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IKBKAP IKBKAP (inhibitor of kappa light polypeptide gene enhancer in B-cells, kinase complex-associated protein) is a human gene that provides instructions to make the IKAP protein, which is found in a variety of cells throughout the body, including brain cells. Although the exact function of the IKAP protein is not clearly understood, it probably plays a role in transcription, which is the process of making a blueprint of a gene for protein production.
IKloak iKloak or Goodfellas Online BV, founded in 1999, was a Dutch corporation that sold appliances and software, particularly in the realms of security and e-mail management. Its headquarters were in Breda, the Netherlands.
IKONOS IKONOS is a commercial earth observation satellite, and was the first to collect publicly available high-resolution imagery at 1- and 4-meter resolution. It offers multispectral (MS) and panchromatic (PAN) imagery.
Il barbiere di Siviglia (Paisiello) Il barbiere di Siviglia, ovvero La precauzione inutile (The Barber of Seville, or The Useless Precaution) is a comic opera by Giovanni Paisiello, first performed on 26 September, 1782 at the Imperial Court, Saint Petersburg. The libretto, by an anonymous author, is based on the play by Beaumarchais.
Il Bambino Il Bambino (Italian for "the Babe"), the name given in art to the image of the infant Jesus in swaddling clothes common in Roman Catholic churches. The most famous is the miracle-working Santissimo Bambino in the church of Ara Coeli at Rome, the festival of which is celebrated on the feast of the Epiphany (January 6).
Il campanello Il campanello or Il campanello di notte (The Night Bell) is a melodramma giocoso, or opera, in one act by Gaetano Donizetti. The composer wrote the Italian libretto after Mathieu-Barthélemy Troin Brunswick and Victor Lhérie's French vaudeville La sonnette de nuit.
Il campiello Il campiello (The Little Square) is an opera in three acts by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari. The Italian-language libretto was by Mario Ghisalberti, after the famous comedy of the same name written for the 1756 Venetian Carnival by the great Venetian playwright, Carlo Goldoni.
Il castello di Kenilworth Il castello di Kenilworth (or Elisabetta al castello di Kenilworth) is a melodramma serio or tragic opera in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti. Andrea Leone Tottola wrote the Italian libretto after Victor Hugo's play Amy Robsart (1828) and Eugene Scribe's play Leicester, in its turn after Scott's novel Kenilworth (1821).
Il corsaro Il corsaro (The Corsair) is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi, from a libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, based on Lord Byron's poem The Corsair. First performance: Teatro Grande, Trieste, October 25, 1848.
Il cucchiaio d'argento Il cucchiaio d'argento (The Silver Spoon in English) is a major Italian cookbook, a kitchen reference work originally published in 1950 by the design and architecture magazine Domus. It contains about 2000 recipes drawn from all over Italy, and has gone through eight editions.
Il Canto degli Italiani Il Canto degli Italiani (The Song of the Italians) is the Italian national anthem. It is best known among Italians as Inno di Mameli (Mameli's Hymn) and sometimes referred to as Fratelli d'Italia, from its incipit.
Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda is an operatic scena for three voices by Claudio Monteverdi. The piece has a libretto drawn from Torquato Tasso's Il Gerusalemme Liberata ("Jerusalem Delivered", Canto XII, 52-62, 64-68), a Romance set against the backdrop of the First Crusade.
Il Conciliatore Il Conciliatore was a progressive periodical, influential in the risorgimento, published in Milan from September 1818 until October 1819 by a group of intellectuals including Giuseppe Nicolini and Silvio Pellico.
Il Cuore nel Pozzo Il Cuore nel Pozzo (Italian for The hearth in the pit; often reported in Croatian media with the translation Srce u bunaru and in Slovenian Srce v breznu) is a TV movie, produced by state broadcaster RAI, that focuses on the escape of a group of children from Tito's partisans in the aftermath of World War II, as they start an ethnic cleansing of all Italians from Istria and Dalmatia. The word "pit" in the movie's title refers to a foiba, indicating foibe massacres.
