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Karoo National Park The Karoo National Park, founded in 1979, is a wildlife reserve in the isolated Karoo area of the Western Cape, South Africa near Beaufort West. The area is mostly semi-desert and is well known for its isolation.
Karoo Supergroup The Karoo Supergroup is the largest geological feature in Southern Africa, covering almost two thirds of the present land surface, including central Cape Province, almost all of Orange Free State, western Natal, much of south-east Transvaal , Zambia, Zimbabwe and Malawi.
Karoon Sai-ngam Karoon Sai-ngma (Thai: การุณ ใสงาม), born 1 October 1952, politician, is a former Senator of the Kingdom of Thailand. He became well known for his criticism of Premier Thaksin Shinawatra and his call for female supporters to pass photos of Thaksin between their legs while cursing him to exile.
Karoonda, South Australia Karoonda is in the middle of the Murray Mallee region of South Australia at geographic coordinates (60 km northeast of Murray Bridge). Karoonda takes its name from the Aboriginal word for "winter camp".
Karori Wildlife Sanctuary Karori Wildlife Sanctuary is a protected natural area in Wellington, New Zealand, where the bio-diversity of 252 ha (just under a square mile) of forest is being restored. The sanctuary covers an area that was previously used as the water catchment area for Wellington, between Wrights Hill (bordering Karori) and Kowhai Park.
Kaross A Kaross is a cloak made of sheepskin, or the hide of other animals, with the hair left on. It is properly confined to the coat of skin without sleeves and used to be worn by the Hottentots and Bushmen of South Africa.
Karoubi envelope In mathematics the Karoubi envelope (or Cauchy completion, but that term has other meanings) of a category C is a classification of the idempotents of C, by means of an auxiliary category. It is named for the French mathematician Max Karoubi.
Karp's 21 NP-complete problems One of the most important results of computational complexity theory was Stephen Cook's 1971 paper that demonstrated the first NP-complete problem, the boolean satisfiability problem. In 1972, Richard Karp took this idea a leap forward with his landmark paper, “Reducibility Among Combinatorial Problems”, in which he showed that 21 diverse combinatorial and graph theoretical problems, each infamous for their intractability, were all NP-complete.
Karpenisi Karpenisi (Greek: Καρπενήσι - Karpenísi), also Karpenissi, older forms: Karpenisio, Karpenissio, Karpenision and Karpenission is a city in central Greece. It is the capital of the prefecture Evrytania.
Karplus equation The Karplus equation, named after Martin Karplus, describes the correlation between coupling constants and back bone torsion angles in nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. This equation is an important tool for the elucidation of 3D structures through NMR methods, and it takes one of several forms, depending on whether one, two, or three-dimensional NMR spectroscopy is being performed.
Karplus-Strong string synthesis Karplus-Strong string synthesis is a method of physical modelling synthesis that loops a short waveform through a filtered delay line to simulate the sound of a hammered or plucked string or some types of percussion.
Karpman drama triangle The drama triangle is a psychological and social model of human interaction in transactional analysis first described by Stephen Karpman. The model posits two or three Players in a Game which leads to an unsatisfactory outcome for all participants.
Karpman Psychogenic Inventory The Karpman Psychogenic Inventory is a questionnaire conceived by Benjamin Karpman, MD in 1954. Karpman intended his inventory to gather information about sexual predators for the purpose of creating criminal profiles to diagnose and cure sexual deviants before they had opportunity to harm victims.
Karpos The Greek mythological figure Karpos (or Carpus, literally "fruit"), was a youth renowned for his beauty. He is the son of Zephyros (the west wind) and Khloris (spring, or new vegetation), forming a natural metaphor — the west wind heralds the new growth of spring, which then bears fruit.
Karr-Koussevitzky bass The Karr-Kousevitzky bass or "Amati" bass is a famous double bass previously belonging to Serge Koussevitzky and Gary Karr. Until recently, the bass had been attributed to the Amati brothers, but now it is generally believed to be of French origins.
Karram-Allah-u Wajhahu Karram-Allah-u Wajhah (Arabic كرم الله وجهه ) May God exalt his face. It is almost solely used to honor Ali as the only early Muslim who never knelt down to an idol following his guardian and teacher Muhammad in Jahilyah.
Karrani In pearl diving ships in the Persian Gulf, the karrani (Arabic for clerk) is the clerk. He is usually of a higher educational standard than the rest of the ship crew and his responsibility is to record the results of the dives and who got what.
