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Jessye Norman Jessye Norman (born September 15, 1945) is an American soprano opera singer. Norman is one of the most admired contemporary opera singers and recitalists, and one of the highest paid performers in classical music.
Jester of Columbia The Jester of Columbia, or simply the Jester, is a humor magazine at Columbia University in New York City. Legendarily founded on April Fool's Day, 1901, it is one of the oldest such publications in the United States.
Jesu Dulcis Memoria Jesu Dulcis Memoria is a Catholic hymn attributed, without certainty, to Saint Bernard of Clairvaux. The name can refer either to the entire poem, which, depending on the manuscript, ranges from forty-two to fifty-three stanzas, or only the first part.
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring is a movement from a cantata written by Johann Sebastian Bach during his time in Leipzig, Germany. The cantata, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," is BWV 147, although it is the 32nd surviving cantata that Bach composedchorale] melody (Werde munter, mein GemĂĽthe) is found inside of the [[cantata, as was the typical of the time of Bach's composing, where most cantatas had generally transformed into a sort of abbreviated oratorio.
Jesuati The Jesuati were a religious order founded by Giovanni Colombini of Siena in 1360. Colombini had been a prosperous merchant and a senator in his native city, but, coming under ecstatic religious influences, abandoned secular affairs and his wife and daughter (after making provision for them), and with a friend of like temperament, Francesco Miani, gave himself to a life of apostolic poverty, penitential discipline, hospital service and public preaching.
Jesuit Conference The Jesuit Conference is the name of the governing body of the Society of Jesus in the United States. The Conference is comprised of the provincial superiors of the ten Jesuit provinces in the US (California, Chicago, Detroit, Maryland, Missouri, New England, New Orleans, New York, Oregon, and Wisconsin), known collectively as the US Assistancy.
Jesuit High School of Sacramento Jesuit High School of Sacramento, California (founded 1963) is a private, all-boys Catholic high school run by the Society of Jesus order of priests. The school enrolls about 1,000 students from all over the greater Sacramento Valley.
Jesuit China missions The history of the missions of the Jesuits in China in the early modern era stands as one of the notable events in the early history of relations between China and the Western world, as well as a prominent example of relations between two cultures and belief systems in the pre-modern age. The missionary efforts and other work of the Society of Jesus, or Jesuits between the 16th and 17th century played a significant role in introducing Western knowledge, science, and culture to China.
Jesuit Ivy The "Jesuit Ivy" is the title of a commencement speech delivered at and, subsequently, a nickname given to Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. The term was coined in a 1956 commencement address by then-Massachusetts Senator John F.
Jesuit Joe Jesuit Joe is a mysterious character who appears in the eponymous story of Italian cartoonist Hugo Pratt. The anti-heroic Canadian native travels the wilderness of late 19th or early 20th century Canada assisting those in need.
Jesuit Music Ministry The Jesuit Music Ministry (JMM) is a Philippines-based producer and publisher of music for use in the liturgy of the Roman Catholic church. It also manages a group of artists and composers, whose works are widely used in the liturgy of the Holy Mass in the Philippines.
Jesuit Reductions The Jesuit Reductions were a particular version of the general Spanish colonial strategy of building reductions (reducciones de indios) in order to "civilise" and catechise the native populations of South America. They were created by the Catholic order of the Jesuits in the Tupi-Guarani areas of Portuguese Brazil and Spanish America and became famous for their resistance to enslavement and the absolute dominion of Crown representatives, which led to their ultimate repression and the expulsion of Jesuits from the Portuguese Empire.
Jesuit Relations The Jesuit Relations, the common name by which the Relations des Jésuites de la Nouvelle-France are known, are the annual reports which were issued by the superior of the Jesuit missions in New France to the Jesuit overseer in France between the years of 1632 and 1673. Narrative in format, the reports were written in French and originally intended to inform the procurator of the progress of the conversion work among the First Nations people of the New World.
