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Iguana Entertainment Iguana Entertainment was a video game developer operating from 1991 to 2004 in Santa Clara, California, Sunnyvale, California, Austin, Texas and Teesside, England. They were best known for developing the Turok, NBA Jam, NFL Quarterback Club, and South Park video games.
Iguana UK Iguana UK was the UK branch of Austin, Texas based video games developer Iguana Entertainment. Formerly Optimus Software Ltd, Iguana UK was acquired by Acclaim Entertainment in 1995 and became Acclaim Studios Teesside.
Iguanodon Iguanodon (meaning "Iguana tooth") is the name given to a genus of ornithopod dinosaurs, which lived roughly halfway between the early hypsilophodontids and their ultimate culmination in the duck-billed dinosaurs. They lived between 120 to 140 million years ago, in the Barremian to Valanginian ages of the Early Cretaceous Period, although one dubious species is from the Late Jurassic.
Iguazu Falls Iguazu Falls (Portuguese: Cataratas do Iguaçu IPA ; Spanish: Cataratas del Iguazú IPA ) are waterfalls of the Iguazu River located on the border of the Brazilian state of Paraná (in the Southern Region) and the Argentine province of Misiones, around the coordinates .
Iguazu River The Iguazu River (Portuguese:Rio Iguaçu, Spanish:Río Iguazú) has its source in the Serra do Mar (Mountains by the Sea) in the Brazilian state of Paraná to finish over a thousand kilometers southeast at the Paraná River, in the triple border with Paraguay and Argentina. Just a few kilometres upstream, it surges over the drop of a plateau forming the Iguazu Falls.
Iguide iGuide is the software created by Guideworks, LLC to control digital cable boxes used by cable companys like Comcast and Brighthouse Networks. It is offered as an alternative to the Pioneer Passport Echo software, and the Microsoft TV software.
Igunga Igunga is one of the six districts of the Tabora Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by the Shinyanga Region, to the east by the Singida Region, to the south by the Uyui District and to the west by the Nzega District.
Iguvine Tables The Iguvine Tables were a series of seven bronze tablets discovered at Iguvium, contemporary Gubbio, in Italy in the year 1444. The earliest tablets were probably written in the 3rd century BC in the native Umbrian alphabet, the latest in the 1st century BC in the Latin alphabet.
Igwegbe Odum King Igewgbe Odum (sometimes called Igwebe Odum) was an Aro Igbo politician born in the Nigerian town of Arondizuogu in the late 1800s. His life story became the subject of Omenuko the earliest Igbo novel written by Peter Nwana.
IG Farben Building The IG Farben Building or the Poelzig Building, was built from 1928 to 1930 as the corporate headquarters of the IG Farben conglomerate in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It is also known as the Poelzig Ensemble or Poelzig Complex, and previously as the IG Farben Complex, and the General Creighton W.
IG Metall IG Metall (Industriegewerkschaft Metall - German Metalworkers' Union) is the dominant metalworkers' union in Germany. Analysts of German labor relations consider it a major trend-setter in national bargaining.
IG-100 MagnaGuards The elite IG-100 MagnaGuards are fictional droids seen in the movie Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, The Clone Wars microseries, and the Republic Commando video game. They are the personal bodyguards to General Grievous who wield electrified staffs that can block lightsabers.
IG-2000 IG-2000 was the starship designed and used by the bounty hunting assassin droid, IG-88 in the fictional Star Wars Universe, and produced on the foundry world Mechis III. The vessel was 20 meters long and had been specially designed for combat.
IG-88 IG-88 was a fictional character who first appeared in the movie Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back as a bounty hunter hired to track down the Millennium Falcon. He has since appeared several times in the Star Wars Expanded Universe.
IGame The iGame was the April Fool's Day 2006 joke in the April 2006 issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly. In the fake article, it was claimed that Apple Computer was releasing a game system that bore much resemblance to its popular iPod product.
IGA (supermarkets) IGA is a name used by many independent grocery stores throughout the world. It has since expanded to the world's largest voluntary supermarket chain, where the IGA banner is licensed in 45 countries and territories to over 4000 independent supermarkets served by 37 independent distributors.
