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Jaakko Tallus Jaakko Tapio Tallus (born February 23, 1981 in Lieksa) is a nordic combined athlete from Finland who won gold (4 x 5 km team) and silver (15 km individual) medals at the 2002 Winter Olympics and a Bronze (4 x 5 km team) medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics. He also won bronze medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in the 4 x 5 km team events in both 2001 and 2003.
Jaamac Cumar Ciise Sheik Jaamac Cumar Ciise is a Somali veteran historian and collector of oral literature of Somalia. Jaamac has spent some twenty years collecting and transcribing orally transmitted poetry before publishing it in Diiwaanka Sayid Maxamed, edited by Madbacadda Qaranka, Xamar, 1974.
Jaan Anvelt Jaan Anwelt (in old orthography), Eessaare Aadu, Jaan Holm, Jaan Hulmu, Kaarel Maatamees, Onkel Kaak or Н. Альтъ (18 April 1884 Orgu, Võisiku vald, Sakala – 11 December 1937 Soviet Union), was a revolutionary of Estonia, the leader of the Communist Party of Estland, and the first Premier of Soviet Estland, and the Chairman of the Council of The Commune of the Working People of Estonia (Estonian Eesti Töörahva Kommuun).
Jaan Kaplinski Jaan Kaplinski (born January 22, 1941, Tartu) is an Estonian poet, philosopher and culture critic. Kaplinski is known for his independent mind, focus on global issues and support for left-wing/liberal thinking.
Jaan Tallinn Jaan Tallinn is an Estonian programmer widely celebrated for writing peer-to-peer engine of KaZaa and Skype. In addition to his activities at Skype, he is partner and co-founder of a development company called Bluemoon.
Jaana (Ultima) Jaana is a fictional character in the Ultima computer game series, based on a real-life friend of creator Richard Garriott. Her real-life counterpart, who holds the same name, is from Finland, where the name is indeed common.
Jaana Kunitz Jaana Kunitz (sometimes Yaana Kunitz) is an award-winning American ballroom dancer. With her husband James Kunitz, she has appeared on PBS Championship Ballroom Dancing, NBC DanceSport Series, Goodlife TV, and ESPN.
Jaana Savolainen Janna Savolainen (born January 23 1964 in Lappeenranta) is a former Finnish cross-country skier who competed from 1984 to 1993. She won a bronze medal in the 4 x 5 km at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary and finished 18th in the 5 km + 10 km combined pursuit event at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville.
Jaandali Jaandali is a political party that was founded on the 23rd of January 2007 by two politics students called James Spencer-Owen and Alistair Simm. The party gets its name from the beginning of both members names,(James "Ja", "And", Alistair "Ali").
Jaani Dushman Jaani Dushman is a 1979 Bollywood popular horror movie starring Sunil Dutt, Rekha, Shatrughan Sinha, Vinod Mehra, Sanjeev Kumar, Neetu Singh, Jeetendra, Reena Roy, Aruna Irani, Madan Puri, Amrish Puri, Shakti Kapoor and Premnath. It was directed by Rajkumar Kohli.
Jaani Dushman: Ek Anokhi Kahani Jaani Dushman (2002), a Hindi fantasy film about a snake which takes revenge for the suicide of its lover on the people who caused it. It has a plethora of stars such as Atul Agnihotri, Raj Babbar, Rajat Bedi, Jaspal Bhatti , Sunny Deol, Sharad Kapoor, Shahbaaz Khan, Arman Kohli, Manisha Koirala, Akshay Kumar, Kiran Kumar, Johnny Lever, Raza Murad, Sonu Nigam, Aditya Pancholi, Amrish Puri, Rambha, Sunil Shetty, Aaftab Shivdasani, Aman Verma, Arshad Warsi and many more.
Jaaniõhtu In Estonia, aside from Christmas, Jaaniõhtu (Midsummer's Eve) and Jaanipäev ("St John's Day") are the most important days in the calendar. The short summer seasons with long days and brief nights hold special significance for the people of Estonia.
