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Isari, Greece Isari (Greek: ΊĎαĎη), also Issari, Isaris or Issaris is a Greek village located around 15 km southwest (old; 10 km) from Megalopoli and around 6 km northwest of the GR-7/E65 (Kalamata - Megalopoli - Tripoli). Isari is connected with a road linking the highway and Vasta Isari is also in the municipality of Megalopoli.
Isatou Njie Saidy Isatou Njie Saidy (born 5 March 1952 in Kuntaya, North Bank Division; also spelled Aisatu N'Jie-Saidy) has been Vice-President of The Gambia since 20 March 1997. She is the first Gambian woman to hold this position.
Isauria Isauria, in ancient geography, is a rugged isolated district in the interior of South Asia Minor, of very different extent at different periods, but generally covering much of what is now Antalya province of Turkey, or the core of the Taurus Mountains. It derives its name from the contentious Isaurian tribe and twin settlements Isaura Nea (Isaura Nova) and Isaura Palaea (Isaura Vetus).
Isavella Dara Isavella Dara, in Greek: ΙĎαβÎλλα ΔάĎα, (Isavela Dara), (Isabella Dara) , born in Greece in 1978 is a well known fashion model and former Miss Europe(1997) & Miss Hellas winner. She is of Greek (father) and French (mother) descent.
Isayeret Isayeret.com ("The Israeli Special Forces Database") is a website dedicated to the Israeli Special Forces of the Israel Defense Forces elite units (Sayeret) and the Counter Terrorism units of the Israel Police, Israel Border Police and Israel Prison Service.
Isbanir Isbanir Persian اسبانير or اسپانير is a city referred to in the 1001 Nights as the home of Fakir Taj. It is believed to be based on the real-life Persian city of Asbanbar which was a one of the seven cities that entailed the Persian capital Ctesiphon.
Isdera Isdera is a privately run automaker based in a small workshop in Leonberg, Germany. Each high-performance sports car is hand-built by a small team of craftsmen, and the only way to purchase an Isdera is to call the CEO directly.
Ise Bay Ise Bay (伊勢湾, Ise wan) is a bay located at the mouth of the Kiso river, between Mie and Aichi prefectures in Japan. The bay extends roughly 60 km along the coastline, and roughly 30 km out to sea; the depth ranges from roughly 30 m to 100 m.
Ise class battleship Originally intended as sister ships of the preceding FusĹŤ class, the Ise-class battleships of the Imperial Japanese Navy were considered sufficiently different to warrant separate classification. Among the differences were a shorter foredeck, a more closely-grouped secondary armament (with the majority of the forward guns set further astern than in the FusĹŤs), a different arrangement of the primary turrets (though the cumbersome six-twin arrangement was retained) and more closely-spaced funnels and uptakes.
Isearch/isvrs Isearch is a resilient and common adware program that is often installed on a user’s computer from pop-ups or unprotected downloads. Even most firewalls and other computer protection programs are ineffective to stop this program from being downloaded and successfully removed.
Isedo, Nigeria Ìsèdó (Ìsẹ̀dó or Ìsẹ̀dó-Olúmọ̀) is an ancient Igbomina kingdom in northeastern Yorubaland of Nigeria. Ìsẹ̀dó was founded as a new city-state several centuries ago by Ọba'lumọ (a name contracted from "Ọba Olumọ" meaning knowledgeable king, or king of the lords of knowledge). Ìsẹ̀dó is fully known and called Ìsẹ̀dó-Olúmọ̀ using its founder-king's name as an identifier suffix.
Iselin, New Jersey Iselin (pronounced IZ-lin) is a census-designated place and unincorporated area within Woodbridge Township, in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the CDP population was 16,698.
Isenburg Isenburg was a region of Germany which eventually located itself in southern Hesse, located in territories north and south of Frankfurt. The states of Isenburg emerged from the Niederlahngau (located in the Rhineland-Palatinate), which partitioned in 1137 into Isenburg-Isenburg and Isenburg-Limburg-Covern.
Isenburg-BĂĽdingen-Birstein Isenburg-BĂĽdingen-Birstein was a County of southern Hesse, Germany, located to the north of Gelnhausen. Isenburg-BĂĽdingen-Birstein was created as a partition of Isneburg-BĂĽdingen in 1511, and was partitioned into Isenburg-Birstein, Isenburg-BĂĽdingen, and Isenburg-Offenbach in 1628.
Isenburg-Birstein Isenburg-Birstein was the name of two German historical states based around Birstein in southeastern Hesse, Germany. The first "Isenburg-Birstein" was a County and was created as a partition of Isenburg-BĂĽdingen-Birstein in 1628.
Isenburg-Grenzau Isenburg-Grenzau was the name of several states of the Holy Roman Empire, based around the Lordship of Grenzau, in modern Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The first state called Isenburg-Grenzau existed 1158 - 1290; the second 1341 - 1439; and the third 1502 - 1664.
Isenburg-Isenburg Isenburg-Isenburg was a mediæval County of northern Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, located north-northeast of Neuwied. It was created as a partition of the Niederlahngau in 1137, and was partitioned between itself and Isenburg-Kempenich in 1142, and Isenburg-Wied and Nieder-Isenburg in 1199.
Isenburg-Wied Isenburg-Wied was a County of mediæval Germany, comprising of the territories of the County of Wied. Isenburg-Wied was created as a partition of Isenburg-Isenburg and Nieder-Isenburg in 1210, and was superseded by Wied in 1462.
Isensua Isensua is a UK vodka firm that produces a range of vodkas and PPS beverages in the United Kingdom, as well as being the European importer for Russian Standard Vodka. The firm is also known for producing a vodka called Opium on the British market.
Isentropic flow An isentropic flow is a flow that is both adiabatic and reversible, that is no energy is added to the flow, and no energy losses occur due to friction or dissipative effects. For an isentropic flow of a perfect gas several relations can be derived to define the pressure, density and temperature along a streamline.
Isentropic process In thermodynamics, an isentropic process (a combination of the Greek word "iso" -same- and entropy) is one during which the entropy of the working fluid remains constant. By the second law of thermodynamics we may write
Isetan (, ) is a Japanese department store. Based in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Isetan has branches throughout Japan and East Asia, including Bangkok, Jinan, Kaohsiung, Kuala Lumpur, Shanghai, Singapore and Tianjin and formerly in London and Vienna.
Isethionic acid Isethionic acid C2H6O4S is a short chain alkane sulfonate containing hydroxy group, is a water soluble liquid used in the manufacture of mild, biodegradable and high foaming anionic surfactants which provides gentle cleansing and soft skin feel.
Isetnofret Isetnofret (or Isis-nofret) (Ancient Egyptian: "the beautiful Isis") was one of the Great Royal Wives of Pharaoh Ramesses II and was the mother of his heir, Merneptah. She was one of the most prominent of the royal wives, second only to the pharaoh's favourite, Nefertari, and was the chief queen after Nefertari's death (around the 24th year of the pharaoh's reign).
Isetta The Isetta was one of the more successful microcars produced in the post-WWII years—a time when cheap, short distance transportation was most needed. Although the design originated in Italy, it was built in a number of different countries, including Spain, Belgium, France, Brazil, Germany and Britain.
