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Jan Ullrich | 2003 Tour and sportsmanship | on to the newly-founded Team Bianchi, set up from the remainders of Coast by Jacques Hanegraaf, a former cyclist at Team Telekom.
The 2003 Tour de France was the first for many years that Ullrich had not been considered a favorite. In the first week, Ullrich became sick and almost retired. He lost a minute and a half on Armstrong in the Alps. Ullrich fought back in the time trial. Armstrong had trouble with the heat and lost one and a half minutes to Ullrich. Ullrich was within a minute of Armstrong in the classification. The next day, he closed the |
If You See God, Tell Him | Plot | by deadpan parody advertisements for fictional products and companies, often juxtaposing the idealistic view of the adverts with the far bleaker reality. Much of the humour of the show derived from Godfrey's cheery interpretations of unpleasant events and circumstances. One memorable scene involves him cheerfully passing a group of people outside his neighbour's flat, blissfully unaware that he has driven the man to suicide, attributing the man's disappearance to him moving up the property ladder.
In a later episode, Godfrey befriends a young school-boy after offering to purchase for him some age-restricted craft material. Godfrey however has a very bad influence |
John Keells Holdings | 2010 - Present | to work in Sri Lanka through a survey conducted by the Great Place to Work Institute. Union Assurance launched Sri Lanka's first ever fully fledged customer portal for life policy holders. Divested the stakes in Central Hospital (Private) Limited and Information Systems Associates (ISA).
During 2013 and 2016, The first lean luxury hotel in Sri Lanka, Cinnamon red was launched. The "Onthree20” residential development project was successfully completed. JKH was ranked first in LMD Magazine's “Most Respected Entities in Sri Lanka”. Union Assurance completed the segregation of its Life and General Insurance businesses complying with the IBSL stipulated regulations and sold |
John Hartford | Steamboating | during the summers. He also worked as a towboat pilot on the Mississippi, Illinois, and Tennessee rivers.
During his later years, he came back to the river every summer. "Working as a pilot is a labor of love", he said. "After a while, it becomes a metaphor for a whole lot of things, and I find for some mysterious reason that if I stay in touch with it, things seem to work out all right". His home in Madison, Tennessee, was situated on a bend of the Cumberland River and built to simulate the view from a steamboat deck. He |
John Hartford | Life & Newgrass | of props such as plywood squares and boards with sand and gravel, which he stomped, kicked, and scraped to create background noises. Newgrass Hartford recorded four more albums for RCA from 1968-1970: The Love Album, Housing Project, John Hartford, and Iron Mountain Depot. In 1971, he moved to Warner Bros. Records where he was given more freedom to record in his untraditional style, fronting a band that included Vassar Clements, Tut Taylor, and Norman Blake. He recorded several albums that set the tone of his later career, including Aereo-Plain and Morning Bugle. Sam Bush said, "Without Aereo-Plain (and the |
Jacob Hopewell | Early life | is Mr. Bakewell's facsimile machine. I find myself marveling at the ingenuity required to harness the powers of clockwork so as to recreate something without need of the hand of man.
This fragment is all that is known of Hopewell's impressions of the device.
The following year, Hopewell married Margaret Beecher and in 1853 they had their first child, a boy named Richard. It is certain they had other children, among them a daughter named Margaret, often referred to as Maggie. None of these others lived to adulthood and thus information is rather hazy. It can be assumed that by the birth |
Jean-Jacques Goldman | Biography | his voice as part of a collaboration. For example, he recorded "4 Mots sur un piano" with Patrick Fiori and Christine Ricol in 2007; it was a significant hit.
Jean-Jacques Goldman also had a prominent role in french charity acts from the middle of the 1980s, when in 1985 famous comedian Coluche asked him to write a song in order to promote the initiative he just created, Les restos du coeur, meant to provide food to poor people during the winter months; Goldman crafted and produced the eponymous song (reportedly written/composed in three days), then with Coluche they brought in other |
John Davidson (ice hockey) | Broadcasting career | was the color commentator for Rangers games from 1986–87 to 2005–06. Davidson, often known by the nickname "J.D.", became one of the most prominent color commentators in the sport, and his hockey insight is so well respected that he currently sits on the Hockey Hall of Fame selection committee. Long-time network TV partner Mike Emrick also sits on that committee, and the two shared the 2004 Lester Patrick Trophy for service to hockey in the U.S.
Davidson (like his former MSG Network booth-mates Sam Rosen and Al Trautwig) has also contributed to NHL coverage on various national television networks (including CBC, |
Hitler and Mannerheim recording | Microphone & Authenticity | sealed container, promising never to open it again. The tape was given to the head of the state censors' office, Kustaa Vilkuna, returned to Yle in 1957, and made publicly available a few years later. It is the only known recording of Hitler speaking in an unofficial tone and one of the very few recordings in which Hitler may be heard delivering a narrative without raising his voice. Authenticity After the tape was revealed to the public, some believed it was a fake because Hitler's voice sounded too soft. Photographs taken on the day of the event showed that Hitler |
James C. Nelson | Education and early career & Legal career | James C. Nelson James C. Nelson (born February 20, 1944) is a Justice of the Montana Supreme Court, having been appointed to the Court by Republican Governor Marc Racicot in May 1993. Education and early career Born in Moscow, Idaho, Nelson earned his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Idaho in 1966. After graduating, he served in the United States Army for three years, being discharged as a First Lieutenant in 1969 to serve as a financial analyst with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Legal career After earning his Juris Doctor degree with honors from George |
Izabela Abramowicz | Life | Izabela Abramowicz Izabela Abramowicz (9 November 1889, Lutosławice – 22 January 1973, Łęczyca) was a Polish mathematician and mathematics educator. She was honoured with the Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta for her services to mathematical education. Life Izabela Abramowicz was born in 1889 in Lutosławice, Poland (then a satellite of the Russian empire), to Tomasz Franciszek Abramowicz, a school teacher, and Maria Petronela (née Gniotek). She had two brothers, Kazimierz (who would also become a mathematician) and Zygmunt.