Jesuit Secondary Education Association The Jesuit Secondary Education Association (JSEA) was founded in 1970 to address the unique needs of the Jesuit secondary school apostolate in the United States. Simultaneously, the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities (AJCU) was formed to serve the particular needs of Jesuit higher education.
Jesuit Volunteer Corps The Jesuit Volunteer Corps (JVC) is an organization of lay Catholic volunteers who dedicate at least a year of their lives to community service working with the homeless, abused women and children, immigrants and refugees, the mentally ill, people with HIV/AIDS and other illnesses, the elderly, children, and other marginalized groups. Through retreats, a local formation team, and community living, volunteers are also immersed in the "four values" of JVC: spirituality, community, simple living, and social justice.
Jesuit's bark Jesuit's Bark, also called Peruvian Bark, is the historical name of the most celebrated specific remedy for all forms of malaria. It is so named because it was obtained from the bark of several species of the genus Cinchona, of the order Rubiaceae, that have been discovered at different times and are indigenous in the Western Andes of South America and were first described and introduced by Jesuit priests who did missionary work in Peru.
Jesuitenkirche, Vienna The Jesuitenkirche (Jesuit Church), also known as the Universitätskirche (University Church) is an ornate church in Vienna, Austria on Dr. Ignaz Seipel-Platz, immediately adjacent to the old University of Vienna buildings.
Jesup North Pacific Expedition The Jesup North Pacific Expedition (1897-1902) was a major anthropological expedition to Siberia, Alaska, and the north west coast of Canada. The purpose of the the expedition was to investigate the relationships between the peoples at each side of the Bering Strait.
Jesus and the Lizards Jesus and the Lizards is a 1970s acid rock/jam rock group from Ottawa, Ontario which has featured keyboardist/vocalist Charlie Hoppner, bassist Alex Wagstaff, guitarist Aaron Voelker, tromboner Daniel North and drummer Chris North. The band became well known for their offbeat humour, which affected their lyrics and album titles.
Jesus and the Money Changers The narrative of Jesus and the Money Changers occurs in both the Synoptic Gospels and in the Gospel of John, although it occurs close to the end of the Synoptic Gospels (at , , , and , ) but close to the start in John (at ) and as a result some bibical scholars think there may have been two incidents. In the episode, Jesus is stated to have visited the Temple in Jerusalem, Herod's Temple, at which the courtyard is described as being filled with livestock and the tables of the money changers, who changed the standard Greek and Roman money for special blessed Jewish and Tyrian money, which were the only coinage that could be used in Temple ceremonies.
Jesus and the woman taken in adultery The Pericope Adulterae (Latin pronunciation ; English pronunciation ; Latin for "the passage of the adulterous woman") is the name traditionally given to verses 7:53–8:11 of the Gospel of John, which describe the attempted stoning by Pharisees of an accused adulterous woman, and Jesus' defense of her. In English, the passage is usually referred to as "the woman taken in adultery".
Jesus as myth Jesus as myth or The Jesus Myth is a loose collection of ideas that have in common the central idea that Jesus of Christian belief did not exist as a concrete human historical personage. While generally associated with a skeptical position on the existence of Jesus as an actual historical figure, there is also a minority of modern gnostic Christians who hold that Jesus is a myth.
Jesus ben Ananias Jesus, the son of Ananias, was a plebeian and a husbandman, who, four years before the Jewish war against Rome begun in 66 CE, went around Jerusalem prophesying the city's destruction. The Jewish leaders of Jerusalem turned him over to the Romans, who tortured him.
Jesus bloodline The Jesus bloodline is the theory that Jesus Christ had a natural child with Mary Magdalene which was then taken to Egypt and then to France, either during Magdalene's pregnancy or as a young child, and whose blood descendants in later centuries founded the Merovingian dynasty of the early kings of France.