Isfahan Isfahan or EĹźfahÄn (historically also rendered as Ispahan, Old Persian Aspadana, Middle Persian SpahÄn, EṣfahÄn), located about 340 km south of Tehran, is the capital of Isfahan Province and Iran's third largest city (after Tehran and Mashhad). Isfahan has a population of 1,573,378 (2006 estimates).
Isfahan School The Isfahan School (Persian: Ů…Ůتب اصŮهان ) is a well known discipline in Islamic philosophy and is usually called a Renaissance in Islamic Philosophy. It was found by many famous Persian philosophers, most notably Mir Damad, Sheykh Bahaee and Mir Fendereski.
Isfahan University of Technology Isfahan University of Technology (IUT) (دانشگاه صنعتی اصŮهان) is one of the top 5 higher education institutions in Iran. It's located 15 Kilometers north west of Isfahan and is one of the major universities and research poles in Iran in the fields of science, engineering and agriculture.
Isfana Isfana (ĐŃфана) is a small town of about 20,000 at the extreme western end of Batken Oblast in southern Kyrgyzstan, at the southern fringe of the Fergana valley. Backed up against the enormous mountains in the south and surrounded on three sides by Tajikistan, the town and the nearby villages are largely cut off from the rest of Kyrgyzstan, making life very difficult.
Isfjord (Svalbard) Isfjord is the second longest fjord in the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard. It lies on the west side of Spitsbergen, an island in the Arctic Ocean about midway between Norway and the North Pole, and the largest in the archipelago.
Ish-bosheth Ish-bosheth (also called Eshba'al or Ashba'al or Ishbaal), appears in the Hebrew Bible. He was one of the four sons of King Saul, and was chosen as the second king over the united Kingdom of Israel after his father's and three brothers' deaths at the Battle of Mount Gilboa.
Isha (spiritual teacher) Isha, (born May 1, 1962 in Melbourne, Australia) is a modern day spiritual teacher who has become very popular throughout Latin America. She travels the world giving conferences on the expansion of consciousness and enlightenment, and teaching the Isha System, a comprehensive system for self healing and stress relief.
Isha Foundation Isha Foundation is a non-profit organization based in Singanallur near Coimbatore, India. The foundation was set up by Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev in 1992 as a non-political, non-religious organization that does not promote any particular ideology, but with a mission to work towards the betterment of the individual, the society and the world.
Isha Katlanit Isha katlanit (Hebrew: ×ישה ×§××ś× ×™×Ş, literally: "lethal/deadly woman") is a term used in halakha ("Jewish law") for a married woman who has become a widow twice. Such a woman, it is said, should not marry again, because marrying her carries the risk that her next husband may also die (i.
Isha Upanishad The Isha Upanishad () or Ishopanishad (), also known as the Ishavasya Upanishad (), is a Sanskrit poem (or sequence of mantras) from the Upanishads and is considered Ĺšruti by followers of a number of diverse traditions within Hinduism. It is one of the smaller texts of the Upanishads (18 verses in total) but also one of the most often quoted.
Isham Isham is a village in Northamptonshire, England. It is situated on the A509 road, three miles south of Kettering (administratively it forms part of the borough of Wellingborough) and a mile to the west of Burton Latimer.
Ishango bone The Ishango bone is a bone tool, dated to the Upper Paleolithic era, about 18000 to 20000 BC. It is a dark brown length of bone, the fibula of a baboon, A very brief history of pure mathematics ,The Ishango Bone University of Western Australia School of Mathematics - accessed January 2007.
Ishant Sharma Ishant Sharma (born September 2, 1988, in Delhi, India), is an Indiancricketer, more specifically a medium pace bowler at pace around 130 kph (80 mph). Sharma was called up to join the Indian national cricket team for the 2006–07 Test series in South Africa at the age of 18, though he has not yet played a match for them.
Ishaqi incident The Ishaqi incident refers to the reported mass murder of Iraqi civilians allegedly committed by the United states forces in the town of Ishaqi in March 2006. After the incident, Iraqi police accused the US troops of rounding up and deliberately shooting 11 people, including five children and four women, before blowing up their house.
Ishar Singh Captain Ishar Singh, (13 December 1895 - 2 December 1963) was an Indian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Ishara Ishara (, ishkhara) is the Hittite word for "treaty, binding promise", also personified as a goddess of the oath. The word is attested as a loanword in the Assyrian KĂĽltepe texts from the 19th century BC, and is as such the earliest attestation of a word of any Indo-European language.
Ishara Amerasinghe Merenna Koralage Don Ishara Amerasinghe (born March 5, 1978, in Colombo, is a Sri Lankan cricketer who has been named in the 30 man provincial squad for the 2007 World Cup. He is a right-arm fast-medium bowler.
Ishøj Ishøj is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Copenhagen County on the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in eastern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 26 km², and has a total population of 20,668 (2005).
Ishbel Hamilton-Gordon, Marchioness of Aberdeen and Temair Ishbel Maria Hamilton-Gordon, Marchioness of Aberdeen and Temair GBE (15 March 1857–18 April 1939), born Ishbel Maria Marjoribanks and known between her marriage and 1916 as The Countess of Aberdeen, was the third daughter of the 1st Baron Tweedmouth and the wife of the 7th Earl of Aberdeen (later the 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair), whom she married in 1877, and the founder of the Victorian Order of Nurses, which she established on 29 January 1897 despite protests from the Family Compact. She was also the first President of the organisation.
Ishbel MacDonald Born to Ramsay and Margaret MacDonald in 1903, Ishbel MacDonald was one of six children. Margaret's death in 1911 - a year after their son David had died - left Ramsay a single father to his remaining five children.
Ishenbai Kadyrbekov Ishenbai Duyshonbiyevich Kadyrbekov (ĐŃенбай ДүйŃөнбиевич Кадырбеков) (1949 – ) is the parliament speaker and the interim Minister for Transport and Communications of Kyrgyzstan. He was first considered for president after a revolution ousted former president Askar Akayev on March 24, 2005, but Kurmanbek Bakiyev took the power and gave the portfolio to Kadyrbekov.
Isher Singh Majhail Isher Singh Majhail, politician, freedom fighter, and legislator, was born in January 1901, the son of Bhai Asa Singh and Mata Basant Kaur, an agriculturist couple of Sarai Amanat Khan Village, in Amritsar district. He was only about two and a half years old when his father went abroad to Indonesia in search of a better living.
Ishfaq Ahmad Ishfaq Ahmad (Urdu: اشŮاق اŘŮ…ŘŻ) Sitara-i-Imtiaz, Hilal-i-Imtiaz, Nishan-i-Imitiaz, (born 3 November 1930) is a former Chairman of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC). He is currently advisor to the Prime Minister of Pakistan.
Ishi Wilderness Area Ishi Wilderness Area, lying within the Lassen National Forest in the Shasta Cascade foothills, is approximately twenty miles east of Red Bluff, California, USA. The Ishi Wilderness Area is a unique 41,000 acre, low-elevation wilderness.