Abramowicz graduated from the State Gymnasium in Bobrujsk in 1907. She attended the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics at the |
Jeremy Dein | Murder, Mystery and My Family & Personal life | and My Family Along with Sasha Wass QC, Dein appears in the BBC One series Murder, Mystery and My Family (2018-2019), which examines historic criminal cases in order to determine if any of them resulted in a miscarriage of justice. Their submissions - Dein for the "defence" and Wass for the "prosecution" are then presented to Judge David Radford, who considers whether there are grounds to consider the convictions as being unsafe. Cases featured include those of Edward Devlin and Alfred Burns, John Dickman, Edith Thompson and Frederick Bywaters, and Herbert John Bennett. Personal life Dein was born in Bow, |
Italian War of 1521–1526 | Pavia | the town. By 2 February, Lannoy was only a few miles from Pavia. Francis had encamped the majority of his forces in the great walled park of Mirabello outside the city walls, placing them between Leyva's garrison and the approaching relief army. Skirmishing and sallies by the garrison continued through the month of February. Medici was seriously wounded and withdrew to Piacenza to recuperate, forcing Francis to recall much of the Milan garrison to offset the departure of the Black Band; but the fighting had little overall effect. On 21 February, the Imperial commanders, running low on |
Jerry Lee's Greatest | Background | includes mostly later cuts from Lewis's run at Sun, with AllMusic's Cub Koda suggesting that, "While tracks like "Let's Talk About Us," "What'd I Say," and "As Long as I Live" have their own charm, this set simply isn't the place to start a Jerry Lee collection..." The album includes Lewis' biggest hit, "Great Balls of Fire," which had been left off of his debut LP. |
Ira C. Eaker | World War II | mounted from German defensive fighter aircraft attacks on deep penetration missions beyond the range of available fighter cover, Eaker may have lost some of the confidence of USAAF Commanding General Henry Arnold. To reduce losses to fighters, Eaker was a strong advocate of the Boeing YB-40 Flying Fortress, a B-17 Flying Fortress which carried additional gun turrets and gunners instead of a bomb load and was intended to act as a long-range, "gunship" escort for conventional bombers. However the YB-40 was not a success in combat. Eaker also strongly advocated work on improving the range of conventional fighters using drop |
Illicium floridanum | Taxonomy & Distribution | a drawing of the plant, where he described the petals, leaves, and type of tree. Distribution This perennial plant is found in northern Florida and Georgia, as well as along the coastal plain toward Louisiana. The Illicium floridanum plant is endangered in Georgia. This plant species in those areas are known to be toxic. The Illicium floridanum shrub can be seen growing in wetlands, but can also be found in non-wetland areas. It grows in partial to fully shaded areas. However, it can survive in sunny areas, as long as it is being watered well. The soil for |
Independence Day Reception (Finland) | Invitees | The invites to the senior state officials rotate so that invitations are sent every second or third year.
Each year approximately a third of the guests receive their first invite to the event. It has been a custom to invite the most prominent members of business and cultural live. The number of performing artists increased during the era of president Tarja Halonen.
In 2009 the invitations were embedded with a microchip due to safety concerns, which includes the identification of the invitee according to the statement from the office of the president.
The dress code for the occasion is very festive in the |
Johnie Cock | Synopsis | whom he wounds.
In several versions, he dies of his wounds while still in the wood. In one variant, he is laid low, and the king sends him a pardon. |
John Oswald (bishop) | null | John Oswald (bishop) John Oswald DD was an 18th-century Anglican bishop in Ireland.
He was nominated Bishop of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh on 1 April 1762 and consecrated on 4 July that year; translated to Dromore on 7 May 1763; and finally to Raphoe on 25 August 1763. He died on 4 March 1780. |
Indiana Pacers | 2010–2017: Paul George era | trade.
In the 2010–11 season, the team went 2–3 in the first five games. On November 9 in a home game against Denver, the team scored 54 points in the 3rd quarter alone, shooting 20–21 in the process, on the way to a 144–113 rout of the Nuggets. Led by Mike Dunleavy's 24 points in the period, the team set a franchise record for most points in a quarter and was only four points short of the all-time NBA record for points in a quarter (58) set in the 1970s.
On January 30, 2011, the Pacers relieved Jim O'Brien of his coaching |
Japan–Saudi Arabia relations | The latter half of 20th century | of the two countries. Thereafter, the bonds of relations between the Saudi royal family and the Japanese imperial family were strengthened through their repeated visits.
In the year 1981, when Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko were Crown Prince and Princess under the rule of Emperor Hirohito, Akihito and Michiko paid a visit to the most prominent kingdom in the Arabian Peninsula.
And on behalf of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Fahd bin Abdul Aziz was attended by His Royal Highness Prince Nawwaf bin Abdul Aziz, crown emperor decrees year 1990, and in 1994 the Crown and the parent in |
Iga Province | Heian, Kamakura and Muromachi periods | during the Heian and Kamakura periods. However, by the early Muromachi period, Iga became effectively independent from its nominal feudal rulers and established a form of republic. During this period, Iga came to be known as a center for ninjutsu, claiming (along with Kōka in what is now Shiga Prefecture) to being one of the birthplaces of the ninja clans.
In 1581, two years after a failed invasion led by his son, the warlord Oda Nobunaga launched a massive invasion of Iga, attacking from six directions with a force of 40,000 to 60,000 men which effectively destroyed the political power of |
Harvard College social clubs | Sanctions | mechanism remains somewhat unclear. As the class of 2021 had its first opportunity to join single-gender organizations in fall of 2018 (and as members of that class will begin to seek on-campus leadership positions as juniors in 2019), it is expected that Harvard will face its first real test in enforcing the sanctions in 2019.
In response to the policy, the all-female Sablière and Seneca societies instituted gender-neutral recruitment policies in 2016. The all-male Oak Club followed suit in January 2017 after reaching a "club-wide consensus". Former sorority Kappa Kappa Gamma announced it would form a new gender-inclusive group called |
Itahar | Population | Dinajpur district has the highest decadal population growth rate in West Bengal with a figure of 23.2% for the decade 2001-2011 and is much higher than the state average of 13.8%.
