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Joy Chambers Joy Chambers is an Australian actress and author, born in Ipswich, Queensland. She is best known for such television soap opera roles as Rita Merrick in The Restless Years, Dr Robyn Porter in The Young Doctors, and Rosemary Daniels in Neighbours.
Joy in the Hood Joy in the Hood is an Irish comedy series featuring Des Bishop. Aired in 2005 on Ireland's channel RTÉ Two as a part of its Monday-night comedy slot, it showed Bishop's antics as he travelled to impoverished areas of Ireland, such as Ballymun in Dublin, Southill in Limerick and Knocknaheeny in Cork to run comedy workshops and integrate into society in these places.
Joy Kogawa Joy Nozomi Kogawa (born June 6, 1935) is a Canadian poet and novelist of Japanese descent. Born Joy Nozomi Nakayama in Vancouver, British Columbia, she was sent to internment camps in the Slocan and Coaldale, Alberta during World War II.
Joy Liebert Joyce ("Joy") Liebert, married name Joy Lawrence, (born in Fylde, Lancashire on 16 May 1914; died in Dorset on 8 June 1999) was an English cricketer who played in four women's Tests on England's tour to Australasia in 1934/35. She was the youngest member of the touring party.
Joy MacPhail [MacPhail was a Canadian politician in British Columbia]. A longtime member of the [[New Democratic Party of British Columbia, she served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from 1991 to 2005 and as a Minister of the Crown from 1993-1999, and 2000-2001.
Joy Mining Machinery Joy Mining Machinery is a manufacturer of underground mining machinery. Founded by Joseph Francis Joy in 1919, the company was first known for Joy's mechanical loading machine, used to load up coal or other minerals onto a conveyor.
Joy N. Houck, Jr. Joy Newton Houck, Jr. (January 26, 1942-October 1, 2003) was an American actor, screenwriter and B-movie director who is probably best known for Creature from Black Lake, one of the many Bigfoot horror movies of the 70s.
Joy of Cooking (band) Joy of Cooking was an American folk-rock band, formed in 1967 in Berkeley, California. It was unusual in that it was led by two women - pianist Toni Brown and guitarist Terry Garthwaite - with three men providing backup.
Joy Padgett Joy Padgett (born 1951, Coshocton, Ohio) is a Republican member of the Ohio Senate and was a candidate for Congress in in 2006. Her spot on the Republican ticket was the result of a special primary election to replace the incumbent, Bob Ney, who bowed out of the race and pled guilty to corruption charges.
Joy Partridge Joy Evelyn Partridge (born in 1899 in Lindridge, Worcestershire, England; died 27 April 1947 in England) was an English cricketer. She played in the first four women's Test matches during England's tour of Australia and New Zealand in 1934-35.
Joy Tanner Joy Tanner is an American-born actress, who currently co-stars as Nora MacDonald in the Canadian TV series Life with Derek. Born in Rochester, New York, she surprisingly began her acting career with commercials in Canada and was the star in the Shopper’s Drug Mart and Pharmacy commercials in 1998-2000.
Joy Williams Joy Elizabeth Williams is a Christian music singer and songwriter who lives in California. She had planned on a career in journalism or family therapy but instead signed with Reunion Records and released her self-entitled debut project in July 2001, attracting much attention; she soon went touring in support of the album, all while attending high school.
Joy Zipper Joy Zipper is an indie pop duo from Long Island New York, made up of Tabitha Tindale and Vincent Cafiso. Partners in songwriting, as well as in real life, the duo have been crafting summery, ethereal dream pop since the late 1990s.
Joya Joya (full name: Joya Owens; born 1973 in Detroit) is an R&B singer who released her debut album Here I Am on June 20, 1995 on the Polygram/A&M record label. Her debut single was "I Like What You're Doing To Me" is described as having an R&B feel with a touch of Hip Hop.
Joya Dass Joya Dass is an American reporter for the television operation of Business Week magazine. She appears on local ABC television network stations as a financial reporter, primarily from a bureau the NASDAQ stock exchange.
Joyanne Bracewell Dame Joyanne Bracewell, DBE, QC, FRSA (5 July 1934 - 9 January 2007) was the most senior judge of the Family Division of the High Court of Justice at the time of her death, after the President of the Family Division.
Joyce Ackroyd Joyce Ackroyd was a prominent Australian scholar of Japanese language and literature. She served as Professor of the University of Queensland's School of Japanese during the 1970s and 1980s, which she energetically built up into one of Australia's main centres for Japanese studies.
