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Kraft's inequality In coding theory, Kraft's inequality gives the necessary and sufficient condition for the existence of a uniquely decodable code for a given set of codeword lengths. Its applications to prefix codes and trees often find use in computer science and information theory.
Kraft, Prinz zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen Kraft, Prinz zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen (1827-1892) was a Prussian army officer and military writer, the son of Adolf, Prinz zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen (1797-1873 and a nephew of Friedrich Ludwig, prince of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen (1746-1818), who commanded the Prussians at Jena.
Kraftwerk discography Although having often performed improvised live music during the early 1970s, Kraftwerk's main body of work consists primarily of studio recordings mostly in the form of concept albums, with accompanying singles usually made from edited or remixed versions of these album tracks. A small number of recordings were issued as singles only and are included here.
Kraftwerk Schwarze Pumpe Kraftwerk Schwarze Pumpe (Black Pump Power Station) is a modern coal fired power station in the "Schwarze Pumpe" (Black Pump) district in Spremberg, Germany. Black Pump Power Station is fired with brown coal.
Krag-Jørgensen The Krag-Jørgensen is a repeating bolt action rifle designed by the Norwegians Ole Herman Johannes Krag and Erik Jørgensen in the late 19th century. It was adopted as a standard arm by Denmark, the United States and Norway.
Krag-Petersson The Krag-Petersson rifle was the first repeating rifle adopted by the armed forces of Norway, and one of the first repeating arms used anywhere in the world. Developed by Ole Herman Johannes Krag, the action of the Krag-Petersson was uniquely actuated by the oversized hammer.
Kragsyde Kragsyde is the name of a mansion built at on Smith's Point at Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA, United States, in 1883 and demolished in 1929. It is also the name of an exact replica built in 1982 on Swan's Island, off the coast of Maine near Bar Harbor.
Kragujevac massacre The Kragujevac massacre was the massacre of over 2,000 civilians, mostly Serbs, Jews, communist and Gypsys — men, women and schoolchildren — in Kragujevac, Serbia, then Yugoslavia, by the soldiers of Nazi Germany on 20 October, 1941. It was one of the worst massacres during the German military occupation of Serbia.
Krai Krai (; transliteration: krai or kray) is a term used to refer to seven of Russia's 86Â federal subjects. Since the word krai also means border or end, it is used for regions located along the economic and geographic periphery.
Kraid Kraid is a fictional alien monster from the Metroid series, closely resembling the Japanese monsters called Kaiju. Gigantic and reptilian-like with a fat and bloated appearance, Kraid is one of the largest enemies Samus ever encounters.
Kraig Grady Kraig Grady is a composer who uses microtonal just intonation. Kraig Grady has presented his work at the Norton Simon Museum of Art, the UCLA Armand Hammer Museum, the Pacific Asia Museum, the Chateau de la Napoule - France, California Institute of the Arts, Pomona College, Pierce College, Villa Aurora Foundation for European American Relations, the Schindler House, Beyond Baroque, the Brand Library, New Langton Arts, as well as numerous live performances on KPFK, KCRW, and KXLU.
Kraig Kann Kraig Kann (born on May 3, 1966 in LaGrange, Illinois) is The Golf Channel's top on-air personality, a position he's held at the cable television network since its launch in 1995. He is one of three on-air personalities, the others being Brian Hammons and Mike Ritz, to be with The Golf Channel since its launch.
Kraig Metzinger Kraig Metzinger (born March 19, 1963 in Los Angeles, California) is an American man who, as a teenaged actor, played the role of Maude Findlay's grandson Phillip Trainor on the sitcom Maude from 1977 until the program's cancellation in 1978.
Kraith The Kraith stories are a set of inter-connected works of Star Trek fan fiction. The earliest were written by Jacqueline Lichtenberg (also creator of the Sime - Gen Universe) beginning in 1969 and continuing through the first few years after the cancellation of the original TV series.
Krajina, Montenegro Krajina (Serbian/Montenegrin: Krajina or КраŃина) or Kraja (Albanian: KrajĂ« or Kraja) is an area in southerneastern Montenegro stretching among southern coast of Lake Skadar to the mountain of Rumija, comprising several villages. It is inhabited mainly with Albanians, which make around 98% of population.
Krajowa Rada Radiofonii i Telewizji Krajowa Rada Radiofonii i Telewizji (KRRiT, The National Council of Radio Broadcasting and Television) is a Polish office that issues radio and television broadcast licences, ensures compliance with the law by public broadcasters, and indirectly controls state media. It is roughly equivalent to the Federal Communications Commission in USA.
Krajowcy The Krajowcy (the "border-landers" or "locals", Lithuanized as krajovcai) was a group of mainly Polish-speaking intellectuals from the Vilnius Region who, in the beginning of the 20th century, opposed dividing the old Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth along ethnic and linguistic lines. They were mostly descendants of the nobles of Grand Duchy of Lithuania but identified themselves with the Polish culture and maintained a sense of loyalty to the commonwealth.
