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Kids Station Kids Station (Japanese:キッズステーション, kizzu sutēshon) is a Japanese television channel showing animation and other cartoon material for children. Kids Station also airs some animation aimed at adults during the night, such as Narutaru and Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi.
Kids With A Cause Kids With A Cause was founded by Linda Finnegan in September, 1999, to teach the principles and practices of philanthropy to today's youth through interactive programs. Their goal is to provide solutions to specific problems affecting children who suffer from poverty, lack of education or health-related issues.
Kids Writes Kids Writes was an early program of the children's network Nickelodeon, running from approximately 1981 to 1983. The premise of the show was that children would compose short stories and mail them to the actors on Kids Writes.
Kids' Classics Kids' Classics is an album by classical musician Vanessa-Mae, released in 1991 (see 1991 in music) on the Tritico record label. It was recorded in association with the New Belgian Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Nicholas Cleobury.
Kids' Lit Quiz The Kids' Lit Quiz is an annual literature competition, in which teams of four students work together to answer wide-ranging literary questions. The winning team from each region competes in the national final.
Kidsafe Kidsafe is an Australian non-government, not-for-profit charitable organisation, dedicated to preventing unintentional childhood injuries and reducing the resulting deaths and disabilities associated with childhood accidents in children under the age of 15 years.
Kidsongs Kidsongs was either of the following: a series of Music Video Stories that were first released on home video, then syndicated, and later run on the Disney Channel for 26 weeks in 1992, or a TV show that aired from April 1994 onward on many syndicated PBS stations, produced by WTTW of Chicago, Warner Bros. Records, and Together Again Video Productions.
KidsRights Foundation The KidsRights Foundation is an international children's aid and advocacy organisation based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Founded in 2003, KidsRights raises funds for independent local aid projects in a number of countries around the world, including Zimbabwe, Ukraine and Haiti.
KidsWorld KidsWorld is a Canadian magazine aimed towards children aged twelve and under, published by MIR Communications Inc.. The magazine features many sections and articles of interest such as movies, sports, hobbies and role models.
Kidwelly Town Council Kidwelly Town Council (Welsh - Cyngor Tref Cydweli) is the community council serving the town of Kidwelly and the village of Mynydd-y-garreg in the county of Carmarthenshire, Wales. The council appoints a Mayor, known as the Mayor of Kidwelly and takes care of local issues, more notably tourism.
Kidzania Kidzania is a new family entertainment center, a child-sized replica of a real city, with buildings, shops and theaters, as well as vehicles and pedestrians moving along its streets. In this city, children, aged 2 through 15, learn about the adult world, and the value of money and work, by experiencing up to 70 different professions.
Kidzone Urban Ministries Kidzone Urban Ministries is the outreach ministry of Koinonia Christian Fellowship. It is focused on reaching the community in the Kitchener-Waterloo and surrounding area with the both the love, and word of God.
KidZone KidZone was a Canadian TV show for adolescents that aired on the Knowledge Network in British Columbia from 1989 to 2001. The show is also notable for providing a start for several young stars, including Sarah Chalke, Devon Sawa and Kea Wong.
Kief Kief, Kef, Keef or kif refers to the dried resin glands (or trichomes) of cannabis which accumulate on containers or have been removed with a kiefing screen or sieve. Kief is a rare item among consumers of cannabis, and is prized because of its extremely high THC content.
Kieft's War Kieft's War, also known as the Wappinger War, was a conflict between Dutch settlers and Native Americans in the colony of New Netherland from 1643 to 1645. The war is named for Willem Kieft, who was the director general of New Netherland at the time.
Kiek in de Kök Kiek in de Kök (low German Peep into the Kitchen) is an artillery tower built in 1475. The tower is located in Tallinn and gained its name from the ability of the tower occupants to view into the kitchens of the lower town.
Kiekie (clothing) A kiekie is a Tongan dress, an ornamental girdle around the waist, mainly worn by women on semiformal occasions, but nowadays also sometimes by men. At highly formal occasions both gender will settle for a taovala.
Kiel Canal The Kiel Canal (in German Nord-Ostsee-Kanal, until 1948 Kaiser-Wilhelm-Kanal) is a 98 kilometre (61 mile) long waterway in the German Bundesland Schleswig-Holstein that links the North Sea at BrunsbĂĽttel to the Baltic Sea at Kiel-Holtenau. An average of 280 nautical miles (519 kilometers) is saved by using the Kiel Canal instead of going around the Jutland peninsula.