Karrantza Karrantza in Basque or Carranza in Spanish is a town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of Basque Country, northern Spain. Film director Victor Erice was born there.
Karri Hietamäki Karri Hietamäki (born September 20, 1969) was a Finnish cross country skier who competed since 1992. He won a silver medal in the 4 x 10 km relay at the 1995 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Thunder Bay and earned his best individual finish of 14th at those same championships.
Karri Rämö Karri Ramo (born July 1, 1986 in Asikkala, Finland) is a Finnish professional ice hockey goaltender. He was drafted by the Tampa Bay Lightning as their sixth-round pick, #191 overall, in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft.
Karrier Karrier is a marque of car and commercial vehicle, the origins of which can be traced back to Clayton and Company, a 1904 company from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, UK. In 1908 they started making Karrier cars and in 1920 changed the company name to Karrier Motors Ltd.
Karrimor Karrimor was an English producer of high-quality outdoor and sports equipment. It was founded in 1946 by Charles and Mary Parsons with Grace Davies; the brand suffered a decline in the 1990s and went into receivership in 2004.
Karrimor International Mountain Marathon The Karrimor International Mountain Marathon (or KIMM) is a 2-day Mountain event first held in 1968 and continuing today. Gerry Charnley, a skilled mountaineer and orienteer, designed the KIMM to test orienteering skills in extreme circumstances; the full-length KIMM course is a double-marathon length race and is held in a mountainous region.
Karrinyup Road, Perth Karrinyup Road is a major east-west road in the inner northern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia, connecting the City of Stirling council offices, Osborne Park Hospital and Karrinyup Shopping Centre with residential estates in Innaloo, Stirling and Balcatta. The road, especially the portion between the Freeway and Main Street, was one of the first roads in the area, known as Balcatta Beach Road and later as North Beach Road.
Kars Province Kars (Armenian: Ղարս or Կարս; Kurdish: Qers; Greek:Kάρς or Kαρσούντα; Russian: Карс; Azeri: Qars) is a province (il in Turkish) of Turkey, located in the northeastern part of the country. It shares part of its border with the Republic of Armenia.
Karsey Kongtrul Karsey Kongtrül (1904-1953), who was also known as Jamgön Palden Khyentse Özer, was the immediate reincarnation of the first Jamgön Kongtrül. He was reborn as the son of the 15th Karmapa, Khakhyab Dorje, who identified and enthroned him at age twelve in 1902, in Samdrub Choling at Dowolung.
Karsh Kale Karsh Kale (pronounced Kursh Kah-lay), producer, composer and musician, melds the music of his Indian heritage, with the modern electronic club music of his American upbringing. Growing up in Stony Brook, New York, Kale showed significant promise as a traditional drummer as well as indian percussionist from an early age.
Karshvar In the Avesta, reference is made to seven karshvar (Modern Persian keshvar), climes or zones, organizing the world map into a seven-storied ziggurat representing the cosmic mountain. The world is referred to as the haft keshvar.
Karsk Karsk is a Norwegian name for coffee with added liquor, usually moonshine or vodka(some will consider moonshine exclusively to be appropriate as an added component, as it has no inherent taste like other liquors). In Norway, the term Karsk is predominantly used in the mid-region of the country (Trøndelag, roughly corresponding to the counties of Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag), while it may be referred to with other terms in other parts of the country.
Karst topography Karst topography is a three-dimensional landscape shaped by the dissolution of a soluble layer or layers of bedrock, usually carbonate rock such as limestone or dolomite. These landscapes display distinctive surface features and underground drainages, and in some examples there may be little or no surface drainage.
KarstadtQuelle KarstadtQuelle AG is a German department store corporation, the largest in Europe. It was created in 1999 through the merger of Karstadt Warenhaus AG, which was founded in 1920, and Quelle Schickedanz AG & Co, founded in 1927.
Karsten Brannasch Karsten Brannasch (born 17 August 1966) is a retired German bobsledder who competed in the bobsleigh events at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway. Brannasch won a gold medal in the four-person bobsleigh event with teammates Harald Czudaj, Olaf Hampel and Alexander Szelig.
Karsten Creek Karsten Creek is a golf course outside of Stillwater, Oklahoma and serves as the home course of the Oklahoma State University golf team. Karsten Creek now stands as one of the elite college golf courses in the country, and is a powerful aid in the recruiting and development of athletes in the 10-time national champion Cowboy golf program.
Karsten Obarski Karsten Obarski (born May 11 1965), handle "Obi", is considered a pioneer of the demoscene for the creation of the music creation program "Ultimate Soundtracker", the ancestor of all tracker programs.
