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John Hartford | Life | song much wider publication. At the 1968 Grammys, the song netted four awards, two of which went to Hartford. It became one of the most widely recorded country songs of all time, and the royalties it brought in allowed Hartford great financial independence; Hartford later said that the song bought his freedom.
As his popularity grew, he moved to the West Coast, where he became a regular on the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour; other television appearances followed, as did recording appearances with several major country artists. Hartford played banjo and sang the vocal harmonies on the Guthrie Thomas song, "I'll |
John Yau | Awards & Family History | General Electric Foundation, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, and the Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists award (2002). In 2018, Yau was named a recipient of the Jackson Poetry Prize. Family History John Yau is descendant of the Zhang family of Nanxun, China, as described in Nelson and Laurence Chang's book "The Zhangs of Nanxun" (2010). Yau's maternal grandfather, the scholar Zhang Naiyan (1894-1958) had a PhD in Chemistry from the University of Geneva. In 1927, at the age of 33, he became the first President of the University at Nanjing, and in 1933 was appointed China's Ambassador |
Jehuda Reinharz | Biography & Academic career | of sociology at Brandeis University and founded and directed the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute and Women's Studies Research Center. She retired from her professorship and directing the Institute in 2017. They live in Brookline, MA. Their daughter Yael lives in Portland, Maine and Naomi lives in New York City. Academic career In 1972, Reinharz became the first professor of Jewish history at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, where he created the interdisciplinary program that formed the basis for the University's Frankel Center for Judaic Studies.
In 1982, he became the Richard Koret Professor of Modern Jewish History in the Department of |
Indian religions | Hindu literature & Jainism and Buddhism | These texts collectively called as Puranas allowed for a divine and mythical interpretation of the world, not unlike the ancient Hellenic or Roman religions. Legends and epics with a multitude of gods and goddesses with human-like characteristics were composed. Jainism and Buddhism The Gupta period marked a watershed of Indian culture: the Guptas performed Vedic sacrifices to legitimize their rule, but they also patronized Buddhism, which continued to provide an alternative to Brahmanical orthodoxy. Buddhism continued to have a significant presence in some regions of India until the 12th century.
There were several Buddhistic kings who worshiped Vishnu, such as the |
Jane Addams | Early life | she contracted tuberculosis of the spine, known as Potts's disease, which caused a curvature in her spine and lifelong health problems. This made it complicated as a child to function with the other children, considering she had a limp and could not run as well. As a child, she thought she was ugly and later remembered wanting not to embarrass her father, when he was dressed in his Sunday best, by walking down the street with him.
Addams adored her father, John H. Addams, when she was a child, as she made clear in the stories of her memoir, Twenty Years |
James Fry (Australian politician) | Biography & Public career | one son and one daughter. Fry died in February 1948 at Redcliffe and was buried in the Toowong Cemetery. Public career Fry held the seat of Kurilpa, first for the National then later the Queensland United Party and the Country and Progressive National Party in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1918 until his defeat by Labor's Patrick Copley in 1932. |
Joseph William Foster | Career | and the brothers saw a business still rooted in the 1930s.
Their Father and Uncle were now operating the business and very much like another Sports Shoe company, spent more time feuding than collaborating. The result was that in 1958 Joe and Jeff left the Foster business to set up a new Sports Shoe company.
6 miles down the road in the next town, Bury, the brothers founded Mercury Sports Footwear, which after 18 months they changed its name to REEBOK. Joe had been advised to protect their company’s name by registering it.
Finding the word Mercury was registered by another company started |
Irish Actors' Equity Association | null | Irish Actors' Equity Association The Irish Actors' Equity Association (IAEA) was a trade union representing actors and workers in related fields in Ireland.
The union was founded on 21 March 1941, its founder members including Liam Redmond. Originally known as the Writers, Actors, Artists and Musicians Association, it became the Irish Actors' Equity Association in 1949.
On 6 December 1979, the union merged into the Irish Transport and General Workers' Union. |
James P. Hoffa | 1996 campaign & 1999 | to Ron Carey, Hoffa's new role as president was considered by Teamster members as a chance to rebuild the union.
Hoffa was re-elected in 2001, 2006, 2011 and 2016 to five-year terms. 1999 "The first big test of the Hoffa administration" was the ratification in June 1999, of a four-year contract covering 13,000 carhaul members after an unprecedented amount of communication in the form of rallies, newsletters and a telephone hotline that was called more than 20,000 times over the course of the contract campaign. Solidarity rallies in Detroit, Los Angeles and Nashville attracted more than 6,000 carhaulers, family members |
John Erskine Clarke | null | in 1858. While he was at St Michael's he started the world's first commercial parish magazine inset, named Parish Magazine, in January 1859. He was an active supporter of the Derby Co-operative Society providing a library and as a representative of the Working Men's Association helped provide for a grocery store. He was also president of what was known as the Happy Home Union. In 1863 he founded The Children's Prize, a paper for young children later called The Prize. In 1866 he moved to St Andrew Derby and set to work with publisher William Macintosh to produce Chatterbox, a |
Josip Maganjić | Club career | Josip Maganjić Club career Born in nearby Sinj, Maganjić started his youth career at the local NK Junak Sinj, moving for two seasons to nearby NK Glavice, aged 10, at the age of 12, he returned to Junak, but got called up by Hajduk Split only a season later.
He found his place in the team quickly, becoming an U-15 youth international during his first season at the club. In 2016, as an U-17 youth international and considered to be one of the top players in the country in his age bracket, he was called up to the senior team |
Indian white-eye | Taxonomy & Description | white-eye (Zosterops simplex). Description This bird is small (about 8–9 cm long) with yellowish olive upper parts, a white eye ring, yellow throat and vent. The belly is whitish grey but may have yellow in some subspecies. The sexes look similar. The species is widespread and is part of a superspecies complex that includes Zosterops japonicus, Zosterops meyeni and possibly others. The taxonomy of the group is still unclear with some island populations being distinctive while some subspecies are not well supported. The population from Flores, Indonesia for instance is found closer to the pale white-eye. The family itself is now |
Justin Verlander | 2019: Third no-hitter, 3,000 strikeouts | struck out seven in his next outing against the Chicago White Sox to move into the top 20 on the all-time strikeouts list, surpassing Mike Mussina's total of 2,813.
On June 12, in a game against the Milwaukee Brewers, Verlander struck out a career-high 15 batters, 14 of them swinging, in just seven innings, but got a no-decision as the Astros lost the game in extra innings. On June 18, Verlander struck out eight Cincinnati Reds batters to move past Mickey Lolich for 19th place on the all-time strikeouts list.
