Michael Allen

Michael Allen may refer to:

Michael Allen (Canadian football)

Michael Allen (born August 1, 1964) is a former Canadian football defensive back who played seven seasons in the Canadian Football League with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Ottawa Rough Riders and BC Lions. He was drafted by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the fourth round of the 1988 CFL Draft. He played CIS football at Carleton University.

Early years

Allen was born in Clarendon Parish, Jamaica and moved to Canada when he was ten years old.

Junior football

Allen played junior football for the Thunder Bay Giants of the Canadian Junior Football League.

College career

Allen played CIS football for the Carleton Ravens.

Professional career

Winnipeg Blue Bombers

Allen was selected by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers with the 29th pick in the 1988 CFL Draft. He played for the Blue Bombers from 1988 to 1991, winning the 76th Grey Cup in 1988 and the 78th Grey Cup in 1990.

Ottawa Rough Riders

Allen played for the Ottawa Rough Riders from 1992 to 1993.

BC Lions

Allen played for the BC Lions from 1993 to 1994, winning the 82nd Grey Cup in 1994. He retired in 1995.

Michael Allen (footballer)

Michael Allen was an English football left back who made over 230 appearances in the Football League, most notably for Brentford.

Playing career

Middlesbrough

Born in South Shields, Allen began his career at nearby Division Three side Middlesbrough in 1966. Boro achieved promotion to Division Two during the 1966/67 season and Allen made his professional debut on 30 December 1967, in a 2-1 defeat to Bolton Wanderers. He scored his only goal for the club in a 1-1 FA Cup third round draw with Millwall on 4 January 1969. Allen failed to make a breakthrough into the first team, his best tally being 15 appearances during the 1969/70 season. He departed Ayresome Park a few months into the 1971/72 season, having made 38 appearances and scored one goal for Middlesbrough.

Brentford

Allen dropped through the leagues to join Division Four high-flyers Brentford in October 1971 in a £10000 deal. Operating as a midfielder, his 33 appearances during the 1971/72 season helped the club to a third-place finish and promotion to Division Three. The Bees were relegated back to Division Four at the first time of asking and after moving to his preferred left back position in 1974, Allen put in a Player of the Year award-winning season in 1975/76, missing only one league game. Allen helped the club secure promotion back to Division Three in 1978 with a fourth-place finish. He made just seven appearances in Division Three and departed Griffin Park at the end of the 1978/79 season. Allen made 255 appearances and scored 13 goals during nearly 9 years with the Bees.

Joseph F. Girzone

Joseph Francis Girzone (May 15, 1930 – November 29, 2015), sometimes known as the "Joshua Priest", was an American Catholic priest and writer, most notably as the author of the Joshua series of novels.

Life

Early life

Girzone was born in Albany, New York, to Peter, a butcher, and Margaret Girzone, the oldest of their twelve children. It was a struggling family, which experienced the shame of eviction during his childhood.<ref name=TU2 /

Girzone entered the Carmelite Order as a young man and was ordained as a priest in 1955. A few years later he chose to leave the order in favor of life as a secular priest and was accepted by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany. He then served at various parishes of the diocese, in the course of which he became active in advocating for the elderly. He was a driving force in the formation of the Office for the Aging of Montgomery County.<ref name=TU /

In 1981, however, Girzone was diagnosed with a heart condition which was judged to be fatal, leading him to retire from active ministry.<ref name=girzone-site / He accepted the forfeiture of any pension or medical benefits from the diocese as part of an agreement for his early retirement.<ref name=NCR /

Joshua (band)

Joshua is a Christian metal band that formed in 1980. The band re-formed under three names, but has remained centered on guitarist Joshua Perahia. Despite being based in Los Angeles, California, they are best known outside of the United States.

History

The band's first release was entitled The Hand Is Quicker Than The Eye, which referred to Perahia's well known guitar skills and hit songwriting ability. Released by Enigma Records in 1983, the single "November Is Going Away" was the band's biggest hit, achieving No. 1 status in Japan. Front man Perahia had a religious experience at a Hal Lindsey-lead bible study in 1983, and converted to Protestant Christianity from his Greek Orthodox upbringing.

Perahia put together a new band for Surrender which involved Jeff Fenholt.Surrender was released on RCA Records in 1985. Lyrically, the album marked a change in the band's style to lyrics which were evangelical and confrontational in nature.Rob Rock was involved with their third RCA Record album as Joshua, Intense Defense. In 1988, Intense Defense, which was produced by Dieter Dierks, was characterized by the editor of HM Magazine as being "probably the best AOR melodic metal album in the universe." It sold well worldwide, but not in the United States. Following Intense, Perahia reformed the band as Jaguar. Jaguar included Robert Basauri(Robyn Kyle) on vocals Joe Tafoya on drums and Bryan Fleming on Bass. The band changed members while entertaining record deals and never released material under this name.

Joshua (record producer)

Joshua (born Jon Schumann in 1971) is a Danish and Swedish Grammy-awarded music producer and mixing engineer from Denmark. He has produced for bands such as Kent, Kashmir, Mew, D-A-D and Carpark North.

Joshua produced the 1999 breakthrough album by the Danish rock band Kashmir, The Good Life, which gave him the "Danish Producer of the Year" award at the 2000 Danish Grammy Awards. He produced the albums Tillbaka till samtiden and Röd by the Swedish alternative rock band Kent, released in 2007 and 2009, respectively. For the latter he was awarded "Producer of the Year" at the 2010 Swedish Grammy Awards. In the spring of 2010 he produced three tracks on the band's ninth studio album En plats i solen, released on 30 June. He currently resides in London, UK.

Selective production discography

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