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Kimchi Crew The Kimchi Crew is a hip-hop/rap collective based out of the Republic of Korea. The KC, as they are known to their following, have released one album to date (Fermentin) as well as several freestyle mix tapes under the indie label Cutlet Cutz.
Kimchi jjigae Kimchi jjigae is a spicy stew-like dish cooked and served boiling hot in a stone pot; it is widely available in Korea. It contains kimchi as well as other ingredients such as green onion, onion, tofu, pork, and seafood, although pork and seafood are generally not used in the same recipe.
Kimi ga Yo (often translated as "Imperial Reign") is Japan's National Anthem, and is also one of the world's shortest national anthems in current use. The lyrics are based on a Waka poem written in the Heian Period, sung to a melody written in the later Meiji Era.
Kimi no Kakera Kimi no Kakera (きみのカケラ) is a manga by Shin Takahashi that is focused on a thirteen-year-old girl by the name of Icoro. She is the princess of the "Upper World", a world where snow is always falling and even princesses like her are forced to wake up at 4 a.
Kimi Toudou Kimi Toudou (藤堂 公 Tōdō Kimi) is a fictional character and one of the two presidential secretaries of Kaibara High School (the other one being Naohito Sakuragi) in the manga entitled Fruits Basket. Kimi is an extremely outgoing, fun-loving and strangely adorably manipulative character.
Kimie Shingyoji Kimie Shingyoji (真行寺君枝, born September, 24 1959 in Tokyo, Japan) is a popular actress and model in Japan, and she is known as one of the country's most beautiful women. Her best known roles are in the films Eureka, Station To Heaven, and Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl.
Kimio Yanagisawa Kimio Yanagisawa (柳沢きみお Yanagisawa Kimio) is a Japanese mangaka born on September 26, 1948 in Gosen-shi, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. His real name is pronounced the same way, but written differently: 柳澤 公夫 Yanagisawa Kimio.
Kimmage Kimmage (Dublin 12) is a suburb of Dublin near to Rathfarnham, Terenure and Crumlin. Its most famous landmark is the KCR or Kimmage Cross Roads which has been a petrol station and a shop for in excess of twenty years.
Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts is a large performing arts venue located on Broad Street, along the stretch known as the "Avenue of the Arts", in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is owned and operated by Kimmel Center, Inc.
Kimmeridge Clay The Kimmeridge Clay Formation is, arguably, the most economically important unit of rocks in the whole of Europe, being the major source rock for oil fields in the North Sea hydrocarbon province. It has distinctive physical properties, log responses, and palynological signature.
Kimmerikon KimmerikĂłn (Greek , ) was an ancient Greek town in Crimea, on the southern shore of the Kerch peninsula, at the western slope of Mount Opuk, roughly 50 kilometers south-west of modern Kerch. The town was founded by the Milesian colonists in the 5th century BC and flourished at the beginning of the Christian era.
Kimmirut, Nunavut Kimmirut (Syllabics: ᑭᒻᒥᕈᑦ; known as Lake Harbour until 1 January, 1996) is located on the shore of Hudson Strait in Nunavut, Canada. Kimmirut means "heel", and refers to a rocky outcrop in the inlet.
Kimmo Pohjonen Kimmo Pohjonen (born August 16, 1964) is a Finnish accordionist, whose music can be said to stretch from Finnish folk music to rock music. Among many other projects he has worked with the fiddler Arto Järvelä in the duo Pinnin Pojat.
Kimo Proudfoot Kimo Proudfoot is an American director of music videos. Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, Proudfoot has directed videos for several artists & groups such as Fort Minor (Remember the Name), Soulfly (Roots, bloody roots), No Warning (Bad timing), and Jay-Z & Linkin Park (Numb).
Kimolos Kimolos is an island in the Aegean Sea, at the south-west part of Cyclades at a distance of 1,6 km north-east of Milos, has 769 inhabitants (2001 Greek Census) and includes administratively the uninhabited islands Polyaigos (literally translated Many-Goats), Agios Georgios and Agios Efstathios.
Kimon (compilation) is a music video compilation released by the Japanese rock group Dir en grey, both on VHS and DVD. It contains every Dir en grey video produced from the Macabre to the Kisou era along with behind-the-scenes footage for each clip (except for "Myaku [8Ă· Convert]", which is included as an easter egg).