Il diluvio universale Il diluvio universale (The great flood) is an azione tragico-sacra, or opera, by Gaetano Donizetti. The Italian libretto was written by Domenico Gilardoni after Lord Byron's Heaven and Earth and Padre Ringhieri's Il diluvio.
Il Divo Il Divo, Italian for "divine male performer", is an international operatic pop vocal group created by pop impresario Simon Cowell, and signed to the Sony BMG music label. Il Divo is formed by singers Carlos MarĂ­n, Urs BĂĽhler, David Miller, and SĂ©bastien Izambard.
Il Dottore Il Dottore or the Doctor (usually called Dottore Balanzone, Dottore Baloardo, or Dottore Graziano) is a commedia dell'arte stock character, one of the vecchio or old men whose function in a scenario is to be an obstacle to the young lovers.
Il Est LĂ  Il Est LĂ  (English translation: "He's There") was the second French entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1956 (the only occasion on which Contest rules allowed two entries per country), performed in French by Dany Dauberson.
Il fiore delle mille e una notte Il fiore delle Mille e una notte (The Flower of the One Thousand and One Nights) is a 1974 Italian film directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini and is based on The Book of One Thousand and One Nights. The lead was played by young Sicilian Franco Merli who had been discovered for this film by Pasolini.
Il Faut Du Temps (Je Me Battrai Pour Ça) Il Faut Du Temps (Je Me Battrai Pour Ça) (English translation: "It Takes Time (I Will Fight For That)") was the French entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002, performed in French by Sandrine François.
Il Giardino Armonico Il Giardino Armonico is a pioneering Italian early music ensemble founded in Milan in 1985 by Luca Pianca and Giovanni Antonini, primarily to play 17th and 18th century music on period instruments. Il Giardino Armonico performs with prominent soloists such as the mezzosoprano Cecilia Bartoli, duo pianists Katia and Marielle Labèque and cellist Christophe Coin and its recordings, issued by Teldec, have met with honors including the Gramophone and Grammy awards.
Il Giornale Il Giornale is a daily newspaper published in Milan, Italy. Characterized from its birth by strong opposition to the left-wing parties of its time, il Giornale was founded in 1974 by Indro Montanelli, who did not support the new progressive line adopted by Corriere della Sera, where he was one of the historic names.
Il Kim Il Kim (born July 25, 1971) is a North Korean wrestler who won Olympic gold medals in men's freestyle wrestling, light flyweight ( He won silver at the 1991 World Championships. In 2006, he was inducted into the Federation Internationale de Luttes Associees Hall of Fame.
Il me reste un pays "Il me reste un pays" ("There is still a country for me") is a song written by Gilles Vigneault and Gaston Rochon. Along with several other Vigneault songs, such as Gens du pays and Mon Pays, it has become very popular in Quebec.
Il mondo della luna Il mondo della luna (The World in the Moon) is a comic opera by Joseph Haydn with a libretto by Carlo Goldoni, first performed at Eszterháza, Hungary on 3 August, 1777. It was written for the wedding celebrations of Count Nicolaus Eszterházy.
Il Manifesto il manifesto (Italian for "The Manifesto") is an Italian communist newspaper. It was founded as a monthly review in 1969 by a collective of left-wing journalists engaged in the wave of critical thought and activity on the Italian left in that period.
Il Mare Il Mare (시월애, siworae) is a South Korean film made in 2000, starring Jun Ji-hyun and Lee Jung-Jae. The title, Il Mare, means 'The Sea' in Italian, and is the name of the seaside house which is the setting of the story.
Il Muto Il Muto is a fictional opera by Albrizzo, within the musical The Phantom of the Opera, just as Hannibal and Don Juan are operas inside the show. Il Muto is featured in the scene in which the Phantom hangs Joseph Buquet.