IGA Extra The chain's IGA extra, locations are larger and carry a wider variety of general merchandise, more akin to the hypermarket model. They include a pharmacy, large bakery, a bank, bistro and a larger selection of food items.
IGAC The International Global Atmospheric Chemistry (IGAC) Project, under joint sponsorship of the Commission on Atmospheric Chemistry and Global Pollution (CACGP) of the International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences (IAMAS)and the International Geosphere- Biosphere Programme (IGBP), was created in the late 1980s to address growing international concerns over rapid changes observed in Earth's atmosphere.
IGAD Peace Support Mission to Somalia The IGAD Peace Support Mission to Somalia or IGASOM, is an Intergovernmental Authority on Development regional peacekeeping force to Somalia which was approved by the African Union on September 14, 2006."African Union endorses regional peace plan", Reuters, September 14, 2006 It was also approved by the United Nations Security Council on December 6, 2006 under Resolution 1725.
IGALA The International Gender and Language Group, or IGALA, is an international interdisciplinary organization that is committed to the promotion and support of research on language, gender, and sexuality. The association was formed in 1999, and developed out of the graduate-student-run Berkeley Women and Language Group.
IGCAR The Reactor Research Centre set up at Kalpakkam, India, 80 km south of Chennai in 1971 under the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) was renamed Indira Gandhi Center for Atomic Research (IGCAR) in 1985. The center is primarily a research facility besides being a nuclear power plant aiding in meeting a percentage of the electricity demands of the country.
IGE IGE (Internet Gaming Entertainment) is the largest MMORPG services company world-wide, with offices in Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Seoul. Through its websites, IGE trades in the virtual currencies of online games, a practice which is against the licence agreements of most MMORPGs.
IGETC The Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum is an educational plan for California community college students designed to facilitate transferring to a four-year public university. Completion of the IGETC will permit a student to transfer without the need to take additional lower-division courses, as well as demonstrate preparedness and ability to handle college level work.
IGLHRC The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) is a US-based non-profit, (NGO) whose mission is to secure the full enjoyment of the human rights of all people and communities subject to discrimination or abuse on the basis of sexual orientation or expression, gender identity or expression, and/or HIV status.
IGN IGN is a multimedia news and reviews website that focuses heavily on video games. It should not be confused with IGN Entertainment; IGN's corporate parent company, which owns and controls separate sites such as GameSpy, Rotten Tomatoes and AskMen.
Iha Fuyū Iha Fuyū (伊波普猷 1876-1947), the father of Okinawaology, was a Japanese scholar who studied various aspects of Japanese and Okinawan culture, customs, linguistics, and lore. He studied lingusitics in the University of Tokyo.
Iheanyi Uwaezuoke Iheanyi Uwaezuoke a-HON-nee a-WAYZ-a-KAY (born July 24, 1973 in Lagos, Nigeria is a former American football player who played wide receiver for the San Francisco 49ers, Miami Dolphins, Detroit Lions, and Carolina Panthers of the NFL. He was originally drafted in the fifth round of the 1996 NFL Draft by the San Francisco 49ers out of the University of California, Berkeley.
Ihor Dushyn Igor Dushin was a candidate in the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election, nominated by the Liberal Democratic Party. From 1994 to 1998 he was chair of the secretariat of advisers of the President of Ukraine in the area of regional politics.
Ihos Opera IHOS is a performing arts company with an international reputation for original music-theatre and opera. Works are multicultural, multilingual and exploit multiple art-forms, blending voice, dance and sound with installation art and digital technology.
Ihr Kinderlein kommet Ihr Kinderlein kommet, or "Ye children come," is a German Christmas carol from the 18th century. The lyrics were written by Catholic priest and writer Christoph von Schmid, while the music was written by conductor Johann Abraham von Schulz.
Ihram clothing Ihram clothing (also spelt Ahram clothing) includes men's and women's garments worn by Muslim people during the Ihram pilgrimage (Hajj). Men's garments consist of two white unhemmed sheets (usually towelling material) and are universal in appearance.
