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TiK
Tik is an open source instant messaging client for the AOL Instant Messenger system, which uses AOL's TOC protocol. It is a GUI client which is written in the Tcl/Tk programming language. Reportedly, the "T" and the "K" in TiK's name stands for "Tk", and the "i" stands for "instant messenger". It w..
Tik-Tok
Tik-Tok of Oz For the novel by John Sladek, see Tik-Tok (novel). Tik-Tok is a fictional character from the Land of Oz books by L. Frank Baum. He is one of the earlier robots to appear in literature, though that term was coined after Baum's death. Tik-Tok (initially spelled Tik-tok) is a mech..
Tik-Tok (novel)
Tik-Tok is a 1983 science fiction novel by John Sladek. It received a 1983 British Science Fiction Association Award. A paperback edition was issued in London by Gollancz in 2003 with ISBN 0575072350. [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. The title charac..
Tik-Tok of Oz
Cover of Tik-Tok of Oz. Tik-Tok of Oz is the eighth Land of Oz book written by L. Frank Baum. Published in 1914, the book actually has little to do with Tik-Tok and is primarily the quest of the Shaggy Man (introduced in The Road to Oz) to rescue his brother, and his resulting conflict with ..
Tikait Nagar
Tikait Nagar is a town and a nagar panchayat in Barabanki district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Demographics As of 2001 India census[Geographic references#IndiaGRIndia], Tikait Nagar had a population of 8246. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Tikait Nagar h..
Tikal
This article is about the ruined city. For other uses, see Tikal (disambiguation). Tikal (or Tik’al, according to the more current orthography) is the largest of the ancient ruined cities of the Maya civilization. It is located in the El Petén department of Guatemala at [17°13′19″N, 8..
Tikal (band)
This article is about the trance outfit. For more uses of the word Tikal, see Tikal (disambiguation). Tikal is a French hard trance/goa outfit, comprised of two brothers, Vincent & Manuel Bernal. Both of them have a guitarist/percussionist background. They started writing electronic music in 2002..
Tikal (board game)
This article is about the board game. For more uses of the word Tikal, see Tikal (disambiguation) Tikal is a German-style board game designed by Wolfgang Kramer and Michael Kiesling and published in 1999 by Ravensburger in German and by Rio Grande Games in English. The theme of the game is that o..
Tikal (disambiguation)
Uses of Tikal: Tikal is the largest of the ancient ruined cities of the Maya civilization.Tikal the Echidna is a female character in Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog series.Tikal Records is a Guatemalan record label.Tikal (board game) is a popular German-style board game. This is a [disambiguationdis..
Tikal Jets Airlines
Tikal Jets Airlines, La línea aérea de Guatemala, is an airline based in Guatemala. History Tikal Jets Airlines started operations in 1992. In November 1998 it changed ownership to become the Guatemalan National Airline, since then Tikal Jets has been very successful and with a constant growth..
Tikal Records
Tikal Records label Tikal Records was a record label based in Guatemala in the mid-20th century. The label featured marimba music and other Guatemalan popular music. The company was named after the famous Pre-Columbian ruins of Tikal, and the label featured a stilized drawing of a Maya templ..
Tikal the Echidna
is a fictional character from the Sonic the Hedgehog game series. She is the only Sonic the Hedgehog character in the Sonic the Hedgehog series of games released by Sega to die willingly. This is displayed when she had requested the Master Emerald to do so, thus stopping Chaos from destroying the ..
Tikamgarh
Tikamgarh is a city in Madhya Pradesh state of central India. It is the administrative headquarters of Tikamgarh District. Until Indian independence in 1947, Tikamgarh, formerly called Tehri, was part of the kingdom of Orchha, which was founded in the 16th century by the Bundeli chief Rudra Pratap..
Tikamgarh District
Tikamgarh District is one of the districts. The capital is Tikamgarh. Tikamgarh District has an area of 5055 km². It lies in the Bundelkhand region, and is bounded on the east and southeast by Chhatarpur District of Madhya Pradesh, and by the Uttar Pradesh districts of Lalitpur on the west and..