Verlander was named to the American League All-Star team for the eighth |
Johnson South Reef | Territorial disputes & Military development | 64 Vietnamese soldiers, two Vietnamese boats being sunk, and the Chinese occupying the reef. The PRC government constructed an embankment building on the reef in the early 1990s.
In July 2012, to further reinforce their claim, a Chinese fleet of 29 fishing vessels from Hainan protected by Yuzheng 310 (a fishery administration patrol ship) spent 20 days fishing in the region. Military development During 2014, Chinese reclamation work expanded the usable surface area to 10.9 hectares (27 acres), accommodating what appears to be a military and radar base and a small harbour.
In late 2016, photographs emerged which suggested that the expanded |
Indian religions | Jainism and Buddhism & Tantra | Gupta Empire, Pala Empire, Malla Empire, Somavanshi, and Satavahana. Buddhism survived followed by Hindus. Tantra Tantrism originated in the early centuries CE and developed into a fully articulated tradition by the end of the Gupta period. According to Michaels this was the "Golden Age of Hinduism" (c. 320–650 CE), which flourished during the Gupta Empire (320 to 550 CE) until the fall of the Harsha Empire (606 to 647 CE). During this period, power was centralised, along with a growth of far distance trade, standardizarion of legal procedures, and general spread of literacy. Mahayana Buddhism flourished, but the orthodox Brahmana |
Higher education controversy in Odisha | Location of First IIT of India & Hot parliamentary issue | government in the field of higher education. An institution like IIT is a matter of honour for the home state and also a large investment. IIT Kharagpur, for example, is a crucial element of Kharagpur's economy. Hot parliamentary issue Politicians including the chief minister of Odisha, Mr. Naveen Patnaik, have sought to cast this festering issue as a sign of severe neglect of the state by the government in New Delhi led by the United Progressive Alliance (UPA). In May 2007, the issue became a major issue in the Indian parliament. In his words, “Orissa does not have a single |
Jamestown Rediscovery | Wealth of finds & Notable figures | the professional work done by the original settlers. Goldsmiths, bricklayers, masons, perfumers, tailors, fishermen, coopers, blacksmiths, glassmakers, carpenters, and tobacco pipe makers are among the dominant professions for which there is archaeological evidence. Notable figures The Jamestown Rediscovery project recovered and cataloged the remains of many of the original Jamestown settlers. For example, one of the first human finds was the skeleton of a higher-status man aged around 19-20 who died due to a musket shot to the lower right leg that shattered the bones there leading to a quick death. The skeleton was examined by Doug Owsley from the |
IdeaPad | IdeaPad Flex 10 & Ideapad Yoga series & IdeaPad Yoga 13 | any serious work.” Ideapad Yoga series Ideapad Yoga is a obsolete derivative of a Ideapad line. But currently, after producing a few shared laptop models, the Yoga line was divided into a different market niche. IdeaPad Yoga 13 The Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 13 is a hybrid notebook/tablet computer created by Lenovo and first announced at the International CES 2012 in January. The 13-inch Yoga was released by Lenovo on Oct. 26, 2012 at a price of $1,099. Best Buy released an alternative version of the Yoga 13 with an Intel Core i5 processor (vs. Lenovo's base model's i3 processor) and |
Jerzy Sikorski | Author & History of Science consultant | the Question of the Grave of Nicolaus Copernicus' Uncle Łukasz Watzenrode".
In 1973, in time for the 500th anniversary of Nicolas Copernicus' birth, Sikorski authored a popular monograph on the astronomer's life, work, and times. Three updated editions were published, in 1985, 1995, and 2011. History of Science consultant Dr Jerzy Sikorski is credited for history of science consultation in the opening titles to the Polish motion picture Kopernik, released in Toruń, Poland, on February 14, 1973. The film was released on the occasion of the world and United Nations celebrations of the 500th anniversary of Copernicus’ birth that were organized |
Johann Jacob Zschach | null | Johann Jacob Zschach Johann Jacob Zschach (1737 Leipzig - 1809) was a German naturalist and entomologist. He was a professor in Leipzig and Marburg and the curator of the Museum Leskeanum. |
Justin Verlander | 2018: 200 career wins, 2,500 strikeouts, Cy Young runner-up | Athletics. The win was Verlander's 200th career win, becoming the 114th pitcher (and third active pitcher) to reach the milestone, and only the 20th pitcher in Major League history to do so in 412 starts or fewer.
On September 10, in his first start in Detroit since being traded, Verlander got the win while allowing two runs on six hits in seven innings pitched. He struck out 10 Tigers batters, giving him 258 strikeouts this season. Verlander and Gerrit Cole became the first teammates to strike out at least 250 batters in the same season since Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling |
Johann Albrecht Bengel | Life and career | to concede considerable liberty. Bengel exerted himself on the side of the members of the consistory. In 1751 the University of Tübingen conferred upon him the degree of Doctor of Divinity. He died in Stuttgart, aged 65.
Bengel carried on an 18-year-long controversy with Nicolaus Ludwig, Count von Zinzendorf, leader of the Moravian Brethren from Herrnhut in Saxony. This led to a break between the Moravian Brethren and the dour Pietism typical of Württemberg, represented by Bengel. With his determined certainty giving him systematic insight into the divine Plan of Salvation, Bengel dogmatically opposed the dynamic, ecumenical, missionary efforts of Zinzendorf, |
Journal of Men, Masculinities and Spirituality | Overview | Journal of Men, Masculinities and Spirituality Overview JMMS seeks to be as inclusive as possible in its area of enquiry. Papers address the full spectrum of masculinities and sexualities, particularly those which are seldom heard. Similarly, JMMS addresses not only monotheistic religions and spiritualities but also Eastern, indigenous, new religious movements and other spiritualities which resist categorization. JMMS papers address historical and contemporary phenomena as well as speculative essays about future spiritualities.
The first issue of JMMS featured, published in January 2007, an editorial by Joseph Gelfer; research notes of Yvonne Maria Werner and Anna Prestjan; articles by Roland Boer, Frank |
Jane Addams | Feminine ideals | regarding poisonous sewage, impure milk (which often carried tuberculosis), smoke-laden air, and unsafe factory conditions. Addams led the "garbage wars"; in 1894 she became the first woman appointed as sanitary inspector of Chicago's 19th Ward. With the help of the Hull-House Women's Club, within a year over 1000 health department violations were reported to city counsel and garbage collection reduced death and disease.