Jesus Built My Hotrod Jesus Built My Hotrod is a 1991 single by Ministry and was the band's most popular song up to that point. The track features a driving beat and speed metal guitar work backing Butthole Surfers' Gibby Haynes gonzo vocal stylings.
Jesus Camp Jesus Camp, a Magnolia Pictures release directed by Rachel Grady and Heidi Ewing, who previously made The Boys of Baraka together, is an Academy Award-nominated 2006 documentary about a "charismatic Christian" summer camp for children who spend their summers learning and practicing their "prophetic gifts" and being taught that they can "take back America for Christ."Watts, Tom.
Jesus College Boat Club (Cambridge) Jesus College Boat Club (or JCBC as it's often abbreviated) is the rowing club for members of Jesus College, Cambridge. Over the years, it's been consistently successful, with the 1st men's VIII never having dropped below 12th place in the May Bumps and 11th position in the Lent Bumps.
Jesus College Boat Club (Oxford) Jesus College Boat Club (commonly abbreviated to JCBC) is a rowing club for members of Jesus College, Oxford. It is one of the oldest rowing clubs in the world, and is based in the college boathouse on the Isis.
Jesus College, Cambridge Jesus College at the University of Cambridge was founded in 1496 on the site of a Benedictine nunnery by John Alcock, then Bishop of Ely. It is traditionally held that the nunnery was turned into a college because the nunnery had gained a reputation for licentiousness.
Jesus for Jamaica International Jesus for Jamaica International is a Christian, non-profit, organization that provides housing, education and social services to underprivileged citizens of Jamaica. JFJI was founded in 1986 by Linda Botkin and became a non-profit organization in 2006.
Jesus Film Project The Jesus Film Project is an evangelical organization created in 1981 by Campus Crusade for Christ founder Bill Bright to distribute the 1979 film, Jesus, not only in English, but many of the world's languages with the stated goal of reaching "every nation, tribe, people and tongue, helping them see and hear the story of Jesus in a language they can understand."
Jesus Green Swimming Pool Jesus Green Swimming Pool is an outdoor lido situated on Jesus Green in Cambridge, England. It is one of the few remaining examples of the lidos built across the country in the 1920s -- open air pools with space for activities other than swimming.
Jesus holguin Jesus Tomas Holguin is a young Hispanic boy who grew up the cities of Caguas, Puerto Rico, South Bronx, New York, Salem and Beverly Massachusetts. The eldest of three older brothers, he is incredibly handsome and wrote this entire piece to see if he could google his name.
Jesus Christ Pose "Jesus Christ Pose" is a single by the American rock band Soundgarden, from the album Badmotorfinger. The song can be defined the essence of Soundgarden, as it is credited to all four members in Badmotorfinger’s liner notes.
Jesus Christ the Logos In Christology, the conception that Jesus Christ is the Logos (a Greek word meaning "word", "speech", or "reason") has been important in establishing the doctrine of Jesus' divinity, as well as that of the Trinity, as set forth in the Chalcedonian Creed.
Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter is a 2001 cult film from Odessa Filmworks which deals with Jesus' modern-day struggle to protect the lesbians of Ottawa, Canada, from vampires with the help of Mexican wrestler El Santos (Based on El Santo Enmascarado de Plata) (played by actor Jeff Moffet, who starred as El Santos in two other Odessa Filmworks productions).
Jesus Christ's sexuality The subject of Jesus's sexuality, like most areas of his life, is much debated; but the vast majority's stance on the subject is that he remained celibate until his death. The Bible does not explicitly indicate that Jesus had any romantic relationships or sexual desire, and most scholars, and particularly Christians, conclude that he probably had none.
Jesus Church The Jesus Church is a Christian church. This denomination is considered evangelical in nature and attached to the Protestant confession in which the greatest concentration of their churches currently exist in Norway.
Jesus is Lord The saying "Jesus is Lord" serves as a statement of faith for millions of Christians who regard Jesus as both the true God and a genuine man. It is also the motto adopted by the World Council of Churches.
