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Jimmy Palmiotti James "Jimmy" Palmiotti is an Italian American writer and artist of various comics, games and film. He has extensive inking and writing credits and has often inked the work of his friend and collaborator Joe Quesada, notably on Ash (which they co-created, along with Painkiller Jane) and Daredevil (esp.
Jimmy Pardo Jimmy Pardo is a Chicago-born comedian of Italian descent, who is best known for his quick and witty style. His material ranges from world problems to personal problems, some of which is displayed on his half-hour Comedy Central Presents special.
Jimmy Patterson Lt. James "Jimmy" Steven Patterson is the main character of the award-winning Medal of Honor franchise beginning with the original Medal of Honor in 1999 and later in a sequel Medal of Honor: Frontline in 2001.
Jimmy Peters Jimmy Peters (October 2 1922 – October 11 2006) was a professional ice hockey player who won two Stanley Cups as a member of the Detroit Red Wings in 1950 and 1954 and another with the Montreal Canadiens in 1946.
Jimmy Quinn (Scottish footballer) Jimmy Quinn (born Croy, East Dunbartonshire (now North Lanarkshire), Scotland, 8 July 1878, died November 1945) is for many the archetypal Celtic centre forward, revered a century since his heyday by those who know him only as a name—“There’ll never be another Jimmy Quinn” is a statement still heard today.
Jimmy Reece Jimmy Reece (November 17, 1929 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma – September 29, 1958 Trenton, New Jersey) was an American racecar driver. He died in a racing accident during a 1958 champ car race at Trenton International Speedway.
Jimmy Reed James "Jimmy" Mathis Reed (September 6, 1925 - August 29, 1976) was an American blues singer notable for bringing his distinctive style of blues to mainstream audiences. Reed was a major player in the field of electric blues, as opposed to the more acoustic-based sound of many of his contemporaries.
Jimmy Ring James Joseph "Jimmy" Ring (b. February 15 1895, Brooklyn, New York - July 6 1965, Queens, New York) was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Cincinnati Reds (1917-1920), Philadelphia Phillies (1921-1925, 1928), New York Giants (1926) and St.
Jimmy Ruffin Jimmy Ruffin (born May 7, 1939 in Collinsville, Mississippi) is an American soul singer, and older brother of David Ruffin, one of the lead singers for The Temptations. Jimmy himself was offered to sing with the Temptations, but politely declined in favor of David.
Jimmy Rushing James Andrew (Jimmy) Rushing (August 26, 1901/02/03 - June 8, 1972) was an American blues shouter from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He joined Walter Page's Blue Devils in 1927, then joined Bennie Moten's band in 1929.
Jimmy Ryan (baseball player) James Edward "Jimmy" Ryan (February 11 1863 - October 26 1923), nicknamed "Pony", was an American center fielder in Major League Baseball for the Chicago White Stockings/Colts/Orphans (1885-89, 1891-1900) in the National League, Chicago Pirates (1890) in the Players League, and Washington Senators {1902-03) in the American League.
Jimmy Savile Sir James Wilson Vincent Savile OBE, (born 31 October 1926), commonly called Jimmy Savile, is a British DJ, actor and television personality. He is best known for his BBC television show Jim'll Fix It where he made the wishes of members of the public (mainly children) come true and as both the first and last presenter of Top of the Pops.
Jimmy Scarth James William "Jimmy" Scarth (born North Shields, August 26, 1926, died Welwyn Garden City, December 12, 2000) was an English association football player who for more than fifty years held the record for the fastest hat-trick scored in the history of the Football League.
Jimmy Sharpe Jimmy Sharpe was a head football coach, most noteably of the Virginia Tech Hokies from 1974 to 1977. He also served as an assistant coach at the University of Alabama, under Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant, and at Mississippi State University.
Jimmy Sheckard Samuel James Tilden "Jimmy" Sheckard (November 23, 1878 - January 15, 1947) was an American left fielder and left-handed leadoff hitter in Major League Baseball who played for the Brooklyn Bridegrooms/Superbas (1897-98, 1900-01, 1902-05), Baltimore Orioles (NL) (1899), Baltimore Orioles (AL) (1902), Chicago Cubs (1906-12), St. Louis Cardinals (1913) and Cincinnati Reds (1913).
