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JELD-WEN JELD-WEN is a corporation, headquartered in Klamath Falls, Oregon, which manufactures building products including doors, windows, garage doors, and related accessories. The company also owns several distribution subsidiaries, and operates several resort properties.
JEMP Records JEMP Records is a record label formed at the beginning of 2005 by the Phish Organization in Burlington, VT, specializing in archival releases from the defunct jamband Phish. The label's first release was a 3-CD recording of Phish's performance on December 31, 1995 at Madison Square Garden in New York, New York.
JERRVs Joint EOD rapid response vehicles (JERRVs) are manned or unmanned vehicles that target explosive ordnance devices (EODs) in war zones. JERRVs may be more resistant to the effects of EODs than soft armored vehicles like US Humvees.
JERS-1 The Japanese Earth Resources Satellite (1) was launched in 1992 by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (called at the time NASDA). It carried three instruments - an L-band (HH polarization) synthetic aperture radar (SAR), a nadir pointing optical camera (OPS), and a side looking optical camera (AVNIR).
JET Programme The Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme (JET) is a Japanese government initiative that brings college (university) graduates—mostly native speakers of English—to Japan as Assistant Language Teachers (ALTs), Assistant Cultural Exchange Teachers (ACETs) and Sports Education Advisors (SEAs) in Japanese elementary, junior high and high schools, or as Coordinators for International Relations (CIRs) in local governments and boards of education. JET Programme participants are collectively called JETs.
JEVS Human Services JEVS Human Services is a not-for-profit, nonsectarian social service agency based in Philadelphia in the United States. Its aim is to enhance clients' employability and self-sufficiency through a broad range of education, training, health and rehabilitation programs.
JF-17 Thunder The Joint Fighter-17 (JF-17) Thunder, also known as the Fighter China-1 (FC-1) Fierce Dragon in China, is a single-seat multirole fighter aircraft co-developed by Pakistan and China. It is expected to be introduced into the Pakistan Air Force in March 2007.
JFace JFace is defined by the Eclipse project as "a UI toolkit that provides helper classes for developing UI features that can be tedious to implement." It is a layer that sits on top of the raw widget system, and provides classes for handling common UI programming tasks.
JFA (band) JFA (Jodie Foster's Army) is a punk rock band, born in 1981 out of Arizona and Southern California skateboard culture. The original members include Brian Brannon (vocals), Don "Redondo" Pendleton (guitar), Michael Cornelius (bass), and Mike "Bam-Bam" Sversvold (drums).
JFK (film) JFK is an American film directed by Oliver Stone, first released on December 20, 1991, which dramatizes the 1967 to 1969 investigation led by New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison (played by Kevin Costner) as he investigates the assassination of President Kennedy. The film was adapted by Oliver Stone and Zachary Sklar from the books On the Trail of the Assassins by Jim Garrison and Crossfire: The Plot That Killed Kennedy by Jim Marrs.
JFK Express The JFK Express, advertised as The Train to The Plane, was a premium-fare service of the New York City Subway, connecting midtown Manhattan to Howard Beach–JFK Airport on the IND Rockaway Line, where a bus connected to John F. Kennedy International Airport.
Jgrasp jGRASP is a lightweight development environment, created specifically to provide automatic generation of software visualizations to improve the comprehensibility of software. jGRASP is implemented in Java, and runs on all platforms with a Java Virtual Machine (Java version 1.
JG Motorsports JG Motorsports was the Jeff Gordon/Rick Hendrick co-owned race team that attempted 20 races in the NASCAR Busch Series in the year 2000. The team ran sixteen races with Ricky Hendrick as driver and did not qualify for five of the sixteen.
Jhalak Man Gandarbha Jhalak Man Gandarbha (1935 - November 23, 2003) is one of the most significant Nepali folk singers. He is popular for Gaine Geet or Gandarbha Sangeet, a popular type of folk song sang only by the Gaine or Gandarbha ethnic group of Nepal.