Ihriel Ihriel (real name Heidi Solberg Tveitan) is a Norwegian musician and singer formerly half of the experimental band Peccatum (where she performs vocals, keyboards and synths and writes the majority of lyrics) and her own solo project Star of Ash. She is the wife of Ihsahn of the black metal band Emperor, with whom she runs the label Mnemosyne Productions.
Ihsan Ihsan (or Ehsan or Ahsan or احسان) is an Arabic term meaning "perfection" or "excellence." In Islam, Ihsan is the Muslim responsibility to obtain perfection, or excellence, in worship, such that Muslims try to worship God (Arabic Allah) as if they see Him, and although they cannot see Him, they undoubtedly believe he is constantly watching over them.
Ihsan Danish Ihsan Danish (or Ahsan Danish; 1914 - 1982) (Urdu: احسان دانش), was a prominent Urdu poet from Pakistan. His life marked the struggle of person who didn’t have more than a primary level of education, who worked as ordinary laborer for years in odd jobs, and finally became a poet of excellence.
IHM Lucknow Institute of Hotel Management and Catering Technology is located at Seed Farm, Sector-G, Aliganj, Lucknow and is affiliated to National Council of Hotel Management and Catering Technology located at PUSA complex in New Delhi.
IHMC CmapTools (computer program) The CmapTools program suite empowers users to construct, navigate, share and criticize knowledge models represented as concept maps. It allows users to, among many other features, construct their Cmaps in their personal computer, share them on servers (CmapServers) anywhere on the Internet, link their Cmaps to other Cmaps on servers, automatically create web pages of their concept maps on servers, edit their maps synchronously (at the same time) with other users on the Internet, and search the web for information relevant to a concept map.
IHOP (restaurant) IHOP is a United States-based restaurant chain that specializes in breakfast foods. Although it does have other menu items such as hamburgers and french fries, its focus is on breakfast food such as pancakes, waffles, French toast, omelettes, and blintzes.
IHS Pakistan Integrated Health Services, Pakistan or (IHS Pakistan) is a non-governmental organisation in the healthcare sector in Pakistan. It was established in 1996 with the aim of offering reliable, high quality, affordable healthcare suitable for all levels of society, especially the corporate sector.
IHS Press IHS Press is a publishing house based in Virginia whose mission is to promote the social teaching of the Roman Catholic Church. The name "IHS" is the acronym for the Latin of the phrase "the holy sign".
IHUG Ihug is New Zealand's third largest ISP (behind Xtra and TelstraClear), and is owned by Vodafone New Zealand (New Zealand's largest mobile phone operator). According to 2005 estimates, it has over 100,000 internet and phone subscribers.
Ich * ICH stands for the International Conference on Harmonisation, an international organization that attempts to standardizes globally the regulatory and scientific aspects of clinical research, drug development, and pharmaceutical product registration.
Ich + Ich Ich und ich (German for Me and me) is the name of a musical project by the German singer Annette Humpe and Adel Tawil, the melancholic pop music producer. They met in 2002 in a Berliner recording studio when Adel was singing for a production that Annette had written.
Ich hatte einen Kameraden "Ich hatte einen Kameraden" ("I Had A Comrade"), also known as "The Good Comrade", is a traditional lament of the German Armed Forces. The text was written by the German poet Ludwig Uhland in 1809.
Ichabod Ichabod (meaning inglorious in Hebrew) is named by the Books of Samuel as the brother of Ahitub1 Samuel 14:2-3. Ichabod is also identified by the Books of Samuel as having been the son of Phinehas, and as having been born on the day that the Ark was taken into Philistine captivity, his mother having gone into labour due to the shock of this event.
Ichabod Washburn Ichabod Washburn (1798–1868) was a church deacon and industrialist from Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA. His financial endowments led to the naming of Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas and the foundation of Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Massachusetts.
Ichabodcraniosaurus "Ichabodcraniosaurus" is the informal name (nomen nudum) given to an as yet undescribed genus of dinosaur from Mongolia. The discoverers, Novell and Perle, coined the name in honor of Ichabod Crane, from "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow".
