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Kaniyapuram Kaniyapuram, (ŕ´•ŕ´Łŕ´żŕ´Żŕ´ľŕ´Şŕµŕ´°ŕ´‚), Population 40,000 is a small town 14 km from Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala in India. Belongs to the Andoorkonum Panchayat, although Andoorkonum still remains an obscure village 3 km to the east.
Kanjaniâž Kanjaniâž (関ジăŁă‹âž) ("kan - jya - ni - ei - to") is a Johnny's Entertainment (JE) idol unit formed in 2002, an eight-man music and entertainment group hailing from the Kansai-region of Japan. They are JE's 'modern enka' group and their singles have broken numerous enka-related sales records.
Kanji Kanji (Japanese: ) are the Chinese characters that are used in the modern Japanese logographic writing system along with hiragana (ĺąłä»®ĺŤ), katakana (片仮ĺŤ), and the Arabic numerals. The Japanese term kanji ([literally means "Han] characters".
Kanji (village) Kanji is a village in the Kargil district of the Ladakh region of the Jammu and Kashmir state of India. The village has 20 families who farm the immediate area, and can be accessed through the village of Heniskot which lies on the Srinagar-Kargil-Leh highway.
Kanji of the year The Kanji of the year (今年ă®ćĽ˘ĺ— Kotoshi no Kanji) is a kanji chosen by the Japanese Kanji Proficiency Society (財団法人日本漢ĺ—č˝ĺŠ›ć¤śĺ®šĺŤ”会 Zaidan hĹŤjin Nihon Kanji NĹŤryoku kentei kyĹŤkai) through a national ballot in Japan. It began in 1995.
Kanjika Kanjika (Indian functional food, also abbreviated as Kanji), a probiotic food, is a lactic fermented product where lactic fermentation is the terminal step in food processing and is prepared from raw material of plant origin and devoid of dairy product. It is helpful in maintaining health of ecoorgan.
Kanjiža Kanjiža (Serbian: Кањижа or Kanjiža; Hungarian: Magyarkanizsa) is a town and municipality in the North Banat District of Vojvodina, Serbia. The Kanjiža town has a population of 10,193, while the Kanjiža municipality has 27,440 inhabitants.
Kanjira The kanjira or ganjira (or South Indian frame drum) is an instrument of the tambourine family. It is mostly used in Carnatic music concerts (South Indian classical music) as a supporting instrument for the mridangam.
Kanjuro Shibata XX On-yumishi Kanjuro Shibata XX(御弓師 二ĺŤä»Ł ćź´ç”° ĺ‹ĺŤéŽ Shibata KanjĹ«rĹŤ), Sensei (born 1921) is twentieth in a line of master bowmakers and a Kyudo teacher of the Heki Ryu Bishu Chikurin-ha(ć—Ąç˝®ćµĺ‚™ĺ·žç«ąćž—ć´ľ) tradition.
Kanka Kanka is a gel-like pharmaceutical product marketed by Blistex used primarily to treat canker sores. It is applied directly on the sore and works by numbing the local area (with benzocaine) to prevent discomfort and forming a protective mucous barrier with a compound benzoin tincture that protects the ulcer from further irritation, allowing it to heal more rapidly.
Kankakee High School Kankakee High School is a public high school in Kankakee, Illinois. The school has been known as "Kankakee High School", "Kankakee Senior High School", and, now, again, as "Kankakee High School".
Kankakee River The Kankakee River is a tributary of the Illinois River, approximately 90 mi (144 km) long, in northwestern Indiana and northeastern Illinois in the United States. At one time the river drained one of the largest wetlands in North America and furnished a significant portage between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River.
Kankana Dharane After the blessings of the elders have been received, the bride and the bridegroom each ties a sanctified thread around the wrist of the other. This ceremony is known as Kankana Dharane and signifies that they have vowed to perform the rituals in the manner prescribed by the Shastras.
Kankick Kankick also known as Kanzulu or Kan Kick is an American hip hop producer currently signed to Grey Label Recordings. He started producing as a freshman in high school, where he hooked up with Madlib who was a sophomore at the time.
Kankoh-maru The Kankoh-maru is the name of a vertical takeoff and landing, single-stage to orbit, reusable launch vehicle family of rockets, and the spacecraft tour vehicle designed to be boosted by said rocket. Although there are no flying models yet, the cone-shaped spacecraft is designed to carry up to fifty passengers to a Low Earth Orbit or intercontinental destination.
Kankrej cattle and Guzerat cattle Kankrej cattle are a breed of Zebu cattle from the district of Kankrej in the state of Gujarat in India, north of Mumbai (Bombay) on the west coast of India. Guzerat cattle are a breed developed in Brazil from Kankrej cattle imported from India.
Kanku dai Kanku Dai (観空大) (translated as "gazing heavenward" or "viewing the sky" or "contemplating the sky"), is a popular kata in many schools descended from the Shorin-ryu style of karate.
Kanku sho Kanku Sho (観空小) (Japanese: "Gazing Heavenward" or "Viewing the Sky" or "Contemplating the Sky") is an advanced kata practiced in Shotokan karate and is the minor form of the Kanku dai kata. The embusen (path of movement) of the kata is similar to that of Kanku dai, but it begins differently.
Kankuro Kudo Kankuro Kudo (宮藤ĺ®äąťéŽ; born 19 July 1970) is a Japanese screenwriter, dramatist, director, actor and member of the theater company Otona Keikaku. He won the 'Best Screenplay' award at the 2002 Japanese Academy Awards for Go, which explores problems faced by people of Korean-heritage living in Japan.
Kankwadi Kankwadi is the site of Kankwadi fort, located near the centre of the Sariskapark in Alwar district, is where, in the 17th century, Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb briefly imprisoned his brother Dara Shikoh in the battle for succession of the Mughal throne.
Kanlaon Kanlaon Volcano, or Mount Kanlaon (also spelled Canlaon), is a stratovolcano on Negros island in the Philippines. It is found between the provinces of Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental in the Visayas region (10°24.
Kanō Eitoku Kanō Eitoku (狩野 永徳 February 16, 1543 - October 12, 1590) was a Japanese painter and founder of the Kano school of Japanese painting during the Azuchi-Momoyama period of Japanese history. Known for his elegant and unique style, many of his extant paintings are national treasures.
Kanō Hōgai Kanō Hōgai (狩野芳崖)(1828-1888) was a 19th century Japanese painter of the Kano school. One of the last of the Kanō painters, Hōgai's works reflect the deep traditions of the school, but also at times show hints of experimentation with Western methods and styles.
Kanō Tanyū Kanō Tan'yū (狩野探幽)(1602-1674) was one of the foremost Japanese painters of the Kanō school. His original given name was Morinobu; he was the eldest son of Kanō Takanobu and grandson of Kanō Eitoku.
