J. G. Ballard - J. G. Ballard James Graham Ballard (born November 18, 1930 in Shanghai) is a British novelist remarkable for the range of genres of his novels - science fiction, modernistic art novel, and historical setting. A great many of his writings are about dystopias. Novels and short story collections Note: This is a partial list. The Atrocity Exhibition The Drowned World The Crystal World Terminal Beach Vermilion Sands High Rise -- part of so-called "dystopian trilogy" (w/ "Concrete Island" and "Crash") Concrete Island Crash Cocaine Nights Super-Cannes Running Wild War Fever -- a compilation of essays and stories The Unlimited Dream Company The Wind That Came From Nowhere Empire of the Sun -- historical novel, based on his own adolescence in a Japanese P.O.W. camp in Shanghai..
Jackie Ballard - Jackie Ballard Jackie Ballard is a politician in the United Kingdom. She was Liberal Democrat member of Parliament for Taunton, Somerset, from 1997, but lost her seat in the 2001 election..
Hank Ballard - Hank Ballard Hank Ballard (November 18, 1936 - March 2, 2003) was an American R&B singer and a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He was born in Detroit, Michigan but grew up in Bessemer, Alabama, where he sang in church. In 1951, Ballard moved back to Detroit and formed a doo wop group. He soon joined a group called The Royals, along with Henry Booth, Charles Sutton, Sonny Woods and Alonzo Tucker. The Royals had already signed to Federal Records when Ballard joined, and the group soon released "Get It" (1953), a major R&B hit. The Royals' first major hit was "Work With Me Annie", a R&B hit that also sold well in mainstream markets, along with the answer song "Annie had a.
Florence Ballard - Florence Ballard Florence Ballard (June 30, 1943 - February 22, 1976), an American singer from Detroit, was the original singer in the Primettes and then became the lead singer in the Supremes before Diana Ross took the lead. Ballard had a voice resembling that of Aretha Franklin, however, it was Ross' voice that stormed the Supremes into the charts, and the group ended up achieving nine number one hits. In the early days of the Supremes, Florence Ballard took lead on songs like 'People', 'Buttered Popcorn' and 'Heavenly Father\'. Diana Ross certainly appealed to a white audience, but there is speculation as to whether her voice was 'accepted' by the black community at the time. On February 22, 1976, Florence Ballard died of cardiac arrest. She was.
Ballard County, Kentucky - Ballard County, Kentucky \nBallard County is a county located in the U.S. State of Kentucky. As of 2000, the population is 8,286. Its county seat is Wickliffe, Kentucky6. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Geography 2 Demographics 3 Cities and towns Geography \nAccording to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 709 km² (274 mi²). 650 km² (251 mi²) of it is land and 58 km² (22 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 8.20% water. Demographics \nAs of the census2 of 2000, there are 8,286 people, 3,395 households, and 2,413 families residing in the county. The population density is 13/km² (33/mi²). There are 3,837 housing units at an average density of 6/km² (15/mi²). The racial makeup of the county is.
Ballard, Utah - Ballard, Utah Ballard is a town located in Uintah County, Utah. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 566. Geography \nBallard is located at 40°17'42" North, 109°57'30" West (40.295037, -109.958472)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 36.3 km² (14.0 mi²). 36.3 km² (14.0 mi²) of it is land and none of the area is covered with water. Demographics \nAs of the census of 2000, there are 566 people, 181 households, and 146 families residing in the town. The population density is 15.6/km² (40.4/mi²). There are 196 housing units at an average density of 5.4/km² (14.0/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 95.41% White, 0.18% African American, 3.00% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00%.
Ballard Power Systems - Ballard Power Systems Ballard Power Systems, located in Burnaby, British Columbia, a suburb of Vancouver, is a company that has been developing, manufacturing, and marketing zero-emission proton exchange membrane fuel cells. Some of the work performed by Ballard has included commercializing: fuel cell engines for the transportation market electric drives for both fuel cell and battery-powered electric vehicles power conversion products for fuel cell generators microturbines and other distributed generation technologies fuel cell systems for markets that include portable power products; and larger stationary generation products. Fuel cell technology can be incorporated into automobiles, buses, electrical equipment, portable power and stationary products, to reduce their environmental impact. Competitors Ballard is not the only company developing fuel cell technology. Competitors in this market include: Plug Power (Nasdaq:.
