their own AI and manner of playing. These opponents included historical figures, members of Sierra staff, and characters from Sierra games.

When the player took too long making a decision, the characters started having dialogues, each according to his background. For example, Leisure Suit Larry begins to comment about women, while Roger Wilco wants to escape the game to save the universe again.

 * Sonny Bonds
 * Bulldog
 * Cassie
 * Christina
 * Devin
 * Diane
 * Colonel Henri Dijon
 * King Graham
 * The Kid
 * Larry Laffer
 * Shelly LeBlanc
 * Lenny
 * Jerry Moore
 * Princess Rosella
 * Warren Schwader
 * Sol Silverman
 * Thelma
 * Roger Wilco

Development
The original concept was submitted to Ken Williams (CEO/Founder of Sierra On-Line) by Warren Schwader. Once the project was greenlit, Warren acted as the Lead Programmer as well as the Game Designer. The games were programmed using Sierra On-line's proprietary scripting language: Sierra Creative Interpreter (SCI). SCI was originally created to aid in the development of Sierra's core line of adventure games. Working with SCI to implement card games and to code artificial intelligence for the characters proved challenging.

Warren Schwader continued as the Lead Programmer and Game Designer for the next two games in the series. Rob Atesalp was the composer and sound designer for the original and next two games.

Reception
The game sold over 250,000 copies by 1990.

Volume 2
Hoyle's Official Book of Games: Volume 2 is the next volume in the Hoyle card games simulator series by Sierra Entertainment. This time, the pack offered 28 games, as opposed to the first volume's six. The other main difference between the two was that all the games were solitaire variants, so there was no option for choosing opponents. Subsequently, the game did not feature any Sierra characters for co-players.

The 28 solitaire games offered are: Calculation, Strategy, Eagle Wing, Beleaguered Castle, Klondike, Canfield, Golf, Flower Garden, Scorpion, Spiderette, La Belle Lucie, Fortress, Baker's Dozen, Bristol, Eight Off, Shamrocks, Yukon, Eliminator, Slide, Bowling, Nestor, Aces Up, Gaps, Penguin, Pyramid, Triplets, and Poker Square.

Volume 3
Hoyle's Official Book of Games: Volume 3 was the third volume in Sierra On-Line's series of computer games based on the officially licensed Hoyle rules and trademark. Unlike the two previous games, this one was made with Sierra's new improved VGA engine, and focused on board games, where the previous entries in the series had featured card games.

Games featured were Backgammon, Checkers, Dominoes, Yacht (the original ancestor of the trademarked game Yahtzee), Pachisi, and Snakes and Ladders.

Characters
Like the first volume, and unlike the second volume, this game offers Sierra characters as opponents in the various games.

They do not interact with each other or have conversations as in the first game, but several of them have themed comments, catch phrase or accented style comments (though these are uncommon). For example, the Sheriff may refer to himself as the "Great Nottingham", or Baba Yaga who refers to her opponents as 'dearie'. Some characters are more specific than others, and some are more generic. It also depends on the game, a character might have more interesting things to say about plays in one game, but have generic comments to say in another.

 * Good guys
 * Mother Goose (Mixed-Up Mother Goose)
 * King Graham (King's Quest series)
 * Rosella (King's Quest series)
 * Larry Laffer (Leisure Suit Larry series)
 * Passionate Patti (Leisure Suit Larry series)
 * Jones (Jones in the Fast Lane)
 * Sonny Bonds (Police Quest series)
 * Roger Wilco (Space Quest series)
 * Laura Bow (The Colonel's Bequest and The Dagger of Amon Ra)

 * Evil guys
 * Ad Avis (Quest for Glory II)
 * Baba Yaga (Quest for Glory I)
 * Lillian (The Colonel's Bequest)
 * Arnoid (Space Quest III)
 * Mordack (King's Quest V)
 * Mr. Big (Leisure Suit Larry V)
 * Lolotte (King's Quest IV)
 * Vohaul (Space Quest II)
 * Sheriff of Nottingham (Conquests of the Longbow)

Hoyle Classic Card Games (Hoyle 4)
Hoyle Classic Card Games (Hoyle 4) was a remake of Volume I, released with VGA support, speech and original soundtrack. There was a set with 'Classic Characters' to play with and one with an increased number of Sierra characters as well. Load screens involve a silly comments made by the Classic characters, in relationship to whatever game was loading. The number of games was increased to eight, with the inclusion of Contract Bridge and Euchre.

