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Kisshomaru Ueshiba Kisshomaru Ueshiba (植芝 吉祥丸 Ueshiba Kisshōmaru, June 27 1921–January 4 1999) was the son of the founder of the Japanese martial art of aikido, and became the international leader of aikido after his father's death.
Kissi Se Na Kehna Kissi Se Na Kehna (Hindi: किसी से न कहना, Urdu: کسی سے نا کہنا, translation: "Don't Tell Anyone) is a 1983 film directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee. It was a sweet comedy with actors like Farooq Shaikh, Deepti Naval and Utpal Dutt.
Kissimmee River The Kissimmee River is a river in south-central Florida, USA. It arises in Osceola County as the outflow from East Lake Tohopekaliga, passing through Lake Tohopekaliga, Lake Cypress, Lake Hatchineha and Lake Kissimmee.
Kissing gourami Kissing gouramis, also known as kissers (Helostoma temminckii), are large tropical freshwater fish comprising the monotypic gourami family Helostomatidae (from the Greek elos [stud, nail], stoma [mouth]). Highly commercial food fish which are farmed in their native Southeast Asia, kissing gouramis are also popular with aquarists for the fish's peculiar "kissing" behaviour.
Kissing number problem In geometry, the kissing number is the maximum number of spheres of radius 1 that can simultaneously touch the unit sphere in n-dimensional Euclidean space. The kissing number problem seeks the kissing number as a function of n.
Kissing Point, New South Wales Kissing Point is an area located in the Sydney Lower North Shore locality of South Ryde, or what is far more commonly known as Putney, New South Wales. The area is characterised by many boats, open green reserves and affluent North Shore waterfront homes.
Kissing Post The Kissing Post (also spelled kissing post) is a famous wooden column at Ellis Island near which millions of US immigrants were joyously greeted by their relatives and friends, typically with tears, hugs and kisses.
Kissinger Lecture The Kissinger Lecture on Foreign Policy and International Relations is an annual lecture given by an invited speaker at the Library of Congress, Washington DC. It was established in 2001 to honor Henry Kissinger, the former US Secretary of State, along with the annual Kissinger Scholar as holder of the Henry Alfred Kissinger Chair in Foreign Policy and International Relations that was established in 2000.
Kissos Kissos, also Kisos (Greek: Κισσός), older form: Anilion is a village that is part of the municipality of Mouresi, it is located about 6 km NW of Tsagkarada. It is in the eastern part of Magnesia in the prefecture of the same name in Greece.
Kisspeptin Kisspeptin the product of the gene Kiss1 is a G-protein coupled receptor ligand for GPR54. Kiss1 was originally identified as a human metastasis suppressor gene that has the ability to suppress melanoma and breast cancer metastasis.
Kissy, Sierra Leone Kissy (formerly Waterloo refugee camp) is a poor neighborhood on the eastern end of the Sierra Leonean capital of Freetown. It is also home to numerous health services, including a United Methodist Church Health and Maternity ward as well as a mental hospital.
Kist people The Kists are a Nakh-speaking ethnic group in Georgia related to the Chechen and Ingush peoples. They primarily live in Pankisi Gorge of the eastern Georgian region of Kakheti where their total number is approximately 5,000 people.
Kista Kista (Swedish: ) is a district of Stockholm Municipality in Sweden belonging to Kista borough. Located northwest of central Stockholm, Kista is divided by the Stockholm Metro blue line into a western part which is primarily residential, and an eastern part occupied by commercial ventures, mostly in the telecommunication and computer industry.
Kista Science Tower Kista Science Tower in Kista is the tallest skyscraper in Stockholm, Sweden at a height of 128 m (156 m counting the antenna on the roof). It was originally planned to be taller, but due to the recession in the beginning of the century it was decided to not build the top floors.
Kistler Prize The Kistler Prize (created 1999) is awarded annually to recognize original contributions "to the understanding of the connection between human heredity and human society," and includes a cash award of US $100,000 and a 200-gram gold medallion.
