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Kodak fortress Kodak fortress (; ) was a fort built in 1635 by the Poles over the Dnieper River, near what was to become the town of Stari Kodaky (by modern day: Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine). It was constructed to control Cossacks of Zaporizhian Sich and prevent Ukrainian peasants from joining forces with the Cossacks.
Kodak Park Kodak Park is a large industrial complex run by Eastman Kodak located two miles north of downtown Rochester, New York. The complex runs parallel to New York State Route 104 and Mount Read Boulevard for most of its length.
Kodak Photo Printer 6800 The Kodak Photo Printer 6800 is a model of computer printer manufactured by Eastman Kodak whose purpose can be inferred to be for printing 6-inch-by-8-inch photographs. According to Kodak's news release (as cited in the "References" section), the 6800 takes advantage of "thermal" printing technology.
Kodak Photo Spot A Kodak Photo Spot (also called Kodak Picture Spot or Kodak Photo Point) is a location with a Kodak-sponsored sign indicating a recommended spot from which to take a photograph. They are found in areas popular with tourists, and are particularly common in Disney theme parks.
Kodambakkam Kodambakkam is a highly developed area of Chennai, South India, and the term Kollywood is derived from the name of this area. Traditionally, the Kodambakkam locality is synonymous with the Tamil film industry and known for its movie production houses and the film stars residing in this locality.
Kodanad Kodanad, a beautiful and charming semi-rural village situated on the banks of river Periyar, about 50 kilometers east of Kochi(Cochin), Kerala, South India. Kodanad is the headquarters of Malayattoor forest division, Department of Forest run by the state government of Kerala.
Kodansha is the largest Japanese publisher of literature and manga, headquartered in (Bunkyo), Tokyo. Kodansha publishes manga magazines Nakayoshi, Afternoon, Weekly Shonen Magazine, Monthly Shonen Magazine, Monthly Shonen Magazine Special, Seasonal Shonen Magazine Wonder, as well as more literary magazines such as Gunzō, Gendai and Shūkan Gendai, and the Japanese dictionary Nihongo Daijiten.
Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan The Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan is a comprehensive English-language encyclopedia first published in 1983 that provides a broad range of topics on Japan. First published by Kodansha in 1983 followed by a supplemental volume in 1986, the encyclopedia was created by both Japanese (680) and non-Japanese scholars (524) from 27 nations.
Kodansha Kanji Learner's Dictionary The Kodansha Kanji Learner's Dictionary is a kanji dictionary based on the New Japanese-English Character Dictionary by Jack Halpern and published by Kenkyusha. The dictionary arranges entries according to an original system called SKIP (System of Kanji Indexing by Patterns), although the dictionary does contain a radical index.
Kodavatiganti Kutumbarao Kodavatiganti Kutumba Rao (October 28, 1908 – August 17, 1980), also known as Ko Ku, was a prolific Telugu writer. He believed that literature which criticizes and enriches human life and ultimately reforms the human thought of its time is the only relevant form of literature.
Kodály körönd Kodály körönd is a square in Budapest, Hungary, at the intersection of Andrássy Avenue and Felsőerdősor u., with beautifully painted old buildings and statues of four of Hungary's great heroes in each corner.
Koderi Koderi, is one of the Badaga hattis or hamlets of the Nilgiri Hills, located at a distance of 12 kilometers from Coonoor. This hamlet is part of the 'Mekku Nadu Seeme', one of the four 'seemes' of the Nakku Betta(Four Mountains).
Kodi Rammurthy Naidu Kodi Ramamurthy Naidu (1882-1942), known as Ramamurthy was a famous body-builder that ate as much human flesh as he could. This south-indian macho performed impressive feats like stopping a car in high accelaration, breaking iron chains and holding an elephant leg on his chest, as well as juggling babies with weights attached to them.
Kodiak (TV series) Kodiak was a short lived, half-hour adventure program that aired Friday evenings on ABC during the 1974-1975 television season. The show revolved around the main character of Cal "Kodiak" McKay (played by Clint Walker), an Alaska State Trooper.
Kodiak Archipelago The Kodiak Archipelago is an archipelago, or group of islands, south of the mainland of the United States state of Alaska, about 405 km (252 miles) by air south of Anchorage in the Gulf of Alaska. The largest island in the archipelago is Kodiak Island, the second largest island in the United States.
Kodiak Bear The Kodiak bear (Ursus arctos middendorffi) is an unique subspecies of the brown bear. Kodiak bears live exclusively on the islands in the Kodiak Archipelago and have been isolated from other bears for about 12,000 years.
Kodiak Launch Complex The Kodiak Launch Complex (KLC) is a United States government Rocket launch site at 57°26'09" northern latitude and 152°20'16" western longitude on Kodiak Island, Alaska. The Kodiak Launch Complex belongs to the Alaska Aerospace Development Corporation and is appropriate for the launch of solid-propellant rockets.
Kodiyettru Thirunal Kodiyettru Thirunal is the festival celebrated in Swamithoppepathi for eleven days by the followers of the Ayyavazhi. This is celebrated three times annually during the Tamil months of Aavani, Thai and Vaikaasi.
Kodo (Incense Ceremony) KĹŤdĹŤ ( - Way of Fragrance) is the Japanese art of appreciating incense, and involves using incense within a structure of codified conduct. Though it is counted as one of the three classical arts of refinement, it is relatively unknown amongst modern Japanese people.
Kodo Sawaki Kodo Sawaki (Japanese: 沢木čé“, Sawaki KĹŤdĹŤ) (1880-1965) is considered by some to be the most important Japanese Zen master of the 20th century. His parents died early and he grew up being adopted by a gambler and an ex-prostitute.
Kodo-kai The Second Kodo-kai (二代目ĺĽé“会 Nidaime Kodo-kai) is a boryokudan (yakuza group) based in Nakamura-ku, Nagoya, Japan. It is a secondary organization of the Sixth Yamaguchi-gumi (ĺ…代目山口組), Japan's most powerful yakuza syndicate.
Kodomo no hi Kodomo no hi (ă“ă©ă‚‚ă®ć—Ą; meaning "Children's Day") is a Japanese national holiday which takes place annually on May 5, the fifth day of the fifth month, during the Golden Week period. It is a day set aside to respect children's personalities and to celebrate their happiness.
Kodori Valley The Kodori Valley (also known as the Kodori Gorge; ) is a river valley in Abkhazia, Georgia's breakaway autonomous republic which serves as the de facto boundary between the Georgian government and the secessionist-controlled territories. The valley's upper part, populated by the Svans, a subgroup of the Georgian people, is the only corner of the pre-1993 Abkhazia directly controlled by the central Georgian government which officially styles the area as Upper Abkhazia (Geo.
Kodos the Executioner Governor Kodos, or Kodos the Executioner, a fictional character in the Star Trek television series episode "The Conscience of the King," was the governor of a Federation colony on the planet Tarsus IV circa AD 2246. Arnold Moss played the part of Kodos.