According to the Human Development Report for Uttar Dinajpur district, population growth in the area that later became Uttar Dinajpur district was low in the pre-indepence era and started picking up with the waves of East Bengali refugees coming in from erstwhile East Pakistan. “A spurt in population growth rates first became evident between 1951-1961, and was further magnified between 1971-81 after the creation of Bangladesh when population growth in |
Indians in the United Arab Emirates | History | were Indian stamps (overlaid with the name of the emirate) for postal correspondence. A fairly homogeneous society at the turn of the 20th century, the region that now comprises the UAE experienced an economic boom as a result of the pearling industry; the few Indian traders emigrating to the emirates moved to the coastal towns and remained on the fringes of Emirati society. Dubai had traditionally served as an entrepôt for trade between the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent and was dominated by Hindu merchants in both gold and textile trade. Dubai was also an important trading post for |
Jean VI Rolin | Biography | ceremony by thirty paupers, six foundlings and prayers of the Friars Minor, recently established in the city. He founded an anniversary mass in the Abbey of St. Martin, the Abbey of St. Symphorian and the Abbey of St. Andoche, all in Autun. |
John C. Colt | Aftermath | that the son she bore was Samuel Colt's and not John Colt's. In a 1953 biography about Samuel Colt based largely on family letters, Edwards wrote that John's marriage to Caroline was a way to legitimize her son, Sammy. Samuel Colt had abandoned her because he felt she was not fit to be the wife of an industrialist and divorce was a social stigma at the time. Samuel Colt cared for the child named Samuel Caldwell Colt financially with a large allowance and paid for his tuition in what was described as "the finest private schools". In correspondence |
Human rights in Finland | Women's rights | of Finland.
In 1878, in Porvoo, Charlotta Backman became the first female director of a post office.
In 1886, Vera Hjält (born 1857 - died 1947) opened a factory to manufacture her patented carpenters' bench. In 1903, she became the first woman in Finland to be made a trade inspector. She was required to end disputes and strikes. She worked to end discrimination against women in the work place. Hjalt was a Member of Parliament for ten years.
Tekla Hultin (born 1864) was the first woman to receive a doctorate from the University of Helsinki (then the Helsingin Keisarillinen Aleksanterin yliopisto.) She went |
John H. Owen | Early life | John H. Owen Early life John H. Owen was born in Savannah, Georgia on June 22, 1922, though he lived in Quincy, Florida from his early childhood to his early 20s. Following high school he attended the University of Florida and earned a B.S. in three years with honours. He then attended Northwestern University in Chicago until becoming enlisted in the Navy in 1943. The three years of his Naval service during World War II were spent in the North Atlantic, Mediterranean Sea, Pacific, Philippines, China Sea, Korea, Japan, and Okinawa Island. Following his service in the War, Owen resumed |
John Traphagan | Career | Boren (NSEP) Area and Language Studies Doctoral Fellowship, beginning in 1994. He was a visiting research fellow at the University of Tokyo Institute of Oriental.
Studies in 1995–1996; a visiting researching at Iwate University, Morioka, Japan, in 1998; a National Institute on Aging postdoctoral fellow at the University of Michigan Population Studies Center from 1997 to 1999; and a teaching fellow at the University of Pittsburgh Department of Anghtropology in 1994. In 1995–1996 he was a Fulbright Scholar to Japan. Altogether, Traphagan spent 4 years doing ethnographic research in Japan.
From 2001 to 2006 Traphagan was an assistant professor in the Department |
Joint Base San Antonio | Randolph Air Force Base | architecture in which all structures including hangars were constructed. The symbol of the base is a large water tower atop Building 100, housing the headquarters for Randolph's major flying unit, the 12th Flying Training Wing (12 FTW). With its distinctive architecture, the wing's headquarters has come to be known throughout the Air Force as "the Taj Mahal," or simply "The Taj".
Randolph Air Force Base is home to more than 30 Department of Defense units including Headquarters Air Education and Training Command, Air Force Personnel Center, Air Force Recruiting Service, and the 12th Flying Training Wing.
The 902d Mission Support Group |
Joint Base San Antonio | Lackland Air Force Base | Air Force. Lackland is the Air Force's only site for enlisted basic military training, and also offers professional and technical skills, and English language training for members of the U.S. Air Force, other military services, government agencies, and allies. Its four primary training functions graduate more than 86,000 students annually.
The 502d Installation Support Group performs the installation support mission, supporting the 25,000 people at Lackland. The 502d ISG is the largest support group in CONUS. Its 2,300 personnel provide numerous services including security forces, protection, personnel services, communications, infrastructure support, lodging, recreational activities and food services.
Other major |
Japonicana | Chart performance | the American Billboard charts peaked at number ten on Dance/Electronic Albums charts, number thirteen on Heatseekers Albums, number two on Heatseekers Pacific, and number ten on Heatseekers Middle Atlantic chart. |
It's Only Rock 'n Roll | History & Recording | temple staircase, surrounded by young girls and women worshiping them in Grecian clothing. The artist refused to sign a deal of exclusivity, and in 1974 provided the album art for David Bowie's Diamond Dogs. Recording The album was at first developed as a half-live, half-studio production with one side of the album featuring live performances from the Stones' European tour while the other side was to be composed of newly recorded cover versions of the band's favourite R&B songs. Covers recorded included a take of Dobie Gray's "Drift Away", Jimmy Reed's "Shame Shame Shame,” and The Temptations' "Ain't Too Proud |
Jane Alexander (bishop) | Early life and teaching career & Ministry | her family in 1990, Alexander earned a Master of Education degree in 1993, followed by a Ph.D. degree in educational psychology in 1996, both from the University of Alberta. She then worked as a professor in educational psychology at the University of Alberta. Ministry In 1998 Alexander was ordained as a deacon. She was ordained as a priest in 2001 after earning her Masters of Theological Studies from Newman Theological College, a private Roman Catholic college. She worked at a number of parishes in the Diocese of Edmonton. In 2006 she was appointed Dean of All |
John Hartford | Works | the stately and orderly Annual Waltz to the rougher and less cut recordings that typified many of his later albums.
Aereo-Plain and Morning Bugle are often considered to be Hartford's most influential work, coming as they did at the very beginning of a period in which artists such as Hartford and the New Grass Revival, led by Sam Bush, would create a new form of country music, blending their country backgrounds with influences from a number of other sources. His later years saw a number of live albums, as well as recordings that explored the repertoire of old-time folk music. |
John Edmund Parry | History | Saskatoon Peace Coalition. He sought the NDP nomination for Saskatoon—Wanuskewin for the 2004 federal election, but lost to Priscilla Settee.
He was nominated as the NDP candidate for Saskatoon—Wanuskewin in 2005, but when the election was delayed until 2006 he resigned his nomination when offered a position in Swift Current, and Jim Maddin was chosen as his replacement.