Ishibashi Ningetsu Ishibashi Ningetsu (çźłć©‹ 忍ćś, September 1, 1865 - February 1, 1926) is a Japanese author and a literature critic. His critic, “Maihime”, for the same title of short story of Mori Ogai, was an important dispute in literature in early Meiji.
Ishibashi Station (Osaka) is a train station located in Ikeda, Osaka, but is on the border with Toyonaka, Osaka to the south and Minoo, Osaka to the east. It serves as a transfer point for the Hankyu Minoo Line on one side and on the other side is an express station on the Hankyu Takarazuka Line.
Ishide Tatewaki Ishide Tatewaki (石出帯ĺ€)- Hereditary name adopted by the head of each generation of roya bugyo (prison magistrate) in Edo period Japan. The name "Ishide Tatewaki" was initially taken by a man named Honda Tsunemasa (本多常政), who lived in a village called Ishide.
Ishigaki, Okinawa Ishigaki (石垣島 -jima Yaeyama: Shikaitu Okinawan: Ishigachi) is an island west of Okinawa Hontō and the largest island of the Yaeyama Island group. It is also the name of the main and only city (石垣市, -shi) on the islands.
Ishii Tsunejiro Tsunejiro Ishii (Japanese: çźłäş•ĺ¸¸ć¬ˇéŽ Tsunejiro Ishii) (November 18, 1887 in Osaka, Japan - January 16, 1951 in Osaka, Japan) was a Vice Admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy and the director of Maizuru naval ship construction yard. Ishii also boarded several navy vessels during World War I, commanding the crew of naval engineers.
Ishikari Province Ishikari (çźłç‹©ĺ›˝, -no kuni) was a short-lived province located in Hokkaido. It corresponded to modern-day Ishikari Subprefecture minus Chitose and Eniwa, all of Sorachi Subprefecture and the southern half of Kamikawa Subprefecture excluding Shimukappu
Ishikawa diagram An Ishikawa diagram, also known as a Fishbone diagram or cause and effect diagram, is a diagram that shows the causes of a certain event. It was first used by Kaoru Ishikawa in the 1960s, and is considered one of the seven basic tools of quality management, including the histogram, Pareto chart, check sheet, control chart, cause and effect diagram, flowchart, and scatter diagram.
Ishikawa Goemon was a legendary ninja warrior and bandit hero who stole gold and valuables and gave them to the poor. There is little historical information on Ishikawa's life, and thus he has become a folk hero, whose background and origins have been widely speculated on - however, there is evidence that he may have been a member of the Akechi clan, son of Akechi Mitsuhide.
Ishikawa Kinichiro Ishikawa Kinichiro (çźłĺ·ť 欽一éŽ)(8 August 1871 - 10 September 1945) born in Shitsuoka, Japan. He came to Taiwan for educational purpose various times, and is recognized as the torchbearer of modern Taiwanese Western art.
Ishikawa Takuboku Ishikawa Takuboku (石川 啄木 was born on February 20, 1886 and died of tuberculosis April 13, 1912). He was well known as both a tanka and 'modern-style' (shintaishi or just shi) or 'free-style' (jiyūshi) poet.
Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries (), or IHI, is a Japanese company which produces ships, aero-engines, suspension bridges and other transport-related machinery. IHI turbochargers, commonly used in passenger automobiles, are manufactured by Ishikawajima-Harima.
Ishin Shishi The Ishin Shishi(ç¶ć–°ĺż—士) were patriots loyal only to the Emperor and anti-shogunate , who helped start the Meiji period in Japanese history and who were at odds with the pro-bakufu forces (also loyal to the Emperor) such as the special police force, the Shinsengumi. Their battle cry was sonno-joi, which stands for "honor the emperor and expel the barbarians".
Ishin Suden Ishin Suden (ä»Ąĺż ĺ´‡äĽť, 1569-1633) Ishin Suden, also known as "Konchiin SĂ»den". Suden acted as a religious advisor to Ieyasu Tokugawa, playing quite a large role in the development of the Tokugawa Shogunate.
Ishin-Il-Raz Grand Admiral Ishin Il-Raz was Star Wars Expanded Universe character, a Grand Admiral of the Imperial Starfleet. He was one of the original 12 Grand Admirals, raised to that newly-created rank by the Emperor after the Battle of Yavin.
Ishinomaki Line The Ishinomaki Line (石巻線) is a rail line in Japan. Part of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) system, it runs from Kogota Station in Misato, Miyagi to Onagawa Station in Onagawa, Miyagi, acting as a spur line from the Tōhoku Main Line to the central coast of Miyagi Prefecture.
Ishinosuke Uwano is a former soldier in the Japanese Imperial Army who came to media prominence in April 2006 after it was found that he had been living in Ukraine for six decades after the end of World War II. He had been officially recorded as dead in official Japanese databases.
Ishkur's Guide to Electronic Music Ishkur's Guide to Electronic Music (often referred to as just Ishkur's Guide) is an online Flash-driven guide to electronic music created by Kenneth John Taylor of British Columbia. The guide is currently hosted by the Digitally Imported Internet radio site.
Ishmael Ishmael (Hebrew: יִשְ×מָעֵ×ל, Standard Tiberian ; Arabic: إسماعيل, IsmÄ'Ä«l; translates as "God will hear" {Strong's Dictionary}) was Abraham's eldest son, born by his wife's handmaiden Hagar.
Ishmael ben Elisha Ishmael ben Elisha (90 - 135 CE, commonly known as 'Rabbi Ishmael', Hebrew: רבי ישמע×ל) was a Tanna of the first and second centuries (third tannaitic generation). A Tanna (plural, Tannaim) is a Jewish rabbinic sage whose views are recorded in the Mishnah.
Ishmael ben Jose Ishmael ben Jose was Tanna of the beginning of the 3rd century, son of Jose ben Halafta. Ishmael served as a Roman official together with Eliezer ben Simon, and was instrumental in suppressing the hordes of Jewish freebooters that had collected during the war between Severus and Rescennius Niger (193).
Ishmael Miller Ishmael Miller (born March 5 1987 in Manchester) is an English footballer who currently plays for Manchester City. Miller was a striker in youth and reserve football, but first played for the Manchester City first team as an attacking midfielder.
Ishmael Welsh Ishmael Welsh is a professional footballer, a former West Ham United academy trainee (commonly known as The Academy of Football) he is currently playing for Yeovil Town where he signed a 2 year contract in 2006. He plays in midfield.
Ishmaelites According to both Biblical and Qur'anic tradition, Ibrahim (Abraham) had two wives: Sarah and Hagar. In the Bible Hagar is Sarah's Maid Servant (not Abraham's Wife) who was offered to Abraham to produce an off-spring.
Ishman Bracey Ishman Bracey (January 9, 1901 - February 12, 1970), was a blues singer and guitarist from Mississippi. He is considered one of the most important early delta blues performers, having been associated with Tommy Johnson, Charlie McCoy and Skip James, among others.
Ishme-Dagan I Ishme-Dagan I was the son of the Amorite king Shamshi-Adad I, put on throne of Ekallatum by his father after a successful military attack. He ruled the area of the upper Tigris, including the city-state of Assur.
