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Juniperus thurifera Juniperus thurifera (Spanish Juniper) is a juniper native to the mountains of the western Mediterranean region, from northwestern Italy and southern France (including Corsica) across eastern and central Spain to Morocco and locally in northern Algeria.
Juniperus virginiana Juniperus virginiana is a widespread North American species of juniper, known as Eastern Juniper or Eastern Redcedar (although it is not closely related to the true cedars, genus Cedrus); the Lakota Native American name is Chansha, "redwood" or Hante'. It is found from southeastern Canada to the Gulf of Mexico, east of the Great Plains.
Junius Junius was the pseudonym of a writer who contributed a series of letters to the Public Advertiser,The Public Advertiser was a political newspaper run by Henry Sampson Woodfall, based in London. His brother William Woodfall later established the Daily, a paper that reported on parliamentary debates.
Junius Bird Junius Bouton Bird (1907 - 1982) born in Rye, New York, was an American archaeologist who was appointed curator of South American Archaeology at American Museum of Natural History in 1931. His contributions to the study of ecology, climate, and Pre-Columbian archaeology earned him several awards including: The Viking Fund Medal for Archaeology (1956) and The Order of "El sol de Peru" (1974).
Junius Daniel Junius Daniel (June 27, 1828 – May 13, 1864) was a planter and career military officer, serving in the United States Army, then in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. A brigadier general, his troops were instrumental in the Confederates' first day's success at the Battle of Gettysburg.
Junius H Rose High School Junius H Rose High School (known informally as "JH Rose", "Rose High", or simply "Rose") is a comprehensive public high school in Greenville, North Carolina, in the Pitt County Schools system.
Junius Heights, Dallas, Texas Junius Heights is Dallas' largest historic district, a neighborhood of more than 800 homes in Old East Dallas, Texas (USA) situated east of Munger Place, south of Swiss Avenue and southwest of Lakewood. It is relatively rectangular, bounded roughly by Gaston Avenue on the NW, Paulus Avenue on the NE, Reiger Avenue on the SE, and Henderson Avenue on the SW.
Junius Richard Jayewardene Junius Richard Jayewardene (September 17 1906–November 1 1996), famously abbreviated in Sri Lanka as JR, was the president of Sri Lanka from 1978 until 1989. He was a leader of the nationalist movement in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) who served in a variety of cabinet positions in the decades after independence.
Junius Street (IRT Eastern Parkway Line) Junius Street is a station on the IRT Eastern Parkway Line of the New York City Subway, currently served by mainly the train, but also the , , and trains. Located at Junius Street and Livonia Avenue in Brooklyn, it is a two-track station with two side platforms.
Junji Sakamoto Junji Sakamoto (阪本 順治 Sakamoto Junji; 1957-) is a Japanese film director born in Sakai City, Japan. He made his directorial debut in 1989 with Dotsuitarunen and followed it up with another boxing film, Tekken in 1990.
Junk (novel) Junk (released as Smack in America) is a 1996 novel by Melvin Burgess. The book is about the experiences of a group of teenagers who fall into heroin addiction and anarchism on the streets of Bristol, England.
Junk (Transformers) The planet of Junk (sometimes also referred to as Junkion) is a planetoid which was first introduced in Transformers: The Movie. It is the home planet of the Junkions, a subgroup of Autobots who transform into motorcycles.
Junk DNA In molecular biology, "junk" DNA is a collective label for the portions of the DNA sequence of a chromosome or a genome for which no function has yet been identified. About 97% of the human genome has been designated as "junk", including most sequences within introns and most intergenic DNA.
Junk food Junk food is a slang term describing food that is perceived to be unhealthy or having poor nutritional value. The term is believed to have been coined by Michael Jacobson, director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, in 1972..
Junk food news Junk food news refers to news stories that sensationalize, personalize or homogenize relatively inconsequential trivia in the mass media. It is a sardonic phrase which has the same meaning as journalistic noise.