Jhalawar district Jhalawar District has an area of 6928 km², and a population of 1,180,342 (2001 census). The district lies in the Hadoti region of Rajasthan,state and is bounded on the northwest by Kota District, on the northeast by Baran District, and on the east, south, and west by Madhya Pradesh state.
Jhanda Singh Dhillon Maharaja Jhanda Singh Dhillon (Died 1774), was a famous royal Sikh warrior of the late 18th century. Moreover, he was Maharaja of Amritsar, Lahore, Multan, Chiniot, Jhang, Bhera, Rawalpindi, Hasan Abdal, Sialkot and Gujrat.
Jhangochi Jhangochi is the oldest and most conservative dialect of the Punjabi language. It is spoken throughout a widespread area, starting from Khanewal and Jhang at both ends of Ravi and Chenab to Gujranwala district.
Jhapa District Jhapa district, a part of Mechi zone, is one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal, a landlocked country of South Asia. The district, with Chandragadhi as its district headquarters, covers an area of 1,606 km² and has a population (2001) of 688,109.
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (B) Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (B), a political party in India 1980-1990. JMM(B) was formed when JMM leader Binod Behari Mahato, following the decision by the JMM to contest elections in alliance with Indian National Congress.
Jhatka Jhatka (literally, killed with a jerk, or hacked) meat, as opposed to kosher or halal, is meat in which the animal has been killed quickly without suffering or religious ritual. Some Hindu's (Rajput's and Kshatriya's) and Sikh religion prescribe Jhatka meat.
Jhaveri Jhaveri is a common Indian surname or last name, typically but not always from the region of Gujarat. The name is common amongst Gujarati Jains, and in the language of Gujarati the name literally means 'appraiser of precious stones'.
Jhelum River Jehlum River or Jhelum River (Punjabi: Shahmukhi: دریاۓ جہلم, Gurmukhi: ਜੇਹਲਮ) is the largest and most western of the five rivers of Punjab, and passes through Jhelum District. It is a tributary of the Indus River.
Jheri curl The Jheri curl (often incorrectly spelled Jerry curl and/or Jeri Curl) was a hairstyle common and popular in the African American community in the early to mid-1980s. Invented and named for Jheri Redding, the Jheri Curl gave the wearer a glossy, loosely curled look.
Jheri Curls The Jheri Curls were a Dominican gang which was active in the Washington Heights, Manhattan neighborhood of New York City in the early 1990s. Taking their moniker, and coiffures, from the Jheri curl hairstyle that was of waning popularity in the United States during the time, the gang ran a major cocaine trafficking operation in upper Manhattan which was ultimately based out of an apartment complex on W.
Jhiaxus Jhiaxus (pronounced gee-axe-us) was a fictional character in the Marvel Comics's Transformers: Generation 2 comic. He was the Cybertronian leader (or more appropriately, warlord) of the second-generation Decepticons.
Jhoole Lal In the beginning of 11th century, Mirkh Shah the fanatical ruler of Thatta in Sindh, a province of Pakistan since 1947; ordered the Hindus to embrace Islam. Hindus collected en masse at the bank of Sindhu Nandi and prayed to Lord Vishnu's Avatar of water God Varun Deva for a savior.
Jhva Elohim Meth Jhva Elohim Meth which means "God is dead," a quote from Friedrich Nietzsche's The Gay Science, is the first official release by Katatonia. It was released in July 1992 and was limited to 500 copies of which 300 were blue, 100 transparent and 100 red.
JHBuild JHBuild is a program that can be used to pull a number of modules from CVS, git, svn, arch, bzr, darcs, or tarballs and build them in the correct order. Unlike some build scripts, JHBuild lets you specify what modules you want built and it will then go and build those modules plus dependencies.
JHDL JHDL (Just-Another Hardware Description Language) is a low level hardware description language, focused primarily on building circuits via an Object Oriented approach that bundles collections of gates into Java objects. Implemented as a toolset and class library on top of the Java programming language, its primary use is for the design of FPGAs.
JHOVE JHOVE (JSTOR/Harvard Object Validation Environment) - pronounced "jove" - is a joint project of JSTOR and the Harvard University Library to develop an extensible framework for format validation. JHOVE is a format-specific digital object validation API written in Java.