Ballard, Seattle, Washington - Ballard, Seattle, Washington Ballard is a neighborhood in Seattle, Washington. Incorporated as an independent city in 1890, it was annexed by Seattle in 1907, but has retained much of its old Scandinavian flavor. Its major landmarks include the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks (usually referred to as the "Ballard Locks" locally), the Nordic Heritage Museum, and Golden Gardens Park. It is bounded by Crown Hill, north of N.W. 85th Street; Phinney Ridge and Fremont, east of 8th Avenue N.W.; Salmon Bay (part of the Lake Washington Ship Canal to the south; and Shilshole Bay (part of Puget Sound) to the west. The first homesteader in the area was one Ira Wilcox Utter, who filed his claim in 1852. Thirty-six years later, John Leary, Judge Thomas Burke, and.
Ballard Down - Ballard Down Ballard Down is a an area of chalk downland in Dorset, south England. The down forms a headland between Studland and Swanage bays in the English channel, and once formed part of a continuous chalk ridge between what are now Devon and the Isle of Wight. The scarp slope of the down faces south, over swannage. The down was an area of calcareous grassland for up to 1,000 years, until World War II when there was a sudden rise in the need for arable agricultural land. Since then, however, the need for agricultural land has declined and the down, now owned by the National Trust, has largely been returned to grassland. The National Trust allow grazing on the down in order to prevent them.
Robert Ballard - Robert Ballard Dr. Robert "Bob" Ballard is a marine geologist, geophysicist, and submarine explorer affiliated with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. He is best known for finding the remains of the RMS Titanic on the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean in 1985 after a long search. Other notable finds are the German battleship Bismarck and the USS Yorktown. This article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by fixing it..
Kevil, Kentucky - Kevil, Kentucky Kevil is a city located in Ballard County, Kentucky. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 574. Geography \nKevil is located at 37°5'2" North, 88°53'2" West (37.083999, -88.883993)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.7 km² (0.6 mi²). 1.7 km² (0.6 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water. Demographics \nAs of the census of 2000, there are 574 people, 245 households, and 169 families residing in the city. The population density is 346.3/km² (894.8/mi²). There are 266 housing units at an average density of 160.5/km² (414.7/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 98.95% White, 0.17% African American, 0.00% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.35% from other races,.
James D. Dole - which became the Dole Food Company. Dole was a first cousin once removed of Sanford Ballard Dole, president of the Republic of Hawaii..
Jagged Little Pill - emotions of a 20-year-old woman. "I'm sane but I'm overwhelmed / I'm lost but I'm hopeful, baby/ ... I care but I'm restless / ... / I'm free but I'm focused / I'm green but I'm wise / And what it all comes down to / Is that no one's really got it figured out just yet / Well I've got one hand in my pocket / And the other is giving the peace sign" Jagged Little Pill won the Grammy Award for Best Album and Best Rock Album. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 3 Chart positions Track listing All I Really Want (Ballard/Morissette) You Oughta Know (Ballard/Morissette) Perfect (Ballard/Morissette) Hand in My Pocket (Ballard/Morissette) Right Through You (Ballard/Morissette) Forgiven (Ballard/Morissette) You Learn (Ballard/Morissette) Head over Feet.
Josquin Des Prez - a transition period, in contrast to the productions of his successor, Palestrina, which breathe serenity and repose. Josquin's fame was overshadowed by Palestrina and his school, and the subsequent change in taste caused his works to be neglected and finally forgotten. The present age, however, is doing justice to those early masters in music who laid the foundation for that which is greatest in sacred polyphony. Josquin wrote thirty-two masses, seventeen of which were printed by Petrucci (1466-1539) in Fossombrone and Venice. Others were preserved in Manuscript in the archives of the papal choir in Rome and in the libraries of Munich, Vienna, Basle, Berlin, the Ratisbon cathedral, and Cambrai. Motets by Deprés were published by Petrucci, Pierre Attaignant (1533), Tylman Susato (1544), and by Le Roy and Ballard (1555). Numerous.
Johnny Otis - had a long string of rhythm and blues hits through 1952. In the 1950s he discovered Etta James, for whom he produced her first hit, "Roll With Me, Henry," (also known as "The Wallflower"). As an artist and repertory man for King Records he also discovered Jackie Wilson, Hank Ballard, and Little Willie John, among others. He also became an influential disk jockey in Los Angeles. However, he continued to perform, and in 1958 he had a hit with his best-known recording "Willie and the Hand Jive." In the 1960s he entered journalism and politics, losing a campaign for a seat in the California Assembly (one reason for the loss may be that he ran under his much less well known real name). He then became chief of staff for Democratic.