Kistolmacs Kistolmacs is nestled in a picturesque wooded valley] in the [[Zala region of Hungary where visitors to the village can experience a slow pace of life combined with a seasonal beach style atmosphere, including the hire of pedaloes. The lake is also a popular fishing lake and is regularly stocked.
Kisumu Links Self Help Group Kisumu Links Self Help Group is the alternative name of Kisumu Rendezvous the non profit educational organisation located in Kisumu, Kenya. The organisation is affiliated to The Rendezvous Society the British charity organisation based in Kisumu's UK friendship link town (Cheltenham).
Kisumu Rendezvous SUPAKEN Kisumu Rendezvous SUPAKEN is the new name of Kisumu Rendezvous the non profit educational organisation located in Kisumu, Kenya. The organisation is affiliated to The Rendezvous Society the British charity organisation based in Kisumu's UK friendship link town (Cheltenham).
Kit (computer slang) On Usenet, a kit is possibly from DEC Slang for a full software distribution, as opposed to a patch or upgrade. A source software distribution that has been packaged in such a way that it can (theoretically) be unpacked
Kit (football) A kit is the standard equipment and attire worn by players in association football (soccer). The sport's Laws of the Game specify the minimum equipment to be used, and also prohibit the use of anything that is dangerous to himself or another player.
Kit and the Outlaws Kit and the Outlaws were an American punk rock band, active in the mid-1960s. Their music was typical of the era, using familiar riffs, not unlike those used by more well-known bands such as The Rumours, The Weeds, or The Vibrations.
Kit Berry Kit Berry is the author of the Stonewylde series of five books, the first being Magus of Stonewylde, published by Moongazy Publishing in October 2005. The second, Moondancing of Stonewylde, was published in November 2006.
Kit Carson (baseball) Walter Lloyd "Kit" Carson (November 15, 1912 - June 21, 1983), was a Major League Baseball right fielder who played for the Cleveland Indians in 1934 and 1935. As a 21-year-old rookie in 1934, he was the ninth-youngest player to appear in an American League game that season.
Kit Clayton Kit Clayton is the recording name of Joshua Kit Clayton, a San Francisco-based musician and programmer. He is a significant contributor to Cycling 74's Max/MSP/Jitter, and utilizes it extensively in his own work, which is largely ambient computer music and glitch.
Kit Cope Kristopher "Havoc" Cope (born March 17, 1977 at Williams Air Force Base, Arizona), is an American kickboxer, mixed martial arts fighter, and television personality. He is the former IPMTO Light Heavyweight Muay Thai World Champion (23-1, 9 KO) and in mixed martial arts he has a record of 1-4.
Kit Hoover Catherine "Kit" Hoover (born July 29, 1970 in Atlanta, Georgia) is an American TV personality and broadcast journalist best known for her stints on the MTV reality series Road Rules (which debuted in 1995) and as hostess of the ESPN2 morning program Cold Pizza (2003-2005).
Kit Chan Kit Chan (; born September 15, 1972) was the pioneer generation of Singaporean singers to successfully break into the international market, marked in particular by her breakthrough into the competitive and highly critical Taiwanese market with her hit Mandarin album Heartache (心痛) in 1994. She had released an EP "Don't Spoil the Peace" (不要傷了和气) the previous year.
Kit Kat A Kit Kat bar or KitKat bar Nestle Official Kitkat web site is a confection first created by Rowntree Limited of York, England and now made by Nestlé, which acquired Rowntree in 1988. It consists of thick bars composed of three layers of creme-filled wafer, covered in an outer layer of chocolate.
Kit lens A kit lens is a "starter" lens sold bundled with an interchangeable-lens camera such as an SLR. It is generally a cheap lens priced at the lowest end of the manufacturer's range, so as to not add much to a camera's price.