Kanmon Straits The Kanmon Straits (関門海峡 Kanmon Kaikyō) or the Straits of Shimonoseki is the stretch of water separating two of Japan's four main islands. On the Honshū side of the water is Shimonoseki (下関, which contributed "Kan" to the name of the strait) and on the Kyūshū side is Kitakyushu, whose former city and present ward, Moji (門司), gave the strait its "mon".
Kanmonkyo Bridge The Kanmonkyo Bridge (関門橋 Kanmonkyō Kanmon bridge) is a suspension bridge crossing the Kanmon Straits, a stretch of water separating two of Japan's four main islands. On the Honshū side of the bridge is Shimonoseki (下関, which contributed "Kan" to the name of the strait) and on the Kyūshū side is Kitakyushu, whose former city and present ward, Moji (門司), gave the strait its "mon".
Kannada Brahmins Kannada Brahmins are Brahmins whose mother-tongue is the Kannada language. Nearly all of them hail from the south Indian state of Karnataka, which was created in 1956 to unite areas having a Kannada-speaking majority.
Kannada Chalavali Vatal Paksha Kannada Chalavali Vatal Paksha (Kannada: ಕನ್ನಡ ಚಳŕłŕ˛µŕ˛łŕ˛ż ವಾಟಾಳ್ ಪಕ್ಷ) is a regional political party in Karnataka, India. KCVP has a staunch pro-Kannada position, for example in the Kaveri river water dispute between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu or against any bifurcation of the state.
Kannada poetry Kannada poetry is poetry written in the Kannada language (ಕನ್ನಡ) spoken in Karnataka (ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ) state of India (ŕ˛ŕ˛ľŕ˛°ŕ˛¤). Karnataka is the land that gave birth to seven Jnanapeeth award winners, the highest honour bestowed for Indian literature.
Kannada Sahitya Parishat Kannada Saahithya Parishath (Kannada: ಕನ್ನಡ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ ಪರಿಷತ್ತŕł, English/blockquote (literally): Kannada literature organisation) is an Indian non-profit organisation that regulates the Kannada language. It was founded in 1915 at Bengalooru (in Karnataka state, India), to promote the usage of Kannada through publishing books, organising literary seminars, etc.
Kannada Sahitya Sammelana Kannada Sahitya Sammelana (Kannada Literature Conference) is the premier gathering of writers, poets and kannadigas. It used to be inaugurated by prominent writers and poets from the first time it was held in 1915 to 1948.
Kannadasan Kannadasan (24 June 1927 – 17 October 1981) was a famous Tamil poet and lyricist, who lived in Tamil Nadu, India. He is frequently called kavi arasu Kannadasan (kavi arasu means 'king of poets' in Tamil language).
Kannagi Kannagi (), a legendary Tamil woman, is the central character of the South Indian epic Silapathikaram. Legend has it that Kannagi took revenge on the king of Madurai, for a mistaken death penalty imposed on her husband Kovalan, by cursing the city with Disaster.
Kannai is a region in Naka Ward, Yokohama, Japan, bounded by the ĹŚoka River, JR Negishi Line, Nakamura River, and the Ocean. "Kannai" is not an official name of the area, but it has been in use for over a century.
Kannan Soundararajan Kannan Soundararajan is a professor of mathematics at Stanford University. "Sound", as he is affectionately called by his students and colleagues, won the inaugural Morgan Prize in 1995 for his work in analytic number theory while an undergraduate the University of Michigan, where he later served as professor.
Kannapolis City Schools Kannapolis City Schools is a local education agency headquartered in Kannapolis, North Carolina. It encompasses parts of Cabarrus and Rowan Counties, yet operates independently of both countywide school systems.
Kannapolis Intimidators The Kannapolis Intimidators is a minor league baseball team in Kannapolis, North Carolina. The team is a Class A affiliate of the Chicago White Sox and has played in the South Atlantic League under various names and team affiliations since its inception in 1995.
Kannard Johnson Kannard Johnson (born June 24 1965, in Cincinnati, Ohio) is an American former National Basketball Association player. He was selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers with the 41st overall pick (2nd round) of the 1987 NBA Draft.
Kannauji Kannauji language (कन्नौजी) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in parts of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is widely regarded as a dialect of Western Hindi, spoken in the the districts of Etawah, Farrukhabad, Shahjahanpur, Kanpur, Hardoi and Pilibhit in Uttar Pradesh.
Kannemeyeria Kannemeyeria was a large dicynodont of the family Kannemeyeriidae, one of the first representatives of the family, and hence one of the first herbivores of the Triassic. It lived during the later Early and early Middle part of the Triassic period; from the late Olenekian to Middle Anisian age).
Kannemeyeriidae Kannemeyeriidae: A family of large, stocky, beaked and sometimes tusked dicynodonts, they were the dominant large terrestrial herbivores through most of the Triassic period. Well known genera include Kannemeyeria, Sinokannemeyeria, Dinodontosaurus, and Placerias.
Kannivalism kannivalism (ă‚«ă‹ă´ă‚ˇăŞă‚şă ) is a Japanese rock band, that formed in 2001, signed to Free-Will, and distributed by Sony Music. Originally a Visual Kei band, the band disbanded in 2001 but recently begun activities again in 2006 with a completely different style of sound.
Kannur Kannur, (Malayalam:കണ്ണൂര്‍) formerly known as Cannanore, is a city and a municipality in Kannur district in the Indian state of Kerala. It is the administrative headquarters of Kannur district.
Kannur district Kannur District (Malayalam: കണ്ണൂര്‍) or Cannanore District is one of the 14 districts in the state of Kerala, India. The town of Kannur is the district headquarters, and gives the district its name.
Kannur University Kannur University was established in 1996 to provide development of higher education in Kasaragod, Kannur, and Wayanad Districts of Kerala State, India. The main campus is located in Mangattuparamba in the Kannur District.
Kannyar Kali This is a festival usually celebrated in March-April months in many of the Kurumba Bhagavathy temples in Palghat district. Some prominent ones are in Pallassana, Vadavannur, Thattamangalam, Coyalmannam and Kannanore Puthucode.
Kano Kano is the administrative center of the Kano State and the third largest city in Nigeria, in terms of geographical size, after Ibadan and Lagos. Also, in population, it is the third most populous city (with a population of 3,626,204) in the country, trailing Lagos and Ibadan in that order.
Kano (band) Kano was a dance project formed in the start of the 1980s by Italian-based producers Luciano Ninzatti, Stefano Pulga and Matteo Bonsanto who helped usher in a style of dance music called Italo-disco, a blend of 1970s disco and funk with the addition of synthesizers made by artists and producers in Italy.
Kano Accord The Kano Accord was preceded by the collapse of central authority in Chad in 1979, when the Prime Minister Hissène Habré had unleashed on February 12 his militias against the capital N'Djamena and the president Félix Malloum. To route the President's forces, Habré had allied himself with the rival warlord Goukouni Oueddei, who entered in N'Djamena on February 22 at the head of his People's Armed Forces (FAP).
