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  1. Jasper
    Jasper is British slang for a wasp.
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  2. Jasper
    Jasper is British slang for a wasp.
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  3. Jasper
    HMS Jasper (formerly the Balthasar) was a British armed trawler of 581 tons displacement launched in 1932 and used by the British navy during the Second World War for anti-submarine training. HMS Jasper had a top speed of 12 knots and was armed with one 4-inch gun and depth charges.
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  4. jasper
    [n] - an opaque form of quartz
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  5. Jasper
    an opaque variety of quartz,of red,yellow,or brown colour Category: Chemistry • cloth formed on a black warp and white weft,or one dark and one light,or vice verse Category: Various industries and crafts
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  6. Jasper
    Jas'per noun [ Middle English jaspre , jaspe , Old French jaspre , jaspe , French jaspe , Latin iaspis , Greek ...; confer Persian yashp , yashf , Arabic yashb , yasb , yasf<...
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  7. jasper
    <chemical> An opaque, impure variety of quartz, of red, yellow, and other dull colours, breaking with a smooth surface. It admits of a high polish, and is used for vases, seals, snuff boxes, etc. When the colours are in stripes or bands, it is called striped or banded jasper. The Egyptian pebb...
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  8. Jasper
    • (n.) An opaque, impure variety of quartz, of red, yellow, and other dull colors, breaking with a smooth surface. It admits of a high polish, and is used for vases, seals, snuff boxes, etc. When the colors are in stripes or bands, it is called striped / banded jasper. The Egyptian pebble is a ...
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  9. Jasper
    county, southern South Carolina, U.S. It is bounded to the west by the Savannah River border with Georgia. The county`s short southern coast along ...
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  10. Jasper
    unincorporated place, western Alberta, Canada. It lies at the confluence of the Athabasca and Miette rivers, near the British Columbia border, and ...
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  11. Jasper
    city, seat (1824) of Walker county, northwestern Alabama, U.S., about 40 miles (65 km) northwest of Birmingham. Settled in 1815, it was named for ...
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  12. jasper
    opaque, fine-grained or dense variety of the silica mineral chert that exhibits various colours, but chiefly brick red to brownish red. It owes its ... [1 related articles]
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  13. Jasper
    Jasper is a Persian boy name. The meaning of the name is `treasurer ` Where is it used? The name Jasper is mainly used In English.How do they say it elsewhere? Gaspar ( In Spanish and In Portuguese) Gasper ( In Slovene) Kacper ( In Polish) Gaspare ( In Italian) Gasparo ( In Italian) Gáspár ( In ...
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  14. jasper
    jasper, opaque, impure cryptocrystalline quartz, usually red, but also yellow, green, and grayish blue. It is used as a gem. Ribbon jasper has the colors in stripes.
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  15. Jasper
    Jasper, city (1990 pop. 13,553), seat of Walker co., NW central Ala.; inc. 1889. Jasper is a trade and processing center in a coal and timber area. There is agriculture and the manufacture of sporting goods and furniture, as well as bottling and poultry processing.
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  16. Jasper
    Jasper is an impure, opaque, cryptocrystalline variety of quartz that takes a high polish and was formerly used for vases, seals, snuffboxes, etc and is now used as a gemstone. Jasper is less hard than flint and common quartz and is usually stained by impurities and occurs in various colours, such a...
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  17. Jasper
    `Jasper`, a form of publisher=www.USGS.gov-->--> is an Opacity (optics)|opaque,--> impure variety of silica, usually red, yellow, brown or green in color; and rarely blue. This mineral breaks with a smooth surface, and is used for ornamentation or as a gemstone. It can be highly polished and is used...
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  18. JasPer
    `JasPer` is a project to create a reference implementation of the codec specified in the JPEG-2000 Part-1 standard, (ie. ISO/IEC 15444-1). The project was started by , Inc. and the University of British Columbia. It consists of a C library and some sample applications useful for testing the codec. T...
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  19. Jasper
    (name) `Jasper` is a given name. The name means "spotted or speckled stone" and is derived from Greek iaspis, (feminine noun)<ref name="Studylight.org">http://www.studylight.org/lex/grk/view.cgi?number=2393 Studylight.org--><ref name="Studylight.org"...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasper

  20. Jasper
    (song) "`Yellow`" is the 11th single from Japanese pop singer Kaela Kimura. Track listing: #"Jasper " #"Dive Into Shallow" #"Jasper(instrumental)" #"Dive Into Shallow(instrumental)" References: <references/>
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12 February 2012

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/calendar/ On February 12, 1809, Charles Robert Darwin was born at The Mount in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. Darwin was one of the last of the eclectic scientists who preceded the age of professional specialization. His genius lay in his ability to select, from the facts which he so diligently collected, every relevant point and fit it into his bold and far-reaching theories. He was not the first to advance a theory of evolution; but his massive weight of evidence carried conviction where earlier theorists had failed. He was shy and modest and shrank from controversy, an unfortunate trait in the author of the most controversial book of the century. read more

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