Kodungallur Kodungallur (anglicised name: Cranganore ) is a city and a municipality in Thrissur district in the Indian state of Kerala. It is known in ancient times as Shinkli, Muchiri (anglicised to Muziris), Muyirikkodu, Muchiripattinam was a famous and prosperous sea-port at the mouth of the Periyar (also known as Choorni Nadi) river in the southern Indian state of Kerala.
Kodurupaka Kodurupaka, one of the oldest villages in Karimnagar district, lies exactly 21 kms away from Karimnagar, located on the highway from Karimnagar to Vemulawada. The place can be reached by boarding any one of Vemulawada, Sircilla or Kamareddy buses that start from the karimnagar bus stand and are frequently scheduled.
Kodwo Eshun Kodwo Eshun is a British writer and musician who focuses on black identity and the African diaspora. He is most well-known for his work on Afrofuturism, especially as it applies to jazz, hip-hop, and electronica.
Koeberg Alert Koeberg Alert formed in 1983 and started out as a local campaign against South Africa's nuclear programme, in particular the construction of Koeberg Nuclear Power Station. Koeberg Alert is possibly the country's first activist green movement, apart from Nan Rice's Dolphin Action and Awareness Group.
Koebner Phenomenon The Koebner phenomenon, also called the "Koebner response" or the "isomorphic response", refers to skin lesions appearing on lines of trauma.Various grammatical forms of "Koebner phenomenon" include: "Koebnerization", and "to Koebnerize".
Koedijk Koedijk ( West Frisian: Koedìk) is a village in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. It is now a part of the municipalities of Alkmaar and Langedijk, but before 1972 it was a separate municipality.
Koelreuteria elegans Koelreuteria elegans, more commonly known as the Chinese Rain Tree is a deciduous tree to 15-20 metres native to Taiwan and southern China. It is widely grown throughout the tropics and sub-tropical parts of the world as a street tree.
Koen Pijpers Koen Pijpers (born on May 30, 1969 in Maassluis) is a former field hockey player from the Netherlands, who earned seventeen caps for the Dutch national team, in which he didn't score. The midfielder made his debut for the national squad on January 27, 1990 in a friendly match against Spain in Málaga.
Koenigsegg Koenigsegg Automotive AB is a Swedish manufacturer of high-performance cars based initially in Olofström, later moving to Margretetorp, just outside Ängelholm. It is also known as the World's fastest V8 production road supercar.
Koenji Hyakkei Koenji Hyakkei (é«ĺ††ĺŻşç™ľć™Ż - "Hundred Sights of Koenji") is a Japanese Zeuhl band led by Yoshida Tatsuya of Ruins fame. The band released their first (self-titled) album in 1994 with Aki Kubota from Bondage Fruit on vocals and keyboard.
Koeputkiaikuinen ja Simon enkelit Koeputkiaikuinen ja Simon enkelit (The Test-tube Adult and Simo's Angels) is a 1979 comedy directed, written and starring Spede Pasanen, along with the typical comic-cast of Simo Salminen, Vesa-Matti Loiri, Tapio Hämäläinen and Olavi Ahonen.
Koettlitz Glacier The Koettlitz Glacier () is a large Antarctic glacier lying west of Mount Morning and Mount Discovery, flowing from the vicinity of Mount Cocks northeastward between Brown Peninsula and the mainland into the ice shelf of McMurdo Sound.
Koevoet Koevoet (Afrikaans for crowbar) was a police counter insurgency unit in South-West Africa (now Namibia) during the 1970s and 1980s. They were the most effective unit (in terms of personnel lost versus enemies killed) deployed against SWAPO fighters (seeking Namibian independence from Apartheid South Africa), and were accused by them of brutal and indiscriminate use of force.
Koffee Brown Koffee Brown were a neo-soul duo consisting of male singer Fonz and female singer Vee, Discovered & signed to Producer KAYGEE's then Newly formed DIVINE MILL records, best known for their 2001 song "After Party" off their album Mars/Venus. The two were put together as a duo upon the suggestion of industry veteran Clive Davis to Kaygee, but apart from "After Party", hit #44 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #10 on the Billboard US R&B charts, their second single, "Weekend Thing", only appeared on the R&B charts at a lowly #71, failing to chart altogether on the Hot 100, and no follow-up to Mars/Venus has ever been released.
Koffi Sama Koffi Sama (born 1944 in Amoutchou) was the Prime Minister of Togo, from 29 June 2002 until 9 June 2005. Following the death of long-time president Gnassingbé Eyadéma on February 5, 2005, he announced the news, calling it a "national catastrophe".
Koffiefontein Koffiefontein is a small sheep farming town in the Free State Province of South Africa. The area was a coffee stop for many transport riders in the 19th century until one of the riders discovered a diamond, and a town grew rapidly.
Koffiefontein mine Koffiefontein Mine is situated in the Orange River colony, about 50 miles from Kimberly. It is one of the many Kimberly mines of which Kimberly mine, de Beers mine, Dutoitspan, Bultfontein and Wesselton were its more famous neighbours in the late 1900's.
Koffin Kats The Koffin Kats are a Psychobilly band that started in 2003 as a joke, just to get together and play a few songs, but ended up becoming a serious recording act. They are a psychobilly — sometimes considered gothabilly — trio from Detroit, Michigan and are on HairBall8's record deal.
Kofi Awoonor Kofi Awoonor (born George Awoonor-Williams in 1935) is a Ghanaian poet and author, whose work combines the poetic traditions of his native Ewe people and contemporary and religious symbolism to depict Africa during decolonization.
Kofyar The Kofyar are a population in central Nigeria numbering around 50,000. This group comprises three different "tribes" as designated by British colonial officers: the Doemak (or Dimmuk), Merniang, and Kwalla.
Kogal Kogal (コギăŁă« kogyaru in romaji (romanised Japanese) is a subculture of girls and young women in urban Japan, one of several types of so-called gals. They are characterized by conspicuously displaying their disposable income through distinctive tastes in fashion, music, and social activity.
Kogarah, New South Wales Kogarah is a suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Kogarah is located 14 kms south of the Sydney central business district and is considered to be the centre of the St George area.
Kogge-Stone Adder The Kogge-Stone adder is a kind of parallel prefix form carry look-ahead adder. It generates the carry signals in O(log n) time, and is widely considered the fastest adder design possible (without additional modification).
Kogi State Kogi is a state in the north-central zone of Nigeria. It is popularly called the confluence state due to the fact that the confluence of River Niger and River Benue is at its capital, Lokoja, which is the first administrative capital of modern-day Nigeria.
Kogo Noda Kogo Noda (1893–1968) was a Japanese screenwriter who collaborated with Yasujiro Ozu on many of the director's films, including his first (The Sword of Penitence, 1927) and finest (Tokyo Story, 1953). He co-wrote 13 of Ozu's 15 post-war films, among others.