There is some digitized speech for each character. Each character has five unique expressions in full speech (ranging from dislike at the plays, happiness, or praise). There are a few additional text based messages in theme for each character for some of the games, but only relate to the gameplay (characters do not have conversations with each other outside of the scope of the game). All the artwork and character sprites look like old fashioned and sepia-toned.

Classic characters:
 * Dinky
 * Scout
 * Crazy Jack
 * Trudy
 * Josephine
 * Billy Joe
 * Chip
 * Winthorp
 * Fairbanks

Sierra characters:
 * King Graham
 * Pepper
 * Willy Beamish
 * Larry Laffer
 * Quarky
 * Laura Bow
 * Adam
 * Roger Wilco
 * Dr. Brain.

Hoyle Classic Games (Hoyle 5)
The first CD-ROM version of the game (1995), has over 30 characters to choose from including 'animated', 'icon', and 'business'.

Characters

 * Animated
 * Jeb
 * Leopold
 * Natasha
 * Stella
 * Luke
 * Sam
 * Capt. Barnes
 * Beatrice
 * Dorothie
 * Toby
 * Finnian

 * Business
 * Noel
 * Lance
 * Beverly
 * Rose
 * Sharon
 * Roger
 * Jim
 * Heidi
 * Kate
 * Maxwell
 * Phillip

Other games in the series
By the mid 1990s, new versions of the game were published yearly, with some variants for particular types of games.
 * Hoyle Classic Games 2 (1999)
 * Hoyle Classic Solitaire (1996, 1998)
 * Hoyle Classic Board Games (1997)
 * Hoyle Board Games (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002)
 * Hoyle Classic Board Games Collection (2012)
 * Hoyle Card Games (1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005)
 * Hoyle Card Games (2010)
 * Hoyle Card Games (2012)
 * Hoyle Bridge (1997)
 * Hoyle Backgammon
 * Hoyle Backgammon & Cribbage
 * Hoyle Blackjack (1996)
 * Hoyle Craps & Blackjack (1999)
 * Hoyle Hearts & Spades (1998, 1999)
 * Hoyle Poker (1997) (a.k.a. Hoyle Classic Poker and Hoyle Friday Night Poker)
 * Hoyle Crosswords (1999)
 * Hoyle Enchanted Puzzles
 * Hoyle Kids Games (2000, 2001)
 * Hoyle Children's Collection (1996)
 * Hoyle Children's Collection (2007)
 * Hoyle Slots & Video Poker (with Horse Racing) (1999)
 * Hoyle Slots (2001)
 * Hoyle Solitaire and Mahjong Tiles (1999, 2000)
 * Hoyle Puzzle Games (2002, 2003)
 * Hoyle Puzzle & Board Games (2004)
 * Hoyle Puzzle & Board Games (2008)
 * Hoyle Puzzle & Board Games (2009)
 * Hoyle Casino series (1996–2016)
 * Hoyle Casino Empire (2002)
 * Hoyle Table Games (2003)
 * Hoyle Word Games (1999, 2000, 2001)
 * Hoyle Majestic Chess (2003)
 * Hoyle Bridge & Euchre (1998, 1999)
 * Hoyle Texas Hold'Em (2006)
 * Hoyle Battling Ships & War (1998)
 * Hoyle Mahjong Tiles (2000)
 * Hoyle Puzzle Board Games (2012)
 * Hoyle Classic Board Game Collection 2 (2012)
 * Hoyle Card, Puzzle & Board Games (2013)
 * Hoyle Card Games (Game Boy Color)

Collections

 * Xplosiv (2001)
 * Board, Card, Casino

 * Hoyle Collection (2003)
 * Card, Casino

 * Hoyle Games 2003 (2003)
 * Hoyle Classic Games Pack: Fun for the Whole Family (2003)
 * Includes Hoyle Classic Games 2, Hoyle Slots/Video Poker, and Hoyle. SOlitaire/Majong, and Hoyle Friday Night Poker.

 * Hoyle Game Collection (2001)
 * Includes Hoyle Board Games, Hoyle Card Games, Hoyle Texas Hold'Em, and Hoyle Slots, and Video Poker.

Reception
Computer Gaming World stated that interacting with Sierra characters in Volume 1 such as Leisure Suit Larry and Princess Rosella was fun, but annoying for those who preferred cards to humor. It criticized Volume 1 for slow performance and cribbage's deviation from the official Hoyle's rules, and stated that the other games were "really children's games and offer no great excitement".