Addams had long discussions with philosopher John Dewey in which they redefined democracy in terms of pragmatism and civic activism, with an emphasis more on duty and less on rights. The two leading perspectives that distinguished Addams and |
John Herbert King | null | telegram being received at the Foreign Office and a summary of its contents being transmitted to Berlin. |
Jan van Raalte | Football career | followed by three years for Harkemase Boys in the Hoofdklasse.
Until 2009 Van Raalte managed HHC Hardenberg. In 2012 he became the coach of VV Staphorst. Since 2016 he manages SC Genemuiden but has notified the club he will take a break from coaching starting summer 2019. |
Judy O'Bannon | Politics & Honors and recognitions | former President Bill Clinton. She endorsed and campaigned for Barack Obama in the general election that year as he went on to win Indiana, the first Democratic presidential candidate to do so since 1964. In 2016, she supported and campaigned for Hillary Clinton for President and for Indiana's statewide Democratic ticket, including candidate for governor John R. Gregg, who had served as Speaker of the House during Frank O'Bannon's time as governor, and lieutenant governor candidate Christina Hale, who had served on Frank O'Bannon's Governor's Office staff. Honors and recognitions In May 2015 the Indiana State Museum recognized O'Bannon with |
Judicial independence in Australia | Immunity from suit & Security of tenure | of judgments". Security of tenure Security of tenure, leaving a judge free from influence resulting from the threat of removal, is generally said to be justified as an important feature of judicial independence. In the 1891 constitutional convention the protection required an address passed by the relevant houses of parliament. In Adelaide in 1897 the power to remove was limited to cases of "misbehaviour or incapacity", while in 1898 in Melbourne the convention added the requirement for proof, which Quick and Garran writing in 1901, said was to ensure that the judge should be heard in defence and that |
John Keells Holdings | 1990 - 2010: Expansions | 40 per cent of the five star room capacity in Colombo and John Keells Hotels Limited (KHL) was created as a holding company for all Group resorts. JKH acquired a controlling stake in Mercantile Leasing Limited (MLL). The John Keells Social Responsibility Foundation, the Group's CSR arm, was established as a charitable company and registered as a voluntary social service organisation.
The Group entered into a MOU to develop a third resort in the Maldives on Alidhoo Island. JKH acquired 80 per cent of Yala Village Hotel. With the sale of Keells Plantations, the Group exited from the ownership of |
Jesse H. Jones | Family history and early life | Jesse H. Jones Family history and early life Jesse H. Jones descended from Welsh ancestors who made Virginia their first landing place in North America, sometime in the 1650s. After settling there briefly, they relocated to the Chowan River in North Carolina, remaining there for at least a century. In 1774, Eli Jones and one of his brothers, headed west, eventually deciding to an area now known as Robertson County, Tennessee. William, one of Eli's sons, established himself as a farmer there, and married a neighboring farmer's daughter, Laura Anna Holman. The farm was sufficient to provide for all of |
Jan Ullrich | Personal life | partner, Tobias Steinhauser. Their first child, Max, was born five weeks prematurely on 7 August 2007. Their second son, Benno, was born on 25 January 2011. Their third son, Toni, was born on 31 October 2012.
In 2017, he was convicted in Switzerland of drunk driving, in relation to a 2014 car crash in which two people were injured, and received a suspended sentence of four years plus a fine of €10,000. Issues with alcohol and drugs led to his separation from his wife Sara at the end of 2017.
In August 2018, incidents involving a break-in and threats |
Federal Desktop Core Configuration | History | only—these security policies are not tested (and according to the NIST, will not work) on Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000 or Windows Server 2003.
Major Version 1.1 (released 31 October 2008) had no new or changed settings, but expanded SCAP reporting options. As with all previous versions, the standard is applicable to general-purpose workstations and laptops for end users. Windows XP and Vista systems in use as servers are exempt from this standard. Also exempt are embedded computers and "special purpose" systems (defined as specialized scientific, medical, process control, and experimental systems), though NIST still recommends that FDCC security configuration be considered "where feasible |
Itahar | Geography & Population | of the smaller districts in the state and stands 15th in terms of area (3,140.00 km²) in the state.
Gram panchayats of Itahar block/ panchayat samiti are: Chhayghara, Durgapur, Durlovpur, Gulandar I, Gulandar II, Itahar, Jayhat, Kapasia, Marnai, Patirajpur, Sarun I and Sarun II. Population As per the 2011 Census of India, Itahar CD Block had a total population of 303,678, of which 297,656 were rural and 6,022 were urban. There were 155,777 (51%) males and 147,901 (49%) females. Population below 6 years was 43,549. Scheduled Castes numbered 78.177 (25.74%) and Scheduled Tribes numbered 25,134 (8.28%).
As per the 2001 census, Itahar |
Giacomo Puccini | Centres for Puccini Studies | composer's works and introduces neglected or unknown Puccini pieces. It was founded in 2004 by the singer and director Harry Dunstan. |
John C. Colt | Arrest and trial & Tried by the press | John Morrill and Robert Emmett. The three were paid in stock from Samuel Colt's new company: Patent Arms Manufacturing Company of Paterson, New Jersey. The Chief Prosecutor was James R. Whiting, the New York County District Attorney. The presiding judge was William Kent. Tried by the press The Colt-Adams Murder trial dominated the popular press at the time and exceeded news of another New York murder, that of Mary Rogers. The press depicted Colt as a former professional riverboat gambler who had public affairs with women and a common-law wife and who committed perjury to enlist in and |
Justin Verlander | 2018: 200 career wins, 2,500 strikeouts, Cy Young runner-up & 2019: Third no-hitter, 3,000 strikeouts | Fenway Park, allowing two runs and two hits in six innings pitched. Verlander lost Game 5 of the ALCS with his team down three games to one, surrendering four runs in six innings. It marked the first time in his career that he lost a postseason elimination game.
In the 2018 AL Cy Young Award voting announced on November 14, Verlander finished second to Blake Snell of the Tampa Bay Rays by 15 points (169–154). Verlander received 13 first-place votes to Snell's 17. This was Verlander's third Cy Young runner-up finish, and sixth time finishing in the top five. 2019: Third |
Juan B. Gutiérrez | Biography | El Primer Vuelo de los Hermanos Wright (The First Flight of the Wright Brothers). In 1997 and 1998 he received two national grants from the Bogotan Institute of Culture to write the digital novel Condiciones Extremas (Extreme Conditions). These two novels are regarded as the first hypertextual novels in the Spanish language (Sasson-Henry, 2006; Mecke, 2004; Pajares, 2001).
Gutiérrez developed the literary hypertext authoring system known as Literatronica, which uses an AI engine to adapt the narrative pieces to readers based upon their interaction with the system. |
Jenő Szervánszky | Later years | May 31, 2005.