Karsten Schubert Gallery Karsten Schubert is a German born contemporary art curator and gallerist who had a key role in promoting the first wave of Young British Artists. His first London Gallery opened in Dering Street close to the established art centre of Cork Street in 1987.
Karsten Solheim Karsten Solheim (September 15, 1911 in Bergen, Norway — February 16, 2000 in Phoenix, Arizona) was a Norwegian-born American golf club designer and businessman who founded Karsten Manufacturing, a leading golf club maker better known by its brand name of PING, and the Solheim Cup, the premier international team competition in women's golf.
Karsus Karsus is a fictitious character in the Forgotten Realms setting. He is largely recognized as the most powerful mage in the history of the Realms, attaining godhood with a single spell of his devising, even though the empire he was trying to save, Netheril, was destroyed by his folly.
Kart Fighter Kart Fighter is a fighting game for one or two players on the Nintendo Famicom game console. It is an unauthorized combination of Street Fighter with the characters from Mario Kart (cf the similarly unauthorized game Somari).
Kart racing Kart racing or Karting is a variant of open-wheeler motor sport with simple, small four-wheeled vehicles called karts, go-karts, or gearbox/shifter karts depending on the design. They are usually raced on scaled-down circuits.
Kartal Kartal is a district of Istanbul, Turkey located on the Asian side of the city, on the coast of the Marmara Sea between Maltepe and Pendik. Despite being far from the city centre, Kartal is heavily populated now.
Kartaly Kartaly () is a town in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, located in the valley of the Kartaly-Ayat River (left tributary of the Tobol) 260 km south-west of Chelyabinsk at . Population: 29,908 (2002 Census); 37,132 (1989 Census).
Kartan Kartan - double city, a town of Naphali, assigned to the Gershonite Levites, and one of the Cities of Refuge (). It was probably near the north-western shore of the Sea of Tiberias, identical with the ruined village el-Katanah.
Kartar Singh Sarabha Kartar Singh Sarabha (1896-1915) was an Indian freedom-fighter and a leading luminary of the Ghadar Party, which advocated violent uprisings to free India from Imperial British control. He was hanged at the young age of eighteen by the British authorities for his revolutionary activities.
Kartavirya Arjuna In Hinduism, Kartavirya Arjuna (Sanskrit: कार्तवीर्य अर्जुन, IAST: Kārtavīrya Arjuna), was king of ancient kingdom during Ramayana period with capital at Mahishamati. The Puranas recount that Kartavirya Arjuna and his army visited a rishi named Jamadagni, who fed his guest and the whole army with offerings from his divine cow.
Kartel On several occasions some or all Flemish parties bundled forces on 'Vlaams Kartel' lists for municipal elections in Brussels (in Dutch Vlaams Kartels), sometimes getting together one or two seats in the municipal council, sometimes getting none. As these parties are minority parties in every Brussels municipality, i.
Kartemquin Films Kartemquin Films was founded in 1966 by Gordon Quinn, Jerry Temaner and Stan Karter-- three University of Chicago graduates who wanted to make documentary films guided by their principle of "Cinematic Social Inquiry." Kartemquin's first film in 1966, Home For Life-- a chronicle of two elderly people entering a home for the aged, established the direction the organization would take over the next four decades.
Karthikai Deepam Karthikai Deepam is a festival of lights celebrated by Tamil Hindus on the full moon day of Karthikai month (November/December). Houses and streets are lit up with rows of oil lamps (Deepam) the evening of the festival day.
Kartia: The Word of Fate Kartia: The Word of Fate is a Japanese tactical role-playing game developed and published by Atlus for the Sony PlayStation video game console in 1998. It was originally released in Japan under the title Rebus, and was issued in Europe as The Legend of Kartia.
Kartids The Kartid Dynasty (Karts, also known as Kurts) was a dynasty that ruled over a large part of Khurasan during the 13th and 14th centuries. Ruling from their capital at Herat, they were at first subordinates within the Mongol Ilkhanate, and upon the fragmentation of the Ilkhanate in 1335 they became de facto independent rulers up until the invasion of Timur in 1381.
Kartik Oraon Kartik Oraon, born in an oraon family, on born on 29th October 1924 in a village named Karound Littatoli of Gumla district, Jharkhand state, India, was a famous adivasi of 20th century. His father was Jaira Oraon and mother was Birsi Oraon.