Kimon Argyropoulo Kimon Manuilovich Argyropoulo was a Russian ambassador to Persia, serving from approximately 1898-1902. He was instrumental in helping to negotiate a Russian loan to Mozzaffar ed-Din Shah, the Shah of Persia, in 1900.
Kimono-hiyoku-layering In modern day Japan the meanings of the layering of kimono and hiyoku are usually forgotten. Only maiko and geisha now use this layering technique for dances and subtle erotic suggestion usually emphasising the back of the neck.
Kimotsuki Kanetsugu Kimotsuki Kanetsugu (肝付兼続; 1511-1566) was the sixteenth head of the Shimotsuki clan and the son of Kimotsuki Kaneoki and a daimyo. Kanetsugu was a skilled and smart leader but his domain happened to be next to that of the most powerful clan in Kyūshū, Shimazu clan and Shimotsuki clan would be crushed by them.
Kimpa Vita Kimpa Vita, baptized as Beatriz and therefore also known as Dona Beatriz, (1684 – 1706), was a Congolese prophet and leader of her own Christian movement, known as Antonianism. Her teaching grew out of the traditions of the Catholic Church in Kongo.
Kimpanzu Kimpanzu is the name of one of the two branches into which the Kongo royal family divided during the succession crisis that developed following the death of King AntĂłnio I at the Battle of Mbwila in 1665. Its rival other branch was called Kinlaza.
Kimpurusha Kingdom Kimpurushas were one among the Exotic Tribes of Ancient India. These exotic tribes lived in inaccassible regions like the Himalaya mountains and made limitted interaction with the Vedic civilization of ancient India.
Kimura (crater) Kimura is a small lunar impact crater that is located on the Moon's far side, beyond the southeastern limb. It lies to the west-northwest of Fechner crater, along the northeastern rim of an unnamed basin in the surface.
Kimveer Gill Kimveer Gill (July 9, 1981 – September 13, 2006) was the gunman involved in a school shooting referred to as the Dawson College shooting at Dawson College in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on September 13, 2006.CBC News: Montreal gunman called himself 'angel of death'
KiMo Theater Located at 423 Central Avenue NW in downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico, the extravagant KiMo Theater is probably the city's best-known landmark. It was built in 1927 in the Pueblo Deco style, which is a blend of adobe building styles (rounded corners and edges), decorative motifs from indigenous cultures, and the soaring lines and linear repetition found in American Art Deco architecture.
Kin Canada Foundation The Kin Canada Foundation is an incorporated and federally chartered charitable organization established in 2005 to help Kin Canada achieve the objective of “Serving the Community’s Greatest Need”. The Foundation's primary goal is to work hand-in-hand with Kin Canada to help resource and develop many of the programs provided for the benefit of the members across Canada.
Kin Hubbard Frank McKinney Hubbard (born 1 September 1868 in Bellefontaine, Ohio - died: 26 December 1930 in Indianapolis, Indiana) was an American cartoonist, humorist, and journalist better known by his pen name "Kin" Hubbard.
Kin Kin, Queensland Kin Kin is a town near Cooroy, Queensland, Australia. The name comes from the Aboriginal kauin kauin meaning red soil,South East Queensland - Place Names 19 December 2006Noosa Community Guide 2005 Part D 19 December 2006 another source suggests it is the indigenous name for a species of small black ants that inhabit the area.
Kin Nahasbas Kin Nahasbas is a Chacoan Anasazi great house and archaeological site located in Chaco Canyon, northwestern New Mexico, United States. Built in either the 9th or 10th centuries AD, it was major ruin located slightly north of the Una Vida complex, which is positioned at the foot of the north mesa.
Kin Platt Kin Platt (August 12,1911-November 30, 2003, New York City, New York) is an American writer-artist best known for penning radio comedy and animated TV series, as well as children's mystery novels, for one of which he received the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award.
Kin selection In evolutionary biology, kin selection refers to changes in gene frequency across generations that are driven at least in part by interactions between related individuals, and this forms much of the conceptual basis of the theory of social evolution. Indeed some cases of evolution by natural selection can only be understood by considering how biological relatives influence the fitness of each other.
Kin Shriner Kin Shriner (born December 6, 1953 in New York, New York) is an actor, best known for playing Scott Baldwin on both daytime serials General Hospital (1977-1980, 1981-1984, 1988-1993, 2000-2004, 2007-) and Port Charles (1997-2000, 2001).