Joyce Auguste Joyce Auguste was a Saint Lucian musician and leader of The Hewanorra Voices, which became a major popular folk bands in the 1970s. Auguste also worked as music supervisor for the Saint Lucian school system and introduced folk music into the school curriculum.
Joyce Beatty Joyce Beatty (born March 12, 1950) of Columbus, Ohio, is a Democratic member of the Ohio House of Representatives. She served as a delegate for John Kerry on the Ohio delegation to the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston.
Joyce Brabner Joyce Brabner (born 1952) is a writer of political comics and sometimes collaborator with her husband Harvey Pekar. As Pekar's third wife, she has appeared as a character in many of his American Splendor stories.
Joyce Brothers Joyce Brothers, PhD (maiden name Joyce Diane Bauer, born October 20, 1928) is one of United States' leading family psychologists and advice columnists, publishing a daily syndicated newspaper column since 1960. She gained fame in 1955 by winning The $64,000 Question game show, on which she appeared as an expert in the subject area of boxing.
Joyce Bulifant Joyce Bulifant (born December 16, 1937 in Newport News, Virginia) is an American actress who was a frequent panelist on the television game show Match Game. She is known for her weird answers that rarely match any of the contestants.
Joyce Carol Oates Joyce Carol Oates (born June 16 1938) is an American author and is the "Roger S. Berlind '52 Professor in the Humanities" with the Program in Creative Writing at Princeton University, where she has taught since 1978 (
Joyce Cooling Joyce Cooling is a San Francisco-area smooth jazz guitarist. Growing up in New Jersey, she absorbed a wide variety of music, and developed a personal style of fingerpicking that has given her playing a unique sound and feel.
Joyce Falconer Joyce Falconer was born in 1969 and raised in a housing scheme in Torry, which is a resilient, strong community across the River Dee from Aberdeen fish market. Educated at Tullos Primary and Torry Academy where her natural talents for performing and music were encouraged.
Joyce Fitch Joyce Fitch was a tennis player from Australia who reached the women's singles final of the 1946 Australian Championships, losing to Nancye Wynne Bolton 6-4, 6-4. She teamed with Mary Bevis Hawton to win the women's doubles title at the 1946 Australian Championships, defeating Bolton and Thelma Coyne Long in the final 9-7, 6-4.
Joyce Jacobs Joyce Jacobs (born 15 April 1922 in England, United Kingdom) is a British character actress in Australia adept at playing gossips and interfering busybodies. During the 1970s she played the recurring bit part character Mrs Carson in Number 96.
Joyce Kilmer Alfred Joyce Kilmer (6 December 1886 – 30 July 1918), known familiarly as Joyce Kilmer, was an American journalist, poet, literary critic, lecturer and editor. Though a prolific poet whose works celebrated the common beauty of the natural world as well as his religious faith, Kilmer is remembered most for a poem entitled "Trees" (1913) which was published in the collection Trees and Other Poems in 1914.
Joyce Kurtz Joyce Hedy Kurtz Mahan (born June 25, 1958 in Ventura, CA), better known as Joyce Kurtz or Joyce Kurtz Mahan, is a voice actress and ex-wife of Kerrigan Mahan, who is best known for his voice of Bunta Fujiwara in Initial D.
Joyce Lester Shield The Joyce Lester Shield is a trophy symbolizing the Under 23 Women's championship of the Australian Softball Federation. The Joyce Lester competition was first held in 1997 to bridge the gap between the Under 19 National Championships and Open National Championships.
Joyce M. Roche Joyce M. Roche is President and Chief Executive Officer of Girls Incorporated (a national nonprofit research, education, and advocacy organization), New York, New York, and has served in this capacity since September 2000.
Joyce MacKenzie Joyce MacKenzie (born October 13, 1929 in Redwood City, California) is an American actress who appeared in films and television from 1946 to 1961. She is best remembered for being the eleventh actress to portray Jane.
Joyce Mojonnier Joyce "Sunny" Mojonnier served as a California State Assemblywoman from 1983 until 1991. During her terms in office she served on the Rules, Ways & Means, Judiciary, Governmental Organizations, and Education committees.
Joyce Mujuru Joyce Mujuru (born 1956) is a Zimbabwean politician, who serves as a vice-president of the Zanu-PF party, alongside fellow vice-president Joseph Msika and president Robert Mugabe, taking a position left vacant following the death of Simon Muzenda. This puts her in line to succeed Mugabe, if he retires in 2008.
