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	Little Joe
		When Project Mecury began in October 1958, the purposeof the Little Joe phase was to propel a full-scale, full-weight developmental version of the manned spacecraft to some of the flight conditions that would be encountered during exit from the atmosphere on an orbital mission.
		The Little Joe launch vehicle was 48 feet in height, weighed (at maximum) 41,330 pounds, was 6.66 feet in diameter, consisted of four Pollux and four Recruit clustered, solid-fuel rockets, could develop a thrust of 250,000 pounds, and could lift a maximum payload of 3,942 pounds.
		The purpose of the instrumentation was to obtain measurement of the vibration and sound environment encountered on the capsule during the firing of the Grand Central abort rocket.
	www.astronautix.com /lvs/litlejoe.htm (2641 words)

	Big Joe 1 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Big Joe (Atlas 10-D) launched an unmanned boilerplate Mercury capsule from Cape Canaveral, FL.
		The objective of "Big Joe" was to test the Mercury spacecraft ablating heatshield.
		Since the data from Big Joe 1 satisfied NASA requirements, a second Mercury launch, Big Joe 2 (Atlas 20D), which had been scheduled for the fall of 1959, was cancelled and the launch vehicle was transferred to another program.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Big_Joe_1 (296 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Mercury program
		In the event of a launch abort, the LES fired for 1 second, pulling the Mercury spacecraft away from a defective launch vehicle.
		Little Joe was a solid-propellant booster designed specially for the Mercury program.
		Big Joe 1 - September 9, 1959 - test of heat shield and Atlas / spacecraft interface
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Mercury-program (1977 words)

	Little Joe 1 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Little Joe 1 was a solid fuel rocket that was designed to test the Mercury spacecraft Launch Escape and Recovery systems.
		The Little Joe 1 was being prepared for launch from the Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Virginia, on August 21, 1959.
		Suddenly, about a half hour before the scheduled launch, the escape rocket fired and pulled the Mercury spacecraft away from the launch pad.The spacecraft reached an apogee of 2000 feet (600 m) and landed about 2000 feet (600 m) away.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Little_Joe_1 (197 words)

	Big Joe 1 - Slider
		Big Joe (Atlas 10-D) launched an unmanned boilerplate Mercury capsule from Cape Canaveral, FL.
		The objective of "Big Joe" was to test the Mercury spacecraft ablating heatshield.
		Since the data from Big Joe 1 satisfied NASA requirements, a second Mercury launch, Big Joe 2 (Atlas 20D), which had been scheduled for the fall of 1959, was cancelled and the launch vehicle was transferred to another program.
	enc.slider.com /Enc/Big_Joe_1 (271 words)

	Big Joe Williams
		Joe was amused that I had so many blues records in my collection and one day went thru it, A to Z, playing sides that he'd request and rewarding me with background on most of the artists.
		Speckled Red, Big Joe and J.D. Short went along to play intermissions but I was so intent on trying to record a seven-piece jazz band that I stupidly didn't record them.
		Rexroth knew his blues and, somehow, had heard that Big Joe was living in St.Louis and insisted that Joe be given a Monday night gig.
	www.delmark.com /rhythm.bigjoe.htm (896 words)

	QSL to W3HNK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Joe is one of those people who never sees a stranger and will keep you laughing.
		Joe is not only a world-class, champion QSL Manager, but a first class operator and DXer in his own right.
		I have talk with other OMs who are helped by Joe in the QSL managment and the general criterion is that he is very, very efficient and rapid in his job.
	www.geocities.com /CapeCanaveral/Hangar/4073/w3hnk.html (819 words)

	Big Joe Louis and his Blues Kings
		Big Joe Louis was born in Jamaica, West Indies, and moved to the UK during the 1970s.
		Big Joe Louis And His Blues Kings have recorded sessions for BBC Radios 1, 2 and 4 and have appeared on BBC TV, RTE TV and Sky TV.
		Big Joe has been a guest on radio/TV shows in France, Belgium, Ireland, The Netherlands, Spain, Italy, Norway, Denmark, Russia, Sweden, Bulgaria and the UK, and his records have had airplay throughout the UK, Europe, Scandinavia, Australia, Canada and the USA.
	www.movinmusic.co.uk /big_joe_louis.htm (829 words)