Ji (halberd) The Ji (), the Chinese halberd, was used as a military weapon in one form or another from at least as early as the Shang dynasty until the end of the Qing dynasty. They are still used for training purposes by many Chinese martial arts.
Ji (surname) Ji (姬 jī in Chinese) is the family name of the family in control of the Zhou Dynasty (周朝 late 10th century BC to late 9th century - 256 BC) (Wade-Giles Chou Dynasty), which followed the Shang Dynasty and preceded the Qin Dynasty in China.
Ji Jin Hee Ji Jin Hee (June 24, 1973) or Jin Hee Ji is a South Korean actor best known for his roles as lead actor in various South Korean drama series, which includes Miss Kim's Adventures in Making a Million, Love Letter, Spring Day, and the highly popular and successful, Dae Jang Geum. His first known drama series was Four Sisters with the actress Park Chae-rim.
Ji Min Kim Ji Min Kim is a fictional character in the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless, portrayed since October 4, 2006, by actor Eric Steinberg. Initially the character, who pretends to be the owner of House Of Kim, was only a recurring guest, but was soon upped to contract status.
Ji Seung-Hwan Ji Seung-Hwan (born September 16, 1974) is a field hockey player from South Korea, who was a member of the Men's National Team that won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. In the final the Asians were beaten by title holders The Netherlands after penalty strokes.
Ji Shengde Ji Shengde (姬勝德) was a major-general in charge of military intelligence in the People's Liberation Army of the People's Republic of China until June 1999 when he was removed from his post after being implicated in a smuggling scandal centered on the Fujian port of Xiamen. Originally Ji was sentenced to death by President Jiang Zemin in mid-2000, but a compromise sentence of 20 years in jail was eventually reached.
Ji Sung Ji Sung (sometimes Ji Seong; real name Kwak Tae-gun) is a South Korean actor, born on February 27, 1977. He is best known for his roles in popular drama series such as Save the Last Dance for Me and Sunshine Hunting.
Ji Xiao An Ji Xiao An (吉小安) was born in August of 1957, is the chairman of the board of the Beijing Hualian Group (北京华联集团). In addition to being chairman of Beijing Hualian, he also has ties to the National Industrial Development Co.
Ji-Lu Mandarin Ji Lu Mandarin () is a Mandarin dialect spoken in the Chinese provinces of Hebei and Shandong. Despite these areas being quite close Beijing, Ji Lu sounds very different from Beijing dialect, which is the basis for Standard Mandarin, the standard Chinese spoken language.
Ji-samurai The , also known as , were lords of smaller rural domains in feudal Japan. They often used their relatively small plots of land for intensive and diversified forms of agriculture; the kokujin sought to be as productive and self-sufficient as possible, hoping to gain wealth and power.
Jia Baoyu Jia Baoyu (賈寶玉) is the name of the principal character of the classical Chinese novel Dream of the Red Chamber, also known as the Story of the Stone. Baoyu was born with the magical jade stone of the book's title in his mouth.
Jia Fan Jia Fan was an officer serving the Kingdom of Wei during the Three Kingdoms Period of ancient China. Jia Fan at one time incurred the wrath of his rebel lord, Gongsun Yuan and ended up being executed after his advice against pretending to be the King of Yan.
Jia Chunwang Jia Chunwang has been Procurator-general of the Supreme People's Procuratorate since March 2003, a post equivalent to Attorney General in the USA. Jia was born in Beijing in 1938 and served several important posts before reaching the position.
Jia Kenmin Jia Kenmin is an Asian-American inmate on the HBO drama Oz played by Michael Delmare. Imprisoned on drug charges, he also is tried in federal court for arranging a horrid ship ride that brought over some illegal aliens from China.
Jia Qinglin Jia Qinglin () (born March 1940, Botou, Hebei Province) is the fourth ranking member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China, and the Chairman of the People's Political Consultative Conference. Jia's functions as the head of China's consultive legislative body are largely ceremonial in nature.