Jimmy Skinner James "Jimmy" Skinner (born January 12, 1917 in Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada) was the Detroit Red Wings head coach and general manager. Skinner won the 1955 Stanley Cup as coach, but an illness forced him into retirement.
Jimmy Somerville Jimmy Somerville (born June 22, 1961) is a Scottish pop singer, born and raised in Glasgow. He had considerable success in the 1980s with the pop groups Bronski Beat and The Communards, and has also had a successful solo career.
Jimmy Stevens Jimmy Stevens, known as "Moses" (born 1910s or 1920s – died 28 February 1994, Espiritu Santo), was a Ni-Vanuatu nationalist and politician. As leader of the conservative Nagriamel movement, he declared the independence of Espiritu Santo island as the "State of Vemerana" in June 1980 and referred to himself as "prime minister".
Jimmy Stewart (Ohio politician) Jimmy Stewart (R), a Full-time Legislator, represents House district 92 in the Ohio House of Representatives. Ohio House district 92 encompasses all of Athens County, Meigs County, Morgan County, and parts of Washington County.
Jimmy the Gent (1934 film) Jimmy the Gent is a 1934 film starring James Cagney as an unscrupulous investigator and Bette Davis as his skeptical paramour. The comical movie was written by Laird Doyle, Ray Nazarro, and Bertram MilHauser, and directed by Michael Curtiz (Casablanca).
Jimmy the Robot James Randall Briggs (born February 27, 1978), better known as Jimmy the Robot, is the keyboardist and saxophone player for The Aquabats. He has played with The Aquabats since 1997 under the names of Jaime The Robot, James the Robot, The Robot, and Jimmy The Robot.
Jimmy Tarbuck Jimmy Tarbuck OBE (born 6 February 1940, Liverpool, England) is a gap-toothed English comedian, emcee and compere in demand from the 1960s. The father of actress and television presenter Liza Tarbuck, he attended the same school as Beatle John Lennon and newscaster Peter Sissons.
Jimmy Thunder Jimmy Thunder, born February 3, 1969 in Apia, Upolu, Samoa as James Peau, is a Samoan boxer who fought in several noteworthy boxing matches in the 1990s and 2000s. Thunder is also a cousin of professional wrestling and film superstar Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.
Jimmy Vivino Jimmy Vivino (born January 10, 1955) was born in Paterson, New Jersey and is a member of The Max Weinberg 7, a house band on the television show Late Night with Conan O'Brien on NBC. He is the younger brother of Jerry Vivino.
Jimmy Vulmer James 'Jimmy' Vulmer (formerly Jimmy Swanson) is a fictional character that appears on the cartoon series South Park. Like Timmy, he is handicapped,with muscular dystrophy but he uses crutches to walk and is able to speak to people (albeit with a severe stutter), although he sometimes ends his sentences with "very much" when there is no need for it and when he is telling a joke and finishes, he says "Wow, what a great audience" even if there is only one person.
Jimmy Waite Jimmy Waite (born April 15, 1969 in Sherbrooke, Quebec) is a former National Hockey League goaltender. He was one of the most highly-rated goalies in the late 1980's and many scouts believed he had the potential to become a star; unfortunately, the team that took him in the 1987 NHL Entry Draft, the Chicago Blackhawks, was already deep in goal with both Ed Belfour and Dominik Hasek in their system.
Jimmy Walker (basketball) James "Jimmy" Walker (born April 8, 1944 in Amherst, Virginia) is a former professional basketball player. A 6'3" guard from Providence College, he played nine seasons (1967–1976) in the NBA as a member of the Detroit Pistons, Houston Rockets, and Kansas City Kings.
Jimmy Wang Yu Jimmy Wang Yu (王羽 born March 28, 1943, also known as Wong Yu-lung and Wang Yue) is a Chinese actor, director, producer, and scriptwriter. He shot to fame with the Shaw Brothers Studio's martial arts film, The One-Armed Swordsman, in 1967.