Kogod School of Business The Kogod School of Business, commonly known as simply Kogod, serves as the undergraduate and graduate business school at American University in Northwest Washington, DC. Kogod is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).
Kogoro Akechi KogorĹŤ Akechi (ćŽć™şĺ°Źäş”éŽ Akechi KogorĹŤ) is a fictional character and the creation of Japanese mystery writer Edogawa Rampo. He first appeared in the story "The D Slope Murder case" in 1925 and continued to appear in stories for a quarter of a century.
Koguis The Kogi or Kogui meaning jaguar in Kogian Languageis an Native American] ethnic group that lives in the [[Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in Colombia. They are one of the few surviving pockets of indigenous peoples of Pre-Columbian South America, being descendants of the Tairona Civilization, which was flourishing at the time of the Spanish conquest; they have been isolated on their mountain for generations.
Koh Se-kai Koh Se-kai (; peĚŤh-oÄ“-jÄ«: KhĂłÍ Sè-khái) (1934-), political and historical scholar, an important leader of the Taiwan independence movement, was appointed in 2004 to be the Republic of China’s top representative to Japan.
Koh-i-Noor The Koh-i-noor (Persian: Ú©ŮŰ Ů†Ůر Urdu: Ú©ŮŰ Ů†Ůر Hindi: कोहिनूर "Mountain of Light"; also spelled Kohinoor, Koh-i-Noor or Koh-i-Nur) is a 105 carat (21.6 g) diamond that was once the largest known diamond in the world.
Kohala, Hawaii Kohala is the name of two districts — North Kohala and South Kohala — on the northwest portion of the island of Hawaiâ€i in the Hawaiian Archipelago. The name, when used singularly by locals, refers to the area surrounding the towns of HÄwÄ« and Kapaâ€au.
Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns (KIS), the first part of the Kohan series, is a real-time strategy game, developed by TimeGate Studios. It was published by Strategy First for Windows and ported to Linux by Loki Software, both in 2001.
Koharu Kim Koharu Kim, was born in Kyoto, Japan (1901-1974). Trained in the Kaze Arashi Ryu system and attaining the title of (Kaiden), Koharu Kim understood the effects the modern world would have on an old and ancient martial art.
Kohary Kohary is a Hungarian noble family and was a magnate of Hungary with its seat at ÄŚabrad (Csabrag) in the today Slovakia. In 1815, the head of the house, the then imperial chancellor, was elevated to Austrian princely rank (FĂĽrst zu Kohary), with domains of ÄŚabrad and Sitno, both in the today Slovakia (Csabrag, Szitnya).
Kohei Mihara Kohei Mihara is a Japanese DJ, who signed to Grand Central Records independent record label in 2005. His music is electronica, combining elements of ambient, jazz and hip hop and blending both Eastern and Western influences.
Kohen Gadol The Kohen Gadol or Kohen ha-Gadol (Heb. כהן גדול "Great Priest") was the High Priest of early Israelite religion and of classical Judaism from the rise of the Israelite nation until the destruction of the Second Temple of Jerusalem.
Koheru The koheru, Decapterus koheru, is a jack of the genus Decapterus, found only between the North Cape and the East Cape of the North Island of New Zealand, in mid-waters of reef and offshore areas. Its length is between 25 and 50 cm.
Kohima Kohima (Hindi: कोहिमा) is the hilly capital of India's north eastern border state of Nagaland which shares its borders with Burma. It lies in Kohima District and is also one of the three Nagaland towns with Municipal council status along with Dimapur and Mokokchung.
Kohl (cosmetics) Kohl (also kol, from Arabic , see alcohol known as Sirma or Kajal in the Subcontinent), is a mixture of soot and other ingredients, used by Egyptian and Asian women, and to a lesser extent men, to darken the eyelids and as mascara for the eyelashes. Kohl has been worn traditionally as far back as the Bronze Age.
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co (commonly referred to as KKR) is a New York City-based private equity firm that focuses primarily on late stage leveraged buyouts. It was founded in 1976 by Jerome Kohlberg, Jr.
Kohlberg's stages of moral development Kohlberg's stages of moral development are planes of moral adequacy conceived by Lawrence Kohlberg to explain the development of moral reasoning. Created while studying psychology at the University of Chicago, the theory was inspired by the work of Jean Piaget and a fascination with children's reactions to moral dilemmas.
Kohleria Kohleria is a New World genus of the flowering plant family Gesneriaceae. The plants are generally tropical herbs or subshrubs with velvety stems and foliage and brightly colored flowers with spots or markings in contrasting colors.
Kohlit Kohlit is a city mentioned on the Copper Scroll, one of the Dead Sea Scrolls, as the location where several boxes containing gold and silver are buried, in various parts of the city. The fact that the accuracy of the Copper Scroll is largely doubted, given that no-one has yet successfully managed to locate any of the things that it describes, has not stopped Kohlit from becoming a modern day El Dorado.
Kohlrabi Kohlrabi (Brassica oleracea Gongylodes Group) is a low, stout cultivar of the cabbage which has been selected for its swollen, nearly spherical, Sputnik-like shape. The name comes from the German kohl (cabbage) plus rabi (turnip), because the swollen stem resembles the latter.
KohlschĂĽtter (crater) KohlschĂĽtter is a lunar crater that can not be viewed directly from the Earth as it lies on the Moon's far side. It is located a couple of hundred kilometers to the southeast of the Mare Moscoviense, and due south of the smaller Nagaoka crater.
Kohlu District The Kohlu District is an administrative division in the Balochistan province in Pakistan. It is bounded in the north by Loralai District, Dera Bugti in the south, in the east Dera Ghazi Khan District and Sibi District in the west.
Kohn Pedersen Fox Kohn Pedersen Fox (also known by the acronym KPF) was one of the late 20th century’s most commercially and critically successful firms. Founded in 1976 by Eugene Kohn, William Pedersen and Sheldon Fox (1930-2006).
Kohn-Sham equations The Kohn-Sham equations are a set of eigenvalue equations within density functional theory (DFT). DFT attempts to reduce a many-body problem for the N particle wavefunction Psi(mathbf{r}_1,s_1;ldots;mathbf{r}_N,s_N) (which depends on 4N variables) to one in terms of the charge density rho(mathbf{r}) (which depends on 3 variables), using the Hohenberg-Kohn theorems.
Kohnstamm's phenomenon First described by German physician Oscar Kohnstamm in 1915, Kohnstamm's phenomenon is a sustained involuntary contraction of a muscle after a prolonged voluntary contraction. The simplest demonstration is to have a subject press against the wall by adducting the arm and then ask to step away from the wall.
Koho (company) Koho was a Finnish brand of hockey equipment manufactured by The Hockey Company (parent company of CCM), and Designed by equipment guru Michael Lefebvre. Lefebvre, who still designs today, is one of the most influential goaltending equipment designers of our time.