Krakatoa - The Last Days Krakatoa - The Last Days is a BBC docu-drama based upon a selection of eye witness accounts of the 1883 eruption of the Krakatoa volcano in attempt to tell the story of one of the most destructive natural disasters known to man. It was - and is - the second greatest volcanic eruption in recorded history (after Tambora only 68 years before), erupting more than 18 cubic kilometres of tephra in less than 48 hours, and killing 36,500 people.
Krakatoa, East of Java Krakatoa, East of Java (1969) is a movie starring Maximilian Schell and Brian Keith. The story revolves around the 1883 eruption of the volcano on the island of Krakatoa, probably the most violent volcanic eruption in modern history.
Kraków Kraków (IPA: ; variant English spelling Cracow; in full Royal Capital City of Kraków, (Polish: Królewskie Stołeczne Miasto Kraków), see also alternative names) is one of the oldest and largest cities of Poland, with a 2004 population of 780,000 (1.4 million, counting adjacent communities).
KrakĂłw County KrakĂłw County () is a powiat (county) in Poland, in Lesser Poland Voivodeship. The county seat is the city of KrakĂłw and the powiat includes the area around it, but not the city itself which forms its own separate urban powiat.
KrakĂłw Ghetto The Jewish ghetto in KrakĂłw (Cracow) was one of the five main ghettos created by the Nazis in the General Government, during their occupation of Poland during World War II. It was a staging point to begin dividing "able workers" from those who would later be deemed worthy of death.
KrakĂłw Uprising The KrakĂłw Uprising of February, 1846, was an attempt led by Edward Dembowski to incite a Polish fight for home-rule; however, most of the uprising was limited to the Free City of KrakĂłw, where it was quickly suppressed by the Austrian army. KrakĂłw was subsequently annexed to the Austrian Empire.
Kraken Kraken ( "krah’ ken" | IPA chart for English RP: | GenAm: | AuE: ) are legendary sea monsters of gargantuan size, said to have dwelled off the coasts of Norway and Iceland. The sheer size and fearsome appearance attributed to the beasts have made them common ocean-dwelling monsters in various fictional works (see Kraken in popular culture).
Krakoa Krakoa is a fictional character in Marvel Comics, commonly associated with the X-Men. It is literally a living island, a sentient ecosystem able to command all the living things native to its island body, and even its terrain.
Krakowiak The Krakowiak is a fast, syncopated Polish dance in duple time from the region of Krakow and Little Poland. It became a popular ballroom dance in Vienna ("Krakauer") and Paris ("Cracovienne")— where, with the polonaise and the mazurka, it signalled a Romantic sensibility of sympathy towards a picturesque, distant and oppressed nation— and in Russia in the mid-nineteenth century.
Krakowskie Przedmieście Krakowskie Przedmieście (literal English meaning: "Kraków Suburb"; until the 19th century, also known by the French rendering, "Faubourg de Cracovie") is one of the most impressive and prestigious streets of Warsaw. It is the northernmost part of the Royal Road, and links the Royal Castle and Old Town with some of the most notable buildings in Warsaw, including the Polish Academy of Sciences, the Presidential Palace and Warsaw University.
Krakra Bluff Krakra Bluff (Rid Krakra 'rid 'kra-kra) is a rocky bluff of elevation 140 m surmounting Memorable Beach on the NW coast of South Bay, Livingston Island. Named after the Bulgarian bolyar (boyar) and warrior Krakra of Pernik (10-11th Century).
Krakra of Pernik Krakra of Pernik (, Krakra Pernishki) , also known as Krakra Voevoda or simply Krakra, was an 11th-century feudal lord in the First Bulgarian Empire whose domain encompassed 36 castles in what is today southwestern Bulgaria, with his capital at Pernik. He is known for heroically resisting Byzantine sieges on multiple occasions as the Byzantines overran the Bulgarian Empire.
Kralendijk Kralendijk is a city located in the island of Bonaire, in the Netherlands Antilles. The main language spoken in the town is Papiamentu, but, because of the town's position on the tourist map, English is widely understood.
Kraljevica Kraljevica (known as Porto Re in Italian and literally translated as "King's cove" in English) is a town in the Kvarner region of the country of Croatia, located between Rijeka and Crikvenica, approximately thirty kilometers from Opatija and near the entrance to the bridge to the island of Krk. Its population is 2,897 and a total of 4,579 in the municipality (2001), and it is administratively governed under the Rijeka civil authority.
Kraljevo Kraljevo (Serbian Cyrillic: Краљево, ) is a city and municipality located in Serbia at , built beside the river Ibar, 7 km west of its confluence with the Serbian Morava; and in the midst of an upland valley, between the Kotlenik Mountains, in the north, and the Stolovi Mountains, in the south.
Krama A krama​ (Khmer ក្រážáž¶ážš) is a sturdy Cambodian garment with many uses, including as a scarf, bandanna, to carry children, to cover the face, and for decorative purposes. It is worn by men, women and children, and can be fairly ornate, though most typically kramas contain a gingham pattern of some sort.
Kramamudra In the Kashmir Shaivism, Kramamudra is a gesture (mudra) in two phases (krama) realised at the level of Consciousness. It is only accessible for the one who has revealed his supreme self, Atman, and is aspiring to unite Atman with the Divine Supreme Self, Paramatman.