Jimmy Wardhaugh Jimmy Wardhaugh (21 March 1929, Marshall Meadows, Scottish Borders - 2 January 1978, Edinburgh) was a professional Scottish footballer, most fondly remembered as part of the "Terrible Trio" Heart of Midlothian forward line of the 1950s.
Jimmy Watson Jimmy Charles Watson (born August 19, 1952 in Smithers, British Columbia) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey defenseman. He played on the same team with his older brother Joe for several seasons with the Philadelphia Flyers.
Jimmy Weckl Jimmy Weckl (real name: Harumi Ueko) is a very prolific composer and musician in the GuitarFreaks and DrumMania, and Pop'n Music series of Bemani rhythm games. While all his music are instrumental, they are often the most difficult, making them the cornerstone for all those who strive to be experts on those two games.
Jimmy Wilde Jimmy Wilde (May 12, 1892 in Tylorstown – March 10, 1969 in Cardiff) was a former boxer of Welsh origin. Wilde was world Flyweight champion, and he was called by Nat Fleischer and Charley Rose, among others, as The greatest Flyweight ever.
Jimmy Wilkerson Jimmy Wilkerson (born January 04, 1981 in Omaha, Texas) is an American football player who currently plays defensive end for the Kansas City Chiefs. He played in 38 games (24 starts) at Oklahoma University, amassing 130 tackles, 35 stops for loss, 12.
Jimmy Wilson James H. "Jimmy" Wilson (January 1, 1931 – November 19, 1986) was a pro-business Democratic member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1972-1976, who is most remembered in politics for having switched affiliation to the Republican Party in 1978 and then coming within 266 disputed votes of winning a historically Democratic seat in the U.
Jimmy Woo Jimmy Woo is a fictional, Asian-American secret agent in the Marvel Comics comic-book universe. Created by EC Comics great Al Feldstein and artist Joe Maneely, the character first appeared in Yellow Claw #1 (Oct.
Jimmy Wood James Leon Wood (December 1 1842 - November 3 1927) was an American second baseman and manager in Major League Baseball who hailed from Brooklyn, New York. He was the player-manager for four different teams in the National Association, where he spent his entire career.
Jimmy Wynn James Sherman "Jimmy" Wynn (born March 12 1942 in Hamilton, Ohio), nicknamed "The Toy Cannon", is a former center fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Houston Astros, Los Angeles Dodgers, Atlanta Braves, New York Yankees, and Milwaukee Brewers. His career started in 1962 when the Cincinnati Reds signed him as an amateur free agent.
Jimmy Zoppi Jimmy Zoppi (sometimes credited as Billy Beach, born March 8, 1954 in West Long Branch, New Jersey) is an American bassist, vocalist, and voice-over artist. He has been playing with bands since high school and has been a bassist and vocalist of the Carter Cathcart Band since 1981.
Jimple Jimple is an intermediate representation of a Java program and language for it, designed as an alternative to the stack-based bytecode. It is typed and has a form of conventional three address code, thus the designer believes it is more suitable for optimization.
Jimushi Jubei Jimushi Jūbei (japanese: 地虫 十兵衛, hiragana: じむし じゅうべえ, rōmaji: Jimushi Juubee) a character in the Japanese anime Basilisk Kouga Ninpou Chou (known in English as Kouga Ninja Scrolls). Jubei was chosen to be one of ten elite shinobi warriors chosen by Kouga Danjo to represent the Kouga Manjidani clan in their war against the chosen ten of the rival Iga Tsubagakure clan.
Jimy Szymanski Jimy Szymanski (born September 15, 1975 in Caracas) is a former tennis player from Venezuela, who turned professional in 1994. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was defeated in the first round by Zimbabwe's Wayne Black, and in 2000 Summer Olympics at Sydney.
Jimy Williams James Francis "Jimy" Williams (born October 4, 1943 in Santa Maria, California) is the current bench coach for the Philadelphia Phillies and a former manager of other Major League Baseball teams. He was the third base coach with the Toronto Blue Jays until the 1986 season, when he was named manager after Bobby Cox left to join the Atlanta Braves organization.