Il nuovo dizionario filippino Il nuovo dizionario filippino (English: The New Filipino Dictionary) is a bidirectional Italian-Filipino dictionary written and edited by Dominador Limeta, and the first of its kind ever published. As it is still in its first edition, there exist quite a few pronunciation key inconsistencies, particularly in the indication of closed and open vowels sounds, and errors in the introductory grammar pages, such as ‘energe’ being given as the plural form of energia.
Il Notte Del Terrore Le Notti del terrore (also known as Burial Ground: The Nights of Terror) is a 1981 grindhouse horror film directed by Andrea Bianchi. It concerns a group of socialites who are accosted by zombies at a castle in Tuscany, and their unsuccessful efforts to survive.
Il Paese del Sesso Selvaggio Il Paese del Sesso Selvaggio (1972), better known as The Man from the Deep River in North America or Deep River Savages in Europe, is an Italian exploitation film directed by Umberto Lenzi. It is perhaps best known for popularizing the cannibal genre of Italian exploitation cinema during the late 70s and early 80s.
Il Palazzo is the codename of a fictional character in the Excel Saga anime, and the manga upon which it is based. Italian for "the Palace," "Il Palazzo" is the name of a large hotel in Tokyo, as noted by Excel in the preview for the anime's episode seven.
Il Penseroso Il Penseroso is a famous pastoral poem by Milton, written in 1633. The poem is in praise of the contemplative, withdrawn life of study, philosophy, thought and meditation, and is a counterpiece to L'Allegro, which praises the more cheerful sides of life and literature.
Il Popolo d'Italia Il Popolo d'Italia (The People of Italy), was a newspaper founded by Benito Mussolini on November 15, 1914. Il Popolo d'Italia would run until July 24, 1943 and would become the foundation for the Fascist movement in Italy after WWI.
Il Postino Il Postino is a 1994 Italian language film directed by Michael Radford which tells the story of real-life Chilean poet Pablo Neruda and his relationship with a simple postman who learns to love poetry. It stars Philippe Noiret, Massimo Troisi and Maria Grazia Cucinotta.
Il Posto Il Posto is an introspective, meditative 1961 post-neorealist film directed by Ermanno Olmi. By illustrating its protagonist's inner turmoil, the film explores the fate of introverted, meek, northern Italian peasants at the height of the nation's rapid postwar urbanization and modernization.
Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria (The Return of Ulysses to His Country) is an opera (dramma per musica) in a prologue and three acts by Claudio Monteverdi to an Italian libretto by Giacomo Badoaro, based on the final portion of Homer's Odyssey. It was first performed at the Teatro di SS Giovanni e Paolo in Venice in February 1640.
Il Redentore Il Redentore, more properly Chiesa del Santissimo Redentore (Church of the Most Holy Redeemer), is Andrea Palladio's great domed church on Giudecca, one of the islands of Venice. Located on the waterfront of the Canale della Giudecca, it dominates the skyline of the island.
Il Risorgimento Il Risorgimento ("The Resurgence" in Italian) was a liberal, nationalist newspaper founded in Turin 15 December 1847 by Count Camillo Benso di Cavour and Cesare Balbo, who was a backbone of the "neo-Guelph" party that saw in future a rejuvenated Italy under a republican government with a papal presidency—ideas with which Cavour did not agree; they were soon joined by Pietro di Santa Rosa and Michelangelo Castelli, who soon assumed the position of vice-director. The atmosphere generated by a relaxing of stringent press control made the newspaper viable.
Il segreto di Susanna Il segreto di Susanna (English: Susanna's Secret, German: Susannens Geheimnis) is an intermezzo in one act by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari to an Italian libretto by Enrico Golisciani. It was first performed at the Hoftheater, Munich on December 4, 1909.