Jesus Ledesma Aguilar Jesus Ledesma Aguilar was a Mexican national who became the 365th person executed by the state of Texas. His execution sparked an international incident between the United States and Mexico, which led to a lawsuit filed by Mexico against the United States in the International Court of Justice, in which the court found that Texas prison officials had denied Aguilar his right to see a Mexican consular official as specified in the Geneva Conventions.
Jesus Lincoln Jesus Lincoln was a fictional name used during The Daily Show with Jon Stewart's coverage of the 2004 Democratic Presidential Convention in Boston. Showing a clip of Delaware Senator Joe Biden's speech in which he accidentally refers to Presidential candidate John Kerry as John Kennedy, Stewart quipped that the Republicans are rushing to find a way to "Freudian slip George W.
Jesus movement The Jesus movement was the major Christian element within the hippie counterculture, or, conversely, the major hippie element within the Body of Christ. Members of the movement are called Jesus people, or Jesus freaks.
Jesus music Jesus music, also known as gospel beat music in the United Kingdom, is a style of Christian music which originated on the West Coast of the United States in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of the Jesus movement before the Christian music industry had begun to take form.
Jesus MarĂa Pereda Jesus MarĂa Pereda Ruiz de Temiñó ( born Medina de Pomar, Burgos, June 23, 1938), also known as Chus Pereda or Txus Pereda, was a Spanish/Basque footballer who played for CF Barcelona during the 1960s. In 1964, together with Luis Suárez, Amancio Amaro, JosĂ© Ăngel Iribar and his CF Barcelona team mate, Josep FustĂ© he was a member of the Spanish team that won the European Championship in 1964.
Jesus Merino Jesus Merino is a comic book artist and inker. He is best known in the American comic industry for his collaborations with penciller Carlos Pacheco on titles such as Avengers Forever, Superman/Batman and Green Lantern.
Jesus Miracle Crusade The Jesus Miracle Crusade International Ministry (JMCIM) is a religious group from the Philippines which is well known for its promotion of miracles and healing through faith. JMCIM is led by Evangelist Wilde E.
Jesus nut The Jesus nut, also called the Jesus pin, is the hexagonal nut that holds the main rotor to the mast of some rotary-wing aircraft, such as the UH-1 Iroquois helicopter. It is a slang term first coined by American soldiers in Vietnam; the technical term is main rotor retaining nut.
Jesus of Nazareth (film) Jesus of Nazareth is a six-hour, sixteen-minute British television miniseries of the birth, life, death, and resurrection of Jesus based on the accounts given in the Christian gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.
Jesus on Mars Jesus on Mars is a 1979 science fiction novel by Philip José Farmer set on Mars and involving an alien civilization. Despite the apparently lurid, sensationalist theme evoked by the title, this novel makes social commentary on a just society and on religious belief.
Jesus People USA Jesus People USA (JPUSA) is a Christian intentional community in Uptown, on the North Side of Chicago, Illinois. It was founded in 1972 came out of the Jesus Movement], and is one of the few remaining communes from that movement.
Jesus Prayer The Jesus Prayer, also called the Prayer of the Heart by some Church Fathers, is a short, formulaic prayer often uttered repeatedly. It has been widely used, taught and discussed throughout the history of Eastern Christianity.
Jesus Ricardo Iglesias Jesus Ricardo Iglesias (February 22, 1922 - July 11, 2005) was born in Pergamino near Buenos Aires in Argentina. He excelled in long distance races with a Chevrolet Special and was asked to handle one of the works Gordinis Type 16 in the 1955 Argentina GP.
Jesus spring Jesus spring is a neologism used by computer hardware hackers to describe a component installed by manufacturers to discourage or detect unauthorized disassembly of a piece of equipment. The jesus spring is a trap installed in such a way that any naĂŻve disassembly will trigger it.