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Ichang Lemon The Ichang Lemon (Citrus ichangensis, also called Ichang papeda) is a slow-growing species of the genus Citrus, which has characteristic lemon-scented foliage and flowers. It is native to East Asia and is likely named for the city of Yichang (宜昌), in China's Hubei province.
Ichetucknee Springs State Park Ichetucknee Springs State Park is a 2,241 acre Florida State Park located four miles northwest of Fort White off State Road 47 and State Road 238. It centers around the six mile long Ichetucknee River, which flows through shaded hammocks and wetlands into the Santa Fe River.
Ichi-go ichi-e Ichi-go ichi-e (一期一会, literally "one time, one meeting") is a Japanese term that describes a cultural concept often linked with famed tea master Sen no Rikyu. The term is often translated as "for this time only," "never again," or "one chance in a lifetime.
Ichigao, Kanagawa Ichigao (市ヶ尾町 in Japanese) is a suburb of Tokyo located along the Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line (田園都市線) as well as Freeway 246 in Kanagawa Prefecture. The ward office of Aoba-ku, Yokohama is also located here.
Ichigenkin The ichigenkin (一絃琴 「いちげんきん」, literally "one-string zither") is a Japanese monochord (single string) zither. Its silk string is plucked with a pointed tubular plectrum placed on the index finger of the right hand while a tubular ivory device similar to a guitar slide placed over the middle finger of the left hand presses the string against the hardwood soundboard to vary the pitch.
Ichigo Kurosaki is the main character of the anime and manga series Bleach. The series begins with Ichigo receiving shinigami powers as a result of a run-in with Rukia Kuchiki, one of the many shinigami who inhabit the spirit world, Soul Society.
Ichijo Fusaie Ichijo Fusaie (1445-1511) a warlord of Tosa during the Sengoku period (15th-16th) century of Japan. Fusaie was the son of Ichijo Norifusa, who had been a regent to the emperor who had fled from the Onin fighting within Kyoto to his estates in Tosa province on Shikoku during the year of 1468.
Ichikawa Danjūrō Ichikawa Danjūrō (市川團十郎) is a stage name taken on by a series of Kabuki actors of the Ichikawa family. Most of these were blood relatives, though some were adopted into the family. It is a famous and important name, and receiving it is an honor. There are a number of roles that the line of Danjūrō specialize in, as well as a series of plays, the Kabuki Jūhachiban (The Kabuki Eighteen), which showcase the specialties of the Ichikawa family.
Ichikawa Danjūrō I Ichikawa Danjūrō I (初代市川段十郎It may interest the reader to note that the kanji (Chinese characters) used to write the name Danjūrō have changed over the generations. Danjūrō I used 段十郎, which he changed to 團十郎 in 1693; this was then simplified in later generations to 団十郎.
Ichikawa Danjūrō V Ichikawa Danjūrō V (五代目市川團十郎) (August 1741 - 29 October 1806), also known as Ichikawa Ebizō, was one of the most famous and popular Kabuki actors of all time. Throughout his career, Danjūrō would hold some of the highest ranks in the hyōbanki, an annual Edo publications which evaluated actors and performances.
Ichikawa Gakuen Ichikawa Gakuen (Ichikawa Junior and Senior High School) is a large (2500 students) private boys and girls school in Moto-kita-kata (本北方), Ichikawa, Chiba, (千葉県市川市), Japan (日本). The school is sometimes mistaken for a public school due to its name: Ichikawa Junior High School, Ichikawa High School or Ichikawa for short.
Ichiki, Kagoshima Ichiki (市来町; -chou) was a town located in Hioki District, Kagoshima, Japan. On October 11, 2005, the town merged with the city of Kushikino forming the city of Ichikikushikino and no longer exists as an independent municipality.
Ichilov General Hospital Ichilov Hospital is one of three hospitals comprising the Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, the main hospital serving the metropolitan area of Tel Aviv, Israel. Founded in 1963 as a 1-building facility , The Tel Aviv Medical Center is now spread-out over an area of 150,000 meters and incorporates three hospitals: the Ichilov General Hospital and Ida Sourasky Rehabilitation Center, the Lis Maternity Hospital, and the Dana Children’s Hospital.