Kiel Institute for the World Economy The Kiel Institute for the World Economy (German: Institut für Weltwirtschaft an der Universität Kiel, abbreviated IfW) is one of the leading economic research institutes in Germany. It is engaged in research and consulting with regard to global economic affairs, economic education and documentation.
Kiel Transmission Tower The Fernmeldeturm Kiel (Telecommunication Tower Kiel) is the modern landmark of Kiel completed in 1975. The 230 metre high tower, which is used for directional services and TV-, VHF- and UHF-transmission is not accessible to the public.
Kielbasa Kielbasa (Polish kiełbasa, from Turkic külbastı "grilled cutlet" American Heritage Dictionary - Kielbasa entry) (in English usually pronounced or ; in Polish spelled kiełbasa and pronounced is the generic Polish word for sausage. In New Jersey and most areas of Greater New York City, the Czech pronunciation, or possibly a derivative of the Polish word is used, and is usually pronounced "Ke-bah-see" or "Keu-bah-sah.
Kielce Kielce () is a city in central Poland with 202,609 inhabitants (2006). It is also the capital city of the Swietokrzyskie Voivodeship (Holy Cross Voivodeship) since 1999, previously in Kielce Voivodeship (1919-1939, 1945-1998).
Kielce cemetery massacre The Kielce cemetery massacre refers to an event that occurred in 1944, in which 45 Jewish children who had survived the Kielce ghetto and concentration camps were brought to the cemetery in Kielce, Poland and were murdered by German Nazis The children ranged in age from 13 months to 13 years old. This event is not to be confused with the Kielce pogrom] which occurred in the same city in 1946.
Kielce County Kielce County () is a powiat (county) in Poland, in Świętokrzyskie Voivodship. The county seat is the city of Kielce and the powiat includes the area around it, but not the city itself which forms its own separate urban powiat..
Kielce pogrom Kielce pogrom refers to the events on July 4, 1946, in the Polish town of Kielce, when 39 Polish Jews were massacred and 82 wounded out of about 200 Holocaust survivors who returned home after World War II. Among victims were also two Gentile Poles.
Kielce University of Technology The Kielce University of Technology is a relatively young institution, although the traditions of higher education in Kielce go back to the beginning of the 19th century. It was here that Stanisław Staszic founded the Mining Academy, one of the first higher schools in Poland, which operated in the years 1816-1826 and provided qualified personnel to meet the needs of the Old Polish Industrial Basin.
Kiele Sanchez Kiele Sanchez (born October 13 1977 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American actress who starred as the second-eldest Sorelli sister, Anne, a therapist in her mid-twenties, in The WB's comedic ensemble drama, Related. She is currently a co-star in the third season of the ABC television series Lost.
Kieler, Wisconsin Kieler is an unincorporated community in Grant County, Wisconsin, within the town of Jamestown It is located about seven miles northeast of the Iowa-Wisconsin border and the city of Dubuque, Iowa, and about four miles southwest of Dickeyville, Wisconsin. It is located along U.
Kieran Conry Kieran Thomas Conry (born 2 January, 1951) is the Latin-rite Catholic bishop of Arundel and Brighton. Born in Coventry, England, UK, Conry was educated at All Souls Roman Catholic Primary School, Coventry, and Cotton College (Junior Seminary) in North Staffordshire, before moving to the Venerable English College in Rome to study for the priesthood.
Kieran Deeny Kieran Deeny (born October 12 1954) is a Northern Irish medical doctor turned politician, and an independent Member of the Legislative Assembly for West Tyrone, having run on a single issue ticket of retaining the Tyrone County Hospital in Omagh.
Kieran Egan Kieran Egan, (born 1942) has written on issues in education and child development, with an emphasis on the uses of imagination and the intellectual stages (Egan calls them understandings) that mark different ages from birth to adulthood. He has also called into question the work of Jean Piaget and progressive educators, notably Herbert Spencer and John Dewey.
Kieran Healy Kieran Healy is an Irish sociologist at the University of Arizona and a regular visitor to the Research School in Social Science (RSSS) at the Australian National University. He earned his PhD in sociology from Princeton University having begun his studies at University College Cork, in Ireland.
Kieran McGeeney Kieran McGeeney "Geezer" is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays midfield and half back for the Armagh Senior football team and holds legendary status within GAA as one of the best half backs of the modern game. McGeeney is the secretary for the Gaelic Players Association, an association that was co-founded by his Na Fianna team-mate Dessie Farrell.