Parry returned to Saskatoon later in 2006 and embarked on a career managing NGOs. He held three Executive Directorships before retirement in 2010. He was again nominated to contest Saskatoon—Wanuskewin; the General Election came in 2011 and he finished second, despite polling the |
John Ddumba Ssentamu | Background & Education | John Ddumba Ssentamu Background He was born in 1953, in Masaka District, Buddu County, Central Uganda. Education Professor Ddumba Ssentamu attended St. Mary's College Kisubi for his 0-Level and A-Level classes (S1-S6). He then entered Makerere University in 1974, to study Economics, graduating with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Economics (BA.Econ.), in 1977. He then left Makerere to pursue further studies in Canada.
He obtained the degree of Master of Arts in Economics (MA.Econ.), from the University of Waterloo, in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada in 1979. He then returned to Makerere to pursue his doctorate degree, graduating with the degree |
Jeffrey Laitman | Education and teaching & Biography | He has been particularly successful in mentoring faculty, many of whom have won educational awards both from Mount Sinai and international societies. Laitman has created Teaching Assistant programs for advanced medical and graduate students that allow them to learn how to teach while gaining an even greater knowledge of anatomy. He has been the recipient of many recognitions for teaching and mentorship both within Mount Sinai and from societies around the world. Biography Laitman took his bachelor's degree at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, from which he graduated Summa Cum Laude with honors in |
Gokaigers | Ranger Keys | of the Black Knight Key. Then later the remaining Ranger Keys are retrieved by Gokai Silver after all of the supporting warriors that Basco summoned are all defeated by the Gokaigers using the Ohrangers' Great Power, the Ohre Bazooka, and Goujyujin's finisher before Sally could get them.
In Gokaiger Goseiger Super Sentai 199 Hero Great Battle, it is revealed that past Super Sentai warriors are able to regain their powers when they take their respective Ranger Keys into their possession. This occurs when the Goseigers steal their keys from the Gokaigers during the latter team's battle with the Zangyack Empire and |
John Hartford | Life | John Hartford Life Harford (changed his name to Hartford later in life at the behest of Chet Atkins) was born on December 30, 1937, in New York City to parents Carl and Mary Harford. He spent his childhood in St. Louis, Missouri, were he was exposed to the influence that shaped much of his career and music: the Mississippi River. From the time he got his first job on the river, at age 16, Hartford was on, around, or singing about the river.
His early musical influences came from the broadcasts of the Grand Ole Opry, and included Earl |
Jodie Moore | Politics & Recent years | for the Australian Senate twice. Recent years In 2008, Moore was interviewed by 60 Minutes for an investigative piece regarding the sexualisation of Australian youth in recent years. Also included in the interview was Moore's mother and Kiki Vidis, a more recent Australian pornographic actress. |
Joint Base San Antonio | Fort Sam Houston | Brigade, Brooke Army Medical Center, the Institute of Surgical Research, the Army Medical Department Center and School, the Army Medical Command and the 502d Air Base Wing.
Fort Sam Houston provides facilities to and support for the activities of garrison units and other tenant organizations. The post also supports the thousands of Army Reserve and National Guard soldiers who train there year round. Soldiers from Fort Sam Houston have participated in every American War since 1845 and have deployed worldwide in support of post-Cold War contingency operations.
Together with Camp Stanley, Camp Bullis is part of the Leon Springs Military Reservation. Camp |
I Still Believe in Santa Claus | Song information | I Still Believe in Santa Claus Song information "Toyland" originated in the 1903 operetta Babes in Toyland. "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" by George Hall & the Hotel Taft Orchestra with Sonny Schuyler on vocal is the only recording of the song to have charted in conjunction with its publication in 1934, reaching number 12. "When You Wish upon a Star" won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for its inclusion in the 1940 film Pinocchio and had separate renditions make the charts that same year by Cliff Edwards, Horace Heidt, Guy Lombardo, and Glenn Miller, and Bing |
Ita Aber | Early life and career & Today | Museum, the Cooper-Hewitt Museum and other venues throughout the eastern United States. With her teaching and the founding of the Pomegranate Guild, Aber has sought to encourage women to show their womanhood through their artwork, and to learn how to respect themselves through their artistic efforts. Today Aber's artistic-related archives are held at the Archives of American Art, with other archival collections being held by the National Museum of Women in the Arts. Her family's papers are held at Yeshiva University. |
James P. Hoffa | 1999 | and friends. The new contract averted a national strike and included pension gains, job security language and significant wage increases.
"The new union leader is being closely watched in part because he has pledged to restore unity in Teamsters' ranks in the wake of a divisive campaign finance scandal."
Two-thousand full-time jobs were created after Teamster pressure on United Parcel Service (UPS) as part of the commitment made by the 1997 contract. "My administration sent UPS management a very clear message. We expect UPS to meet their obligations under the 1997 agreement, and we will not tolerate company delays or numbers manipulation." |
Jared Nickens | College career | scored in double figures seven times, including a 14-point performance against South Dakota State in the NCAA Tournament. After the season, Nickens and teammate Jaylen Brantley popularized the dance craze "Running Man Challenge," which became a viral sensation. The two appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.
He received fewer minutes during his junior season due to the arrival of Kevin Huerter and a poor shooting start to the season. Nickens scored in double figures once, with 12 points in a victory against Michigan. Despite not playing much as a junior, Nickens hit the game-tying three-point shot which resulted in an 84-76 |
Independence (schooner) | Prehistory & Construction | seals could be found in plenitude.
Arriving in what is now known as Eastern Cove on the north coast of Kangaroo Island, Pendleton took the decision to winter here and, presumably to increase the quantity of skins that could be taken to Sydney, construct a smaller vessel to work alongside Union in its sealing activities. Construction As was common practice at the time, Union carried the frame of a small schooner. This, possibly with the addition of some locally sourced timber, was used to build a smaller vessel. It appears that Baudin had lost a longboat whilst surveying the coastline of |
Jane Addams | Sociology | amelioration," which took place in the "vast sociological laboratory" that was 19th-century Chicago. Although, untenured, women residents of Hull House taught classes in the Chicago Sociology Department. During and after World War I the focus of the Chicago Sociology Department shifted away from social activism toward a more positivist orientation. Social activism was also associated with communism and a "weaker" woman's work orientation. In response to this change, women sociologists in the department "were moved inmasse out of sociology and into social work" in 1920 The contributions of Jane Addams and other Hull House residents were buried in |
Jean de Laforcade, Seigneur de La Fitte | Brief History of Auvillar | in this period.
Shortly before 8 January 1590, the sieur de Laforcade died during his term in office as First President of the Chambre des Comptes of Navarre (Premier président en la Chambre). Brief History of Auvillar Jean de Laforcade, Seigneur de La Fitte spent much of the period of 1555-72, and perhaps longer, in Auvillar, in various roles in the treasury and as Governor of the Château d'Auvillar, a territory of the Albret family since 1527. As such, he was a central figure in the strife between Protestant and Catholics in the territory.