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Private enterprise in Japan

The engine of Japanese economic growth has been private initiative and enterprise, together with strong support and guidance from the government and from labor. The most numerous enterprises were single proprietorships, of which there were more than 4 million in the late 1980s. The dominant form of organization, however, is the corporation. In 1988 some 2 million corporations employed more than 30 million workers, or nearly half of the total labor force of 60.1 million people. Corporations range from large to small, but the favored type of organization is the joint-stock company, with directors, auditors, and yearly stockholders' meetings.

History
Japan's postwar business system dates back to the dissolution of the zaibatsu during the Allied occupation. Central holding companies were dissolved and families and other owners were compensated with non-negotiable government bonds. Individual operating firms were then freed to act independently. At the same time, the government instituted antimonopoly legislation and formed the Fair Trade Commission. Together with agricultural land reform and the start of the labor movement, these measures helped introduce a degree of competition into markets that had not previously existed.

It was not long, however, before the spirit and the letter of these reform laws were neglected. During the 1950s, government guidance of industry often sidestepped the provisions of the law. While market forces determined the course of the vast majority of enterprise activities, adjustments in the allocation of bank credit and the formation of cartels favored the reemergence of conglomerate groupings (keiretsu). These groups competed vigorously with one another for market share both within and outside Japan, but they dominated lesser industry.

In contrast to the dualism of the prewar era--featuring a giant gap between modern, large enterprises and the smaller, traditional firms--the postwar system is more graduated. Interlocking production and sales arrangements between greater and smaller enterprises characterized corporate relations in most markets. The average Japanese business executive is well aware of the firms that lead production and sales in each industry and is sensitive to minute differentiations of rank among the many corporations.

Types of corporations
At the top of the corporate system are three general types of corporate groupings. The first includes the corporate heirs of the Zaibatsu, (including many of the same firms). The second consists of corporations that formed around major commercial banks. The nation's six largest groupings are in these two categories. Mitsui, Mitsubishi, and Sumitomo are former zaibatsu, while other groupings were formed around the Fuji-Sankei, Sanwa, and Dai-ichi Kangyo banking giants. A third type of corporate grouping developed around large industrial producers.

The relations among the members of the first two types of groups are flexible, informal, and quite different from the holding company pattern of the prewar days. Coordination takes place at periodic gatherings of corporation presidents and chief executive officers. The purpose of these meetings is to exchange information and ideas rather than to command group operations in a formal way. The general trading firms associated with each group can also be used to coordinate group finance, production, and marketing policies, although none of these relationships is entirely exclusive. The practice of crossholding shares of group stock further cements these groups, and such holdings usually make up about 30 percent of the total group equity. Member corporations typically, although not exclusively, borrow from group banks.

Similar relationships characterize the third type of corporate group, which was established around a major industrial producer. Members of this group are often subsidiaries or affiliates of the parent firm or are regular subcontractors. Subsidiaries and contracting corporations normally build components for the parent firm and, because of their smaller size, afford several benefits to the parent. The larger firm can concentrate on final assembly and high value-added processes, while the smaller firm can perform specialized and labor-intensive tasks. Cash payments to the subcontractors are supplemented by commercial bills whose maturity can be postponed when the need arose. In the late 1980s, subcontracting firms accounted for more than 60 percent of Japan's 6 million small and medium-sized enterprises (those having fewer than 300 employees).

This characterization of the economy as consisting of neat, hierarchical corporate groupings is somewhat simplistic. In the 1970s and 1980s, a number of independent middle-sized firms-- especially in the services and retail trade--were busy catering to increasingly diversified and specialized markets. Unaffiliated with the nation's large conglomerates, these corporations dueled each other in a highly competitive market. Bankruptcies among such companies and the smaller firms were much more common than among the large enterprises. Small business was the main provider of employment for the Japanese--two-thirds of Japanese workers were employed by small firms throughout the 1980s--and thereby the source of consumer demand; small business engaged in almost half of business investment as well.