Kohtla-Järve Kohtla-Järve is a city and municipality in north-eastern Estonia, founded in 1924 and incorporated as a town in 1946. The city is highly industrial, and both processes oil shales and is a large producer of various petroleum products.
Kohunlich Kohunlich is a large archaeological site of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization, located on the Yucatán Peninsula about 25 km east of the Rio Bec region, and about 65 km west of Chetumal on Highway 186, and 9 km south of the road.
Kohya Hijiri Kohya Hijiri (é«é‡Žč–) were Japanese monks from Mount Koya (é«é‡Žĺ±±) who were sent to preach Buddhism around the country. They were the lowest caste inside the priests' hierarchy of the Mount Koya temples, and travelled while peddling for a living.
Koch Bihar Koch Bihar is the western portion of the Koch kingdom in India that remained after the eastern portion Koch Hajo separated from it following the death of Nara Narayana in 1586. Nara Narayana's son Lakshmi Narayana was the first ruler of this kingdom.
Koch dynasty The Koch dynasty of Assam and Bengal, named after the Koch tribe of Tibeto-Burmese affiliation, took control of the Kamata kingdom in 1515 after the fall of the Khen dynasty in 1498. The capital was located at Cooch Behar town.
Koch Hajo Koch Hajo was the eastern portion of the Kamata kingdom of medieval Assam that Nara Narayan handed over to Raghudev (son of Chilarai) to govern, fixing the Subansiri river as the boundary between the western and the eastern portions. After the death of Nara Narayan in 1584, Raghudev declared independence.
Koch method The Koch method, named after German psychologist Ludwig Koch, is a popular method of learning the Morse code using Farnsworth character spacing and by cumulatively increasing the learned alphabet rather than in groups.
Koch's postulates Koch's postulates (or Henle-Koch postulates) are four criteria designed to establish a causal relationship between a causative microbe and a disease. The postulates were formulated by Robert Koch and Friedrich Loeffler in 1884 and refined and published by Koch in 1890.
Kochav HaShachar Kochav HaShachar (, also spelled Kokhav HaShahar) is an Israeli settlement in the Samaria region of the West Bank. It is located on a mountain ridge overlooking the Jordan Valley, and is accessible via the Allon Road.
Kochen-Specker theorem In quantum mechanics, the Kochen-Specker theorem is a certain "no go" theorem proved by Simon Kochen and Ernst Specker in 1967. It places certain constraints on the permissible types of hidden variable theories which try to explain the apparent randomness of quantum mechanics as a deterministic theory featuring hidden states.
Kocher manoeuvre Kocher manoeuvre is a surgical manoeuvre to expose structures in the retroperitoneum behind the duodenum and pancreas; for example to control hemorrhage from the vena cava inferior or to facilitate removal of a pancreatic tumour. It is named for the Nobel prize-winning surgeon Dr.
Kocher-Debre-Semelaigne syndrome The Kocher-Debré-Semelaigne syndrome is a (myopathy) of hypothyroidism in infancy or childhood characterised by lower extremity or generalized muscular hypertrophy, myxoedema, short stature and cretinism. The absence of painful spasms and pseudomyotonia differentiates this syndrome from Hoffmann syndrome.
Kochere Kochere is one of the 77 woredas in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Gedeo Zone, Kochere is bordered on the east, south and west by the Oromia Region, on the north by Yirgachefe, and on the northeast by Bule.
Kochertalbrücke On the Kochertalbrücke (literal translation Kocher Valley Bridge) near Schwäbisch Hall the Autobahn 6 crosses the Kocher valley between Heilbronn and Nuremberg. With its maximum height of 185m above the valley ground it is the highest viaduct in Germany, and the pillar height of 178m is second to only the Viaduc de Millau in France.
Kochi (India) Kochi (; Malayalam: []); formerly known as Cochin) is a city in the Indian state of Kerala. The city is one of the principal seaports of the country and is located in the district of Ernakulam, about 220Â kilometres (140Â mi) north of the state capital, Thiruvananthapuram.
Koi no Dance Site "Koi no Dance Site" was the eighth single of J-pop idol group Morning Musume, released January 26, 2000 as an 8 cm CD. It sold a total of 1,229,970 copies making it their second highest selling single.
Koi Tujh Sa Kahan Koi Tujh Sa Kahan (Urdu: Ú©Ůئی تجھ‍ سا Ú©Űاں, lit. who is like you) is a Pakistani Urdu film directed by Lollywood actress Reema which was released in theaters across Pakistan and UK in August 2006.
Koi... Mil Gaya KoÄ«... Mil GayÄ (Hindi: कोठमिल गया, Urdu: Ú©Ůئ Ů…Ů„ گیا, translation: I Found Someone) is a 2003 Bollywood science fiction film, directed by Rakesh Roshan (who also has a cameo role), starring Rekha, Hrithik Roshan, and Preity Zinta, and released on August 8 2003.
Koibla Djimasta Koibla Djimasta (born 1950) is a Chadian politician from the southern part of the country. An administrator who held various cabinet positions in the ousted presidency of Hissène Habré and the current government of Idriss Déby, such as that of Interior Minister in 1992-93.
Koickal Koickal (also spelt Koyikkal or Koyickal) is the family name of a nair tharavadu in South Central Kerala - which spread out to many parts of Kerala later. Most of them were the 'adhikaris; of the place they lived in.
Koigi wa Wamwere Koigi wa Wamwere (born 1949) is a Kenyan politician, journalist and writer. Born in Bahati, Nakuru District, Koigi became famous for opposing both the Jomo Kenyatta and Daniel arap Moi regimes, both of which sent him to detention.
Koichi Fukuda Koichi Fukuda is the lead guitarist, programmer, and keyboardist for the industrial metal band Static-X. He was present on the band's first album, Wisconsin Death Trip, but left the band prior to the recording of their second album, Machine (album), citing personal problems due to excessive touring.
Koichi Kato (DPJ) Note: This page is about Koichi Kato (ĺŠ č—¤ă€€ĺ…¬ä¸€), a member of the Democratic Party of Japan serving in the Japanese Diet. There is another Koichi Kato(ĺŠ č—¤ă€€ç´ä¸€), a well known Liberal Democrat Party leader, also a member of the Diet.
Koichi Nakamura (August 16, 1964 – ) is a Japanese video game designer. Programming prodigy Nakamura gained fame while still in high school; in 1982 he entered Enix's national programming contest and claimed first place with his entry, Door Door.
Koichi Sugiyama is a Japanese music composer, council member of JASRAC (Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers), and honorary chairman of the Japanese Backgammon Society. He is best known composing music for the Dragon Quest video game series and several Japanese TV shows such as Space Runaway Ideon, Cyborg 009, and Gatchaman.
