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J. Eugene Harding
John Eugene Harding (June 27, 1877–July 26, 1959) was a businessman and member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio. J. Eugene Harding was born in Excello, Ohio, the son of paper manufacturer Abram E. Harding and his wife Christine. John attended the Amanda village public ..
Jeugland Hoërskool
Jeugland Hoërskool is an Afrikaans high school in Kempton Park, Gauteng, South Africa. ..
Jeulmun pottery period
History of Korea Gojoseon, Jin Proto-Three Kingdoms: Buyeo, Okjeo, Dongye Samhan Three Kingdoms: Goguryeo Baekje Silla, Gaya Unified Silla, Balhae Later Three Kingdoms Goryeo Khitan wars Mongol invasions Joseon Seven Year War &n..
Jeune
Jeune was a stallion that won the prestigious Melbourne Cup in 1994. Jeune began his racing career in Europe, eventually becoming a Group Three winner. His owner Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum sent him to Australia where he was trained by David Hayes. In Australia, Jeune's Group One racing r..
Jeunesses Musicales
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Jeunesses Patriotes
The Jeunesses Patriotes (Patriotic Youths) were a far right Fascist-inspired street brawlers group of France, recruited mostly from university students and financed by industrialists, founded by Pierre Taittinger in 1924. Taittinger took inspiration for the group's creation in the Boulangist Ligue d..
Jeunesse Club d'Abidjan
Jeunesse Club d'Abidjan (JC Abidjan) is an Ivorian football club based in Abidjan. It was founded in 1932. They play at the Stade Robert Champroux. ..
Jeunesse dorée
The jeunesse dorée, or "gilded youth," were a parallel militia recruited from the ranks of minor officials and small shopkeepers at the time of the Thermidorian Reaction following the fall of Robespierre in July of 1794. They formed a distinctive subculture, defined by age and social origin, with t..
Jeunesse Esch
Jeunesse Esch (full name AS la Jeunesse d'Esch) is a football club, based in Esch-sur-Alzette, in south-western Luxembourg. Contents 1 History2 Today3 Honours4 European Competition5 External links History The club was founded in 1907 as Jeunesse la Frontière d'Esch in..
Jeunesse Laïque de Bourg-en-Bresse
Jeunesse Laïque de Bourg-en-Bresse is a basketball club based in Bourg-en-Bresse, France that plays in the Ligue Nationale de Basketball. ..
Jeunesse Sportive Kairouanaise
Jeunesse Sportive de Kairouan (often referred to as JSK) is a football club from Kairouan in Tunisia. Founded in 1942, the team plays in green and white colours. Their ground is Stade Ali Zouaoui, which has a capacity of 15,000. Honours Tunisian League champion: 1977 Ligue Professionnel..
Jeunes Européens Fédéralistes
Jeunes Européens Fédéralistes (JEF, English Young European Federalists, German Junge Europäische Föderalisten, Dutch Jonge Europese Federalisten, Norwegian Europeisk Ungdom) is a youth organization active in most European countries with over 25,000 members, seeking to promote European integrati..
Jeune Ecole
The Jeune Ecole ("Young School") was a French naval school of thought developed during the 19th century. The concept, born from the naval rivalry between Britain and France (respectively the first and second navies of their time), advocated for the use of small, powerfully equipped units to combat l..
Jeune Europe
Jeune Europe (Young Europe) was a neo-Nazi Europeanist movement formed by Jean-François Thiriart in Belgium. Nicolas Tandler also had a leading role in it, and Emile Lecerf, a later editor of the Nouvel Europe Magazine, was one of Thiriart's associates. The movement began as a largely disorganised..
Jeungpyeong County
Hangul: 증평군 Hanja: 曾坪郡 Revised Romanization: Jeungpyeong-gun McCune-Reischauer: Chŭngp'yŏng-gun Statistics Area: 81.84 km² Population: 31,750 (2003 reg.) Pop. density: 387 people/km² Administrative divisi..
Jeung San Do
Jeung San Do is a spiritual movement from Korea dedicated to the well-being of all people. This new religious movement has a universal message and a method of healing meditation based on the teachings of Jeung San Sangjenim, a nineteenth century religious leader described by Jeung San Do's pra..
Jeux
Jeux ("Games"), described as a "poème dansé" (literally a "danced poem"), is the last work for orchestra written by Claude Debussy. It was originally intended to accompany a ballet, and was written for the Ballets Russes of Serge Diaghilev to choreography by Nijinsky. Diaghilev intended the musi..
Jeux d'eau
For the piano piece by Ravel, see Jeux d'eau (music). Jeux d'eau (Italian giochi d'aqua) or "water games", is an umbrella term in the history of gardens for the "water features" that were introduced into mid-16th century Mannerist Italian gardens. Pools and fountains had been a feature from Roman ti..
Jeux d'eau (music)
Jeux d’eau is a piece for solo piano by the French Impressionistic composer, Maurice Ravel. The title often translates to “Fountains”, “Water Games”, and “Playing water” (See Jeux d'eau, water features in gardens.) The piece, a virtuosic tone-poem, is inspired by Franz Liszt (Jeux d'..
Jeux Descartes
Jeux Descartes was a French publisher of roleplaying games and board games. Their most popular lines included: Eurogames, a set of serious board games, previously published by Duccio Vitale's independent company; Blue Games, small card games for larger groups; and Games for Two. Jeux Descartes was ..
Jeux de la communication
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Jeux de la Francophonie
The flag of the Francophonie Games The Jeux de la Francophonie (Francophone Games) are a combination artistic and sports events for French speaking nations, held every four years since 1989, partly as a counterweight to the Commonwealth Games. They are open to athletes and artists of the 56 F..
Jeux Sans Frontieres
Jeux Sans Frontieres was the European version of It's a Knockout. It ran from 1965 to 1999 and featured teams from different European countries in outlandish costumes (often large latex (foam rubber) suits) competing to complete bizarre tasks in absurd games. The idea of the show came from the Gen..
Jeu de l'année
The Jeu de l'année (French for Game of the Year) was a French games award, given by the Association de Promotion et d'Evaluation des Jeux in October to outstanding parlour games published during the previous yearpublished in the French languageavailable in sufficiently many storesIn 2005 the Jeu de..
Jeu de paume
Jeu de paume in the 17th century. Jeu de paume was originally a French precursor of lawn tennis played without racquets. The players hit the ball with their hands, as in palla, volleyball, or certain varieties of pelota. Jeu de paume literally means: game of palm (of the hand). In time glove..
Jeu de paume at the 1908 Summer Olympics
At the 1908 Summer Olympics, one jeu de paume event was contested. This was the only Olympic Games to contain this sport as a medal event. An outdoor version called longue paume was a demonstration sport at the 1900 Summer Olympics. Real tennis, as jeu de paume is called in England, was an exhibit..
Jeu de Robin et Marion
The Jeu de Robin et Marion is reputedly the earliest French secular play with music, and is the most famous work of Adam de la Halle. The story is a dramatization of a traditional genre of medieval French song, the pastourelle. This genre typically tells of an encounter between a knight and a she..
Jeu George
Currently working on Windows Vista, Windows Photo Gallery in particular. I hail from Kerala, India (God’s Own Country), but I have lived all over the place, Allahabad, Singrauli, Vizag, Kottayam, Calicut, Bangalore, New Jersey, Seattle and many more to go. With C++ in one hand, and XP in the other..
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