Kieran Nugent Kieran Nugent was a Volunteer within the IRA and best known for being the first IRA 'blanket man' in the H-Blocks. When sentenced to 3 years Nugent refused to wear a prison uniform and said the prison guards would have to "...
Kieran Suckling Kieran Suckling (b. 1964) is one of the founders of the Tucson, Arizona-based Center for Biological Diversity, a nonprofit organization known for its innovative approach to the protection of endangered species and wilderness.
Kieren O'Grady Kieren Linda O’Grady (born December 12, 1963 in Ashburton, New Zealand) is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who finished in eight position with the National Women's Field Hockey Team, nicknamed The Black Sticks, at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.
Kieren Perkins Kieren John Perkins (born August 14, 1973), is a former Australian professional swimmer. One of the world's best-ever long-distance swimmers, he won two Olympic gold medals in 1992 and 1996 in the 1500-metre freestyle, and a silver medal in 2000.
Kierkegaard and Nietzsche comparisons Many philosophers believe that Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) knew little of the 19th century philosopher Søren Kierkegaard (1813–1855). Georg Brandes, a Danish philosopher, wrote to Nietzsche in 1888 asking him to study the works of Kierkegaard, to which Nietzsche replied that he would.
Kierland Commons Kierland Commons is a lifestyle center on the border of Scottsdale, Arizona and Phoenix, Arizona. Though this site is actually located on city of Phoenix land, Kierland Commons uses a Scottsdale address in order to take advantage of Scottsdale's reputation as a high-end, upscale suburb.
Kieron Gillen Kieron Gillen is a British computer games and music journalist, as well as a comic book author, who has worked for a lengthy list of publications, including PC Gamer UK, The Escapist, Amiga Power, Wired, The Guardian newspaper (where he wrote the first long-form videogame review in a mainstream newspaper Edge], [[Game Developer Magazine|Games Developer, Develop, MCV, Gamesmaster and PC Format, among others. Gillen is notable for his manifesto for New Games Journalism, more simply the model of new journalism applied to videogames journalism.
Kieron Purtill Kieron Purtill is a Rugby League assistant coach at the Huddersfield Giants in Super League. A former halfback with Leigh Centurions, Kieron joined the Giants in 2005 from his assistant coach post at St Helens RLFC, where he had moved into coaching after retiring from playing due to injury.
Kieron Quirke Kieron Quirke is a writer, a journalist and a theatre critic residing in London, England. Quirke was educated at King Edwards School, Birmingham and attended Merton College, Oxford where he was notable for his activities in theatre and journalism.
Kierscey regozo Kierscey Regozo is the Toronto-based left-handed acoustic guitar player, vocalist, and only non-black member of the backup band for Somalian-born Canadian hip-hop artist and Juno-award winner, K'Naan. (More of Kierscey's stints with K'Naan at http://www.
Kiersten Warren Kiersten Warren (born on 4 November 1965 in Iowa, USA) is an American actress. She has appeared in numerous films including 13 Going on 30, Intolerable Cruelty, Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood and Independence Day.
Kieth Merrill Kieth Merrill is an American filmaker who has worked as a writer, director, and producer in the film industry since 1967. He is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Director's Guild of America, and received an Academy Award for The Great American Cowboy (1973) and a nomination for Amazon (1997).
Kiev Kiev, also Kyiv (Ukrainian: , Kyyiv, IPA: ; Russian: , Kiyev; see also Cities' alternative names) is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper river. Since 2001, Kiev has officially had 2,660,401 inhabitants, though this figure has likely grown to more than 3.
Kiev Arsenal January Uprising Kiev Arsenal January Uprising, sometimes called simply the January Uprising or the January Rebellion (), was the Bolshevik organized worker's armed revolt that started on January 29, 1918 at the Kiev Arsenal factory.
Kiev Bank Union The Kiev Bank Union () is a banking association created in 1994 by twenty commercial banks operating in the city of Kiev, Ukraine, for the purpose of cooperation between Kiev's financial institutions, and to manage collective interaction with authorities. The Kiev Bank Union works with Committees of the Verkhovna Rada (the Ukrainian parliament); the National Bank of Ukraine (Ukraine's central bank); the Ukrainian Ministry of Justice, and the tax administration of Ukraine to discuss improvement of banking legislation and other relevant matters.
Kiev culture The Kiev culture is an archaeological culture dating from about the third to fifth centuries AD, named after Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. It is widely considered to be the first identifiable Slavic archaeological culture.