Ichinohe Hyoe (August 2, 1855-September 2,1931) was a Japanese general of the Imperial Japanese Army serving during the Satsuma Rebellion, First Sino-Japanese War and most notably during the Russo-Japanese War. A meticulous planner, the casualty rate of his command was far fewer than that of his fellow officers while achieving the same objectives.
Ichinomiya, Hyogo (Shiso) Ichinomiya (一宮町; -cho) was a town located in Shiso District, Hyogo, Japan. On April 1, 2005 the town merged with three other towns from the district forming the city of Shiso and no longer exists as an independent municipality.
Ichinomiya, Hyogo (Tsuna) Ichinomiya was a town located in the Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. On April 1, 2005 the town merged with four other towns from the district forming the city of Awaji, Hyogo and no longer exists as an independent municipality.
Ichinomiya, Kumamoto Ichinomiya (一の宮町; -machi) was a town located in Aso District, Kumamoto, Japan. On February 11, 2005, the town merged with another town and a village from the district forming the city of Aso and no longer exists as an independent municipality.
Ichirō Hatoyama Ichirō Hatoyama (鳩山 一郎 Hatoyama Ichirō, born January 1 1883 in Tokyo, died March 7 1959) was a Japanese politician and the 52nd, 53rd and 54th Prime Minister of Japan, serving terms from December 10 1954 to March 19, 1955, from then to November 22 1955, and from then to December 23 1956.
Ichiro Miyata Ichiro Miyata is a fictional character in the anime and manga series Fighting Spirit (Japanese Title - はじめの一歩, Hajime no Ippo). Miyata and Ippo, the main protagonist, consider each other to be their greatest rivals.
Ichiro Mizuki , born (born January 7, 1948), is a famous, highly prolific Japanese vocalist best known for his work on theme songs for Tokusatsu and Anime, having performed numerous theme songs for Japanese film, television, video and video games. He is referred to by fans and fellow performers alike as the onii-san (big brother) of the anison, or anime music genre.
Ichiro Ozawa Ichiro Ozawa (小沢一郎 Ozawa Ichirō, born 1942) is a Japanese politician, formerly a leader of the Liberal Democratic Party and later of the New Frontier Party and the Liberal Party. He is one of the most important figures in Japanese politics, involved in most of the key events of the past decade.
Ichiro Suzuki , often known simply as , born October 22, 1973 in Toyoyama, Nishikasugai, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, is the right fielder for the Seattle Mariners Major League Baseball team. He moved to the United States in 2001 after playing for nine years for the Orix Blue Wave in Japan's Pacific League.
Ichirou Agata Ichirou Agata, often known as simply Agata, is the guitarist for Melt-Banana, a Japanese band. Agata is known particularly for his exceedingly unique approach to playing the guitar which involves heavy use of effects pedals and guitar slides resulting in sounds not easily attributed to the guitar.
Ichiya Kumagae Ichiya Kumagae (熊谷一弥, born September 10, 1890 — August 16, 1968, in Omuta Fukuoka Prefecture) is a male tennis player from Japan. He is best known for his two Olympic silver medals at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics.
Ichkeul Lake Ichkeul Lake (Arabic: بحيرة اشكل) is a lake in northern Tunisia near the shore of the Mediterranean Sea. The lake and wetlands of Ichkeul National Park are an important stopping-over point for hundreds of thousands of migrating birds each year.
Ichnaea In Greek mythology, Ichnaea (Iknaia), "the tracker" was an epithet that could be applied to Themis, as in the Homeric Hymn to Delian Apollo (line 94), or to Nemesis, who was venerated at Ichnae, a Greek city in Macedon.
Ichneumon wasp The Ichneumon wasps are insects classified in the Parasitica group of the suborder Apocrita within the Order Hymenoptera. Often inaccurately called ichneumon flies, they are solitary insects, and most are parasitoids—the larvae feeding on or in another insect which finally dies.