Tikander Lake, Minnesota
Tikander Lake is an unorganized territory in St. Louis County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 783 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the unorganized territory has a total area of 94.1 km² (36.3 mi²). 90.6 km² (35.0 mi²) of it is land and 3..
Tikanga Māori
The Māori word tikanga has a wide range of meanings — convention, culture, custom, ethic, etiquette, fashion, formality, lore, manner, meaning, mechanism, method, protocol, style. Generally taken to mean "the Māori way of doing things", it is derived from the Māori word tika meaning 'right..
Tikar
The Tikar are a group of related ethnic groups in Cameroon. They live primarily in the northwestern part of the country, in the Bamenda province near the Nigerian border. They speak several related Southern Bantoid languages. Their population is approximately 25,000. The Tikar have elements of..
Tika Sumpter
Tika Sumpter (born June 20, 1977 in Texas) is an American actress. Sumpter is currently known for her role as Layla Williamson on the ABC soap opera, One Life to Live. Additionally, she is a model for Cunningham, Escott, Slevin and Dipene (CESD). Sumpter can be seen in national commercials such a..
Tika Waylan
Tika Waylan Majere (332 AC - 37 SC) is a fictional character from the Dragonlance series of novels. Contents 1 Development2 Biography3 Family tree4 References4.1 Other books Development Tracy Hickman explained that the Dragonlance design group wanted to have a balanc..
Tikbalang
Tikbalang is one of the Philippine mythological creatures that is half-human, half-animal. upper part of the body is horse, lower part is human. The difference between a Tikbalang and a Kapre, is that a Tikbalang usually appears up in the mountains, while Kapre may be found both in the mountains and..
Tike's Peak
Tike's Peak is a kid-size version Disney's Blizzard Beach water park. This area features gentle slides designed to resemble scaled down versions of attractions at Blizzard Beach. Also included is a snow-castle fountain play area with pop (water) jets. Picnic benches also provided. Footwear is sugg..
Tiken Jah Fakoly
Tiken Jah Fakoly (1968–) is a reggae singer from Côte d'Ivoire. Tiken Jah was born into a family of griots and christened Doumbia Moussa Fakoly on June 23, 1968 in Odienné, north-western Côte d'Ivoire. He discovered reggae at an early age, assembling his first group, Djelys, in 1987. He..
Tike Redman
Julian "Tike" Jawann Redman (born March 10, 1977 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama) is an outfielder for the Detroit Tigers baseball club. Tike's first year in the majors was in 2000. His entire career up until his acquisition by the Mets was spent with the Pirates. As of the end of the 2005 season, Redman ..
Tikhomirov (crater)
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Tikhonov
Tikhonov or Tychonoff may refer to: Aleksandr Tikhonov, a Russian biathlon athleteAlexei Tikhonov, a Russian figure skaterAndrey Nikolayevich Tychonoff, a Russian mathematicianAndrey Vasilyevich Tikhonov, a Russian football playerNikolay Alexandrovich Tikhonov, a former Premier of the Soviet UnionN..
Tikhonov regularization
Tikhonov regularization is the most commonly used method of regularization of ill-posed problems. In some fields, it is also known as ridge regression. In its simplest form, an ill-conditioned system of linear equations [A\mathbf=\mathbf], where [A] is an [m \times n ..
Tikhon Khrennikov
Tikhon Nikolayevich Khrennikov (Тихон Николаевич Хренников, born June 10 (May 28, Old Style), 1913 in Yelets, Orlov District) is a Russian and Soviet composer, but is better known for his political activities. He wrote three symphonies, three piano concertos, two violin con..