Kin'yō Wakashū The , sometimes abbreviated as Kin'yōshū, is an imperial anthology of Japanese waka whose two drafts were finished in 1124 and 1127. It was compiled at the behest of the Retired Emperor Shirakawa, by Minamoto no Shunrai (~1114-1204; sometimes called Toshiyori) It consists of ten volumes containing 716 poems.
Kin-yan Lee Kin-yan Lee (Chinese 李健仁, alternate romanization: Li Jian Ren) is a Hong Kong actor, who frequently makes comic cameo appearances in Steven Chow's films, as a cross-dressing man with a finger up his nose. He also goes by the nickname 如花 (Cantonese: yu fa; Mandarin: ru2 hua1), meaning "flower-like" in Chinese.
Kinabalu giant red leech The Kinabalu giant red leech is a large (<30 cm long) bright orange-red coloured leech that is endemic to Mount Kinabalu, Borneo. Very little is known about this animal and it remains an undescribed species.
Kinabalu National Park Kinabalu National Park or Taman Negara Kinabalu in Malay, established as one of the first national parks of Malaysia in 1964, is Malaysia's first World Heritage Site designated by UNESCO in December 2000 for its "outstanding universal values" and the role as one of the most important biological sites in the world.
Kinabatangan River The Kinabatangan River (Sungai Kinabatangan) is located in Sabah, eastern Malaysia, on the island of Borneo. It is the second longest river in Malaysia, with a length of 560 kilometers from its headwaters in the mountains of southwest Sabah, to its outlet at the Sulu Sea, east of Sandakan.
Kinakuta Kinakuta is a fictional country featured in the books Cryptonomicon and The Baroque Cycle by Neal Stephenson. It is a tiny island sultanate located in the Sulu Sea between the Philippines and Borneo (centered between Palawan and North Borneo, explains Cryptonomicon).
Kinana ibn al-Rabi Kinana ibn al-Rabi' (, also Kinana bin al-Rabi, Kinana ibn al-Rabi'a, Kinana ibn al-Rabi ibn Abu al-Huqayq) was a Jewish leader of seventh-century Arabia and an opponent of Muhammad; son of the poet al-Rabi ibn Abu al-Huqayq, who flourished at Medina in the seventh century, prior to the appearance of Muhammad at that town.
Kinaray-a language Kinaray-a is an Austronesian language spoken mainly in Antique Province in the Philippines. Kinaray-a came from the word "iraya" equivalent to "ilaya" in Tagalog, which refers to a group of people residing in the mountain areas of the province.
Kinase In biochemistry, a kinase is a type of enzyme that transfers phosphate groups from high-energy donor molecules, such as ATP, to specific target molecules (substrates); the process is termed phosphorylation. (An enzyme that removes phosphate groups from targets is known as a phosphatase.
Kinbane Castle Kinbane Castle is situated in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, on a long, narrow limestone headland projecting into the sea, approximately 5km from Ballycastle on the road to Ballintoy. Not much of the castle remains, and the path up to it is narrow and stepped.
Kincade (band) Kincade, is a British music band that were formed in 1999 and features Nanette Wood on lead vocals, Dave Bone on guitar, Jon Ballard on bass guitar and Jim Butler on drums. All the members are originally from the town of Crawley in West Sussex.
Kincardine and Deeside (UK Parliament constituency) Kincardine and Deeside was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 until 1997. It was mainly replaced by West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, apart from the parts of the seat within the borders of Aberdeen City Council, which joined Aberdeen South.
Kincardine Community Hospital Kincardine Community Hospital was opened in 1998 to serve the health needs of the local population in and around Kincardine, Fife, Scotland. It is operated in partnership with Care UK, a private healthcare provider.
Kincardine Line The Kincardine Line was a railway in Clackmannanshire and Fife, Scotland connecting the stations in Alloa and near Dunfermline along the north shore of the Firth of Forth. From Charlestown Junction a short branch line to Charlestown on the shore of the Forth ran.
Kincardineshire The County of Kincardine, also known as Kincardineshire or The Mearns (from A' Mhaoirne meaning 'The Stewartry') was a local government county on the coast of northeast Scotland. It was bounded by Aberdeenshire on the north and west, and by Angus on the south.
Kincardineshire (UK Parliament constituency) Kincardineshire, was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1708 to 1801 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1918. It was represented by one Member of Parliament.
