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Jupe (IRC) In Internet Relay Chat (IRC), juping a server, a channel, or a nickname refers to the practice of blocking said channel or nickname on the server or network. This is named after the user Jupiter on EFnet, who did it to NickServ.
Jupe (jacket) A jupe is a style of short jacket, historically worn by anyone, but later restricted to an item of women's and children's clothing. Usage of this meaning of jupe for menswear became restricted to "jupe panels" in jackets.
Jupiter (mythology) In Roman mythology, Jupiter (Iuppiter in Latin) held the same role as Zeus in the Greek pantheon. He was called Juppiter Optimus Maximus (Jupiter Best, Greatest) as the patron deity of the Roman state, in charge of laws and social order.
Jupiter (Swallow the Moon) "Jupiter (Swallow The Moon)" is a song by Jewel that was released in 1999 as a single from the album Spirit, following the second single "Down So Long". The single release saw an entirely new version.
Jupiter ACE The Jupiter ACE was a British home computer of the 1980s, marketed by a company named Jupiter Cantab and named after the early British computer, the ACE. The company was formed by Richard Altwasser and Steven Vickers, who had been on the design team for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum.
Jupiter Community High School Jupiter High School, also known as Jupiter Community High School, is located in Jupiter, Florida. There are over 3100 students enrolled in the school, and the school was recently given an "A" by the Florida Department of Education.
Jupiter Environmental Research and Field Studies Academy The Environmental Research and Field Studies Academy at Jupiter Community High School is a four-year Magnet school program designed to meet the needs of students who wish to pursue an academic curriculum with emphasis on environmental studies.
Jupiter Ferris Wheel The Jupiter ferris wheel is one of the largest transportable ferris wheels of the world. The Jupiter ferris wheel was built in 1993 by the company Nauta-Bussink and has a diameter of 50 meters carrying 36 open cars with a capacity of 6 persons.
Jupiter in the fiction of Leigh Brackett Jupiter, the fifth and largest planet of the Solar System, and its moons play a significant role in the Solar System fiction of Leigh Brackett. In Brackett's stories, Jupiter's largest moons are inhabited by a variety of exotic intelligent species; the system serves as a frontier region, beyond the explored and settled Triangle worlds of Venus, Earth, and Mars.
Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter The Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter (JIMO) was a proposed spacecraft designed to explore the icy moons of Jupiter. The main target was Europa, the suspected ocean of which is one of the places where simple alien life is a possibility in our solar system.
Jupiter Moon Jupiter Moon was a science fiction television series first broadcast by BSB's Galaxy Channel from 26 March 1990 until December the same year. 150 episodes were commissioned, but only the first 108 were broadcast by BSB.
Jupiter project The Jupiter project was to be a successor to Digital Equipment Corporation(DEC)'s PDP-10 model. This project was cancelled in 1983, as the PDP-10 was increasingly eclipsed by the VAX supermini machines (descendants of the PDP-11).
Jupiter Station In the Star Trek fictional universe, Jupiter Station is a space station orbiting Jupiter, and home of holo-programmer scientist, Dr. Lewis Zimmerman, who spearheaded the creation of the Emergency Medical Hologram in the 2370s.
Jupiter's magnetosphere Jupiter has a very large and powerful magnetosphere. In fact, if one could see Jupiter's magnetic field from Earth, it would appear five times as large as the full moon in the sky despite being so much farther away.
Jupiter-crosser asteroid A Jupiter-crosser asteroid is an asteroid whose orbit crosses that of Jupiter. Jupiter's Trojans are inner grazers (105), outer grazers (52), co-orbitals (183) or crossers (537); if we remove them from the list, the remaining known numbered Jupiter-crossers are (notice that there are no non-Trojan outer-grazers):
Jupiter-puer Jupiter-puer ("Jupiter, the Boy") was, according to Alexander Hislop's book The Two Babylons, a boy-saviour deity worshipped in ancient Rome. Hislop writes that he was depicted as sitting on his mother's lap, supposedly inspiring the image of the Virgin Mary and her son, Jesus, in Roman Catholicism.