Marguerite of Angoulême, aka Marguerite d'Orléans, married 9 |
Jane Addams | Ethics | teach by example, to practice cooperation, and to practice social democracy, that is, egalitarian, or democratic, social relations across class lines." Thus Hull House offered a comprehensive program of civic, cultural, recreational, and educational activities and attracted admiring visitors from all over the world, including William Lyon Mackenzie King, a graduate student from Harvard University who later became prime minister of Canada. In the 1890s Julia Lathrop, Florence Kelley, and other residents of the house made it a world center of social reform activity. Hull House used the latest methodology (pioneering in statistical mapping) to study overcrowding, truancy, typhoid fever, |
Jane Loevinger | Education and accomplishments | school at the University of California, Berkeley, where she was a research assistant for Erik Erikson.
In 1943, Loevinger married Samuel Isaac Weissman (June 25, 1912 – June 12, 2007), a scientist who contributed to the Manhattan Project. They had a son and a daughter. Samuel Weissman worked on the weapon design of the atomic bomb in New Mexico, while Loevinger stayed at Berkeley to finish her dissertation. The family then moved to St. Louis where Jane taught part-time at the Washington University in St. Louis.
After growing frustrated with her time teaching and facing the societal pressures of being a |
John Keells Holdings | 2010 - Present | stake. JKH also acquired 5.6 million shares of Union Assurance PLC, and increased its stake to 95.6 per cent. Ceylon Cold Stores added “KIK” as its cola brand in its portfolio of soft drinks. JKH's property arm commenced construction of “OnThree20”, a 475 unit apartment complex in the heart of Colombo. Walkers Tours and Whitall Boutstead became the only destination management companies to obtain both ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certifications.
In 2012, “The Emperor” apartment project at Crescat City, Colombo was completed. Chaaya Tranz Hikkaduwa and Chaaya Wild Yala were re-opened after refurbishment. JKH was ranked number one in |
John Adams High School (Indiana) | Location & History | John Adams High School (Indiana) Location The campus is located between the historic River Park and Sunnymede neighborhoods in South Bend, Indiana. The neighborhood is on the east side of town, and Adams is referred to as "The Pride of the East Side". The school sits on around 20 acres (81,000 m²) across from Indiana University South Bend.
School Field, the home stadium for Adams football, is on the other side of the Sunnymede neighborhood, next to Jefferson Middle School. History John Adams High School opened on September 30, 1940 as part of a program sponsored by the Federal Works Agency |
Joint Intelligence Committee (United Kingdom) | History & Role in the Iraq dossier | Joint Intelligence Committee (United Kingdom) History The JIC was founded on 7 July 1936 as a sub-committee of the Committee of Imperial Defence, the advisory peacetime defence planning agency. During World War II, it became the senior intelligence assessment body in the UK. In 1957 the JIC moved to the Cabinet Office, where its assessments staff prepare draft intelligence assessments for the committee to consider. Role in the Iraq dossier The JIC played a controversial role in compiling a dossier in which the UK government highlighted the threat posed by Iraq's weapons of mass destruction in the run up to |
John Stuart Williams | Civil War & Postbellum | Kentucky regiments in the cavalry of Joseph Wheeler in June 1864. He received a formal resolution of thanks from the Second Confederate Congress in the fall of 1864 for his actions at the Battle of Saltville. He surrendered in 1865. Postbellum Williams returned home following the war and went on to engage in agricultural pursuits, with his residence in Winchester, Kentucky.
He again became a member of the State House in 1873 and 1875. He ran unsuccessfully for Governor of Kentucky in 1875, and was a presidential elector on the Democratic ticket in 1876. He was elected to the United States |
Jerzy Sikorski | Education | publication of Copernicus' resting place at Frombork’s cathedral in 1973, which was confirmed archaeologically in 2005.
In the fall of 1955 Sikorski enrolled at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, where he chose to study under professor Karol Górski, who among other scholarly pursuits studied and researched the life and politics of Copernicus' maternal uncle, Bishop Lucas Watzenrode. Sikorski wrote his master’s thesis on Watzenrode, and subsequently wrote his doctoral dissertation "Polish monarchy and Warmia at the end of the 15th century: Issues in systemic-law and politics".
Upon completing of his academic studies at the Nicolas Copernicus University |
Jesse H. Jones | 1928 Democratic National Convention & Reconstruction Finance Corporation | the decision by the Democratic Convention to select a site, though Walter Lippman and the New York Evening Post predicted that Houston would be chosen. Reconstruction Finance Corporation After President Hoover signed the Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC) bill in 1932, the Republican chose Jones as one of the three to serve on its first board of directors. When Hoover sought advice from ranking Democrats about candidates for the board, Jones was the sole recommendation of House Speaker John Nance Garner. The Hoover RFC was an ambitious program. Upon opening, the RFC had 300 staff positions available. Soon it conveyed hundreds |
Infibeam | Payments & Marketplace & Infibeam Pi | Ltd, a UAE-based payment gateway. Vivian claims to process of about 2,500 transactions with a transaction value of AED 2 million. Marketplace In August 2013, Infibeam launched the e-commerce marketplace Dhamaal.com in association with CCAvenue. Dhamaal has a selection of 1fifteen million products. The website is built on Buildabazaar platform, and is extended as a co-branded marketplace with fifty Indian banks. Infibeam Pi In February 2010, Infibeam launched Pi, an e-book reader that uses E-Ink electronic paper technology. Pi has a six-inch screen with eight level grayscale non-backlit display. The device has the capability to play music files, read Word |
Jamestown Rediscovery | Notable figures | from the other burials and located in a place of honor near one of the fort's gates. The individual had been buried in a coffin, along with a staff signifying leadership. It had long been thought that Baron De La Warr, who died en route back to the colony from England on his second trip, had been buried elsewhere but some recent research concluded that his body was in fact brought to Jamestown for burial. Some theorize the remains to be that of Captain Bartholomew Gosnold, one of the organizers of the colony, though others have claimed it to be |
Ixkun | Monuments | record a military alliance between the two kings against an unknown city that could be Ixtonton. Ixtun Stela 1 is the largest known stela in the southeastern Petén region, measuring 4.13 metres (13.5 ft) tall, and is one of the tallest stelae in the entire Petén Basin. Stela 1 is almost unique in the southeastern Petén in depicting two important personages facing each other, the only other example comes from Sacul. The principal figures on the stela carry staffs of rulership, and two bound war captives are carved underneath the main figures. The same event is depicted on the stylistically similar |
Iris shot | null | one liner before the iris closes, or holding the iris open to try and continue a monologue. Mister Rogers' Neighborhood uses this technique at the beginning and end of the Neighborhood of Make Believe segments, usually when the Trolley goes through the tunnel on the left side of the Castle, and through the right side of Mister Rogers house. |
Ji Yun | Background & Career | Ji Yun Background Ji Yun was born in Xian County of Hebei Province. When he was young, he was deemed intelligent. His father Ji Rongsu was a civil minister and archaeologist. Career In 1747, Ji Yun rose to intellectual prominence after winning the highest distinction in the provincial examinations. Several years later, in 1754, he attained the jinshi degree, whereupon he entered the Hanlin Academy.