Koichi Tanaka Koichi Tanaka (ç”°ä¸ č€•ä¸€, born August 3, 1959) is a Japanese scientist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2002 for developing a novel method for mass spectrometric analyses of biological macromolecules.
Kodak Park Kodak Park is a large industrial complex run by Eastman Kodak located two miles north of downtown Rochester, New York. The complex runs parallel to New York State Route 104 and Mount Read Boulevard for most of its length.
Kodak Photo Printer 6800 The Kodak Photo Printer 6800 is a model of computer printer manufactured by Eastman Kodak whose purpose can be inferred to be for printing 6-inch-by-8-inch photographs. According to Kodak's news release (as cited in the "References" section), the 6800 takes advantage of "thermal" printing technology.
Kodak Photo Spot A Kodak Photo Spot (also called Kodak Picture Spot or Kodak Photo Point) is a location with a Kodak-sponsored sign indicating a recommended spot from which to take a photograph. They are found in areas popular with tourists, and are particularly common in Disney theme parks.
Kodambakkam Kodambakkam is a highly developed area of Chennai, South India, and the term Kollywood is derived from the name of this area. Traditionally, the Kodambakkam locality is synonymous with the Tamil film industry and known for its movie production houses and the film stars residing in this locality.
Kodanad Kodanad, a beautiful and charming semi-rural village situated on the banks of river Periyar, about 50 kilometers east of Kochi(Cochin), Kerala, South India. Kodanad is the headquarters of Malayattoor forest division, Department of Forest run by the state government of Kerala.
Kodansha is the largest Japanese publisher of literature and manga, headquartered in (Bunkyo), Tokyo. Kodansha publishes manga magazines Nakayoshi, Afternoon, Weekly Shonen Magazine, Monthly Shonen Magazine, Monthly Shonen Magazine Special, Seasonal Shonen Magazine Wonder, as well as more literary magazines such as Gunzō, Gendai and Shūkan Gendai, and the Japanese dictionary Nihongo Daijiten.
Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan The Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan is a comprehensive English-language encyclopedia first published in 1983 that provides a broad range of topics on Japan. First published by Kodansha in 1983 followed by a supplemental volume in 1986, the encyclopedia was created by both Japanese (680) and non-Japanese scholars (524) from 27 nations.
Kodansha Kanji Learner's Dictionary The Kodansha Kanji Learner's Dictionary is a kanji dictionary based on the New Japanese-English Character Dictionary by Jack Halpern and published by Kenkyusha. The dictionary arranges entries according to an original system called SKIP (System of Kanji Indexing by Patterns), although the dictionary does contain a radical index.
Kodavatiganti Kutumbarao Kodavatiganti Kutumba Rao (October 28, 1908 – August 17, 1980), also known as Ko Ku, was a prolific Telugu writer. He believed that literature which criticizes and enriches human life and ultimately reforms the human thought of its time is the only relevant form of literature.
Kodály körönd Kodály körönd is a square in Budapest, Hungary, at the intersection of Andrássy Avenue and Felsőerdősor u., with beautifully painted old buildings and statues of four of Hungary's great heroes in each corner.
Koderi Koderi, is one of the Badaga hattis or hamlets of the Nilgiri Hills, located at a distance of 12 kilometers from Coonoor. This hamlet is part of the 'Mekku Nadu Seeme', one of the four 'seemes' of the Nakku Betta(Four Mountains).
Kodi Rammurthy Naidu Kodi Ramamurthy Naidu (1882-1942), known as Ramamurthy was a famous body-builder that ate as much human flesh as he could. This south-indian macho performed impressive feats like stopping a car in high accelaration, breaking iron chains and holding an elephant leg on his chest, as well as juggling babies with weights attached to them.
Kodiak (TV series) Kodiak was a short lived, half-hour adventure program that aired Friday evenings on ABC during the 1974-1975 television season. The show revolved around the main character of Cal "Kodiak" McKay (played by Clint Walker), an Alaska State Trooper.
Kodiak Archipelago The Kodiak Archipelago is an archipelago, or group of islands, south of the mainland of the United States state of Alaska, about 405 km (252 miles) by air south of Anchorage in the Gulf of Alaska. The largest island in the archipelago is Kodiak Island, the second largest island in the United States.
Kodiak Bear The Kodiak bear (Ursus arctos middendorffi) is an unique subspecies of the brown bear. Kodiak bears live exclusively on the islands in the Kodiak Archipelago and have been isolated from other bears for about 12,000 years.
Kodiak Launch Complex The Kodiak Launch Complex (KLC) is a United States government Rocket launch site at 57°26'09" northern latitude and 152°20'16" western longitude on Kodiak Island, Alaska. The Kodiak Launch Complex belongs to the Alaska Aerospace Development Corporation and is appropriate for the launch of solid-propellant rockets.
Kodiyettru Thirunal Kodiyettru Thirunal is the festival celebrated in Swamithoppepathi for eleven days by the followers of the Ayyavazhi. This is celebrated three times annually during the Tamil months of Aavani, Thai and Vaikaasi.
Kodo (Incense Ceremony) KĹŤdĹŤ ( - Way of Fragrance) is the Japanese art of appreciating incense, and involves using incense within a structure of codified conduct. Though it is counted as one of the three classical arts of refinement, it is relatively unknown amongst modern Japanese people.
Kodo Sawaki Kodo Sawaki (Japanese: 沢木čé“, Sawaki KĹŤdĹŤ) (1880-1965) is considered by some to be the most important Japanese Zen master of the 20th century. His parents died early and he grew up being adopted by a gambler and an ex-prostitute.
Kodo-kai The Second Kodo-kai (二代目ĺĽé“会 Nidaime Kodo-kai) is a boryokudan (yakuza group) based in Nakamura-ku, Nagoya, Japan. It is a secondary organization of the Sixth Yamaguchi-gumi (ĺ…代目山口組), Japan's most powerful yakuza syndicate.
Kodomo no hi Kodomo no hi (ă“ă©ă‚‚ă®ć—Ą; meaning "Children's Day") is a Japanese national holiday which takes place annually on May 5, the fifth day of the fifth month, during the Golden Week period. It is a day set aside to respect children's personalities and to celebrate their happiness.
Kodori Valley The Kodori Valley (also known as the Kodori Gorge; ) is a river valley in Abkhazia, Georgia's breakaway autonomous republic which serves as the de facto boundary between the Georgian government and the secessionist-controlled territories. The valley's upper part, populated by the Svans, a subgroup of the Georgian people, is the only corner of the pre-1993 Abkhazia directly controlled by the central Georgian government which officially styles the area as Upper Abkhazia (Geo.
Kodos the Executioner Governor Kodos, or Kodos the Executioner, a fictional character in the Star Trek television series episode "The Conscience of the King," was the governor of a Federation colony on the planet Tarsus IV circa AD 2246. Arnold Moss played the part of Kodos.