Ishpatina Ridge The Ishpatina Ridge is the highest point of land in the Canadian province of Ontario. At an estimated 693 m above sea level, it is a rather low mountain and not steep, as the surrounding land in the area is already quite elevated.
Ishq Ishq (Arabic: عشق) is an Arabic word which literally means love (with no lust). The word is derived from Ashiqa, a vine- that when love takes its root in the heart of a lover, everything other than God is effaced.
Ishrat Sheikh Ishrat Sheikh also known as Ishrat Jehan (1975-June 15, 2004) was an Indian teenager who was killed along with three alleged Lashkar-e-Toiba militants in Ahmedabad on June 15 2004 in a police encounter. It was alleged that she too was a terrorist.
Isht Deva Isht Deva is a sanskrit/hindi term meaning "the chosen god" in a way. Its not that Hindus do not respect or pray gods other than their Isht Devas, but its more about the primary object of someone's worship.
Ishta Meaning beloved or adored in sanskrit, Ishta is a character on the television series Stargate SG-1, played by the actress Jolene Blalock. She is the leader of the Hak'tyl Jaffa and the current romantic partner of Teal'c.
Ishta Yoga ISHTA yoga was created by Yogiraj Alan Finger and his father, Kavi Yogi Sivananda Mani Finger, in the late 1960s in South Africa to acknowledge and celebrate the many different lineages of yoga that passed through their doorway. They sought to bring clarity to these different systems by relating them back to the individual through one fully integrated system.
Ishtar (film) Ishtar is a 1987 motion picture comedy, directed by Elaine May and starring Warren Beatty and Dustin Hoffman as "Rogers and Clarke", a duo of incredibly untalented lounge singers who stumble into a political conflict in the fictional North African nation of Ishtar. It also starred Isabelle Adjani and Charles Grodin and was shot by Vittorio Storaro.
Ishtar Gate The Ishtar Gate (Assyrian: ܕܵܪÜܲÜÜ™Ü˛Ü Ü•ÜĄÜµÜܫܬܲܪ translit: Darwaza D'Ishtar) was the eighth gate to the inner city of Babylon. It was constructed in about 575 BC by order of King Nebuchadrezzar II on the north side of the city.
Ishtiaq Ahmad (writer) Ishtiaq Ahmad (or Ishtiaq Ahmed), is a fiction writer from Lahore, Pakistan, famous for his detective novels. He was popular in 70s and 80s and started, Inspector Jamshaid series, Inspector Kamran series, and Shoki series.
Ishvara Ishvara (ŕ¤ŕ¤¶ŕĄŤŕ¤µŕ¤° in devanagari script, Classical pronunciation /i:É•vÉ™rÉ™/), also variously transliterated (romanized) as Ishvar, ÄŞĹ›vara, etc. (Sanskrit: "the Supreme Lord, and hence the Cosmic Controller") is a Hindu philosophical concept of God meaning 'that entity or the Supreme Being which is the lord and the ruler of everything'.
Ishwar Das Varshnei Ishwar Das Varshnei (died 1945) was the father of the glass] industry in [[India. He was born in Aligarh and was the son of Lala Jagannath Prasad and grandson of Lala Tukiram, famous cloth merchants in Sikandra Rao.
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (Bangla: ŕ¦ŕ¦¶ŕ§Ťŕ¦¬ŕ¦° চন্দ্র বিদ্যাসাগর Ishshor ChĂ´ndro Biddashagor) (1820-1891), born Ishwar Chandra Bandopadhyaya (ŕ¦ŕ¦¶ŕ§Ťŕ¦¬ŕ¦° চন্দ্র বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায় Ishshor ChĂ´ndro BĂ´ndopaddhae), was a Bengali polymath. Born in Midnapore, (now part of West Bengal, India) to a poor Brahmin family, he is widely considered as being one of the pillars of the Bengal Renaissance of 19th century.
Ischemia In medicine, ischemia (Greek ÎąĎχαιμία, isch- is restriction, hema or haema is blood) is a restriction in blood supply, generally due to factors in the blood vessels, with resultant damage or dysfunction of tissue. It may also be spelled ischaemia or ischæmia.
Ischemic cascade The ischemic (ischaemic) cascade is a series of biochemical reactions that take place in the brain and other aerobic tissues after seconds to minutes of ischemia (inadequate blood supply).Joseph Becker and Charles Wira.
Ischemic preconditioning Ischemic preconditioning (IPC) is an experimental technique for producing resistance to the loss of blood supply and, thus oxygen, to tissues of many types. Keith Reimer MD, PhD first described this procedure in 1986.
Ischgl Ischgl (1377m) is a small village (population: 1489 in 2001) in the Paznaun Valley in Tyrol (Austria). Its ski resort Silvretta Arena Ischgl-Samnaun is connected with the ski resort of Samnaun across the border in Switzerland.
Ischigualasto Ischigualasto is a geological formation and a natural park associated with it in the province of San Juan, north-western Argentina, near the border with Chile. The Ischigualasto Provincial Park is located in the north-east of the province (), and its northern border is the Talampaya National Park, in La Rioja, both of which belong to the same geological formation.
Ischiofemoral ligament The ischiocapsular ligament (ischiofemoral ligament, ischiocapsular band; ligament of Bertin) consists of a triangular band of strong fibers on the posterior side of the hip joint. Its fibers span from the ischium at a point below and behind the acetabulum to blend with the circular fibers of the joint capsule and attach at the intertrochanteric line of the femur.
Ischnocera The Ischnocera is a large suborder of lice mostly parasitic on birds but including a large family (the Trichodectidae) parasitic on mammals. The genus Trichophilopterus is also found on mammals (lemurs) but probably belongs to the "avian Ischnocera" and represents a host switch from birds to mammals.
Ischnocnema Ischnocnema was a genus of leptodactylid frogs but is now considered a junior synonym of Eleutherodactylus following a recent revision of the genus Five of the six species in this genus have been moved to the revalidated genus Oreobates].
Ischys In Greek mythology, Ischys was the son of Elatus and Hippea, and also the lover of Coronis. While Coronis was carrying Apollo's child, a white bird called a crow told Apollo (or possibly Artemis, and in some cases Athena) of the affair between Ischys and Coronis.
Isiah Clark Isiah Clark is a trainer in the sport of boxing. Clark, based in Hollywood, FL at Contenders Gym, has trained numerous champions including former heavyweight champion Michael Moorer and former WIBA women's champion Ada Velez.
Isiah Leggett Isiah "Ike" Leggett (born July 25, 1945) is a Democratic politician from Maryland. Born in Deweyville, Texas, Leggett attended Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and, after serving in Vietnam with the United States Army, earned a law degree from Howard University in Washington, DC.
Isiah Thomas Isiah Lord Thomas III (born April 30 1961, in Chicago, Illinois) is a former professional basketball player in the NBA, and is currently the head coach and president of basketball operations for the NBA's New York Knicks. His name is spelled Isiah but pronounced the same as the more common Isaiah is in American English, i.
Isiah Williams Isiah John "Juice" Williams (born November 19, 1987 in Chicago) is an American football quarterback for the University of Illinois football team. In 2005, Williams was considered a top 5 recruit for the quarterback position.