Junk Keying The Junk Keying ( literally "Elder and Brave". English name is based on Cantonese pronunciation) was a three-masted, 800-ton Foochow Chinese trading junk which sailed from China around the Cape of Good Hope to the United States and England between 1846 and 1848.
Junk Mail (film) Junk Mail (Budbringeren) is a Norwegian film made in 1997. The film won many awards including Best Actress for Eli Anne Linnestad, Best Actor for Robert Skjærstad and Best Film for Pål Sletauneat the Amanda Awards in Norway and the Mercedes-Benz award at the Cannes Film Festival.
Junk Rig The Junk rig, also known as the Chinese lugsail and Sampan rig, is a type of sail rig in which the sail is fully battened (rigid members span from the luff to the leech) and partially balanced (some of the sail extends forward of the mast and some extends aft of the mast.) Hasler & MacLeod, Practical Junk Rig, Tiller Publishing.
Junk science Junk science is a pejorative term used in political and legal disputes in the United States to describe scientific data, research, analyses or claims which are alleged to be driven by political, religious, financial or other questionable motives.
Junk silver Junk silver is an informal term used in the United States for any silver coin which is in only fair condition and has no collectable value above the value of the silver it contains. Such coins are popular amongst those seeking to invest in silver, particularly in small amounts.
Junker Junkers (English pronunciation: ; German pronunciation: ) were the landed aristocracy of Prussia and Eastern Germany - often also called "Eastelbia" (Ostelbien in German - the land east of river Elbe). These families were mostly part of the German Uradel (very old feudal nobility) and carried on the colonization and Christianization of the northeastern European territories in the 11th, 12th and 13th century.
Junker (SS rank) Junker was a paramilitary Nazi rank that was used by the Schutzstaffel (SS) between the years of 1933 and 1945. The rank was a special position held by those aspiring for officer commissions in the armed wing of the SS, first known as the SS-VerfĂĽgungstruppe and later as the Waffen-SS.
Junkers EF 61 The Junkers EF 61 airplane was based on the Junkers Ju 49, and was one of the few German high-altitude bomber and reconnaissance projects before the World War II. The project started in September 1935 and the maiden flight took place on March 4 1937, but in September of that year the plane was destroyed in a crash.
Junkers Ju 187 The Junkers Ju 187 was designed to replace the aging Ju 87 Stuka, which by the time of the Battle of Britain was fast approaching obsolescence. Although an extremely radical design, the Ju 187 project never made it to production.
Junkers Ju 188 The Ju 188 Rächer (Avenger) was a high-performance medium bomber from Junkers, the planned follow-on to the famed Ju 88 with better performance and payload. It was produced only in limited numbers, due both to the presence of improved versions of the Ju 88, as well as the deteriorating war condition and the resulting focus on fighter production.
Junkers Ju 290 The Junkers Ju 290 was a long-range transport, maritime patrol aircraft and bomber used by the Luftwaffe late in World War II. The Ju-290 was the only four-engined heavy-duty aircraft used by the Luftwaffe in World War II and was the forerunner of the subsequent transatlantic civil aircraft.
Junkers Ju 388 The Junkers Ju 388J "Störtebeker" (a famous German pirate of the Middle Ages) was a World War II heavy fighter based on the famous Ju 88 airframe. It was introduced very late in the war, and production problems and the general war conditions meant few were delivered.
Junkers Ju 390 The Junkers Ju 390 was a long-range derivative of the Junkers Ju 290 and was intended to be used as a heavy transport, maritime patrol aircraft, and bomber. It was a design selected for the abortive Amerika Bomber project.
Junkers Ju 52 The Junkers Ju 52 (nicknamed Tante Ju - "Auntie Ju" - and "Iron Annie") was a transport aircraft and bomber manufactured 1932 – 1945 by Junkers. It saw both civilian and military service during the 1930s and 1940s.