	Big Joe Williams (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Bluesmeister BIG JOE WILLIAMS was born Joe Lee Williams, Friday, October 16, 1903, Crawford, MS.
		BIG JOE WILLIAMS died Friday, December 17, 1982, Macon, GA. He was inducted in W. Handy Blues Hall of Fame on October 4, 1992.
		The master of his own invention, the 9-string guitar, Big Joe Williams was also a skillful and clever Delta bluesman and, as this fourth Delmark CD reissue more than adequately reminds, he was one of the most mesmerizing of that fraternity.
	www.island.net /~blues/bigjoe.htm (845 words)

	Big Joe Williams
		Joe Lee “Big Joe” Williams, famous for his emotional singing, his 9 string guitar, and his composition “Baby Please Don't Go,” was not only one of the pioneer Mississippi blues singers/guitarists, but also a talent scout and record producer.
		Big Joe produced this remarkable set of recordings in his hometown of Crawford, Miss.
		Big Joe is nothing less that mighty on his seven tracks....
	www.arhoolie.com /titles/9015.shtml (605 words)

	NASCAR.COM - Track Smack: On tour - Feb 1, 2007
		Joe Menzer: He actually said if he was a fan, he would rather watch it on TV.
		Joe Menzer: As for the Pettys, they'll be doing backflips if Bobby Labonte cracks the top 20 most weeks.
		Joe Menzer: I think the whole Juan Montoya deal has brought a little extra energy and attention to Ganassi.
	www.nascar.com /2007/news/features/track_smack/01/25/media.tour/index.html (1322 words)

	Club Kaycee -- Kansas City Jazz History -- Turner, Joseph Vernon "Big Joe"
		During the 1930s, Big Joe continued his dual role as a singing bartender at the Sunset Club, where Pete Johnson's band was featured.
		In 1936, with the help of John Hammond, Big Joe and Pete Johnson moved to New York, where their reception was less than enthusiastic.
		Big Joe added rock to the roll and became one of the fathers of rock'n'roll when he recorded "Shake Rattle and Roll"
	www.umkc.edu /orgs/kcjazz/jazzfolk/turnj_00.htm (270 words)

	Big Joe Williams
		Big Joe played a 9-string guitar which he pounded, slapped and drove like a demented downhill slalom through a thicket of seminal Delta blues, singing in a gutsy, raw, emotion-exhausting voice.
		Big Joe wasn't invited but he'd taken the Greyhound bus up from his Mississippi trailer home near Crawford on the off-chance of a gig.
		One could hardly have guessed from his earlier Bluebird recordings that Big Joe would have survived to become respected as a major blues artist in the 1960s.
	www.arhoolie.com /titles/315.shtml (691 words)

	Big Joe Turner
		Joe did not change his style to go along with what was happening at the time; he just had an incredibly unique voice that worked in Rock, Jazz, RandB and Blues.
		Joe was bigger than the rest of the kids his age and while still in his mid-teens, he was able to sneak into some of the clubs.
		Joe recorded a few singles on Coral in 1963 and 1964 and an album for Blues Time in 1969, but that was about all he recorded during the 1960s.
	www.cascadeblues.org /History/BigJoeTurner.htm (2599 words)

	RFD-TV - Rural America's Most Important Network
		Big Joe’s interest in polka music of all kinds really stems from his Polish roots and from growing up in the ethnic neighbor- hoods of South Omaha.
		While “Big Joe” has always had an interest in Polka music, his professional interest began in Columbus, Nebraska, on radio station KTTT in 1965 with his inaugural 90 minute polka show: The Big Joe Polka Show hit the air and was an immediate hit.
		With the advent of RFD-TV, Big Joe moved to television and a new audience in rural America.
	www.rfdtv.com /shows/bigjoe.asp (453 words)