Isiah Young-Sam Isiah Young-Sam was a 23-year-old Black British man murdered during the 2005 Birmingham riots by a gang of British Asian on 22 October 2005. Isiah was a IT worker with Birmingham City council, where he was described as:
Isatou Njie Saidy Isatou Njie Saidy (born 5 March 1952 in Kuntaya, North Bank Division; also spelled Aisatu N'Jie-Saidy) has been Vice-President of The Gambia since 20 March 1997. She is the first Gambian woman to hold this position.
Isauria Isauria, in ancient geography, is a rugged isolated district in the interior of South Asia Minor, of very different extent at different periods, but generally covering much of what is now Antalya province of Turkey, or the core of the Taurus Mountains. It derives its name from the contentious Isaurian tribe and twin settlements Isaura Nea (Isaura Nova) and Isaura Palaea (Isaura Vetus).
Isavella Dara Isavella Dara, in Greek: ΙĎαβÎλλα ΔάĎα, (Isavela Dara), (Isabella Dara) , born in Greece in 1978 is a well known fashion model and former Miss Europe(1997) & Miss Hellas winner. She is of Greek (father) and French (mother) descent.
Isayeret Isayeret.com ("The Israeli Special Forces Database") is a website dedicated to the Israeli Special Forces of the Israel Defense Forces elite units (Sayeret) and the Counter Terrorism units of the Israel Police, Israel Border Police and Israel Prison Service.
Isbanir Isbanir Persian اسبانير or اسپانير is a city referred to in the 1001 Nights as the home of Fakir Taj. It is believed to be based on the real-life Persian city of Asbanbar which was a one of the seven cities that entailed the Persian capital Ctesiphon.
Isdera Isdera is a privately run automaker based in a small workshop in Leonberg, Germany. Each high-performance sports car is hand-built by a small team of craftsmen, and the only way to purchase an Isdera is to call the CEO directly.
Ise Bay Ise Bay (伊勢湾, Ise wan) is a bay located at the mouth of the Kiso river, between Mie and Aichi prefectures in Japan. The bay extends roughly 60 km along the coastline, and roughly 30 km out to sea; the depth ranges from roughly 30 m to 100 m.
Ise class battleship Originally intended as sister ships of the preceding FusĹŤ class, the Ise-class battleships of the Imperial Japanese Navy were considered sufficiently different to warrant separate classification. Among the differences were a shorter foredeck, a more closely-grouped secondary armament (with the majority of the forward guns set further astern than in the FusĹŤs), a different arrangement of the primary turrets (though the cumbersome six-twin arrangement was retained) and more closely-spaced funnels and uptakes.
Isearch/isvrs Isearch is a resilient and common adware program that is often installed on a user’s computer from pop-ups or unprotected downloads. Even most firewalls and other computer protection programs are ineffective to stop this program from being downloaded and successfully removed.
Isedo, Nigeria Ìsèdó (Ìsẹ̀dó or Ìsẹ̀dó-Olúmọ̀) is an ancient Igbomina kingdom in northeastern Yorubaland of Nigeria. Ìsẹ̀dó was founded as a new city-state several centuries ago by Ọba'lumọ (a name contracted from "Ọba Olumọ" meaning knowledgeable king, or king of the lords of knowledge). Ìsẹ̀dó is fully known and called Ìsẹ̀dó-Olúmọ̀ using its founder-king's name as an identifier suffix.
Iselin, New Jersey Iselin (pronounced IZ-lin) is a census-designated place and unincorporated area within Woodbridge Township, in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the CDP population was 16,698.
Isenburg Isenburg was a region of Germany which eventually located itself in southern Hesse, located in territories north and south of Frankfurt. The states of Isenburg emerged from the Niederlahngau (located in the Rhineland-Palatinate), which partitioned in 1137 into Isenburg-Isenburg and Isenburg-Limburg-Covern.
Isenburg-BĂĽdingen-Birstein Isenburg-BĂĽdingen-Birstein was a County of southern Hesse, Germany, located to the north of Gelnhausen. Isenburg-BĂĽdingen-Birstein was created as a partition of Isneburg-BĂĽdingen in 1511, and was partitioned into Isenburg-Birstein, Isenburg-BĂĽdingen, and Isenburg-Offenbach in 1628.
Isenburg-Birstein Isenburg-Birstein was the name of two German historical states based around Birstein in southeastern Hesse, Germany. The first "Isenburg-Birstein" was a County and was created as a partition of Isenburg-BĂĽdingen-Birstein in 1628.
Isenburg-Grenzau Isenburg-Grenzau was the name of several states of the Holy Roman Empire, based around the Lordship of Grenzau, in modern Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The first state called Isenburg-Grenzau existed 1158 - 1290; the second 1341 - 1439; and the third 1502 - 1664.
Isenburg-Isenburg Isenburg-Isenburg was a mediæval County of northern Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, located north-northeast of Neuwied. It was created as a partition of the Niederlahngau in 1137, and was partitioned between itself and Isenburg-Kempenich in 1142, and Isenburg-Wied and Nieder-Isenburg in 1199.
Isenburg-Wied Isenburg-Wied was a County of mediæval Germany, comprising of the territories of the County of Wied. Isenburg-Wied was created as a partition of Isenburg-Isenburg and Nieder-Isenburg in 1210, and was superseded by Wied in 1462.
Isensua Isensua is a UK vodka firm that produces a range of vodkas and PPS beverages in the United Kingdom, as well as being the European importer for Russian Standard Vodka. The firm is also known for producing a vodka called Opium on the British market.
Isentropic flow An isentropic flow is a flow that is both adiabatic and reversible, that is no energy is added to the flow, and no energy losses occur due to friction or dissipative effects. For an isentropic flow of a perfect gas several relations can be derived to define the pressure, density and temperature along a streamline.
Isentropic process In thermodynamics, an isentropic process (a combination of the Greek word "iso" -same- and entropy) is one during which the entropy of the working fluid remains constant. By the second law of thermodynamics we may write
Isetan (, ) is a Japanese department store. Based in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Isetan has branches throughout Japan and East Asia, including Bangkok, Jinan, Kaohsiung, Kuala Lumpur, Shanghai, Singapore and Tianjin and formerly in London and Vienna.
Isethionic acid Isethionic acid C2H6O4S is a short chain alkane sulfonate containing hydroxy group, is a water soluble liquid used in the manufacture of mild, biodegradable and high foaming anionic surfactants which provides gentle cleansing and soft skin feel.
Isetnofret Isetnofret (or Isis-nofret) (Ancient Egyptian: "the beautiful Isis") was one of the Great Royal Wives of Pharaoh Ramesses II and was the mother of his heir, Merneptah. She was one of the most prominent of the royal wives, second only to the pharaoh's favourite, Nefertari, and was the chief queen after Nefertari's death (around the 24th year of the pharaoh's reign).
Isetta The Isetta was one of the more successful microcars produced in the post-WWII years—a time when cheap, short distance transportation was most needed. Although the design originated in Italy, it was built in a number of different countries, including Spain, Belgium, France, Brazil, Germany and Britain.