Jupitris class (Gundam) In the Universal Century Gundam story, the fuel used for power fusion reactors is mined from the atmosphere of the planet Jupiter. Moving this fuel to and from the earth is the job of the massive, 2000 meter long Jupitris class freighters, a fleet of energy transportation vessels.
Juqu Anzhou Juqu Anzhou (沮渠安周) (d. 460) is viewed by some historians as a prince of the Chinese/Xiongnu states Northern Liang, as after the state's territory was largely seized by Northern Wei in 439, and his older brother Juqu Mujian (Prince Ai) was captured by Northern Wei, Juqu Anzhou's brother Juqu Wuhui tried to hold out against Northern Wei, initially on Northern Liang's old territory, and later, after that attempt failed, at Gaochang.
Juqu Mengxun Juqu Mengxun (沮渠蒙遜) (368-433) was a prince of the Chinese/Xiongnu state Northern Liang, and the first from the Juqu clan. His cousin Juqu Nancheng (沮渠男成) and he initially supported Duan Ye as prince of Northern Liang in 397 after rebelling against Later Liang, but in 401, Juqu Mengxun tricked Duan Ye into wrongly executing Juqu Nancheng, and then used that as an excuse to attack and kill Duan Ye, taking over the throne himself.
Juqu Mujian Juqu Mujian (沮渠牧犍) (d. 447), named Juqu Maoqian (沮渠茂虔) in some sources, formally Prince Ai of Hexi (河西哀王), was the a prince of the Chinese/Xiongnu state Northern Liang -- with most Chinese historians considering him the last prince, although with some considering his brothers Juqu Wuhui and Juqu Anzhou to be princes of the state as well.
Juqu Wuhui Juqu Wuhui (沮渠無諱) (d. 444) is viewed by some historians as a prince of the Chinese/Xiongnu states Northern Liang, as after the state's territory was largely seized by Northern Wei in 439, and his older brother Juqu Mujian (Prince Ai) was captured by Northern Wei, Juqu Wuhui tried to hold out against Northern Wei, initially on Northern Liang's old territory, and later, after that attempt failed, at Gaochang.
Jur Tesák Mošovský Jur Tesák Mošovský (also Juraj Tesák Mošovský with aliases Tesacius, Tesachyus, Tessak, Thesacius, Thesak, with the surname of Moschovinus, Mossoviensis, Pannonius) (* around 1545, Mošovce – † 27 August 1617, Prague) was a church dignitary and a Slovak Baroque writer and playwright, whose works are classified as a part of the Humanism period.
Jura federation The Jura federation was the most important anti-authoritarian and anarchist section of the First International, based largely among watch-makers in the Jura mountain range in Switzerland. The Jura federation, along with other anarchist sections, were expelled from the First International after the Hague Congress (1872).
Jura mountains The Jura folds are located north of the main Alpine orogenic front and are being continually deformed, accommodating the northwards compression from Alpine folding. The deformation becomes less pervasive away from the Alpine mountains.
Juracán Juracán is the phonetic name given by the Spanish settlers to the god of chaos and disorder that the Taino indians in Puerto Rico (and also the Carib and Arawak indians elsewhere in the Caribbean) believed controlled the weather, particularly hurricanes. From this we derive the Spanish name huracán and eventually the English word.
Juraj BaÄŤa Juraj BaÄŤa (born March 17, 1977 in Komarno) is a Slovakian flatwater canoer, who won an Olympic bronze medal in K-4 1000 m at the 2004 Olympics in Athens. He has also won a total six World Championships gold medals.
Juraj Jánošík Juraj Jánošík or Juro Jánošík (1688-1713), (modern pronunciation: ), Polish: Jerzy Janosik (modern pronunciation: ), Hungarian: Jánosik György was a famous Slovak outlaw, often described as the "Slovak Robin Hood."
Juraj KolnĂ­k Juraj KolnĂ­k (born November 13, 1980 in Nitra, Slovakia) is a Slovak ice hockey player currently with the Florida Panthers of the NHL. He also played with the Slovak national ice hockey team in the 2004 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships.