Kramarov (crater) Kramarov is a small lunar impact crater that is located on the far side of the Moon. It lies just beyond the western limb, just at the far edge of the region that is brought into view during favorable librations.
Kramer Complex The Kramer Complex is a grouping of Kansas State University residence halls on the west side of the university's Manhattan campus. The complex features two residence halls, Goodnow and Marlatt Hall, as well as the Kramer Dining Hall.
Kramers (crater) Kramers is an old lunar crater that is located on the northern hemisphere on the far side of the Moon. It lies some distance to the west of the larger Coulomb crater, and to the northwest of the smaller Weber crater.
Kramers-Heisenberg formula The Kramers-Heisenberg dispersion formula is an expression for the cross section for scattering of a photon by an atomic electron. It was derived before the advent of quantum mechanics by Hendrik Kramers and Werner Heisenberg in 1925, based on the correspondence principle applied to the classical dispersion formula for light.
Kramers-Wannier duality The Kramers-Wannier duality is a symmetry in statistical physics. It relates the free energy of a two-dimensional square-lattice Ising model at a low temperature to that of another Ising model at a high temperature.
Krang Krang is a fictional supervillain in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles universe. He appeared in the 1987 TMNT cartoon and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures comic book, as well as most of the classic TMNT video games.
Krani Province Krani, also known as Cranii, is an area on the Greek island of Kefalonia. According to Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War, Krani was settled by the Messenians and Helot deserters of Sparta at the discretion of Athens.
Kranidi Kranidi or Kranidhi (Greek, Modern: ΚĎανίδι, Ancient/Katharevousa: -on), older forms Kranidio, Kranidion and Kranidhion is a town located in the southern part of Argolis in the Peloponnese, Greece. Kranidi is also the provincial capital of Ermioni.
Kranj (German: Krainburg) is the fourth largest city in Slovenia, approximately 20km north-west of Ljubljana with a population of 51,225 (2002). The centre of the unofficial Gorenjska (Upper Carniola) region (northwestern Slovenia) is mainly an industrial city with strong electronics industry.
Kranji Expressway The Kranji Expressway (Abbreviation: KJE; Chinese: 克兰芝é«é€źĺ…¬č·Ż, Pinyin: KèlánzhÄ« GÄosĂą GĹŤnglĂą; Malay: Lebuhraya Kranji) in Singapore connects from the Bukit Timah Expressway (BKE) in Bukit Panjang and travels south-west to join with the Pan Island Expressway (PIE) in Jurong West. The expressway is also the shortest of all the expressways at about 7 km (4.
Kranji Reservoir Kranji Reservoir (Chinese: ĺ…‹ĺ…°čŠťč“„ć°´ć± ; Malay: Empangan Air Kranji) is a reservoir in the northern part of Singapore, near the Straits of Johor was a former freshwater river that flowed out into the sea that dammed at its mouth to form a freshwater reservoir. It can also be classified as an estuary.
Krankenhaus (band) Krankenhaus is a German Industrial/Noise/Experimental/Electronic music Group now located in the United States in North Carolina. Krankenhaus consists of Herr Krank and Frau Krank who both have solo projects with those names playing different styles of electronic music.
Krankheit oder Moderne Frauen Krankheit oder Moderne Frauen (Illness or Modern Women) is a play by the Austrian author Elfriede Jelinek written in 1984 and published by Prometh Verlag in 1987 with an afterword by Regine Friedrich. The play deals with Jelinek's usual play on sexual power-politics by focusing attention on a couple and what happens to the dynamics of their relationship when change occurs.
Krannert Art Museum The Krannert Art Museum is a museum of art at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Its collection of more than 9000 objects includes specializations in 20th century art, Asian art, and pre-Colombian art.
Krannert Center for the Performing Arts The Krannert Center for the Performing Arts was built in 1969 in Urbana, Illinois on the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign as an educational and performing arts complex. Herman Krannert, an industrialist (founder of Inland Container Corporation and alumnus of the University) and his wife Ellnora Krannert made a gift of $16 million which made creation of the Center possible.
Kransekake The kransekake (literally "wreath cake") is a traditional Norwegian dessert, usually eaten on special occasions such as a wedding, or during Christmas. Kransekakes take the form of a series of concentric rings of cake, layered on top of each other in order to form a steep-sloped pyramid.
Kranskop, KwaZulu-Natal Kranskop is a small town that is situated on the edge of the Tugela River valley in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It was founded in 1894 as Hopetown but the following confusion with another town of the same name in the Great Karoo, Northern Cape, the name was changed.
Kransky The Kransky is a type of meat sausage, the Oceanic incarnation of an authentic North Slovenian dish - the kranjska klobasa. The name stems from the Slovene name for the Austro-Hungarian province of Carniola, a province that encompassed most of nowaday's Slovenia.
Kranti Kranti is a 1981 Indian Hindi film. Produced and directed by Manoj Kumar it also stars Manoj Kumar along with a very large cast consisting of Dilip Kumar, Shashi Kapoor, Hema Malini, Shatrughan Sinha, Parveen Babi, Sarika, Prem Chopra, Madan Puri and Paintlal.
