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Kristina Davis Kristina Davis (full name Kristina Adela Corinthos Davis) is a fictional character residing in the town of Port Charles on the American soap opera General Hospital. She is the daughter of Michael "Sonny" Corinthos Jr and Alexis Davis.
Kristina från Duvemåla Kristina från Duvemåla ("Kristina from Duvemåla") is a Swedish musical written by former ABBA members Björn Ulvaeus (book and lyrics) and Benny Andersson (music), based on a series of four novels by Swedish author Vilhelm Moberg detailing a family's poverty-driven migration from Sweden to America in the mid-19th century: The Emigrants, Unto a Good Land, The Settlers, and The Last Letter Home.
Kristina Keneally Kristina Keneally is the first United States of America-born member of the New South Wales Parliament. In 2003 she was an Australian Labor Party (ALP) candidate elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Heffron, succeeding Deirdre Grusovin.
Kristina Laum Kristina Laum (born November 23, 1976 in Seoul, South Korea), currently residing in Maple Shade Township, New Jersey, was a professional wrestling valet and manager in ECW and WCW. She used the names Kimona Wanalaya (sometimes spelled Kimona Wanaleia) and Leia Meow.
Kristina Lugn Kristina Lugn (born 14 November 1948) is a Swedish poet and dramatist and member of the Swedish Academy. She was born in Skövde, Västergötland, and after finishing her academic education she has devoted her time to poetry, as literary critic and a playwright.
Kristina Ĺ migun Kristina Ĺ migun (born February 23, 1977 in Tartu) is an Estonian cross-country skier. She and her sister Katrin Ĺ migun (who is also a skier) are daughters of the Russian Anatoli Ĺ migun and Estonian Rutt Rehemaa who were both prominent nordic skiers.
Kristina Söderbaum Kristina Söderbaum (Stockholm, Sweden October 51912 - Hitzacker, Germany February 122001) was a Swedish-born German film actress, producer and photographer. From 1935, she starred in a number of films with her husband, director Veit Harlan.
Kristine Cecava Kristine Cecava is a Cheyenne County, Nebraska district judge who garnered media attention for sentencing a man to probation for two felony child sexual assault charges, a sentence viewed by many as being too lenient.
Kristine Hanson Kristine Hanson (born September 23, 1951 in Illinois) is an American television broadcaster who also was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the September 1974 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by David Chan.
Kristine Kathryn Rusch Kristine Kathryn Rusch (born June 1960) is an American writer; she writes in multiple genres, including science fiction, fantasy, mystery (using the pen name Kris Nelscott), and romance (under the name Kristine Grayson). She also wrote a mainstream novel, Hitler's Angel, as Kris Rusch.
Kristine Quance Kristine Quance (born April 1, 1975 in Northridge, Los Angeles, California) was an American breaststroke and medley swimmer of the 1990s, who competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, winning a gold medal in the 4x100m medley relay. Her career peaked in 1997 when she was named as American Swimmer of the Year by Swimming World magazine.
Kristine Stiles Kristine Stiles, Professor of Art and Art History at Duke University, is author (together with Peter Selz) of the landmark anthology of artists’ writings, “Theories and Documents of Contemporary Art” (1996). Stiles pioneered art historical studies of destruction in art, performance art, trauma in art, and documentary photography of the nuclear age.
Kristjan Palusalu Kristjan Palusalu (until 1935 Kristjan Trossmann, March 10, 1908-July 17, 1987) Estonian heavyweight wrestler born in Läänemaa, Estonia. Palusalu is best remembered for winning two gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin.
Kristjana Gunnars Kristjana Gunnars (born March 19, 1948 in ReykjavĂk) is an Icelandic-Canadian poet and novelist. Her volumes of poetry include Settlement Poems, which focuses on 19th century Icelandic settlers in Manitoba, and One-Eyed Moon Maps.
Kristofer Straub Kristofer Straub is the creator of webcomics Checkerboard Nightmare and Starslip Crisis, and co-founder of webcomics group Blank Label Comics. He also co-developed the Blamimations for Scott Kurtz' comic strip PvP, and is the voice of Brent Sienna.
Kristoffer Göbel Karl Kristoffer Göbel (born October 23 1978) is a Swedish vocalist. He has sang for both the Heavy Metal band Destiny and sang for Power Metallers Falconer between 2003 and 2005 - a position from which he was unceremoniously fired to make way for the returning original vocalist, Mathias Blad.
Kristoffer Tabori Kristoffer Tabori, born Christopher Donald Siegel (born, 4 August 1952, Malibu, California) is an American actor. Son of director Don Siegel and Swedish actress Viveca Lindfors, Kristoffer appeared in one of his mother's films, Weddings and Babies, as a young boy.
Kristoffer Weckström Kristoffer Weckström (born May 26, 1983) is a Finnish footballer, who currently is a midfielder in Finnish football club IFK Mariehamn. He has also played in English football club Derby County during their tenure in the Premier League.
Kristopher Letang Kristopher Letang (born April 24, 1987 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian ice hockey defenceman currently playing for the Val-d'Or Foreurs of the QMJHL. He was drafted in the 3rd round, 62nd overall in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft by the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Kristy Kowal Kristina Ann "Kristy" Kowal (born on October 9, 1978 in Reading, Pennsylvania) is an international topswimmer from the United States, who won the silver medal in the 200m breaststroke at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. In the 2000 Olympics, she was second and touched out teammate Amanda Beard.
Kristy McNichol Kristy McNichol (born Christina Ann McNichol on September 11, 1962, in Los Angeles, California) is a former American actress, most known for her roles as Letitia "Buddy" Lawrence on the TV drama Family, and as Barbara Weston on the sitcom Empty Nest. She is the sister of former child actor Jimmy McNichol.
Kristy Swanson Renee Kristen "Kristy" Swanson (b. December 19, 1969 in Mission Viejo, California, USA to Robert Swanson and Rosemary Albrecht) is an American actress who has starred in movies such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Chase, and Higher Learning.
Krisztina CzakĂł Krisztina CzakĂł (born on December 17, 1978 in Budapest, Hungary) is a former Hungarian figure skater, competitive through most of the 1990s. CzakĂł's mother Klara was a speed skater, while her father and coach Gyorgy CzakĂł was himself a figure skater and a former Hungarian men's national champion.
Krisztinaváros Krisztinaváros (Christine Town) is a small neighbourhood in central Budapest that is situated just west of Castle Hill, north of Tabán. It is named after Princess Christine, daughter of Maria Theresa, who interceded for buildings to be erected in this area.
Krit Srivara General Krit Srivara (Thai: ŕ¸ŕ¸¤ŕ¸© ศรีวรา) was a military officer of the Royal Thai Army, who served as Deputy Army Commander prior to the violent crackdown on democracy protestors on 14 October 1973 and was later promoted to Army Commander.
Krita Krita is the bitmap graphics editor software included with the KDE based KOffice suite. Designed to be both a painting application and a photo editor, Krita is Free Software and distributed under GNU General Public License.