Jenő Szervánszky is the father of the pianist, Valéria Szervánszky and the brother of the composer, Endre Szervánszky and violinist, Péter Szervánszky. |
Jin Mao Tower | Structure | Jin Mao Tower Structure The building is located on a 24,000 m² (260,000 sq ft) plot of land near the Lujiazui metro station and was built at an estimated cost of US$530 million.
It was designed by the Chicago firm of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM). Its postmodern form, whose complexity rises as it ascends, draws on traditional Chinese architecture such as the tiered pagoda, gently stepping back to create a rhythmic pattern as it rises. Like the Petronas Towers in Malaysia, the building's proportions revolve around the number 8, associated with prosperity in Chinese culture. The 88 floors (93 if the spire floors |
Jehuda Reinharz | Academic career & Awards and recognition | the Mandel Foundation. Upon stepping down, he made a $5 million gift to Brandeis for scholarships and fellowships. Awards and recognition Reinharz is the recipient of the President of Israel Prize, awarded by the Israeli Parliament (Knesset) in 1990. He was also elected Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1995 and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations in 1999.
In 1998, Reinharz was appointed by President Bill Clinton to serve on the Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets in the United States.
Reinharz is the recipient of honorary doctorates from Hebrew Union College, the Jewish Theological |
John C. Colt | Marriage and death | hanging and planned to bring the body there from the Tombs for resuscitation.
On the morning of November 14, 1842, Colt and Henshaw were married in the prison at a small ceremony conducted by Rev Henry Anthon, an Episcopal Minister, and witnessed by Samuel Colt and John Howard Payne. After the ceremony and a few hours before the scheduled execution, a fire began in the Tombs. After the fire was extinguished, Colt's body was found in his cell. He had stabbed himself in the heart with a clasp knife, believed to have been smuggled to him by a family |
Jane Addams | Legacy & Sociology | co-winning the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931 with Starr. Sociology Jane Addams was intimately involved with the founding of Sociology as a field in the United States. Hull House enabled Addams to befriend and become a colleague to early members of the Chicago School of Sociology. She actively contributed to the sociology academic literature, publishing five articles in the American Journal of Sociology between 1896 and 1914. Her influence, through her work in applied sociology, impacted the thought and direction of the Chicago School of Sociology's members. In 1893, she co-authored the compilation of essays written by Hull House |
Jacques Étienne Bérard | Career | provided the density of nitric oxide which Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac utilised as a datum for his law of combining volumes He departed for l'École Supérieure de Pharmacie de Montpellier in 1813.
He was elected to l'Académie des Sciences of France in the chemistry section on 20 December 1819. The Académie des Sciences awarded him a prize for his pioneering study of the ripening of fruit in 1821, after he tested different atmospheres on harvested fruits. Understanding that fruits ripen in an atmosphere with oxygen, and release carbon dioxide, he suggested sealing fruits in jars with an oxygen absorber. He became professor |
Jack the Ripper in fiction | Theatre, opera and music theatre | of the Grand Guignol's output in Paris. Marie Belloc Lowndes' novel and short story The Lodger was adapted for the stage as The Lodger: Who Is He? by Horace Annesley Vachell. In 1917, Lionel Atwill's first role in Broadway theatre was as the title character. Phyllis Tate also based her opera The Lodger, first performed in 1960, on Lowndes' story.
Murder Most Foul by Claude Pirkis was first performed in 1948. The character of the murderer, Dr. Stanley, was taken from The Mystery of Jack the Ripper by Leonard Matters, first published in 1929. Doug Lucie's Force and Hypocrisy is based |
Jeffrey Laitman | Scientific research | fossil remains as a guide to reconstructing the vocal tract of human ancestors. His work in this area has shed light on the distinguishing features of the human respiratory system, and has had particular implications for understanding the origins of human speech and language. Laitman's studies have frequently been the source of much discussion on how living humans may differ from other groups, such as Neanderthals. His work has frequently been covered in the lay and scientific press, and he has often appeared in television documentaries on human origins and the evolution of speech and language both |
Johann Albrecht Bengel | Life and career | Johann Albrecht Bengel Life and career Bengel was born at Winnenden in Württemberg. Due to the death of his father in 1693, he was educated by a family friend, David Wendel Spindler, who became a master in the gymnasium at Stuttgart. In 1703 Bengel left Stuttgart and entered the University of Tübingen as a student at the Tübinger Stift, where, in his spare time, he devoted himself especially to the works of Aristotle and Spinoza, and, in theology, to those of Philipp Spener, Johann Arndt and August Francke. His knowledge of the metaphysics of Spinoza was such that he was |
Hospital pharmacy | null | Hospital pharmacy Hospital pharmacies are pharmacies usually found within the premises of a hospital. Hospital pharmacies usually stock a larger range of medications, including more specialized and investigational medications (medicines that are being studied, but have not yet been approved), than would be feasible in the community setting. Hospital pharmacies typically provide medications for the hospitalized patients only, and are not retail establishments and therefore typically do not provide prescription service to the public. Some hospitals do have retail pharmacies within them (see illustration), which provide over-the-counter as well as prescription medications to the public, but these are |
Justin Verlander | 2015 | for the Mud Hens, having gone straight from Double-A to the major leagues in 2005. He threw 79 pitches, 50 for strikes, allowing six hits and two walks in 2 ²⁄₃ innings. He fared better in his second rehab start on June 6, lasting 5 ²⁄₃ innings and throwing 93 pitches (69 for strikes). He gave up just one unearned run on four hits and no walks while striking out nine batters. Verlander made his season debut with the Tigers on June 13 against the Cleveland Indians. He pitched five innings, giving up two runs on three hits and two walks, while |
Justus von Liebig | Plant nutrition | fertilizers for natural ones (animal dung, etc.)
He later became convinced that nitrogen was sufficiently supplied by precipitation of ammonia from the atmosphere, and argued vehemently against the use of nitrogen-based fertilizers for many years. An early commercial attempt to produce his own fertilizers was unsuccessful, due to lack of testing in actual agricultural conditions, and to lack of nitrogen in the mixtures.
Liebig's difficulties in reconciling theory and practice reflected that the real world of agriculture was more complex than was at first realized. By the publication of the seventh German edition of Agricultural Chemistry he had moderated some of his |
Jonas of Bobbio | null | comply with a request made by the monks on this occasion he wrote the life of their founder.