Tikhon of Moscow
Saint Tikhon of Moscow Icon of St. Tikhon of Moscow by Michael Goltz of Lakewood Ohio. Courtesy of [Come and See Icons] Holy Hierarch, Patriarch of Moscow, Passionbearer Born January 19, 1865, Toropets, Russia Died March 25, 1925, Moscow Venerated in Eastern Orthodoxy Glorifie..
Tikhon of Zadonsk
Saint Tikhon of Zadonsk (1724 - 1783) was born in the village of Korotsk, in the Novgorod region, Russia. He was tonsured a monk at the age of thirty-four. He was later consecrated Bishop of Voronezh. He served as bishop for a little under seven years and retired to the monastery of Zadonsk becaus..
Tikhon Streshnev
Tikhon Nikitich Streshnev (Russian: ) (1649 – 15 January, 1719, St Petersburg) was a Russian boyar and statesman during the reign of Peter I of Russia, one of the first members of the Governing Senate and the first governor of Moscow after the post was reformed by Peter. Tikhon Streshnev wa..
Tikhoretsk
Tikhoretsk (Russian: ) is a town in Krasnodar Krai, Russia. It is located at around [45°51′17″N, 40°7′31″E]. Population: 65,005 (2002 Census). ..
Tikhov (crater)
Craters named Tikhov: Tikhov (lunar crater)Tikhov (crater on Mars) This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. ..
Tikhov (lunar crater)
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Tikhvin
Tikhvin (Russian: , Finnish: ) is a town in the northeast of Leningrad Oblast of Russia, 200 km east of St. Petersburg, at [59°38′N 33°31′E]. Tikhvin is the administrative center of Tikhvinsky District. Population: 63,338 (2002 Census). It was first documentally mentioned..
Tikhvin Cemetery
Tikhvin Cemetery (Тихвинское кладбище) is located at the Alexander Nevsky Monastery, in St. Petersburg, Russia. The grave of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Established in 1823, some of the notables buried here are: Mily Balakirev - (1836-1910), composerAlexander Borodin - (183..
Tiki
This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. The word Tiki can refer to: A large wooden carved figure in human form (in se..
Tikimon
Tikimon is a fictional character in the video game Crash Twinsanity. He is the third boss in the game. Overview He is one of the many tiki gods that litter N. Sanity Island. He is discovered by The Evil Twins when they're sight-seeing in the island. When Crash and Cortex reach the area where Tikim..
TikiPro
TikiPro has been renamed to bitweaver TikiPro Web Application Framework is an advanced, Open Source, Object Oriented, Content Management System (CMS) and Web Application Framework written in PHP. It takes advantage of a number of well established and widely used code libraries such as the ADOdb d..
TikiWiki
Tiki CMS/Groupware, originally and more commonly known as TikiWiki, is an open source (LGPL) Content Management System (CMS) / Geospatial Content Management System (GeoCMS) / Groupware web application enabling websites and portals on the internet and on intranets and extranets. TikiWiki is a custo..
Tiki (mythology)
In Māori mythology, Tiki is the first man. In traditions from the East Coast of the North Island, the first human is a woman created by Tāne, god of forests. Usually her name is Hine-ahu-one. In other legends, Tāne makes the first man Tiki, and then makes a wife for him. In some West Coast versio..
Tiki 100
Tiki 100 was a desktop home/personal computer manufactured by Tiki Data of Oslo, Norway. The computer was launched in the spring of 1984 under the original name Kontiki¹ 100², the computer was first and foremost intended for the emerging educational sector, especially for primary schools. ..
Tiki bar
For the Tiki Bar TV podcast, see Tiki Bar TV. A Tiki Bar is an artifact of Tiki culture, often of Mid 20th Century origin, wherein you can enjoy a momentary escape from the cares of modern world into a neo-Polynesian setting of scowling gods, powerful rum drinks, and mood lit bamboo & tapa cloth se..
Tiki Barber
[] at NFL.com Tiki Barber (Born Atiim Kiambu Barber on April 7, 1975 in Roanoke, Virginia) is an American Football Running Back, drafted in the 2nd round of the 1997 NFL Draft by the New York Giants. He is the identical twin brother of Tampa Bay Buccaneers cornerback Ronde Barber. Primar..