Jaap Eden Jacobus Johannes "Jaap" Eden (October 19, 1873 – February 2, 1925) was a Dutch athlete. As of 2005, he is the only male athlete to have won World Championships titles in both speed skating and cycling (female athletes who have become World Champion in both speed skating and cycling are Sheila Young and Christa Rothenburger).
Jaap-Derk Buma Jaap-Derk Buma (born August 27, 1972 in The Hague) is a former Dutch field hockey player, who played 143 international matches for The Netherlands, in which he scored nineteen goals. The striker made his debut for the Dutch on November 5, 1994 in a match against Belgium.
Jaara baby The Jaara baby was an Aboriginal Australian child who died at some stage during the 1840s to 1860s. The child's remains were discovered in 1904, and kept in storage by Museum Victoria for ninety-nine years, until in 2003 they were repatriated to the Dja Dja Wurrung community.
Jaël Jaël (born August 19, 1979) is a singer/songwriter from the band Lunik. She also co-wrote and sang with Delerium on the song After All on their album Chimera, and the song Lost and Found on their album Nuages du Monde.
Jaén, Peru The city of Jaén, located in the north part of the Department of Cajamarca, and Nor Oriente of the Peruvian territory, comprising part of the Region Saws as districts of Sallique and San Felipe. His warm and humid climate, it is possible to notice two pronounced epochs.
Jab A jab is one of the four main punches used in boxing, the three others being the uppercut, the hook and the cross . Out of all four, the jab is perhaps the most popularly known one, because the word is often used in talk unrelated to boxing.
Jabal ad Duruz Jabal ad Duruz (Arabic: جبل الدروز, "Mountain of Druze"; also known as Jabal el Arab ) is an elevated volcanic region in southern Syria, in the As Suwaydā governorate (mohofazat Souweida). In the winter, snow falls, which is atypical for this region.
Jabal al-Nour Jabal al-Nour (also Jabal al-Nur or Jabal Nur), meaning "The Mountain of Light", is a mountain in Saudi Arabia. It houses the cave Hira where the prophet Muhammad is said to have received his first revelation from God (Arabic Allah) through the angel Gabriel.
Jabal el Druze (state) The Jabal or Jebel el Druze was an autonomous state in the French Mandate of Syria from 1921 to 1936. It was a former part of the Ottoman Empire, inhabited by Druze (a Muslim-Christian syncretism, mainly found in Lebanon) with a population of 50,000, which achieved autonomy on May 1, 1921.
Jabalah ibn al ayham Jabalah ibn al ayham is the last ruler of the ghassani state in Syria and jordan in the seventh century AD. the state was generally annexed to the roman empire and served only to rule the arabs living in the area.
Jabalia Jabalia () the largest Palestinian refugee camp in existence. The camp had a registered population of 103,646 inhabitants on June 30, 2002, and is located at the northern end of the Gaza Strip, close to the Israeli border and a village with the same name.
Jabar Gaffney Derrick Jabar Gaffney (born December 1, 1980 in San Antonio, Texas) is an American football wide receiver for the New England Patriots. He was drafted with the 1st pick of the second round of the 2002 NFL Draft out of the University of Florida by the Houston Texans.
Jabara Award The Jabara Award for Airmanship, named in memory of Colonel James Jabara, is awarded each year to the United States Air Force Academy graduate whose accomplishments demonstrate superior performance in fields directly involved with aerospace vehicles.
Jabari Smith Jabari Montsho Smith (born April 12 1977 in Atlanta, Georgia) is a professional basketball player currently with Anwil Włocławek of the Polish Basketball League. Prior to that he was with Besiktas Cola Turka Istanbul of the Turkish league.
Jabba (Channel V) Jabba is a television personality who first made a name for himself as part of the launch of subscription television in Australia in 1995. He was a host for music television station Red on the Galaxy Pay-TV Network before the station changed its name to Channel [V].