Ji Yun's career was not, however, smooth sailing. In 1768, he became an accessory in a bribery case after he tipped off a brother-in-law about the severity of charges pending against him, for which crime he |
Jan Ullrich | 1999 Vuelta a España | 8. On stage 11, Ullrich gained 30 seconds back on Olano. Ullrich took the lead on stage 12 won by Igor González de Galdeano, Olano faltered due to a broken rib and finished seven minutes behind Ullrich. He later abandoned the race.
Gonzales de Galdeano had moved into second overall and became a threat to Ullrich. On stage 18 Banesto and other Spanish teams tried to crack Ullrich, who struggled on the final climb but recovered to limit his losses to González. In the final time trial, Ullrich won by almost three minutes and built his overall lead to four minutes |
Jerzy Borejsza | Biography | the founders of the Union of Polish Patriots – an organization from which the communist government of post-war Poland in part originated. Borejsza served with the rank of major in the Red Army, and then in the Polish First Army.
He joined the new pro-Soviet Polish communist party, the Polish Workers' Party, and became a deputy to the State National Council. He organized much of communist propaganda in post-war Poland and was a leading figure in the implementation of state control and censorship in the area of culture. He created the giant publishing house Czytelnik ('The Reader'). Borejsza favored a moderate |
John F. Miller (American football) | Playing career & Coaching career & Athletic director | John F. Miller (American football) Playing career Miller played football, basketball, and baseball at Warrensburg Teachers College—now known as the University of Central Missouri. Coaching career Miller was the head football (1919), basketball (1916–1917, 1918–1919), and baseball (1918, 1920–1921) coach at the University of Missouri.
Miller was the head football coach at Albion College in Albion, Michigan. He held that position for three seasons, from 1921 until 1923. His coaching record at Albion was 18–6–2. Athletic director Miller served as the athletic director at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina. |
John Daborne | Family | He was buried on 1 Sept 1548 at St Mary's, Guildford. Their daughter Maud married Richard Morris of Suffolk, who was Master of the Ironmongers' Company, London. |
John C. Colt | Verdict | acted in self-defense as Adams had been choking him and Colt's only means to defend himself was to grab a nearby weapon. His defense for hiding the body was temporary insanity. Whiting countered in a two-hour-long rebuttal that the killing was premeditated; he alluded to Colt's demeanor at the trial, the taking of Adams' watch, the leaving of a hatchet in plain view, and Colt's method of disposing of the body as evidence contradicting Colt's claim that his actions were that of an innocent man acting in self-defense. Judge Kent dismissed the argument for self-defense based on |
Jésus Etcheverry | null | musical director at the opera house in Nancy, a post he held from 1947 until 1957. He also conducted the summer opera seasons in Luchon, Enghien and Angoulême.
In 1957, he was named first conductor at the Opéra-Comique, where he remained until 1972. Beginning in 1966, he also conducted at the Palais Garnier. He became musical director of the opera house in Nantes in 1972, and then took the musical direction of the opera house in Nancy in 1977.
Although his career was essentially spent in France, he did make guest appearances abroad, notably in London, Lausanne and Barcelona, where he |
Jadar (Drina) | River | section of the upper course (some 10 km) has been regulated in 1988, but the remaining 20 km until the Jadar's mouth into the Drina still hasn't. Only in 2005 the river spilled over 12 times (see 2005 European floods). The proposed project would also straighten the Jadar's mouth and make it 5 km shorter. |
Jesse H. Jones | Publishing | side against the KKK. This relationship became strained in 1925 when Jones voiced his opposition to Foster's support of Miriam Ferguson for governor of Texas. They were in agreement with her strong stance against the Klan, but Jones refused to support her candidacy because of the corruption of her husband during his tenure as governor.
In 1926, Jones became the sole owner of the Houston Chronicle and named himself as publisher. At the time of the purchase, the paper had a daily readership of 75,000 and the company was valued at $2.5 million (equivalent to $28,000,000 in 2016). When Jones opened |
Infamous Assassinations | Episode 1: Ernst Röhm & Episode 2: Che Guevara & Episode 3: Princess Anne | Infamous Assassinations Episode 1: Ernst Röhm On 1 July 1934 in Munich, the SA leader Röhm was killed on Adolf Hitler's orders, shortly after many other Nazis were also killed on Hitler's orders, on what became known as the Night of the Long Knives. Hitler ordered the killings to prevent any rivals within his party from gaining more power than he was comfortable with. Episode 2: Che Guevara On 9 October 1967 in La Higuera, Bolivia, Argentine communist guerrilla leader Guevara was shot dead by the Bolivian army. Episode 3: Princess Anne On 20 March 1974 in central London, a |
Johor Bahru–Singapore Rapid Transit System | History | city skyline along the Johor Straits. He also questioned the need for both countries to engage separate contractors to build portions of the link in their respective countries and the involvement of Prasarana Malaysia in the joint operating company with SMRT Corporation instead of the Johor state government. As such, he wanted the overall plan to be reviewed to ensure that it would be "logical, economical and sustainable".
A memorandum of understanding between SMRT Corporation and Prasarana Malaysia was signed in September 2017 to form a joint venture company to operate the link. Details such as control of the operating company |
Giacomo Puccini | Puccini at Torre del Lago | love hunting, I love cars: and for these things, in the isolation of Torre del Lago, I keep the faith." ("Amo la caccia, adoro l’automobile: e a questo e a quella nelle solitudini di Torre del Lago serbo intera la mia fede.")