The other works of Jonas are lives of the abbots Attala and Bertulf of Bobbio, of abbot Eustace of Luxeuil, an abbey founded by Columbanus that retained close personal ties with Bobbio, and of the abbess Burgundofara (or Fara) of Evoriac (modern Faremoutiers).
Jonas personally knew Eustace, Attala, and Bertulf. Bede incorporated these lives into his Ecclesiastical History, while Flodoard turned that of Columbanus into hexameter verse. The "Life of St. Fara" is chiefly an account of miraculous events alleged to have occurred |
Indiana Pacers | Miami Heat | late fourth-quarter turnovers for Game 2. In Game 3, the Heat set a team record for points in a post-season half with 70. It was the first time the Pacers had given up 70 points since 1992. Allen's single turnover was the least ever suffered by the Heat in a first half. Their five total turnovers is tied for the fewest in franchise history. The Game 3 victory marked the first time that an NBA team had won five straight road games by double digits. The Heat won the series 4–3, with a 99–76 win in game 7. In 2014, |
J. Stitt Wilson | Early years | devout Methodist parents. He emigrated to the U.S. in 1888, settling in Evanston, Illinois and attending Northwestern University, working after graduation as a schoolmaster and for a law firm. Wilson later decided to enter the Methodist ministry, enrolling at the theological seminary at Northwestern. Following completion of his schooling, Wilson worked for the next four years as a Methodist pastor and social worker in nearby Chicago. He later recalled that the experience of these four years were "to me a school out of which I came — a Socialist."
He later recalled:
Three forces in my life converged into one. ...
First, then, |
Jadar (Drina) | River | Jadar (Drina) River The Jadar originates from the southern slopes of the Vlašić mountain, northeast of the town of Valjevo, in the northeastern tip of the Podgorina region. Several streams flow south and join near the village of Osladić. Soon, at the village of Dragijevica, the Jadar turns sharply to the northwest, a general direction the river will follow until it meets the Drina.
The first larger settlement on the river is the regional center of Osečina after which the Jadar receives the Pecka river (Cyrillic: Пецка) from the left. After the villages of Komirić, Ravnoja and Mojković, the river receives |
Jenő Szervánszky | Hungarian Revolution of 1956 | Even though many of the communist supporters deserted the government, the Prime Minister, Gerő appealed to the Soviet Union for help. In the face of overwhelmingly superior forces, the dissidents in their turn appealed to the United Nations for assistance. Their call was ignored, and the revolution was crushed.
Although Szervánszky never actively fought for the dissidents cause, he certainly supported them. Although the official reason for his dismissal from the College of Applied Arts in 1957 was for some staff “re-structuring”, he believed he was simply dismissed because of his political beliefs. He never worked for any institution again.
A new |
John Lewis (British politician) | Career & Privilege hearing | Bolton West constituency. At the 1951 general election he lost his seat to the Liberal candidate Arthur Holt. Privilege hearing In July 1951, Lewis reported to the House of Commons Committee of Privileges to respond to charges that he tried to use Parliamentary privilege to escape charges that he drove into a policeman on his way to Parliament. Statements from witnesses said the MP, who was late for a division hit the traffic officer three times. The committee concluded that privilege for an MP was not "above the ordinary restraints of law which apply to fellow citizens. They do not |
Johann Albrecht Bengel | Gnomon Novi Testamenti | 1742. It was the fruit of twenty years labor, and exhibits with a brevity of expression, which, it has been said, condenses more matter into a line than can be extracted from pages of other writers, the results of his study. He modestly entitled his work a Gnomon or index, his object being rather to guide the reader to ascertain the meaning for himself, than to save him from the trouble of personal investigation. The principles of interpretation on which he proceeded were, to import nothing into Scripture, but to draw out of it everything that it really contained, in |
Jack Del Rio | Personal life | had recorded one of the biggest upsets in school history by defeating USC the previous week. However, after acknowledging his loss in the bet, he removed the UCLA jersey, revealing a USC polo shirt underneath.
Del Rio's college roommate at USC was former ESPN football analyst and NFL/CFL quarterback Sean Salisbury. |
Justin Verlander | 2018: 200 career wins, 2,500 strikeouts, Cy Young runner-up | out Shohei Ohtani in the top of the ninth inning for his 2,500th career strikeout, becoming the 33rd pitcher in Major League history to reach the milestone. He was second among active leaders in strikeouts behind CC Sabathia.
12 games into the 2018 season, Verlander led the AL in 17 different catorgies, most notably: ERA (1.11), Wins (7), Innings Pitched (81.1), WAR for pitchers (3.3), WHIP (0.713), H/9 Innings (4.8) and BAA (.153). Verlander was named AL Pitcher of the Month for May, his fifth such award. In six starts, he produced a 0.86 ERA and .437 OPS against, allowed |
Justus von Liebig | Transforming chemistry education & Instrumentation | with Liebig. Instrumentation A significant challenge facing 19th-century organic chemists was the lack of instruments and methods of analysis to support accurate, replicable analyses of organic materials. Many chemists worked on the problem of organic analysis, including French Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac and Swedish Jöns Jacob Berzelius, before Liebig developed his version of an apparatus for determining the carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen content of organic substances in 1830. It involved an ingenious array of five glass bulbs, called a Kaliapparat to trap the oxidation product of the carbon in the sample, following combustion of the sample. Before |
James W. Rodgers | Execution | Rodgers would be the last person to die by firing squad in the United States for almost 17 years, until Gary Gilmore became the first to be executed after the reinstatement of capital punishment by the U.S. Supreme Court decision of Gregg v. Georgia.
I gave him a nice burial even tho [sic] I am a widow with $90.00 per month to pay for it. I could not see him buried in Potter's field ... I know his soul is in heaven with God and I will meet him someday ...
— Letter to the prison chaplain from the mother of James |
Ira C. Eaker | World War II | tanks.
When General Dwight D. Eisenhower was named Supreme Allied Commander in December 1943, he proposed to use his existing team of subordinate commanders, including Lieutenant General Jimmy Doolittle, in key positions. Doolittle was named Eighth Air Force Commander, and Arnold concurred with the change.
Eaker was reassigned as Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Allied Air Forces, previous commander Tedder having been selected by Eisenhower to plan the air operations for the Normandy invasion. Eaker had under his command the Twelfth and Fifteenth Air Forces and the British Desert and Balkan Air Forces. He did not approve of the plan to bomb Monte |
Jean-Jacques Goldman | Biography | his harshest reviews, with an ironic message to his fans at the end: "Thanks for coming anyway...".