Joyce Riley Joyce Riley is an American registered nurse, has a bachelor of science in nursing, is an activist and spokesperson for the American Gulf War Veterans Association. She is strongly opposed to the American Medical Association, the Centers For Disease Control And Prevention, the American Dental Association, NAIS, the North American Union, and electronic voting.
Joyce Savoline Joyce Savoline is the nominated Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario candidate for Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) in the Ontario provincial riding of Burlington. At the local party's nomination meeting on Wednesday, December 13, 2006, she narrowly defeated former Miss Canada Blair Lancaster, 251 votes to 205.
Joyce Sims Joyce Sims (born August 6 1959 in Rochester, New York) is an American singer, composer and pianist. Known for her 80s club anthems, her biggest hit was the soul/dance ballad, "Come Into My Life", which was a worldwide top ten hit in early 1988.
Joyce Sparer Adler Joyce Sparer Adler (December 2, 1916 - September 13, 1999), was an American critic, playwright, and teacher. She was a founding member of the faculty of the University of Guyana, writer of important critical analyses of Wilson Harris and Herman Melville, and 1988 president of the Melville Society.
Joyce Steele Joyce Steele was the first woman elected to the South Australian House of Assembly in 1959, representing the Liberal and Country League. She was also the first South Australian woman to achieve Cabinet rank in the South Australian Parliament as Minister of Education in Hall Government from 1968 to 1970.
Joyce Tang Joyce Tang Lai Ming (Traditional Chinese: 滕麗名) (born January 20, 1974 in Hong Kong) is an actress of Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB). She entered the show business via entering the New Talent Singing Awards in 1995.
Joyce Tenneson Joyce Tenneson, born May 29, 1945, was an American photographer known for her distinctive style of photography, which often involved nude or semi-nude women. She has had her work displayed in over 100 exhibitions around the world.
Joyce Tyldesley Joyce Ann Tyldesely is a British archaeologist, academic, and free lance writer. She was Honorary Research Fellow at the School of Archaeology, Classics, and Oriental Studies at Liverpool University and lecturer of Egyptology.
Joyce Vincent Wilson Joyce Vincent Wilson is an American singer most famous for being one-third of the group Tony Orlando and Dawn. As an original member to the 1970s group, who later had their own successful TV show, she was featured on hits like "Knock Three Times", "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Around the Ole Oak Tree" and "Candida".
Joyce Wethered Joyce Wethered (born November 17, 1901 in Surrey, England — died November 18, 1997, London) was a golfer widely regarded as the greatest British woman player of her time. Wethered and her brother Roger, who tied for the British Open title in 1921 but lost the play-off, learned the game as children.
Joyce Wright Joyce Wright (born June 23 1922) is an English singer and actress, best known for her performances in the mezzo-soprano roles of the Savoy Operas with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company. She was married for a time to another D'Oyly Carte performer, Peter Pratt.
Joyce Ziske Joyce Ziske (born 1935 and also known as Joyce Malinson) is an American golfer. She played on the LPGA Tour from 1955 to 1960 and in 1960 she won the Western Open which was one of the LPGA major championships at that time.
Joycea pallida Red Anther Wallaby Grass is an Australian species of tussock grass found in woodland New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. The grass has flowers in December, and the flowers have a prominent red anther, after which it is commonly named.
Joycean A text is deemed Joycean when it is reminiscent of the writings of James Joyce, particularly Ulysses or Finnegans Wake. The characteristics usually alluded to in employing this term are a vast range of style and technique (particularly symbolism and stream-of-consciousness), and an inclination towards somewhat sordid subject-matter.
Joydrop Joydrop was a Canadian alternative rock band in the late 1990s and early 2000s from Toronto, Ontario. The band consisted of vocalist Tara Slone, guitarist Thomas Payne, bassist Tom McKay and drummer Tony Rabalao.
Joyent Joyent is a developer of web-based collaboration software targeted at small businesses. Originally founded to develop and market a single suite of applications, the company merged in 2005 with TextDrive, a provider of web hosting, web-based applications and consulting services, and the new venture now offers a combined line of products and services:
Joyeuse Entree The Joyeuse Entree, was a famous charter of liberty granted to Brabant by Duke John III in 1354. John summoned the representatives of the cities of the duchy to Louvain to announce to them the marriage of his daughter and heiress Jeanne of Brabant to Wenceslaus duke of Luxemburg, and he offered them liberal concessions in order to secure their assent to the change of dynasty.