Juraj ZaĹĄoviÄŤ Juraj ZaĹĄoviÄŤ (born October 22, 1982 in Slovakia) is a water polo player for the University of Southern California, who received the 2006 Peter J. Cutino Award as the best collegiate water polo player among Division I NCAA teams.
Jurakudai The Jurakudai or Jurakutei (聚楽第) was a lavish palace constructed at the order of Toyotomi Hideyoshi in Kyoto, Japan. Construction began in 1586, when Hideyoshi had taken the post of kanpaku, and required 19 months.
Jural rights Jural Rights is a doctrine of Kentucky law that prevents the legislature (and presumably the judiciary as well) from eliminating common law causes of action that existed at the time the current Kentucky Constitution was instituted.
Jurassic 5 Jurassic 5 is a five-piece hip hop crew that was formed in 1992-1993 at the Los Angeles, California, venue Good Life. Rappers Chali 2na, Akil, Zaakir aka Soup, Mark 7even, and turntable maestros DJ Nu-Mark and DJ Cut Chemist came together from two separate crews, the Rebels of Rhythm and Unity Committee.
Jurassic Attack (truck) Jurassic Attack is a monster truck currently racing in the USHRA Monster Jam series. Based out of Alberta, Canada, the truck is driven by Nathan Weenk, brother of former Jurassic Attack driver Linsey Weenk, who currently drives Iron Outlaw for Team CSK.
Jurassic Coast The Jurassic Coast is a World Heritage Site on the English Channel coast of southern England. The 95 mile (155km) long site starts at Orcombe Point near Exmouth in East Devon and ends at Old Harry Rocks near Swanage in East Dorset.
Jurassic Park Jurassic Park is a techno-thriller novel written by Michael Crichton that was published in 1990. Often considered a cautionary tale on unconsidered biological tinkering in the same spirit as Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, it uses the mathematical concept of chaos theory and its philosophical implications to explain the collapse of an amusement park showcasing certain genetically recreated dinosaur species.
Jurassic Park (arcade game) Jurassic Park is the name of a rail shooter arcade game developed by Sega in 1994. Gameplay has much in common with the classic rail shooter Operation Wolf, as players fend off their vehicle from dinosaur attacks with automatic weaponry.
Jurassic Park (film score) Jurassic Park was the twelfth project on which John Williams worked with Steven Spielberg. The score of the film lay as the benchmark for John Williams' modern composing, having just left a more tender era of his scores for such films as Home Alone 1 and 2 and Hook.
Jurassic Park (film) Jurassic Park is a 1993 science-fiction film directed by Steven Spielberg, based upon the novel written by Michael Crichton. The story involves scientists visiting an amusement park of genetically engineered dinosaurs on an island over one weekend.
Jurassic Park (video game) Ever since the announcement of the 1993 Jurassic Park feature film, based on the critically acclaimed novel by Michael Crichton, developer Ocean Software, BlueSky Software and Sega of America were outsourced to produce games to be sold to coincide with the release of the film on the popular platforms of the time.
Jurassic Park 2: The Chaos Continues Jurassic Park 2: The Chaos Continues is a video game, a non-canon continuation of the Jurassic Park series for the Super Nintendo (SNES). It begins with Ingen's main competitor, Biosyn, wanting to gain control of Isla Nublar for their own purposes.
Jurassic Park III Jurassic Park III is a 2001 motion picture, and a satiric sequel of The Lost World: Jurassic Park and the highly successful original Jurassic Park. The film was directed by Joe Johnston and stars Sam Neill, TĂ©a Leoni and William H.
Jurassic Park III (arcade game) Jurassic Park III is a light gun arcade game based on the 2001 movie of the same name. Developed by Konami and released in 2001, Jurassic Park III uses the same cabinet and motion sensor technology as Police 911, requiring players to dodge the oncoming dinosaur attacks.