Jabba the Hutt Jabba the Hutt is a fictional character in George Lucas's science fiction saga Star Wars. He first appeared on film in Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983) as an obese, slug-like non-humanoid lifeform, and later in the re-release of Star Wars Episode IV.
Jabba's Palace Jabba's Palace is a geographical location from the Star Wars fictional universe. The palace, made of stone and metal, is located in the desert known as the Dune Sea on the planet of Tatooine and was home to the gangster Jabba the Hutt.
Jabbar Gibson Jabbar Gibson (reported also as Jabbor or Jabar) is an 20-year old man who on September 1, 2005, drove an abandoned New Orleans school bus from the flooded area after Hurricane Katrina to Houston, Texas, to rescue victims of the flooded city.
Jabber Jabber is an open system primarily built to provide instant messaging service and presence information (aka buddy lists). The protocol is built to be extensible and other features such as Voice over IP and file transfers have been added.
Jabberwocky "Jabberwocky" is a poem of nonsense verse written by Lewis Carroll, and found as a part of his novel Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (1871). It is generally considered to be one of the greatest nonsense poems written in the English language.
Jabberwocky (film) Jabberwocky (1977) is a comic medieval film by Monty Python's resident animator, Terry Gilliam. It stars Michael Palin as a young cooper who is forced through a series of clumsy, often slapstick misfortunes to hunt down a terrible dragon after the death of his father.
Jabbor Rasulov Jabbor Rasulovich Rasulov (: Ҷаббор Расулович Расулов/جبَار رسولوویچ رسولوف) was First Secretary of the Communist Party of Tajikistan between April 12, 1961 and February 1982.
Jaber A. el-Baneh Jaber A. el-Baneh, or Jaber Elbaneh (Arabic: جابر البانح), of Lackawanna New York (Alleged DOB September 9 1966) is wanted by the FBI in connection with a federal criminal complaint unsealed on May 21 2003, in the Western District of New York, Buffalo, New York.
Jaber A. Elbaneh Jaber A. Elbaneh (Arabic: جابر البانة) (born: September 9, 1966) is a Yemeni who was added as a fugitive to the FBI Most Wanted Terrorists list, having been indicted with a federal criminal complaint unsealed on May 21, 2003, in the United States District Court for the Western District of New York, Buffalo, New York.
Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Jaber III al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah (Arabic: جابر الأحمد الجابر الصباح)‎ (June 29, 1926–January 15, 2006), of the al-Sabah dynasty, served as the thirteenth emir of Kuwait, and third emir since Kuwait's independence from Britain, from December 31, 1977, until his death.
Jaber I Al-Sabah Sheikh Jaber bin Abdullah (Arabic: جابر بن عبد الله ; Jaber I or Jaber Al-Aish; 1770-1859) was the third ruler of Kuwait's royal Al-Sabah dynasty, ruling from 1814-1859. He is the eldest son of Abdullah bin Sabah who he succeeded upon Sheikh Abdullah's death.
Jabez In the Books of Chronicles Jabez is a well-respected man (ancestor in the lineage of the kings tribe of Judah whose prayer to God for blessing was answered, see 1 Chronicles 4:9-10. More over the author paused in this long list to give Jabez a place of honour in the long list of Kings and lineage.
Jabez Bunting Jabez Bunting (13 May, 1779-16 June, 1858), English Wesleyan divine, was born of humble parentage at Manchester. He was educated at Manchester Grammar School, and at the age of nineteen began to preach, being received into full connection in 1803.
Jabez Bunting Snowball Jabez Bunting Snowball (24 September 1837 – 24 February 1907) was a businessman, Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick, Canada, and politician from the Town of Chatham, New Brunswick. He operated a number of businesses in the eastern part of the province and was one of its most prominent citizens.
Jabi Tehnan Jabi Tehnan is one of the 105 woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Mirab Gojjam Zone, Jabi Tehnan is bordered on the southeast by Dembecha, on the west by Bure Wemberma, on the northwest by Sekela, on the north by Kuarit, and on the east by Bibugn.