By 1900, he had acquired land and built a villa on the lake, now known as the "Villa Museo Puccini". He lived there until 1921, when pollution produced by peat works on the lake forced him to move to Viareggio, a few kilometres north. After his death, a mausoleum was created in the Villa Puccini and the composer is |
Johnny Carey | Irish international & FAI XI | of Ireland-based FAI claimed jurisdiction over the whole of Ireland and selected players from the whole island. As a result, several notable Irish players from this era, including Carey played for both teams. In September 1946 Carey, along with Bill Gorman, even played for both teams within three days of each other, both times against England. On 28 September at Windsor Park he played for the IFA XI in a 7–2 defeat. Then on 30 September at Dalymount Park he played for the FAI XI in a 1–0 defeat. FAI XI Between 1937 and 1953 Carey made 29 appearances and |
J. Hector St. John de Crèvecœur | St. Peter's, New York & Later life | 1785 Portuguese consul Jose Roiz Silva, Spanish consul Tomas Stoughton and others sought to rent the vacant Exchange building and deemed Crevecoeur the best one to make the approach.
Although Crevecoeur was relatively indifferent to religion, he was sympathetic to the idea of liberty of conscience, and a friend of Lafayette. When the proposal was rejected, Crevecoeur was insulted and became very active in working for the establishment of the first Catholic church in the city. He later served as president of the first Board of Trustees of St. Peter's Church on Barclay Street. Later life In 1784, he published a |
Jim Leslie (journalist) | Recent studies | murders of Leslie and Griffiths. Elliott Stonecipher, a political consultant, analyst, and friend of Leslie, was reported as saying that he "never once doubted that D'Artois was behind the assassination." Stonecipher said that Leslie had told him that he believed D'Artois would try to have him killed. Others had suggested in 1976 and 1977 that passage of the controversial right-to-work bill may have been the catalyst for Leslie's homicide, but the East Baton Rouge Parish police said there was no evidence for that. They said they found many strands between D'Artois and Leslie's killers.
Leslie is interred at Forest Park East |
John Davidson (ice hockey) | Broadcasting career & Executive career | Davidson was known as a broadcaster for his signature phrase of "Oh, baby!" He was also featured in full motion videos shot for the EA Sports video game NHL 97.
Davidson co-authored the book Hockey for Dummies with sportswriter John Steinbreder. Executive career Davidson was named president of the St. Louis Blues on June 30, 2006. He left the Blues after agreeing to a buyout of his contract on October 9, 2012. He was then named president of the Columbus Blue Jackets on October 24, 2012, and held this position until his resignation on May 17, 2019.
On May 17, 2019, Davidson |
It's a Family Affair-We'll Settle It Ourselves | History | birthday party.
In 1860 Family Affair was finally declared eligible for the theatre production. The reason for the permission was two-fold: Ostrovsky agreed to make several changes and the general state of the Imperial Theatres' repertoire has been recognized in the report as quite deplorable. In the early 1861 the Family Affair was premiered in Saint Petersburg as Yulia Linskaya's benefice and enjoyed great success. Two weeks later it was staged by Maly Theatre in Moscow, with Prov Sadovsky (as Podkhalyuzin) using his skillful art of gesticulation to express without words some of the things the author had been forced to |
John C. Colt | Early life | Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. The next year his sister Sarah Ann committed suicide by swallowing arsenic; one newspaper account stated it was due to a fight with her stepmother and another said she "took a morbid view of her doom to labor" until her "fortitude and her mind gave way". Devastated by this loss, John vowed to "leave the country and pass the rest of his days in some foreign land". In despair, he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. His orders were for a Mediterranean cruise on the U.S.S. Constitution; illness prevented him from serving on the ship |
Jhen Wen Academy | History & Architecture | gate which was finished in 1989. Architecture The academy has only two layers. The main hall and the wing room are made of bricks. The statues on the roof have shapes of flowers and birds. Stony drums are put in front of the middle door and act as one part of foundation of pillars. Sculptures can be divided into stone carving and wood carving. |
If It Was That Easy | Critical reception | If It Was That Easy Critical reception Richard Amery of L.A. Beat wrote that "Wills combines elements of Clint Black, Alan Jackson and Gord Bamford on a variety of upbeat, catchy country rockers which are definitely Top 40 country radio friendly." |
John Edmund Parry | History | highest vote ever there for the NDP. |
John Smith Samuel | Life | John Smith Samuel Sir John Smith Samuel KBE FRSE DL (1870–1934) was an early 20th century Scottish master of ceremonies, acting as Ceremonial Secretary to the City of Glasgow and as Private Secretary to the Lord Provost of Glasgow. Life He was born on 2 April 1870.
In 1902 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Magnus Maclean, John Glaister, James Dalrymple Duncan Dalrymple and John Horne.
From 1903 he served as Secretary to John Ure Primrose. At that time he lived at 8 Park Avenue.
He then consecutively served Sir William Bilsland, Sir |
Jamestown Canyon encephalitis | Lifecycle & Molecular biology | of land use. Molecular biology The full genome has been sequenced. The authors found a relatively high level of amino acid sequence conservation from viruses isolated 57 years apart "indicating that the virus is in relative evolutionary stasis". They also found JCV to be genetically similar to Inkoo virus in Northern Europe (Finland, Sweden), "suggesting that much of the northern hemisphere contains JCV or similar variants".
The negative sense RNA genome is in three segments. The L segment encodes the L endonuclease (an RNA-dependent RNA polymerase enzyme) for genome replication and mRNA synthesis. The M segment encodes a polyprotein, further cleaved |
Howard David Higgins | Ordination & Seminary professor | the assistant bishop of the New York and Philadelphia synod. In October of the same year he was made coadjutor at the request of Bishop William Culbertson. When Culbertson resigned in 1942 to accept a position teaching at Moody Bible Institute, Higgins became the bishop of the synod. In 1957, he was elected as the president and presiding bishop of the denomination, a position to which he was re-elected in 1963. Seminary professor Higgins’ teaching career at the seminary begin in 1930 with the death of Bishop Rudolph. At first, he taught Systematic theology, Biblical ethics and English Bible. Upon |
John G. Agar (lawyer) | Career | and encourage those in the graphic arts to exchange views, publish books and periodicals, hold exhibitions and lectures, and promote higher education in the arts. In 1924, he was award the AIGA Medal.
In 1916, he was appointed Knight of the Order of St Gregory by Pope Benedict XV and was a trustee of St. Patrick's Cathedral. And in 1928, he became president of the Arts Council of New York City.