Jin (Korean history) Jin was an early Iron Age state which occupied some portion of the southern Korean peninsula during the 2nd and 3rd centuries BCE, bordering the Korean kingdom Gojoseon to the north. Its capital was somewhere south of the Han River.
Jin (linguistics) Jin (simplified: 晋语; traditional: 晉語; pinyin: jìnyǔ), or Jin-yu, is a subdivision of spoken Chinese. Its exact status is disputed among linguists; some prefer to classify it under Mandarin, while others set it apart as an independent branch.
Jin (state) Jin (Traditional Chinese: 晉; Simplified Chinese: 晋; pinyin: Jìn) was one of the most powerful states in the Spring and Autumn Period, based in Shanxi, China. Jin was founded by Tang Shuyu, a descendant of the Zhou royal family.
Jin Dynasty (265-420) The Jìn Dynasty (; 265-420), one of the Six Dynasties, followed the Three Kingdoms period and preceded the Southern and Northern Dynasties in China. The dynasty was founded by the Sima family (司馬 pinyin: Sīmǎ).
Jin Dynasty, 1115–1234 The Jīn Dynasty (Jurchen: Anchu; ; 1115-1234), also known as the Jurchen dynasty, was founded by the Wanyan (完顏 Wányán) clan of the Jurchen, the ancestors of the Manchus who established the Qing Dynasty some 500 years later. The name is sometimes written as Jinn to differentiate it from an earlier Jìn Dynasty of China whose name is spelled identically in the Roman alphabet.
Jin Fo tea Jin Fo is a very new Wuyi Oolong tea, developed around 10 years ago at the Wuyi Shan Tea Researching Center located in Fujian Province, China. It is a medium Wuyi Oolong showing both creaminess and a floral aftertaste.
Jin Ho Cho Jin Ho Cho (born August 16, 1975 in South Korea) is a professional baseball player formerly with the Boston Red Sox. He played parts of the 1998 and 1999 seasons with the team, pitching in 13 games and recording two wins and six losses with a 6.
Jin How Jin How is a Singaporean artist who works across various mediums including film, video, acrylic painting, installation and theatre. Having travelled extensively globally, the artwork produced has often been labelled avant-garde/ experimental/ abstract by critics and viewers alike.
Jin ma leaw ja 1 Jin ma leaw ja 1 (Thai: จินมาแล้วจ้า ชุด 1) is a mor lam and luk thung album by the Thai singer Jintara Poonlarp. Released on the Master Tape label, it was her 33rd original album and the only one not to belong to either of her two main series of recordings.
Jin Mao Building The Jin Mao Building or Jin Mao Tower () is an 88-story landmark skyscraper in the Lujiazui area of the Pudong district of Shanghai, People's Republic of China. It contains offices and the Shanghai Grand Hyatt hotel.
Jin Nong Born in 1687 in Hangzhou, Jin Nong (金農) became popular as a painter and calligrapher while living as a childless widower in Yangzhou in his sixties. His paintings of mei blossoms were in particular demand there.
Jin Ping Mei Jin Ping Mei (, also translated as The Golden Lotus) is a Chinese naturalistic novel composed in the vernacular (baihua) during the late Ming Dynasty, attributed to Lanling Xiaoxiao Sheng. The first versions of the novel exist in handwritten scripts, and the first block-printed book was released only in 1610.
Jin Shengtan Jin Shengtan (金聖歎, pinyin: Jīn Shèngtàn) (1608-7 August 1661) was a Chinese editor, writer and critic, who has been called the champion of the bai hua (vernacular) Chinese literature. He was considered an eccentric and fixed what he called the Six Works of Genius (六才子書): the Zhuangzi (莊子), the Li Sao (離騷), the Shiji (史記) of Sima Qian, Du Fu's poems (杜詩), Record of the West Room (西廂記) and Water Margin (水滸傳), where highly classical works, like Li Sao and Du Fu's, are mixed with novels in vernacular Chinese that were, at this time, considered by his peers as "entertainment.