Jia Xu Jia Xu (賈詡) (147 - 224 AD), styled Wenhe (文和), was an important strategist and advisor in the Three Kingdoms era of China, who has followed Dong Zhuo, Li Jue and Zhang Xiu before finally joining Cao Cao. After Cao Cao's death, he served his successor, Cao Pi.
Jiahu Jiahu (賈湖) was the site of a Neolithic Yellow River settlement based in the central plains of ancient China, modern Wuyang, Henan Province. Archaeologists consider the site to be one of the earliest examples of the Peiligang culture.
Jiahu Script Jiahu script refers the markings on prehistoric artifacts found in Jiahu, a neolithic culture found in Henan, China. Dated to 6600 BC, some achaeologists believe the markings to be a writing system related to the Oracle bone script, while others doubt that the markings represent writing at all.
Jiajie In Written Chinese, jiajie (假借 pinyin:jiǎjiè "borrow; make use of") is the practice of using the character for one word to write another homophonous or near-homophonous word. Sometimes the practice is referred as phonetic loan character, but such a naming can be misleading as jiajie is a way of using characters, not a type of characters.
Jiak Chuan Road Jiak Chuan Road (Chinese: 若泉路) is a two-way road in Chinatown within the Outram Planning Area in Singapore. The road links Teck Lim Road to Keong Saik Road, it is home to several budget hotels and rows of shophouses.
Jian Li Jian Li (, born 1988 in the People's Republic of China) is a Chinese American undergraduate student at Yale University. Li, who holds Chinese citizenship, is a US permanent resident, having immigrated with his family to the United States at age 4.
Jian Min Tao Jianmin (Jian Min Tao, Tao Jian Min) is a master of Chen-style Tai Chi in the SEGA/FREE/Action/Adventure/Video game series, Shenmue 2. He was taught Chen-style Tai Chi by his long-term friend, Guixang Lee, who lives in the Yan Tin Apartments in the South Carmain QR.
Jian Seng The Jian Seng is a ghost ship, an 80 meter tanker of unknown origin that was spotted drifting 180km south-west of Weipa, Queensland in the Gulf of Carpentaria by an Australian Coastwatch aeroplane in 2006. Photographs were taken and analysed at the Australian Customs Service, who dispatched the Australian Customs vessel Storm Bay immediately.
Jian Wang Jian Wang is a contemporary artist whose work is in private and public collections throughout the world. Under the tutelage of legendary artists such as Wayne Theibaud, Manuel Neri, and David Hollowell, Jian's artwork fuses traditional craftsmanship with contemporary sensibility.
Jiang Chunyun Jiang Chunyun is vice-chairman of the Standing Committee of the Ninth National People's Congress. Jiang was born in Laixi county, Shandong province, April 1930, and started work in 1946; he joined Communist Party of China in February 1947.
Jiang Lijun Jiang Lijun (Chinese: 姜力钧, b. 1965) is a Chinese freelance writer who has been detained by the Chinese government since November 2002 for posting articles on the Internet which the government considered subversive.
Jiang Ping Jiang Ping (Chinese character: 江平; Pinyin: Jiāng Píng; 1930 - ) is a legal scholar in China. He was the President of China University of Political Science and Law, and a member of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress.
Jiang Qing Lǐ Shūméng, known under various other names, including the stage name Lan Ping (Chinese: 蓝苹), but most prominently known as Jiang Qing, and commonly referred to as Madame Mao, () (March 1914 ~ May 14, 1991), was the third wife of Chairman Mao Zedong of the People's Republic of China. Jiang Qing was most famous for leading the chaos in the Cultural Revolution and forming the Gang of Four.
Jiang Shu Jiang Shu (蔣舒) was an officer of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms Period of China. Following certain orders from Jiang Wei, Jiang Shu joined up with Fu Qian in the defense of Yangping Pass during the Campaign against Wei.
Jiang Tingxi Jiang Tingxi (Traditional Chinese: 蔣廷錫; Simplified Chinese: 蒋廷锡; Hanyu Pinyin: Jiǎng Tíngxí Wade-Giles: Chiang T'ing-hsi) (1669-1732) was a chinese painter, and an editor of the encyclopedia Gujin tushu jicheng (Complete Collection of Ancient and Modern Writings and Charts).