Kriti Kriti is a format of a musical composition typical to Carnatic music, an Indian classical music style. Kritis form the backbone of any typical Carnatic music concert and is the longer format of a carnatic music song.
Kritik In Policy Debate, a kritik (derived from German kritik, meaning and pronounced as "critique", and often abbreviated K) is generally a type of argument that challenges a certain mindset, assumption, or discursive element that exists within the advocacy of the opposing team, often from the perspective of critical theory; it is often spelled in the normal English critique or is sometimes called a criticism, and takes the adjective form kritikal (meaning and pronounced as "critical"). A kritik can either be deployed by the negative team to challenge the affirmative advocacy or by the affirmative team to indict the status quo or the negative advocacy.
Kritios Kritios was an Athenian sculptor, probably a pupil of Antenor, working in the early fifth century BCE, whose manner is on the cusp of the Late Archaic and the "severe style" of Early Classicism in Attica. He was the teacher of Myron.
Kritios Boy The Kritios boy belongs to the Late Archaic period and is considered the precursor to the later classical sculptures of athletes. The Kritios or Kritian boy was thus named because it attributed to Kritios who worked together with Nesiotes (Harmodius and Aristogeiton) or their scholarship, from around 480 BC.
Kritsa Kritsa is one of the oldest and most beautiful villages in Crete, built amphitheatrically on a rock hill, named Kastellos, surrounded by olive groves, at an altitude of 375m. During the Middle Ages was thought to be the largest village in Crete.
Krittibas Krittibas is a Bengali poetry magazine that first appeared in Kolkata in 1953. It played a highly influential role in the Kolkata literary scene in the decades after Indian independence, and provided a platform for young, experimental poets, many of whom went on to become luminaries of modern Bengali poetry.
Krittibas Ojha Krittibas Ojha (Bangla: কৄত্তিবাস ওঝা) was a medieval Bengali poet. His major contribution to Bangla literature and culture was the translation of the great Indian epic of Ramayana to Bangla.
Krivich The Krivichi (; ) was one of the tribal unions of Early East Slavs between the 6th and the 12th centuries. They inhabited the upper reaches of the Volga, Dnieper, Western Dvina, areas south of the lower reaches of river Velikaya and parts of the Neman basin.
Krivogaštani Krivogaštani (КривогаŃтани) is a village and municipality situated in the Prilep Oblast on the Pelagonian plain in the Republic of Macedonia. The main village is along the main route from Prilep to Kruševo.
Krivokrasov stick incident This scandal, involving Sergei Krivokrasov, occurred during 3rd game of 2003-04 Russian Hockey Super League playoff semifinals between Avangard Omsk and HC Lada Togliatti. At 3:05 left in 3rd period, Lada Head coach, Petr Vorobiev, asked for Krivokrasov's stick measurement.
Krivošije Krivošije is a high plateau on the eastern branches of Mount Orjen (1894 m) in Montenegro, near Kotor. A significant geological/geomorphological feature of the Krivošije region are the glacial deposits distributed across the whole of the plateau.
Kriya Yoga Kriya Yoga is a very specific system of Yoga that was revived in modern times by Lahiri Mahasaya, c 1861. Paramahansa Yogananda brought it into widespread public awareness through his book [of a Yogi|Autobiography of a Yogi].
Krka monastery Krka Monastery (Serbian: МанаŃтир Крка or Manastir Krka) is a Serbian Orthodox monastery dedicated to the Archangel Michael, located near the river Krka in central Dalmatia, Croatia. It is the best known monastery of the Serb Orthodox Church in Croatia and it is officially protected as part of the Krka National Park.
Krnjak Krnjak (Serbian: Крњак) is a village and a municipality in Karlovac County, Croatia. The village Krnjak has 400 inhabitants, and there are another 29 villages and hamlets in the municipality, the largest of which are Budačka Rijeka (pop.
Kroesos Foundation The Kroesos Foundation is an artistic collective set up by Swiss Artist, Mark Divo. Between January and March 2002 they occupied the building in the centre of Zurich where the original European Dada movement began, as a response to the horrors of the first World War, which came to be known as the Cabaret Voltaire.
Krohn Racing/TRG Krohn Racing/TRG was a racing partnership that raced two Daytona Prototype cars in the 2005 Grand American road racing season. The partnership was between Tracy Krohn's Krohn Racing and Kevin Buckler's The Racer's Group.
Kroke Kroke (Yiddish for Kraków) is a Polish trio formed in 1992 in Kraków by three lifelong friends and graduates of the Kraków Music Academy, Tomasz Lato (double bass), Tomasz Kukurba (violin), and Jerzy Bawoł (accordion). Though known primarily as a Klezmer band, Kroke create and play original compositions that employ authentic ornamentation, with modes and scales from both Klezmer and Sephardic music, resulting in a sound both contemporary and Jewish.
Krokodiloes Founded in 1946, The Harvard Krokodiloes are Harvard University's oldest a cappella singing group. Four members of the Hasty Pudding Club at 12 Holyoke St, popular for its all-male, burlesque musical theatre productions, began singing popular hits of their time in four-part harmony.
Krokola Krokola was a port located at modern Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. According to legends, it was a port developed when an old fisherwoman by the name of Mai Kolachi settled near the delta of the Indus River to start a community.
Krokus (mythology) In Classical mythology, Krokus was a mortal man who, unhappy with his love affair with Smilax, was turned by the gods into a plant bearing his name: the crocus Saffron. Smilax is believed to have been given a similar fate and was transformed into bindweed.
Krolloper The Krolloper (usually called the Kroll Opera House in English) was an opera building in Berlin, Germany, on the western edge of the Königsplatz (now the Platz der Republik), facing the Reichstag. It was built in 1844 as an entertainment venue for the restaurant owner Joseph Kroll, on a site donated by Friedrich Wilhelm IV.
Kromagg The Kromaggs (also known pejoratively as "Maggs" and "Maggots" by Humans), are a species of humanoid primates from the science fiction television show, Sliders. They are technologically advanced, with machines that can control gravity, create forcefields, hand-held energy weapons and aircraft ("manta" ships) equipped with energy weapons and dimensional travel capabilities.
KroměřĂĹľ KroměřĂĹľ (German: Kremsier) is a city in the ZlĂn Region of the Czech Republic. The town's main landmark is the Baroque KroměřĂĹľ Bishop's Palace, where some scenes from Amadeus and Immortal Beloved were filmed.
Kromdraai Conservancy Kromdraai Conservancy is a conservation park located to the south-west of Gauteng province in north-east South Africa. It was established to protect the caves, old gold mines, fossil sites, trout farm and a game reserve in the area.
Kromdraai, Gauteng Kromdraai is a protected conservancy in western Gauteng, South Africa not far from Krugersdorp. It name is derived from Afrikaans meaning "Crooked Turn" after a kink in the meandering Crocodile River.