Jesus Salas Jesus Salas is the founder of Obreros Unidos, an independent farm labor union established in Wisconsin in 1966 and supported by funding from the AFL-CIO. In the late 1960s he also worked for the United Farm Workers and Cesar Chavez on the UFW Grape Boycott.
Jesus Saves "Jesus Saves" is a common proclamation used especially by American church pastors to inspire people that through being crucified and passing away, Jesus saved all humanity from sin, and connecting to him will save yourself.
Jesus Saves (Song) Jesus Saves, also known by the titles "Jesus Can't Play Rugby" or "Jesus Can't Go Hashing" is a popular drinking song common among Hash House Harriers and rugby players. As with any rugby song, it is tongue-in-cheek and is consciously offensive.
Jesus Seminar The Jesus Seminar is a research team of about two hundred New Testament scholars founded in 1985 by the late Robert Funk under the auspices of the Westar Institute.Westar Institute accessed November 6, 2006 The seminar's purpose is to use historical methods to determine what Jesus, as a historical figure, may or may not have said or done.
Jesus Singson Brigadier General Singson (born in Dolores Abra, Ilocos Sur, Philippines on 14 December 1917) is a former member of the Filipino military. He took his studies in the academe at the University of Manila in 1936 and at Far Eastern University in 1940.
Jesus Sutras The Jesus Sutras, or the Lost Sutras of Jesus are early Chinese language manuscripts of Christian teachings brought to China during the 7th century by Alopen, a Persian bishop of the Assyrian Church of the East (often incorrectly referred to as Nestorian).
Jesus wants me for a sunbeam "Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam" is a song originally recorded by Scottish alternative band The Vaselines for their EP Dying for it. It is a parody of the children's hymn, I'll Be a Sunbeam which has the opening line "Jesus wants me for a sunbeam".
Jesus wept Jesus wept (Greek: áĽÎ´Î¬ÎşĎĎ…Ďεν ὠἰηĎοῦς; Vulgate: Et lacrimatus est Iesus) is a phrase famous for being the shortest verse in the Christian New Testament according to the division of chapters and verses of the Bible. It is found in the Gospel of John, Chapter 11:35.
Jesus Walks "Jesus Walks" was the third single from Kanye West's debut album The College Dropout. Released in 2004, the single peaked at #11 in the USA becoming West's fourth top-20 single; it also peaked at #16 in the UK.
Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet is a piece of music composed by Gavin Bryars in 1971. It is based around a recorded loop of an un-named tramp improvising a hymn; eventually rich harmonies are played by a live ensemble of strings and brass, always increasing in density.
Jesus' Son Jesus' Son was a 1999 film adapted from a collection of short stories of the same name by Denis Johnson. It starred Billy Crudup, Samantha Morton, Holly Hunter, Dennis Hopper, Denis Leary, Will Patton, John Ventimiglia, and Jack Black.
Jesus, Take the Wheel "Jesus, Take the Wheel" is the first single from Carrie Underwood's debut album, Some Hearts. The song was nominated for 3 Grammy Awards including Song of the Year, Best Country Song, and Best Female Country Vocal Performance.
Jet (gas) A gas jet, fluid jet, or hydro jet is a nozzle intended to eject gas or fluid in a coherent stream into a surrounding medium, or the stream itself that is ejected by such a nozzle. Gas jets are most commonly found in gas stoves, ovens, or barbecues.
Jet (lignite) Jet is a geological material that is not considered a mineral in the true sense of the word, but rather, a mineraloid derived from decaying wood under extreme pressure, thus organic in origin. The name "jet" is the English word derived from the French “jaiet”.
Jet (mathematics) In mathematics, the jet is an operation which takes a differentiable function f and produces a polynomial, the truncated Taylor polynomial of f, at each point of its domain. Although this is the definition of a jet, the theory of jets regards these polynomials as being abstract polynomials rather than polynomial functions.