Kincoppal-Rose Bay, School of the Sacred Heart, Sydney The Kincoppal-Rose Bay, School of the Sacred Heart (Kincoppal-Rose Bay), is a private day and boarding, Roman Catholic school for girls in Rose Bay, New South Wales, Australia. The college is a member of the Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools (AHIGS).
Kincsem Kincsem (Hungarian for "my treasure") (1874-1887) was a highly successful race horse born in Hungary. A national icon who is widely regarded as one of the greatest horses in Thoroughbred racing history, over four seasons she won all 54 of her races against both female and male horses at various race tracks across Europe.
Kind Hearted Woman Blues "Kind Hearted Woman Blues" is a blues song recorded on November 23, 1936 in San Antonio, Texas by legendary bluesman Robert Johnson. The song was originally released on 78 rpm format as Vocalion 03416.
Kind of Light Kind of Light, released in 2003 is the debut album from Los Angeles, California pop / rock band The 88. The album includes the songs "How Good It Can Be" and "Hard To Be You" which have featured on The O.
Kindah Kindah was an Arab pre-Islamic kingdom that was a vassal kingdom to the Himyarites and existed in central Arabia, headed by the Kindites whom from it got its name, their capital was Dumat al-Jandal, its first capital was Qaryat al-Faw was discovered recently. This kingdom was an important kingdom that ruled almost the entire Peninsula and existed from 480-529 CE.
Kindal Moorehead Kindal Moorehead (born October 14, 1978 in Memphis, Tennessee) is a defensive tackle in the National Football League, currently playing for the Carolina Panthers. He is part of a dominant Panthers defensive line, along with Julius Peppers and Kris Jenkins.
Kindekrist Formed in 1970, Kindekrist was Australia's first Christian rock band. The band brought together musicians from different musical styles - folk, country-rock, classical, pop and rock - and theological traditions (Lutheran, Presbyterian and Methodist).
Kinder Chocolate Kinder Chocolate (Kinder, a German word, means children) is a confectionery product of Ferrero SpA; it is known in its original country--Germany--as Kinder Schokolade. It consists of a combination of milk chocolate with a milk cream filling.
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP (KMEP) owns or operates petroleum product, natural gas, and carbon dioxide pipelines, related storage facilities, terminals, power plants and retail natural gas in the United States and Canada. KMEP is a Master Limited Partnership.
Kinder Morgan Interstate Gas Transmission Kinder Morgan Interstate Gas Transmission is a natural gas pipeline system that brings gas from the Rocky Mountains into Missouri and Nebraska, where it joins other pipes to go on towards the Midwest. Prior to being purchased by Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, it was named KN Energy and Kansas Nebraska Pipeline.
Kinder Mountain Rescue Team The Kinder Mountain Rescue Team is one of seven Mountain Rescue Teams that provide a purely voluntary, un-paid blue-light emergency service in the Peak District National Park in Derbyshire, England. The team is a member of the PDMRO - the Peak District Mountain Rescue Organisation.
Kinder Surprise Kinder Surprise, also known as a Kinder Egg (Kinder being German meaning "Children"), is a children's confection in the form of a chocolate egg containing a small toy, often to be assembled by the child or possibly a supervising adult.
Kinderen van Moeder Aarde Kinderen van Moeder Aarde (which translates as "Children of Mother Earth") is a children's book, the first part of a trilogy by the late Dutch writer Thea Beckman and first published in 1985. (As far as is known, it has never been translated into English.
Kindergarten Cop Kindergarten Cop (1990) is a film directed by Ivan Reitman and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. Schwarzenegger stars as John Kimble, a tough loner police detective, who goes after drug dealer Cullen Crisp (Richard Tyson), before he can get to his ex-wife and son.
Kindernothilfe Kindernothilfe (KNH) was founded in 1959 by a group of dedicated Christians in Duisburg, Germany, in order to help needy children in India. Over time, it has become one of the largest Christian organizations in Europe for children's aid.
Kinders Kinder's Meat and Deli is a popular franchise in the San Francisco Bay Area. Founded by John Kinder in 1946 in San Pablo, California, the buisiness has expanded to locations throughout Northern California and even has a store in Nevada.
Kindersley (electoral district) Kinderseley was a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1917 to 1968. It was created in 1914 from Battleford, Moose Jaw and Saskatoon ridings.
Kindersley, Saskatchewan Kindersley is a town in western Saskatchewan, Canada. Kindersley is located at Section 10, Township 29, Range 23, West of the 3rd Meridian It was incorporated in 1909, named after Sir Robert Kindersley who worked with CN Rail.