Kit Laybourne Kit Laybourne is an independent producer of animation projects for television and the Chief Creative Director at Oxygen (TV channel)]. He is also the author of The Animation Book, a comprehensive book covering animated filmmaking.
Kit Malthouse Kit Malthouse (born 1966) is a British politician and former city councillor and Deputy Leader for Westminster City Council in London. Malthouse who is a member of the Conservative Party has led a battle, for five years, to eliminate prostitution advertising in telephone booths.
Kit Rae Kit Rae (born 1966 in Burlington, Ontario, Canada) is a fantasy collectibles designer who specializes in knife design, fantasy and sci-fi art. His first job as a designer was for Smoky Mountain Knife Works in the mid-1980's.
Kit Thomas Kit Thomas (born May 25, 1947) is an American film maker and record producer best known for his involvement with films that "make a difference." His [projects]have won many awards including two Emmy]s, and his film "Burning Down Tomorrow," commissioned by rock musician Sting to raise awareness about the global rainforest crisis, was nominated for an [[Academy Awards|Oscar (Best Documentary) in 1991.
Kit Watkins Kit Watkins (born 1953 in Virginia) is a progressive-ambient-jazz recording artist based in Brattleboro, Vermont. Born to classical piano teachers, Watkins was a founding member of the American progressive rock band Happy The Man, which formed in Harrisonburg, Virginia in 1973.
Kit Williams Kit Williams (born April 28 1946 in Kent, England) is the author of Masquerade, a pictorial storybook which contained clues to the location of an 18 carat (75 %) golden hare created by Williams and then buried "somewhere in Britain."
Kit Woolsey Kit Woolsey (born 1943) is a world class bridge player as well as one of the top backgammon players in the world. Woolsey ended as runner up in the 1989 Bermuda Bowl and won the Senior Teams at the 2000 World Team Olympiad, and another gold at the 2003 Senior Bowl.
Kit-of-parts Kit-of-parts Theory refers to the study and application of object-oriented building techniques, where building components are pre-designed / pre-engineered / pre-fabricated for inclusion in joint-based (linear element), panel-based (planar element), module-based (solid element), and deployable (time element) construction systems (Howe 2003). Kit-of-parts construction is a special subset of pre-fabrication that not only attempts to achieve flexibility in assembly and efficiency in manufacture, but also by definition requires a capacity for demountability, disassembly, and reuse.
Kita-ku, Sapporo Kita-ku (北区; lit. "north ward") is a ward of Sapporo composed of residential neighborhoods mostly arranged in grid patterns, and each built surrounding a train station, broken up by areas of farmland and some light-industrial areas.
Kita-Osaka Kyuko Railway The Kita-Osaka Kyuko Railway (北大阪急行電鉄, Kita Osaka Kyuko Dentetsu) is an extension of the Osaka Municipal Subway Midosuji Line. It was opened on February 24, 1970, to connect the line's northern terminus at the time, Esaka Station, to the grounds of the Japanese International Exposition.
Kitaaizu District, Fukushima Kitaaizu (北会津郡; -gun) was a district located in Fukushima, Japan. On November 1, 2004 the village of Kitaaizu merged into the city of Aizuwakamatsu, at which point the village and district ceased to exist.
Kitaaizu, Fukushima Kitaaizu (北会津村; -mura) was a village located in the former Kitaaizu District, Fukushima, Japan. On November 1, 2004 the town merged into the city of Aizuwakamatsu and no longer exists as an independent municipality.
Kitab al-Huda The Kitab al-Huda ("The Book of Guidance") is a collection of canons and laws, of liturgical rules and short theological treatises dealing with Trinitarian and Christological problems. In the 11th century the Maronite Bishop David translated the Kitab al-Huda from Syriac to Arabic.
Kitab al-Milal wa al-Nihal Kitab al–Milal wa al-Nihal (The Book of Sects and Creeds), written by the Islamic scholar Muhammad al-Shahrastani (d. 1153 CE), is a non-polemical study of religious communities and philosophies that had existed up to his time, considered to be the first systematic study of religion.