Jet (particle physics) A jet is a narrow cone of hadrons and other particles produced by the hadronization of a quark or gluon in a particle physics or heavy ion experiment. Because of QCD confinement, particles carrying a color charge, such as quarks, cannot exist in free form.
Jet (song) "Jet", a hit song from Paul McCartney and Wings' acclaimed Band on the Run album, is about one of McCartney's dogs. McCartney is often thought to have written "Martha My Dear" about another of his dogs on The White Album.
Jet (Wildstorm) Jet is the name of a comic book character from the Wildstorm universe that was featured in Gen-Active and the Wildstorm Thunderbook in 2000 before appearing in her own four-issue miniseries by artist Dustin Nguyen and writers Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning. She originally was featured in Backlash and Wildcore under the name of Crimson and was created by Sean Ruffner and Brett Booth.
Jet airliner A jet airliner is any airliner powered by jet engines. Most long-distance air travel is operated with jet aircraft, although the fleets of many airlines include a number of smaller turboprop types, typically used for shorter flights to provincial towns, island communities, or airports where topography or adjoining development limits the runway length.
Jet Airliner (song) The song "Jet Airliner" is a song by the Steve Miller band released in 1977 the song was written by Paul Pena. The song describes a man who is looking for a new life so he sings how he can barely get on a "Big ole' Jet Airliner".
Jet Airways Jet Airways is an airline based in Mumbai, India serving domestic and international routes. The airline operates over 320 flights to 44 destinations across the country and 5 overseas, with the majority of flights operated from Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Mumbai and Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi.
Jet bundle In differential geometry, the jet bundle is a certain construction which makes a new smooth fiber bundle out of a given smooth fiber bundle. It makes it possible to write differential equations on sections of a fiber bundle in an invariant form.
Jet City Improv Created in 1992 by Mike Christensen and Andrew McMasters, Jet City Improv is an improvisational comedy company in Seattle, Washington. The company inhabits the Historic University Theater in Seattle's University District.
Jet d'Eau The Jet d'Eau, or water-jet, is a large fountain in Geneva, Switzerland, and is one of the city's most famous landmarks, as well as one of the largest fountains in the world. Situated at the point where Lake Geneva empties into the Rhone River, it is visible throughout the city and from the air, even when flying over Geneva at an altitude of 10 km.
Jet engine performance This article describes how jet engine performance is estimated during the design phase. Similar techniques are used once the engine has been built and is being tested, except the performance of individual components, rather than being assumed, is inferred from test measurements (e.
Jet force The jet force is a rocket-like force due to Newton's third law which states that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. The backward moving exhaust of a burning fuel pushes a rocket or jet forward.
Jet Force Gemini Jet Force Gemini, or in Japan, is a science fiction third-person shooter game for the Nintendo 64 developed and published by Rare that was released on October 11, 1999. The single-player mode consists of several levels in which the player assumes the role of the Jet Force Gemini as they try to stop the evil plans of the bug dictator Mizar.
Jet Fusion & Beautiful Gorgeous Jet Fusion: A fictional character in the Nicktoons show, The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, who is a film actor in the "Jet Fusion Series", a spin-off of the James Bond series, created for Jimmy Neutron. He appears in two episodes, Operation: Rescue Jet Fusion, and My Big Fat Spy Wedding.
Jet group In mathematics, a jet group is a generalization of the general linear group which applies to Taylor polynomials instead of vectors at a point. Essentially a jet group describes how a Taylor polynomial transforms under changes of coordinate systems (or, equivalently, diffeomorphisms).
Jet injector A jet injector is a type of medical injecting syringe that uses a high-pressure narrow jet of the injection liquid instead of a hypodermic needle to penetrate the epidermis. It is powered by compressed air or gas, either by a pressure hose from a large cylinder, or from a built-in gas cartridge or small cylinder.
Jet Li Jet Li (born Li Lianjie on April 26, 1963 in Beijing, China) is a Chinese martial artist, actor and action star. He is one of the most recognized and famous actors and martial artists in Asia and one of the few actors from China that has gained wider fame outside of Asia.