Junkers Ju 86 The Junkers Ju 86 was a German monoplane bomber and civilian airliner designed in the early 1930s by Junkers. The civilian model Ju 86B could carry ten passengers; two were delivered to Swissair and five to Lufthansa.
Junkers Ju 87 The Junkers Ju 87 or Stuka was the best known Sturzkampfflugzeug () in World War II, instantly recognisable by its inverted gull wings, fixed undercarriage and infamous wailing siren (though these were only fitted to a few aircraft, the extra drag being unwelcome on an already sluggish aircraft).
Junkers Ju 88 The Junkers Ju 88 was a World War II Luftwaffe twin-engine multi-role aircraft. Among the most versatile planes of the war, it was used as a bomber, close-support aircraft, nightfighter, torpedo bomber and reconnaissance aircraft and even as a giant flying bomb in the Mistel project.
Junkers Jumo 004 The Jumo 004 was the world's first turbojet engine in production and operational use. Some 8,000 units were manufactured by Junkers in Germany during late World War II and powered the Messerschmitt Me 262 and Arado Ar 234 aircraft.
Junkers Jumo 205 The Junkers Jumo 205 aircraft engine was the most famous of a series of diesel engines that were the first, and for more than half a century, the only successful diesel aircraft engines. The Jumo 204 first entered service in 1932.
Junkers Jumo 210 The Jumo 210 was Junkers Motoren's first production gasoline aircraft engine, produced just before the start of World War II. It produced about 650hp in common versions, and can be considered a counterpart of the Rolls-Royce Kestrel in many ways.
Junkers Jumo 211 The Jumo 211 was an inverted V-12 aircraft engine, Junkers Motoren's primary aircraft engine of World War II. It was the direct competitor to the famous Daimler-Benz DB 601 and closely paralleled its development.
Junkers Jumo 213 The Jumo 213 was a World War II-era V-12 liquid cooled aircraft engine, a development of Junkers Motoren's earlier design, the Jumo 211. The design added two features, a pressurized cooling system that required considerably less cooling fluid that allowed the engine to be built smaller and lighter, and a number of improvements that allowed it to run at higher RPM.
Junkers Jumo 223 The Junkers Jumo 223 was an experimental 24-cylinder aircraft engine based on the Junkers Jumo 205. It had four banks of six cylinders in a rhomboid configuration, with four crankshafts one at each vertex of the rhombus, and 48 pistons.
Junkers W 34 Junkers W 34 was a German-built, single-engine, passenger- and transport aircraft, that was developed in the 1920s and was taken into service in 1926. The passenger version could take a pilot and five passengers.
Junket (dessert) Junket is the brand name of a product used to make a milk-based dessert, made with sweetened milk and rennet, the digestive enzyme which curdles milk. To make it, the milk mixture (usually with sugar and vanilla) is heated to approximately body temperature and the Junket tablet, which has been dissolved in a tablespoon of cold water, is mixed in to cause curdling.
Junko Minagawa Junko Minagawa (皆川 純子 Minagawa Junko) is a seiyū who was born on November 22, 1975 in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki. She is affiliated with Haikyo and is well-known for voicing young boys, although she has done "feminine" lady roles as well.
Junko Miyashita Junko Miyashita (宮下順子 - Miyashita Junko) (January 29, 1949 - ) is a Japanese actress. Known as one of the three "Nikkatsu Queens" of Roman Porno during the 1970s, she has had a long and varied career.
Junko Onishi (swimmer) Junko Onishi (born October 18, 1974 in Hyogo) is a former butterfly swimmer from Japan, who won the bronze medal in the 4x100m Medley Relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Her winning teammates in that race were Mai Nakamura, Masami Tanaka, and Sumika Minamoto.
Junko Utada Keiko Fuji (藤 圭子 Fuji Keiko), real name Junko Utada (宇多田純子 Utada Junko, Born July 5, 1951 in Iwate Prefecture, Japan), was a popular Enka female singer. She had success in the 1960s and 1970s with her ballad-type songs.