Krapina Krapina is a town in northern Croatia and the administrative centre of Krapina-Zagorje county with a population of 4,647 (2001) and a total municipality population of 12,950 (2001). Krapina is located in the hilly Zagorje region of Croatia, approximately 55 km away from both Zagreb and VaraĹľdin.
Kras Kras (Carso in Italian), also called the Classical Karst or the Kras Plateau, is a limestone borderline plateau region of southwestern Slovenia extending into northeastern Italy. It lies between the Vipava valley, the Vipavska brda, the most westerly part of Brkini hills, Gulf of Trieste and a short part of Italian state border between the Gulf of Trieste and the Vipava River.
Krasavino Krasavino () is a town in Vologda Oblast, Russia, located on the Northern Dvina River 648Â km northeast of Vologda and 25Â km north of Veliky Ustyug, to which it is administratively subordinated. Population: 8,000 (2006 est.
KrasAir KrasAir or Krasnoyarsk Airlines (Russian: КраŃноярŃкие авиалинии) is the fourth largest domestic carrier in Russia and is based in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. It operates scheduled regional and international passenger services, freight transport, cargo handling and charter services Flight International 5-11 April 2005.
Krashovani The Krashovani (Croatian and Serbian: Krašovani, КраŃовани, Karašovani or Krašovanje, Karaševci and Koroševci; Romanian: CaraĹźoveni, CârĹźoveni, CotcoreĹŁi or CocoĹźi; also known as Krashovans) are a South Slavic people indigenous to CaraĹźova and other nearby locations in CaraĹź-Severin County within the Romanian Banat.
Krasi, Thalasa Ke T' Agori Mu Krasi, Thalasa Ke T' Agori Mu (Greek script: ΚĎαĎÎŻ, θάλαĎĎα και Ď„' αγόĎÎą μου, English translation: "Wine, Sea and My Boyfriend") was the Greek entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1974, Greece's debut Contest entry, performed in Greek by Marinella.
Krasicki Palace Krasicki Palace is a free-standing rectangular palace in the Polish town of Krasiczyn, close to Przemyśl in the Subcarpathian Voivodship. It was built for Stanisław Krasicki by Galleazzo Appiani between 1598 and 1633.
Kraslice Kraslice (Graslitz in German) is a town in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It lies on the southern side of the Erzgebirge (Krušné hory), some 5 km from the neighbouring German town of Klingenthal.
Krasnaya Sloboda Krasnaya Sloboda is a small town located across the Qudiyalçay River (or Kudyal River) from the larger town of Quba, Azerbaijan. The town is the primary settlement of Azerbaijan's population of Mountain Jews, who make up the population of approximately 4,000.
Krasnaya Zvezda The Soviet military newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda (КраĚŃная звездаĚ, Red star) was founded on January 1 1924. Today its official designation is the Central Organ of the Defense Ministry of the Russian Federation.
Krasnodar Krai Krasnodar Krai () is a federal subject of Russia (a krai), located in the Southern Federal District. With a modest 76,000 km² territory (Russia's 43rd largest), it is the most populous krai (and the third most populous federal subject) of the nation.
Krasnodon Krasnodon () is a city in the Luhansk Oblast (province) of south-eastern Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of the Krasnodonsky Raion (district), the city itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast, and is located at around .
Krasnogvardeyskoye, Republic of Adygea Krasnogvardeyskoye (; ) is a village (selo) in the Republic of Adygea, Russia, located on the shores of Krasnodar Reservoir some 80Â km north-west of Maykop. It is the administrative center of Krasnogvardeysky District.
Krasnoludek Krasnoludek (or krasnal) is a Polish mythological type of gnome, common in many Polish and translated folk tales (for example, Brothers Grimm Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is translated into Polish language as KrĂłlewna ĹšnieĹĽka i Siedmiu KrasnoludkĂłw). They resemble small humans and wear pointy red hats.
Krasnoperekopsk Krasnoperekopsk (, , ) is a city in Crimea, Ukraine which is located on the southern part of the Perekop Isthmus, on the shore of the Stare lake, and about 124km from the Crimean capital, Simferopol. It lies on the Dzhankoy-Kherson railroad line (one of the two railroad lines connecting the Crimea and the rest of the continent).
Krasnov (crater) Krasnoff is a lunar impact crater that is located in the southeastern part of the Montes Cordillera range, near the southwest limb of the Moon. From the Earth this crater appears foreshortened, and visibility can be affected by libration.
Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study The Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study of George Mason University was chartered in 1990 as a result of a very substantial bequest from Shelley Krasnow, a long-time resident of the National Capital Area. It operates within the University as an autonomous research unit under the Office of the Provost.
Krasnoyarsk The city of Krasnoyarsk () is the administrative center of the Krasnoyarsk Krai region of Russia, and the third largest city in Siberia. With a population of 909,341 as of the 2002 census, Krasnoyarsk lies on the Yenisei River and is an important junction on the Trans-Siberian Railway.