Isfahan Isfahan or EĹźfahÄn (historically also rendered as Ispahan, Old Persian Aspadana, Middle Persian SpahÄn, EṣfahÄn), located about 340 km south of Tehran, is the capital of Isfahan Province and Iran's third largest city (after Tehran and Mashhad). Isfahan has a population of 1,573,378 (2006 estimates).
Isfahan School The Isfahan School (Persian: Ů…Ůتب اصŮهان ) is a well known discipline in Islamic philosophy and is usually called a Renaissance in Islamic Philosophy. It was found by many famous Persian philosophers, most notably Mir Damad, Sheykh Bahaee and Mir Fendereski.
Isfahan University of Technology Isfahan University of Technology (IUT) (دانشگاه صنعتی اصŮهان) is one of the top 5 higher education institutions in Iran. It's located 15 Kilometers north west of Isfahan and is one of the major universities and research poles in Iran in the fields of science, engineering and agriculture.
Isfana Isfana (ĐŃфана) is a small town of about 20,000 at the extreme western end of Batken Oblast in southern Kyrgyzstan, at the southern fringe of the Fergana valley. Backed up against the enormous mountains in the south and surrounded on three sides by Tajikistan, the town and the nearby villages are largely cut off from the rest of Kyrgyzstan, making life very difficult.
Isfjord (Svalbard) Isfjord is the second longest fjord in the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard. It lies on the west side of Spitsbergen, an island in the Arctic Ocean about midway between Norway and the North Pole, and the largest in the archipelago.
Ish-bosheth Ish-bosheth (also called Eshba'al or Ashba'al or Ishbaal), appears in the Hebrew Bible. He was one of the four sons of King Saul, and was chosen as the second king over the united Kingdom of Israel after his father's and three brothers' deaths at the Battle of Mount Gilboa.
Isha (spiritual teacher) Isha, (born May 1, 1962 in Melbourne, Australia) is a modern day spiritual teacher who has become very popular throughout Latin America. She travels the world giving conferences on the expansion of consciousness and enlightenment, and teaching the Isha System, a comprehensive system for self healing and stress relief.
Isha Foundation Isha Foundation is a non-profit organization based in Singanallur near Coimbatore, India. The foundation was set up by Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev in 1992 as a non-political, non-religious organization that does not promote any particular ideology, but with a mission to work towards the betterment of the individual, the society and the world.
Isha Katlanit Isha katlanit (Hebrew: ×ישה ×§××ś× ×™×Ş, literally: "lethal/deadly woman") is a term used in halakha ("Jewish law") for a married woman who has become a widow twice. Such a woman, it is said, should not marry again, because marrying her carries the risk that her next husband may also die (i.
Isha Upanishad The Isha Upanishad () or Ishopanishad (), also known as the Ishavasya Upanishad (), is a Sanskrit poem (or sequence of mantras) from the Upanishads and is considered Ĺšruti by followers of a number of diverse traditions within Hinduism. It is one of the smaller texts of the Upanishads (18 verses in total) but also one of the most often quoted.
Isham Isham is a village in Northamptonshire, England. It is situated on the A509 road, three miles south of Kettering (administratively it forms part of the borough of Wellingborough) and a mile to the west of Burton Latimer.
Ishango bone The Ishango bone is a bone tool, dated to the Upper Paleolithic era, about 18000 to 20000 BC. It is a dark brown length of bone, the fibula of a baboon, A very brief history of pure mathematics ,The Ishango Bone University of Western Australia School of Mathematics - accessed January 2007.
Ishant Sharma Ishant Sharma (born September 2, 1988, in Delhi, India), is an Indiancricketer, more specifically a medium pace bowler at pace around 130 kph (80 mph). Sharma was called up to join the Indian national cricket team for the 2006–07 Test series in South Africa at the age of 18, though he has not yet played a match for them.
Ishaqi incident The Ishaqi incident refers to the reported mass murder of Iraqi civilians allegedly committed by the United states forces in the town of Ishaqi in March 2006. After the incident, Iraqi police accused the US troops of rounding up and deliberately shooting 11 people, including five children and four women, before blowing up their house.
Ishar Singh Captain Ishar Singh, (13 December 1895 - 2 December 1963) was an Indian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Ishara Ishara (, ishkhara) is the Hittite word for "treaty, binding promise", also personified as a goddess of the oath. The word is attested as a loanword in the Assyrian KĂĽltepe texts from the 19th century BC, and is as such the earliest attestation of a word of any Indo-European language.
Ishara Amerasinghe Merenna Koralage Don Ishara Amerasinghe (born March 5, 1978, in Colombo, is a Sri Lankan cricketer who has been named in the 30 man provincial squad for the 2007 World Cup. He is a right-arm fast-medium bowler.
Ishøj Ishøj is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Copenhagen County on the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in eastern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 26 km², and has a total population of 20,668 (2005).
Ishbel Hamilton-Gordon, Marchioness of Aberdeen and Temair Ishbel Maria Hamilton-Gordon, Marchioness of Aberdeen and Temair GBE (15 March 1857–18 April 1939), born Ishbel Maria Marjoribanks and known between her marriage and 1916 as The Countess of Aberdeen, was the third daughter of the 1st Baron Tweedmouth and the wife of the 7th Earl of Aberdeen (later the 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair), whom she married in 1877, and the founder of the Victorian Order of Nurses, which she established on 29 January 1897 despite protests from the Family Compact. She was also the first President of the organisation.
Ishbel MacDonald Born to Ramsay and Margaret MacDonald in 1903, Ishbel MacDonald was one of six children. Margaret's death in 1911 - a year after their son David had died - left Ramsay a single father to his remaining five children.
Ishenbai Kadyrbekov Ishenbai Duyshonbiyevich Kadyrbekov (ĐŃенбай ДүйŃөнбиевич Кадырбеков) (1949 – ) is the parliament speaker and the interim Minister for Transport and Communications of Kyrgyzstan. He was first considered for president after a revolution ousted former president Askar Akayev on March 24, 2005, but Kurmanbek Bakiyev took the power and gave the portfolio to Kadyrbekov.
Isher Singh Majhail Isher Singh Majhail, politician, freedom fighter, and legislator, was born in January 1901, the son of Bhai Asa Singh and Mata Basant Kaur, an agriculturist couple of Sarai Amanat Khan Village, in Amritsar district. He was only about two and a half years old when his father went abroad to Indonesia in search of a better living.
Ishfaq Ahmad Ishfaq Ahmad (Urdu: اشŮاق اŘŮ…ŘŻ) Sitara-i-Imtiaz, Hilal-i-Imtiaz, Nishan-i-Imitiaz, (born 3 November 1930) is a former Chairman of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC). He is currently advisor to the Prime Minister of Pakistan.
Ishi Wilderness Area Ishi Wilderness Area, lying within the Lassen National Forest in the Shasta Cascade foothills, is approximately twenty miles east of Red Bluff, California, USA. The Ishi Wilderness Area is a unique 41,000 acre, low-elevation wilderness.
Ishibashi Ningetsu Ishibashi Ningetsu (çźłć©‹ 忍ćś, September 1, 1865 - February 1, 1926) is a Japanese author and a literature critic. His critic, “Maihime”, for the same title of short story of Mori Ogai, was an important dispute in literature in early Meiji.