Junkpile Junkpile is a fictional character in Marvel Comics's 2099 universe, a look at superheroes in the year 2099. He was one of the main antagonists of a future incarnation of the X-Men called X-Men 2099, and briefly was affiliated with both the X-Men and SHIELD.
Junkyard (band) Junkyard is a hard rock band formed in Los Angeles by two Texans, David Roach (vocals) and Chris Gates (guitar, ex-Big Boys). Members came and went before they offered the drum stool to Patrick Muzingo, who in turn brought with him bassist Clay Anthony.
Junkyard Dog Sylvester Ritter (December 13, 1952 – June 2, 1998) was an American professional wrestler best known for his work in Mid-South Wrestling and the World Wrestling Federation as The Junkyard Dog (or JYD for short).
Juno (musical) Juno is a Broadway musical with music and lyrics by Marc Blitzstein and book by Joseph Stein, based closely on the 1924 play Juno and the Paycock by Sean O'Casey. The original Broadway production opened at the Winter Garden Theatre, New York, on March 9, 1959.
Juno (mythology) Juno (Latin: IVNO) was a major Roman goddess, the rough equivalent of the Greek Hera, queen of the gods. An ancient and central deity in Roman religion, Juno was the sister and wife of the ruler of the gods, Jupiter, and the mother of Mars, one of the most important Roman deities.
Juno (spacecraft) Juno is a NASA mission to Jupiter planned to cost roughly $700 million (FY03) and scheduled to launch in the summer of 2011. The spacecraft will be placed in a polar orbit in order to study the planet's composition, gravity field, magnetic field, and polar magnetosphere.
Juno Award for Alternative Album of the Year The Juno Award for Alternative Album of the Year is presented annually at Canada's Juno Awards to honour the best album of the year in the alternative rock and/or indie rock genres. The award was first presented in 1995 under the name Best Alternative Album, and adopted its current name in 2003.
Juno Awards of 1970 The Gold Leaf Awards of 1970, which were in effect the first Juno Awards, were founded by RPM Magazine to honour Canadian music industry achievements. The magazine had honoured musicians in the previous six years using a reader survey, but had begun a formal awards ceremony.
Juno Awards of 1975 The Juno Awards of 1975, representing Canadian music industry achievements of the previous year, were awarded on 24 March 1975 in Toronto at a ceremony in the Canadian National Exhibition. Paul Anka was host for the ceremonies, which were broadcast for the first time.
Juno Awards of 1976 The Juno Awards of 1976, representing Canadian music industry achievements of the previous year, were awarded on 15 March 1976 in Toronto at a ceremony hosted by John Allan Cameron at the Ryerson Polytechnic Institute. CBC Television provided a national broadcast of the ceremonies.
Juno Awards of 1977 The Juno Awards of 1977, representing Canadian music industry achievements of the previous year, were awarded on 16 March 1977 in Toronto at a ceremony hosted by David Steinberg at the Royal York Hotel. The ceremonies were broadcast on a 2-hour CBC Television special.
Juno Awards of 1978 The Juno Awards of 1978, representing Canadian music industry achievements of the previous year, were awarded on 29 March 1978 in Toronto at a ceremony hosted for a second year by David Steinberg at the Harbour Castle Hilton Convention Centre. A 2-hour broadcast of the ceremonies was available nationally on CBC Television.
Juno Awards of 1979 The Juno Awards of 1979, representing Canadian music industry achievements of the previous year, were awarded on 21 March 1979 in Toronto at a ceremony hosted by Burton Cummings at the Harbour Castle Hilton Convention Centre.
Juno Awards of 1982 The Juno Awards of 1982, representing Canadian music industry achievements of the previous year, were awarded on 14 April 1982 in Toronto at a ceremony hosted by Burton Cummings at the Harbour Castle Hilton Convention Centre.
Juno Awards of 1983 The Juno Awards of 1983, representing Canadian music industry achievements of the previous year, were awarded on 5 April 1983 in Toronto at a ceremony hosted by Burton Cummings and Alan Thicke at the Harbour Castle Hilton Metropolitan Ballroom.