June 30 - master builder (+ 1766) 1775 - Paul de Barras, politician (+ 1829) 1789 - Horace Vernet, painter and graphic artist (+ 1863) 1807 - Friedrich Theodor von Vischer, narrator, lyricist, philosopher (+ 1887) 1817 - Joseph Dalton Hooker, botanist (†1911) 1893 - Walter Ulbricht, politician (+ 1973) 1917 - Lena Horne, actress and singer 1917 - Susan Hayward, actress (+ 1975) 1934 - Harry Blackstone, Junior, magician (+ 1997) 1943 - Florence Ballard, singer; member of the Supremes (+1976) 1963 - Yngwie J. Malmsteen, guitarist 1966 - Mike Tyson, world champion boxer 1985 - Fabiana Vallejos, Argentine soccer player Deaths 1934 - Ernst Röhm, Nazi government official 1961 - Lee DeForest, American inventor 1971 - Viktor Patsayev, Georgi Dobrovolsky, and Vladislav Volkov, cosmonauts on Soyuz 11 1993 - George "Spanky".
I AM Foundation - feet tall and having a walnut-sized sensory organ in the middle of their foreheads. They reportedly use this organ to communicate via extra-sensory perception. Believers also state that this race can appear and vanish at will and that they have built an elaborate tunnel system in Shasta. The movement was founded as a result of the first reported sighting of Lemurians that is said to have occurred about 1930. Movement founder Guy Ballard says that he encountered a 'divine being' high on Shasta named St. Germain..
INS Vikrant - The Indian high commissioner to the United Kingdom, Vijayalakshmi Pandit, commissioned her as INS Vikrant on 4 March 1961 while she was still at Belfast, Northern Ireland. Captain Pritam Singh was the first commanding officer of the carrier. She formally joined the Indian fleet at Bombay on November 3, 1961, when she was received at Ballard Pier by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and other high-ranking dignitaries. Her initial airwing consisted of British Hawker Seahawk fighter-bombers and a French Alize anti-submarine aircraft. On May 18, 1961, the first jet landed on board, piloted by Lieutenant (later Admiral) R H Tahiliani. In 1965, Pakistan claimed that they had sunk her. At the time, however, Vikrant was under refit in the drydock. Despite a crack in a boiler, she saw real combat against Pakistan.
Inductees of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - Big Joe Turner Muddy Waters Jackie Wilson 1988 The Beach Boys The Beatles The Drifters Bob Dylan The Supremes 1989 Dion Otis Redding The Rolling Stones The Temptations Stevie Wonder 1990 Hank Ballard Bobby Darin The Four Seasons The Four Tops The Kinks The Platters Simon & Garfunkel The Who 1991 LaVern Baker The Byrds John Lee Hooker The Impressions Wilson Pickett Jimmy Reed Ike and Tina Turner 1992 Bobby Blue Bland Booker T. & the M.G.'s Johnny Cash The Isley Brothers The Jimi Hendrix Experience Sam & Dave The Yardbirds 1993 The Animals The Band Duane Eddy The Grateful Dead Elton John John Lennon Bob Marley Rod Stewart 1994 Ruth Brown Cream Creedence Clearwater Revival The Doors Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers Etta James Van Morrison Sly & the Family.
Vocal Group Hall of Fame - King & the Drifters (2000) Crosby Stills & Nash (1998) Danny & The Juniors (2003) Dion & The Belmonts (2000) Dixie Hummingbirds (2000) Earth Wind & Fire (2003) Fifth Dimension (2002) Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers (2000) Gladys Knight & The Pips (2001) Hank Ballard & the Midnighters (1999) Jay & the Americans (2002) Little Anthony & the Imperials (1999) Manhattan Transfer (1998) Martha & The Vandellas (2003) Peter, Paul and Mary (1999) Smokey Robinson & The Miracles (2001) Sonny Til and the Orioles (1998) The Ames Brothers (1998) The Andrews Sisters (1998) The Association (2003) The Bangles (2000) The Beach Boys (1998) The Boswell Sisters (1998) The Bee Gees (2001) The Chordettes (2001) The Chantels (2002) The Charioteers (2003) The Clovers (2002) The Coasters (1999) The Commodores (2003) The Delta.