Jurassic Park IV Jurassic Park IV is a motion picture sequel to Jurassic Park III, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, and the highly successful original Jurassic Park. The film has had varying expected release dates, ranging from 2007 to 2011, and is currently expected to be released during the summer of 2008http://www.
Jurassic Park River Adventure The Jurassic Park River Adventure is a water-based amusement ride that was based on Steven Spielberg's hit movie Jurassic Park. The Hollywood incarnation, called Jurassic Park: The Ride was actually researched and built while the Jurassic Park film was still in its production phase.
Jurassic Park Visitors Center The Jurassic Park Visitors Center is a fictional visitors' center at the hub of Jurassic Park, featured in the novel and 1993 movie of the same name. The center is located at the zoo-like amusement park set up by billionaire John Hammond (founder of InGen) on the island of Isla Nublar (near Costa Rica).
Jurassic Park: Chaos Island Jurassic Park: Chaos Island (also known as Chaos Island: The Lost World Jurassic Park) is a PC game released in 1997 to coincide with the release of The Lost World: Jurassic Park. It is a Command and Conquer style strategy game, where the player controls characters displayed on a map, directing where they move with the mouse and giving them commands either with the mouse or from a menu.
Jurassic Park: Trespasser Jurassic Park: Trespasser (also known as Trespasser) is a computer game, which was released in 1998 for the PC after much hype and anticipation The player assumes the role of Anne, a young woman who is lost on InGen]'s "[[Isla Sorna|Site B" one year after the events of The Lost World: Jurassic Park. With a fractured arm and only her wits, Anne must escape the remote island by evading hordes of hungry and vicious dinosaurs, or face the gruesome alternative.
Jurassic Way The Jurassic Way is a designated and signed long-distance footpath that connects the Oxfordshire town of Banbury with the Lincolnshire town of Stamford in England. For most of its 88 mile (142 km) route it is in Northamptonshire on the Jurassic limestone ridge in the north of that county.
Jure Bogataj Jure Bogataj (born April 26, 1985) is a Slovenian ski jumper who has competed since 2002. He won a bronze medal in the team normal hill event at the 2005 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf and finished 28th in the individual large hill at those same championships.
Jure Francetić Jure Francetić was a member of the Croatian World War II Ustaše regime, the commander of Battle group Francetić better known as "Black Legion"/Crna Legija and later commander of all brigades of Ustaše army (Ustaška vojnica).
Jure uxoris Jure uxoris, Latin: "By right of his wife." For example, Robert Bruce, 6th Lord of Annandale whom genealogists name "Robert Bruce IV" (c 1250 - c 1304), 6th Lord of Annandale, was titled Earl of Carrick jure uxoris.
Jurgen Colin Jurgen Colin (born January 20, 1981) is a Dutch footballer who represents Norwich City in the Football League Championship. He previously played for PSV Eindhoven before joining Norwich for a fee of ÂŁ260,000 in the summer of 2005.
Jurgen Rosenthal JĂĽrgen Rosenthal is a German rock drummer. He was a member of Uli Jon Roth's band Dawn Road, but became a member of the Scorpions, along with Roth and Francis Buchholz, when Dawn Road was annexed into a lineup with Klaus Meine and Rudolf Schenker.
Jurgen van den Goorbergh Jurgen van den Goorbergh (born December 1969 in Breda, Netherlands) is a Dutch motorcycle racer also known as The Flying Dutchman. He raced in the World Championships Supersport (2003-2005), GP250 (1991-1996), GP500/MotoGP (1997-2002).
Jurgen, A Comedy of Justice Jurgen, A Comedy of Justice is a 1919 fantasy book by James Branch Cabell - the eighth among some fifty-two books written by this author - which gained fame (or notoriety, in the view of some) shortly after its publication.
Jurgis Kairys Jurgis Kairys (born May 6, 1952 in Krasnojarsk, Siberia) is a Lithuanian aerobatic pilot and aeronautical engineer. He has won many awards for his flying and has invented several maneuvers, including the "Kairys Wheel.