Krasnoyarsk Bridge Krasnoyarsk Railway Bridge in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia carries the Trans-Siberian Railway across the Yenisei. The structure was constructed between 1893 and 1896 to Lavr Proskuryakov's design, was awarded the Gold Medal at the Exposition Universelle (1900)
Krasnoyarsk hydroelectric dam The 119 m Krasnoyarsk hydroelectric dam, located on the Yenisey river within 30 km upstream from Krasnoyarsk in Divnogorsk town, was finished in 1964 and supplies 6000 MW of power. Mostly it used to supply the KrAZ (Krasnoyarsky Aluminievyy Zavod, Krasnoyarsk Aluminium Plant).
Krasny Oktyabr Closed Joint-Stock Company Volgogradskiy Metallurgicheskiy Zavod Krasny Oktyabr Closed Joint-Stock Company (, Zakrytoye aktsionernoye obshchestvo "Volgogradskiy metallurgicheskiy zavod "Krasny Oktyabr") is a Russian closed joint-stock company which maintains the Krasny Oktyabr factory, one of the largest Russian metallurgy facilities.
Krasny Oktyabr Open Joint-Stock Company Moskovskaya Konditerskaya Fabrika Krasny Oktyabr Open Joint-Stock Company () is a Russian confectionery manufacturer and a member of Obyedinyonnye Kontserny holding company. Krasny Oktyabr was founded by Theodor Ferdinand von Einem.
KrassĂł-SzörĂ©ny KrassĂł-SzörĂ©ny (Hungarian: KrassĂł-SzörĂ©ny, Romanian: CaraĹź-Severin, Serbian: Karaš-Severin or КараŃ-Северин) is the name of administrative county (comitatus) of the historic Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is presently in south-western Romania.
Krassimir Atanassov Krassimir Todorov Atanassov (23 March 1954, Burgas, Bulgaria) is a Bulgarian mathematician. He is best known for launching the concepts of Generalized nets and Intuitionistic fuzzy sets, which are extensions of the concepts of Petri nets and Fuzzy sets, respectively.
Krassimir Balakov Krassimir Balakov () (born March 29, 1966 in Veliko Tarnovo) is a former Bulgarian footballer and a key member of the Bulgarian national team that finished fourth in the 1994 FIFA World Cup. After Hristo Stoichkov, he is considered the greatest Bulgarian footballer of his generation.
Krastyo Sarafov National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts The Krastyo Sarafov National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts (Национална академия Đ·Đ° театрално и филмово изкŃŃтво „КръŃŃ‚ŃŚĐľ Сарафов“, usually abbreviated as ĐťĐТФĐĐ—, NATFA) is an institution of higher education based in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. It is the first Bulgarian university in the field of theatre and film arts and was founded in 1948, being the only public and state-run institution of its kind in the country.
Kratka Ridge Kratka Ridge or Snowcrest is a skiable area on Waterman Mountain in the San Gabriel Mountains of Los Angeles County, California. Located 36 miles northeast of La Cañada and Pasadena along the Angeles Crest Highway, it reaches a height of 7515 feet (2,291 m).
Kratom Kratom (Mitragyna speciosa) is a medicinal leaf harvested from a large tree native to Southeast Asia in the Rubiaceae, first documented by Dutch colonial botanist Korthals. It is botanically related to the Corynanthe, Cinchona and Uncaria genii and shares some similar biochemistry.
Kraton (polymer) Kraton refers to a number of high performance elastomers manufactured by Kraton Polymers, and used as synthetic replacements for rubber. Kraton offers many of the properties of natural rubber, such as flexibility, high traction, and sealing abilities, but with increased resistance to heat, weathering, and chemicals.
Kratonohy Kratonohy is a small village of about 550 people in the Czech Republic, in the Hradec Kralove Region, lying on a state road from Prague to Hradec Králové, 15 kilometers away from Chlumec nad Cidlinou. Kratonohy is a member of the village alliance Mikroregion Urbanická brázda.
Kratos Aurion Kratos Aurion is a character from the video game Tales of Symphonia, released by Namco for the Nintendo GameCube and Sony PlayStation 2 (the PlayStation 2 version was released in Japan only). His English character is played out by voice actor Cam Clarke.
Kratos MS 50 The Kratos MS 50 (or sometime simply EI 50) is a tool for Electron impact spectroscopy (EI). The EI 50, used for relatively small molecules (as opposed to methods like MALDI, ionize molecules via electron bombardment (normally under 70 electronvolt conditions) and then accelerates them through an electric potential.
Kratosija Kratosija (Macedonian: КРĐТОШĐĐĐ) (also Kratoshija or Kratoshiya) is a red wine grape variety grown in the Tikveš wine-growing region of The Republic of Macedonia. In Macedonia, this variety is commonly mistaken with Vranac, similar black grape variety of Montenegro coastal region Crmnica.
Kratovo, Russia Kratovo () is a suburban (dacha) settlement (an urban-type settlement) in Ramensky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia, situated forty kilometers southeast of Moscow. Population: 6,855 (2002 Census); 6,295 (1989 Census).