Kodungallur Kodungallur (anglicised name: Cranganore ) is a city and a municipality in Thrissur district in the Indian state of Kerala. It is known in ancient times as Shinkli, Muchiri (anglicised to Muziris), Muyirikkodu, Muchiripattinam was a famous and prosperous sea-port at the mouth of the Periyar (also known as Choorni Nadi) river in the southern Indian state of Kerala.
Kodurupaka Kodurupaka, one of the oldest villages in Karimnagar district, lies exactly 21 kms away from Karimnagar, located on the highway from Karimnagar to Vemulawada. The place can be reached by boarding any one of Vemulawada, Sircilla or Kamareddy buses that start from the karimnagar bus stand and are frequently scheduled.
Kodwo Eshun Kodwo Eshun is a British writer and musician who focuses on black identity and the African diaspora. He is most well-known for his work on Afrofuturism, especially as it applies to jazz, hip-hop, and electronica.
Koeberg Alert Koeberg Alert formed in 1983 and started out as a local campaign against South Africa's nuclear programme, in particular the construction of Koeberg Nuclear Power Station. Koeberg Alert is possibly the country's first activist green movement, apart from Nan Rice's Dolphin Action and Awareness Group.
Koebner Phenomenon The Koebner phenomenon, also called the "Koebner response" or the "isomorphic response", refers to skin lesions appearing on lines of trauma.Various grammatical forms of "Koebner phenomenon" include: "Koebnerization", and "to Koebnerize".
Koedijk Koedijk ( West Frisian: Koedìk) is a village in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. It is now a part of the municipalities of Alkmaar and Langedijk, but before 1972 it was a separate municipality.
Koelreuteria elegans Koelreuteria elegans, more commonly known as the Chinese Rain Tree is a deciduous tree to 15-20 metres native to Taiwan and southern China. It is widely grown throughout the tropics and sub-tropical parts of the world as a street tree.
Koen Pijpers Koen Pijpers (born on May 30, 1969 in Maassluis) is a former field hockey player from the Netherlands, who earned seventeen caps for the Dutch national team, in which he didn't score. The midfielder made his debut for the national squad on January 27, 1990 in a friendly match against Spain in Málaga.
Koenigsegg Koenigsegg Automotive AB is a Swedish manufacturer of high-performance cars based initially in Olofström, later moving to Margretetorp, just outside Ängelholm. It is also known as the World's fastest V8 production road supercar.
Koenji Hyakkei Koenji Hyakkei (é«ĺ††ĺŻşç™ľć™Ż - "Hundred Sights of Koenji") is a Japanese Zeuhl band led by Yoshida Tatsuya of Ruins fame. The band released their first (self-titled) album in 1994 with Aki Kubota from Bondage Fruit on vocals and keyboard.
Koeputkiaikuinen ja Simon enkelit Koeputkiaikuinen ja Simon enkelit (The Test-tube Adult and Simo's Angels) is a 1979 comedy directed, written and starring Spede Pasanen, along with the typical comic-cast of Simo Salminen, Vesa-Matti Loiri, Tapio Hämäläinen and Olavi Ahonen.
Koettlitz Glacier The Koettlitz Glacier () is a large Antarctic glacier lying west of Mount Morning and Mount Discovery, flowing from the vicinity of Mount Cocks northeastward between Brown Peninsula and the mainland into the ice shelf of McMurdo Sound.
Koevoet Koevoet (Afrikaans for crowbar) was a police counter insurgency unit in South-West Africa (now Namibia) during the 1970s and 1980s. They were the most effective unit (in terms of personnel lost versus enemies killed) deployed against SWAPO fighters (seeking Namibian independence from Apartheid South Africa), and were accused by them of brutal and indiscriminate use of force.
Koffee Brown Koffee Brown were a neo-soul duo consisting of male singer Fonz and female singer Vee, Discovered & signed to Producer KAYGEE's then Newly formed DIVINE MILL records, best known for their 2001 song "After Party" off their album Mars/Venus. The two were put together as a duo upon the suggestion of industry veteran Clive Davis to Kaygee, but apart from "After Party", hit #44 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #10 on the Billboard US R&B charts, their second single, "Weekend Thing", only appeared on the R&B charts at a lowly #71, failing to chart altogether on the Hot 100, and no follow-up to Mars/Venus has ever been released.
Koffi Sama Koffi Sama (born 1944 in Amoutchou) was the Prime Minister of Togo, from 29 June 2002 until 9 June 2005. Following the death of long-time president Gnassingbé Eyadéma on February 5, 2005, he announced the news, calling it a "national catastrophe".
Koffiefontein Koffiefontein is a small sheep farming town in the Free State Province of South Africa. The area was a coffee stop for many transport riders in the 19th century until one of the riders discovered a diamond, and a town grew rapidly.
Koffiefontein mine Koffiefontein Mine is situated in the Orange River colony, about 50 miles from Kimberly. It is one of the many Kimberly mines of which Kimberly mine, de Beers mine, Dutoitspan, Bultfontein and Wesselton were its more famous neighbours in the late 1900's.
Koffin Kats The Koffin Kats are a Psychobilly band that started in 2003 as a joke, just to get together and play a few songs, but ended up becoming a serious recording act. They are a psychobilly — sometimes considered gothabilly — trio from Detroit, Michigan and are on HairBall8's record deal.
Kofi Awoonor Kofi Awoonor (born George Awoonor-Williams in 1935) is a Ghanaian poet and author, whose work combines the poetic traditions of his native Ewe people and contemporary and religious symbolism to depict Africa during decolonization.
Kofyar The Kofyar are a population in central Nigeria numbering around 50,000. This group comprises three different "tribes" as designated by British colonial officers: the Doemak (or Dimmuk), Merniang, and Kwalla.
Kogal Kogal (コギăŁă« kogyaru in romaji (romanised Japanese) is a subculture of girls and young women in urban Japan, one of several types of so-called gals. They are characterized by conspicuously displaying their disposable income through distinctive tastes in fashion, music, and social activity.
Kogarah, New South Wales Kogarah is a suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Kogarah is located 14 kms south of the Sydney central business district and is considered to be the centre of the St George area.
Kogge-Stone Adder The Kogge-Stone adder is a kind of parallel prefix form carry look-ahead adder. It generates the carry signals in O(log n) time, and is widely considered the fastest adder design possible (without additional modification).
Kogi State Kogi is a state in the north-central zone of Nigeria. It is popularly called the confluence state due to the fact that the confluence of River Niger and River Benue is at its capital, Lokoja, which is the first administrative capital of modern-day Nigeria.
Kogo Noda Kogo Noda (1893–1968) was a Japanese screenwriter who collaborated with Yasujiro Ozu on many of the director's films, including his first (The Sword of Penitence, 1927) and finest (Tokyo Story, 1953). He co-wrote 13 of Ozu's 15 post-war films, among others.