Krome Avenue (Miami) Krome Avenue, locally known as Krome Avenue and Southwest 177th Avenue and State Road 997 is a north-south street that runs west of Miami in Miami-Dade County, Florida. It is the westernmost major avenue in Miami-Dade County.
Kromme Rijn [image] of the central part of the [[Rhine-Meuse delta showing the city of Utrecht and its surroundings, including the Kromme Rijn branch (b), which forks from the Nederrijn-Lek main artery at Wijk bij Duurstede (just outside this image, to the east of the rightmost number 2.]]In Roman times, this northernmost branch of the Rhine delta now called Kromme Rijn ("Crooked" Rhine, for its many bends) was the main distributary of this major European river.
Kron Hills In the World of Greyhawk campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, the Kron Hills are a range of mineral-rich hills spilling from the eastern side of the Lortmil Mountains and onward into the western Gnarley. The Kron Hills form the northern border of Celene, and the southern border of Verbobonc.
Kronach (district) Kronach is a district in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by (from the east and clockwise) the districts of Hof, Kulmbach, Lichtenfels and Coburg, and the state of Thuringia (districts of Sonneberg, Saalfeld-Rudolstadt and Saale-Orla).
Kronach Lorin This small innovative ramjet engine was static tested in Austria during the latter stages of World War II. The engine's fuel supply consisted of approximately 300-400 lb of granular coal that was slowly burned inside a rotating metal mesh basket (ahead of the jet intake) to produce carbon monoxide gas as fuel.
Kronberg im Taunus Kronberg im Taunus is a town in the Hochtaunuskreis district, Hesse, Germany. Before the 20th century, it was a Prussian city in the governmental district of Wiesbaden in the old district of Obertaunuskreis in the Taunus and the Kronberg-Rödelnheim railway.
Kronborg Castle Kronborg Castle is situated near the town of Elsinore (Danish Helsingør) on the extreme tip of Zealand at the narrowest point of the Oresund (Danish Ăresund), the sound between Denmark and Sweden. In this part, the sound is only four kilometres wide, hence the strategic importance of maintaining a fortress at this location.
Kronecker delta In mathematics, the Kronecker delta or Kronecker's delta, named after Leopold Kronecker (1823-1891), is a function of two variables, usually integers, which is 1 if they are equal, and 0 otherwise. So, for example, delta_{12} = 0, but delta_{33} = 1.
Kronecker limit formula In mathematics, the classical Kronecker limit formula describes the constant term at s = 1 of a real analytic Eisenstein series (or Epstein zeta function) in terms of the Dedekind eta function. There are many generalizations of it to more complicated Eisenstein series.
Kronecker's lemma In mathematics, Kronecker's lemma is a result about the relationship between convergence of infinite sums and convergence of sequences. The lemma is often used as part of the proofs concerning theorems concerning sums of independent random variables such as the strong Law of large numbers.
Kronecker's theorem In mathematics, Kronecker's theorem is a result in diophantine approximation applying to several real numbers xi, for 1 ≤ i ≤ N, which generalises the equidistribution theorem, the fact that an infinite cyclic subgroup of the unit circle group is a dense subset. In terms of physical systems, it has the consequence that planets in circular orbits moving uniformly around a star will, over time, assume all alignments, unless there is an exact dependency between their orbital periods.
Kronecker–Weber theorem In algebraic number theory, a branch of mathematics, the Kronecker–Weber theorem states that every finite abelian extension of the field of rational numbers Q, or in other words every algebraic number field whose Galois group over Q is abelian, is a subfield of a cyclotomic field, i.e.
Kronenbourg Open The Kronenbourg Open was a one off European Tour championship which was played at Gardagolf near Verona, Italy from 25 March to 28 March 1992. Sam Torrance shot 69-68-73-74 for a 4 under par 72 hole score of 284, and defeated his fellow Scot Mike Miller by one stroke.
Kronenthaler The Kronenthaler was a silver coin first issued in the Austrian Netherlands (see Austrian Netherlands Kronenthaler). It contained one ninth of a Cologne mark of silver and was thus equal to the Reichsthaler of the Leipzig convention.
Kroni Kroni (Tamil:கŕŻŕ®±ŕŻ‹ŕ®Łŕ®ż) is a figure in Ayyavazhi mythology. He is the primordial manifestation of evil, and manifests in various forms of evil, such as Ravana and Duryodhana, in different ages or yugas.
Kronik (album) Kronik was an EP released by the Canadian metal/cyberpunk band Voivod in 1998 on Slipdisc/Hypnotic Records. It was their tenth release altogether, featuring remixes, previously unreleased songs, and live recordings.
Kronk Gym Kronk Gym (5555 McGraw Street, Detroit, MI 48210-1724) was a legendary boxing gym located in Detroit and led by equally legendary trainer Emanuel Steward. The gym was run out of the basement of the oldest recreation center of the City of Detroit.
Kronk's New Groove Kronk's New Groove (also known as The Emperor's New Groove 2: Kronk's New Groove in some countries) is a 2005 animated feature film, a direct-to-video sequel to the 2000 animated film The Emperor's New Groove. In this movie, David Spade, John Goodman, Eartha Kitt, Patrick Warburton and Wendie Malick all reprise their roles from the original film, with new voices by John Mahoney and Tracey Ullman.
Kronprinsens husarregemente Kronprinsens husarregemente (Crown Prince's Hussar Regiment), also K 7, was a Swedish Army cavalry regiment located in the province of SkĂĄne that traced its origins back to the 18th Century. It was disbanded in 1927.
Kronshtadt class submarine chaser A mixture of Soviet transferred and Chinese license assembled Kronshtadt class submarine chaser entered the Chinese service in the late 1950’s. (The first Chinese built unit entered service in 1957 and was designed as Type 6604 submarine chaser).
Kronstadt Kronstadt (), also spelled Kronshtadt, Cronstadt ( for Crown and Stadt for City) is a heavily fortified Russian seaport town, located on Kotlin Island, near the head of the Gulf of Finland. It lies thirty kilometers west of Saint Petersburg, of which it is the chief port.
Kronstadt rebellion The Kronstadt rebellion was an unsuccessful uprising of Soviet sailors, led by Stepan Petrichenko, against the government of the early Russian SFSR. It proved to be the last major rebellion against Bolshevik rule.
Kronstorf Transmitter The Kronstorf Transmitter was a mediumwave (and, starting in 1967, shortwave) broadcasting facility near Kronstorf, Austria. Its construction started in 1950 by the American Forces occuping Austria, and went in service on 1952-03-01.
Kroonika Kroonika is a popular Estonian magazine which is typically popular with young Estonian persons aged between 13 and 30 years of age. The magazine is published in the Estonian language, and includes gossip and news on the country's biggest celebrities.
Kropotkin, Krasnodar Krai Kropotkin () is a town in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, located on the right bank of the Kuban River. It was founded as Romanovsky Khutor in the late 18th century, and was renamed Kropotkin (in honor of Peter Kropotkin) in 1921, when it was granted town status.