Jiang Wei Jiang Wei (姜維, Wade-Giles: Chiang Wei, 202-264), courtesy name Boyue (伯約), was a general and later (arguable) regent of Shu Han during the reign of its second emperor Liu Shan. He was originally a Cao Wei middle level army officer, but joined the Shu Han regent Zhuge Liang on Zhuge's first northern expedition against Cao Wei in 228.
Jiang Weiping Jiang Weiping is a Chinese journalist and whistleblower, who was jailed in 2000 for violating the State Secrets Law on charges of "subversion." On January 3, 2006, Weping was released after his prison sentence, due to expire in a year, was commuted.
Jiang Wenhao Jiang Wenhao () (born December 3, 1965) was a PLAAF pilot who defected to Taiwan. Jiang the first Chinese pilot who successfully defected after the Tiananmen Square protest of 1989, and he was also the first Chinese pilot who defected to Taiwan after the Taiwanese reward for such defection was greatly reduced.
Jiang Yanyong Jiang Yanyong (Traditional Chinese: 蔣彥永, Simplified Chinese: 蒋彦永, Hanyu Pinyin: Jiǎng Yànyǒng, Wade-Giles: Chiang Yen-yung) (born 4 October 1931) is a Chinese physician from Beijing who publicized a coverup of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) epidemic in China. He is a senior member of the Communist Party of China, and as a military doctor holds a rank within the People's Liberation Army which is equivalent to Major General.
Jiang Yiqu Jiang Yiqu was an officer of the Three Kingdoms Period who served under Yuan Shao. Yiqu then met Yuan Shao, who at the time had just lost against Cao Cao at the Battle of Guan Du, in Li Yang during the year of 200.
Jiang Yu Kun Tai Chi Chuan Master Jiang Yu K'un (1913–1980) began his Tai Chi Chuan study in his youth with Han Ch'ing-t'ang. In 1930 he became a formal and later favorite student of grandmaster Yang Chengfu at the Che-Jiang provincial Wu-shu Academy.
Jianghu The Jiānghú (江湖; Cantonese: gong woo) world is the milieu, environment, or sub-community, often fictional, in which many Chinese classical wuxia stories are set. The term can be translated literally as "rivers and lakes".
Jiangling Motors The Jiangling Motors Corporation Limited, abbreviated JMC, is a Chinese automobile manufacturer that is also known by the Landwind brand name in a number of markets. The company has been producing their version of the Ford Transit van in a joint venture with Ford Motor Company since 1997, and in 2005 it started to sell a sport utility vehicle called Landwind on some of the European markets, being the first Chinese company to sell cars in Europe.
Jiangling Tractors Jiangling Tractor Company, a division of Jiangling Motor Company, produces the Lenar tractors for export to the US and Europe. The parent company has been an automotive manufacturer for over thirty years and counts Ford Motor Company and Isuzu Motors as stockholders.
Jiangnan Jiangnan or Jiang Nan (; sometimes spelled Kiang-nan) is a geographic area referring to lands immediately to the south of the lowest reaches of the Yangtze River, including the southern part of the Yangtze Delta. This region is largely Wu-speaking.
Jiangqiao Campaign The Jiangqiao Campaign or Battle Of Jiangqiao occurred after the Mukden Incident, when the Japanese invaded the provinces of Liaoning and Jilin, occupying their major cities and railways. At that time, the Chairman Wan Fulin of Heilongjiang Province was in Peiping, nobody was there to lead the provincial government with the province in a very dangerous situation.
Jiangsu Dragons Jiangsu Nangang Dragons (江苏南钢龙大华) or Jiangsu Dragons or Jiangsu Nangang or Jiangsu Dahua are a basketball team in the South Division of the Chinese Basketball Association, based in Nanjing, Jiangsu.