Kitab al-Miraj The Kitab al Miraj (Arabic: کﺗﺎب المعراج) is a Muslim holy book concerned with Mohammad's ascension into the Heavens (known as the Miraj), following his miraculous one-night journey from Mecca to Jerusalem (the Isra). the Miraj is divided into 7 chapters, and was written in Arabic using the Naskh script.
Kitabatake Tomonori Kitabatake Tomonori (北畠具教, Kitabatake Tomonori, 1528-1576) was a renowned daimyo that governed Ise (located in the Mie Prefecture) of the late Sengoku period. It has also been said that Tomonori was a master of the Kashima Shinto-ryu style of swordsmanship who studied under Tsukahara Bokuden.
Kitaguni The Kitaguni (きたぐに) is an overnight train service that operates in Japan. Operated by East Japan Railway Company and West Japan Railway Company, it runs between Niigata Prefecture and Osaka in the Kansai region.
Kitakami Line The Kitakami Line (北上線) is a rail line in Japan. Part of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) system, it runs from Kitakami Station in Kitakami, Iwate Prefecture to Yokote Station in Yokote, Akita Prefecture, acting as a connecting line between the Ōu Main Line to the Tōhoku Main Line.
Kitamura Tokoku Kitamura Tokoku (北村透谷：1868-1894) was a Japanese poet, essayist and one of the founders of Bungakukai turn-of-the-century modern Japanese romantic literary movement. A native of Odawara, he was influenced by his wife's (Ishizaka Mina) Christianity, he wrote essays extolling the “life-espousing views” of the West, over the “life-denying view” of Buddhism and traditional Japanese thought.
Kitano (Battle Royale) Kitano (キタノ Kitano) is a villain character in the 2000 Japanese film Battle Royale. He is the teacher of the Shiroiwa Junior High School 9th Grade Class B group of students and administrator of the Battle Royale Program.
Kitano Tenman-gū is a Shinto shrine in Kyoto, dedicated to Tenjin-san, the kami of scholarship. It was built in 942, to appease the angry spirit of scholar and poet Sugawara no Michizane, who had been exiled as a result of political maneuvers of his enemies in the Fujiwara clan.
Kitano, Fukuoka Kitano (北野町; -machi) was a town located in Mii District, Fukuoka, Japan. On February 5, 2005 the town merged with three other towns into the expanded city of Kurume, Fukuoka and no longer exists as an independent municipality.
Kitanoumi Toshimitsu Kitanoumi Toshimitsu (北の湖敏満 May 16, 1953 -, as Kobata Toshimitsu, Japanese:小畑 敏満) was the dominant Yokozuna in Sumo during the 1970s. He was promoted to Yokozuna at 21 years old, becoming the youngest ever to achieve sumo's top rank -- beating the previous record held by Taihō by one month.
Kitaro [(喜多郎 Kitarō) (born as Masanori Takahashi (高橋正則 Takahashi Masanori) on February 4], [[1953 in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, Japan) is a composer and multi-instrumentalist. His pseudonym "Kitaro" was given later by friends because of a Japanese television cartoon character named Kitaro, from Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro.
Kitasato Shibasaburo ; (29 January, 1853-13 June, 1931) was a Japanese physician and bacteriologist. He is remembered as the co-discoverer of the infectious agent of bubonic plague in Hong Kong in 1894, almost simultaneously with Alexandre Yersin.
Kitasoo The Kitasoo are one of the 14 tribes of the Tsimshian First Nation in Canada and inhabit, along with Xai'xais people of Heiltsuk ethnic affiliation, the village of Klemtu, British Columbia. The name Kitasoo derives from the Tsimshian name Gidestsu, from git- (people of) and disdzuu, which refers to a large, tiered house-depression.