Il Silenzio (Bonsoir mon amour) (album) This album of Dalida was the comeback to a more successful career (her last big hit was the 1962's "Le petit Gonzalès"). It contains her success "Il Silenzio (Bonsoir mon amour)", "Scandale dans la famille" and the Greek oriented "La danse de Zorba" (her singing version of "Zorbas" by Mikis Theodorakis for the 1964's movie Zorba the Greek).
Il talismano della felicitĂ  Il talismano della felicitĂ  (The Talisman of Happiness in English) by Ada Boni is a well-known Italian cookbook originally published in 1929. It is believed to be the first Italian cookbook specifically targeted to housewives, and along with the work of Pellegrino Artusi and Il cucchiaio d'argento is considered one of the defining bibles of the Italian kitchen.
Il teatro alla moda Il teatro alla moda (The Fashionable Theater) is a satirical pamphlet where its author, the Venetian composer Benedetto Marcello (1686-1739), vents his critical opinions on the milieu of the Italian opera seria in the first decades of the eighteenth century. It was first published anonymously in Venice, by the end of 1720.
Il tempo della semina Il tempo della semina ("The seed-time") is a progressive rock album released in 1992 by Italian band Biglietto per l'inferno. The songs were actually recorded in 1975, but after Trident Records, the band's label, went bankrupt, the album was never released.
Il trittico Il trittico (The Triptych) is the title to a collection of three one-act operas, Il tabarro, Suor Angelica, and Gianni Schicchi, by Giacomo Puccini. The work received its world premiere at the Metropolitan Opera on December 14, 1918.
Il trovatore Il Trovatore (The Troubadour) is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Leone Emanuele Bardare and Salvatore Cammarano, based on the play El Trobador by Antonio García Gutiérrez. First performance: Teatro Apollo, Rome, January 19, 1853.
Il viaggio a Reims Il viaggio a Reims, ossia L'albergo del giglio d'oro (The Journey to Reims, or The Hotel of the Golden Fleur-de-lis) is an operatic dramma giocoso in one act by Gioacchino Rossini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Balocchi, based in part on Corinne, ou L'Italie by Mme de Staël.
Il Vernacoliere Il Vernacoliere is an old Italian satirical monthly magazine rooted in Livorno, Tuscany. While it began in the late 1960's as a purely vernacular magazine (called "Livornocronaca" until 1982), it slowly but steadily became famous beyond the borders of the Livorno province, and it is now read in most northern and central Italy.
Il y a un sorcier Ă  Champignac Il y a un sorcier Ă  Champignac by Franquin, is the second album of the Spirou et Fantasio series, and the first to tell a long intricate story in what would become the Spirou tradition, in contrast to the previous short format stories. After appearing in segments in Le Journal de Spirou, it was released as a complete hardcover album in 1951.
Il-214 The Il-214 or the HAL Multirole Transport Aircraft (MTA) is an aircraft being developed by Irkut of Russia and HAL of India. It is a transport aircraft designed to perform multiple duties for the air forces of both countries.
Il-Kunsill Nazzjonali ta' l-Ilsien Malti Il-Kunsill Nazzjonali ta' l-Ilsien Malti (The National Council for the Maltese Language) was set up on April 2005 after the passage of a Bill in the Maltese Parliament. Its work is to regulate new words coming into Maltese and promote the standard Maltese language in education and other new sectors.
Il-yeon Il-yeon or Iryeon (1206-1289) was a Buddhist monk and Enlightened National Preceptor (보각국사, 普覺國師) during the Goryeo Dynasty of Korea. His birth name was Kim Gyeong-myeong (金景明), and his courtesy name was Hoe-yeon (晦然).
Ila Borders Ila Borders (born February 18, 1975, La Mirada, California, USA), was the first woman pitcher to start a men's professional baseball game, as well as the first woman to pitch in a men's college baseball game. In 1997, she signed with the St.
Ila Mitra Ila Mitra (Bangla: ইলা মিত্র) (1925-2002) was a legendary peasants movement organizer of the Indian Subcontinent, especially in Bengal (now Bangladesh). She was born to an upper middleclass Bengali family in Kolkata on 18 October,1925.