Jet Propulsion Laboratory The NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), in Pasadena and La Cañada Flintridge, near Los Angeles, California, USA, builds and operates unmanned spacecraft for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
Jet Records Jet Records was a small record label set up by Don Arden with artists like Electric Light Orchestra(ELO), Roy Wood, Ozzy Osbourne, Riot and Magnum. The first release on the "Jet Records" label was "No Honestly", a U.
Jet set Jet set is a term that was used to describe an international social group of wealthy people, who organize and participate in social activities all around the world which are unreachable to ordinary people. The term, which replaced "café society" came from the lifestyle of travelling from one stylish or exotic place to another via jet airplanes.
Jet ski Jet-Ski is the brand name of personal watercraft (PWC) manufactured by Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.. The name, however, has become a genericized trademark for any type of personal watercraft. Jet ski (or jetski) can also specifically refer to versions of PWCs with pivoting handlepoles known as "stand-ups".
Jet sprint boat racing Jet Sprint Boat racing is a form of racing sport where trailerable speed boats, carrying a crew of two, powered by water jet propulsion rather than by conventional propellers, race around artificial watercourses consisting of a number of interconnected channels typicall 3 to 5 meters wide with a water depth of 1 metre.
Jet stream Jet streams are fast flowing, relatively narrow air currents found in the atmosphere at around 11 kilometres (36,000 ft) above the surface of the Earth, just under the tropopause. They form at the boundaries of adjacent air masses with significant differences in temperature, such as of the polar region and the warmer air to the south.
Jet Scooter The Jet Scooter (called the "Flow Mover" in the Japanese version) is a vehicle in the Phantasy Star II computer role-playing game. It was built by a Motavian living at the Roron garbage dump, and is given to Rolf Landale in AW 1284.
Jet Set Radio Future Jet Set Radio Future (often abbreviated JSRF), a video game developed by Smilebit and published by Sega, was released near the beginning of the Xbox's lifespan. JSRF is the sequel to the groundbreaking Sega Dreamcast game, Jet Set Radio (or Jet Grind Radio in the US).
Jet Set Willy II Jet Set Willy II: The Final Frontier was a platform game released in 1985 by Software Projects for a variety of 8-bit home computers. It was the only official sequel to Jet Set Willy, one of the most successful and popular home computer games ever released.
Jet Star (roller coaster) The "Jet Star" is a steel roller coaster formerly located at Knoebels Amusement Resort. It is a standard production model Schwarzkopf Jet Star, which is a compact ride featuring many small dips and turns.
Jet-etcher A Jet Etcher is used to remove a portion of the plastic encapsulating package from a semiconductor device in order to expose the surface of the chip. This tool is routinely used to prepare devices for failure analysis.
Jet4you Jet4you is a Moroccan low-cost airline established in partnership with TUI Group which owns 40% of its shares, the leading inclusive tour operator and fifth largest European air carrier. Two leading Moroccan institutional investors (Attijariwafa Bank and Société Générale Marocaine de Banques) also joined in the financing of the airline.
Jetan Jetan, also known as Martian Chess, is a strategy game for two players invented by Edgar Rice Burroughs as a game played on Barsoom, his fictional version of Mars. The game was introduced in The Chessmen of Mars, the fifth book in the Barsoom series.
Jetboat A jetboat is a boat propelled by a jet of water ejected from the back of the craft. Unlike a powerboat or motorboat that uses a propeller in the water behind the boat, a jetboat draws the water from under the boat into a pump-jet inside the boat, then expels it through a nozzle at the stern.
Jetex engine The Jetex engine was a type of solid-fuel rocket engine produced for use as a powerplant for model aircraft. Originally developed in 1947, it was first demonstrated to the modelling press in early 1948, and were available to the public in June 1948, when Aeromodeller featured Jetex power on its front cover.
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