Kindertransport Kindertransport (also Refugee Children Movement) is the name given to the rescue mission that took place nine months prior to the outbreak of World War II. The United Kingdom took in nearly 10,000 predominantly Jewish children from Nazi Germany, and the occupied territories of Austria, Czechoslovakia, and the Free City of Danzig.
Kinderwhore Kinderwhore was an image used by a handful of American female punk rock bands in the early/mid 1990s. Exactly who invented the Kinderwhore image is up for debate, though it is widely accepted that Kat Bjelland of Babes in Toyland was the first to define it and Courtney Love of Hole was the first to popularise it.
Kindites The Kindites () were an important pre-Islamic Arab tribe (or rather clan) that in the 3rd century CE headed a kingdom with the capital in Qaryah dhat Kahl (the present-day Qaryat al-Faw) in Central Arabia. This kingdom was a vassal of the Himyarite Empire of Yemen.
Kindjal Kindjal (also written as Kinjhal, alternatively known as the "Circassian dagger") is a very long (30-50cm), double-edged and single-fullered dagger leading to a very sharp tip on the blade. The handle itself is crafted so that it has both a guard and pommel extending out of it as a part of the handle.
Kindler syndrome Kindler syndrome is a rare congenital disease of the skin caused by a mutation in the KIND1 gene. Infants and young children with Kindler syndrome have a tendency to blister with minor trauma and are prone to sunburns.
Kindo Koysha Kindo Koysha is one of the 77 woredas in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Semien Omo Zone, Kindo Koysha is bordered on the south by Offa, on the west by Loma Bosa, on the north by Boloso Sore, and on the east by Sodo Zuria.
Kindred (novel) Kindred is a 1979 novel by Octavia Butler. While most of Butler's work is classified as science fiction, Kindred is often shelved in literature or African-American literature and Butler herself categorized it as "a kind of grim fantasy" summary==
Kindred of the East Kindred of the East is a role-playing supplement by White Wolf Game Studio to their Vampire: The Masquerade line. The vanguard of White Wolf's "Year of the Lotus" theme (which created "Eastern" counterparts to all of their major product lines in the World of Darkness), this rich sourcebook is a stand-alone setting, requiring only secondary rules to be fully playable.
Kindred of the Ebony Kingdom The Kindred of the Ebony Kingdom, known among themselves as the Laibon, are vampires native to Africa in the Vampire: The Masquerade role-playing game set in White Wolf Game Studio's World of Darkness setting. Though having the same roots as the western Kindred and being aflicted with the same curse, the Laibon have existed in relative isolation from the western Kindred for an extended period, and have become distinct in a variety of ways.
Kindred Spirits Kindred Spirits (1849) is perhaps the best known painting of Hudson River School painter Asher Durand. It depicts the recently deceased painter Thomas Cole and his friend the poet William Cullen Bryant in the Catskill Mountains.
Kindred the Family Soul Kindred the Family Soul, also referred to as Kindred, is an American R&B/neo soul duo comprised of Fatin Dantzler and his wife, Aja Graydon. Signed to Hidden Beach Records, Kindred emerged from the Philadelphia neo-soul movement that also includes Jill Scott, who discovered them.
Kindu Kindu is a town in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the capital of Maniema province. It has a population of about 200,000 and is situated on the Congo River at an altitude of about 500 metres, and is about 400 km west of Bukavu.
Kindu rail accident In the Kindu rail accident of November 29, 2005 at least 60 people were killed when they were swept off the roof of a train into the river below as the train crossed a bridge in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Koloso Sumaili, the governor of Maniema province, says it seems there are over 60 dead in this accident, this after speaking with local officials in his region.
Kinebar A kinebar is a gold bar which contains a hologram to prove its authenticity. Union Bank of Switzerland, through its subsidiary refinery, Argor-Heraeus SA, has applied the holographic kinegram™ as a security device to the reverse of its minted bars since December 1993.
Kinela 1.Kinelea / (from the Irish Cinéal (n)Aedha na hEchtghe) was the name used to describe the territory of the O Shaughnessy/Ó Seachnasaigh clan in the south of Ui Fiachrach Aidhne, located in what is now south Co.
Kinemacolor Kinemacolor was the first successful color motion picture process, used commercially from 1908 to 1914. It was invented by George Albert Smith of Brighton, England in 1906, and launched by Charles Urban's Urban Trading Co.