Kartika Gunawan Kartika Oktavini Gunawan (aka Ika) (born in Jakarta) is a Playmate for the Indonesian edition of Playboy. The 'Miss April 2006' posed in non-see-thru lingerie for her photospread (Playboy Indonesia features no nudity).
Kartika Liotard Kartika Tamara Liotard (born 26 June 1971 in Voorburg, South Holland) is a Dutch politician and Member of the European Parliament. She is a member of the Socialist Party, vice-chair of the EUL–NGL group, and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development.
Kartu languages The Kartu languages is the name given by linguists to a group of Indigenous Australian languages spoken in the Murchison and Gascoyne regions of Western Australia which are thought to be closely related and to descend from a relatively recent common ancestor.
Kartuzy Kartuzy (Kashubian/Pomeranian: Kartuzë; former ) is a town in the Kashubia in Eastern Pomerania region in northwestern Poland with population of 15,472 (2004). Previously in Gdańsk Voivodeship from 1975-1998, Kartuzy has been the capital of Kartuzy County in Pomeranian Voivodeship since 1999.
Karumba, Queensland Karumba is a town in north-western Queensland, Australia, 71 km by road from Normanton and 2159 km from the state capital, Brisbane. Karumba forms part of Carpentaria Shire Council, the administrative headquarters of which is in Normanton.
Karuna Institute The Karuna Institute is a non-profit organisation that runs training courses in core process psychotherapy and craniosacral therapy in Widdecombe-on-the-moor, Devon, England. It was founded by Maura Sills and Franklyn Sills.
Karunaratne Abeysekera Karunaratne Abeysekera' was one Sri Lanka's greatest Sinhala broadcasters - he was also a highly acclaimed poet and song writer. Abeysekera was widely regarded as a first class exponent of the Sinhala Language.
Karunesh Karunesh is a new age / ambient musician born in Cologne, Germany in 1956. His music has strong Asian and Indian influences prevalent throughout, with liberal use of Indian instruments (like the sitar for example).
Karung guni The practice of Karung guni or karang guni is common in Singapore, whose practicers are a modern form of rag and bone men that visit residences door-to-door visits are made by these men in carts, to collect old newspapers and unwanted items for reselling at specialized markets, that will eventually be recycled or reused. "Karung guni" is a Malay phrase for gunny sack, which was used in the past to hold the newspapers and the karung guni men would haul the heavy sacks on their backs as they walked their rounds to do the collection.
Karush-Kuhn-Tucker conditions In mathematics, the Karush-Kuhn-Tucker conditions (also known as the Kuhn-Tucker or the KKT conditions) are necessary for a solution in nonlinear programming to be optimal. It is a generalization of method of Lagrange multipliers.
Karwar Karwar (Kannada: ಕಾರವಾರ)is a small seaside town situated on the west coast of the Indian subcontinent. It is the capital of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka, one of the southern states of India.
Karwi Karwi () is a town in Banda district of Uttar Pradesh in India. Before the Sepoy Mutiny it was the residence of a Maratha noble, whose accumulations constituted the treasure afterwards famous as the Kirwee and Banda Prize Money.
Kary Mullis Kary Banks Mullis (b. December 28, 1944) is an American biochemist who developed the polymerase chain reaction (PCR), a central technique in biochemistry and molecular biology which allows the amplification of specified DNA sequences, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry and the Japan Prize in 1993.
Karydi (Sitia), Greece Karydi is a village 25 km from Sitia, 23 km from Palekastro and 600m above sea level. It is reached either by a road that passes through various mountain hamlets or by a new road that branches off the road from Palekastro to Zakros near Adravasti.
Karylle Ana Karylle Padilla Tatlonghari or simply Karylle is a multi-faceted artist/performer from the Philippines. She's a singer, songwriter, television and film actress, writer/columnist, commercial/celebrity endorser, dancer, and tv host.
Karyme Lozano Karyme Lucia Lozano (born December 3, 1978 in Mexico City, Mexico) is one of the most recognizable actresses in international television. She is best known as a star of telenovelas such as 1999-2000 Televisa series Tres Mujeres, El Manantial, Niña Amada Mía and the Venevisión telenovela Soñar No Cuesta Nada entirely shot in Miami, Florida.
Karyn Kupcinet Karyn "Cookie" Kupcinet (March 6, 1941 – November 28, 1963) was a young actress who was murdered in a case that remains unsolved. It is often speculated that her death was connected to the JFK assassination, though there is no proof of this connection.
