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  Joliet Specification
Joliet receiving systems shall be capable of receiving media recorded with restrictions which have been relaxed relative to ISO 9660.
Joliet receiving systems shall receive directory hierarchies recorded with file identifiers longer than those allowed by ISO 9660 receiving systems.
The Joliet directory identifier format shall be calculated according to ISO 9660 section 7.5.1 "File Identifier format", with the exception that the length of a directory identifier may exceed 31, but shall not exceed 128.
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  CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Louis Joliet
Louis Joliet, a discoverer and the son of a wagon-maker, was born at
Joliet descended the river to 30° 40', christening rivers, plateaus, and elevations with Indian and
Map drawn by Joliet in the Fox River valley on the eve of the Mississippi expedition in SHEA, Discovery and Explorations of the Mississippi Valley (New York, 1852).
www.newadvent.org /cathen/08496a.htm   (677 words)

  
 Joliet, IL
Today Joliet is served by several railroads, as well as Interstate Highways 55 and 80, which intersect a few miles southwest of the city.
The quarrying of limestone, with a bluish-white tinge, earned Joliet the nickname “City of Stone.” The Illinois and Michigan Canal was both a consumer of stone in the building of locks, bridges, and aqueducts and, after its completion in 1848, an artery for shipping stone to regional customers.
Joliet's economy entered a period of decline in the late 1970s and by 1983 its unemployment rate stood at 26 percent.
www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org /pages/676.html   (611 words)

  
 Joliet Area Community Hospice - A Special Kind of Care
By 1994, Joliet Area Community Hospice had served nearly 2000 dying patients and their families both in the home and in nursing homes.
The staff at Joliet Area Community Hospice go above and beyond the call of duty to meet the needs of both patient and family as they face the end of life looking at not only the physical and psychological needs, but also the environmental, social, spiritual, and emotional needs.
Joliet Area Community Hospice has a dedicated pediatric team that has received referrals from area hospitals as well as many specialty hospitals such as Children’s Memorial Hospital, Ronald McDonald Children’s Hospital of Loyola University Medical Center, University of Chicago Comer Children’s Hospital and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
www.joliethospice.org /about.shtml   (589 words)

  
 Joliet - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Joliet, city, seat of Will County, northeastern Illinois, on the Des Plaines River and two ship canals; incorporated as a city 1852.
Joliet, Louis (1645-1700), French-Canadian explorer, who led an expedition to explore the upper Mississippi River with Jesuit missionary...
The first public junior college in the United States was Joliet Junior College, established in 1901 in Joliet, Illinois.
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 Joliet, Illinois - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Joliet is currently the fastest growing city in the Midwest and the 14th fastest growing city in the United States among cities larger than 100,000 people [1].
Joliet's proximity to the Chicago metropolitan area has provided some relief; the city is increasingly evolving from its status as a steel-town to an exurb.
Joliet Catholic Academy (JCA) was formed in 1990 as a merger between the city's all-boys and all-girls Catholic high schools, Joliet Catholic High School and St.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Joliet,_Illinois   (1807 words)

  
 About Us, Joliet Technologies
Joliet Technologies will continually look for ways to improve their processes and procedures and work with their vendors to get the best prices for products and services to reduce production costs.
Joliet Technologies, L.L.C. is a custom integrator, focused (but not limited) on selected industries, which allows us to specialize in providing complete system solutions.
Joliet Technologies, L.L.C. is one of the companies under the MIV umbrella.
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 cbs2chicago.com - Joliet No Longer Prison Town As Last Inmate Leaves
When Joliet Correctional Center opened in 1858 -- then called Joliet Penitentiary -- it was located north of the city, but became surrounded as the city grew, partly because of prison jobs.
Joliet at the time was also a city of steelworkers and stonecutters.
In Joliet, officials are assessing the 180-acre prison property with ideas of one day developing it, possibly as a tourist attraction similar to Alcatraz, the infamous prison island in San Francisco Bay.
cbs2chicago.com /local/local_story_225111817.html   (676 words)

  
 Joliet Area
Joliet, the largest IandM Canal town outside Chicago, attracted people from around the world to quarry stone, manufacture steel and work on the railroads that helped its many industries thrive.
In 1933, the Joliet portion of the IandM Canal was submerged under the Illinois Waterway, and the canal that launched the city is no longer visible.
Joliet, which like many “rust belt” industrial towns suffered during the 1970s and 80s, has recently profited from new entertainment industries including riverboat gaming and Nascar auto racing.
www.canalcor.org /Joliet.html   (361 words)

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