Kano Chronicle The Kano Chronicle is a written account of the history of the Hausa people who inhabit northern Nigeria. Although it relates only to Kano (perhaps the most famous Hausa city), it is typically drawn upon to explain the early history of the Hausa as a whole.
Kano riot(1990) The Kano riot of 1990 was purported to have been an issue of religious conflict between the Christains and the Muslims. Rumour around the streets attributed this fall-out to be a result of ethnic incompatibility.
Kano State Kano State is a state located in North-Western Nigeria. Created on May 27 1967 from part of the Northern Region, Kano state borders Katsina State to the north-west, Jigawa State to the north-east, and Bauchi and Kaduna states to the south.
Kanoka In the LEGO Bionicle universe, Kanoka Disks are powered frisbee-like disks that are seen all over the city of Metru Nui, used in both sport and defense. They are produced in every Metru (city district), and whatever Metru they are made in determines their flight characteristics.
Kanokupolu Kanokupolu meaning: the flesh (the essence) of Upolu, is a small village in the western district (vahe Hihifo) of Tongatapu. It is important however, in the history of Tonga as being the originating seat (in the beginning of the 17th century) of the Tui Kanokupolu dynasty, to which the current king of Tonga still traces his decent.
Kanonenjagdpanzer The Kanonenjagdpanzer (also known as Jagdpanzer Kanone 90mm, or tank destroyer, gun) was a German post-war tank destroyer equipped with a 90mm anti-tank gun. Its design was very similar to that of the WW II Jagdpanzer IV.
Kanones Pueriles The words Kanones pueriles are an anagram of the name of Ioannes Keplerus; the writings to which these words refer are in fact by Johannes Kepler, in his youth at the Latin school in Maulbronn, and later at Tuebingen University. Kepler loved word games and it amused him to spell his name differently in order to free-associate his identity with other concepts in his sphere of attention.
Kanoodle Kanoodle is an online advertising network, focused on providing targeted sponsored links on the Web’s best sites. The privately held company originated in 1999 as a pay-per-click search engine and was one of the very first providers of sponsored links.
Kanopolis, Kansas Kanopolis is a city in Ellsworth County, Kansas, United States. The town is built on the site of Fort Harker, a United States Army base that housed infantry and cavalry troops involved in the Indian Wars from 1867 to 1872.
Kanotix Kanotix, also referred to as KANOTIX, is a Linux distribution LiveCD based on Debian unstable (and to a lesser degree Knoppix) with advanced hardware detection. It can run from a CD-ROM drive without using a hard disk.
Kanpumasatsu Kanpumasatsu ďĽäąľĺ¸ć‘©ć“¦[ă‹ă‚“ă·ăľă•ă¤]）is (as the kanji suggests) the activity of rubbing your body with a dry cloth. In Japan, it is thought to strengthen or warm up your skin, and therefore to prevent from illness associated with winter such as cold.
Kansai Main Line The is a Japanese railway line which connects Nagoya Station with JR Namba Station in Osaka. It is jointly run by the Central Japan Railway Company and the West Japan Railway Company with the boundary between both companies being located at Kameyama Station in Kameyama, Mie Prefecture.
Kansai Telecasting Corporation Kansai Telecasting Corporation (KTV, 関西ă†ă¬ă“放é€ć ŞĺĽŹäĽšç¤ľ, Kansai Terebi HĹŤsĹŤ Kabushiki Gaisha, Nickname: Kansai TV (関西ă†ă¬ă“, Kansai-terebi), Kantele (é–˘ă†ă¬)) is a TV station joining Fuji News Network (FNN) and Fuji Network System (FNS) in Osaka, Japan. The character of the TV station is HachiEmon(ăŹăエă˘ăł).
Kansai University , or , is a private non-sectarian and coeducational university located in Suita, Osaka, Japan and in two other locations: Osaka City; and Takatsuki, Osaka. It should not be confused with , an entirely separate university in Nishinomiya, Hyogo.
Kansallis-Osake-Pankki Kansallis-Osake-Pankki (KOP) was a Finnish commercial bank operating from 1889 to 1995. It was created by the fennoman movement as a Finnish language alternative to the largely Swedish language bank, Suomen Yhdyspankki.
Kansan glaciation The Kansan Glaciation (known in UK as the Anglian glaciation, Elster glaciation in northern Europe and the Mindel glaciation in the Alps) was a severe glacial period in the Pleistocene. The Kansan Glaciation is generally taken as covering the period between 410,000 and 380,000 years before the present.
Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad The Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad (AAR reporting mark KO), one of the Watco Companies, took over operations of the Central Kansas Railway on June 29, 2001 (CKRY). The K & O started opperations of the railroad line at 12:01 A.
Kansas Bankers Surety Company Kansas Bankers Surety Company is an insurance company based in the United States. It is a subsidiary of Wesco Financial Corporation, in turn a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, the investment vehicle of Warren Buffett.
Kansas City Area Transportation Authority Kansas City Area Transportation Authority is a public transit operator in Kansas City, Missouri. It is the operator of Metro Area Express bus service and 70 other routes in Cass, Clay, Jackson and Platte Counties in Missouri and Johnson, Leavenworth and Wyandotte Counties in Kansas.
Kansas City Assembly Ford Motor Company's Kansas City Assembly plant is located in Claycomo, Missouri, about 10 miles northeast of the city center. Since its opening in 1951, the "Ford Claycomo Plant", as many in the Kansas City area call it, has generated thosands of jobs, millions of tax dollars for the otherwise minor suburb, and is the largest tax generator in Clay County, Missouri, most of which fund North Kansas City and Liberty schools.
Kansas City Blades The Kansas City Blades ice hockey team was a minor league ice hockey club that played in the International Hockey League from 1990 until the demise of the league in May 2001. The Blades were first affiliated with the San Jose Sharks, and then the Vancouver Canucks.
Kansas City Blues (American Association) The city of Kansas City, Missouri fielded several different baseball teams in several leagues in the 19th century. The city was one of the founding members of the American Association, fielding a team called the Kansas City Blues.
Kansas City Blues (minor league hockey) The Kansas City Blues were a minor-league hockey team based in Kansas City, Missouri that played in the Central Hockey League off and on during the late-1960s and early 1970s, and again in the late-1970s, mainly as an affilate of the in-state St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League.
Kansas City Board of Trade The Kansas City Board of Trade (KCBT), located at 4800 Main Street in Kansas City, Missouri, is a commodity futures and options exchange regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) that specializes in the hard red winter wheat -- the principal ingredient of bread.
Kansas City Brass Kansas City Brass are an American soccer team, founded in 1998. The Brass was founded in 1997 by Emilio John, Alan Blinzler and Kirk French, with the stated purpose of preparing Kansas City highschoolers for college soccer, and Kansas City college players to play professionally.