Kroppedal Kroppedal Museum in Denmark, 20 km (13 miles) from Copenhagen, was established in 2003. Kroppedal is the national museum of Danish astronomy, has a large archaeological unit, and an ethnological unit specializing in modern society.
Kropstädt Kropstädt is a community in Wittenberg district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The community belongs to the administrative community (Verwaltungsgemeinschaft) of Elbaue-Fläming, whose seat is in the town of Zahna.
Krosno County Krosno County (in Polish powiat krośnieński ) is a unit of territorial administration and local government in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship in Poland, created on 1 January 1999 as a result of the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998.
Krosno Odrzańskie Krosno Odrzańskie () is a city in Western Poland with 12,500 inhabitants (2002), situated in the Lubusz Voivodeship (since 1999), previously part of Zielona Góra Voivodeship (1975-1998). It is the capital of Krosno County.
Krosno Odrzańskie County Krosno Odrzańskie County or simply Krosno County, (in Polish powiat krośnieński) is a unit of territorial administration and local government in the Lubusz Voivodeship in Poland, created on 1 January 1999 as a result of the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998.
Krosno Voivodeship Krosno Voivodeship (Polish: województwo krośnieńskie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1975–1998, superseded by Subcarpathian Voivodeship. Its capital city was Krosno.
Krounoi Krounoi (pronounced crew-knee) or Krouni, rarely Crouni and Cruni, in Greece, formerly known as Risovo, was a thriving community of more than 1,000 inhabitants until the earthquake of 1967. It is located in the prefecture of Ilia in the western part of the municipality of Skillounta and is part of the community of Kallikomo.
Krsnik Krsnik or Kresnik, Lord of the Mountain is a pagan slavonic son of the sun god present in Slovenia, Croatia, and other countries. The comparative mythology showed that this demigod figure originates from Iranian god Yima and his double, Indian Yama, with whom they share a lot of common characteristics.
Krste Crvenkovski Krste Crvenkovski (КрŃте ЦрвенковŃки) (Prilep, 1921 - Skopje, 21 July 2001) was a Communist political leader in Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and in Socialist Republic of Macedonia. He was a leader of League of Communists of Macedonia - (July 1963 - March 1969).
Krste Misirkov Krste Petkov Misirkov (Macedonian Cyrillic: КрŃте Петков МиŃирков, Bulgarian Cyrillic: КръŃте (also КръŃтю or КръŃтьо) Петков МиŃирков) (18 November 1874 in Agioi Apostoloi (Greek: Άγιοι ΑπόĎτολοι, Slavic: ПоŃтол - Postol), Greek Macedonia - 26 July 1926 in Sofia, Bulgaria) was a philologist and publicist born in the then Ottoman Empire region of Macedonia. His ethnic self-identity and views are a matter of dispute between Bulgaria and the Republic of Macedonia.
Krsto Zrnov Popović Captain Krsto Zrnov Popović was one of the leaders of 1919 Christmas Uprising against Serbian dynasty Karađorđević, organized by the greens (zelenaši), followers of dethroned King Nikola and Montenegrin dynasty Petrović-Njegoš. After the uprising has failed, Popović immigrated to Italy, just to return in June of 1919 and start guerilla warfare.
Kru languages The Kru languages belong to the Niger-Congo language family and are spoken in the area ranging from the south-east of Liberia to the east of CĂ´te d'Ivoire. The name Kru is of unknown origin and is according to Westermann (1952) 'used by Europeans to denote a number of tribes speaking related dialects, and the dialects as a whole'; Marchese (1989) notes that the term might be derived from the fact that many of these peoples were recruited as 'crew' by European seafarers.
Kruber Ridge The Kruber Ridge is a mountain ridge on the Iturup Island. It is a chain of inactive volcanoes in the northeastern part of the Medvezhy Peninsula ("Bear Peninsula") of the island and constitutes part of the water divide between the Okhotsk Sea and the Pacific Ocean.
Kruder & Dorfmeister Kruder & Dorfmeister, named after Peter Kruder and Richard Dorfmeister, is an Austrian duo most known for their downtempo-dub remixes of pop, hip-hop, and drum and bass songs. Their mixes are usually flavored with sampler-processed vocals, deep bassline dub, trip-hop elements, bossa grooves and smoothly-shaped echoes to achieve their unique sound.
Krug Park Located at the northern end of the Parkway in Saint Joseph, Missouri, Krug Park is a large city park with Italian Renaissance structures, extensive landscaping and flowerbeds. The park's 163 acres house an amphitheater, a lagoon, rose gardens, picnic areas, an Italian castle, scenic walking trails, and various playgrounds.
Kruger telegram The Kruger telegram was a message sent by Germany's Kaiser Wilhelm II to Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger, president of the Transvaal on 3 January 1896. The Kaiser congratulated the president on repelling the Jameson Raid, a sortie by 600 irregulars from Cape Colony into the Transvaal under the command of Leander Starr Jameson.
Kruger v Commonwealth Kruger v Commonwealth (1997) 190 CLR 1, also known as the Stolen Generation Case, is a High Court of Australia case that deals with any implied right to legal equality, and the section 116 prohibition on the establishment of a religion.
Krugerrand A Krugerrand is a South African gold coin, first minted in 1967 in order to help to market South African gold. The coins have legal tender status in South Africa but are not actually intended to be used as currency.
Krugle Krugle is a search engine that allows computer programmers and other developers to search Open Source repositories in order to locate open source code, and quickly share the code with other programmers on the internet. It finished its beta phase and went live on June 14th, 2006.
Kruithof curve In color vision, the color experience of a given light mixture may vary with absolute luminosity, because both rods and cones are active at once in the eye, with each having different colour curves, and rods taking over gradually from cones as the brightness of the scene is reduced. This means, for example, that light with a color temperature of 6000K may appear white under high luminance, but appear bluish under low luminance.
Kruja castle The Kruja castle is a castle in the city of Kruja, Albania and the center of Skanderbeg's resistance against the Ottoman Turks. The castle withstood two massive sieges from the Turks, both times its garrison was even smaller than the one at Constantinople usually no bigger than 2,000-3,000 men.
Kruk and Kuip Kruk and Kuip, pronounced "Krook and Kipe,"is the affectionate nickname for current San Francisco Giants broadcasters and former Giants teammates Mike Krukow and Duane Kuiper. They, along with Jon Miller, Dave Flemming, and Greg Papa (along with the recent return of Hall of famer Lon Simmons) make up the Giants broadcast team on KNBR 680 AM and the Giants radio network, KTVU Channel 2, and Fox Sports Bay Area in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Krull's principal ideal theorem In commutative algebra, Krull's principal ideal theorem, named after Wolfgang Krull (1899 - 1971), gives a bound on the height of a principal ideal in a Noetherian ring. The theorem is sometimes referred to by its German name, Krulls Hauptidealsatz.