Joyful Child Foundation The Joyful Child Foundation was established in 2002 by the Runyon family after the sexual assault and murder of five-year-old Samantha Runyon in 2002. Its first initiative was "Samantha's Pride" which aims to facilitate the establishment of child watch programs in communities across the US.
Joyland Amusement Park The Joyland Amusement Park is a small family owned traditional amusement park, located in Lubbock, Texas, within Lubbock's Mackenzie Park. It typically operates from March to September of each year, opening 7 days a week but only during the evening on weeknights.
Joyland Amusement Park (Wichita) Joyland Amusement Park opened in Wichita, Kansas, on June 12, 1949, and with the exception of a gap between 2003-2006, has been in continuous operation ever since. It currently is the largest theme park in central Kansas and the only park in the region with a world-class wooden roller coaster.
Joymaker The Joymaker is a fictional device invented by Frederik Pohl for the novel The Age of the Pussyfoot, first published in 1965. It bears a remarkable resemblance to devices in common use in the years following the start of the 21st century.
Joyoboyo Ratu Joyoboyo, also Sri Mapanji Jayabaya or Jayabhaya reigned over the Indianized kingdom of Kediri in East Java from 1135 to 1157 AD. He reunified the kingdom after a split that occurred with the death of his predecessor Airlangga.
Joyous Entry The Joyous Entry ("Blijde Inkomst" in Dutch, "Joyeuse Entrée" in French), implying the peaceable entry of the Duke of Brabant into his city of Brussels—is the charter of liberties granted to the Duchy of Brabant following the death in 1355 of its Duke, Jan III; the document is dated 3 January 1355/6 (old style). The charter was not completely new, but followed an old custom in Brabant of "landcharters", such as the Charter of Kortenberg, granted by Jan II in 1312, or the "Walloon Charter" of 1314, a custom with origins in the previous century.
Joypolis Joypolis is an amusement park that was first opened on July 20, 1994 in Yokohama, Japan. Joypolis centres have since opened in Tokyo, Umeda and Okayama, with all four parks featuring arcade games and amusement rides based on SEGA IP.
Joyride (crime) To joyride is to drive around in a stolen car, boat, or other vehicle with no particular goal, a ride taken solely for pleasure or excitement. Joyriders are usually teenagers and are often under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
Joyride (Roxette song) "Joyride," written by Per Gessle, was the first single released from Swedish pop duo Roxette's 1991 album Joyride, the follow-up to the group's highly successful Look Sharp!. The single "Joyride" topped the charts across Europe, in Canada and in Australia, but only reached number 4 in the United Kingdom.
Joyride (TV series) Joyride is the story of young people on a journey of self-discovery, friendship and love as they go through teenage life on their way to young adulthood. Directed by Mac Alejandre, Joyride is a fresh, touching, sometimes heartbreaking and often amusing look at teenage life.
Joystick A joystick is a personal computer peripheral or general control device consisting of a handheld stick that pivots about one end and transmits its angle in two or three dimensions to a computer. Most joysticks are two-dimensional, having two axes of movement (similar to a mouse), but three-dimensional joysticks do exist.
Jozafat Kuncewicz Josaphat Kuncevyc () is a martyr and saint of the Ukrainian Byzantine Catholic Church, born in the little town of Volodymyr in the region of Volhynia, then part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, in 1580 or — according to some writers — 1584; died at Vitsebsk in Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (now in Belarus), 12 November, 1623.
Jozef Adamec Jozef Adamec (born February 26 1942, Vrbové) is former Slovak football player and still active trainer, one of the most famous Slovak football players of post war era. Temperament football player, great striker, later equally great passer.
Jozef Garbien Jozef Garbien was a Polish football striker who played for both Pogon Lwow and the national team. He was part of the legendary Pogon forwards, which in the early 1920s were superior to all opponents in the country.
Jozef Karol Hell Jozef Karol Hell (Slovak), Hell József Károly (Hungarian), Joseph Karl Hell (German) (1713-1789) was a mining engineer and inventor who, in 1755, invented the water-pillar, the world's first water pump machine. It is mainly used today for oil extraction.
Jozef Kohut Jozef Kohut plays as a forward in ice hockey, notably appearing for the Slovakian national junior team in 1993 and 1995 and being a draft pick for the Detroit Red Wings NHL outfit. After competing most of his career in the Slovakian Extraliga, he was signed to the Guildford Flames in Great Britain in 2003, where he has played in both the British National League and the English Premier League.