Jabil Circuit Jabil is a provider of electronic manufacturing services. Jabil designs and manufactures electronic circuit boards for major OEMs in a diverse group of industries including automotive, computing and storage, consumer products, medical, networking, peripherals and telecommunications.
Jabiru 2200 The Jabiru 2200 is a lightweight four-stroke, horizontally-opposed aircooled engine, used in aircraft. The engine is direct drive and is fitted with alternators, silencers, vacuum pump drives and dual ignition systems as standard.
Jabiru 3300 The Jabiru 3300 is a lightweight four-stroke, horizontally-opposed aircooled engine, used in aircraft. The engine is direct drive and is fitted with alternators, silencers, vacuum pump drives and dual ignition systems as standard.
Jabiru 5100 The Jabiru 5100 is a lightweight four-stroke, horizontally-opposed aircooled engine, used in aircraft. The engine is direct drive and is fitted with alternators, silencers, vacuum pump drives and dual ignition systems as standard.
Jabit III Jabit III was the name of a B-29 Superfortress (B-29-36-MO 44-27303, victor number 71) participating in the atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. Assigned to the 393rd Bomb Squadron, 509th Composite Group, it was used as a weather reconnaissance plane and flew to the city of Kokura, designated as the secondary target, before the final bombing to determine if conditions were favorable for an attack.
Jablanica River The Jablanica (Serbian Cyrillic: Јабланица) is a 85 km long river is southern Serbia. Left tributary of the Južna Morava, it gives the name to the region of Jablanica and the modern Jablanica District of Serbia.
Jablonec nad Nisou Jablonec nad Nisou () is a town in northern Bohemia, the second largest town of the Liberec Region. It is known as a mountain resort in the Jizera Mountains, an education centre, and a centre of world-production of glass and jewellery.
Jablonski diagram A Jablonski diagram, named after the Polish physicist Aleksander Jabłoński, is a diagram that illustrates the electronic states of a molecule and the transitions between them. The states are arranged vertically by energy and grouped horizontally by spin multiplicity.
Jabłonki Jabłonki is a village in Poland near the Bieszczady mountains and the village of Baligród. It was in Jabłonki that on March 28th, 1947, Poland's General Karol Świerczewski was killed in an ambush organised by Ukrainian Insurgent Army.
Jabra The Jabra Corporation was founded in 1993 by Randy Granovetter and Jennifer Blome. The company's original product, the Jabra EarPHONE, was based on work done by Elwood "Woody" Norris at Norris Communications.
Jabra Nicola Jabra Nicola (1912–1974) was a Palestinian Trotskyist leader, the author of numerous articles and pamphlets who also translated some of the classics of Marxism into Arabic. Born in Haifa, he joined the Palestinian Communist Party before he turned 20, and was responsible for its publication al-Ittihad.
Jabref JabRef is a free software reference management software that uses BibTeX as its native format. JabRef provides an easy-to-use interface for editing BibTeX files, for importing data from online scientific databases, and for managing and searching BibTeX files.
Jabriya Indian School Located in the Jabriya district of Kuwait, the Jabriya Indian School was founded in September 1993, making it one of the most recent schools in Kuwait to cater to the large Indian community. A particular feature of this school is the presence of a large number of multinational students which gives them an insight into the Indian culture.
Jabuticaba The Jabuticaba (also called Brazilian Grape Tree, Jaboticaba, Guaperu, Guapuru, Hivapuru, Sabara and Ybapuru) is a fruit-bearing tree native to Brazil. The fruit is purplish black, with a white pulp; it can be eaten raw or be used to make jellies and drinks (plain juice or wine).
Jac Arama Jac Arama (born Pierre Jacques Arama on February 20, 1960 in Richmond London, UK) is a professional poker player of mixed English/French descent. Arama is known for his large range of sunglasses (over 300 pairs) and aggressive playing style which is referred to by poker commentators as Jac Attack.