Kiev City Council Kiev City Council or Kyivrada () is the city council of Kiev (Kyiv) municipality, the highest representative body of the city community. The members of city council are directly elected by Kievans and the council is chaired by the Mayor of Kiev (who is also directly elected in a separate election independent of the council election).
Kiev fortress Kiev fortress (; ) is a generic name for the 19th century fortification buildings situated in Ukrainian capital Kiev (Kyiv), that once belonged to western Russian fortresses. These structures (once a united complex) were built in the Pechersk and neighbourhoods by the Russian army.
Kiev Institute of Electrotechnology Kiev Institute of Electrotechnology in Kiev, Soviet Union (now Ukraine) was a part of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences. It is known primarily for the prominent achievements in the field of computers, made in early 1950s by Sergei Alekseyevich Lebedev.
Kiev metropolitan area The Kiev metropolitan area () is an agglomeration consisting of the capital of Ukraine, Kiev, its satellite towns and nearest rural areas (located within Kiev Oblast) closely bound to the city by employment and commerce.
Kiev Military Institute of Control and Signals Kiev Military Institute of Control and Signals () is an institution of higher military education in Ukraine, located in its capital city of Kiev. Subordinated to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Institute is training officers specializing in signals, combat control, radio reconnaissance and electronic warfare.
Kiev Opera The Kiev Opera group was formally established in the summer of 1867, and is the third oldest in Ukraine, after Odessa Opera and Lviv Opera. Today, the Kiev Opera Company performs at the National Opera Theatre of Ukraine named after Taras Shevchenko in Kiev.
Kiev Passage The Kiev Passage (; as in the French word Passage) is a small, narrow street located in the centre of the Ukrainian capital city of Kiev, right off the main and best known street in the city, Khreschatyk. The street has many small outdoor cafés and shopping stores on the buildings' first floors and residential apartments on the upper floors.
Kiev Pechersk Lavra Kiev Pechersk Lavra (; ), also known as the Kiev Monastery of the Caves, is a historic Orthodox Christian monastery in Kiev, Ukraine. Since its foundation as the cave monastery in 1051 the Lavra has been a preeminent center of the Orthodox Christianity in Eastern Europe.
Kiev Psalter of 1397 Kiev Psalter of 1397 is one of the most famous East Slavic illuminated manuscripts. Created in 1397 by the Kievan scribe Spiridon, it passed through the hands of numerous Lithuanian nobles before being sold to the Russian Count Sergey Sheremetev in the mid-19th century.
Kiev Reservoir The Kiev Reservoir, or Kiev Sea () is a large water reservoir located on the Dnieper River in Ukraine. Named after the city of Kiev, which lies to the south, it covers a total area of 922 square kilometres within the Kiev Oblast.
Kiev tram The Kiev Tram (, translit.: Kyivs’kyi Tramvai), which serves the Ukrainian capital city of Kiev, was the first electric tramway in the former Russian Empire, and the third one in Europe after the Berlin Straßenbahn (tram) and the Budapest tramway.
Kiev University The Kiev University or National Taras Shevchenko University of Kiev (Kyiv) (Ukrainian Київський національний університет імені Тараса Шевченка) is a university located in Kyiv, Ukraine. It was founded in 1834 and is organized in 14 Faculties and 4 Institutes.
Kiev Zoo The Kiev Zoo (, Kyivskyi Zoopark) is one of the biggest zoos in the former Soviet Union and the only zoo in Kiev, Ukraine. Situated on about 40 hectares, the zoo is cared for by 378 staff members and receives about 280,000 visitors annually.
Kiev-Arsenal (photo camera) Kiev-Arsenal is a Soviet brand of camera manufactured by the Arsenal Factory in Kiev, Ukraine. The camera nameplates show the name "KIEV", with older cameras using "КИЕВ" in the cyrillic alphabet.
Kievan Rus' Kievan Rus′ was the early, mostly East Slavic People speaking East Slavic dialects were known from 9th century as Rus (also referred to as ancient Russians or Ruthenians). Later, they diverged into three major nations — modern Belarusians, Russians, and Ukrainians, and also into several minor ethnic groups, including Carpatho-Ruthenians.
Kievian Letter The Kievian Letter is an early 10th century (or possibly 11th century) letter written by a Khazarian Jewish community in Kiev. The letter, a Hebrew-language recommendation written on behalf of one member of their community, was part of an enormous collection brought to Cambridge by Solomon Schechter from the Cairo Geniza.
Kievnauchfilm Kievnauchfilm (, ), sometimes translated as Kiev Science Film in English, was a film studio in the former Soviet Union located in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, established in 1941. It was the largest European studio for non-fiction films.