Ichnomancy Ichnomancy (derived from the Greek "ixnos" - "track, footstep" and "manteia" - "mode of divination" is a divination of the characterisics and the analysis of the personality by examining the person's footprints, posture, and position.
Ichnotaxon An ichnotaxon (plural ichnotaxa) is defined by the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature as "a taxon based on the fossilized work of an organism". Ichnotaxa are names used to identify and distinguish morphologically distinctive trace fossils.
Ichnusa Ichnusa is the name of a popular Sardinian-made beer, which is brewed, just as another Sardinian beer called Dreher, in Assemini, a town near the Sardinian capital Cagliari. It is named after the latinized ancient name of the Italian island Sardinia (Hyknusa).
Ichor In Greek mythology, ichor (Greek ) is the mineral that is the Greek gods' blood, sometimes said to have been present in ambrosia or nectar. When a god was injured and bled, the ichor made his or her blood poisonous to mortals.
Ichthyoallyeinotoxism Ichthyoallyeinotoxism, or hallucinogenic fish poisoning, is caused by eating the heads or body parts of certain species of ichthyoallyeinotoxic herbivorous fish normally found in the Indian Pacific. The effects of eating ichthyoallyeinotoxic fishes, such as certain mullet, goatfish, tangs, damsels and rabbitfish, are believed to be similar to LSD, and may include vivid and terrifying auditory and visual hallucinations.
Ichthyocladius Ichthyocladius is a genus of chironomid flies that belongs to the subfamily Orthocladiinae described by Fittkau based on one species, Ichthyocladius neotropicus, from Peru, though some other species were recognised, the lack of knowledge did not allow their description. Two additional species from Brazil were described by Mendes, Andersen & Sæther (Ichthyocladius lilianae and Ichthyocladius kronichthicola).
Ichthyol Ichthyol® or ammonium bituminosulphonate (CAS 8029-68-3) is a product of natural origin obtained in the first step by dry distillation of sulphur-rich oil shale. It is used in medicine as a remedy for treating some forms of skin diseases, such as acne, eczema and psoriasis.
Ichthyophagoi Ichthyophagoi (Fish eaters in Greek) were the inhabitants of Gwadar and Pasni districts in Makrān, Balochistan, Pakistan. During the homeward march of Alexander the Great, his admiral Nearchus led a fleet in Arabian Sea along the Makrān coast and recorded that the area was dry and mountainous, inhabited by the Ichthyophagoi or Fish-Eaters - a Greek rendering of the ancient Persian Mahi khoran, which has become the modern word Makran .
Ichthyopterygia Ichthyopterygia ("fish flippers") was a designation introduced by Sir Richard Owen in 1840 to designate the Jurassic Ichthyosaurs that were known at the time, but the term is now used more often for both true Ichthyosauria and their more primitive early and middle Triassic ancestors (Motani 1997, Motani et al. 1998).
Ichthyosaur Ichthyosaurs (Greek for 'fish lizard' - ιχθυς meaning 'fish' and σαυρος meaning 'lizard') were giant marine reptiles that resembled fish and dolphins. Ichthyosaurs lived during a large part of the Mesozoic era, having appeared about 250 million years ago (Mya), slightly earlier than the dinosaurs (230 Mya); and disappeared about 90 Mya, about 25 million years before the dinosaurs became extinct.
Ichthyosaur (Half-Life) The Ichthyosaur (whose scientific name according to an in-game poster is Xenotherus ichthycanthus) is a fictitious aquatic animal in the first-person shooter computer game Half-Life. It is one of many alien species encountered in Half-Life that have been teleported to Earth from the borderworld Xen.
Ichthyosaurus Ichthyosaurus (derived from Greek ιχθυς meaning 'fish' and σαυρος meaning 'lizard') is an extinct genus of diapsid reptile, belonging to the aquatic ichthyosaur order, which was named after it. Naturally, this is the best known genus.
Ichthyosis Ichthyosis is a family of dermatological conditions seen in man and domestic animals. Its literal translation is "fish skin", since people or animals with ichthyosis have scaly skin which can vaguely resemble the scales of a fish.