Tiki Bar TV
Tiki Bar TV is a short video series distributed in the pioneering field of video podcasting or "vodcast." Produced in an apartment Tiki bar on a low budget, the show contains seemingly effortless humour and heavily adlibbed dialog. The show rocketed to instant fame after being mentioned at Apple'..
Tiki culture
Tiki culture refers to a mid twentieth century theme used in Polynesian-style restaurants in the United States.The connection of Tiki culture to Tiki (mythology), a character in the mythology of portions of the South Pacific, is tenuous, at best. Contents 1 Tiki Culture in the United States..
Tiki Data
Tiki Data was a manufacturer of microcomputers, located in Oslo, Norway. The company was founded in 1983 by Lars Monrad Krohn, and was targeting the then emerging computer market in the educational sector. Following the launch of the Tiki 100 computer, which was designed by Tiki Data from the bottom..
Tiki Fulwood
Ramon "Tiki" Fulwood was the drummer for the funk bands Parliament and Funkadelic. He was one of the original members of Funkadelic when it was still the back-up band for the Parliaments, a doo wop barbershop quintet that eventually became the funk-rock band Parliament. Also, he was a drummer in th..
Tiki Gardens
Tiki Gardens was a South Seas Polynesian theme park in Indian Shores, Florida. The park was closed down in the 80's and sold to a developer who planned to build a hotel on the large property. The county bought the property from the developer and turned it into a public beach access parking lot. The..
Tiki Island, Texas
Tiki Island is a village in Galveston County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,016 at the 2000 census. Contents 1 Geography2 Demographics3 Education4 External links Geography Tiki Island is located at [29°17′56″N, 94°54′52″W] (29.298936, -94.914..
Tiki mugs
--> Tiki mugs are ceramic drinkware originating in mid-century American tiki bars and tropical themed restaurants, believed to have been pioneered by Don the Beachcomber. Often with a figure or face imposed within the mold, they generally will be served with a rum-based drink mixed with tropical ..
Tiki Ti
The Tiki Ti is a Polynesian-themed tiki bar on Sunset Boulevard, in the Silver Lake district of Los Angeles. It is considered by many to be the very epitome of the Tiki tavern style. Established in 1961, the Tiki Ti's employees are nominally part owners, thus sidestepping the ban on smoking in bar..
Tikka
Tikka or Teeka is a word of Indian origin that can refer to: The red mark worn on the forehead by men or women. The woman's mark is more often called a bindi, and the red mark when worn by men or when applied with red vermilion paste, is more often called a tikka. It is applied typically with the t..
Tikkabilla
Tikkabilla is a UK children's television programme, shown on BBC1, BBC2 and on the CBeebies channel. The programme aims to educate pre-school children in an entertaining manner. The title "Tikkabilla" comes from the Indian word meaning "Hop-Scotch", a popular children's game. Each programme is int..
Tikka Khan
General Tikka Khan Tenure Order: 7th Chief of the Army Staff Took Office: March 1972 – March 1976 Predecessor: Gen. Gul Hasan Successor: Gen. Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq Tikka Khan (1915–2002) was Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff from March 1972–March 1976). General Tikk..
Tikki Tikki Tembo
This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject.Please help recruit one, or improve this page yourself}} if you can. See [discussion page] for details. Tikki Tikki Tembo is written by Arlene Mosel and illustrated by Blair Lent. The story retells an old Chin..
Tikkun
Tikkun (תיקון) is a Hebrew word. It has several meanings, all of which are related to Judaism: Tikkun Olam, the Jewish concept of "mending the world"Tikkun, a bimonthly newsmagazine of politics and culture from a progressive Jewish point of viewTikkun, a book used when learning to chant Torah ..