Jac Holzman Jac Holzman founded Elektra Records in his dorm room in 1950 and Nonesuch Records in 1964. He signed such legendary acts as The Doors and the Paul Butterfield Blues Band to Elektra, as well as discovering Judy Collins.
Jac Venza Jac Venza is a public television producer who is directly responsible for most of the theatre and music programs that have been seen on PBS since its creation in 1970. From the early 1960's until his retirement in 2005, Venza brought such programs as NET Playhouse, American Playhouse, and Great Performances to millions of viewers.
Jaca Jaca (sometimes spelled Chaca) is a city of northeastern Spain near the border with France, in the midst of the Pyrenees in the province of Huesca. Jaca, a ford on the River AragĂłn at the crossing of two great early medieval routes, one from Pau to Zaragoza, was the fortified city out of which the Kingdom of Aragon developed: Jaca was the capital of Aragon until 1097 and also served as capital of Jacetania.
Jacal The jacal is an adobe style housing structure historically found throughout parts of the south-western United States and Mexico. The structure was employed by Native Americans prior to European colonization and was later employed by both Hispanic and Anglo settlers in Texas and elsewhere a jacal would consist of slim close-set poles tied together and filled out with mud, clay and grasses.
Jacaltenango Jacaltenango is a small town in Huehuet enango, Guatemala, located at a valley surrounded by the Sierra Madre. Its population is about 20,000 people (a third of which is indigenous), and its economy its based mainly in agricultural products, especially coffee.
Jacana, Victoria Jacana is a small suburb in Melbourne, Australia, situated north of the Western Ring Road, south of Johnstone Street and between the Broadmeadows railway line and Moonee Ponds Creek. The suburb has its own railway station.
JacaraĂ­pe, EspĂ­rito Santo JacaraĂ­pe is the name of a district of Serra, which in turn is a municipality of the Brazilian state of EspĂ­rito Santo. Considered part of the greater VitĂłria Region, it is now a laid back suburb of VitĂłria, the state capital.
Jacaranda Jacaranda is a genus of 49 species of flowering plants in the family Bignoniaceae, native to tropical and subtropical regions of South and Central America, Mexico, and the Caribbean. The genus name is also used as the common name.
Jacaranda 94.2 Jacaranda 94.2 is South Africa's largest independent radio station broadcasting in English and Afrikaans, with a footprint that covers Gauteng, the Lowveld, Mpumalanga and the Limpopo province and attracts an audience in excess of 2.
Jacarezinho, Rio de Janeiro Jacarezinho is a Brazilian favela with more than 60,300 residents living in an area of 40 ha. The place is located in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro city, and it borders the neighborhoods of Jacaré, Méier, Engenho Novo and Triagem.
JacĂł JacĂł is a small city located in the "cantĂłn" (county) of Garabito, in the Puntarenas province in Costa Rica. It has a population of around 5,000 people, including other small towns along the Pacific coast, between Puntarenas and Quepos.
Jacek Bogucki Jacek Bogucki (born February 13, 1959 in Wysokie Mazowieckie) is a Polish politician. He was elected to Sejm on September 25, 2005 getting 7189 votes in 24 Białystok district, candidating from Prawo i Sprawiedliwość list.
Jacek Broniewicz Jacek Broniewicz (born on September 18 1981) is a Polish footballer (defender) playing currently for Polonia Warszawa. On the December 9 2006 he played for GĂłrny ĹšlÄ…sk in the game versus Poland national football team
Jacek Falfus Jacek Falfus (born February 01, 1951 in Siemianowice Śląskie) is a Polish politician. He was elected to Sejm on September 25, 2005 getting 27698 votes in 27 Bielsko-Biała district, candidating from Prawo i Sprawiedliwość list.
Jacek Karpiński Jacek Karpiński, pioneer in computer engineering and computer science. He is responsible for the construction of the first transistor-based differential analyzer and one of the first machine learning algorithms and techniques for character and image recognition.