Krull's theorem In mathematics, more specifically in ring theory, Krull's theorem, named after Wolfgang Krull, proves the existence of maximal ideals in any ring. The theorem was first stated in 1929 and is equivalent to the axiom of choice.
Kristina från Duvemåla Kristina från Duvemåla ("Kristina from Duvemåla") is a Swedish musical written by former ABBA members Björn Ulvaeus (book and lyrics) and Benny Andersson (music), based on a series of four novels by Swedish author Vilhelm Moberg detailing a family's poverty-driven migration from Sweden to America in the mid-19th century: The Emigrants, Unto a Good Land, The Settlers, and The Last Letter Home.
Kristina Keneally Kristina Keneally is the first United States of America-born member of the New South Wales Parliament. In 2003 she was an Australian Labor Party (ALP) candidate elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Heffron, succeeding Deirdre Grusovin.
Kristina Laum Kristina Laum (born November 23, 1976 in Seoul, South Korea), currently residing in Maple Shade Township, New Jersey, was a professional wrestling valet and manager in ECW and WCW. She used the names Kimona Wanalaya (sometimes spelled Kimona Wanaleia) and Leia Meow.
Kristina Lugn Kristina Lugn (born 14 November 1948) is a Swedish poet and dramatist and member of the Swedish Academy. She was born in Skövde, Västergötland, and after finishing her academic education she has devoted her time to poetry, as literary critic and a playwright.
Kristina Ĺ migun Kristina Ĺ migun (born February 23, 1977 in Tartu) is an Estonian cross-country skier. She and her sister Katrin Ĺ migun (who is also a skier) are daughters of the Russian Anatoli Ĺ migun and Estonian Rutt Rehemaa who were both prominent nordic skiers.
Kristina Söderbaum Kristina Söderbaum (Stockholm, Sweden October 51912 - Hitzacker, Germany February 122001) was a Swedish-born German film actress, producer and photographer. From 1935, she starred in a number of films with her husband, director Veit Harlan.
Kristine Cecava Kristine Cecava is a Cheyenne County, Nebraska district judge who garnered media attention for sentencing a man to probation for two felony child sexual assault charges, a sentence viewed by many as being too lenient.
Kristine Hanson Kristine Hanson (born September 23, 1951 in Illinois) is an American television broadcaster who also was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the September 1974 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by David Chan.
Kristine Kathryn Rusch Kristine Kathryn Rusch (born June 1960) is an American writer; she writes in multiple genres, including science fiction, fantasy, mystery (using the pen name Kris Nelscott), and romance (under the name Kristine Grayson). She also wrote a mainstream novel, Hitler's Angel, as Kris Rusch.
Kristine Quance Kristine Quance (born April 1, 1975 in Northridge, Los Angeles, California) was an American breaststroke and medley swimmer of the 1990s, who competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, winning a gold medal in the 4x100m medley relay. Her career peaked in 1997 when she was named as American Swimmer of the Year by Swimming World magazine.
Kristine Stiles Kristine Stiles, Professor of Art and Art History at Duke University, is author (together with Peter Selz) of the landmark anthology of artists’ writings, “Theories and Documents of Contemporary Art” (1996). Stiles pioneered art historical studies of destruction in art, performance art, trauma in art, and documentary photography of the nuclear age.
Kristjan Palusalu Kristjan Palusalu (until 1935 Kristjan Trossmann, March 10, 1908-July 17, 1987) Estonian heavyweight wrestler born in Läänemaa, Estonia. Palusalu is best remembered for winning two gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin.
Kristjana Gunnars Kristjana Gunnars (born March 19, 1948 in ReykjavĂk) is an Icelandic-Canadian poet and novelist. Her volumes of poetry include Settlement Poems, which focuses on 19th century Icelandic settlers in Manitoba, and One-Eyed Moon Maps.
Kristofer Straub Kristofer Straub is the creator of webcomics Checkerboard Nightmare and Starslip Crisis, and co-founder of webcomics group Blank Label Comics. He also co-developed the Blamimations for Scott Kurtz' comic strip PvP, and is the voice of Brent Sienna.
Kristoffer Göbel Karl Kristoffer Göbel (born October 23 1978) is a Swedish vocalist. He has sang for both the Heavy Metal band Destiny and sang for Power Metallers Falconer between 2003 and 2005 - a position from which he was unceremoniously fired to make way for the returning original vocalist, Mathias Blad.
Kristoffer Tabori Kristoffer Tabori, born Christopher Donald Siegel (born, 4 August 1952, Malibu, California) is an American actor. Son of director Don Siegel and Swedish actress Viveca Lindfors, Kristoffer appeared in one of his mother's films, Weddings and Babies, as a young boy.
Kristoffer Weckström Kristoffer Weckström (born May 26, 1983) is a Finnish footballer, who currently is a midfielder in Finnish football club IFK Mariehamn. He has also played in English football club Derby County during their tenure in the Premier League.
Kristopher Letang Kristopher Letang (born April 24, 1987 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian ice hockey defenceman currently playing for the Val-d'Or Foreurs of the QMJHL. He was drafted in the 3rd round, 62nd overall in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft by the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Kristy Kowal Kristina Ann "Kristy" Kowal (born on October 9, 1978 in Reading, Pennsylvania) is an international topswimmer from the United States, who won the silver medal in the 200m breaststroke at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. In the 2000 Olympics, she was second and touched out teammate Amanda Beard.
Kristy McNichol Kristy McNichol (born Christina Ann McNichol on September 11, 1962, in Los Angeles, California) is a former American actress, most known for her roles as Letitia "Buddy" Lawrence on the TV drama Family, and as Barbara Weston on the sitcom Empty Nest. She is the sister of former child actor Jimmy McNichol.
Kristy Swanson Renee Kristen "Kristy" Swanson (b. December 19, 1969 in Mission Viejo, California, USA to Robert Swanson and Rosemary Albrecht) is an American actress who has starred in movies such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Chase, and Higher Learning.
Krisztina CzakĂł Krisztina CzakĂł (born on December 17, 1978 in Budapest, Hungary) is a former Hungarian figure skater, competitive through most of the 1990s. CzakĂł's mother Klara was a speed skater, while her father and coach Gyorgy CzakĂł was himself a figure skater and a former Hungarian men's national champion.
Krisztinaváros Krisztinaváros (Christine Town) is a small neighbourhood in central Budapest that is situated just west of Castle Hill, north of Tabán. It is named after Princess Christine, daughter of Maria Theresa, who interceded for buildings to be erected in this area.
Krit Srivara General Krit Srivara (Thai: ŕ¸ŕ¸¤ŕ¸© ศรีวรา) was a military officer of the Royal Thai Army, who served as Deputy Army Commander prior to the violent crackdown on democracy protestors on 14 October 1973 and was later promoted to Army Commander.
Krita Krita is the bitmap graphics editor software included with the KDE based KOffice suite. Designed to be both a painting application and a photo editor, Krita is Free Software and distributed under GNU General Public License.