Tikkun (book)
A tikkun is a study guide used when preparing to chant from the Torah. Each tikkun contains two renditions of the masoretic text in Hebrew. The right side of each page is written with the cantillation marks and vowel points, while the left is written in unpointed Hebrew, as it is written in the act..
Tikkun (magazine)
Tikkun is a bi-monthly English-language magazine published in the United States. It was founded in 1986 by Nan Fink and Michael Lerner, who remains the publisher and editor-in-chief. The title of the magazine comes from the Hebrew phrase tikkun olam which means "to repair or renew the world". Tikk..
Tikkun olam
Tikkun olam (תיקון עולם) is a Hebrew phrase which translates to "repairing the world." It is important in Judaism and is often used to explain the Jewish concept of social justice. In some explanations, the more mitzvot that are performed, the cl..
Tikkurila
Tikkurila (Dickursby in Swedish) is a district in Vantaa, Finland. Tikkurila can also refer to the toponymous company, part of the Kemira corporation. Located approximately 16 kilometers northeast of dowtown Helsinki, Tikkurila is the administrative and commercial hub of the Finnish city of Vantaa...
Tikkurila railway station
Tikkurila railway station (Finnish Tikkurilan asema; Swedish Dickursby station) is located in Tikkurila, the administrative centre of Vantaa in the Helsinki metropolitan area. It is located approximately 16 km from Helsinki Central railway station and 5 km from Helsinki-Vantaa airport. The stat..
Tiko
Mount Cameroon as seen from Tiko Tiko is a town and important port in the southwest of Cameroon. As of 2005, the town is estimated to have a population of 48,220. ..
Tikokino
Tikokino is a small town in the Central Hawke's Bay District on the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It is located 20 kilometres northwest of Waipawa and 55 kilometres southwest of Hastings. ..
Tikokura
In the mythology of Mangaia in the Cook Islands, Tikokura is a sea-dwelling evil spirit in the shape of a storm wave. Ngaru determined to try his strength against Tikokura and his shark-like companion, Tumuitearetoka. He provided himself with a surfboard named Orua (the two). Ngaru went to the edge ..
Tikoloshe
This does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. In Zulu mythology, Tikoloshe, Tokoloshe or Hili' (from the Xhosa word uthikoloshe) is a dwarf-like water sprite,..
Tikona
Tikona fort also known as Vitandgad is located around 60 kms from Pune. The base village of Tikona fort is called Tikona-Peth. The fort can be reached using the routes. 1. Pune > Kamshet > Pawananagar > Tikona-Peth 2. Pune > Paud > Tikona-Peth 3. Pune > Somatane-Phata > Pawananagar > Tikona-Peth ..
Tikopia
Tikopia is the southernmost of the Santa Cruz Islands, located in the province of Temotu. It is also the southernmost of the Solomon Islands. Tikopia and inset showing position Tikopia is a high island, covering an area of 5 km² (2 sq. mi.). The island is the remnant of an extinct volcano..
Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art
The Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art, which stands on Mount Carmel in Israel, is devoted entirely to displaying and conserving Japanese art works, and is the only one of its kind in the Middle East. It was founded in 1959, with the assistance and initiative of Felix Tikotin (1893-1986) of the Netherl..
Tikri
Tikri is a town and a nagar panchayat in Baghpat district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Geography Tikri is located at [29.23° N 77.35° E][Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Tikri]. It has an average elevation of 233 metres (764 feet). Demographics As of..
Tikrit
Looking north along the Tigris towards Saddam's Presidential palace in April 2003 Tikrit (تكريت, also transliterated as Takrit or Tekrit) is a town in Iraq, located 140 km northwest of Baghdad on the Tigris river (at 34.61°N, 43.68°E). The town, with an estimated population in 2002 of ..
Tikriwal
The Tikriwal are a leading clan of the Swati tribe on the eastern slope of Black Mountain of Hazara and connecting with some portion in Batagram district of the NWFP, their principal major sections are Malkals and Ashtors in the Tikri Valley, north of Agror. ..