Jurgis Matulaitis-MatuleviÄŤius Jurgis Matulaitis ( or just Jerzy Matulewicz) was born 13 April 1871 in the village of LuginÄ—, near MarijampolÄ—, in southwestern Lithuania, at the time Tsarist Russia, and he died 27 January 1927 in Kaunas, Lithuania.
Jurchens The Jurchens () were a Tungus people who inhabited the region of Manchuria until the 17th century, when they became the Manchus. They established the Jin Dynasty, 1115–1234 (ancun gurun in ancient Jurchen and aisin gurun in Standard Manchu) between 1115 and 1122; it lasted until 1234 when the Mongols arrived.
Juri Burlakov Juri Burlakov (born 1960) is a former Soviet/Russian cross country skier who competed from 1982 to 1997. He won two medals at the 1982 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a gold in the 4 x 10 km (Tied with Norway) and a silver in the 50 km.
Jurij Skobov Jurij Georgievich Skobov () (born March 13 1949) was a Soviet/Russian cross-country skier who competed in the early 1970's, training at Spartak in Omutninsk. He won the 4 x 10 km gold at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo for the USSR.
Jurij Vega Baron Jurij Bartolomej Vega (also correct Veha; official Latin Georgius Bartholomaei Vecha; German Georg Freiherr von Vega) (March 23, 1754 – September 26, 1802) was a Slovenian mathematician, physicist and artillery officer.
Jurinus Janse van Rensburg Lieutenant-General Jurinus Janse van Rensburg SD SM MMM (born 1952) was a South African military commander. He joined the South African Military Health Service in 1972 and commanded it, as Surgeon-General, from 2000 to 2005.
Juris The Juris were a tribe of South American Indigenous people, formerly occupying the country between the rivers Ica (lower Putumayo) and Yapura, north-western Brazil. In ancient days they were the most powerful tribe of the district, but in 1820 their numbers did not exceed 2000.
Juris Fernandez Julie Iris Fernandez, better known as Juris Fernandez, is the lead singer of the Filipino acoustic group MYMP. She is rumored to be the sister of guitarist Chin Alcantara, but she claims that they are friends from their college years.
Juris Hartmanis Juris Hartmanis (born July 7, 1928 in Riga, Latvia) is a prominent computer scientist and computational theorist who, with Richard E. Stearns, received the 1993 ACM Turing Award "in recognition of their seminal paper which established the foundations for the field of computational complexity theory".
Jurisdiction In law, jurisdiction (from the Latin jus, juris meaning "law" and dicere meaning "to speak") is the practical authority granted to a formally constituted legal body or to a political leader to deal with and make pronouncements on legal matters and, by implication, to administer justice within a defined area of responsibility.
Jurisdiction in rem Jurisdiction in rem (Latin, power about or against "the thing") is a legal term describing the power a court may exercise over property (either real or personal) or a "status" against a person over whom the court does not have "in personam jurisdiction". Jurisdiction in rem assumes the property or status is the primary object of the action, rather than personal liabilities not necessarily associated with the property (quasi in rem jurisdiction).
Jurisdiction near you Jurisdiction Near You is a hard-rocking band of mild-mannered law students at the University of Michigan Law School. Jurisdiction Near You has the distinction of having the highest student loan debt of any rock band in Ann Arbor, Michigan, a college town noted for college-age musicians with unusually large student loans.
Jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice The International Court of Justice has jurisidiction in two types of cases: contentious issues between states in which the court produces binding rulings between states that agree, or have previously agreed, to submit to the ruling of the court; and advisory opinions, which provide reasoned, but non-binding, rulings on properly submitted questions of international law, usually at the request of the United Nations General Assembly. Advisory opinions do not have to concern particular controversies between states, though they often do.
Jurisdiction shopping "Jurisdiction shopping" is a form of economic behavior by which a private business interest seeks to locate its operations in a political unit with the least regulation and/or lowest costs, such as property taxes and impact fees. It is most common on the local level.