Kriti Kriti is a format of a musical composition typical to Carnatic music, an Indian classical music style. Kritis form the backbone of any typical Carnatic music concert and is the longer format of a carnatic music song.
Kritik In Policy Debate, a kritik (derived from German kritik, meaning and pronounced as "critique", and often abbreviated K) is generally a type of argument that challenges a certain mindset, assumption, or discursive element that exists within the advocacy of the opposing team, often from the perspective of critical theory; it is often spelled in the normal English critique or is sometimes called a criticism, and takes the adjective form kritikal (meaning and pronounced as "critical"). A kritik can either be deployed by the negative team to challenge the affirmative advocacy or by the affirmative team to indict the status quo or the negative advocacy.
Kritios Kritios was an Athenian sculptor, probably a pupil of Antenor, working in the early fifth century BCE, whose manner is on the cusp of the Late Archaic and the "severe style" of Early Classicism in Attica. He was the teacher of Myron.
Kritios Boy The Kritios boy belongs to the Late Archaic period and is considered the precursor to the later classical sculptures of athletes. The Kritios or Kritian boy was thus named because it attributed to Kritios who worked together with Nesiotes (Harmodius and Aristogeiton) or their scholarship, from around 480 BC.
Kritsa Kritsa is one of the oldest and most beautiful villages in Crete, built amphitheatrically on a rock hill, named Kastellos, surrounded by olive groves, at an altitude of 375m. During the Middle Ages was thought to be the largest village in Crete.
Krittibas Krittibas is a Bengali poetry magazine that first appeared in Kolkata in 1953. It played a highly influential role in the Kolkata literary scene in the decades after Indian independence, and provided a platform for young, experimental poets, many of whom went on to become luminaries of modern Bengali poetry.
Krittibas Ojha Krittibas Ojha (Bangla: কৄত্তিবাস ওঝা) was a medieval Bengali poet. His major contribution to Bangla literature and culture was the translation of the great Indian epic of Ramayana to Bangla.
Krivich The Krivichi (; ) was one of the tribal unions of Early East Slavs between the 6th and the 12th centuries. They inhabited the upper reaches of the Volga, Dnieper, Western Dvina, areas south of the lower reaches of river Velikaya and parts of the Neman basin.
Krivogaštani Krivogaštani (КривогаŃтани) is a village and municipality situated in the Prilep Oblast on the Pelagonian plain in the Republic of Macedonia. The main village is along the main route from Prilep to Kruševo.
Krivokrasov stick incident This scandal, involving Sergei Krivokrasov, occurred during 3rd game of 2003-04 Russian Hockey Super League playoff semifinals between Avangard Omsk and HC Lada Togliatti. At 3:05 left in 3rd period, Lada Head coach, Petr Vorobiev, asked for Krivokrasov's stick measurement.
Krivošije Krivošije is a high plateau on the eastern branches of Mount Orjen (1894 m) in Montenegro, near Kotor. A significant geological/geomorphological feature of the Krivošije region are the glacial deposits distributed across the whole of the plateau.
Kriya Yoga Kriya Yoga is a very specific system of Yoga that was revived in modern times by Lahiri Mahasaya, c 1861. Paramahansa Yogananda brought it into widespread public awareness through his book [of a Yogi|Autobiography of a Yogi].
Krka monastery Krka Monastery (Serbian: МанаŃтир Крка or Manastir Krka) is a Serbian Orthodox monastery dedicated to the Archangel Michael, located near the river Krka in central Dalmatia, Croatia. It is the best known monastery of the Serb Orthodox Church in Croatia and it is officially protected as part of the Krka National Park.
Krnjak Krnjak (Serbian: Крњак) is a village and a municipality in Karlovac County, Croatia. The village Krnjak has 400 inhabitants, and there are another 29 villages and hamlets in the municipality, the largest of which are Budačka Rijeka (pop.
Kroesos Foundation The Kroesos Foundation is an artistic collective set up by Swiss Artist, Mark Divo. Between January and March 2002 they occupied the building in the centre of Zurich where the original European Dada movement began, as a response to the horrors of the first World War, which came to be known as the Cabaret Voltaire.
Krohn Racing/TRG Krohn Racing/TRG was a racing partnership that raced two Daytona Prototype cars in the 2005 Grand American road racing season. The partnership was between Tracy Krohn's Krohn Racing and Kevin Buckler's The Racer's Group.
Kroke Kroke (Yiddish for Kraków) is a Polish trio formed in 1992 in Kraków by three lifelong friends and graduates of the Kraków Music Academy, Tomasz Lato (double bass), Tomasz Kukurba (violin), and Jerzy Bawoł (accordion). Though known primarily as a Klezmer band, Kroke create and play original compositions that employ authentic ornamentation, with modes and scales from both Klezmer and Sephardic music, resulting in a sound both contemporary and Jewish.
Krokodiloes Founded in 1946, The Harvard Krokodiloes are Harvard University's oldest a cappella singing group. Four members of the Hasty Pudding Club at 12 Holyoke St, popular for its all-male, burlesque musical theatre productions, began singing popular hits of their time in four-part harmony.
Krokola Krokola was a port located at modern Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. According to legends, it was a port developed when an old fisherwoman by the name of Mai Kolachi settled near the delta of the Indus River to start a community.
Krokus (mythology) In Classical mythology, Krokus was a mortal man who, unhappy with his love affair with Smilax, was turned by the gods into a plant bearing his name: the crocus Saffron. Smilax is believed to have been given a similar fate and was transformed into bindweed.
Krolloper The Krolloper (usually called the Kroll Opera House in English) was an opera building in Berlin, Germany, on the western edge of the Königsplatz (now the Platz der Republik), facing the Reichstag. It was built in 1844 as an entertainment venue for the restaurant owner Joseph Kroll, on a site donated by Friedrich Wilhelm IV.
Kromagg The Kromaggs (also known pejoratively as "Maggs" and "Maggots" by Humans), are a species of humanoid primates from the science fiction television show, Sliders. They are technologically advanced, with machines that can control gravity, create forcefields, hand-held energy weapons and aircraft ("manta" ships) equipped with energy weapons and dimensional travel capabilities.
KroměřĂĹľ KroměřĂĹľ (German: Kremsier) is a city in the ZlĂn Region of the Czech Republic. The town's main landmark is the Baroque KroměřĂĹľ Bishop's Palace, where some scenes from Amadeus and Immortal Beloved were filmed.
Kromdraai Conservancy Kromdraai Conservancy is a conservation park located to the south-west of Gauteng province in north-east South Africa. It was established to protect the caves, old gold mines, fossil sites, trout farm and a game reserve in the area.
Kromdraai, Gauteng Kromdraai is a protected conservancy in western Gauteng, South Africa not far from Krugersdorp. It name is derived from Afrikaans meaning "Crooked Turn" after a kink in the meandering Crocodile River.
Krome Avenue (Miami) Krome Avenue, locally known as Krome Avenue and Southwest 177th Avenue and State Road 997 is a north-south street that runs west of Miami in Miami-Dade County, Florida. It is the westernmost major avenue in Miami-Dade County.