Ila, Nigeria Ìlá Òràngún, (or Ila) is an ancient city in Nigeria that was capital of an ancient city-state of the same name in the Igbomina area of Yorubaland in southwestern Nigeria. Ìlá Òràngún is the more populous sister-city (and sister-kingdom) of Òkè-Ìlá Òràngún located about 7.
Ila, Trondheim Ila is an area of Trondheim, Norway just west of the city centre, Midtbyen, limited by the river Nidelva in the south, Skansen in the north and Steinberget, Bymarka and Ilsvikøra in the west. The area is mostly residential, with some industry and commerce.
Ilag Ilag is an abbreviation of the German word Internierunslager. They were Internment camps established by the German Army in World War II to hold Allied civilians, caught in areas that were occupied by the German Army.
Ilagan, Isabela Ilagan is a 1st class municipality in the province of Isabela, Philippines. It is the capital municipality and second largest town of Isabela (in land area), located at the junction of the Cagayan and Abuluan Rivers.
Ilahn of Cadador Ilahn of Cadador is a fictional character, the former Minister of the floating-island city-state of Cadador on the planet Demetria, in the Sigilverse of the comic book series Meridian, published by Crossgen Comics.
Ilam District Ilam district, a part of Mechi zone, is one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal, a landlocked country of South Asia. The district, with Ilam as its district headquarters, covers an area of 1,703 sq km and has a population (2001) of 282,806.
Ilama (fruit) The Ilama (also known as the tree of the Ilama, Latin Annona diversifolia) is a tropical fruit tree found in Central America. The name is derived from the Spanish from the Nahuatl ilamatzapotl whose rough translation is 'old woman's sapote'.
Ilan Mitchell-Smith Ilan Mitchell-Smith (born June 29 1969 in New York City) is a post-Doctoral Lecturer of English at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas, but is best known as an actor and co-star of the movie Weird Science (1985).
Ilan Ramon Ilan Ramon (Hebrew: אילן רמון) (June 20, 1954 – February 1, 2003) was a combat pilot in the Israeli Air Force and later the first Israeli astronaut. Ramon was the space shuttle payload specialist of STS-107 (Columbia) who was killed along with the rest of the shuttle's crew when it disintegrated during reentry into the Earth's atmosphere.
Ilan Stavans Ilan Stavans (born Ilan Stavchansky on April 7, 1961, in Mexico City) is a prominent American intellectual, essayist, lexicographer, cultural commentator, translator, short-story author, TV personality, teacher, and man of letters widely known for his insights into American, Hispanic, and Jewish cultures.
Ilan Volkov Ilan Volkov (born 1976, Israel) is an orchestral conductor. His formative years were spent with the conductor Mendi Rodan at the Rubin Academy of Music in Jerusalem, before continuing at the Royal Academy of Music in London.
Ilana Berger Ilana Berger (born December 31, 1965) is a former tennis player from Israel, who competed for her native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. She won seven singles titles in the ITF Women's Circuit, and reached her highest individual ranking on the WTA Tour on August 10, 1992, when she became the number 149 of the world.
Ilango Adigal Ilango Adigal was a great tamil poet, who was instrumental in the creation of silappathikaram, one of the five great epics of South India. Prince Ilango Adigal was the brother of the Chera king Cheran Chenguttuvan (in modern day Kerala), in South India.
Ilanit Ilanit (* september 17 1947 in Tel Aviv, Israel) is a female Israeli singer that represented her country twice in the Eurovision Song Contest. In 1973 she first took part in Luxembourg where she reached the 4th position with the song "Ey Sham" ("Somewhere").
Ilanz Ilanz (Romansch Glion) is a city in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. It is known within Switzerland as being the first town on the Rhine—the Rhine headwaters gather here to become the valley of the Vorderrhein.