Juno Awards of 1984 The Juno Awards of 1984, representing Canadian music industry achievements of the previous year, were awarded on 5 December 1984 in Toronto at a ceremony hosted by Joe Flaherty and Andrea Martin of SCTV at Exhibition Place Automotive Building. The ceremones were broadcast on CBC Television from 8pm Eastern Time.
Juno Awards of 1985 The Juno Awards of 1985, representing Canadian music industry achievements of the previous year, were awarded on 4 November 1985 in Toronto. The ceremony was hosted by Andrea Martin and Martin Short at the Harbour Castle Hilton Hotel.
Juno Awards of 1986 The Juno Awards of 1986, representing Canadian music industry achievements of the previous year, were awarded on 10 November 1986 in Toronto at a ceremony hosted by Howie Mandel at the Harbour Castle Hilton Hotel. CBC Television broadcast the ceremonies nationally.
Juno Awards of 1987 The Juno Awards of 1987, representing Canadian music industry achievements of the previous year, were awarded on 2 November 1987 in Toronto at a ceremony in the O'Keefe Centre. Howie Mandel was the host for the ceremonies, which were broadcast on CBC Television.
Juno Awards of 1989 The Juno Awards of 1989, representing Canadian music industry achievements of the previous year, were awarded on 12 March 1989 in Toronto at a ceremony in the O'Keefe Centre. André-Philippe Gagnon was the host for the ceremonies, which were broadcast on CBC Television.
Juno Awards of 1990 The Juno Awards of 1990, representing Canadian music industry achievements of the previous year, were awarded on 18 March 1990 in Toronto at a ceremony in the O'Keefe Centre. Rick Moranis was the host for the ceremonies, which were broadcast on CBC Television.
Juno Awards of 1991 The Juno Awards of 1991, representing Canadian music industry achievements of the previous year, were awarded on 3 March 1991 in Vancouver, British Columbia at a ceremony in the Queen Elizabeth Theatre. Paul Shaffer was the host for the ceremonies, which were broadcast on CBC Television.
Juno Awards of 1992 The Juno Awards of 1992, representing Canadian music industry achievements of the previous year, were awarded on 29 March 1992 in Toronto at a ceremony in the O'Keefe Centre. Rick Moranis was the host for the ceremonies, which were broadcast on CBC Television from 9 pm Eastern.
Juno Awards of 1993 The Juno Awards of 1993, representing Canadian music industry achievements of the previous year, were awarded on 21 March 1993 in Toronto at a ceremony in the O'Keefe Centre. Celine Dion was the host for the ceremonies, which were broadcast on CBC Television at 8 pm Toronto time.
Juno Awards of 1994 The Juno Awards of 1994, representing Canadian music industry achievements of the previous year, were awarded on 20 March 1994 in Toronto at a ceremony in the O'Keefe Centre. Roch Voisine was the host for the ceremonies, which were taped that afternoon for broadcast that evening on CBC Television.
Juno Awards of 1995 The Juno Awards of 1995, representing Canadian music industry achievements of the previous year, were awarded on 26 March 1995 in Hamilton, Ontario at a ceremony in the Copps Coliseum. Mary Walsh, Rick Mercer and other regulars of the television series This Hour Has 22 Minutes were the hosts for the ceremonies which were broadcast on CBC Television.
Juno Awards of 1996 The Juno Awards of 1996, representing Canadian music industry achievements of the previous year, were awarded on 10 March 1996 in Hamilton, Ontario at a ceremony in the Copps Coliseum. Anne Murray was the host for the ceremonies, which were broadcast on CBC Television.
Juno Awards of 1997 The Juno Awards of 1997, representing Canadian music industry achievements of the previous year, were awarded on 9 March 1997 in Hamilton, Ontario at a ceremony in the Copps Coliseum. Jann Arden was host for the major ceremonies which were broadcast on CBC Television.