The issue of who controlled the enterprise system is complex. While theoretically corporations are owned by stockholders, individual stock-ownership fell throughout the 1970s and 1980s, and in 1990 it was less than 30 percent. Financial corporations accounted for the remainder. Relative to capital, almost all large corporations carry enormous debt, a phenomenon known as over-borrowing. Such an unbalanced capital structure results from the easy availability of credit from the main group bank and the network of corporate relations, which reduces the need to resort to capital markets. Corporate shareholder meetings are often only window dressing. Thugs sometimes terrorize stockholders, demanding payments to vote for management or refrain from exposing scandals. The auditing system also is not well developed. Until the late 1980s, few companies engaged outside auditors, and accounting practices gave corporations room to mislead both the public and the shareholders. The law was changed in 1981 to control this kind of excess, to enhance the power of auditors, and to reduce the number of stockholders in the employ of management. But in general, it seems that business management holds the reins of corporate control, often with little public accountability. The corporate system maintains itself by smoothing relations with the government bureaucracy, expanding benefits to workers and consumers, and increasingly engaging in public relations and philanthropy.

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IMSL Numerical Libraries

IMSL (International Mathematics and Statistics Library) is a commercial collection of software libraries of numerical analysis functionality that are implemented in the computer programming languages C, Java, C#.NET, and Fortran. A Python interface is also available.

The IMSL Libraries were developed by Visual Numerics, which was acquired in 2009 by Rogue Wave Software, which was acquired in 2019 by Minneapolis, Minnesota–based application software developer Perforce.

Version history
The first IMSL Library for the Fortran language was released in 1970, followed by a C-language version originally called C/Base in 1991, a Java-language version in 2002 and the C#-language version in 2004.

Several recent product releases have involved making IMSL Library functions available from Python. These releases are Python wrappers to IMSL C Library functions (PyIMSL wrappers) and PyIMSL Studio, a prototyping and production application development environment based on Python and the IMSL C Library. The PyIMSL wrappers were first released in August 2008. PyIMSL Studio was introduced in February 2009. PyIMSL Studio is available for download at no charge for non-commercial use or for commercial evaluation.

Current versions:
 * IMSL C Library V 8.0 – November 2011
 * IMSL C# Library V 6.5.2 – November 2015 (end of life announced as end of 2020)
 * IMSL Fortran Library V 7.0 – October 2010
 * PyIMSL Studio V 1.5 – August 2009
 * PyIMSL wrappers V 1.5 – August 2009
 * JMSL Library V 6.1 – August 2010

Platform availability
The IMSL Numerical Libraries are supported on various operating systems, hardware and compilers.
 * Operating system support includes Unix, Linux, Mac OS and Microsoft Windows
 * Hardware support includes AMD, Intel, Apple Inc., Cray, Fujitsu, Hitachi, HP, IBM, NEC, SGI and Sun Microsystems
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AutoNation

AutoNation  is an American automotive retailer based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, which provides new and pre-owned vehicles and associated services in the United States. The company was founded by Wayne Huizenga in 1996, starting with twelve AutoNation locations, and now has more than 300 retail outlets.

AutoNation continued growing by acquiring other companies in the car rental business such as National Car Rental, Spirit Rent-A-Car, Value Rent-A-Car, Snappy Car Rental and more.

In 2011, AutoNation was the first auto retailer in the United States to sell a total of 8 million vehicles.

1996–2008
Before its acquisition by Republic Industries in 1997, but under the early division brand name "AutoNation", the company was a growing network of used automobile superstores. In 1995, H. Wayne Huizenga of Republic Industries became chairman of the board of directors and through Republic's ownership of AutoNation, sought to expand its business into used auto sales throughout the United States. Republic's sales for 1995 were $5.2 billion.

In 1996, Republic Industries began purchasing new car dealerships and offering long-term contracts to owners who joined the newly-created automotive division of Republic Industries, which led to the company operating twelve retail locations under the "AutoNation" brand. Later that year, Alamo Rent A Car was purchased by Republic Industries for $625 million, and a 2-for-1 stock split in Republic stock was also completed.

In 1997, Republic continued its acquisitions in the car rental business with the purchase of National Car Rental, Spirit Rent-A-Car, Value Rent-A-Car, Snappy Car Rental, and EuroDollar Rent A Car. Huizenga had Republic start consolidating operations between new and used cars and its rental companies into one operation. Acquiring six Saturn dealerships in Arizona and Florida, Republic sold the dealerships to Saturn in 1997 because they did not generate enough sales, despite being a successful brand.

In 1997, the company acquired Maroone Automotive Group of Buffalo, New York and Florida for $200 million in Republic stock.

In an attempt to expand the company's electronic security division, the company offered to purchase ADT. The acquisition failed, and in October 1997, Republic sold its electronic security division.