Ilaria Graziano Ilaria Graziano (also known as "ILA", born in Naples, Italy) is an Italian singer and vocalist. She gained popularity with the release of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex and the subsequent original soundtrack, written by composer Yoko Kanno.
Ilario Pantano Ilario Pantano (born 1971 in New York City) is a former United States Marine Corps second lieutenant who was accused of premeditated murder in the killing of two Iraqi civilians on April 14, 2004. A military tribunal exonerated Pantano, who maintained he had shot the men as they approached him in a threatening fashion.
Ilarion Makariopolski Ilarion Makariopolski (), born Stoyan Stoyanov Mihaylovski (Стоян Стоянов Михайловски) (1812–1875) was a 19th-century Bulgarian cleric and one of the leaders of the struggle for an autonomous Bulgarian church.
Ilayathambi Tharsini Ilayathambi Tharsini, also spelled Ilaiyathamby Tharshini (1985-2005) was a Tamil woman on Sri Lanka who was raped and murdered, allegedly by Sri Lanka Navy forces, thus triggering protests and attacks from various Tamil groups.
Ilıca Ilıca (pronounced Ylydja) means spa, spa town, hot springs in Turkish and is the name of several localities as listed below in Turkey. The words Kaplıca (kaplydja) or Kaynardja (kaynardja; as in the Treaty of Kucuk Kaynarca) are synonyms of the word, ılıca.
Ilıca, Manavgat Ilıca is a small town 3km inland from the beach resort of Kumköy, near Side, on the "Turkish Riviera". The centre of Ilıca has a rural village character with old stone houses built around a central square.
Ilısu Dam Campaign The Ilısu Dam Campaign is a UK based campaign working to stop the construction of the Ilısu Dam on the river Tigris in south east Turkey. The construction plans for the dam would lead to the flooding of about 300 square kilometers and would displace between 25,000 and 78,000 people, mainly Kurds, in the Hasankeyf district of the Batman province.
Ilda Figueiredo Maria Ilda da Costa Figueiredo (born 30 October, 1948 in Troviscal) is a Portuguese politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Portuguese Communist Party; part of the European United Left–Nordic Green Left group.
Ildar Garifullin Ildar Garifullin is a former Soviet/Russian nordic combined skier who competed in the early 1980's. He won a bronze medal in the 3 x 10 km team event at the 1984 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Rovaniemi.
Ildefons Cerdà Ildefons Cerdà i Sunyer (in Catalan) or Ildefonso Cerdá Suñer (in Spanish) (December 23, 1815 - August 21, 1876) was the progressive Catalan urban planner who designed the 19th-century "extension" of Barcelona called Eixample (in Catalan) or Ensanche (in Spanish).
Ildeniz Shams al-Din Ildeniz or EldigĂĽz (died c. 1175-6) was an atabek of Azerbaijan and founder of the Atabegs of Azerbaijan dynasty which held sway over Arran (Azerbaijan), and most of northwestern Persia from the second half of the 12th century to the early decades of the 13th.
Ilderton, Ontario Ilderton is a community in Middlesex Centre, just outside the city of London, Ontario. It is located along Middlesex County Road 16 (Ilderton Road) to the west of Highway 4 (Richmond Street), at the junction of Middlesex County Road 20 (Hyde Park Road).
Ildibad Ildibad (Sometimes rendered Hildebad or Heldebadus) (d. 541) was a king of the Ostrogoths in Italy, being chosen to replace Witiges, who had been engaged in complicated schemes with Belisarius and had left Ravenna.
Ildjarn Ildjarn was a raw black metal solo project from Norway that features themes such as reverence for nature and hatred of humanity. The man behind Ildjarn is Vidar Vaaer, known to some as only "Ildjarn".
Ileal conduit urinary diversion An ileal conduit urinary diversion is a surgically-created urinary diversion used to create a way for the body to store and eliminate urine for patients who have had their urinary bladders removed as a result of bladder cancer or pelvic exenteration.