Kansas City Brigade The Kansas City Brigade is an Arena Football League team that is playing their inaugural season and their second season at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri before moving to the Sprint Center in downtown Kansas City for the 2008 AFL season. The team is owned by a Kansas City local, Chris Likens.
Kansas City Confidential (1952 film) Kansas City Confidential is a 1952 film noir directed by Phil Karlson and starring John Payne. Karlson and Payne teamed up a year later for another dark black-and-white noir, 99 River Street and again in 1955, this time in color, for the noir Hell's Island.
Kansas City Cowboys (baseball) The Kansas City Cowboys were a baseball team in the National League for a single season in 1886 and in the American Association from 1888 to 1889. While in the NL, the team played at Association Park, while in the AA they played at Exposition Park.
Kansas City Five Darlene Edwards, 43, Frank Sheppard, 46, Earl "Skip" Sheppard, 37, Bryan Sheppard, 26, and Richard Brown, 26, all Native Americans, were convicted of setting a fire that caused an explosion and killed five firefighters. The fire occurred in Jackson County, Missouri on November 29, 1988 at a site associated with the construction of a ten-mile road.
Kansas City Chiefs The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City, Missouri. They are currently members of the Western Division of the American Football Conference (AFC) in the National Football League (NFL).
Kansas City Jazz Kansas City Jazz is a style of jazz that developed and flourished in Kansas City, Missouri during the 1930s and marked the transition from the structured big band style to the musical improvisation style of Bebop.
Kansas City Massacre The Kansas City Massacre was the shootout and murder of four law enforcement officers and a criminal fugitive at the Union Station railroad depot in Kansas City, Missouri on the morning of June 17, 1933. According the official FBI report, the Kansas City Massacre occurred as the result of the attempt by Charles “Pretty Boy” Floyd, Vernon Miller, and Adam Richetti to free their friend, Frank Nash, a federal prisoner.
Kansas City Metropolitan Area The Kansas City Metropolitan Area is a metropolitan area situated at the confluence of the Kansas and Missouri Rivers (Kaw Point) and straddling the state border between Missouri and Kansas. The 15-county Kansas City Metropolitan Statistical Area, anchored by Kansas City, Missouri, is the 27th largest in the United States with an estimated population of 1,947,694 in the year 2005.
Kansas City preventive patrol experiment The Kansas City preventive patrol experiment was a landmark experiment carried out between 1972 and 1973 by the Kansas City Police Department of Kansas City, Missouri. It was evaluated by the Police Foundation.
Kansas City Place Kansas City Place was an architectural project in Downtown Kansas City, Missouri, USA, originally proposed during the real estate boom of the 1980s. Designed by Frank Morgan, a local real estate mogul and banker, it was proposed for the South Loop (So-Lo) area south of Downtown's Central Business District.
Kansas City Plant The Kansas City Plant is National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) facility managed and operated by Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies. The facility is part of the larger Bannister Federal Complex.
Kansas City Police Officers Association The Kansas City Police Officers Association was established in 1999 to represent the sergeants, police officers, and detectives of the Kansas City, Missouri Police Department (KCPD). The members of the KCPD share the unique distinction with the St Louis Police Department, of being the only police officers in the United States designated "Officers of the State" and administered by a Board of Police Commissioners who are appointed in staggered terms by Missouri's sitting Governor.
Kansas City standard The Kansas City standard (KCS), or Byte standard, is a digital data format for audio cassette drives. Byte Magazine sponsored a symposium in November 1975 in Kansas City, Missouri to develop a standard for storage of digital (micro)computer data on inexpensive consumer quality cassettes, at a time when floppy disk drives cost over $1000 each.
Kansas City Southern Industries Kansas City Southern Industries(NYSE:KSU) is the former diversified parent company of the Kansas City Southern Railway, a Class I railroad headquartered in the Quality Hill neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri, USA. It is also sometimes known as "The NAFTA Railroad" because its operations carry goods between the midwest and Mexico.
Kansas City Southern Railway The Kansas City Southern Railway is a United States-based Class I railroad operating over 3,130 track miles in 10 central and southeastern states. Founded in 1887, the railroad provides the shortest route from Kansas City to the Gulf of Mexico.
Kansas City Spurs The Kansas City Spurs were a soccer team who played in the North American Soccer League, based in Kansas City, Missouri. They played their home games at Kansas City Municipal Stadium, home of the Kansas City Chiefs.
Kansas City Unions The Kansas City Unions were a major league baseball team in the Union Association in its only season, 1884. Sometimes called the "Cowboys", they had no official nickname during their short life and were rarely referred to by the local press of the day as anything but the "Unions" or the "Kaycees".
Kansas City, Clinton and Springfield Railway The Kansas City, Clinton and Springfield Railway, also known as the Leaky Roof Railway, is a now abandoned rail line that ran from Kansas City, Missouri, and also Olathe, Kansas through Clinton, Missouri and on to Ash Grove, Missouri, where it tied in with the Kansas City, Fort Scott and Gulf Railway. It was founded in 1884, as a subsidiary of the KCFS&G.
Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway The Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway, conceived in 1900 by American railroad entrepreneur Arthur Edward Stilwell, was the predecessor to the Chihuahua al PacĂfico railroad in Mexico. It was intended to reach the Pacific Ocean at Topolobampo, Sinaloa.
Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference The Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (or KCAC) is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NAIA. It is commonly called "The Kansas Conference", and as the name implies, all members are located in Kansas.
Kansas District (LCMS) The Kansas District is one of the 35 districts of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod (LCMS), and comprises the state of Kansas; one congregation near the state's northern border is in the Nebraska District. The Kansas District includes approximately 166 congregations and missions, subdivided into 16 circuits, as well as 36 preschools and 16 elementary schools.
Kansas evolution hearings The Kansas Evolution Hearings were a series of hearings held in Topeka, Kansas May 5 to May 12, 2005 by the Republican-dominatedThe Board of Education had a 6-to-4 conservative Republican majority. All six of those who voted for the standards were Republicans.
Kansas Equality Coalition The Kansas Equality Coalition is a unified statewide group of individuals who are determined to end discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. It seek to ensure the dignity, safety and legal equality of all Kansans.
Kansas Gas Service Kansas Gas Service is the largest natural gas distribution company in Kansas, operating in 82 counties. It is a regulated public utility which serves 642,000 customers in 341 communities, employing more than 1,100 employees.
Kansas Geological Survey The Kansas Geological Survey, operated by The University of Kansas in connection with its research and service program, is to conduct geological studies and research and to collect, correlate, preserve, and disseminate information leading to a better understanding of the geology of Kansas, with special emphasis on natural resources of economic value, water quality and quantity, and geologic hazards.