Tiksi
Tiksi Tiksi, on the Laptev Sea, Arctic Ocean Murmansk, Archangelsk, Dikson, Tiksi, on the Arctic Ocean Tiksi (Russian: ) is a port settlement in Bulunsky Ulus of the Sakha Republic, Russia, situated on the Arctic Ocean coast at [71°38′N 128°52′E]. It is one of the..
Tiksi (The Three Worlds)
Tiksi is a town in the fictional world of Santhenar on the coast past the Great Mountains. This is where Tiaan was born and brought up, and the location of the regually mentioned Breeding Factory where Marnie is in residence. ..
Tiksi Airport
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Tiktaalik
Tiktaalik (IPA pronunciation: [tikta:lik]) is a genus of extinct sarcopterygian (lobe-finned) fishes from the late Devonian period, with many features akin to those of tetrapods (four-legged animals) . It is an example from a succession of ancient fish with adaptations to oxygen-poor shal..
Tiktak
Tiktak is a Finnish music group consisting of six girls from northern Helsinki, who met at a Helsinki music school. Their debut album, Friends, includes songs written by Maki Kolehmainen (of Aikakone) and was a huge hit in Finland, with unusually strong sales in the rest of Europe, especially Russ..
Tikuji-Ni-Wadi
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Tikunani
Tikunani was a small city-state in Mesopotamia which thrived around the middle of the second millennium BC. Tikunani is best-known for a cuneiform document from the reign of Tunip-Teššup (a Hurrian-named king, contemporaneous with Hattusili I of the Hittites, around 1550 BC) containin..
Tikunani Prism
The Tikunani Prism is an 8½ inch square clay artifact with an Akkadian cuneiform inscription listing the names of the Habiru soldiers of King Tunip-Teššup of Tikunani (a small N. Mesopotamian kingdom). This king was a contemporary of King Hattusili I of the Hittites (around 1550 BC). The discov..
Tikva Frymer-Kensky
Tikva Frymer-Kensky is a Professor at the University of Chicago Divinity School. She received her MA and PhD from Yale University. Her areas of specialization include Assyriology and Sumerology, Biblical studies, Jewish studies, and women and religion. Her most recent books are "Reading the Women..
Tikveš
Tikveš (Macedonian: Тиквеш) is a plain situated in central Macedonia; known for an artificial lake and home to the town of Kavadarci, famous for its wine. External Links [Official Tikveš Wine Website][Come to Macedonia and Your Heart Will Remain Here][Cyber Macedoni..
Tiky
Tiky is a pineapple-flavored soft drink distributed by the Coca-Cola Company in Guatemala. References [The World of Coca-Cola page (not affiliated with Coca-Cola)] ..
Tik (dance)
Tik (Greek: to erect)Dik Horon(Turkish: to erect horon) is a dance style of Pontos (Black Sea), Greece and Turkey . This dance is the basis of most of all Pontian dances (Etere, Kalon korits, Atsiapat, etc...). Its danced hand in hand, and travels to the right. It is almost always played for ..
Tik (disambiguation)
Tik may refer to one of the following. Tik is common name for the addictive narcotic drug Crystal Meth, widely (ab)used in South Africa.Tik, a Greek dance. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, y..
Tik and Tok
Robotic mime & music duo Tik and Tok (Tim Dry and Sean Crawford) began performing together with [[SHOCK: a rock/mime/burlesque/music troupe]] in the early 1980's with Barbie Wilde, Robert Pereno, LA Richards and Carole Caplin. Shock's first record 'Angel Face', with production by Rusty Egan (Vis..
Ti Kwan Leep (Boot to the Head)
"Ti Kwan Leep" (Boot to the Head) is a novelty song by The Frantics, a Canadian comedy troupe. In the skit, an Eastern martial arts master starts off his class by explaining the basic philosophy of Ti Kwan Leep. He is soon interrupted, however, by Ed Gruberman, an impatient Westerner, who just w..
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