Jacek Kościelniak Jacek Kościelniak (born October 09, 1963 in Dąbrowa Górnicza) is a Polish politician. He was elected to Sejm on September 25, 2005 getting 3765 votes in 32 Sosnowiec district, candidating from Prawo i Sprawiedliwość list.
Jacek Komuda Jacek Lech Komuda (23 June 1972-present) is a Polish writer and historian. He specialized in the period of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and History of Poland (1569-1795), and is the author of several novels and short stories of fantasy/historical novel genre.
Jacek Lipiński Jacek Lipiński (born 1966) - lawyer, prosecutor, mayor of Aleksandrów Łódzki, Poland city and commune since 2002. He was elected for the second term in general elections held on 18 November 2006, gaining 60.
Jacek Moskwa Jacek Moskwa (born 1948) is a Polish journalist and writer. He cooperated with many of the most notable Media in Poland, including the Television News Agency, Życie Warszawy, Gazeta Wyborcza, Rzeczpospolita and Radio Zet.
Jacek Pałkiewicz Pałkiewicz, Jacek Edward (born June 02, 1942 in Immensen, Germany) is a Polish journalist, reporter and traveller. Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (1994), The Explorers Club (1994), Societa Geografica Italiana (1996), Societad Geografica de Lima (1996), Rossijskoje Geograficzieskoje Obszcziestwo (1996).
Jacen Burrows Jacen Burrows is a San Diego born American artist best known for his work on various comic books from Avatar Press. He graduated from the Savannah College of Art and Design in 1996 with a degree in Sequential Art.
Jacey Sallés Jacey Sallés is a british actress probably best known for her recurring role as Ramona Ramirez on the ITV programme Cold Feet. In additon to this she has also appeared in Murder Most Horrid, Birds of a Feather and My Family.
Jacchia Reference Atmosphere The Jacchia Reference Atmosphere is an atmospheric model that define values for atmospheric temperature, density, pressure and other properties at altitudes from 90 to 2500 km. Unlike the more common US Standard Atmosphere and related models, the Jacchia model includes latitudinal, seasonal, geomagnetic, and solar effects, but must be supplemented with another model at lower altitudes.
Jacint Verdaguer Jacint Verdaguer i SantalĂł (Folgueroles, May 17, 1845 - Vallvidrera, June 10, 1902) is one of the greatest poets of Catalan literature, he was born in Folgueroles, a town in the Plain of Vic, in the comarca of Osona. The bishop Torras i Bages qualified him as Prince of the Catalan poets.
Jacinta and Francisco Marto Francisco Marto (1908-1919) and his sister Jacinta Marto (1910-1920), also known as Blessed Francisco Marto and Blessed Jacinta Marto, together with their cousin, Lúcia dos Santos (1907-2005) were the children from Aljustrel near Fátima, Portugal who reported witnessing three apparitions of an angel in 1916 and several apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary in 1917.
Jacinta Escudos Jacinta Escudos, born in San Salvador in 1961, is a writer whose body of work includes novels, short stories, poetry, creative nonfiction, and journalistic chronicles that have been published in such Central American daily outlets as La Nación (Costa Rica), La Prensa Gráfica (El Salvador), and El Nuevo Diario (Nicaragua). While she primarily writes in Spanish, she is fluent in English, German, and French, having worked as a translator for several years.
Jacinta Wawatai Jacinta Wawatai-Woodhouse (born August 12, 1992) is a New Zealand child actress. She is best known for her portrayal of a native girl in King Kong and the character Mouse on the internationally successful sci-fi TV show The Tribe.
Jacinthe Pineau Jacinthe Pineau (born April 26, 1974 in Sherbrooke, Quebec) is a former international butterfly swimmer from Canada, who competed for her native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There she finished in 23rd position in the 200m Butterfly.
Jacinto Espinoza Jacinto Espinoza (born November 24, 1969) is an Ecuadorian soccer goalkeeper who played for the teams DelfĂ­n (Manta, Ecuador), Alianza Lima (Lima, Peru), Club Sport Emelec (Guayaquil, Ecuador) and Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito (Quito, Ecuador).