Jiangxi cuisine Jiangxi cuisine (Chinese: 赣菜 or 江西菜) is derived from the native cooking styles of the Jiangxi region in China. Similar to its neighbors, Jiangxi cuisine has the obvious spicy taste, but due to its geography, fish banquet is also one of the characteristics of Jiangxi cuisine.
Jiangxi Soviet The Jiangxi Soviet, formally called the Chinese Soviet Republic (), also translated as the Soviet Republic of China or the China Soviet Republic, existed from 1931 to 1934, as an independent government established by the Communist leader Mao Zedong and his comrade Zhu De in Jiangxi province in southeastern China. It was from this "small state within a state" that Mao gained the experience in guerrilla warfare and peasant organization that he later used to accomplish the Communist conquest of China in the late 1940s.
Jiankang Jiankang (建康城 in pinyin: Jiànkāng chéng), formerly known as Jianye (建業 Jiànyè) until Eastern Jin Dynasty (317 – 420), was an ancient city in China, located west of present-day Nanjing, in south Jiangning County (江寧縣 Jiāngníng Xiàn). It was during the Sui Dynasty that Jiankang was renamed to Jiangning.
Jianquan Taijiquan Association The Jianquan Taijiquan Association (also spelled as Chien-ch'uan T'ai Chi Ch'uan Association, Chian Chuan Taichi Chuan Association and in Chinese: 鑑泉太極拳社) is a well known school teaching Wu style T'ai Chi Ch'uan.
Jianzhou Jurchens The Jianzhou Jurchens were a grouping of the Jurchens as identified by the Chinese of the Ming Dynasty. They were the southernmost group of the Jurchen people (the other being the Wild Jurchens and Haixi Jurchens) in the fourteenth century, inhabiting modern Jilin province in China.
Jianzi Jianzi (毽子) is a traditional Asian shuttlecock game which originated in ancient China in the Han dynasty. In English, both the sport and the object with which it is played, are referred to as "shuttlecock" or "featherball".
Jiaolong Jiaolong, in Chinese mythology, is the horned dragon, which is one of the nine Chinese dragons. It does not seem to be powerful enough to be able to fly in the sky, and therefore is mainly known to live in sea and the big river.
Jiaotong Jiaotong is the transliteration of the Chinese term 交通 (pinyin: Jiāotōng; Wade-Giles: Chiaotung). In its present daily usage, it means traffic, transportation, and communication, although it also means connectedness and liaison.
Jiaotong University Jiaotong University, Jiao Tong University or Chiao Tung University was the ancestor of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Xi'an Jiao Tong University and National Chiao Tung University. It is also used to refer to one of the following universities:
Jiaozhou Bay The Jiaozhou Bay () was a 552km² German colonial Concession, which existed from 1898 to 1914. It was in the imperial province of Shandong, situated on the southern coast of the Shandong Peninsula in northern China.
Jiaozi Jiaozi (Chinese] [[transliteration) or gyĹŤza (Japanese transliteration) is a kind of Chinese dumpling, widely popular in China, Japan, and Korea as well as outside of East Asia. This dumpling consists of a ground meat and/or vegetable filling wrapped into a thinly rolled piece of dough, which is then sealed by crimping.
Jiaozuo Jiaozuo () is a prefecture-level city in northern Henan province, People's Republic of China. Sitting on the northern bank of the Yellow River, it borders the provincial capital of Zhengzhou to the south, Xinxiang to the east, Jiyuan to the west, Luoyang to the southwest, and the province of Shanxi to the north.
Jiaxing Jiaxing (; Wade-Giles:Chia-hsing; Postal map spelling: Kashing) is a prefecture-level city in northern Zhejiang province, People's Republic of China. Lying on the Grand Canal of China, Jiaxing borders Hangzhou to the southwest, Huzhou to the west, Shanghai to the northeast, and the province of Jiangsu to the north.
Jičín Jičín (, Gitschin or Jitschin; Latin: Giczin; ) is a town in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It lies approximately 85 km northeast of Prague in the scenic region of the Bohemian Paradise (Český ráj) under the Prachov Rocks (Prachovské skály).