Jozef Mackiewicz Józef Mackiewicz (April 1, 1902 – January 31, 1985) was a prominent Polish language writer and publicist. He was an enthusiastic anti-Communist, but during his life Mackiewicz was attacked by the right as well as by the left .
Jozef Murgaš Jozef Murgaš (17 February 1864, Tajov in the Kingdom of Hungary, present-day Slovakia – 11 May 1929, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania) was a Slovak inventor, architect, botanist, painter, patriot, and Roman Catholic priest. He contributed to wireless telegraphy and help develop mobile communications and wireless transmission of information and human voice.
Jozef Tiso Monsignor Jozef Tiso (October 13, 1887–April 18, 1947) was a Roman Catholic priest who became a deputy of the Czechoslovak parliament, a member of the Czechoslovak government, and finally the President of Independent Slovak Republic from 1939-1945, allied with Nazi Germany. After the end of World War II, Tiso was executed by Czechoslovak authorities.
Jozef Vliers Jozef Vliers, nicknamed "Jef" (born 18 December 1932Died 19/01/1994) was a Belgian football player who finished top scorer of the Jupiler League with 25 goals (together with Jef Van Gool) in 1958 while playing for Beerschot. He formerly played with Patria Tongeren and then with Racing de Bruxelles.
Jozef Zwonarz Jozef Zwonarz, Polish-Catholic, was one of many Righteous Gentiles who opened their hearts and homes to persecuted Jews in spite of the penalty of death if they were caught doing so. Zwonarz showed particular courage in the face of adversity by housing a total of four Jewish adults in a cell under his small workshop, which was on a property close to the town’s Gestapo headquarters on the right boundary, the Schutzpolizei (Nazi secret police) on the left boundary, and the Ukrainian police across the road.
Jozef-Ernest van Roey Cardinal Jozef-Ernest van Roey (Belgium, Vorselaar, 13 January, 1874-Mechelen, 6 August, 1961), was Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium. He was ordained priest on 18 September, 1897, and he was appointed Archbishop on 12 March 1925.
Jozias van Aartsen Jozias Johannes van Aartsen (born December 25, 1947 in The Hague) is a Dutch politician and member of the liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD). Former agriculture minister (1994-1998) and former foreign minister (1998-2002).
Jozsef Gregor JĂłzsef Gregor (August 8, 1940 - October 27, 2006) was a renowned Hungarian bass-baritone who enjoyed success first in Hungary, then in France, Belgium and Canada, and finally in the United States. Jozsef Gregor was born in Rakosliget, a small town that is now part of Budapest, and studied voice at the Liszt Academy in Budapest.
Jozsef Szabo von Szentmiklos Jozsef Szabo von Szentmiklos (14 March 1822-12 April 1894), Hungarian geologist, was born at Kalocsa, on 14 March 1822. His first contribution to science was an essay on metallurgy, in which subject he had received special training.
JOCA JOCA is a freeware mobile phone application based on the mobile JAVA language implementation J2ME. Certain content is being preprocessed/compressed by a proxy server system and exchanged via GPRS (UMTS not being required) with the mobile application.
JOELib JOELib is a freeware chemical expert system mainly used for converting chemical file formats. Because of its strong relationship to informatics, this program belongs more to the category cheminformatics than to molecular modelling.
JOM Published monthly by The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) (a member-based professional society), JOM is a technical journal devoted to exploring the many aspects of materials science and engineering. JOM reports scholarly work that explores the state-of-the-art processing, fabrication, design, and application of metals, ceramics, plastics, composites, and other materials.
JOSEKI (cipher) The JOSEKI algorithm is actually a pair of related algorithms for the encryption and decryption of secret algorithms stored in firmware. The bootstrap code uses a key stored in non-volatile memory to decrypt the operating system code stored encrypted in ROM.
JP Aerospace JP Aerospace is a volunteer-based organization dedicated to achieving cheap access to space. JP Aerospace was founded and is still controlled by John Marchel Powell, or "JP" as he is familiarly known.
JP Chandrababu JP Chandrababu (1932–1974) - Tamil film comedian-actor, singer and dancer, whose chaplin-style on-screen movements and unique singing style, with some humorous yet philosophical Tamil lyrics and a bass voice, made him popular from the late 1940's to the early 1970's.
JP-5 JP-5, or JP5 (for "Jet Propellant") is a jet fuel with a high flash point (min. 60°C), developed in 1952 for use in aircraft stationed aboard aircraft carriers where the risk from fire is particularly great.