Ichthys Ichthys (Greek: ; also transliterated and latinized as ichthys, icthus, ichthus or ikhthus; ichthus, spelled: Iota Chi Theta Upsilon Sigma), is the Ancient and Classical Greek word for "fish." In English it refers to a symbol consisting of two intersecting arcs resembling the profile of a fish, used by early Christians as a secret symbol and is now known colloquially as the "Jesus fish.
ICHEP ICHEP or International Conference on High Energy Physics is the most prestigious international scientific conference in the field of particle physics, bringing together leading theorists and experimentalists of the world. It was first held in 1950, and is biennial since 1960.
ICHSA The International Championship of High School A Cappella (ICHSA) is the sibling of the International Championship of College A Cappella (ICCA), and began in 2005. ICHSA is a production of Varsity Vocals, which is also responsible for two annual compilations, BOCA for college groups and BOHSA for high school groups.
Ii Naomasa Ii Naomasa (井伊 直政) (March 4, 1561 - March 24,1602) was a general under the Sengoku period Daimyo, and later Shogun, Tokugawa Ieyasu. His family, like Tokugawa's, had originally been retainers of the once-powerful Imagawa clan, and Naomasa, then a very small child, was personally lucky to escape death in the confusion and general chaos which followed the death of the clan's leader, Imagawa Yoshimoto, in the Battle of Okehazama in 1560.
Ii Naomori Ii Naomori (井伊直盛, 1506–1560) a retainer of the Japanese clan of Imagawa in the Sengoku period of the 16th century. Following the Battle of Okehazama during the year of 1560, Naomori ended up being killed in battle when trying to protect his lord, Yoshimoto Imagawa following the rain mist strategy attack led by Oda Nobunaga.
Ii Naosuke Naosuke Ii (井伊 直弼 Ii Naosuke, November 29 1815 - March 3, 1860) was feudal lord of Hikone and Tairō of Japan, a position he held from April 23, 1858 until his death. He is most famous for signing the Harris Treaty with the United States, granting ports and extraterritoriality to American merchants and seamen.
Iidabashi Station Iidabashi Station (飯田橋駅) is a major interchange station that straddle Tokyo's Chiyoda, Shinjuku and Bunkyō wards. It was originally built as Iidamachi station (albeit in a slightly different location), terminus of the then Kobu railway, precursor to today's Chūō Line.
Iino Domain Iino han (飯野藩)- Japanese feudal domain of the Edo era, located in Kazusa Province. Rated at 20,000 koku, it was ruled for the entirety of its history by a branch of the Hoshina (later Matsudaira) of Aizu.
Iittala Iittala is a Finnish design company specialising in houseware objects made on the principle of "modern Scandinavian design". The Iittala Group consists of a number of businesses within its portfolio of operations: Arabia, Hackman, Iittala, BodaNova, Höganäs Keramik, Rörstrand and Hoyang-Polaris.
Iiwi The ‘I‘iwi (Vestiaria coccinea) or Scarlet Hawaiian Honeycreeper is a Hawaiian bird of the family Drepanididae, and the only member of the genus Vestiaria. One of the most plentiful species of this family, which includes many endangered or extinct species, the ‘I‘iwi is one of the most recognized animals and symbols of Hawai‘i.
II Anzac Corps The II Anzac Corps was an Australian and New Zealand First World War army corps formed in Egypt in February 1916 as part of the reorganization of the Australian Imperial Force following the evacuation of Gallipoli in November 1915, under the command of William Birdwood. This corps, along with the I Anzac Corps, replaced the original Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC).
II Corps (Australia) The Australian II Corps was an Australian Army corps. II Corps was established in early 1942 to command Australian Army units deployed to protect the Sydney region and later commanded operational units in New Guinea, Bougainville and New Britain.
II Corps (Poland) Polish II Corps (Polish Drugi Korpus Wojska Polskiego, 1943-1947), was a major tactical and operational unit of the Polish Armed Forces in the West during World War II. It was commanded by Lieutenant General Władysław Anders and by 1945 it grew to well over 75,000 soldiers.

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