In 1926, Agar successfully petitioned the New York Court of Appeals to raise the requirements for admission to the bar. Agar produced a report with the Committee on Character that described |
J. Marion Shull | Career | and Silver Medals of the Garden Club of America in 1926 and to become the ancestor of other successful varieties. Shull also served an accredited judge for the AIS and won the society's Distinguished Service Medal.
Shull's 1931 book Rainbow Fragments: A Garden Book of the Iris covers the history of iris breeding, cultivation tips, and hybridization techniques in Shull's characteristically "flowery and poetic" prose. It is one of the earliest books to include color plates of irises (along with black-and-white photos showing different aspects of iris cultivation), and Shull himself painted the eight color plates, which are placed before the |
Jack W. Mathis | Biography & Medal of Honor citation | Force Base in San Angelo, Texas was named in his honor in 1966. Mathis Municipal Airport in San Angelo was named in honor of both Mathis brothers in 1988. Medal of Honor citation Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Corps, 359th Bomb Squadron, 303d Bomb Group. Place and date: Over Vegesack, Germany, March 18, 1943. Entered service at: San Angelo, Tex. Born: September 25, 1921, San Angelo, Tex. G.O. No.: 38, July 12, 1943.
Citation:
For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty in action with the enemy over Vegesack, Germany, on March 18, 1943. 1st |
John Hartford | Life | Scruggs, nominal inventor of the three-finger bluegrass style of banjo playing. Hartford said often that the first time he heard Earl Scruggs pick the banjo changed his life. By age 13, Hartford was an accomplished old-time fiddler and banjo player, and he soon learned to play guitar and mandolin as well. Hartford formed his first bluegrass band while attending John Burroughs School, a local private high school.
After high school, he enrolled at Washington University in St. Louis, completed four years of a commercial arts program and dropped out to focus on music; however, he did receive a degree in 1960. |
Jamaica, Iowa | Economy & Arts and culture & Government | and Dwell, is located in Jamaica. Arts and culture Near to Jamaica is an octagon barn built in 1881, one of seven in Iowa to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The metal band Slipknot filmed the music video for "Psychosocial" here. They also recorded their fourth album All Hope Is Gone here. Government LaDonna Kennedy was elected mayor in 2015 but resigned in January 2019 after being arrested on charges related to marijuana found growing in her basement. |
Jean Harbor | Professional | defeated them in the title game; Harbor scored the lone goal in the Impact's 1–0 victory. In March 1995, Harbor signed with the indoor Buffalo Blizzard of the NPSL. The Blizzard were making a final push for the playoffs. While the Blizzard made the playoffs, they fell to the Cleveland Crunch in the first round. Harbor played seven regular season games, scoring two goals, then another three games in the playoffs for the Blizzard. In April 1995, Major League Soccer (MLS) signed Harbor. However, when the league delayed its first season by a year, the league |
Itahar | Education & Healthcare | children was launched in 2005 in Uttar Dinajpur district. As on 30 April 2015, 602,557 children in 3,006 schools were covered under this programme. Healthcare With the 2008 bird flu outbreak in West Bengal, 16,000 birds were destroyed in Gualadar and Surun gram panchayats under Itahar police station, but some villagers refused to kill their birds and health workers had to retreat from such villages.
In 2013, Itahar CD Block had 1 block primary health centre and 3 primary health centres, with total 52 beds and 3 doctors (excluding private bodies). It had 42 family welfare subcentres. 3,038 patients were treated |
Jonathan Wathen | Life and career | Hospital. Presumably he carried on his duties at these institutions in conjunction with his private practice.
Jonathan married Anne Waller, the widow of John Allen, on 8 June 1761 at St Botolph-without-Bishopsgate in London. Although he never had children of his own, Anne did have one daughter Mary Allen from her previous marriage. When this daughter in 1764 wed Joshua Phipps, Jonathan Wathen signed the church record as witness, and he is often listed as the grandfather of Mary's only son Jonathan Wathen Phipps (b. 1769), whereas he is in fact the step grandfather.
Although Jonathan Wathen never received any formal medical |
Incisoscutum | Pelvic claspers | some extant sharks. |
José Arnaiz | Valladolid & Barcelona | until 2019, and was definitely promoted to the first team.
Arnaiz scored his first professional goal on 21 August 2016, netting the game's only in a home success over Real Oviedo. On 8 October, he scored a brace in a 2–0 home win against AD Alcorcón, and finished the campaign with 12 goals, being a key unit as his side failed to qualify for the play-offs. Barcelona On 25 August 2017, FC Barcelona reached an agreement with Valladolid for the transfer of Arnaiz. He signed a three-year contract with the club three days later, being initially assigned to their B-side also |
Jane Addams | Legacy | of her best known disciples, Viola Spolin taught in the Recreational Theater Program at Hull House during the WPA era. Spolin went on to be a pioneer in the improvisational theater movement in the US and the inventor of Theater Games.
The main legacy left by Jane Addams includes her involvement in the creation of the Hull House, impacting communities and the whole social structure, reaching out to colleges and universities in hopes of bettering the educational system, and passing on her knowledge to others through speeches and books. She paved the way for women by publishing several books and |
Jordan Kuwait Bank | Related organizations | Jordan Kuwait Bank Related organizations Jordan Kuwait Bank holds a controlling shares of more than 50% in the United Financial Investments Company (Jordan) and a10% stake in Gulf Bank Algeria. |
It's Only Rock 'n Roll | Recording | not blaming Jimmy or anything like that... But it was obvious that it was time for a change in that particular part of the process of making records."
Starting with this release, all future Rolling Stones albums would either be produced by themselves or in collaboration with an outside producer.
Most of the album's backing tracks were recorded first at Musicland; solo vocals were recorded later by Jagger, about whom Richards would say, "he often comes up with his best stuff alone in the studio with just an engineer."
The song "Luxury" showed the band's growing interest in reggae music, while "Till the |
Johnny Carey | Early years | Johnny Carey Early years As a schoolboy, Carey played football for Home Farm. As a youth, he also played Gaelic football and was selected to represent Dublin at minor level before he signed for St James's Gate at the start of the 1936–37 season. After just two months of League of Ireland football, he was spotted by Billy Behan, a Dublin-based Manchester United scout. Behan convinced the United chief scout, Louis Rocca, to check him out and in November 1936 United signed him for a then League of Ireland record fee of £250. He made his debut as an inside-left |
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