JP/Politikens Hus JP/Politikens Hus A/S (literally House of JP/Politiken) is a Danish media company. Established on January 1, 2003 as a merger of the Jyllands-Posten and Politiken publishing companies, JP/Politikens Hus is now the publisher of those two broadsheet newspapers, as well as Politiken's tabloid Ekstra Bladet; a free daily, 24timer, was added in 2006.
JPEG In computing, JPEG (pronounced JAY-peg; IPA: ) is a commonly used standard method of compression for photographic images. The name JPEG stands for Joint Photographic Experts Group, the name of the committee which created the standard.
JPEG 2000 JPEG 2000 is a wavelet-based image compression standard. It was created by the Joint Photographic Experts Group committee with the intention of superseding their original discrete cosine transform-based JPEG standard.
JPEG Lossless Compression JPEG Lossless Compression is a means of compressing images such that the original image can be recovered exactly - so called Reversible Compression. It is only commonly used in conjunction with the DICOM standard for medical imaging.
JPIP JPIP is a compression streamlining protocol that works with JPEG 2000 to produce an image using the least bandwidth required. It can be very useful for medical purposes, among others, and many implementations of it are currently being produced, including the HiRISE camera's pictures, among others.
JPMorgan Chase Open The JPMorgan Chase Open presented by Herbalife is a Tier II tennis tournament on the WTA Tour held in Carson (Los Angeles), California, United States. The 2006 event is being held from August 7 till August 13.
JPMorgan Chase Tower (Dallas) The JPMorgan Chase Tower, located at 2200 Ross Avenue in the City Center District of downtown Dallas, Texas (USA) is a 55-story postmodern skyscraper. Standing at a structural height of 738 feet (225 m), it is the fourth tallest skyscraper in Dallas.
JPP JPP is a group of Finnish folk musicians, mainly fiddlers, hailing from Kaustinen. The name originally meant Järvelän Pikkupelimannit, the small fiddlers of Järvelä, but today the group only uses the acronym JPP.
JProbe Suite JProbe Suite is comprised of a Java profiler, memory debugger, threading debugger, and test-coverage analyzer. It is used by Java developers and testers to locate processing bottlenecks, diagnose performance at the method and code level, debug memory leaks, and assess code coverage to isolate untested or dead code.
JPublish JPublish is a powerful web publishing system designed to ensure a clean separation of developer roles. JPublish includes support for multiple templating engines, including Jakarta Apache's Velocity, FreeMarker and WebMacro.
JQH Arena The JQH Arena is a 12,500 seat multi-purpose arena in Springfield, Missouri that is scheduled to begin construction in December of 2006. Due to be completed in 2008, it will be the home of the Missouri State University Bears basketball teams.
JrMan jrMan renderer is an open source version of the Reyes rendering algorithm used by Pixar's PhotoRealistic RenderMan, implemented in Java by Gerardo Horvilleur, Jorge Vargas, Elmer Garduno and Alessandro Falappa.
JR Bus Tohoku Company is an operator of inter-city and regional bus lines based in the TĹŤhoku region of Japan. A division of JR East railway company, JR Bus Tohoku is one of eight bus companies within the Japan Railways (JR) group.
JR Kobe Line The is the nickname of portions of the TĹŤkaidĹŤ and the SanyĹŤ Main Lines, between Osaka Station and Himeji Station in HyĹŤgo. The portions are one of commuter rail lines and services in Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto Metropolitan Area, owned and operated by West Japan Railway Company.
JR-Maglev JR-Maglev, MLX01 (X means experimental), is a magnetic levitation train system developed by the Japan Railway Technical Research Institute (association of Japan Railway Group), composed of a maximum 5 cars to run on the Yamanashi Maglev Test Line. On December 2, 2003, a three-car train set attained a maximum speed of 581 km/h (361 mph) (world speed record for maglev trains) in a manned vehicle run.
JRHS Improv John Rennie High School has competed in the Canadian Improv Games for the past ten years, winning the Montreal games for seven of those years. Originally, every year it supported just one team, but as of 2004-2005, it started supporting a second team, sending both teams to compete in the CIG.
JS Food Plan JS Food Plan Co, Ltd. (commonly referred to as "JS" (which is an acronym for the Korean name Jae Sang) (hangul:제이에스 푸드플랜) is a franchised Korean pizza company that is headquartered in Yeoeuido-Dong Yeongdeungpo-Gu Seoul, Korea, established in 1998 the company is currently CEO'd by Jeong Jae Sang (정재상).

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