Jurisdiction stripping Jurisdiction stripping refers to the practice of defining the jurisdiction of the United States federal judiciary as to eliminate its ability to hear certain classes of claims, thereby making certain legislative or executive actions unreviewable by the judiciary.
Jurispedia Jurispedia is an Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Spanish and Dutch language WikiWiki academic law encyclopedia. It was started in October of 2004, inspired in part by Wikipedia and the Enciclopedia Libre (University of Seville).
Jurispendence Jurispendence is simply another word for jurisprudence. It is attested often in old books, especially those from the nineteenth century and before; for example, it occurs in Edward Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.
Jurisprudence Jurisprudence is the theory and philosophy of law. Scholars of jurisprudence, or legal philosophers, hope to obtain a deeper understanding of the nature of law, of legal reasoning, legal systems and of legal institutions.
Jurist A jurist is a professional who studies, develops, applies or otherwise deals with the law. The term is widely used in American English, but in the United Kingdom and many Commonwealth countries it has only historical and specialist usage.
Jurkat cells Jurkat cells are an immortalized line of T lymphocyte cells that are used to study acute T cell leukemia and T cell signaling. Jurkat cells are also useful in science because of their ability to produce interleukin 2.
Jurnee Smollett Jurnee Smollett (born October 1, 1986 in New York City, New York) is an American actress. She has five brothers and sisters: The fourth of six performing siblings, Jurnee Smollett was just what writer-director Kasi Lemmons had envisoned for the lead in her film: "a light-skinned black child .
Jurni Network Jurni Network is a travel consortium developed by Sabre Travel Network that specializes in improving the way travel agencies market to customers. Jurni was spun-off in 2003 from Sabre's then newly acquired Nexion Inc.
Juro Juro manufactured plastic ventiloquist figures from the 1950's through 1977 when they were sold to an unknown manufacturer. Some of the figures included Charlie McCarthy, Mortimer Snerd, Jerry Mahoney, Danny O'Day, Ricky Lane, and Emmett Kelly.
Jurodidae The beetle family Jurodidae was originally described from fossils, but in 1996 a single species from the Russian Far East, described as Sikhotealinia zhiltzovae, was found and later was recognized to be a living representative of this otherwise extinct family (a "living fossil"). Since then, this beetle, known from only a single specimen, has been the source of contention, as it is reported to possess three ocelli on its forehead, a condition otherwise unknown in the entire order Coleoptera, whether extinct or living - though it is common in other orders, and generally considered a groundplan character for Neopteran insects.
Jurong East Bus Interchange Jurong East Bus Interchange (Chinese: 裕廊东巴士转换站) is a bus interchange located in Jurong East, Singapore. An open-air single-level bus terminal, it is directly connected to the adjacent Jurong East MRT Station.
Jurong East MRT Station Jurong East (NS1/EW24) is an above-ground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station that is part of the North South Line and the East West Line in Singapore, and serves as an interchange station between the two lines. As the name implies, it is located in the eastern portion of the town of Jurong.
Jurong East New Town Jurong East New Town is a new town in the Western part of Singapore. Built by the Housing and Development Board, it constitutes two main areas, with the first bounded by the Pan Island Expressway, a canal and the shoreline of Jurong Lake, Jurong Town Hall Road, Jurong East Street 11, Jurong East Street 21, across a field north of the IMM Building, and up along Toh Guan Road back to the Pan-Island Expressway.
Jurong Falls Jurong Falls is the tallest continuously running artificial waterfall in the world, at 30 metres (100 feet) tall. The falls are located within the open-access Waterfall Aviary at the Jurong Bird Park in Singapore.
Jurong Group Representation Constituency Jurong Group Representation Constituency (Chinese: 裕廊集选区) is a five-member Group Representation Constituency located in the western area of Singapore. The GRC consists a large section of Jurong, sections of Bukit Batok and Upper Bukit Timah.
Jurong Institute Jurong Institute (Abbreviation: JI; Chinese: 裕廊高级中学) was one of 4 original Centralised Institutes (CI) in Singapore, and one of the two CIs to have been merged to establish the nation's current only CI, Millennia Institute.