Kromme Rijn [image] of the central part of the [[Rhine-Meuse delta showing the city of Utrecht and its surroundings, including the Kromme Rijn branch (b), which forks from the Nederrijn-Lek main artery at Wijk bij Duurstede (just outside this image, to the east of the rightmost number 2.]]In Roman times, this northernmost branch of the Rhine delta now called Kromme Rijn ("Crooked" Rhine, for its many bends) was the main distributary of this major European river.
Kron Hills In the World of Greyhawk campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, the Kron Hills are a range of mineral-rich hills spilling from the eastern side of the Lortmil Mountains and onward into the western Gnarley. The Kron Hills form the northern border of Celene, and the southern border of Verbobonc.
Kronach (district) Kronach is a district in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by (from the east and clockwise) the districts of Hof, Kulmbach, Lichtenfels and Coburg, and the state of Thuringia (districts of Sonneberg, Saalfeld-Rudolstadt and Saale-Orla).
Kronach Lorin This small innovative ramjet engine was static tested in Austria during the latter stages of World War II. The engine's fuel supply consisted of approximately 300-400 lb of granular coal that was slowly burned inside a rotating metal mesh basket (ahead of the jet intake) to produce carbon monoxide gas as fuel.
Kronberg im Taunus Kronberg im Taunus is a town in the Hochtaunuskreis district, Hesse, Germany. Before the 20th century, it was a Prussian city in the governmental district of Wiesbaden in the old district of Obertaunuskreis in the Taunus and the Kronberg-Rödelnheim railway.
Kronborg Castle Kronborg Castle is situated near the town of Elsinore (Danish Helsingør) on the extreme tip of Zealand at the narrowest point of the Oresund (Danish Ăresund), the sound between Denmark and Sweden. In this part, the sound is only four kilometres wide, hence the strategic importance of maintaining a fortress at this location.
Kronecker delta In mathematics, the Kronecker delta or Kronecker's delta, named after Leopold Kronecker (1823-1891), is a function of two variables, usually integers, which is 1 if they are equal, and 0 otherwise. So, for example, delta_{12} = 0, but delta_{33} = 1.
Kronecker limit formula In mathematics, the classical Kronecker limit formula describes the constant term at s = 1 of a real analytic Eisenstein series (or Epstein zeta function) in terms of the Dedekind eta function. There are many generalizations of it to more complicated Eisenstein series.
Kronecker's lemma In mathematics, Kronecker's lemma is a result about the relationship between convergence of infinite sums and convergence of sequences. The lemma is often used as part of the proofs concerning theorems concerning sums of independent random variables such as the strong Law of large numbers.
Kronecker's theorem In mathematics, Kronecker's theorem is a result in diophantine approximation applying to several real numbers xi, for 1 ≤ i ≤ N, which generalises the equidistribution theorem, the fact that an infinite cyclic subgroup of the unit circle group is a dense subset. In terms of physical systems, it has the consequence that planets in circular orbits moving uniformly around a star will, over time, assume all alignments, unless there is an exact dependency between their orbital periods.
Kronecker–Weber theorem In algebraic number theory, a branch of mathematics, the Kronecker–Weber theorem states that every finite abelian extension of the field of rational numbers Q, or in other words every algebraic number field whose Galois group over Q is abelian, is a subfield of a cyclotomic field, i.e.
Kronenbourg Open The Kronenbourg Open was a one off European Tour championship which was played at Gardagolf near Verona, Italy from 25 March to 28 March 1992. Sam Torrance shot 69-68-73-74 for a 4 under par 72 hole score of 284, and defeated his fellow Scot Mike Miller by one stroke.
Kronenthaler The Kronenthaler was a silver coin first issued in the Austrian Netherlands (see Austrian Netherlands Kronenthaler). It contained one ninth of a Cologne mark of silver and was thus equal to the Reichsthaler of the Leipzig convention.
Kroni Kroni (Tamil:கŕŻŕ®±ŕŻ‹ŕ®Łŕ®ż) is a figure in Ayyavazhi mythology. He is the primordial manifestation of evil, and manifests in various forms of evil, such as Ravana and Duryodhana, in different ages or yugas.
Kronik (album) Kronik was an EP released by the Canadian metal/cyberpunk band Voivod in 1998 on Slipdisc/Hypnotic Records. It was their tenth release altogether, featuring remixes, previously unreleased songs, and live recordings.
Kronk Gym Kronk Gym (5555 McGraw Street, Detroit, MI 48210-1724) was a legendary boxing gym located in Detroit and led by equally legendary trainer Emanuel Steward. The gym was run out of the basement of the oldest recreation center of the City of Detroit.
Kronk's New Groove Kronk's New Groove (also known as The Emperor's New Groove 2: Kronk's New Groove in some countries) is a 2005 animated feature film, a direct-to-video sequel to the 2000 animated film The Emperor's New Groove. In this movie, David Spade, John Goodman, Eartha Kitt, Patrick Warburton and Wendie Malick all reprise their roles from the original film, with new voices by John Mahoney and Tracey Ullman.
Kronprinsens husarregemente Kronprinsens husarregemente (Crown Prince's Hussar Regiment), also K 7, was a Swedish Army cavalry regiment located in the province of SkĂĄne that traced its origins back to the 18th Century. It was disbanded in 1927.
Kronshtadt class submarine chaser A mixture of Soviet transferred and Chinese license assembled Kronshtadt class submarine chaser entered the Chinese service in the late 1950’s. (The first Chinese built unit entered service in 1957 and was designed as Type 6604 submarine chaser).
Kronstadt Kronstadt (), also spelled Kronshtadt, Cronstadt ( for Crown and Stadt for City) is a heavily fortified Russian seaport town, located on Kotlin Island, near the head of the Gulf of Finland. It lies thirty kilometers west of Saint Petersburg, of which it is the chief port.
Kronstadt rebellion The Kronstadt rebellion was an unsuccessful uprising of Soviet sailors, led by Stepan Petrichenko, against the government of the early Russian SFSR. It proved to be the last major rebellion against Bolshevik rule.
Kronstorf Transmitter The Kronstorf Transmitter was a mediumwave (and, starting in 1967, shortwave) broadcasting facility near Kronstorf, Austria. Its construction started in 1950 by the American Forces occuping Austria, and went in service on 1952-03-01.
Kroonika Kroonika is a popular Estonian magazine which is typically popular with young Estonian persons aged between 13 and 30 years of age. The magazine is published in the Estonian language, and includes gossip and news on the country's biggest celebrities.
Kropotkin, Krasnodar Krai Kropotkin () is a town in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, located on the right bank of the Kuban River. It was founded as Romanovsky Khutor in the late 18th century, and was renamed Kropotkin (in honor of Peter Kropotkin) in 1921, when it was granted town status.
Kroppedal Kroppedal Museum in Denmark, 20 km (13 miles) from Copenhagen, was established in 2003. Kroppedal is the national museum of Danish astronomy, has a large archaeological unit, and an ethnological unit specializing in modern society.