Kratts' Creatures Kratts' Creatures is a children's television program on PBS. The show is hosted by two brothers, Chris and Martin Kratt, who are later included in the spin-off Zoboomafoo, and Alison Baldwin (played by Shannon Duff), with Ron Rubin as the voice of Ttark the dinosaur.
Krau Wildlife Reserve Krau Wildlife Reserve is the largest wildlife reserve covering 60,349 ha located in the central state of Pahang, Malaysia that was established during the British Colonial Administration. It is managed by the Department of Wildlife and National Parks, located south of Kuala Lumpur, about 10 km from Lancang township.
Kraul Mountains Kraul Mountains () is a chain of mountains and nunataks that trend northeastward from Veststraumen Glacier for approximately 70 miles in western Queen Maud Land. They were discovered by the German Antarctic Expedition under Ritscher, 1938-39, and named for Capt.
Kraus Preserve of Ohio Wesleyan University The Kraus Wilderness Preserve of Ohio Wesleyan University was founded in 1976 when the John Kraus provided the University with a 53-acre land "for instruction in agriculture, horticulture, and related subjects". An endowed fellowship program promotes student research at the Kraus Preserve and has supported projects on soil microbiology, deer browse effects, fungal endophyte-plant interaction, and amphibian, bird and small mammal population surveys.
Krauser Domani The Krauser Domani is a motorcycle based, 3-wheeled vehicle developed by Micheal Krauser GmBH and powered by BMW, built for sale in Japan and Europe. The vehicle looks like a motorcycle with a sidecar attached, however unlike the former, the "sidecar" of the Domani is structurally an integral part of the frame.
Krauskopf Family names such Krauskopf have been recorded in Germany and in other regions of Europe from medieval times. Native German surnames are commonly found in Switzerland, Austria, Luxembourg and Alsace Lorraine, as well in Germany proper.
Krauss-Maffei Krauss-Maffei is an injection molding machine manufacturer based in Germany. The company produces various types of equipment as well as railroad locomotives, tanks, self-propelled artillery and other armoured vehicles.
Krautmaart Krautmaart is an irregularly-shaped broad street in Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. It is a broadened section of the rue du Marché aux Herbes, situated in Ville Haute, the historic heart of the city.
Krautrock Krautrock is a generic name for the experimental bands who appeared in Germany in the late 1960s. It was originally a somewhat derogatory term coined by the British music press from the slang term "Kraut", meaning "a German person" and taken from the traditional German dish of pickled cabbage, Sauerkraut.
Krawang Krawang is a residency of the island of Java, bounded east and south by Cirebon and the Prianger, west by Jakarta, and north by the Java Sea, and comprising a few insignificant islands. The natives are Sundanese, but contain a large admixture of Middle Javanese and Bantamers in the north, where they established colonies in the 17th century.
Krawler Networks Krawler[x] is a p2p based Social Network that lets users setup personal networks, create, find and publish content, and find people to network with. Unlike other Social Network Services which are web based, it's a desktop client and has an underlying peer to peer architecture.
Krawutschke Tower The Krawutschketurm is a 13 metre tall observation tower in the HĂĽrtgenwald municipality, between HĂĽrtgenwald and Nideggen, approximately 10Â km south of DĂĽren, Germany. Being situated in the Eifel, it is locally also known, somewhat ironically, as the Eifelturm (Eifel Tower), in resemblence of the well-known Eiffel Tower).
Kraybill Conflict Style Inventory The Kraybill Conflict Style Inventory (KCSI) is a conflict style inventory developed by Ron Kraybill in the 1980s. Like the widely-used Thomas Kilmann Inventory (TKI), it identifies five styles of responding to conflict, calling them Directing, Harmonizing, Avoiding, Cooperating, and Compromising.
Kraft, Prinz zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen Kraft, Prinz zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen (1827-1892) was a Prussian army officer and military writer, the son of Adolf, Prinz zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen (1797-1873 and a nephew of Friedrich Ludwig, prince of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen (1746-1818), who commanded the Prussians at Jena.
Kraftwerk discography Although having often performed improvised live music during the early 1970s, Kraftwerk's main body of work consists primarily of studio recordings mostly in the form of concept albums, with accompanying singles usually made from edited or remixed versions of these album tracks. A small number of recordings were issued as singles only and are included here.
Kraftwerk Schwarze Pumpe Kraftwerk Schwarze Pumpe (Black Pump Power Station) is a modern coal fired power station in the "Schwarze Pumpe" (Black Pump) district in Spremberg, Germany. Black Pump Power Station is fired with brown coal.
Krag-Jørgensen The Krag-Jørgensen is a repeating bolt action rifle designed by the Norwegians Ole Herman Johannes Krag and Erik Jørgensen in the late 19th century. It was adopted as a standard arm by Denmark, the United States and Norway.
Krag-Petersson The Krag-Petersson rifle was the first repeating rifle adopted by the armed forces of Norway, and one of the first repeating arms used anywhere in the world. Developed by Ole Herman Johannes Krag, the action of the Krag-Petersson was uniquely actuated by the oversized hammer.