Kogod School of Business The Kogod School of Business, commonly known as simply Kogod, serves as the undergraduate and graduate business school at American University in Northwest Washington, DC. Kogod is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).
Kogoro Akechi KogorĹŤ Akechi (ćŽć™şĺ°Źäş”éŽ Akechi KogorĹŤ) is a fictional character and the creation of Japanese mystery writer Edogawa Rampo. He first appeared in the story "The D Slope Murder case" in 1925 and continued to appear in stories for a quarter of a century.
Koguis The Kogi or Kogui meaning jaguar in Kogian Languageis an Native American] ethnic group that lives in the [[Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in Colombia. They are one of the few surviving pockets of indigenous peoples of Pre-Columbian South America, being descendants of the Tairona Civilization, which was flourishing at the time of the Spanish conquest; they have been isolated on their mountain for generations.
Koh Se-kai Koh Se-kai (; peĚŤh-oÄ“-jÄ«: KhĂłÍ Sè-khái) (1934-), political and historical scholar, an important leader of the Taiwan independence movement, was appointed in 2004 to be the Republic of China’s top representative to Japan.
Koh-i-Noor The Koh-i-noor (Persian: Ú©ŮŰ Ů†Ůر Urdu: Ú©ŮŰ Ů†Ůر Hindi: कोहिनूर "Mountain of Light"; also spelled Kohinoor, Koh-i-Noor or Koh-i-Nur) is a 105 carat (21.6 g) diamond that was once the largest known diamond in the world.
Kohala, Hawaii Kohala is the name of two districts — North Kohala and South Kohala — on the northwest portion of the island of Hawaiâ€i in the Hawaiian Archipelago. The name, when used singularly by locals, refers to the area surrounding the towns of HÄwÄ« and Kapaâ€au.
Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns (KIS), the first part of the Kohan series, is a real-time strategy game, developed by TimeGate Studios. It was published by Strategy First for Windows and ported to Linux by Loki Software, both in 2001.
Koharu Kim Koharu Kim, was born in Kyoto, Japan (1901-1974). Trained in the Kaze Arashi Ryu system and attaining the title of (Kaiden), Koharu Kim understood the effects the modern world would have on an old and ancient martial art.
Kohary Kohary is a Hungarian noble family and was a magnate of Hungary with its seat at ÄŚabrad (Csabrag) in the today Slovakia. In 1815, the head of the house, the then imperial chancellor, was elevated to Austrian princely rank (FĂĽrst zu Kohary), with domains of ÄŚabrad and Sitno, both in the today Slovakia (Csabrag, Szitnya).
Kohei Mihara Kohei Mihara is a Japanese DJ, who signed to Grand Central Records independent record label in 2005. His music is electronica, combining elements of ambient, jazz and hip hop and blending both Eastern and Western influences.
Kohen Gadol The Kohen Gadol or Kohen ha-Gadol (Heb. כהן גדול "Great Priest") was the High Priest of early Israelite religion and of classical Judaism from the rise of the Israelite nation until the destruction of the Second Temple of Jerusalem.
Koheru The koheru, Decapterus koheru, is a jack of the genus Decapterus, found only between the North Cape and the East Cape of the North Island of New Zealand, in mid-waters of reef and offshore areas. Its length is between 25 and 50 cm.
Kohima Kohima (Hindi: कोहिमा) is the hilly capital of India's north eastern border state of Nagaland which shares its borders with Burma. It lies in Kohima District and is also one of the three Nagaland towns with Municipal council status along with Dimapur and Mokokchung.
Kohl (cosmetics) Kohl (also kol, from Arabic , see alcohol known as Sirma or Kajal in the Subcontinent), is a mixture of soot and other ingredients, used by Egyptian and Asian women, and to a lesser extent men, to darken the eyelids and as mascara for the eyelashes. Kohl has been worn traditionally as far back as the Bronze Age.
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co (commonly referred to as KKR) is a New York City-based private equity firm that focuses primarily on late stage leveraged buyouts. It was founded in 1976 by Jerome Kohlberg, Jr.
Kohlberg's stages of moral development Kohlberg's stages of moral development are planes of moral adequacy conceived by Lawrence Kohlberg to explain the development of moral reasoning. Created while studying psychology at the University of Chicago, the theory was inspired by the work of Jean Piaget and a fascination with children's reactions to moral dilemmas.
Kohleria Kohleria is a New World genus of the flowering plant family Gesneriaceae. The plants are generally tropical herbs or subshrubs with velvety stems and foliage and brightly colored flowers with spots or markings in contrasting colors.
Kohlit Kohlit is a city mentioned on the Copper Scroll, one of the Dead Sea Scrolls, as the location where several boxes containing gold and silver are buried, in various parts of the city. The fact that the accuracy of the Copper Scroll is largely doubted, given that no-one has yet successfully managed to locate any of the things that it describes, has not stopped Kohlit from becoming a modern day El Dorado.
Kohlrabi Kohlrabi (Brassica oleracea Gongylodes Group) is a low, stout cultivar of the cabbage which has been selected for its swollen, nearly spherical, Sputnik-like shape. The name comes from the German kohl (cabbage) plus rabi (turnip), because the swollen stem resembles the latter.
KohlschĂĽtter (crater) KohlschĂĽtter is a lunar crater that can not be viewed directly from the Earth as it lies on the Moon's far side. It is located a couple of hundred kilometers to the southeast of the Mare Moscoviense, and due south of the smaller Nagaoka crater.
Kohlu District The Kohlu District is an administrative division in the Balochistan province in Pakistan. It is bounded in the north by Loralai District, Dera Bugti in the south, in the east Dera Ghazi Khan District and Sibi District in the west.
Kohn Pedersen Fox Kohn Pedersen Fox (also known by the acronym KPF) was one of the late 20th century’s most commercially and critically successful firms. Founded in 1976 by Eugene Kohn, William Pedersen and Sheldon Fox (1930-2006).
Kohn-Sham equations The Kohn-Sham equations are a set of eigenvalue equations within density functional theory (DFT). DFT attempts to reduce a many-body problem for the N particle wavefunction Psi(mathbf{r}_1,s_1;ldots;mathbf{r}_N,s_N) (which depends on 4N variables) to one in terms of the charge density rho(mathbf{r}) (which depends on 3 variables), using the Hohenberg-Kohn theorems.
Kohnstamm's phenomenon First described by German physician Oscar Kohnstamm in 1915, Kohnstamm's phenomenon is a sustained involuntary contraction of a muscle after a prolonged voluntary contraction. The simplest demonstration is to have a subject press against the wall by adducting the arm and then ask to step away from the wall.
Koho (company) Koho was a Finnish brand of hockey equipment manufactured by The Hockey Company (parent company of CCM), and Designed by equipment guru Michael Lefebvre. Lefebvre, who still designs today, is one of the most influential goaltending equipment designers of our time.