Karyn Kusama Karyn Kusama (born March 21, 1968), US film director and screenwriter, a graduate of New York University's film school, whose début production Girlfight won both the Director's Award and the Grand Jury Prize (tied with Kenneth Lonergan's You Can Count on Me) at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival. She has just finished a live-action film version of Æon Flux, starring Charlize Theron.
Karyn Seroussi Karyn Seroussi, the mother of a formerly autistic boy, researched how dietary changes can affect autism, and used dietary exclusion to improve her son's condition. Such treatments are part of the controversies in autism.
Karyna McGlynn Karyna McGlynn (born 1977 in Austin, Texas) is an American poet. She has released several chapbooks, including Juicy, Lindy Alone, Mint Jelly, A Walk in the Park, Bone Structure, Tango the Green Tiger, The July Poems, Wintering, and most recently, The Strawberry Coats.
Karyochori Karyochori or Kariochori (Greek: Καρυοχώρι meaning walnut village from an alternative form of καρύδι), older forms -o and -on, is a village located 100 m north of the present spot of GR-1/E55 (Patras - Pyrgos), in Greece. Karyochori is part of the municipality of Agia Paraskevi in the province of Eordea in the Kozani prefecture.
Karyotype A karyotype is a standardized arrangement of all the chromosomes of a cell. In normal diploid organisms, autosomal chromosomes are present in two identical copies, although polyploid cells have multiple copies of chromosomes and haploid cells have single copies.
Karzełek The Karzełek (diminutive of karzeł – a small one, used for describing non-fantasy dwarfs) or Skarbnik (the Treasurer) in Polish mythology live in mines and underground workings and are the guardians of gems, crystals, and precious metals. They will protect miners from danger, and lead them back when they are lost.
Karzer Incarceration of students in a particular lock-up (detention room, slammer) administered for the purpose by the university, known in German as a Karzer, was a common disciplinary punishment used by universities with a larger or smaller degree of jurisdiction of their own.
Kas the Bloody-Handed In the World of Greyhawk campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, Kas the Bloody-Handed was the most trusted lieutenant of the despotic arch-lich Vecna, who wielded the Sword of Kas in his master's name.
Kasa-obake , or Kasa Obake, are a type of Tsukumogami, a form of Japanese Spirit that originate from objects reaching their 100th year of existence, thus becoming animate. Karakasa in particular are Spirits of Parasols (umbrellas) that reach the century milestone.
Kasaba This article is on the township in Kastamonu Province in northern Turkey. For the city in Manisa Province, western Turkey, which was homonymous till the mid -20th century, and is still called under the same name locally, see Turgutlu.
Kasabach-Merritt syndrome Kasabach-Merritt Syndrome (KMS) is a rare disease, usually of infants, in which a vascular tumor leads to decreased platelet counts and sometimes other bleeding problems, which can be life-threatening. It is also known as hemangioma thrombocytopenia syndrome.
Kasabian (band) Kasabian are an English rock band from Blaby, near Leicester, formed by Tom Meighan (vocals), Sergio Pizzorno (guitar and vocals), Chris Edwards (bass) and Chris Karloff (guitar and keyboards), who met while attending Leysland High School and Countesthorpe Community College. The band is named after Linda Kasabian, a member of the Charles Manson cult (aka the Manson "family").
Kasai Rinkai Park Kasai Rinkai Park (葛西臨海公園 Kasai Rinkai Kōen), which officially opened on June 1st, 1989, is in Edogawa, Tokyo, Japan. The park includes an aquarium and a bird sanctuary, and was built on reclaimed land that includes two manmade islands, a viewing tower and a hotel.
Kasai River The Kasai River is a tributary of the Congo River, located in central Africa. The river begins in Angola and serves as the border between Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), then flows into the DRC, where it joins the Congo.
Kasani Narayana Kasani Narayana (November 1, 1928 - February 8, 2005) was a Congress Party Member of Legislative Assembly in Andhra Pradesh, India. He fought against the Nizam authorities in Telangana and worked for social justice.
Kasanka National Park Kasanka National Park is unique in Zambia and unusual in Africa in that it is privately managed. The Kasanka Trust was set up in the late 1980s, with the trust being registered in Zambia in 1987, and in the UK in 1989.
Kasaragod Kasaragod (occasionally spelt Kasarkode; Malayalam :കാസര്‍ഗോഡ് ) is a city and a municipality in Kasaragod district in the Indian state of Kerala. It is the administrative headquarters of Kasargod district.