Kitatachibana, Gunma Kitatachibana (北橘村; -mura) was a village located in Seta District, Gunma, Japan. On February 20, 2006, it joined the nearby villages of Akagi Village, Ikaho Village, Komochi Village, and Onogami Village in merging with Shibukawa City.
Kitaw Ejigu Kitaw Ejigu (February 25, 1948 - January 13, 2006) is Ethiopian scientist, who worked for NASA as Chief of Spacecraft and Satellite Systems engineer. He is also a political leader and a devout Christian and family man.
Kitay-Gorod (Metro) Kitay-Gorod (), is a cross-platform transfer point of the Moscow Metro serving both the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line and the Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya Line. Originally called Ploshchad Nogina, after the square that once carried the name of Victor Nogin.
Kitáb-i-Aqdas The Kitáb-i-Aqdas is the central book of the Bahá'í Faith, written by Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the religion. The work was written in Arabic under the Arabic title al-Kitáb al-Aqdas (), but it is commonly referred to by its Persian title, Kitáb-i-Aqdas (), which was given to the work by Bahá'u'lláh himself.
Kitbashing Kitbashing is a practice in which a new scale model is created by combining elements from existing, commercially-available model kits; these elements may be added to an existing base, or to each other. Both hobbyists and commercial modelmakers do this; in the latter case, it is particularly popular for creating concept models, and also for detailing motion picture special effects.
Kitbuqa Kitbuqa Noyen（怯的不花） was the Christian lieutenant and confidant of Hulagu Khan, assisting him in his conquests in Persia and the Middle East. He was in command of one of the flanks which advanced on and sacked Baghdad, and he assisted in the conquest of Damascus.
Kite aspect In astrology, the kite is a special type of grand trine. In the normal grand trine configuration, three planets or other celestial bodies are equally spaced across the horoscope 120 degrees apart, thereby making three trines that form one configuration of a triangle on the chart.
Kite landboarding Kite landboarding is based on the ever-growing sport of Kitesurfing, also known as Kiteboarding, where a rider on a surf-style board is pulled over water by a kite. Kite landboarding involves the use of a mountain board or landboard (essentially an oversized skateboard with large pneumatic wheels and foot-straps).
KiteATB KiteATB, otherwise known as "landboarding" or "ground ATB", is a term used to describe activities where a rider on a four-wheeled mountain board is propelled along the ground by means of a power kite.
Kitefin shark The kitefin shark, seal shark, or black shark, Dalatias licha, is a dogfish, the only species in the genus Dalatias, found in the Atlantic, western Mediterranean, western Indian Ocean, and western Pacific including Japan, Australia, Hawaii, and New Zealand, at depths of 50 to 1,800 metres. Its length is from 1 to 1.
Kitelife Founded in 1998 by Mike Gillard of Ohio, Kitelife Magazine was the first on line publication 100% devoted to the sport of kite flying and its community... Featuring articles, reviews and interviews with some of the most notable kite fliers around, Kitelife offered a wealth of kiting information and entertainment during a time when there were no other kite publications available.
Kitenge Kitenge or chitenge is an African garment similar to sarong, often worn by women wrapped around the chest or waist, over the head as a headscarf, or as a baby sling. They are also sometimes worn by men around the waist in hot weather.
Kiteretsu Daihyakka Kiteretsu Daihyakka (キテレツ大百科, or Kiteretsu Encyclopedia) is a science fiction manga series by Fujiko F. Fujio which ran in the children's magazine Kodomo no Hikari from April 1974 through July 1977.
Kites (musician) Kites is the name taken by Christopher Forgues for his musical projects. Forgues, born in 1980 in Massachusetts, attended the Art Institute of Boston and Massachusetts College of Art in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
Kites Hardwick Kites Hardwick (also known as Kytes Hardwick) is a hamlet between Rugby and Royal Leamington Spa in Warwickshire, close to Draycote Water and bisected by the River Leam. It has an agricultural heritage with a number of farms, with some farmhouses dating back to the 17th and 18th centuries.