Jib (camera) In cinematography, a jib is a boom device with a camera on one end, and a counterweight and camera controls on the other. It operates like a see-saw, but with the balance point located close to the counterweight, so that the camera end of the arm can move through an extended arc.
Jibacoil are one of the fictional species of Pokémon creatures from the multi-billion-dollar Pokémon media franchise—a collection of video games, anime, manga, books, trading cards, and other media created by Satoshi Tajiri. The purpose of Jibacoil in the games, anime, and manga, as with all other Pokémon, is to battle both wild Pokémon - untamed creatures encountered while the player passes through various environments - and tamed Pokémon owned by Pokémon trainers.
Jibanananda Das Jibanananda Das (Bangla: জীবনানন্দ দাশ) (17 February, 1899 - 22 October, 1954) is an acclaimed Bengal poet. He is considered one of the precursors who introduced modernist poetry to Bengali Literature, at a period when it was influenced by Tagore's Romantic poetry.
Jibarito The jibarito (pronounced hee-bah-ree-to), a specialty of Chicago, is a sandwich made with flattened, fried green plantains instead of bread. It was invented in the early 1990s at the Borinquen Restaurant, a Puerto Rican restaurant, by owner Juan "Peter" Figueroa.
Jibe A jibe or gybe is when a sailing boat (yacht) turns its stern through the wind, such that the direction of the wind changes from one side of the boat to the other. The term wearing ship is used in tall ships for jibing.
Jibitos The Jibitos, a tribe of South American Indians, first met with by the Franciscans in 1676 in the forest near the Huallaga River, in the Peruvian province of Loreto. After their conversion they settled in villages on the western bank of the river.
Jibril Yoonis Jibril Yoonis is the most populated clan in the Gadabuursi tribe. Jibril Yoonis are traditionally the leaders of the Gadabuursi tribe; the first Gadabuursi Minister of Somalia (Aadan Isaaq) and the first Gadabuursi President of Somaliland (Dahir Riyale Kahin) are both part of the Jibril Yoonis clan.
Jidéhem Jean De Mesmaeker (born December 21, 1935) known by the pen name Jidéhem, is a Belgian comics artist in the Franco-Belgian tradition. A creator of his own series Sophie, and Ginger, he is perhaps best known for his collaborations and assistance to the work of André Franquin during a long career at Le Journal de Spirou, on Spirou et Fantasio, and Gaston Lagaffe on which he shared co-authorship for several years.
Jidi Jidi Aboriginal Corporation Jidi Jidi Aboriginal Corporation is created by the Native Title Act 1993, to manage and be trustee of the Native Title of the Nharnuwangga Wajarri Ngarlawangga People, Indigenous Australians in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.
Jiedushi The Jiedushi (T: 節度使 S: 节度使) were regional military governors in China during the Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period. Originally set up to counter external threats, the jiedushi were given enormous power, including the ability to maintain their own armies, collect taxes, and pass their titles on hereditarily.
Jiefang Jiefang (解放街道) is a sub-district in the centre of Zhoushan Island (Downtown Zhoushan City), the People's Republic of China. It is named after Jiefang Road (解放路), or Liberation Road, which crosses the entire sub-district.
Jiefang CA-30 The Jiefang CA-30 is a military truck used widely by the Chinese People's Liberation Army. It is a direct copy of the Russian ZIL-157 6x6 army truck, & looks mostly identical to the ZIL-157, except that it has square fenders rather than round fenders as on the ZIL-157.
Jieshi Diao Youlan Jieshi Diao Youlan (碣石調幽蘭) means Solitary Orchid in the Stone Tablet Mode or just Solitary Orchid (Secluded Orchid or Elegant Orchid in some translations). It is the name of a piece of music or melody for the guqin Chinese musical instrument which was written before 908 AD, and is possibly the world's oldest surviving piece of written music.
Jieyang Jieyang () is a prefecture-level city in Guangdong province, People's Republic of China. It borders Shantou to the east, Chaozhou to the northeast, Meizhou to the north, Shanwei to the west, and looks out to the South China Sea to the south.

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