Jin Shuren Jin Shuren (金樹仁), governor of Xinjiang, succeeded Yang Zengxin after Yang was assassinated in 1928. Jin Shuren ruled Xinjiang for about half a decade, and his reign was characterized by corruption and suppression.
Jin Tian Jin Tian, also known as Shao Hao, was a Chinese mythical emperor in 2600 BC. Legend says that his mother, a weaver goddess, was a beautiful fairy named Huange who fell in love with the planet Venus while drifting on the Milky Way.
Jin Xiangwu Jin Xiangwu lived and worked in Luoyang, Henan province, north-central China, until his arrest on the charge of murder in March 2000. In February 2000 he lured three boys - Duan Keke, 10, Xue Yashan, 11, and Du Ruofei, 11 - into his store, offering three games.
Jin-go-lo-ba Song by Nigerian percussionist Babatunde Olatunji, which featured in his first album Drums of Passion (1959). It was later covered by Carlos Santana, also on his first album (1969), and by Fatboy Slim in his album Palookaville (2004).
Jin-Sun Yoo Jin-Sun Yoo (born July 12, 1962 in Seochun) is a former tennis player from South Korea, who represented his native country as a qualifier at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. There he was defeated in the first round by the number twelve seed from Israel, Amos Mansdorf.
Jinan Jinan () is a sub-provincial city and the capital of Shandong province, People's Republic of China. Located in western Shandong, it borders Liaocheng to the southwest, Dezhou to the northwest, Binzhou to the northeast, Zibo to the east, Laiwu to the southeast and Tai'an to the south.
Jinan Incident The Jinan Incident (Japanese:済南事件) or May 3rd Incident (Traditional Chinese: 五三慘案 , Simplified Chinese: 五三惨案), or Tsinan Incident, was an armed conflict between the Japanese Army allied with Northern Chinese warlords against the Kuomintang's southern army in Jinan, the capital of Shandong in 1928 during the Kuomintang's Northern Expedition.
Jinan Military Region The Jinan Military Region is a military administrative command located in the east of the People's Republic of China, covering the Shandong and Henan Provinces, which also form military districts. It is considered a strategic reserve.
Jinbē Jinbē (じんべえ) is a manga by Mitsuru Adachi which appeared in irregular fashion in the manga magazine Big Comic Original from 1992—1997. The entire series was compiled in one tankōbon in May 1997, and in 1998, Fuji TV adapted the manga into an 11-episode TV drama series.
Jincy Willett Jincy Willett is an author and writing teacher currently living in San Diego, California. She has written short pieces for various anthologies and periodicals including the Winter 2006 issue of Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern and Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules.
Jind Kaur Maharani Jind Kaur (1817 - London, August 1 1863), also popularly known as Rani Jindan, the Messalina of Punjab. She was the youngest wife of Maharaja Ranjit Singh and the mother of the last Sikh maharaja, Maharaja Duleep Singh.
Jindabyne (film) Jindabyne is a 2006 Australian drama film adapted from the Raymond Carver short story So Much Water So Close to Home, by award-winning director Ray Lawrence and starring an ensemble cast including Gabriel Byrne, Laura Linney, Deborra-Lee Furness, John Howard. Jindabyne was filmed entirely on location in and around the town of the same name - Jindabyne, New South Wales, situated next to the Snowy Mountains.
Jindabyne, New South Wales Jindabyne () is a town in New South Wales, Australia that overlooks Lake Jindabyne near the Snowy Mountains, in Snowy River Shire. It is a popular holiday resort, especially in winter, due to its proximity to ski resorts in the Kosciuszko National Park, including Thredbo and Perisher Blue.
Jindai Botanical Garden The Jindai Botanical Garden (神代植物公園) is located at the edge of the Musashino plateau just above Jindaiji Temple in Chōfu, Tokyo, Japan. Each of its 30 areas features varieties of one kind of plant.
Jindai moji Jindai moji (Japanese: “script of the age of the gods”), also read as kamiyo moji, are characters (moji) comprising a fictional writing system promoted by Japanese nationalists in the 1930s as a native Japanese script predating Japan's exposure to Chinese writing. They are now generally acknowledged as a historical hoax, but are still found in various Shinto shrines, including the Ise Shrine, and used in some Shinto ceremonies and amulets.