Ishibashi Station (Osaka) is a train station located in Ikeda, Osaka, but is on the border with Toyonaka, Osaka to the south and Minoo, Osaka to the east. It serves as a transfer point for the Hankyu Minoo Line on one side and on the other side is an express station on the Hankyu Takarazuka Line.
Ishide Tatewaki Ishide Tatewaki (石出帯ĺ€)- Hereditary name adopted by the head of each generation of roya bugyo (prison magistrate) in Edo period Japan. The name "Ishide Tatewaki" was initially taken by a man named Honda Tsunemasa (本多常政), who lived in a village called Ishide.
Ishigaki, Okinawa Ishigaki (石垣島 -jima Yaeyama: Shikaitu Okinawan: Ishigachi) is an island west of Okinawa Hontō and the largest island of the Yaeyama Island group. It is also the name of the main and only city (石垣市, -shi) on the islands.
Ishii Tsunejiro Tsunejiro Ishii (Japanese: çźłäş•ĺ¸¸ć¬ˇéŽ Tsunejiro Ishii) (November 18, 1887 in Osaka, Japan - January 16, 1951 in Osaka, Japan) was a Vice Admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy and the director of Maizuru naval ship construction yard. Ishii also boarded several navy vessels during World War I, commanding the crew of naval engineers.
Ishikari Province Ishikari (çźłç‹©ĺ›˝, -no kuni) was a short-lived province located in Hokkaido. It corresponded to modern-day Ishikari Subprefecture minus Chitose and Eniwa, all of Sorachi Subprefecture and the southern half of Kamikawa Subprefecture excluding Shimukappu
Ishikawa diagram An Ishikawa diagram, also known as a Fishbone diagram or cause and effect diagram, is a diagram that shows the causes of a certain event. It was first used by Kaoru Ishikawa in the 1960s, and is considered one of the seven basic tools of quality management, including the histogram, Pareto chart, check sheet, control chart, cause and effect diagram, flowchart, and scatter diagram.
Ishikawa Goemon was a legendary ninja warrior and bandit hero who stole gold and valuables and gave them to the poor. There is little historical information on Ishikawa's life, and thus he has become a folk hero, whose background and origins have been widely speculated on - however, there is evidence that he may have been a member of the Akechi clan, son of Akechi Mitsuhide.
Ishikawa Kinichiro Ishikawa Kinichiro (çźłĺ·ť 欽一éŽ)(8 August 1871 - 10 September 1945) born in Shitsuoka, Japan. He came to Taiwan for educational purpose various times, and is recognized as the torchbearer of modern Taiwanese Western art.
Ishikawa Takuboku Ishikawa Takuboku (石川 啄木 was born on February 20, 1886 and died of tuberculosis April 13, 1912). He was well known as both a tanka and 'modern-style' (shintaishi or just shi) or 'free-style' (jiyūshi) poet.
Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries (), or IHI, is a Japanese company which produces ships, aero-engines, suspension bridges and other transport-related machinery. IHI turbochargers, commonly used in passenger automobiles, are manufactured by Ishikawajima-Harima.
Ishin Shishi The Ishin Shishi(ç¶ć–°ĺż—士) were patriots loyal only to the Emperor and anti-shogunate , who helped start the Meiji period in Japanese history and who were at odds with the pro-bakufu forces (also loyal to the Emperor) such as the special police force, the Shinsengumi. Their battle cry was sonno-joi, which stands for "honor the emperor and expel the barbarians".
Ishin Suden Ishin Suden (ä»Ąĺż ĺ´‡äĽť, 1569-1633) Ishin Suden, also known as "Konchiin SĂ»den". Suden acted as a religious advisor to Ieyasu Tokugawa, playing quite a large role in the development of the Tokugawa Shogunate.
Ishin-Il-Raz Grand Admiral Ishin Il-Raz was Star Wars Expanded Universe character, a Grand Admiral of the Imperial Starfleet. He was one of the original 12 Grand Admirals, raised to that newly-created rank by the Emperor after the Battle of Yavin.
Ishinomaki Line The Ishinomaki Line (石巻線) is a rail line in Japan. Part of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) system, it runs from Kogota Station in Misato, Miyagi to Onagawa Station in Onagawa, Miyagi, acting as a spur line from the Tōhoku Main Line to the central coast of Miyagi Prefecture.
Ishinosuke Uwano is a former soldier in the Japanese Imperial Army who came to media prominence in April 2006 after it was found that he had been living in Ukraine for six decades after the end of World War II. He had been officially recorded as dead in official Japanese databases.
Ishkur's Guide to Electronic Music Ishkur's Guide to Electronic Music (often referred to as just Ishkur's Guide) is an online Flash-driven guide to electronic music created by Kenneth John Taylor of British Columbia. The guide is currently hosted by the Digitally Imported Internet radio site.
Ishmael Ishmael (Hebrew: יִשְ×מָעֵ×ל, Standard Tiberian ; Arabic: إسماعيل, IsmÄ'Ä«l; translates as "God will hear" {Strong's Dictionary}) was Abraham's eldest son, born by his wife's handmaiden Hagar.
Ishmael ben Elisha Ishmael ben Elisha (90 - 135 CE, commonly known as 'Rabbi Ishmael', Hebrew: רבי ישמע×ל) was a Tanna of the first and second centuries (third tannaitic generation). A Tanna (plural, Tannaim) is a Jewish rabbinic sage whose views are recorded in the Mishnah.
Ishmael ben Jose Ishmael ben Jose was Tanna of the beginning of the 3rd century, son of Jose ben Halafta. Ishmael served as a Roman official together with Eliezer ben Simon, and was instrumental in suppressing the hordes of Jewish freebooters that had collected during the war between Severus and Rescennius Niger (193).
Ishmael Miller Ishmael Miller (born March 5 1987 in Manchester) is an English footballer who currently plays for Manchester City. Miller was a striker in youth and reserve football, but first played for the Manchester City first team as an attacking midfielder.
Ishmael Welsh Ishmael Welsh is a professional footballer, a former West Ham United academy trainee (commonly known as The Academy of Football) he is currently playing for Yeovil Town where he signed a 2 year contract in 2006. He plays in midfield.
Ishmaelites According to both Biblical and Qur'anic tradition, Ibrahim (Abraham) had two wives: Sarah and Hagar. In the Bible Hagar is Sarah's Maid Servant (not Abraham's Wife) who was offered to Abraham to produce an off-spring.
Ishman Bracey Ishman Bracey (January 9, 1901 - February 12, 1970), was a blues singer and guitarist from Mississippi. He is considered one of the most important early delta blues performers, having been associated with Tommy Johnson, Charlie McCoy and Skip James, among others.
Ishme-Dagan I Ishme-Dagan I was the son of the Amorite king Shamshi-Adad I, put on throne of Ekallatum by his father after a successful military attack. He ruled the area of the upper Tigris, including the city-state of Assur.
Ishpatina Ridge The Ishpatina Ridge is the highest point of land in the Canadian province of Ontario. At an estimated 693 m above sea level, it is a rather low mountain and not steep, as the surrounding land in the area is already quite elevated.