	Sports: No tears for Big Joe
		A few of the boys were playing near the shoreline, and Coleman watched as Big Joe crossed the river to get closer to the potential prey.
		Fagan said the big male was probably 35 to 45 and smart to have lived that long, but on the fourth day, he took the bait.
		When Fagan pulled Big Joe out of the Hillsborough, he told Coleman that it wouldn't be long before an 8-footer claimed his old den.
	www.sptimes.com /2005/05/12/Sports/No_tears_for_Big_Joe.shtml (1734 words)

	1999 Morris Lecture-Eason Jordan
		It was big deal for Ted and during the discussions Castro suggested that CNN be made available to the entire world.
		I am quite sure Joe would be deeply saddened to know that dozens of journalists are being killed every year in the line of duty.
		Joe's name is but one of 1,150 names inscribed at the Washington Journalists Memorial Wall.
	www.nieman.harvard.edu /events/honors/morris/EASON-Morris.html (6328 words)

	Big Joe Rosenfeld (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Big Joe's Happiness Exchange was a time brokered program which first appeared on WABC in 1959.
		Dave Fentress relates the story of "Big Joe's" street front social services agency, and a little old lady leaving "The Exchange" a million dollars in her will; others say that "The Happiness Exchange" was funded by The Salvationists (the Salvation Army folks).
		Big Joe had a "street-name" that was the complete opposite of his actual size.
	musicradio.computer.net /bigjoe.html (4536 words)

	USATODAY.com - Secret of Joe's success: Big ratings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Joe Millionaire set another record this week as Monday's episode drew 20.3 million viewers, adding 1.5 million from last week's tally.
		But the week's big event was Super Bowl XXXVII, seen by an average 88.6 million viewers throughout the game, although 137.7 million checked out at least six minutes of it.
		Aside from Joe and Idol, other high scorers for the week were Star Search on CBS and Meet My Folks, yet another dating series that returned to NBC's schedule and won its time period among young adults on Monday, Tuesday and Saturday.
	www.usatoday.com /life/television/news/2003-01-28-joe_x.htm (504 words)

	American Leftist
		Largely due to pressure from one man special interest group, Ahmed Chalabi, Viceroy Bremer's first official act last May implemented a policy in which Baathists were to be purged from positions throughout Iraq's civil infrastructure -- teachers, professors, doctors, administrators, etc. It appears that the CPA is beginning to waffle on this policy.
		So, we're going to be able to go to the Fallujah through the voices of some of those who fled as well as the voices of one journalist, who risked her life in order to get us materials to broadcast today.
		Breaking his policy of not addressing controversies that arose before he came on board at the paper on Dec. 1, he nevertheless contacted Miller and included a letter she had sent to the NYRB editors complaining about being misquoted.
	amleft.blogspot.com /archives/2004_04_01_amleft_archive.html (6700 words)

	Amazon.com: All About John Deere DVD #4: DVD: various,Tom McComas and Joe Stachler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		I'm not a big fan of sticking a kid in front of a TV, but every parent knows that once in a while something is needed to keep him busy so you can get something done.
		This video is referred to by my son as "the one with the John Deere chainsaw in it." I enjoy watching the series myself, unlike many of the intolerable kiddie videos with their stupid characters and insane music.
		We own JD for kids vol 1 & 2 and love to watch them with our 3 YO son so this Christmas we gave him vol 3 & 4 and were very disappointed with both but especially vol 4.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/ASIN/B000G1TETG/devasp/ref%3Dnosim (926 words)

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		Together, Big Joe and Americaneagle.com are considering several subsequent Web site enhancements, including the incorporation of: (1) advanced customer service tools; (2) an online ordering system, and; (3) an expanded Dealer's Only section.
		There is also consideration given to adding a Big Joe merchandise page since the name, Big Joe, appeals to both dealers and the public at large.
		Big Joeâ¢ Manufacturing Company was founded over 50 years ago in 1951 with the invention of their first product, the IBH truck.
	www.americaneagle.com /portfolio/case/722/Big_Joe_Lift_Trucks.aspx (509 words)