Jindalee Operational Radar Network The Jindalee Operational Radar Network (JORN) is an over-the-horizon radar network that can monitor air and sea movements across 37,000km2. It has an official range of 3,000 km but depending upon certain atmospheric conditions has a range up to and including the Korean peninsula.
Jindera, New South Wales Jindera is a town in the central part of the Riverina and situated about 19 kilometres North from Albury and 32 kilometres south east from Walbundrie. At the 2001 census Jindera had a population of 956 residents.
Jindřich Bačkovský Jindřich Bačkovský (born 1912) was an eminent Czech physicist whose work focused on X-ray spectroscopy, the structure of crystals, vacuum techniques, radiometry and the physics of high pressures. Many of his findings are used in industry, especially in the manufacture of semiconductor parts and synthetic diamonds.
Jindřich Šimon Baar Jindřich Šimon Baar (February 7, 1869, Klenčí pod Čerchovem – October 24, 1925, Klenčí pod Čerchovem) was a Czech Catholic priest and writer, realist, author of the so-called country prose. As writer, he emphasized traditional moral values of the countryside.
Jindyworobak Movement The Jindyworobak Movement was a nationalistic Australian literary movement whose white members sought to promote indigenous Australian ideas and customs, particularly in poetry. They were active from the 1930s to around the 1950s.
Jinen Ryu Jinen Ryu is a martial arts school created by Fumio "Unsui" Manaka Sensei based upon his many years of training and studying weapon-based martial arts. It contains a full curriculum for the following weapons:
Jinenkan Jinenkan (in Japanese 自然舘) means "Hall of Nature", reflecting an emphasis on natural movements and the strength found in nature and the environment. The schools, styles, and traditions incorporated into Jinenkan date back hundreds of years, and are Koryu (古武道), "Old Style" martial arts.
Jineterismo Jineterismo is a term used in Cuba to describe a number of activities earning money from tourism in Cuba, outside the government proscribed norms. These activities may be illegal or semi-legal and include prostitution and pimping, as well as other forms of hustling, such as selling black-market goods.
Jinfengopteryx Jinfengopteryx (from Jinfeng, 'golden phoenix', the queen of birds in Chinese folklore, and Ancient Greek πτερυξ pteryx, meaning 'feather') is a genus of 55 cm (2 ft) long theropod dinosaur. It was found in the Qiaotou Formation of Hebei Province, China, and is therefore of uncertain age.
Jing Fang Jing Fang (Chinese: 京房, also transliterated as Ching Fang, or King Fang, 78-37 BC) was a Chinese music theorist during the Han Dynasty. He is most known for being the first to notice how closely a succession of 53 just fifths approximates 31 octaves.
Jing Ke Jing Ke () was a guest residing in the estates of Dan, crown prince of Yan and renowned for his failed assassination of the Chinese emperor Qin Shi Huang who reigned from 221 BC to 210 BC. His story is told in the chapter entitled Biography of the Assassins (刺客列傳) in Sima Qian's Records of the Grand Historian, or Shiji.
Jing ping A jing ping is a kind of folk music ensemble from Dominica, also known colloquially as an accordion band. In Dominican folk music, jing ping bands accompany a circle dance called the flirtation, as well as the Dominican quadrille.
Jing Quan Do Jing Quan Do is a modern synthetic martial arts style created by Alex Tao (Tao Zhong Xian) of Shandong province. Also known as China's Police Combat Method, this style is a combination of different Chinese martial art styles designed for practical applications.
Jing Shan Jing Shan(京山) county is in the central of Hu Bei Province China, it is bordered on the north by the Dahong Mountain and on the south by the Jiang Han Plain. This county extends over 3,520 square kilometres.
Jingdian Shiwen The Jingdian Shiwen () was a circa 582-589 CE exegetical dictionary, edited by the Tang Dynasty classical scholar Lu Deming (陸德明; 556-627). This Chinese dictionary contains invaluable fanqie annotations for pronunciations of words in Chinese classic texts.