From 1990 to 1995, he went on to perform in a trio called Fredericks / Goldman / Jones with singer Carole Fredericks (an American who had settled in France in the 1970s, the sister of Taj Mahal) and guitarist Michael Jones (whom Goldman knew from Taï Phong – actually he joined the band when Goldman decided to stop touring). Together they recorded two studio albums, Fredericks / Goldman / Jones in 1990 and Rouge in 1993 (inspired by the fall of the Berlin Wall |
Jim Les | College career & Professional career | Jim Les College career Les began his collegiate basketball career playing at Cleveland State University, but transferred after the 1981–82 season to Bradley. While attending Bradley University he was a member of the Accounting Student Association and the Delta Upsilon fraternity. When he left college in 1986, he had compiled the second most assists in NCAA history in a combined playing career with Cleveland State and Bradley. Professional career A 5'11" point guard, Les was the 70th overall pick in the 1986 NBA Draft, selected in the third round by the Atlanta Hawks. However, the Hawks waived Les in |
Judita Cofman | Early life and education & Career | as an assistant to geometer Mileva Prvanović and in the same year was responsible for the university's first mathematics publication, of her lecture notes on straightedge and compass constructions. She traveled to Rome in 1961 to work with Lucio Lombardo-Radice then, returning to Novi Sad in 1963, defended her Ph.D., the first mathematical doctorate at Novi Sad. Her dissertation was O konačnim nedezargovim ravnima generisanim četvorotemenikom [Finite Non-Desarguesian Planes Generated by Quadrangles]. Career After completing her doctorate, Cofman did postdoctoral research as a Humboldt Fellow at Goethe University Frankfurt. She became a lecturer at Imperial College London in 1965 and |
Joan Rater | null | & Order: Trial by Jury and served as executive story editor on Threat Matrix and 10-8: Officers on Duty. |
Ira C. Eaker | Childhood and education & Air Service and Air Corps career | Regular Army. He later received a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism from the University of Southern California in 1934. Air Service and Air Corps career Eaker remained with the 64th Infantry until March 1918, when he was placed on detached service to receive flying instruction at Austin and Kelly Fields in Texas. Upon graduation the following October, he was rated a pilot and assigned to Rockwell Field, California.
In July 1919, he transferred to the Philippine Islands, where he served with the 2d Aero Squadron at Fort Mills until September 1919; with the 3d Aero Squadron at Camp Stotsenburg until |
John Lardner | Professional career | the World Championship to Icelandic player Kristján Helgason. His world ranking climbed to 67 for the 2000/2001 season. |
Jordan Holmes | AFC Bournemouth & International career | squad, playing 18 times for the U23s. Holmes signed a one-year contract extension in May 2018. In January 2019, Holmes joined Scottish Premiership side St Mirren on loan until the end of the season. He was released by Bournemouth at the end of the season.
Holmes joined Ebbsfleet United in August 2019, making his debut in a 2-2 against Notts County. A week later, Holmes saved a second half penalty against Aldershot Town. He saved another penalty in a match against Wrexham, although it could not prevent a 1-0 loss. International career Holmes has represented Australia at national level |
Justin Verlander | Rest of 2017: ALCS MVP, World Series championship | with a 0.56 ERA and 21 strikeouts in 16 innings pitched. Following his outstanding performance, he was named the ALCS MVP.
Verlander received a no-decision in Game 2 of the World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers, the third time he participated in a World Series. He allowed only two hits in six innings, but both hits were home runs, and he left the game with the Astros trailing 3–1. The Astros eventually won the game 7–6 in 11 innings. With a chance to clinch the series in Game 6, Verlander gave up three hits and two runs while striking |
Governorship of Mitt Romney | Same-sex marriage | House Speaker Thomas Finnernan to merely ban gay marriage without a provision for civil unions was narrowly defeated. The compromise amendment needed to be approved in a second constitutional convention to be held a year later before it could appear on a state election ballot. The amendment was voted down in the subsequent convention and never appeared on a ballot put before voters of Massachusetts.
Romney reluctantly backed the compromise amendment, viewing it as the only feasible way to ban gay marriage in Massachusetts. "If the question is, 'Do you support gay marriage or civil unions?' I'd say neither," Romney said |
John B. Veihmeyer | Awards and recognition | In 2011, he received the CEO Leadership Award from Diversity Best Practices for his commitment to diversity, and he has also been recognized for his work on KPMG’s Family for Literacy (KFFL), a signature community outreach initiative dedicated to fighting childhood illiteracy. |
Justin Verlander | 2015 | striking out two. He left the game with a 3–2 lead, but got a no-decision as the Indians came back against the Tiger bullpen to win the game. In his next start on June 19, Verlander gave up Alex Rodriguez's 3,000th career hit, a home run.
On August 26, Verlander came within three outs of his third career no-hitter before allowing a double to Chris Iannetta, the first batter in the ninth inning. He finished the game with one hit, two walks, and nine strikeouts in a 5–0 victory over the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. This was his seventh career |
Joseph E. Debono | Personal history & Career | Joseph E. Debono Professor Joseph E. Debono (b. 1903 d. 1974), a Maltese consultant physician, was appointed Demonstrator of Medicine in 1928, Professor of Materia Medica and Pharmacology in 1963 and Professor of Medicine in 1964. Personal history Joseph Edward Debono was born on 1 May 1903 in Valletta. He was educated at the Royal University of Malta, graduating with a Bachelor of Science in 1921 and a Medical Doctorate in 1925. He then continued on to post-graduate studies, attaining his MRCS LRCP in 1926 and his MRCP in 1935. Career Debono was a Professor of Medicine at the University |
Joanna Bourke | Biography | Joanna Bourke Biography Born to Christian missionary parents, Bourke was brought up in New Zealand, Zambia, Solomon Islands and Haiti. She attended the University of Auckland, gaining a BA and Masters in History. She undertook her PhD at the Australian National University (ANU) and subsequently held academic posts at ANU, Emmanuel College, Cambridge and Birkbeck, University of London.
Bourke, who describes herself as a "socialist feminist", has written on Irish history, gender history, working-class culture, war and masculinity, the cultural history of fear, the history of rape, the history of what it means to be human, pain, and of militarisation.
Bourke lives |
Jimmy Madison (musician) | null | Don Sebesky, George Benson, Nina Simone, Lee Konitz, Hod O'Brien, Art Farmer, and Mark Murphy. He also worked as a record producer for his own studio.