Ishq Ishq (Arabic: عشق) is an Arabic word which literally means love (with no lust). The word is derived from Ashiqa, a vine- that when love takes its root in the heart of a lover, everything other than God is effaced.
Ishrat Sheikh Ishrat Sheikh also known as Ishrat Jehan (1975-June 15, 2004) was an Indian teenager who was killed along with three alleged Lashkar-e-Toiba militants in Ahmedabad on June 15 2004 in a police encounter. It was alleged that she too was a terrorist.
Isht Deva Isht Deva is a sanskrit/hindi term meaning "the chosen god" in a way. Its not that Hindus do not respect or pray gods other than their Isht Devas, but its more about the primary object of someone's worship.
Ishta Meaning beloved or adored in sanskrit, Ishta is a character on the television series Stargate SG-1, played by the actress Jolene Blalock. She is the leader of the Hak'tyl Jaffa and the current romantic partner of Teal'c.
Ishta Yoga ISHTA yoga was created by Yogiraj Alan Finger and his father, Kavi Yogi Sivananda Mani Finger, in the late 1960s in South Africa to acknowledge and celebrate the many different lineages of yoga that passed through their doorway. They sought to bring clarity to these different systems by relating them back to the individual through one fully integrated system.
Ishtar (film) Ishtar is a 1987 motion picture comedy, directed by Elaine May and starring Warren Beatty and Dustin Hoffman as "Rogers and Clarke", a duo of incredibly untalented lounge singers who stumble into a political conflict in the fictional North African nation of Ishtar. It also starred Isabelle Adjani and Charles Grodin and was shot by Vittorio Storaro.
Ishtar Gate The Ishtar Gate (Assyrian: ܕܵܪÜܲÜÜ™Ü˛Ü Ü•ÜĄÜµÜܫܬܲܪ translit: Darwaza D'Ishtar) was the eighth gate to the inner city of Babylon. It was constructed in about 575 BC by order of King Nebuchadrezzar II on the north side of the city.
Ishtiaq Ahmad (writer) Ishtiaq Ahmad (or Ishtiaq Ahmed), is a fiction writer from Lahore, Pakistan, famous for his detective novels. He was popular in 70s and 80s and started, Inspector Jamshaid series, Inspector Kamran series, and Shoki series.
Ishvara Ishvara (ŕ¤ŕ¤¶ŕĄŤŕ¤µŕ¤° in devanagari script, Classical pronunciation /i:É•vÉ™rÉ™/), also variously transliterated (romanized) as Ishvar, ÄŞĹ›vara, etc. (Sanskrit: "the Supreme Lord, and hence the Cosmic Controller") is a Hindu philosophical concept of God meaning 'that entity or the Supreme Being which is the lord and the ruler of everything'.
Ishwar Das Varshnei Ishwar Das Varshnei (died 1945) was the father of the glass] industry in [[India. He was born in Aligarh and was the son of Lala Jagannath Prasad and grandson of Lala Tukiram, famous cloth merchants in Sikandra Rao.
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (Bangla: ŕ¦ŕ¦¶ŕ§Ťŕ¦¬ŕ¦° চন্দ্র বিদ্যাসাগর Ishshor ChĂ´ndro Biddashagor) (1820-1891), born Ishwar Chandra Bandopadhyaya (ŕ¦ŕ¦¶ŕ§Ťŕ¦¬ŕ¦° চন্দ্র বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায় Ishshor ChĂ´ndro BĂ´ndopaddhae), was a Bengali polymath. Born in Midnapore, (now part of West Bengal, India) to a poor Brahmin family, he is widely considered as being one of the pillars of the Bengal Renaissance of 19th century.
Ischemia In medicine, ischemia (Greek ÎąĎχαιμία, isch- is restriction, hema or haema is blood) is a restriction in blood supply, generally due to factors in the blood vessels, with resultant damage or dysfunction of tissue. It may also be spelled ischaemia or ischæmia.
Ischemic cascade The ischemic (ischaemic) cascade is a series of biochemical reactions that take place in the brain and other aerobic tissues after seconds to minutes of ischemia (inadequate blood supply).Joseph Becker and Charles Wira.
Ischemic preconditioning Ischemic preconditioning (IPC) is an experimental technique for producing resistance to the loss of blood supply and, thus oxygen, to tissues of many types. Keith Reimer MD, PhD first described this procedure in 1986.
Ischgl Ischgl (1377m) is a small village (population: 1489 in 2001) in the Paznaun Valley in Tyrol (Austria). Its ski resort Silvretta Arena Ischgl-Samnaun is connected with the ski resort of Samnaun across the border in Switzerland.
Ischigualasto Ischigualasto is a geological formation and a natural park associated with it in the province of San Juan, north-western Argentina, near the border with Chile. The Ischigualasto Provincial Park is located in the north-east of the province (), and its northern border is the Talampaya National Park, in La Rioja, both of which belong to the same geological formation.
Ischiofemoral ligament The ischiocapsular ligament (ischiofemoral ligament, ischiocapsular band; ligament of Bertin) consists of a triangular band of strong fibers on the posterior side of the hip joint. Its fibers span from the ischium at a point below and behind the acetabulum to blend with the circular fibers of the joint capsule and attach at the intertrochanteric line of the femur.
Ischnocera The Ischnocera is a large suborder of lice mostly parasitic on birds but including a large family (the Trichodectidae) parasitic on mammals. The genus Trichophilopterus is also found on mammals (lemurs) but probably belongs to the "avian Ischnocera" and represents a host switch from birds to mammals.
Ischnocnema Ischnocnema was a genus of leptodactylid frogs but is now considered a junior synonym of Eleutherodactylus following a recent revision of the genus Five of the six species in this genus have been moved to the revalidated genus Oreobates].
Ischys In Greek mythology, Ischys was the son of Elatus and Hippea, and also the lover of Coronis. While Coronis was carrying Apollo's child, a white bird called a crow told Apollo (or possibly Artemis, and in some cases Athena) of the affair between Ischys and Coronis.
Isiah Clark Isiah Clark is a trainer in the sport of boxing. Clark, based in Hollywood, FL at Contenders Gym, has trained numerous champions including former heavyweight champion Michael Moorer and former WIBA women's champion Ada Velez.
Isiah Leggett Isiah "Ike" Leggett (born July 25, 1945) is a Democratic politician from Maryland. Born in Deweyville, Texas, Leggett attended Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and, after serving in Vietnam with the United States Army, earned a law degree from Howard University in Washington, DC.
Isiah Thomas Isiah Lord Thomas III (born April 30 1961, in Chicago, Illinois) is a former professional basketball player in the NBA, and is currently the head coach and president of basketball operations for the NBA's New York Knicks. His name is spelled Isiah but pronounced the same as the more common Isaiah is in American English, i.
Isiah Williams Isiah John "Juice" Williams (born November 19, 1987 in Chicago) is an American football quarterback for the University of Illinois football team. In 2005, Williams was considered a top 5 recruit for the quarterback position.
Isiah Young-Sam Isiah Young-Sam was a 23-year-old Black British man murdered during the 2005 Birmingham riots by a gang of British Asian on 22 October 2005. Isiah was a IT worker with Birmingham City council, where he was described as:
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