Juno Awards of 1999 The Juno Awards of 1999 honouring Canadian music industry achievements were held in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The primary ceremonies at Copps Coliseum on 7 March 1999 were broadcast by CBC Television and hosted by Mike Bullard.
Juno Awards of 2003 The Juno Awards of 2003 were presented in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on 6 April 2003. The primary awards ceremony was hosted that evening by Shania Twain at the Corel Centre (now Scotiabank Place) and televised on CTV.
Juno Awards of 2005 The Juno Awards of 2005 were held April 3 at the MTS Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba and were hosted by comedian Brent Butt. Avril Lavigne and k-os won three awards each, while Billy Talent and Feist won 2 apiece.
Juno Beach Academy of Canadian Studies Juno Beach Academy of Canadian Studies is an Alternative Program public high school in Calgary, Alberta. As of the 2006/2007 school year, it is housed in the same building as Lord Shaughnessy High School, a regular high school.
Juno Beach Centre The Juno Beach Centre or, in French, Centre Juno Beach, is a museum located in Courseulles-sur-Mer in the Calvados region of Normandy, France. It is situated immediately behind the beach codenamed Juno, the section of the Allied beachhead on which 14,000 Canadian troops landed on D-Day 6th June, 1944 .
Juno Reactor Juno Reactor is a goa trance music group, often known for their tribal influences, consisting of Ben Watkins and Mike Macguire. At one point, the group also included other members, including Johann Bley, Stephen Holweck, and Jens Waldenback.
Junonia orithya The Blue Pansy (Junonia orithya) is a Nymphalid butterfly of South Asia which occurs in open areas, often sitting on bare ground. This species has a stiff flap and glide style of flight and maintains a territory driving away other butterflies that may enter it.
Junoon Junoon (Urdu: جنون) (meaning "obsession" in Urdu and "craziness" in Arabic) is one of Pakistan and South Asia's most popular Rock bands, based out of Lahore, Pakistan, and formed in 1990 by guitarist/songwriter/medical doctor Salman Ahmad. At the time, Junoon consisted of two other members: Ali Azmat on vocals and Nusrat Hussain on keyboards.
Junquillal Bay Wildlife Refuge Junquillal Bay Wildlife Refuge, also called the Bahia Junquillal National Wildlife Refuge, is a wildlife refuge that is part of the Guanacaste Conservation Area and the Area de ConservaciĂłn Guanacaste World Heritage Site in the northwestern part of Costa Rica. It protects areas of tropical dry forest and coastal mangroves.
Junrei Junrei (巡礼) is the word most commonly used for either of two major types of pilgrimages in Japan, in accordance with Buddhism or Shinto. These pilgrimages can be made as a visit to a group of temples, shrines, or other holy sites, in a particular order, often in a circuit of 33 or 88 sites.
Junshi , sometimes translated as "suicide through fidelity", refers to the medieval Japanese act of vassals committing seppuku (ritual suicide) upon the death of their lord. Originally it was only performed when the lord was slain in battle or murdered.
Junta Junta is a Spanish word meaning committee (specifically a board of directors). A military coup in Latin America would often install a ruling junta, so the term acquired the specific English meaning of military junta.
Junta (game) Junta is a board game designed by Vincent Tsao originally published by Creative Wargames Workshop in 1978, and later published by West End Games. Players compete as the corrupt power elite families of a fictional parody of a stereotypical Banana republic (specificially Republica de los Bananas) trying to get as much money into their Swiss bank account before the foreign aid money runs out.
Junta (Habsburg) Under Habsburg rule, a junta (or jointe) was an administrative body ruled in personal union with the Spanish Habsburgs. Juntas existed in Iberia and other European countries; in the Low Countries, the French name jointe was also officially used.
Junta (Peninsular War) In the Napoleonic Era, junta was the name chosen by several local administrations forming in Spain during the Peninsular War as a patriotic alternative to the official administration topped by the French invaders.