Kragsyde Kragsyde is the name of a mansion built at on Smith's Point at Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA, United States, in 1883 and demolished in 1929. It is also the name of an exact replica built in 1982 on Swan's Island, off the coast of Maine near Bar Harbor.
Kragujevac massacre The Kragujevac massacre was the massacre of over 2,000 civilians, mostly Serbs, Jews, communist and Gypsys — men, women and schoolchildren — in Kragujevac, Serbia, then Yugoslavia, by the soldiers of Nazi Germany on 20 October, 1941. It was one of the worst massacres during the German military occupation of Serbia.
Krai Krai (; transliteration: krai or kray) is a term used to refer to seven of Russia's 86Â federal subjects. Since the word krai also means border or end, it is used for regions located along the economic and geographic periphery.
Kraid Kraid is a fictional alien monster from the Metroid series, closely resembling the Japanese monsters called Kaiju. Gigantic and reptilian-like with a fat and bloated appearance, Kraid is one of the largest enemies Samus ever encounters.
Kraig Grady Kraig Grady is a composer who uses microtonal just intonation. Kraig Grady has presented his work at the Norton Simon Museum of Art, the UCLA Armand Hammer Museum, the Pacific Asia Museum, the Chateau de la Napoule - France, California Institute of the Arts, Pomona College, Pierce College, Villa Aurora Foundation for European American Relations, the Schindler House, Beyond Baroque, the Brand Library, New Langton Arts, as well as numerous live performances on KPFK, KCRW, and KXLU.
Kraig Kann Kraig Kann (born on May 3, 1966 in LaGrange, Illinois) is The Golf Channel's top on-air personality, a position he's held at the cable television network since its launch in 1995. He is one of three on-air personalities, the others being Brian Hammons and Mike Ritz, to be with The Golf Channel since its launch.
Kraig Metzinger Kraig Metzinger (born March 19, 1963 in Los Angeles, California) is an American man who, as a teenaged actor, played the role of Maude Findlay's grandson Phillip Trainor on the sitcom Maude from 1977 until the program's cancellation in 1978.
Kraith The Kraith stories are a set of inter-connected works of Star Trek fan fiction. The earliest were written by Jacqueline Lichtenberg (also creator of the Sime - Gen Universe) beginning in 1969 and continuing through the first few years after the cancellation of the original TV series.
Krajina, Montenegro Krajina (Serbian/Montenegrin: Krajina or КраŃина) or Kraja (Albanian: KrajĂ« or Kraja) is an area in southerneastern Montenegro stretching among southern coast of Lake Skadar to the mountain of Rumija, comprising several villages. It is inhabited mainly with Albanians, which make around 98% of population.
Krajowa Rada Radiofonii i Telewizji Krajowa Rada Radiofonii i Telewizji (KRRiT, The National Council of Radio Broadcasting and Television) is a Polish office that issues radio and television broadcast licences, ensures compliance with the law by public broadcasters, and indirectly controls state media. It is roughly equivalent to the Federal Communications Commission in USA.
Krajowcy The Krajowcy (the "border-landers" or "locals", Lithuanized as krajovcai) was a group of mainly Polish-speaking intellectuals from the Vilnius Region who, in the beginning of the 20th century, opposed dividing the old Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth along ethnic and linguistic lines. They were mostly descendants of the nobles of Grand Duchy of Lithuania but identified themselves with the Polish culture and maintained a sense of loyalty to the commonwealth.
Krakatoa - The Last Days Krakatoa - The Last Days is a BBC docu-drama based upon a selection of eye witness accounts of the 1883 eruption of the Krakatoa volcano in attempt to tell the story of one of the most destructive natural disasters known to man. It was - and is - the second greatest volcanic eruption in recorded history (after Tambora only 68 years before), erupting more than 18 cubic kilometres of tephra in less than 48 hours, and killing 36,500 people.
Krakatoa, East of Java Krakatoa, East of Java (1969) is a movie starring Maximilian Schell and Brian Keith. The story revolves around the 1883 eruption of the volcano on the island of Krakatoa, probably the most violent volcanic eruption in modern history.
Kraków Kraków (IPA: ; variant English spelling Cracow; in full Royal Capital City of Kraków, (Polish: Królewskie Stołeczne Miasto Kraków), see also alternative names) is one of the oldest and largest cities of Poland, with a 2004 population of 780,000 (1.4 million, counting adjacent communities).
KrakĂłw County KrakĂłw County () is a powiat (county) in Poland, in Lesser Poland Voivodeship. The county seat is the city of KrakĂłw and the powiat includes the area around it, but not the city itself which forms its own separate urban powiat.
KrakĂłw Ghetto The Jewish ghetto in KrakĂłw (Cracow) was one of the five main ghettos created by the Nazis in the General Government, during their occupation of Poland during World War II. It was a staging point to begin dividing "able workers" from those who would later be deemed worthy of death.
KrakĂłw Uprising The KrakĂłw Uprising of February, 1846, was an attempt led by Edward Dembowski to incite a Polish fight for home-rule; however, most of the uprising was limited to the Free City of KrakĂłw, where it was quickly suppressed by the Austrian army. KrakĂłw was subsequently annexed to the Austrian Empire.