Kitfo Kitfo (sometimes ketfo) is a dish found in Ethiopian and Eritrean cuisine. It consists of ground raw beef marinated in mitmita (a very spicy chili powder) and niter kibbeh (a clarified butter infused with herbs and spices).
Kithairon Kithairon is a mountain range ("No corner of Kithairon echoless", Oedipus Rex 440) about 10 mi (16 km) long, in central Greece, standing between Boeotia in the north and Attica in the south. It is mainly composed of limestone and rises to 4,623 ft (1,409 m).
Kithakithalu Kithakithalu is a comedy genre telugu movie which was released for summer 2006 and tickled the whole Telugu film industry aka Tollywood and fared well at box-office. Allari Naresh starred in this movie on his home banner under the direction of his father EVV Satyanarayana.
Kithrup Kithrup is a fictional planet orbiting fictional star Kthsemenee in David Brin's Uplift Universe. There is an anomaly here: even though Kthsemenee is a small orange Population II star, Kithrup is rich in heavy metals.
Kitchen & the Plastic Spoons Kitchen & the Plastic Spoons were an experimental punk band from Sweden, which formed "by accident" in spring of 1980 The group disbanded in November] of [[1981 disbanding, they released three EP]s and three tracks for compilation albums.
Kitchen Debate The Kitchen Debate was an impromptu debate (through interpreters) between Vice President Richard Nixon and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev at the opening of the American National Exhibition in Moscow, on July 24, 1959. For the event, an entire house was built that the American exhibitors claimed anyone in America could afford.
Kitchen garden The traditional kitchen garden, also known as a potager, is a seasonally used space separate from the rest of the residential garden--the ornamental plants and lawn areas. Most vegetable gardens are still miniature versions of old family farm plots, but the kitchen garden is different not only in its history, but also its design.
Kitchen god Kitchen gods are mythical beings that represent abstract concepts such as luck or just propel the minor changes of everyday life. Little things that cannot be explained, such as losing small objects like socks in the laundry are often attributed to these creatures because the explanation eludes the believer.
Kitchen God In Chinese folk religion and Chinese mythology, the Kitchen God, named Zao Jun (; literally "stove master") or Zao Shen (; literally "stove god"), is the most important of a plethora of Chinese domestic gods (gods of courtyards, wells, doorways, etc.).
Kitchen Incubator A kitchen incubator is a business incubator dedicated to early-stage catering businesses. Kitchen incubators are mostly found in those countries with significant levels of food hygiene regulation where capital investment in commercial kitchen equipment can be prohibitive for a new business.
Kitchen knife A kitchen knife is any knife that is intended to be used in food preparation. While much of this work can be accomplished with a few general-purpose knives, there are also many specialized knives that are designed for specific tasks.
Kitchen maid A kitchen maid is a junior female servant in a great house ranking below a cook and above a scullery maid. An experienced kitchen maid is an assistant cook; the position may be compared to that of a line cook in a professional kitchen.
Kitchen Motors Kitchen Motors is an Iceland based think tank, record label and an art collective specializing in instigating collaborations and putting on concerts, exhibitions, performances, chamber operas, producing films, books and radio shows.
Kitchen Nightmares (US TV series) Kitchen Nightmares is an upcoming television show from the FOX Broadcasting Company, where Gordon Ramsay helps failing restaurants to get back on the map. It is based on the Channel 4 show Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares produced in the UK (which also airs on BBC America in the US).
Kitchen Party (film) Kitchen Party is a 1997 film written and directed by Gary Burns (The Suburbanators). The movie cast a number of then-unknown young Canadian actors, including Scott Speedman, Laura Harris, and Tygh Runyan, and was released on September 8, 1997 at the Toronto Film Festival.