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (also known as Ileana Ros; born July 15 1952) is a Republican United States Representative from Florida's 18th district (map), having held that office since 1989. She was born in Havana, Cuba, was educated at Florida International University and was a member of the Florida House of Representatives and the Florida Senate before entering the House.
Ilebo Ilebo, formerly known as Port-Francqui, is a town in the Democratic Republic of Congo, lying at the highest navigable point of the KasaĂŻ River. As such, it is an important transport hub for ferries to Kinshasa and trains to Lubumbashi.
Ileborgh Tablature Ileborgh Tablature (1448) contains five preludes for organ. These represent the earliest type of idiomatic keyboard music as distinct from types influenced by dance music and vocal music in 15th century music.
Ileje Ileje is one of the 8 districts of the Mbeya Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the North by the Mbeya Urban and Rungwe Districts, to the East by the Kyela District, to the Northwest by the Mbozi District and to the South by Zambia and Malawi.
Ilek River The Ilek River is a tributary of the Ural River and lies in the Orenburg Oblast in Russia and Republic of Kazakhstan. Two main cities lie on the banks of the Ilek River: Alga and Aqtöbe (alternate spelling: Aktöbe, Aktyubinsk).
Ilemela Ilemela District is one of the 8 districts of the Mwanza Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the North by the Nyamagana District, to the South and East by the Misungwi District and to the West by Lake Victoria.
Ilene Chaiken Ilene Chaiken is the creator, writer and executive producer of the television series The L Word. Chaiken had previously written the screenplay "Barb Wire" (1996), and the television movies "Dirty Pictures" (2000), and "Damaged Care" (2002) before the success of The L Word raised her profile.
Ileo-anal pouch An ileo-anal pouch, sometimes referred to as a j-pouch, s-pouch, w-pouch or an internal pouch, is an internal reservoir; usually situated where the rectum would normally be. It is formed by folding loops of small intestine (the ileum) back on themselves and stitching or stapling them together.
Iles Braghetto Illes Braghetto (born March 9, 1953) is an Italian politician and a Member of the European Parliament. He is vice-chairman of the Committee on Fisheries and a member of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, the delegation for relations with Iran, and the delegation for relations with Canada.
Iles de Los The Iles de Los are an island group lying off Conakry in Guinea. There are three main islands: Tamara (or Fortoba’) and Kassa bracket Roume, while Coraille, Blanche and Cabris are smaller islands to the south.
Ilex guayusa Ilex guayusa, commonly known as "guayusa", is a tree of the holly genus, native to the Ecuadorian Amazon Rainforest. It is a distant relative of both Yerba Mate and Yaupon Holly (the plant used to make the "black drink").
Ilf and Petrov Ilya Ilf (Ilya Arnoldovich Faynzilberg, 1897–1937) and Evgeny or Yevgeny Petrov (Yevgeniy Petrovich Kataev or Katayev, 1903–1942) were two Soviet prose authors of the 1920s and 1930s. They did much of their writing together, and are almost always referred to as "Ilf and Petrov".
Ilfochrome Ilfochrome, formerly known as Cibachrome, is a dye destruction positive-to-positive photographic process used for the reproduction of slides on photographic paper. The prints are made on a dimensionally stable tri-acetate polyester base, essentially a plastic base opposed to traditional paper base.
Ilford Photo Ilford Photo is a maker of photographic films, paper, and chemicals, which was founded in 1879 by Alfred Hugh Harman as Britannia Works. Initially making photographic plates, it grew to occupy a large site in the centre of Ilford.
Ilford railway station Ilford station is a suburban railway station in the London Borough of Redbridge. Services are now operated by 'one', having previously been operated by First Great Eastern, and most trains stopping at Ilford run between Shenfield and Liverpool Street.
Ilfov County Ilfov () is the county that surrounds Bucharest, the capital of Romania. It used to be largely rural, but after the fall of communism, many of the county's villages and communes developed into high-income commuter towns, which act like suburbs or satellites of Bucharest.

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