Kropstädt Kropstädt is a community in Wittenberg district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The community belongs to the administrative community (Verwaltungsgemeinschaft) of Elbaue-Fläming, whose seat is in the town of Zahna.
Krosno County Krosno County (in Polish powiat krośnieński ) is a unit of territorial administration and local government in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship in Poland, created on 1 January 1999 as a result of the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998.
Krosno Odrzańskie Krosno Odrzańskie () is a city in Western Poland with 12,500 inhabitants (2002), situated in the Lubusz Voivodeship (since 1999), previously part of Zielona Góra Voivodeship (1975-1998). It is the capital of Krosno County.
Krosno Odrzańskie County Krosno Odrzańskie County or simply Krosno County, (in Polish powiat krośnieński) is a unit of territorial administration and local government in the Lubusz Voivodeship in Poland, created on 1 January 1999 as a result of the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998.
Krosno Voivodeship Krosno Voivodeship (Polish: województwo krośnieńskie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1975–1998, superseded by Subcarpathian Voivodeship. Its capital city was Krosno.
Krounoi Krounoi (pronounced crew-knee) or Krouni, rarely Crouni and Cruni, in Greece, formerly known as Risovo, was a thriving community of more than 1,000 inhabitants until the earthquake of 1967. It is located in the prefecture of Ilia in the western part of the municipality of Skillounta and is part of the community of Kallikomo.
Krsnik Krsnik or Kresnik, Lord of the Mountain is a pagan slavonic son of the sun god present in Slovenia, Croatia, and other countries. The comparative mythology showed that this demigod figure originates from Iranian god Yima and his double, Indian Yama, with whom they share a lot of common characteristics.
Krste Crvenkovski Krste Crvenkovski (КрŃте ЦрвенковŃки) (Prilep, 1921 - Skopje, 21 July 2001) was a Communist political leader in Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and in Socialist Republic of Macedonia. He was a leader of League of Communists of Macedonia - (July 1963 - March 1969).
Krste Misirkov Krste Petkov Misirkov (Macedonian Cyrillic: КрŃте Петков МиŃирков, Bulgarian Cyrillic: КръŃте (also КръŃтю or КръŃтьо) Петков МиŃирков) (18 November 1874 in Agioi Apostoloi (Greek: Άγιοι ΑπόĎτολοι, Slavic: ПоŃтол - Postol), Greek Macedonia - 26 July 1926 in Sofia, Bulgaria) was a philologist and publicist born in the then Ottoman Empire region of Macedonia. His ethnic self-identity and views are a matter of dispute between Bulgaria and the Republic of Macedonia.
Krsto Zrnov Popović Captain Krsto Zrnov Popović was one of the leaders of 1919 Christmas Uprising against Serbian dynasty Karađorđević, organized by the greens (zelenaši), followers of dethroned King Nikola and Montenegrin dynasty Petrović-Njegoš. After the uprising has failed, Popović immigrated to Italy, just to return in June of 1919 and start guerilla warfare.
Kru languages The Kru languages belong to the Niger-Congo language family and are spoken in the area ranging from the south-east of Liberia to the east of CĂ´te d'Ivoire. The name Kru is of unknown origin and is according to Westermann (1952) 'used by Europeans to denote a number of tribes speaking related dialects, and the dialects as a whole'; Marchese (1989) notes that the term might be derived from the fact that many of these peoples were recruited as 'crew' by European seafarers.
Kruber Ridge The Kruber Ridge is a mountain ridge on the Iturup Island. It is a chain of inactive volcanoes in the northeastern part of the Medvezhy Peninsula ("Bear Peninsula") of the island and constitutes part of the water divide between the Okhotsk Sea and the Pacific Ocean.
Kruder & Dorfmeister Kruder & Dorfmeister, named after Peter Kruder and Richard Dorfmeister, is an Austrian duo most known for their downtempo-dub remixes of pop, hip-hop, and drum and bass songs. Their mixes are usually flavored with sampler-processed vocals, deep bassline dub, trip-hop elements, bossa grooves and smoothly-shaped echoes to achieve their unique sound.
Krug Park Located at the northern end of the Parkway in Saint Joseph, Missouri, Krug Park is a large city park with Italian Renaissance structures, extensive landscaping and flowerbeds. The park's 163 acres house an amphitheater, a lagoon, rose gardens, picnic areas, an Italian castle, scenic walking trails, and various playgrounds.
Kruger telegram The Kruger telegram was a message sent by Germany's Kaiser Wilhelm II to Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger, president of the Transvaal on 3 January 1896. The Kaiser congratulated the president on repelling the Jameson Raid, a sortie by 600 irregulars from Cape Colony into the Transvaal under the command of Leander Starr Jameson.
Kruger v Commonwealth Kruger v Commonwealth (1997) 190 CLR 1, also known as the Stolen Generation Case, is a High Court of Australia case that deals with any implied right to legal equality, and the section 116 prohibition on the establishment of a religion.
Krugerrand A Krugerrand is a South African gold coin, first minted in 1967 in order to help to market South African gold. The coins have legal tender status in South Africa but are not actually intended to be used as currency.
Krugle Krugle is a search engine that allows computer programmers and other developers to search Open Source repositories in order to locate open source code, and quickly share the code with other programmers on the internet. It finished its beta phase and went live on June 14th, 2006.
Kruithof curve In color vision, the color experience of a given light mixture may vary with absolute luminosity, because both rods and cones are active at once in the eye, with each having different colour curves, and rods taking over gradually from cones as the brightness of the scene is reduced. This means, for example, that light with a color temperature of 6000K may appear white under high luminance, but appear bluish under low luminance.
Kruja castle The Kruja castle is a castle in the city of Kruja, Albania and the center of Skanderbeg's resistance against the Ottoman Turks. The castle withstood two massive sieges from the Turks, both times its garrison was even smaller than the one at Constantinople usually no bigger than 2,000-3,000 men.
Kruk and Kuip Kruk and Kuip, pronounced "Krook and Kipe,"is the affectionate nickname for current San Francisco Giants broadcasters and former Giants teammates Mike Krukow and Duane Kuiper. They, along with Jon Miller, Dave Flemming, and Greg Papa (along with the recent return of Hall of famer Lon Simmons) make up the Giants broadcast team on KNBR 680 AM and the Giants radio network, KTVU Channel 2, and Fox Sports Bay Area in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Krull's principal ideal theorem In commutative algebra, Krull's principal ideal theorem, named after Wolfgang Krull (1899 - 1971), gives a bound on the height of a principal ideal in a Noetherian ring. The theorem is sometimes referred to by its German name, Krulls Hauptidealsatz.
Krull's theorem In mathematics, more specifically in ring theory, Krull's theorem, named after Wolfgang Krull, proves the existence of maximal ideals in any ring. The theorem was first stated in 1929 and is equivalent to the axiom of choice.
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