	BJ-1 - RixWiki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Spacecraft checkout for the launch of Big Joe 1 was accomplished at the Cape Canaveral launch site starting in June of 1959.
		The primary purpose of the flight was to investigate the performance of the ablation heat shield during reentry, as well as to investigate spacecraft reentry dynamics with an instrumented boilerplate spacecraft.
		On the basis of these results, the backup Big Joe mission was cancelled.
	www.mercuryspacecraft.com /wiki/BJ-1 (291 words)

	Big Joe Turner - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Big Joe Turner - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Turner, Big Joe (Joseph Vernon) (1911–1985), American blues singer.
		Search for books about your topic, "Big Joe Turner"
	encarta.msn.com /Big_Joe_Turner.html (156 words)

	Xavier dunks No. 1 St. Joe's (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Much like fellow Philadelphia legend Joe Frazier, Saint Joseph's got smoked yesterday and sent reeling to the canvas.
		Saint Joseph's became the first No. 1 seed to lose its opening game in the A-10 tournament since top-seeded Rutgers was upset by Saint Joseph's in overtime, 90-87, in the Palestra in 1991.
		Nelson, the A-10 Player of the Year and the leading candidate for National Player of the Year, was 7 of 21, including 1 of 8 from beyond the arc.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/04072/284717.stm (585 words)

	Muskegon Actors' colony - "Big Joe" Roberts
		Joe joined the Keatons and other vaudevillians in Bluffon in 1911 and later joined Buster in Hollywood.
		Standing 6-3, "Big Joe" later toured the country for a number of years as part of the trio Roberts, Hays and Roberts.
		With Joe dressed in a ridiculous outfit of a boy, the show was reviewed as one of the cleverest acts in vaudeville.
	www.actorscolony.com /Roberts.htm (587 words)

	Black Joe Cake - Allrecipes
		For 2 c water, I used 1 c "Lite" coconut milk and 1/2 c water.
		I used a made-up coconut frosting and sprinkled coconut flakes on the top and used a berry jelly/honey mixture in between the layers.
		I baked it at 160 C for 30 min on "pastry mode" and it rose nicely.
	www.allrecipes.com /Recipe/Black-Joe-Cake/Detail.aspx (321 words)

	VH1.com : Fat Joe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		FAT JOE: Actually, Joe Montana is my brother who past away, whose real name is Anthony Crestfall, and he was killed in the Bronx, and he like my best friend of all time, and ever since Scarface came out he always thought he was Tony Montana, Scarface.
		FAT JOE: Wow forget it, everybody, there was a moment, maybe 4 or 5 years ago where people started dressin’ in their videos like Tony Montana everybody got the ya know he shirts over the suits.
		FAT JOE: The Latin flavor had a lot to do with me and all the Latino, you know, very rarely do we see any movies based on Latinos, but to see a movie where a Latino dude came to prominence he became great, he was the heroine.
	www.vh1.com /artists/interview/1478255/09162003/fat_joe.jhtml (955 words)

	Big Joe 1 - TheBestLinks.com - Mercury program, September 9, 1959, Cape Canaveral, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Big Joe 1 - TheBestLinks.com - Mercury program, September 9, 1959, Cape Canaveral,...
		Big Joe 1, Mercury program, September 9, 1959, Cape Canaveral, Splashdown...
		Project Mercury preliminary flight test results of the Big Joe, Mercury R and D capsule (PDF) October 1959 (http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19760067285_1976067285.pdf)
	www.thebestlinks.com /Big_Joe_1.html (333 words)

	Big Joe California North, Inc. - About Big Joe
		We at Big Joe have been servicing the material handling needs of a large variety of industries for over 50 years.
		We at Big Joe believe in supplying superior customer service in maintaining and installing the equipment we sell and meeting all of the various material handling challenges faced in today's world.
		Whether it is our #1 selling pallet truck in North America, various storage improving products or our complete line of narrow aisle lift trucks, Big Joe has it all for you.
	www.bigjoelift.com /html/about.html (298 words)

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