Kinemantra Meditation Kinemantra Meditation (KM) is a meditation technique which was developed by German journalist Eckard Block and introduced in 1991. The difference to other meditation techniques is that it combines meditation with the Psycho-Kinesiology.
Kinematic coupling Kinematic coupling is an approach to high-precision fixturing whereby three non-parallel groves in one part mate with three hemispheres in another. Each hemisphere has two contact points for a total of six contact points, enough to constrain all six of the part's degrees of freedom.
Kinematic typography Kinematic typography, a fancy name for "moving text," is a study of Communication Design in animation work involving text. This text is presented over time in some sort of way which can imply or evoke certain emotion.
Kinematic Theatre Kinematic Theatre, often abbreviated to 'Kinematic', is a small theatre company operating in London, England. The company which was formed early in 2006 and was founded by Andy Sinclair-Harris, who is the artistic director along with Karl Lawton, Radica Anikpe and Antoinette Lester.
Kinematic320 Kinematic320 is a record label that was formed in 2004 by drum & bass artists Static (aka Aaron Danks) and Rregula (aka Ross Deschamp). Based out of Perth, Western Australia, the label was one of the very first to exclusively release as MP3 as opposed to 12" vinyl, a trend which many labels are now following.
Kinematics In physics, kinematics is the branch of classical mechanics concerned with describing the motions of objects without considering the factors that cause or affect the motion. By contrast, the science of dynamics is concerned with the forces and interactions that produce or affect the motion.
Kinemation Kinemation was one of the first inverse kinematics packages for 3D computer animation, created for Wavefront Technologies' package The Advanced Visualizer (TAV). In 1995, Wired described Kinemation as "a huge breakthrough in motion animation".
Kinescope The term kinescope originally referred to the cathode ray tube used in television monitors. Today the term more commonly refers to a kinescope recording (kine for short; also known as a telerecording in the UK).
Kinesiotherapy Kinesiotherapy is the application of scientifically based exercise principles adapted to enhance the strength, endurance, and mobility of individuals with functional limitations of those requiring extended physical conditioning.
Kinesis (keyboard) The Kinesis line of ergonomic computer keyboards are a popular alternative to the traditional keyboard design. Most widely known among these are the contoured Advantage line, which feature recessed keys in two bucket-like hollows which allow the fingers to reach keys with less effort as well as a central array of modifiers such as enter, alt, backspace, control, etc.
Kinesthetic learning Kinesthetic learning is a teaching and learning style in which learning takes place by the student actually carrying out a physical activity, rather than listening to a lecture or merely watching a demonstration. Building dioramas, physical models or participating in role-playing or historical reenactment are some examples.
Kinesthetics (Scott Kinsey album) Kinesthetics is a 2006 CD by keyboardist Scott Kinsey. It features contributions from Tribal Tech bandmates Scott Henderson, Gary Willis and Kirk Covington, as well as Vinnie Colaiuta, Michael Landau and Steve Tavaglione.
Kinetic (comics) Kinetic was a comic book series created by Allan Heinberg and written by Kelley Puckett and Warren Pleece and published by DC Focus, a short-lived imprint of DC Comics. The aim of the imprint was to feature super-powered characters who did not follow the traditional format of classic superhero adventures.
Kinetic bombardment A kinetic bombardment is the act of attacking a planetary surface with an inert projectile, where the destructive force comes from the kinetic energy of the projectile impacting at very high velocities. The resulting extreme force can be explained by the formula EK = 0.
Kinetic Destruction Kinetic Destruction is a hardcore band coming from a rural part of Hessen in Germany in the late 1990s. Not sporting the usual clean cut look of former bands of this genre, the band created its own scene of dedicated fans.
Kinetic family drawing The Kinetic Family Drawing (KFD), in psychology and counseling, is a personality testing technique devised by Burns (1982) created for children. It involves the examiner instructing the child to draw a picture of themselves, and everyone in his or her family, doing something.
Kinetic Honda The Kinetic Honda is an automatic 100cc motorscooter, made in India by the Kinetic Motor Company, in partnership with the Japanese company, Honda. It was sold in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and is still in common usage all over India in 2006.
Kinetic inductance Kinetic inductance is the manifestation of the inertial mass of mobile charge carriers in alternating electric fields as an equivalent series inductance. Kinetic inductance is observed in high carrier mobility conductors (e.
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