Kitchen sink realism Kitchen sink realism was a recognisable English cultural movement in the late 1950s and early 1960s. It was seen in the theatre, in art, in novels, in film and in television plays, focusing on social realism relevant to the audience of the day.
Kitchen sink regression A kitchen sink regression is an informal and usually pejorative term for a regression analysis which uses a long list of possible independent variables to attempt to explain variance in a dependent variable. In economics, psychology, and other social sciences, regression analysis is typically used deductively to test hypotheses, but a kitchen sink regression does not follow this norm.
Kitchen Sink Dramas In the austere late 1950's --early 1960's The United Kingdoms Underclass were perennially being misrepresented by the likes of Noel Cowards Drawing--Room Farces and permanently On They're Uppers Financially. Riding against this oppression was a reverse -engineering known today as Kitchen Sink Drama which pioneered modern British Cinema.
Kitchen Table International Kitchen Table International, an outrageous, albeit fictitious computer company created as a faux amalgam of Radio Shack, Apple, Commodore, and other organizations of the time, was the subject of one of the earliest regular computer humor columns, appearing in Wayne Green’s 80 Microcomputing magazinehttp://www.trs-80.
Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press was a activist feminist press started in the USA in 1980, by Barbara Smith at the suggestion of her friend, poet Audre Lorde. Smith, Lorde and a several other women of color assembled to talk over the aims and details of the project.
Kitchen/Bath Industry Show & Conference The Kitchen/Bath Industry Show & Conference or (K/BIS) is owned by the National Kitchen & Bath Association (NKBA); sponsored by Kitchen & Bath Business Magazine; and produced by VNU Expositions. K/BIS is the world's largest international trade event dedicated to the kitchen and bath industry.
KitchenAid KitchenAid is a home appliance brand owned by Whirlpool Corporation that is most well known for their stand mixers. The company was started in 1919 by The Hobart Corporation to give restaurants a countertop alternative to their industrial sized mixers.
Kitchener Centre Kitchener Centre is a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997, and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999. Its population in 2001 was 108,840.
Kitchener Greenshirts The Kitchener Greenshirts name has been used by five separate hockey teams playing in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. These include one 'Senior A' level hockey team, two 'Junior A' level teams, and two 'Junior B' level teams.
Kitchener Rangers The Kitchener Rangers are a junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League that have called Kitchener, Ontario, Canada their home since 1963. The Rangers are a publicly owned hockey team, governed by a 40-person Board of Directors made up of season ticket subscribers.
Kitchener Waterloo Little Theatre The Kitchener Waterloo Little Theatre (KWLT) is a community theatre located in the Kitchener-Waterloo area of Ontario, Canada. It was established in the late 1920's or the early 1930's as a place for people to try acting in an amateur format and has continued uninterrupted since then, except for a pause during the Second World War.
Kitchener Waterloo Youth Collective Kitchener-Waterloo Youth Collective (KWYC) is a revolutionary left-wing political group that exists in Kitchener-Waterloo Ontario to fight for the rights of disabled, poor, minority, street and other youth. KWYC was made up initially of mostly members of the Kitchener-Waterloo Anti-Racist Action chapter but now included as number of street and gang youth.
Kitchener's Army The New Army, often referred to as Kitchener's Army, was an (initially) all-volunteer army formed in the United Kingdom following the outbreak of hostilities in World War I. It was created after the recommendation from the then-Secretary of State for War, Horatio Kitchener.
Kitchener's Island Kitchener's Island (now locally known in Arabic as Geziret an-Nabatat, جزيرة النباتات, which translates as "island of plants") is a small, oval-shaped island in the Nile at Aswan, Egypt.
Kitchener-Waterloo Kitchener-Waterloo (K-W) is an unofficial but ubiquitous name for the area in Ontario, Canada consisting of the twin cities of Kitchener and Waterloo, approximately 100 kilometres west of Toronto. The two cities grew into each other decades ago and their shared boundary cuts through streets, backyards and houses.

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