Jinggangshan Jinggangshan (井冈山, pinyin: Jǐnggāngshān, also Jinggang Shan, or Jinggang Mountains) is located in the Luoxian Mountains (羅霄山), in the remote border region between Jiangxi and Hunan provinces of China. It lies at the junction of four counties - Ninggang, Yongxin, Suichuan and Lingxian.
Jingguang Railway Jingguang Railway(Chinese: 京广铁路/京廣鐵路, or 京广线/京廣綫) is a major artery railway in the China connecting Beijing West Station in Beijing to Guangzhou Railway Station in Guangzhou, Guangdong.
Jingha Expressway The Jingha Expressway (京哈高速公路, Hanyu Pinyin: Jīnghā Gāosù Gōnglù) is an expressway in China which links Beijing to Harbin. At present, it is approximately 10 km in length in the Beijing section.
Jinghu A jinghu (京胡; pinyin: jīng hú) is a Chinese bowed string musical instrument used primarily in Beijing opera. It has two strings that were formerly made of silk, but which in modern times are increasingly made of steel.
Jingjiang Princes City Jingjiang Princes City (Chinese: 靖江王城; pinyin: jing jiang wang cheng) is a famous historical site in Guilin, Guangxi province, China. It now functions as both Guangxi Normal University and as a tourist attraction.
Jingjing and Chacha Jingjing and Chacha (a pun on the Chinese word for police, ) are the cartoon mascots of the Internet Surveillance Division of the Public Security Bureau in Shenzhen, China. Debuting on January 22, 2006, they are used to, amongst other things, inform Chinese Internet users what is and is not legal to consult or write on the Chinese Internet.
Jingjing Pass One of the major mountain passes on the Taihang Mountains, site of the famous Battle of Tao River or Battle at Jingjing Pass where the famous general Han Xin (韓信) scored one of his many victories against superior forces.
Jingjintang Expressway Opened in September of 1993, the Jingjintang expressway (京津塘高速公路), also known simply as the Jingtang expressway, links Beijing via central Tianjin to the Tanggu District in eastern Tianjin. 143 kilometres in length, it crosses the jurisidictions of Beijing and Tianjin municipalities and Hebei province.
Jingjiu Railway Jingjiu Railway (also known as Beijing-Kowloon Railway, Beijing-Kowloon Line; ) is a railway in the People's Republic of China connecting Beijing West Station in Beijing to Hung Hom Station (Kowloon Station) in Kowloon in the special administrative region of Hong Kong.
Jingkai Expressway The Jingkai Expressway (京开高速公路, Hanyu Pinyin: Jīngkāi Gāosù Gōnglù) is an expressway in China which links Beijing to Kaifeng. At present, it is approximately 40 km in length in the Beijing section.
Jingkang Incident The Jingkang Incident () or the Humiliation of Jingkang () took place in 1127 when invading Jurchen soldiers from the Jin Dynasty besieged and sacked Bianliang (汴梁), the capital of the Song Dynasty in the Siege of Kaifeng. The Jin forces abducted Emperor Qinzong, his father Emperor Emeritus Huizong, along with many members of the imperial court.
Jingle A jingle is a memorable slogan, set to an engaging melody, mainly broadcast on radio and sometimes on television commercials. An effective jingle is constructed to stay in one's memory (colloquially, "ringing a bell").
Jingle bell A jingle bell is a type of bell which produces a distinctive 'jingle' sound, especially in large numbers. They find use in many areas as a percussion instrument, including the classic sleigh bell sound and morris dancing.
Jingle Bells "Jingle Bells", originally "One Horse Open Sleigh", is one of the best known and commonly sung secular Christmas songs in the world. It was written by James Lord Pierpont (1822–1893) in 1857 or before.
Jingle Bells/U Can't Touch This "Jingle Bells"/"U Can't Touch This" is a 2005 (see 2005 in music) Crazy Frog cover of the Christmas song "Jingle Bells" and a cover of "U Can't Touch This" (originally by MC Hammer). In Belgium, Holland, Australia, New Zealand, Sweden and France, "Last Christmas" instead of "U Can't Touch This" was added as B-side.

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