Kohtla-Järve Kohtla-Järve is a city and municipality in north-eastern Estonia, founded in 1924 and incorporated as a town in 1946. The city is highly industrial, and both processes oil shales and is a large producer of various petroleum products.
Kohunlich Kohunlich is a large archaeological site of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization, located on the Yucatán Peninsula about 25 km east of the Rio Bec region, and about 65 km west of Chetumal on Highway 186, and 9 km south of the road.
Kohya Hijiri Kohya Hijiri (é«é‡Žč–) were Japanese monks from Mount Koya (é«é‡Žĺ±±) who were sent to preach Buddhism around the country. They were the lowest caste inside the priests' hierarchy of the Mount Koya temples, and travelled while peddling for a living.
Koch Bihar Koch Bihar is the western portion of the Koch kingdom in India that remained after the eastern portion Koch Hajo separated from it following the death of Nara Narayana in 1586. Nara Narayana's son Lakshmi Narayana was the first ruler of this kingdom.
Koch dynasty The Koch dynasty of Assam and Bengal, named after the Koch tribe of Tibeto-Burmese affiliation, took control of the Kamata kingdom in 1515 after the fall of the Khen dynasty in 1498. The capital was located at Cooch Behar town.
Koch Hajo Koch Hajo was the eastern portion of the Kamata kingdom of medieval Assam that Nara Narayan handed over to Raghudev (son of Chilarai) to govern, fixing the Subansiri river as the boundary between the western and the eastern portions. After the death of Nara Narayan in 1584, Raghudev declared independence.
Koch method The Koch method, named after German psychologist Ludwig Koch, is a popular method of learning the Morse code using Farnsworth character spacing and by cumulatively increasing the learned alphabet rather than in groups.
Koch's postulates Koch's postulates (or Henle-Koch postulates) are four criteria designed to establish a causal relationship between a causative microbe and a disease. The postulates were formulated by Robert Koch and Friedrich Loeffler in 1884 and refined and published by Koch in 1890.
Kochav HaShachar Kochav HaShachar (, also spelled Kokhav HaShahar) is an Israeli settlement in the Samaria region of the West Bank. It is located on a mountain ridge overlooking the Jordan Valley, and is accessible via the Allon Road.
Kochen-Specker theorem In quantum mechanics, the Kochen-Specker theorem is a certain "no go" theorem proved by Simon Kochen and Ernst Specker in 1967. It places certain constraints on the permissible types of hidden variable theories which try to explain the apparent randomness of quantum mechanics as a deterministic theory featuring hidden states.
Kocher manoeuvre Kocher manoeuvre is a surgical manoeuvre to expose structures in the retroperitoneum behind the duodenum and pancreas; for example to control hemorrhage from the vena cava inferior or to facilitate removal of a pancreatic tumour. It is named for the Nobel prize-winning surgeon Dr.
Kocher-Debre-Semelaigne syndrome The Kocher-Debré-Semelaigne syndrome is a (myopathy) of hypothyroidism in infancy or childhood characterised by lower extremity or generalized muscular hypertrophy, myxoedema, short stature and cretinism. The absence of painful spasms and pseudomyotonia differentiates this syndrome from Hoffmann syndrome.
Kochere Kochere is one of the 77 woredas in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Gedeo Zone, Kochere is bordered on the east, south and west by the Oromia Region, on the north by Yirgachefe, and on the northeast by Bule.
Kochertalbrücke On the Kochertalbrücke (literal translation Kocher Valley Bridge) near Schwäbisch Hall the Autobahn 6 crosses the Kocher valley between Heilbronn and Nuremberg. With its maximum height of 185m above the valley ground it is the highest viaduct in Germany, and the pillar height of 178m is second to only the Viaduc de Millau in France.
Kochi (India) Kochi (; Malayalam: []); formerly known as Cochin) is a city in the Indian state of Kerala. The city is one of the principal seaports of the country and is located in the district of Ernakulam, about 220Â kilometres (140Â mi) north of the state capital, Thiruvananthapuram.
Koi no Dance Site "Koi no Dance Site" was the eighth single of J-pop idol group Morning Musume, released January 26, 2000 as an 8 cm CD. It sold a total of 1,229,970 copies making it their second highest selling single.
Koi Tujh Sa Kahan Koi Tujh Sa Kahan (Urdu: Ú©Ůئی تجھ‍ سا Ú©Űاں, lit. who is like you) is a Pakistani Urdu film directed by Lollywood actress Reema which was released in theaters across Pakistan and UK in August 2006.
Koi... Mil Gaya KoÄ«... Mil GayÄ (Hindi: कोठमिल गया, Urdu: Ú©Ůئ Ů…Ů„ گیا, translation: I Found Someone) is a 2003 Bollywood science fiction film, directed by Rakesh Roshan (who also has a cameo role), starring Rekha, Hrithik Roshan, and Preity Zinta, and released on August 8 2003.
Koibla Djimasta Koibla Djimasta (born 1950) is a Chadian politician from the southern part of the country. An administrator who held various cabinet positions in the ousted presidency of Hissène Habré and the current government of Idriss Déby, such as that of Interior Minister in 1992-93.
Koickal Koickal (also spelt Koyikkal or Koyickal) is the family name of a nair tharavadu in South Central Kerala - which spread out to many parts of Kerala later. Most of them were the 'adhikaris; of the place they lived in.
Koigi wa Wamwere Koigi wa Wamwere (born 1949) is a Kenyan politician, journalist and writer. Born in Bahati, Nakuru District, Koigi became famous for opposing both the Jomo Kenyatta and Daniel arap Moi regimes, both of which sent him to detention.
Koichi Fukuda Koichi Fukuda is the lead guitarist, programmer, and keyboardist for the industrial metal band Static-X. He was present on the band's first album, Wisconsin Death Trip, but left the band prior to the recording of their second album, Machine (album), citing personal problems due to excessive touring.
Koichi Kato (DPJ) Note: This page is about Koichi Kato (ĺŠ č—¤ă€€ĺ…¬ä¸€), a member of the Democratic Party of Japan serving in the Japanese Diet. There is another Koichi Kato(ĺŠ č—¤ă€€ç´ä¸€), a well known Liberal Democrat Party leader, also a member of the Diet.
Koichi Nakamura (August 16, 1964 – ) is a Japanese video game designer. Programming prodigy Nakamura gained fame while still in high school; in 1982 he entered Enix's national programming contest and claimed first place with his entry, Door Door.
Koichi Sugiyama is a Japanese music composer, council member of JASRAC (Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers), and honorary chairman of the Japanese Backgammon Society. He is best known composing music for the Dragon Quest video game series and several Japanese TV shows such as Space Runaway Ideon, Cyborg 009, and Gatchaman.
Koichi Tanaka Koichi Tanaka (ç”°ä¸ č€•ä¸€, born August 3, 1959) is a Japanese scientist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2002 for developing a novel method for mass spectrometric analyses of biological macromolecules.
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