Kansas Highway Patrol The Kansas Highway Patrol is a law-enforcement agency that serves the entire state of Kansas. While the Patrol's primary focus is maintaining the safety of State, Federal and Interstate highways, it also is charged with providing support for rural and small municipal police departments when tactical, aerial or other specialized services are needed.
Kanjaniâž Kanjaniâž (関ジăŁă‹âž) ("kan - jya - ni - ei - to") is a Johnny's Entertainment (JE) idol unit formed in 2002, an eight-man music and entertainment group hailing from the Kansai-region of Japan. They are JE's 'modern enka' group and their singles have broken numerous enka-related sales records.
Kanji Kanji (Japanese: ) are the Chinese characters that are used in the modern Japanese logographic writing system along with hiragana (ĺąłä»®ĺŤ), katakana (片仮ĺŤ), and the Arabic numerals. The Japanese term kanji ([literally means "Han] characters".
Kanji (village) Kanji is a village in the Kargil district of the Ladakh region of the Jammu and Kashmir state of India. The village has 20 families who farm the immediate area, and can be accessed through the village of Heniskot which lies on the Srinagar-Kargil-Leh highway.
Kanji of the year The Kanji of the year (今年ă®ćĽ˘ĺ— Kotoshi no Kanji) is a kanji chosen by the Japanese Kanji Proficiency Society (財団法人日本漢ĺ—č˝ĺŠ›ć¤śĺ®šĺŤ”会 Zaidan hĹŤjin Nihon Kanji NĹŤryoku kentei kyĹŤkai) through a national ballot in Japan. It began in 1995.
Kanjika Kanjika (Indian functional food, also abbreviated as Kanji), a probiotic food, is a lactic fermented product where lactic fermentation is the terminal step in food processing and is prepared from raw material of plant origin and devoid of dairy product. It is helpful in maintaining health of ecoorgan.
Kanjiža Kanjiža (Serbian: Кањижа or Kanjiža; Hungarian: Magyarkanizsa) is a town and municipality in the North Banat District of Vojvodina, Serbia. The Kanjiža town has a population of 10,193, while the Kanjiža municipality has 27,440 inhabitants.
Kanjira The kanjira or ganjira (or South Indian frame drum) is an instrument of the tambourine family. It is mostly used in Carnatic music concerts (South Indian classical music) as a supporting instrument for the mridangam.
Kanjuro Shibata XX On-yumishi Kanjuro Shibata XX(御弓師 二ĺŤä»Ł ćź´ç”° ĺ‹ĺŤéŽ Shibata KanjĹ«rĹŤ), Sensei (born 1921) is twentieth in a line of master bowmakers and a Kyudo teacher of the Heki Ryu Bishu Chikurin-ha(ć—Ąç˝®ćµĺ‚™ĺ·žç«ąćž—ć´ľ) tradition.
Kanka Kanka is a gel-like pharmaceutical product marketed by Blistex used primarily to treat canker sores. It is applied directly on the sore and works by numbing the local area (with benzocaine) to prevent discomfort and forming a protective mucous barrier with a compound benzoin tincture that protects the ulcer from further irritation, allowing it to heal more rapidly.
Kankakee High School Kankakee High School is a public high school in Kankakee, Illinois. The school has been known as "Kankakee High School", "Kankakee Senior High School", and, now, again, as "Kankakee High School".
Kankakee River The Kankakee River is a tributary of the Illinois River, approximately 90 mi (144 km) long, in northwestern Indiana and northeastern Illinois in the United States. At one time the river drained one of the largest wetlands in North America and furnished a significant portage between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River.
Kankana Dharane After the blessings of the elders have been received, the bride and the bridegroom each ties a sanctified thread around the wrist of the other. This ceremony is known as Kankana Dharane and signifies that they have vowed to perform the rituals in the manner prescribed by the Shastras.
Kankick Kankick also known as Kanzulu or Kan Kick is an American hip hop producer currently signed to Grey Label Recordings. He started producing as a freshman in high school, where he hooked up with Madlib who was a sophomore at the time.
Kankoh-maru The Kankoh-maru is the name of a vertical takeoff and landing, single-stage to orbit, reusable launch vehicle family of rockets, and the spacecraft tour vehicle designed to be boosted by said rocket. Although there are no flying models yet, the cone-shaped spacecraft is designed to carry up to fifty passengers to a Low Earth Orbit or intercontinental destination.
Kankrej cattle and Guzerat cattle Kankrej cattle are a breed of Zebu cattle from the district of Kankrej in the state of Gujarat in India, north of Mumbai (Bombay) on the west coast of India. Guzerat cattle are a breed developed in Brazil from Kankrej cattle imported from India.
Kanku dai Kanku Dai (観空大) (translated as "gazing heavenward" or "viewing the sky" or "contemplating the sky"), is a popular kata in many schools descended from the Shorin-ryu style of karate.
Kanku sho Kanku Sho (観空小) (Japanese: "Gazing Heavenward" or "Viewing the Sky" or "Contemplating the Sky") is an advanced kata practiced in Shotokan karate and is the minor form of the Kanku dai kata. The embusen (path of movement) of the kata is similar to that of Kanku dai, but it begins differently.
Kankuro Kudo Kankuro Kudo (宮藤ĺ®äąťéŽ; born 19 July 1970) is a Japanese screenwriter, dramatist, director, actor and member of the theater company Otona Keikaku. He won the 'Best Screenplay' award at the 2002 Japanese Academy Awards for Go, which explores problems faced by people of Korean-heritage living in Japan.
Kankwadi Kankwadi is the site of Kankwadi fort, located near the centre of the Sariskapark in Alwar district, is where, in the 17th century, Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb briefly imprisoned his brother Dara Shikoh in the battle for succession of the Mughal throne.
Kanlaon Kanlaon Volcano, or Mount Kanlaon (also spelled Canlaon), is a stratovolcano on Negros island in the Philippines. It is found between the provinces of Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental in the Visayas region (10°24.
Kanō Eitoku Kanō Eitoku (狩野 永徳 February 16, 1543 - October 12, 1590) was a Japanese painter and founder of the Kano school of Japanese painting during the Azuchi-Momoyama period of Japanese history. Known for his elegant and unique style, many of his extant paintings are national treasures.
Kanō Hōgai Kanō Hōgai (狩野芳崖)(1828-1888) was a 19th century Japanese painter of the Kano school. One of the last of the Kanō painters, Hōgai's works reflect the deep traditions of the school, but also at times show hints of experimentation with Western methods and styles.
Kanō Tanyū Kanō Tan'yū (狩野探幽)(1602-1674) was one of the foremost Japanese painters of the Kanō school. His original given name was Morinobu; he was the eldest son of Kanō Takanobu and grandson of Kanō Eitoku.
Kanmon Straits The Kanmon Straits (関門海峡 Kanmon Kaikyō) or the Straits of Shimonoseki is the stretch of water separating two of Japan's four main islands. On the Honshū side of the water is Shimonoseki (下関, which contributed "Kan" to the name of the strait) and on the Kyūshū side is Kitakyushu, whose former city and present ward, Moji (門司), gave the strait its "mon".
