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Jikata
Jikata may refer to the following: Jikata, Niger.a jikata (地方) is a geisha who specializes in singing and playing musical instruments. The name meaning "earth person" refers to their seated position.the computer game JIKATA. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of a..
Jikata, Niger
Jikata is a city in Niger. ..
JIKC
Japan International Karate-Ki Center is a traditional style of Japanese martial arts whose roots are founded in Wado-ryu karate-do. [[Image:Jikclogo.gif|thumb|right|380px]|Official Logo]] The founder of the JIKC is Soke Kiyohisa Hirano. He has more then 50 years of experience i..
Jikes
Jikes is an open source Java compiler. The original version was developed by IBM but was quickly transformed into an open source project contributed to by an active community of developers. It has subsequently been transferred to SourceForge. It is much faster in compiling small projects than Sun's..
Jikesrvm
JikesRVM (Research Virtual Machine) is an open source virtual machine from IBM. Its official site is http://jikesrvm.sourceforge.net/ ..
Jikes RVM
Jikes RVM is an open-source Java virtual machine and research project in IBM to create it. It differs from many other VMs in that it is implemented in Java and does not rely on any native code typically written in system languages like C/C++. It uses GNU Classpath as a standard class library. The p..
Jikininki
In Japanese Buddhism, jikininki (Japanese: 食尸鬼, "man-eating ghosts") are the spirits of greedy, selfish or impious individuals who are cursed after death to seek out and eat human corpses. They do this at night, scavenging for newly dead bodies and food offerings left for the dead. They someti..
Jikji
Jikji is the abbreviated title of a Buddhist document, whose full title can be translated "Baegun Hwasang's Anthology of the Great Priests' Teachings on Identification of the Buddha’s Spirit by the Practice of Seon." Printed in Korea in 1377, it is the world's oldest extant movable metal print ..
Jikjisa
Jikjisa is a head temple of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism. It is located on the slopes of Hwangaksan in Daehang-myeon, Gimcheon, in the province of Gyeongsangbuk-do. It may be one of the oldest temples in South Korea. Jikjisa is relatively well-connected to train and bus service. Jikjisa ..
Jikji prize
Jikji or Memory of the World is a UNESCO prize to further promote the objectives of the Memory of the World Programme and to commemorate the inscription of the Jikji, the oldest known book of movable metal print in the world. The prize, established in 2004, will be given every two years to individ..
Jikkan Jūnishi
Jikkan Jūnishi (十干十二支), also called eto (干支), is the sexagenary cycle of the Japanese calendar, which is calculated by combining jikkan (the ten stems) and jūnishi (the twelve branches). Contents 1 Overview1.1 ''Jikkan'' (十干)1.2 ''Jūnishi'' (十二支)2 ..
Jikkyou Oshaberi Parodius
is the fourth game in a series of parody shooters produced by Konami. The gameplay is stylistically very similar to the Gradius series, but the graphics and music are intentionally absurd. The game, as its name would suggest, contains a large amount of Japanese voice samples shouted out in a style..
Jikkyou Power Pro Yakyuu series
Jikkyou Power Pro Yakyuu, (J:実況パワフルプロ野球) simply called Power Pro, is a Japan-only baseball series created by Konami. It is known for its big-headed characters, and addictive arcade-style gameplay. It is long running in Japan, starting out in 1994 for the Super Famicom. The game h..
Jiko
Jiko (aka Jiko - The Cooking Place) is a restaurant in Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge in the Walt Disney World Resort. Jiko features African style cooking with influences from the Mediterranean coast, India and Europe. Jiko also features wines of South African vintage. The cooking staff is headed ..
Jikoshia
Jikoshia (debut: July 19, 2002) is a fantasy webcomic written and illustrated by Emily R. Gillis. The comic is about an average teenage girl named Nifty Keen, who suddenly finds herself thrown into the world of Jikoshia. Contents 1 Story2 Characters3 See also4 External links ..
Jiko Luveni
Jiko Luveni (born 1946) is a Fijian dentist who is better known for her work to combat AIDS. Luveni was educated at Lautoka Fijian School and then at Nabua Secondary School in Suva, before enrolling in Adi Cakobau School in Sawani. She graduated in dentistry from the Fiji School of Medicine in ..
Jikuu Senshi Spielban
Jikuu Senshi Spielban (時空戦士スピルバン Jikū Senshi Supiruban, Spacetime Warrior Spielban in English) is a Japanese tokusatsu television series, part of the Metal Heroes franchise created by Toei Co. Ltd. in 1986. Its footage was later used from 1994 to 1995 for the American program VR T..
Jiříkov
Jiříkov (Georgswalde in German) is a town in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has cca 3,800 inhabitants. External links [Municipal website (in Czech)][Unofficial website about the town] cs, de ..
Jiří Kilián
Jiří Kilián (or Jiří Kylian) (born 1947) is a Czech dance choreographer He studied in Prague, as well as at the Royal Ballet School in London. He joined the Stuttgart Ballet in 1968 and worked under John Cranko, where he began to choreograph. He became Artistic Director of Nederlands Dans Th..
Jiří Kolář
Jiří Kolář (September 24, 1914, Protivín - August 11 2002, Prague) was a Czech poet, writer, painter and translator. His work was divided between literary and visual art. Contents 1 Life2 Literary work3 Visual Art4 External links Life Kolář came from a poor fami..
Jiří Kristián z Lobkowicz
Jiří Kristián, the Prince of Lobkowicz (May 14, 1835 - December 22, 1908) was a member of the old Bohemian aristocratic family of Lobkovic and influential politician of the late 19th century. Born in Vienna as son of August, the Prince of Lobkowicz, and his wife Sidonia, née Countess Kinsky, he..
Jiří Kulhánek
Jiří Kulhánek (born December 31, 1967) is a popular Czech science fiction and fantasy writer. He is probably the bestselling author of the genre in the Czech Republic; the commercial success allows him to tolerate the illegal distribution of his works on the Internet. In 1996 he was awarded by a..

 


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