As a leader, Madison led a small ensemble starting in the 1970s; his sidemen rotated over time but at times included Tom Harrell, Harold Danko, Phil Markowitz, Larry Schneider, Andy LaVerne, Dan Wall, Mike Richmond, Bill Evans, Kenny Barron, Dennis Irwin, Gene Perla,Manhattan Jazz Quintet and Jon Burr. He also led a big band in the early 1980s in New York. His associations as a sideman in the 1980s included Ron McClure, Janet Lawson, |
Hans Grade | null | Hans Grade Hans Grade (May 17, 1879 – October 22, 1946) was a German aviation pioneer.
Hans Grade was born in Köslin, Pomerania. On 28 October 1908 he successfully conducted the first motor-flight over German soil in a motorised triplane aircraft of his own construction at Magdeburg.
A year later, on 30 October 1909, flying a new monoplane design he won the 40.000 Reichsmark "Lanz-Preis der Lufte", for the first German to fly a flat "8" in a German aircraft with German engine around two pylons 1000 meters apart.
In 1910 he established the first aviation school in Germany.
A Grade monoplane carried Germany's |
Heli Lääts | Early life and education | Heli Lääts Early life and education Heli Lääts was born in Kuressaare, on the island of Saaremaa to Vladimir and Julia Lääts (née Allik). She was the youngest of three children and only girl. Her eldest brother was chemist Koit Lääts (1928–2008) and her other brother was physicist Valdur Lääts (1929–2002). She spent her early years in the village of Sauvere. Following the German occupation of Estonia during World War II, Lääts' mother, a schoolteacher, was executed by German soldiers by gunshot on 18 November 1941 in a reprisal killing of villagers for the assassination of a German military officer. |
Jupiter One | Band history & Releases and performances | keyboardist and fellow violinist who also joined the group. Drummer Dave Heilman and bassist Pat "Panda" Dougherty later joined the band.
The band is named after the spaceship in the '60s television show Lost in Space. Releases and performances Many of their tracks have been used in Electronic Arts video games. "Countdown" has been featured in Madden NFL 08, while "Turn Up the Radio" featured in NHL 08, "Fire Away" featured in Burnout Paradise, and "Unglued" featured in FIFA 08. The track "Platform Moon" was used in a commercial for Mazda cars outside of the US and in FIFA 09.
In 2008 |
ICQ | UIN | ICQ UIN ICQ users are identified and distinguished from one another by UIN, or User Identification Numbers, distributed in sequential order. The UIN was invented by Mirabilis, as the user name assigned to each user upon registration. Issued UINs started at '10,000' (5 digits) and every user receives a UIN when first registering with ICQ. As of ICQ6 users are also able to log in using the specific e-mail address they associated with their UIN during the initial registration process.
Unlike other instant messaging software or web applications, on ICQ the only permanent user info is the UIN, although it is |
Incisoscutum | Pelvic claspers | to modern sharks where the clasper articulates with a basipterygial cartilage element. The tip of the distal end has a small cap of dermal bone with small pits and denticles for clinging on to the female. The proximal part of the clasper expands into a plate with four foramina, two larger above two smaller. It is thought that this anatomy corresponds to the core of an erectile element as in extant sharks.
Female Incisoscutum specimens differ from these male claspers and instead fossils have been found with a broad based pelvic plate that articulates with a posteriorly directed basipterygium, similar to |
History of Landsbanki | 1976–1985: Runaway inflation & 1986–1995: Deregulation of interest rates and national consensus | often unprofitable investment which had become endemic in times of negative real interest rates.
Although inflation was far from contained, the defence of indexation used by the banks to protect their operations managed to mitigate its damaging impact. A new króna was introduced, various technological changes transformed the banking system and new financial services appeared. 1986–1995: Deregulation of interest rates and national consensus In 1986, a new Act on Commercial Banks and Savings Banks granted deposit institutions increased independence from the Central Bank. The banks now began to set their own deposit and lending rates, and service charges. Open competition |
Jean E. Fairfax | American Friends Service Committee & NAACP Legal Defense Fund | participating in desegregation litigation suffered economic reprisals, she helped them receive modest financial support. NAACP Legal Defense Fund In 1965, Fairfax joined the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. In this capacity she made important contributions to the civil rights movement in the South, as she continued to organize and assist black families confronted with the effects of early school desegregation. She drove Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF) attorneys through rural Mississippi to meet with parents to discuss their decision about whether to send their children to white schools with a high risk of hostility. In addition, Fairfax personally (with Derrick |
Ilir Kadia | null | Ilir Kadia Ilir Kadia (born 4 October 1957) is a journalist from Albania. He has been working for the BBC World Service since 1993. His book Floke te Lagur (Wet Hair), a collection of short stories, came as a surprise to the Albanian public in 2004. The book was praised by the literary world as well as the public - described as "the stories have by now become part of the reader's patrimony." Since then Kadia has published two other books titled Kontrate per Kadaver (Cadaver Contract), and Nata e pare e tradhetise (First Night of Treason). All the |
Itadaki High JUMP | About | Itadaki High JUMP About Itadaki High JUMP, sometimes abbreviated as Itajump (いたジャン Itajan), is the all-male idol group Hey! Say! JUMP's first regular one-man show. The show airs every Wednesday night on Fuji TV It was initially appears as a two-episodes special variety program that first aired on December 29, 2014, before announced to be a regular show on June 11, 2015. The concept of the show is to solve "serious problems" requested by viewers to the members of Hey! Say! JUMP. In the show, the selected members are coming to the certain location without being told what they're going |
Hervé Guy | Club career | Hervé Guy Club career Guy began his career in the youth ranks of French club SC Bastia and played his first game on 1 February 2003 against AC Ajaccio. He was permanently promoted in 2006 to the Ligue 2 team from SC Bastia. In summer 2007, he left SC Bastia and became a free agent. After a year, he was signed by Stella Club d'Adjamé in the Ligue 1 (Ivory Coast). He spent about five years with the club before becoming a free agent again in February 2013. In July of that year, he was signed by Moroccan club Ittihad |
Justa and Rufina | Legend & Patronage & In art | resolve of Rufina. However, Rufina refused to renounce her faith and was thus thrown to the lions. The lion in the amphitheatre, however, refused to attack Rufina, remaining as docile as a house cat. Infuriated, Diogenianus had Rufina strangled or beheaded and her body burned. Her body was also recovered by Sabinus and buried alongside her sister in 287 AD. Patronage Patronage is especially strong in Seville. According to tradition, they are protectors of the Giralda and the Cathedral of Seville, and are said to have protected both during the Lisbon earthquake of 1755. In art |
Jimmy De Sana | Biography | Brussels and Museum of the Twentieth Century, Vienna, Austria |
Julia Domna | Power and influence & Transition of power & Death | Septimius Severus's reign. Transition of power When Severus died in 211 in Eboracum (York), Julia became the mediator between their two sons, Caracalla and Geta, who were supposed to rule as joint emperors, according to their father's wishes expressed in his will. The two young men were never fond of each other and quarrelled frequently. Geta was murdered by Caracalla's soldiers in the same year. Geta's name was then removed from inscriptions and his image was erased. Death During his campaign against the Parthian empire in 217, Caracalla was assassinated by a Roman soldier. Julia chose to commit suicide after |
John Stuart Williams | Civil War | eastern Tennessee. Williams' brigade then spent a short period of time fighting for William W. Loring,skirmishing at Fayetteville and reaching Charleston. Loring was then transferred to the Mississippi, replaced by John Echols He was promoted to brigadier general in late 1862 and assigned temporary command of the Department of Southwestern Virginia, replacing Echols. He was replaced by General Samuel Jones.