Kanmonkyo Bridge The Kanmonkyo Bridge (関門橋 Kanmonkyō Kanmon bridge) is a suspension bridge crossing the Kanmon Straits, a stretch of water separating two of Japan's four main islands. On the Honshū side of the bridge is Shimonoseki (下関, which contributed "Kan" to the name of the strait) and on the Kyūshū side is Kitakyushu, whose former city and present ward, Moji (門司), gave the strait its "mon".
Kannada Brahmins Kannada Brahmins are Brahmins whose mother-tongue is the Kannada language. Nearly all of them hail from the south Indian state of Karnataka, which was created in 1956 to unite areas having a Kannada-speaking majority.
Kannada Chalavali Vatal Paksha Kannada Chalavali Vatal Paksha (Kannada: ಕನ್ನಡ ಚಳŕłŕ˛µŕ˛łŕ˛ż ವಾಟಾಳ್ ಪಕ್ಷ) is a regional political party in Karnataka, India. KCVP has a staunch pro-Kannada position, for example in the Kaveri river water dispute between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu or against any bifurcation of the state.
Kannada poetry Kannada poetry is poetry written in the Kannada language (ಕನ್ನಡ) spoken in Karnataka (ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ) state of India (ŕ˛ŕ˛ľŕ˛°ŕ˛¤). Karnataka is the land that gave birth to seven Jnanapeeth award winners, the highest honour bestowed for Indian literature.
Kannada Sahitya Parishat Kannada Saahithya Parishath (Kannada: ಕನ್ನಡ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ ಪರಿಷತ್ತŕł, English/blockquote (literally): Kannada literature organisation) is an Indian non-profit organisation that regulates the Kannada language. It was founded in 1915 at Bengalooru (in Karnataka state, India), to promote the usage of Kannada through publishing books, organising literary seminars, etc.
Kannada Sahitya Sammelana Kannada Sahitya Sammelana (Kannada Literature Conference) is the premier gathering of writers, poets and kannadigas. It used to be inaugurated by prominent writers and poets from the first time it was held in 1915 to 1948.
Kannadasan Kannadasan (24 June 1927 – 17 October 1981) was a famous Tamil poet and lyricist, who lived in Tamil Nadu, India. He is frequently called kavi arasu Kannadasan (kavi arasu means 'king of poets' in Tamil language).
Kannagi Kannagi (), a legendary Tamil woman, is the central character of the South Indian epic Silapathikaram. Legend has it that Kannagi took revenge on the king of Madurai, for a mistaken death penalty imposed on her husband Kovalan, by cursing the city with Disaster.
Kannai is a region in Naka Ward, Yokohama, Japan, bounded by the ĹŚoka River, JR Negishi Line, Nakamura River, and the Ocean. "Kannai" is not an official name of the area, but it has been in use for over a century.
Kannan Soundararajan Kannan Soundararajan is a professor of mathematics at Stanford University. "Sound", as he is affectionately called by his students and colleagues, won the inaugural Morgan Prize in 1995 for his work in analytic number theory while an undergraduate the University of Michigan, where he later served as professor.
Kannapolis City Schools Kannapolis City Schools is a local education agency headquartered in Kannapolis, North Carolina. It encompasses parts of Cabarrus and Rowan Counties, yet operates independently of both countywide school systems.
Kannapolis Intimidators The Kannapolis Intimidators is a minor league baseball team in Kannapolis, North Carolina. The team is a Class A affiliate of the Chicago White Sox and has played in the South Atlantic League under various names and team affiliations since its inception in 1995.
Kannard Johnson Kannard Johnson (born June 24 1965, in Cincinnati, Ohio) is an American former National Basketball Association player. He was selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers with the 41st overall pick (2nd round) of the 1987 NBA Draft.
Kannauji Kannauji language (कन्नौजी) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in parts of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is widely regarded as a dialect of Western Hindi, spoken in the the districts of Etawah, Farrukhabad, Shahjahanpur, Kanpur, Hardoi and Pilibhit in Uttar Pradesh.
Kannemeyeria Kannemeyeria was a large dicynodont of the family Kannemeyeriidae, one of the first representatives of the family, and hence one of the first herbivores of the Triassic. It lived during the later Early and early Middle part of the Triassic period; from the late Olenekian to Middle Anisian age).
Kannemeyeriidae Kannemeyeriidae: A family of large, stocky, beaked and sometimes tusked dicynodonts, they were the dominant large terrestrial herbivores through most of the Triassic period. Well known genera include Kannemeyeria, Sinokannemeyeria, Dinodontosaurus, and Placerias.
Kannivalism kannivalism (ă‚«ă‹ă´ă‚ˇăŞă‚şă ) is a Japanese rock band, that formed in 2001, signed to Free-Will, and distributed by Sony Music. Originally a Visual Kei band, the band disbanded in 2001 but recently begun activities again in 2006 with a completely different style of sound.
Kannur Kannur, (Malayalam:കണ്ണൂര്‍) formerly known as Cannanore, is a city and a municipality in Kannur district in the Indian state of Kerala. It is the administrative headquarters of Kannur district.
Kannur district Kannur District (Malayalam: കണ്ണൂര്‍) or Cannanore District is one of the 14 districts in the state of Kerala, India. The town of Kannur is the district headquarters, and gives the district its name.
Kannur University Kannur University was established in 1996 to provide development of higher education in Kasaragod, Kannur, and Wayanad Districts of Kerala State, India. The main campus is located in Mangattuparamba in the Kannur District.
Kannyar Kali This is a festival usually celebrated in March-April months in many of the Kurumba Bhagavathy temples in Palghat district. Some prominent ones are in Pallassana, Vadavannur, Thattamangalam, Coyalmannam and Kannanore Puthucode.
Kano Kano is the administrative center of the Kano State and the third largest city in Nigeria, in terms of geographical size, after Ibadan and Lagos. Also, in population, it is the third most populous city (with a population of 3,626,204) in the country, trailing Lagos and Ibadan in that order.
Kano (band) Kano was a dance project formed in the start of the 1980s by Italian-based producers Luciano Ninzatti, Stefano Pulga and Matteo Bonsanto who helped usher in a style of dance music called Italo-disco, a blend of 1970s disco and funk with the addition of synthesizers made by artists and producers in Italy.
Kano Accord The Kano Accord was preceded by the collapse of central authority in Chad in 1979, when the Prime Minister Hissène Habré had unleashed on February 12 his militias against the capital N'Djamena and the president Félix Malloum. To route the President's forces, Habré had allied himself with the rival warlord Goukouni Oueddei, who entered in N'Djamena on February 22 at the head of his People's Armed Forces (FAP).