Republic Industries offered in July 1998 an initial public offering of its original core waste disposal business as Republic Services and it was from this sale of 36% of Republic Services stock, the company netted $1.4 billion to be used to fund the new company being formed. As a result of this sale, the company changed its name to AutoNation to highlight its focus on the automobile industry.

In 1998, CarMax brought a lawsuit against Republic for copyright and trademark infringement. CarMax received a $50 million jury award in its lawsuit, but it was overturned on appeal in 1998.

In April 1998, competitor Drivers' Mart was purchased for $40 million. The remaining 64% of Republic Services was divested to Republic Industries shareholders in 1999. The company's first chief executive officer (CEO), Steve Berrard, eventually resigned from the company in July 1999.

Mike Jackson, the new CEO, previously of Mercedes Benz USA, moved to spin off the car rental business as "ANC Rental" and close all newly-built "AutoNation USA" used car megastores, due to losses of $25 million per quarter. Plans to brand all automotive retail stores as "AutoNation stores" were cancelled. A rebranding of a more recognizable 'regional brand' focus was instituted.

In January 2003, Jackson was named chairman of the board, replacing Huizenga. On October 24, 2005, the AutoNation building in downtown Fort Lauderdale suffered significant damage due to Hurricane Wilma. The company has since transferred to another nearby building.

In 2006, Mike Jackson, CEO of AutoNation announced that his company would be reducing orders from the three major vehicle manufacturers as General Motors, Ford and Chrysler in 2007 and altered the company's purchase pattern to include purchasing more imported vehicles as BMW, Mercedes and Lexus, due to anticipated view of further market share losses by US automakers. resulting in high dealer

2009–present
In 2009, during the great recession, AutoNation announced a newly formed AutoNation Payment Protection program, promising that the dealership will buy back any car at market value, should the owner lose their job. By 2011, AutoNation was the first auto retailer in the U.S. to sell a total of 8 million vehicles.

In January 2013, AutoNation announced that it would replace localized brand names of its car retail operations with its own name. This re-branding across the US was supported and approved by the major automotive manufacturers, including GM, Ford, Chrysler, Nissan, Toyota, Honda, VW and Hyundai. It involved a total of 210 franchises operating under previously assigned local group names. In May 2013, AutoNation partnered with Indy Car Series Champion Ryan-Hunter Reay to support his "Racing for Cancer" charity. This charity served as a key component of the AutoNation cancer charity program which was founded as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. In August 2013, AutoNation announced the sale of its 9 millionth vehicle which was a record achievement for the industry.

On April 11, 2017, USA Today wrote that AutoNation's CEO Mike Jackson questioned the market value of Tesla, the maker of electric cars, by saying that Tesla is "either one of the great Ponzi schemes of all time or it’s gonna work out." The previous day, Tesla passed General Motors as the most valuable American automotive manufacturer, measured by its market capitalization. Jackson also said, "Clearly General Motors is undervalued and Tesla is overvalued. Anybody can see that." In June 2017, AutoNation sold a total of 11 million vehicles. On November 2, 2017, AutoNation announced that Waymo, a developer of self-driving technology, enlisted AutoNation to maintain and repair their driverless vehicles fleet.

During the coronavirus pandemic, AutoNation faced criticism after reports in The Washington Post revealed that the company applied for at least $266 Million in SBA Paycheck Protection Program loan under the CARES Act in order to allow at least 7,000 employees who had been furloughed to return to work and received up to $95 Million in funds for its over 300 dealerships located throughout the United States. SBA Paycheck Protection Program loans were originated by commercial banks, credit unions, and other financial institutions; according to AutoNation's Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 26, the company's "administrative agent" and lender as of the filing date was JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. On April 24, AutoNation announced that it would be returning $77 Million to J.P Morgan.

Cheryl Miller resigned her position as CEO for AutoNation in July 2020. She was replaced by Mike Jackson, who was to fill the role until April 2022. In November 2021, Mike Jackson retired from his 20 years service to AutoNation and was replaced by Mike Manley, previously Head of Americas at Stellantis N.V. and former CEO of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles.

On April 9, 2021, it was officially announced that AutoNation had reached a naming rights agreement for the stadium of Fort Lauderdale-based Inter Miami CF. The team's stadium became branded as DRV PNK Stadium, a tie-in with AutoNation's breast cancer awareness campaign.

In 2022, AutoNation sold its 14 millionth vehicle in the United States since its founding.