He organized a brigade of cavalry and helped resist Ambrose Burnside's invasion of eastern Tennessee in the autumn of 1863, participating in the Battle of Blue Springs. He resigned that command and transferred to Georgia, assuming command of the |
Joker's Millions | Publication history & Plot | Joker's Millions Publication history "The Joker's Millions" is a story published in Detective Comics #180 (Feb. 1952). As with all early Batman comics at the time, Bob Kane is the only person credited for the comic, but the story itself was written by "David Vern" (a.k.a. David V. Reed). Plot At the funeral of "King" Barlowe, a criminal racketeer and a rival of the Joker, the Joker is surprised to learn that he has inherited Barlowe's vast fortune. With his newfound fortune, the Joker builds himself a life of luxury and retires from crime. The Joker spends his money freely, |
Ira C. Eaker | World War II | Cassino in February 1944, considering it a dubious military target, but ultimately signed off the mission and gave in to pressure from ground commanders. Historians of the era now generally believe Eaker's skepticism was correct and that the ancient abbey at Monte Cassino could have been preserved without jeopardizing the allied advance through Italy.
On April 30, 1945, General Eaker was named deputy commander of the Army Air Forces and Chief of the Air Staff. He retired on August 31, 1947, and was promoted to lieutenant general in the newly established United States Air Force on the retired list June 29, |
KNBA | History | KNBA History The station was assigned the call letters KANH on November 10, 1993. On April 7, 1995, the station changed its call sign to the current KNBA. (Call sign KNBA was previously used by a station in Vallejo, California at 1190 kHz AM, now KDYA.) |
Jonathan Wathen | Life and career | of George III. Their association lasted ten years or more, and it is likely that at some point Jonathan graduated from apprentice to partner. Samuel's practice in 1751 was located at Devonshire Square in London, and Jonathan is listed in 1755 at the same address as well. The two also practiced side by side for many years at the City of London Lying-in Hospital, and later they practiced together at the Magdalen Hospital as well.
Jonathan presented a paper in 1755 to the Royal Society on a method of restoring hearing by using a catheter to clear a blocked eustachian tube |
John Franklin Botume | Modern Singing Methods | its viewpoint on what the singer feels. While modern science can tell us what a good singer's vocal folds are doing while they are singing, it has been at a loss to help inexperienced singers achieve the same technique. In the "old Italian school", singers would listen to the proper execution of a vocalization and attempt to emulate it. The teacher would then use their experienced ears to inform the student when they had achieved the desired results and the student would memorize the sensations accompanying the correct technique. Botume recommends that this process be continued |
Jefry Rodríguez | Washington Nationals | Atlanta crowd, then faced Braves star first baseman Freddie Freeman as his first major-league opponent and got Freeman to foul out to third baseman Anthony Rendon on his first pitch. On his next pitch, he gave up a single to Braves right fielder Nick Markakis which allowed a runner he inherited from Hellickson to score an unearned run, but he went on to pitch 4 ²⁄₃ innings, giving up no other runs and scattering four hits while striking out three Braves and walking two. The first strikeout victim of his career was Braves catcher Kurt Suzuki, whom he struck out twice |
Joanna Simon (wine writer) | null | Wine With Food, The Sunday Times Book of Wine, Wine: An Introduction and Harrods Book of Fine Wine.
In September 2008 Simon was one of five UK wine writers, along with Tim Atkin MW, Anthony Rose, Tom Cannavan and Olly Smith, to launch an online wine ratings magazine for the UK called The Wine Gang.
As a lecturer, she has urged Chilean winemakers to "'lighten up' on alcohol levels and the use of oak".
She is married to the art historian and critic Robin Simon. |
Hand of Mercy | History | in 2014. They released a single, Axis, ahead of time to promote the album.
In 2015, Campiao left to join the Hellions; however, the band continued performing and touring.
Hand of Mercy have announced plans to break up after a final show on 30 January 2016 at Sydney’s Strike Hard Festival, when they will be joined by former vocalist Scott Bird. |
Jean Harbor | Early career & Professional | One article mentions that he worked in a Maryland laboratory for several years after leaving Alabama. He apparently even continued to work at the facility after he began his professional playing career. Professional In June 1988, the Washington Diplomats of the new American Soccer League (ASL) signed Harbor. Diplomats coach, Julio Pinon, spotted Harbor when Harbor was playing in the Embassy Cup Tournament in Washington, D.C. The Diplomats had been having difficulty scoring up to that point in the season, but Harbor made an immediate positive impact. The team went on to win the ASL championship.
Harbor continued his |
Jesse H. Jones | Timber and lumber | sashes, and two-by-fours. The logistics was equally huge: felled trees had to moved to plants, and finished products had to be delivered to lumberyards located throughout the state and beyond. With assistance and advice from trustees, Jones bought, sold, and managed the land, expanding the M.T. Jones Lumber Company even further.
In 1902, Jones started the South Texas Lumber Company. He had money he had earned from selling investments in timber and some Spindletop deals for capital. He acquired the Reynolds Lumber Company, as well as many other lumberyards in New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. The company charter announced an intention |
Josceline Dimbleby | Early life & Personal life | Josceline Dimbleby Early life She was born in 1943. She is the daughter of Thomas Josceline Gaskell (1906-1982) and Barbara Jowett (died 1998), whose father Percy Hague Jowett was principal of London's Royal College of Art. In 1948, her mother Barbara Jowett married again, to Sir William Montagu-Pollock.
Her great-grandmother May Gaskell was a "romantic confidante" of the artist Edward Burne-Jones, and a painting of her daughter Amy Gaskell by Burne-Jones is in the collection of Andrew Lloyd-Webber. In 2004, Dimbleby published A Profound Secret, about May Gaskell's life. Personal life She has three children with her former husband, the broadcaster |
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