Kievskaya (Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya) Kievskaya (Киевская), named for the nearby Kievsky Rail Terminal, is a station on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. Opened in 1953, it is lavishly decorated in the quasi-baroque style that predominated in the early 1950s.
Kievskaya (Filyovskaya) Kievskaya () is a station on the Filovskaya Line of the Moscow Metro (though it was originally part of the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line). It initially opened in 1937 and closed in 1953 when the new Kievskaya station, intended to replace it, was completed.
Kievsky Rail Terminal The Kiev Railway Station was built in Moscow between 1914 and 1917 as the Bryansk Rail Terminal. Designed by Ivan Rerberg and Vladimir Shukhov, it is considered an important landmark of architecture and engineering of the time.
Kiewa Hydroelectric Scheme The Kiewa Hydroelectric Scheme is the largest hydro-electric scheme in Victoria and the second largest in mainland Australia after the Snowy Mountains Scheme. The scheme is situated in the Australian Alps in north-eastern Victoria about 200kms from Melbourne and is wholly owned by AGL.
KiEw (band) KiEw is a well-known German electro-industrial project founded in late 1990 by Andreas "Thedi" Thedens. It began with avant-garde and dada-industrial sound experiments and later changed to more rhythmic power electro-industrial/power noise.
Kifaya Kifaya or the Egyptian Movement for Change is a grassroots movement that seeks to establish democratic reform in Egypt. It opposes the regime of Hosni Mubarak (who has been in power since 1981), the largely rubber-stamp parliament, and the practices of his ruling party and his government in general.
Kifissia Kifissia (Greek, Modern: Κηφισιά;, Katharevousa: Κηφισσιά;, Ancient form/Latin: Cephissia) or Kifisia is a northern suburb of Athens, Greece, accessed from Central Athens by Kifissias Avenue, which runs from east of Athens up to Theseos Avenue in Nea Erythraia, which is named after this area. It has a city surface train station (ISAP or the Green Line), which is presently a part of Athens Metro.
Kifissias Avenue Kifissias Avenue is one of the longest avenue in the Greater Athens area. The total length is about 20 km and begins 4 km northeast of downtown Athens and ends by the municipal boundary of Nea Erythraia north of Kifissia.
Kifli Kifli () is a traditional Hungarian pastry made by cutting sheets of soft flour dough into triangular wedges, and wrapping those wedges to create a crescent-shaped morsel, which is then baked (permitting the dough to puff).
Kigali Kigali, population 851,024 (2005), is the capital and largest city of Rwanda. It is situated in the centre of the nation, and has been the economic, cultural, and transport hub of Rwanda since it became capital at independence in 1962.
Kigelia Kigelia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Bignoniaceae. The genus comprises only one species, Kigelia africana, which occurs throughout tropical Africa from Eritrea and Chad south to northern South Africa, and west to Senegal and Namibia.
Kiger Island Kiger Island is a 2,200 acre island in Oregon formed by a fork between the Willamette River and the Booneville (Willamette) slough. The only road (SE Kiger Island Drive) is located off of Highway 99W/3rd Street, just south of the Corvallis city limit.
Kiger Mustang Kiger Mustangs are a type of horse which were discovered in the 1970s during a routing roundup by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in the Beatys Butte, in southeastern Oregon (Harney County) in the United States. Up until this point, there is inconclusive evidence as to whether or not these horses were handled or exposed to humans before this time.
Kiglapait Mountains The Kiglapait Mountains lie east of Nain, in northern Labrador but south of the Torngat and Kaumajet Mountains. Not as high as those ranges, they still boast very rugged terrain and many peaks with high prominence values.
Kigo Kigo (season word(s), from the Japanese 季語, kigo) are words or phrases that are generally associated with a particular season. Kigo were originally used in the longer linked-verse form known as renga, and especially in the opening verse of a renga, the hokku, to indicate the season when the stanza is set.
Kigoma Kigoma is a town in western Tanzania, on the eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika and close to the border with Burundi. It serves as the capital for the surrounding Kigoma Region and has a population of 130,142 (2002 census).
Kiho-tumu In the mythology of the Tuamotu archipelago, Kiho-tumu (or Kiho) is the supreme god (Sykes and Kendall 2003:108). The Milky Way is 'the sacred ocean of Kiho-tumu' and the dark rift within the Milky Way is his sacred ship, 'the Long Shark' (Beckwith 1970:236).