In January 2023, AutoNation acquired RepairSmith, a full-service mobile solution for automotive repair and maintenance, for $190 million.

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Gratitude Fund

The Gratitude Fund is a non-profit organization in New York which provide assistance to veterans of the active struggle for freedom and human rights in the former USSR such as ex-political prisoners, who were imprisoned for many years, and to the families of dissidents who died in the Soviet prisons.

Yuri Fedorov founded the Fund in 1998 and served as its president until he died in September 2022.

Board of Directors

 * Vladimir Bukovsky
 * Alexander Ginzburg
 * Eduard Kuznetsov
 * Yuri Yarim-Agaev

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Michael Kerr (judge)

Sir Michael Robert Emanuel Kerr (1 March 1921 – 14 April 2002) was a German-born British jurist, author, lawyer and High Court of Justice judge. He had been told, he said, that he was England's first "foreign-born judge" in 800 years, but he was careful neither to confirm nor to refute that suggestion.

Life and career
Michael Kerr was born in Berlin-Charlottenburg, Germany, the son of the composer-musician Julia Anna Franziska (née Weismann) and the drama critic Alfred Kerr. He was the brother of the author Judith Kerr. His family was Jewish.

Kerr and his family were forced to leave their homeland at the end of the Weimar Republic by the emergence of the Nazi Party. After 1933, the Kerr family lived in Switzerland, France and finally the United Kingdom, as noted in the work of Judith Kerr. His experience as an immigrant allowed him to perfect skills in not only German but also French and English.

Sponsored by a friend of his father, Kerr was educated at Aldenham School. That and his immigration experience may have created a wish to emulate and join the upper-middle class of his new homeland.

Kerr was beginning his studies at Clare College, Cambridge, when the Second World War began. During the war, Kerr was at first identified as an enemy alien and interned at temporary camps around the country before he was sent to the Central Promenade Camp in Douglas, Isle of Man. He was released on the intervention of the Home Secretary and later served as a pilot in the Royal Air Force; he reached the rank of flight lieutenant. During the war he flew with No. 612 Squadron RAF in Vickers Wellington bombers against U-boats in the North Sea.

After the war, he returned to Cambridge to study law and became a naturalised British subject in 1946. His career eventually led him to the High Court of Justice, where he believed that he was the first senior judge born an alien since the 12th century. Kerr chaired the Law Commission from 1978 to 1981 before he served on the Court of Appeal and finally on the London Court of International Arbitration.

Kerr married Julia Braddock in 1953 and had three children: Candy, Jo and Tim born in 1954, 1956 and 1958. The couple separated in 1977, but since Julia did not agree to the divorce, he had to wait the statutory five years. Tim was appointed to the High Court in 2015.

Kerr married Diana Sneezum on 29 January 1983 and had two children: Lucy in 1984 and Alexander in 1987. They remained happily married until Kerr's death in 2002.

In his autobiography As Far As I Remember he tells about his family, also reflected in books by his sister such as When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit, and about his career in the British law system. His short analytic writing is reminiscent of his father's style.

Publication

 * As Far As I Remember. Hart Publishing, Oxford and Portland/Oregon 2002, ISBN 1-901362-87-6

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Talk:Nylon 6

The number always gives the length of the carbon chain. If there are two numbers it is created by polycondensation of a diacid and a diamin Nylon 6,6. With one number it is created by ring opening polymerisation from a lactame. Stone 09:57, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

Ring-opening vs. Water Catalysis
I'm not an expert on this, but I've heard that, in addition to ring-opening spontaneously at high temperatures, caprolactam can polymerize to nylon-6 in a water-catalyzed reaction. I imagine water attacks the carbonyl somehow but I can't find any details. If there is an alternate synthesis path it's probably worth mention. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.215.220.166 (talk) 18:41, 10 March 2013 (UTC)

Nylon 6 vs Nylon 6,6
The two companies agreed to a full patent exchange and a seperation of the sales areas in 1939 because DuPont and IG Farben saw that the difference of the two products was marginal and the competition would only lower the income from the product. This should also be in the text somewhere. Also that both polymeres where sold as Nylon. In 1952 the name Perlon was created to make a difference.