Jurong Island Jurong Island is a man-made island located to the southwest of the main island of Singapore, off Jurong Industrial Estate. It was formed from the amalgamation of several offshore islands, chiefly the seven main islands of Pulau Ayer Chawan, Pulau Ayer Merbau, Pulau Merlimau, Pulau Pesek, Pulau Pesek Kecil, Pulau Sakra and Pulau Seraya.
Jurong Island Bus Terminal Jurong Island Bus Terminal is a bus terminal on the southwest of Jurong Island, Singapore, serving the only form of public transport on the offshore island off the southwest coast of the main island. Initially operated by SBS Transit using the first buses powered by compressed natural gas (CNG) to Jurong East Bus Interchange, it was forced to terminate these services when its contract, awarded by Jurong Town Corporation, expired.
Jurong Lake Jurong Lake (Chinese: 裕廊湖) is a freshwater lake and reservoir located in the western region of Singapore formed with the damming of Sungei Jurong further downstream. The lake serves as a reservoir contributing to the water supply of the country.
Jurong Police Division The Jurong Police Division (or 'J' Division, Chinese: 裕廊警区) is a police division of the Singapore Police Force. It manages the largest land area amongst the various land divisions in Singapore (38% of the total land area), covering the areas of Bukit Batok, Bukit Panjang, Choa Chu Kang, Jurong West, Kranji, Lim Chu Kang and Woodlands.
Jurong Port Jurong Port Pte Ltd (Chinese: 裕廊海港私人有限公司) is the second port operator in Singapore after being awarded its port licence by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore in 2001, the year it was corporatised. Previously, it was a division under the JTC Corporation.
Jurong Region Line Jurong Region Line is the fourth Light Rapid Transit to be built in Singapore in the near future. It will serve residents in Jurong who live beyond the end point of the existing East West Line, and students of Nanyang Technological University.
Jurong Regional Library Jurong Regional Library is a library located in Jurong East, Singapore. The last regional library to be completed after the Tampines and Woodlands regional libraries, it was upgraded on the site of the former Jurong East Community Library, the latter of which closed in 2002 for the upgrading works.
Jurong Technologies Industrial Jurong Technologies Industrial Corporation Limited is an electronics contract manufacturer based in the Singapore area. The company is listed on the SGX, the Singapore stock exchange, and it is a part of the Straits Times Index.
Jurong West Jurong West is a neighbourhood in Singapore, and is west of its counterpart Jurong East, covering a much larger area of some 9.90 square kilometres with slightly more than half used for residential purposes and HDB housing, including the Jurong West Extension.
Jurong West New Town Jurong West New Town is the largest new town in the western part of Singapore. Built by the Housing and Development Board, it incorporates several older estates as well as those built by the Jurong Town Corporation, such as Boon Lay Estate and Taman Gardens.
Jurriaan Andriessen Jurriaan Hendrik Andriessen (November 15, 1925–August 23, 1996) was a Dutch composer, whose father, Hendrik, brother Louis, and uncle Willem have also been notable composers. Andriessen studied composition with his father at the Utrecht Conservatory before moving to Paris where he studied with Olivier Messiaen.
Jurua The Juruá River is the next great southern affluent of the Amazon River west of the Purus, sharing with this the bottom of the immense inland Amazon depression, and having all the characteristics of the Purus as regards curvature, sluggishness and general features of the low, half-flooded forest country it traverses. It rises among the Ucayali highlands, and is navigable and unobstructed for a distance of 1133 miles (1823 km) above its junction with the Amazon.
Jurubatiba Sandbank National Park The Jurubatiba Sandbank National Park (Parque Nacional da Restinga de Jurubatiba in Portuguese) is a national park near Macaé, in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. The park has approximately 44 kilometres of sandbank coast.
Jurujuba Jurujuba is a promontory and one of the 48 administrative districts in which the city of NiterĂłi, Rio de Janeiro in Brazil is divided. It lies in the southern zone of the city, on the coast of the Guanabara Bay.

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