Kihoku, Kagoshima Kihoku (輝北町; -chou) was a town located in Soo District, Kagoshima, Japan. On January 1, 2006 the town merged with two towns from Kimotsuki District into the expanded city of Kanoya and no longer exists as an independent municipality.
Kichak Kichak (Sanskrit: किचक), in the Hindu epic Mahabharata, was the brother of queen Sudeshna of King Virata, the king of Matsya. Kichak was slain by Bhima during one year of incognito exile spent by Pandavas at the court of king Virata.
Kichatna Mountains The Kichatna Mountains are a small but extremely rugged subrange of the western Alaska Range, approximately 65 miles (108 km) southwest of Mount McKinley. Unlike the major snow peaks of much of the rest of the Alaska Range, the Kichatnas boast short, steep rock towers, which are famous both for their high-quality, highly technical climbing, and their terrible weather.
Kichijōji Kichijōji (吉祥寺) is a neighborhood in the city of Musashino in Tokyo, Japan. It is centered on the commercial area to the north of its train station and has a youthful, artistic, slightly countercultural reputation.
Kichwa Kichwa (Kichwa shimi, Runashimi, also Spanish Quichua) is a Quechuan language including all Quechua varieties spoken in Ecuador and Colombia (Inga) by approximately 2,500,000 people. Kichwa belongs to the Northern Quechua group of Quechua II (according to Alfredo Torero).
Kichyro Kichyros (Cichorus, Cichyrus), later called Ephyra, was the capital of ancient Thesprotia build by the Pelasgian leader Thesprotos. Thucydides describes it as situated in the district Elaeatis in Thesprotia, away from the sea.
Kii Channel HVDC system The Kii Channel HVDC system is at present the most powerful submarine cable high voltage direct current transmission system in the world. The Kii Channel HVDC system connects the static inverter plant at Anan on Shikoku with the static inverter plant at Kihoku on the island Honshū.
Kii Province Kii (紀伊国; -no kuni) or Kishu (紀州 kishū) was a province of Japan in the part of Honshū that is today Wakayama and the southern part of Mie Prefecture. Kii bordered Ise, Izumi, Kawachi, Shima, and Yamato Provinces.
Kiidk'yaas Kiidk'yaas or Kiid K'iyaas ("ancient tree"), also referred to as the Golden Spruce, was a Sitka Spruce tree, Picea sitchensis 'Aurea', that grew on the banks of the Yakoun River in Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands), British Columbia. It had a rare genetic mutation causing its needles to be golden in color.
Kiino Villand Kiino Villand is a Los Angeles-based photographer best known for his photographs of high profile personalities from the worlds of film, music, clubs, art and culture. His editorial and advertising work has appeared in publications such as Emmy, V-Life, i-D, Res, Tokion, Entertainment Weekly, ELLE and W.
Kiith Kiithid (singular: kiith) are the Homeworld series of games equivalent to a family unit or House for the Kushan people. While not specifically vital to the gameplay, the kiithid play an important part in the storytelling of the games and also in the understanding of the game events.
Kiith Somtaaw In the Homeworld series of computer games, Kiith Somtaaw is one of many kiithid - or extended family-clans - that belong to the Kushan race. Originally a major religious kiith, the Somtaaw made their living mining metal.
Kij Johnson Kij Johnson (born 1960 in Iowa) is an American writer of fantasy. She has worked extensively in publishing: managing editor for Tor Books and Wizards of the Coast/TSR, collections editor for Dark Horse Comics, and project manager working on the Microsoft Reader.
Kijów Voivodeship The Kijów (Kiev) Voivodeship (Polish: Województwo Kijowskie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania from the 14th century until 1569 and of the Kingdom of Poland from 1569 until 1793/1795, part of Małopolska. First administrative center was Kijów (Kiev).
Kijiro Nambu Kijiro Nambu (南部麒次郎, 1869-1949) was a prolific Japanese small arms designer, sometimes called the "John Browning of Japan". He designed or helped design many of the weapons the Japanese military would carry into the Second World War.
Kijkduin Kijkduin is a seaside resort on the North Sea coast of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. It is one of the two seaside resorts of the city of The Hague, the other (more famous) one being Scheveningen.
Kijuro Shidehara Kijūrō Shidehara (幣原 喜重郎 Shidehara Kijūrō, August 11 1872–March 10 1951) was a Japanese politician and diplomat who served as the 44th Prime Minister of Japan from October 9, 1945 to May 22, 1946. He was a leading proponent of pacifism in Japan before and after World War II.

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