Nylon-6 Promotional Group
The Nylon-6 Promotional group (NPG-6) is a group to "Enhance the opportunities in Nylon-6 related industries by means of more collaboration and communication.” The website: www.NPG-6.com has a lot of information about the members, but also about Nylon-6 applications/properties/production processes. It would be helpfull if the NPG-6 link would be present on the Nylon-6 and Caprolactam page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mcsys (talk • contribs)
 * I am removing the link to the homepage of npg-6, I could concur if the page is linking to a page on npg-6 which tells more about nylon-6, now non-specialists have to search for the information. I do not know if this link concurs with wp:el, I would like to hear some opinions on this page.  --Dirk Beetstra T  C 18:40, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

The Nylon-6 Promotional Group (NPG-6) is an international group of companies that are active in the Nylon-6 industry, ranging from raw materials to fibres, textiles, engineering plastics, film and dedicated equipment. Nylon-6 is a dynamic, exciting and incredibly versatile material. This high performance polymer is unrivalled in its number of applications, including textiles, carpets, industrial fibres, engineering plastics and film. NPG-6 provides information about the value and performance of Nylon-6 in its many uses. The activities of NPG-6:
 * Promotion of Nylon-6
 * Provide a global networking platform
 * Conduct market surveys & application studies
 * Stimulate business chain cooperation and developments
 * Increase knowledge

That sums it up, I really think that the NPG-6 site has added value for the visitors of the wikipedia-Nylon-6 page. Could you please put the link back? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mcsys (talk • contribs)
 * I have read your request, I will wait for some more responses. My opinion: an external link to the page about nylon 6 on nylon-6 and caprolactam could be useful.  Not to the homepage of NPG-6.  (Copied from the talk page of user:Mcsys).  --Dirk Beetstra T  C 13:41, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

 * I agree, putting links to NPG-6 seems more like advertising for it. Xcentaur 18:03, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

The applications of Nylon 6
It would be interesting to mention more about the use of Nylon 6 in: Tire Cord, Textile, Engineering plastics, Film and Carpet.

On the following site: http://www.npg-6.com/internet/en/html/algemeen/publications/publicationsandpresentations.pshe#I466WN17A162HU21252H There are Nylon 6 application sheets, explaining the Nylon 6 use.

Do you guys think it will contribute to wikipedia, to add the sheets or its contents?

thanks, --Mcsys 09:09, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

The applications of Nylon 6
It would be interesting to mention more about the use of Nylon 6 in: Tire Cord, Textile, Engineering plastics, Film and Carpet.

On the following site: http://www.npg-6.com/internet/en/html/algemeen/publications/publicationsandpresentations.pshe#I466WN17A162HU21252H There are Nylon 6 application sheets, explaining the Nylon 6 use.

Do you guys think it will contribute to wikipedia, to add the sheets or its contents?

thanks, --Mcsys 09:10, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Content shifted here
In the 1990s, BASF, a German chemical company, began experimenting with Nylon 6 as part of their '6ix Again' nylon recycling program. The end result was Savant@, a carpet material made of Nylon 6 fiber that can be reused indefinitely. The Nylon 6 in Savant@ can be depolymerized and rematerialized into Savant@ with virtually no loss. The Nylon 6 is referred to in sustainable design as a technical nutrient where materials (nutrients) from the old fabric form the basis of the next generation of material in what is a closed loop. Unlike most recycled materials technical nutrients are not downcycled into their next application. In this case, the end product Savant@ is of similar or greater value than the original Nylon 6.

 * I have removed the above content from the page and shifted it here. If the above content is indeed notable, it deserves a seperate page of it own. It does not merit space in this article. xC | ☎  10:07, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

Absorbing water.
It says Nylon 6 absorbs "2.4 percent of water". Someone should specify whether this is by weight, volume, or ocean size... 184.57.194.188 (talk) 16:15, 18 November 2013 (UTC)

Wrong use of the wording Nylon
It is frustrating that also here in the english version of Wikipedia the entry on Nylon is wrong. The differentiation is between Polaymide 6 (PA6) and Polyamide 6,6 (PA6,6). Only Polyamide 6,6 is Nylon while Polyamide 6 is Perlon. I know that commonly people name all Polyamides as Nylon which is not correct but something like Wikipedia should be correct. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.156.9.73 (talk) 11:58, 9 August 2016 (UTC)

Unknown units
Its tenacity is between 6 and 8.5 gm/den with a density of 1.14 gm/cc. What units are "gm/den" and "gm/cc"? Hateras (talk) 10:57, 29 May 2019 (UTC)
 * See tenacity (textile strength) Andy Dingley (talk) 12:04, 29 May 2019 (UTC)

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