Kano Chronicle The Kano Chronicle is a written account of the history of the Hausa people who inhabit northern Nigeria. Although it relates only to Kano (perhaps the most famous Hausa city), it is typically drawn upon to explain the early history of the Hausa as a whole.
Kano riot(1990) The Kano riot of 1990 was purported to have been an issue of religious conflict between the Christains and the Muslims. Rumour around the streets attributed this fall-out to be a result of ethnic incompatibility.
Kano State Kano State is a state located in North-Western Nigeria. Created on May 27 1967 from part of the Northern Region, Kano state borders Katsina State to the north-west, Jigawa State to the north-east, and Bauchi and Kaduna states to the south.
Kanoka In the LEGO Bionicle universe, Kanoka Disks are powered frisbee-like disks that are seen all over the city of Metru Nui, used in both sport and defense. They are produced in every Metru (city district), and whatever Metru they are made in determines their flight characteristics.
Kanokupolu Kanokupolu meaning: the flesh (the essence) of Upolu, is a small village in the western district (vahe Hihifo) of Tongatapu. It is important however, in the history of Tonga as being the originating seat (in the beginning of the 17th century) of the Tui Kanokupolu dynasty, to which the current king of Tonga still traces his decent.
Kanonenjagdpanzer The Kanonenjagdpanzer (also known as Jagdpanzer Kanone 90mm, or tank destroyer, gun) was a German post-war tank destroyer equipped with a 90mm anti-tank gun. Its design was very similar to that of the WW II Jagdpanzer IV.
Kanones Pueriles The words Kanones pueriles are an anagram of the name of Ioannes Keplerus; the writings to which these words refer are in fact by Johannes Kepler, in his youth at the Latin school in Maulbronn, and later at Tuebingen University. Kepler loved word games and it amused him to spell his name differently in order to free-associate his identity with other concepts in his sphere of attention.
Kanoodle Kanoodle is an online advertising network, focused on providing targeted sponsored links on the Web’s best sites. The privately held company originated in 1999 as a pay-per-click search engine and was one of the very first providers of sponsored links.
Kanopolis, Kansas Kanopolis is a city in Ellsworth County, Kansas, United States. The town is built on the site of Fort Harker, a United States Army base that housed infantry and cavalry troops involved in the Indian Wars from 1867 to 1872.
Kanotix Kanotix, also referred to as KANOTIX, is a Linux distribution LiveCD based on Debian unstable (and to a lesser degree Knoppix) with advanced hardware detection. It can run from a CD-ROM drive without using a hard disk.
Kanpumasatsu Kanpumasatsu ďĽäąľĺ¸ć‘©ć“¦[ă‹ă‚“ă·ăľă•ă¤]）is (as the kanji suggests) the activity of rubbing your body with a dry cloth. In Japan, it is thought to strengthen or warm up your skin, and therefore to prevent from illness associated with winter such as cold.
Kansai Main Line The is a Japanese railway line which connects Nagoya Station with JR Namba Station in Osaka. It is jointly run by the Central Japan Railway Company and the West Japan Railway Company with the boundary between both companies being located at Kameyama Station in Kameyama, Mie Prefecture.
Kansai Telecasting Corporation Kansai Telecasting Corporation (KTV, 関西ă†ă¬ă“放é€ć ŞĺĽŹäĽšç¤ľ, Kansai Terebi HĹŤsĹŤ Kabushiki Gaisha, Nickname: Kansai TV (関西ă†ă¬ă“, Kansai-terebi), Kantele (é–˘ă†ă¬)) is a TV station joining Fuji News Network (FNN) and Fuji Network System (FNS) in Osaka, Japan. The character of the TV station is HachiEmon(ăŹăエă˘ăł).
Kansai University , or , is a private non-sectarian and coeducational university located in Suita, Osaka, Japan and in two other locations: Osaka City; and Takatsuki, Osaka. It should not be confused with , an entirely separate university in Nishinomiya, Hyogo.
Kansallis-Osake-Pankki Kansallis-Osake-Pankki (KOP) was a Finnish commercial bank operating from 1889 to 1995. It was created by the fennoman movement as a Finnish language alternative to the largely Swedish language bank, Suomen Yhdyspankki.
Kansan glaciation The Kansan Glaciation (known in UK as the Anglian glaciation, Elster glaciation in northern Europe and the Mindel glaciation in the Alps) was a severe glacial period in the Pleistocene. The Kansan Glaciation is generally taken as covering the period between 410,000 and 380,000 years before the present.
Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad The Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad (AAR reporting mark KO), one of the Watco Companies, took over operations of the Central Kansas Railway on June 29, 2001 (CKRY). The K & O started opperations of the railroad line at 12:01 A.
Kansas Bankers Surety Company Kansas Bankers Surety Company is an insurance company based in the United States. It is a subsidiary of Wesco Financial Corporation, in turn a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, the investment vehicle of Warren Buffett.
Kansas City Area Transportation Authority Kansas City Area Transportation Authority is a public transit operator in Kansas City, Missouri. It is the operator of Metro Area Express bus service and 70 other routes in Cass, Clay, Jackson and Platte Counties in Missouri and Johnson, Leavenworth and Wyandotte Counties in Kansas.
Kansas City Assembly Ford Motor Company's Kansas City Assembly plant is located in Claycomo, Missouri, about 10 miles northeast of the city center. Since its opening in 1951, the "Ford Claycomo Plant", as many in the Kansas City area call it, has generated thosands of jobs, millions of tax dollars for the otherwise minor suburb, and is the largest tax generator in Clay County, Missouri, most of which fund North Kansas City and Liberty schools.
Kansas City Blades The Kansas City Blades ice hockey team was a minor league ice hockey club that played in the International Hockey League from 1990 until the demise of the league in May 2001. The Blades were first affiliated with the San Jose Sharks, and then the Vancouver Canucks.
Kansas City Blues (American Association) The city of Kansas City, Missouri fielded several different baseball teams in several leagues in the 19th century. The city was one of the founding members of the American Association, fielding a team called the Kansas City Blues.
Kansas City Blues (minor league hockey) The Kansas City Blues were a minor-league hockey team based in Kansas City, Missouri that played in the Central Hockey League off and on during the late-1960s and early 1970s, and again in the late-1970s, mainly as an affilate of the in-state St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League.
Kansas City Board of Trade The Kansas City Board of Trade (KCBT), located at 4800 Main Street in Kansas City, Missouri, is a commodity futures and options exchange regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) that specializes in the hard red winter wheat -- the principal ingredient of bread.
Kansas City Brass Kansas City Brass are an American soccer team, founded in 1998. The Brass was founded in 1997 by Emilio John, Alan Blinzler and Kirk French, with the stated purpose of preparing Kansas City highschoolers for college soccer, and Kansas City college players to play professionally.
Kansas City Brigade The Kansas City Brigade is an Arena Football League team that is playing their inaugural season and their second season at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri before moving to the Sprint Center in downtown Kansas City for the 2008 AFL season. The team is owned by a Kansas City local, Chris Likens.