Junta of National Reconstruction The Junta of National Reconstruction (Junta de Gobierno de ReconstrucciĂłn Nacional) officially ruled Nicaragua from July 1979 to January 1985, though effective power was in the hands of the Sandinista National Liberation Front's National Directorate.
Juntas de Abastecimientos y Precios Juntas de Abastecimientos y Precios (JAP, literally "Committees of Supplies and Prices") were local administrative units in Chile created in the last years of President Salvador Allende's government. The JAP were essentially rationing boards, supposedly designed to alleviate the chronic shortages of basic foodstuffs and supplies that were affecting the country.
Juntas de Ofensiva Nacional-Sindicalista Juntas de Ofensiva Nacional-Sindicalista was a far-right National Syndicalist movement in Spain. It was founded on October 10 1931, as the fusion of the groups La Conquista del Estado of Ramiro Ledesma and the Junta Castellana de Actuación Hispánica of Onésimo Redondo.
Juntas Españolas The Juntas Españolas were an extreme right political party created in 1983 after a call was issued through the defunct newspaper El Alcázar by the newspaper's director, Antonio Izquierdo. The group also followed the failure and self-dissolution of the Fuerza Nueva of Blas Piñar.
Junto The Junto was a club established in 1727 by Benjamin Franklin for mutual improvement. The first of Franklin's projects for social improvement by collective effort in Philadelphia was the Junto, or Leather Apron club, organized in 1727 to debate questions of morals, politics, and natural philosophy and to exchange knowledge of business affairs.
Juntos Podemos Más Juntos Podemos Más (Spanish literal: Together we can do more, Podemos is an acronym of Poder Democrático Social, Spanish for Social Democratic Power) is a political pact created in 2003, consisting of two legally constituted political parties, the Communist Party of Chile and the Humanist Party of Chile, and several other left-wing organizations.
Junub Junub is a Islamic term meaning "ritually impure due to sexual intercourse or semen discharge". A person in such a state needs to take a ghusl in order to become ritually pure and be able to perform his salah.
Junzi Junzi () was a term coined by Confucius to describe his ideal human. To Confucius, the functions of government and social stratification were facts of life to be sustained by ethical values; thus his ideal human was the Junzi (or ruler's son), which is often translated "gentleman".
JuodkrantÄ— JuodkrantÄ— (literally: Black Shore, German: Schwarzort in Prussia) with permanent population of about 720 people is a quiet Lithuanian seaside resort village located on the Curonian Spit. A part of Neringa municipality, JuodkrantÄ— is the second largest settlement on Lithuania's part of the spit.
Juozas Ambrazevičius Juozas Ambrazevičius or Juozas Brazaitis (December 9, 1903 in Trakiškiai near Marijampolė — October 28, 1974 in the United States) was a Lithuanian literary historian, better know for his political career and nationalistic views. He was the acting Prime Minister of the Provisional Government of Lithuania from June 23, 1941 to August 5, 1941.
Juozas Lukša Juozas Lukša (also known by nickname Daumantas or Skirmantas, born on August 10, 1921 in Juodbūdis village, Marijampolė district – killed September 4, 1951) was one of the most prominent post-World War II resistance leaders in Lithuania. During the first occupation by the Soviet Union in 1940-41, Lukša was a member of the Lithuanian Activist Front (LAF).
Juozas Miltinis Juozas Miltinis (September 3, 1907 in Akmenė, Lithuania – July 13, 1994 in Panevėžys, Lithuania) was a Lithuanian theatre director and founder of the Panevėžys Drama Theatre. Miltinis has brought up a number of actors, including Donatas Banionis.
Jup-Jup Jup-Jup is a recurring character on Hi-5 and is voiced by Tim Harding in the Australian version and Curtis Cregan in the American version. He causes mischief, perpetually unseen by Kathleen de Leon Jones/Kimee Balmilero's character, by either stealing objects she is working with or leaving her gifts.

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