Jack & Jill (novel) Jack and Jill is the third book in a series written by James Patterson which features Washington DC psychiatrist, homicide police detective Alex Cross. The previous two books are Along Came A Spider and [Kiss The Girls]].
Jack & Jim Jack and Jim (Hyperion, 2000 ISBN 0-7868-0614-1) is a children's book about two boy birds that become friends despite opposition from their communities (one is a blackbird and one is a seagull). It is written by Kitty Crowther.
Jack "Lucky" Lohrke Jack Wayne Lohrke (born February 25, 1924 in Los Angeles, California) is a former American infielder in Major League Baseball. He earned the nickname "Lucky" not only because it resembled his last name, but because he averted, by only a few hours, almost certain injury or death in the tragic 1946 Spokane bus accident, the worst transit mishap in the history of U.
Jack (connector) In electronics, a jack is generally a socket (female) connector, but in some cases the term Jack is arbitrarily applied to the plug (see plug)or socket of a pair of mating connectors. To avoid confusion the specific terms plug or socket are recommended.
Jack (film) Jack is a 1996 film starring Robin Williams, Diane Lane, Brian Kerwin, Jennifer Lopez, Fran Drescher, and Bill Cosby, and was directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Williams plays the role of Jack Powell, a boy who ages four times faster than normal, somewhat similar to Werner syndrome.
Jack (human modeling) The Jack human simulation system was developed at the Center for Human Modeling and Simulationat the University of Pennsylvania] in the 1970s, 1980s & 1990s as an ergonomic assessment & virtual human prototyping system for [[NASA space shuttle development. In 1996 the software was spun off into a privately held company and is now sold as an ergonomic human simulation toolkit by USG The research and development of the Jack system have let to such standards as H-anim] and MPEG4 Body Animation Parameters roots of most modern human animation [[Inverse kinematics] systems can be traced to the research and development done for the Jack system.
Jack (playing card) The jack is a playing card with a picture of a young man on it. The usual rank of a jack is as if it were an 11 (that is, below the queen and above the 10) although in some games - such as Blackjack - it is equal to a 10.
Jack (tree) The Jack (Mangifera caesia), locally called Binjai in the Malay language, is a species of mango found in areas of Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Brunei, Papua New Guinea, and the Philippines. The tree lives in lowlands or gentle slopes on sandy clay soils.
Jack 2 Jack #2 is a test well in the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico (Walker Ridge Block 758) that sucessfully extracted oil from the lower tertiary area of the Gulf in the second quarter of 2006. The well was drilled to a depth of 28,175 feet (8,588 meters) and oil flowed at more than 6000 barrels a day.
Jack and Diane "Jack and Diane" is a 1982 hit song written and performed by American singer-songwriter, John Mellencamp (when he was still known as "John Cougar"). It appears on Mellencamp's album American Fool.
Jack and Jill (dance) Jack and Jill (J&J) or Dance with a Stranger (DWAS) is a format of competition in partner dancing, where the competing couples are the result of random matching of leaders and followers. Rules of matching vary.
Jack Abbott Jack Henry Abbott (January 21, 1944–February 10, 2002) was an American criminal and author. He was released from prison after gaining praise for his writing and lauded by a number of high-profile literary critics, but almost immediately he committed a murder and was locked up for the rest of his life.
Jack Abramoff CNMI scandal The Jack Abramoff CNMI scandal involves the efforts of Jack Abramoff, other lobbyists, and government officials to change and/or prevent Congressional action regarding the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands (CNMI) and businesses on the main island of Saipan.
Jack Abramoff Guam investigation The Jack Abramoff Guam investigation involves an alleged plot by lobbyist Jack Abramoff and others to control the functions of the courts in Guam. A federal grand jury investigation was halted in 2002 when the prosecutor was removed from office by the George W.

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