Kasasa, Kagoshima Kasasa (笠沙町; -chou) was a town located in Kawanabe District, Kagoshima, Japan. On November 7, 2005 the town merged with three other towns and the city of Kaseda forming the city of Minamisatsuma and no longer exists as an independent municipality.
Kasatochi Island Kasatochi Island is one of the Andreanof Islands subgroup of the Aleutian Islands of southwestern Alaska, USA. It lies at the Atka Pass northwest of the western tip of Atka Island and east of Great Sitkin Island.
Kaseda, Kagoshima Kaseda (加世田市; -shi) was a city located in Kagoshima, Japan. On November 7, 2005 the city merged with the towns of Bonotsu, Kasasa, and Ooura from Kawanabe District and the town of Kinpo from the former Hioki District forming the city of Minamisatsuma.
Kasegaluk Lagoon The Kasegaluk Lagoon is a lagoon located in the western part of the North Slope of Alaska. It is separated from the Chukchi Sea by a series of long, thin barrier islands which stretch south and north-east from the town of Point Lay.
Kaseko Kaseko is a musical genre from Suriname, a fusion of African, European and American styles. The term kaseko derives from casser le corps (break the body) which referred to a swift dance during the period when slavery was legal in the region.
Kasem Bundit University Kasem Bundit University is a university located in Bangkok, Thailand. Founded as Kasem Bundit College in 1987 and upgraded to a university status in 1992, the university today has seven faculties and a graduate school.
Kasem Chatikavanich Kasem Chatikavanich (popularly known as "Super K") was the former Governor of the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand and is the current Chairman of Bangkok Mass Transit System Company, the operator of the Bangkok Skytrain. His son, Korn Chatikavanich, is a prominent member of the Democrat Party.
Kaserne Kaserne is the German translation of the word "barracks", and is the typical term used when naming the garrison location for NATO forces stationed in Germany. American forces were also sometimes housed in installations simply referred to as "barracks", such as Ray Barracks in Friedberg.
Kasese District Kasese is a district in southwestern Uganda and was formed in 1974. The district is located along the Equator and borders the districts of Kabarole and Bundibugyo in the north, Lake George and Kamwenge district in the east, Bushenyi district and Lake Edward in the south and the Democratic Republic of Congo in the west.
Kaset Rojananil Air Chief Marshal Kaset Rojananil was an alumni of the 5th Class of the Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy, Commander of the Royal Thai Airforce, a leader of the National Peace Keeping Council's 1991 coup against the government of Chatichai Choonhavan, Supreme Commander, head of Thai Airways International, and founder of the pro-military Samakkee Dhamma party. He was later demoted to general inspector of the Ministry of Defense.
Kasetsart University Kasetsart University (Thai: มหาวิทยาลัยเกษตรศาสตร์) the first agricultural university in Thailand, was established on February 2, 1943 with the prime aims in promoting subjects related to agricultural science. The University has revised its curricula and expanded the subject areas to cover science, arts, social sciences, humanities, education, engineering, and architecture.
Kasetsart University Laboratory School Kasetsart University Laboratory School Center for Educational Research and Development (Thai]: โรงเรียนสาธิตแห่งมหาวิทยาลัยเกษตรศาสตร์ ศูนย์วิจัยและพัฒนาการศึกษา, <I>Roangrian Satit Haeng Mahawittayalai Kasetsart Sunwichailaepattana Kansueksa</I>), informally known as Satit Kaset (Thai:สาธิตเกษตร), is a well-known [[laboratory school in Bangkok, Thailand, operated under the auspices of Faculty of Education, Kasetsart University. The school is located in Bang Khen Campus.
Kasey Giteau Kasey Giteau (born September 20, 1982 in Sydney, New South Wales) is a former freestyle swimmer from Australia, who competed for her native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. There she finished in 18th position in the 400m Freestyle, clocking 4:15.
Kasey Kahne Kasey Kenneth Kahne (born April 10, 1980 in Enumclaw, Washington) is a driver in NASCAR's NEXTEL Cup series. He currently drives the #9 Dodge Dealers / UAW Dodge Charger for Evernham Motorsports with teammates Scott Riggs and Elliott Sadler.
Kasha Kasha is a porridge made with wheat, buckwheat, oats, millet, rice, potatoes, etc. Kasha is one of the oldest known meals in Eastern European cuisine, at least a thousand years old, and second in its significance only to bread.
Kasha's rule Kasha's rule is a principle in the chemistry of electronically excited molecules. The rule states that photon emission (fluorescence or phosphorescence) occurs only from the lowest-energy excited electronic state of a molecule.

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