Kansas City Confidential (1952 film) Kansas City Confidential is a 1952 film noir directed by Phil Karlson and starring John Payne. Karlson and Payne teamed up a year later for another dark black-and-white noir, 99 River Street and again in 1955, this time in color, for the noir Hell's Island.
Kansas City Cowboys (baseball) The Kansas City Cowboys were a baseball team in the National League for a single season in 1886 and in the American Association from 1888 to 1889. While in the NL, the team played at Association Park, while in the AA they played at Exposition Park.
Kansas City Five Darlene Edwards, 43, Frank Sheppard, 46, Earl "Skip" Sheppard, 37, Bryan Sheppard, 26, and Richard Brown, 26, all Native Americans, were convicted of setting a fire that caused an explosion and killed five firefighters. The fire occurred in Jackson County, Missouri on November 29, 1988 at a site associated with the construction of a ten-mile road.
Kansas City Chiefs The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City, Missouri. They are currently members of the Western Division of the American Football Conference (AFC) in the National Football League (NFL).
Kansas City Jazz Kansas City Jazz is a style of jazz that developed and flourished in Kansas City, Missouri during the 1930s and marked the transition from the structured big band style to the musical improvisation style of Bebop.
Kansas City Massacre The Kansas City Massacre was the shootout and murder of four law enforcement officers and a criminal fugitive at the Union Station railroad depot in Kansas City, Missouri on the morning of June 17, 1933. According the official FBI report, the Kansas City Massacre occurred as the result of the attempt by Charles “Pretty Boy” Floyd, Vernon Miller, and Adam Richetti to free their friend, Frank Nash, a federal prisoner.
Kansas City Metropolitan Area The Kansas City Metropolitan Area is a metropolitan area situated at the confluence of the Kansas and Missouri Rivers (Kaw Point) and straddling the state border between Missouri and Kansas. The 15-county Kansas City Metropolitan Statistical Area, anchored by Kansas City, Missouri, is the 27th largest in the United States with an estimated population of 1,947,694 in the year 2005.
Kansas City preventive patrol experiment The Kansas City preventive patrol experiment was a landmark experiment carried out between 1972 and 1973 by the Kansas City Police Department of Kansas City, Missouri. It was evaluated by the Police Foundation.
Kansas City Place Kansas City Place was an architectural project in Downtown Kansas City, Missouri, USA, originally proposed during the real estate boom of the 1980s. Designed by Frank Morgan, a local real estate mogul and banker, it was proposed for the South Loop (So-Lo) area south of Downtown's Central Business District.
Kansas City Plant The Kansas City Plant is National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) facility managed and operated by Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies. The facility is part of the larger Bannister Federal Complex.
Kansas City Police Officers Association The Kansas City Police Officers Association was established in 1999 to represent the sergeants, police officers, and detectives of the Kansas City, Missouri Police Department (KCPD). The members of the KCPD share the unique distinction with the St Louis Police Department, of being the only police officers in the United States designated "Officers of the State" and administered by a Board of Police Commissioners who are appointed in staggered terms by Missouri's sitting Governor.
Kansas City standard The Kansas City standard (KCS), or Byte standard, is a digital data format for audio cassette drives. Byte Magazine sponsored a symposium in November 1975 in Kansas City, Missouri to develop a standard for storage of digital (micro)computer data on inexpensive consumer quality cassettes, at a time when floppy disk drives cost over $1000 each.
Kansas City Southern Industries Kansas City Southern Industries(NYSE:KSU) is the former diversified parent company of the Kansas City Southern Railway, a Class I railroad headquartered in the Quality Hill neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri, USA. It is also sometimes known as "The NAFTA Railroad" because its operations carry goods between the midwest and Mexico.
Kansas City Southern Railway The Kansas City Southern Railway is a United States-based Class I railroad operating over 3,130 track miles in 10 central and southeastern states. Founded in 1887, the railroad provides the shortest route from Kansas City to the Gulf of Mexico.
Kansas City Spurs The Kansas City Spurs were a soccer team who played in the North American Soccer League, based in Kansas City, Missouri. They played their home games at Kansas City Municipal Stadium, home of the Kansas City Chiefs.
Kansas City Unions The Kansas City Unions were a major league baseball team in the Union Association in its only season, 1884. Sometimes called the "Cowboys", they had no official nickname during their short life and were rarely referred to by the local press of the day as anything but the "Unions" or the "Kaycees".
Kansas City, Clinton and Springfield Railway The Kansas City, Clinton and Springfield Railway, also known as the Leaky Roof Railway, is a now abandoned rail line that ran from Kansas City, Missouri, and also Olathe, Kansas through Clinton, Missouri and on to Ash Grove, Missouri, where it tied in with the Kansas City, Fort Scott and Gulf Railway. It was founded in 1884, as a subsidiary of the KCFS&G.
Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway The Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway, conceived in 1900 by American railroad entrepreneur Arthur Edward Stilwell, was the predecessor to the Chihuahua al PacĂfico railroad in Mexico. It was intended to reach the Pacific Ocean at Topolobampo, Sinaloa.
Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference The Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (or KCAC) is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NAIA. It is commonly called "The Kansas Conference", and as the name implies, all members are located in Kansas.
Kansas District (LCMS) The Kansas District is one of the 35 districts of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod (LCMS), and comprises the state of Kansas; one congregation near the state's northern border is in the Nebraska District. The Kansas District includes approximately 166 congregations and missions, subdivided into 16 circuits, as well as 36 preschools and 16 elementary schools.
Kansas evolution hearings The Kansas Evolution Hearings were a series of hearings held in Topeka, Kansas May 5 to May 12, 2005 by the Republican-dominatedThe Board of Education had a 6-to-4 conservative Republican majority. All six of those who voted for the standards were Republicans.
Kansas Equality Coalition The Kansas Equality Coalition is a unified statewide group of individuals who are determined to end discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. It seek to ensure the dignity, safety and legal equality of all Kansans.
Kansas Gas Service Kansas Gas Service is the largest natural gas distribution company in Kansas, operating in 82 counties. It is a regulated public utility which serves 642,000 customers in 341 communities, employing more than 1,100 employees.
Kansas Geological Survey The Kansas Geological Survey, operated by The University of Kansas in connection with its research and service program, is to conduct geological studies and research and to collect, correlate, preserve, and disseminate information leading to a better understanding of the geology of Kansas, with special emphasis on natural resources of economic value, water quality and quantity, and geologic hazards.
Kansas Highway Patrol The Kansas Highway Patrol is a law-enforcement agency that serves the entire state of Kansas. While the Patrol's primary focus is maintaining the safety of State, Federal and Interstate highways, it also is charged with providing support for rural and small municipal police departments when tactical, aerial or other specialized services are needed.
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