Kraken Kraken ( "krah’ ken" | IPA chart for English RP: | GenAm: | AuE: ) are legendary sea monsters of gargantuan size, said to have dwelled off the coasts of Norway and Iceland. The sheer size and fearsome appearance attributed to the beasts have made them common ocean-dwelling monsters in various fictional works (see Kraken in popular culture).
Krakoa Krakoa is a fictional character in Marvel Comics, commonly associated with the X-Men. It is literally a living island, a sentient ecosystem able to command all the living things native to its island body, and even its terrain.
Krakowiak The Krakowiak is a fast, syncopated Polish dance in duple time from the region of Krakow and Little Poland. It became a popular ballroom dance in Vienna ("Krakauer") and Paris ("Cracovienne")— where, with the polonaise and the mazurka, it signalled a Romantic sensibility of sympathy towards a picturesque, distant and oppressed nation— and in Russia in the mid-nineteenth century.
Krakowskie Przedmieście Krakowskie Przedmieście (literal English meaning: "Kraków Suburb"; until the 19th century, also known by the French rendering, "Faubourg de Cracovie") is one of the most impressive and prestigious streets of Warsaw. It is the northernmost part of the Royal Road, and links the Royal Castle and Old Town with some of the most notable buildings in Warsaw, including the Polish Academy of Sciences, the Presidential Palace and Warsaw University.
Krakra Bluff Krakra Bluff (Rid Krakra 'rid 'kra-kra) is a rocky bluff of elevation 140 m surmounting Memorable Beach on the NW coast of South Bay, Livingston Island. Named after the Bulgarian bolyar (boyar) and warrior Krakra of Pernik (10-11th Century).
Krakra of Pernik Krakra of Pernik (, Krakra Pernishki) , also known as Krakra Voevoda or simply Krakra, was an 11th-century feudal lord in the First Bulgarian Empire whose domain encompassed 36 castles in what is today southwestern Bulgaria, with his capital at Pernik. He is known for heroically resisting Byzantine sieges on multiple occasions as the Byzantines overran the Bulgarian Empire.
Kralendijk Kralendijk is a city located in the island of Bonaire, in the Netherlands Antilles. The main language spoken in the town is Papiamentu, but, because of the town's position on the tourist map, English is widely understood.
Kraljevica Kraljevica (known as Porto Re in Italian and literally translated as "King's cove" in English) is a town in the Kvarner region of the country of Croatia, located between Rijeka and Crikvenica, approximately thirty kilometers from Opatija and near the entrance to the bridge to the island of Krk. Its population is 2,897 and a total of 4,579 in the municipality (2001), and it is administratively governed under the Rijeka civil authority.
Kraljevo Kraljevo (Serbian Cyrillic: Краљево, ) is a city and municipality located in Serbia at , built beside the river Ibar, 7 km west of its confluence with the Serbian Morava; and in the midst of an upland valley, between the Kotlenik Mountains, in the north, and the Stolovi Mountains, in the south.
Krama A krama​ (Khmer ក្រážáž¶ážš) is a sturdy Cambodian garment with many uses, including as a scarf, bandanna, to carry children, to cover the face, and for decorative purposes. It is worn by men, women and children, and can be fairly ornate, though most typically kramas contain a gingham pattern of some sort.
Kramamudra In the Kashmir Shaivism, Kramamudra is a gesture (mudra) in two phases (krama) realised at the level of Consciousness. It is only accessible for the one who has revealed his supreme self, Atman, and is aspiring to unite Atman with the Divine Supreme Self, Paramatman.
Kramarov (crater) Kramarov is a small lunar impact crater that is located on the far side of the Moon. It lies just beyond the western limb, just at the far edge of the region that is brought into view during favorable librations.
Kramer Complex The Kramer Complex is a grouping of Kansas State University residence halls on the west side of the university's Manhattan campus. The complex features two residence halls, Goodnow and Marlatt Hall, as well as the Kramer Dining Hall.
Kramers (crater) Kramers is an old lunar crater that is located on the northern hemisphere on the far side of the Moon. It lies some distance to the west of the larger Coulomb crater, and to the northwest of the smaller Weber crater.
Kramers-Heisenberg formula The Kramers-Heisenberg dispersion formula is an expression for the cross section for scattering of a photon by an atomic electron. It was derived before the advent of quantum mechanics by Hendrik Kramers and Werner Heisenberg in 1925, based on the correspondence principle applied to the classical dispersion formula for light.
Kramers-Wannier duality The Kramers-Wannier duality is a symmetry in statistical physics. It relates the free energy of a two-dimensional square-lattice Ising model at a low temperature to that of another Ising model at a high temperature.
Krang Krang is a fictional supervillain in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles universe. He appeared in the 1987 TMNT cartoon and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures comic book, as well as most of the classic TMNT video games.
Krani Province Krani, also known as Cranii, is an area on the Greek island of Kefalonia. According to Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War, Krani was settled by the Messenians and Helot deserters of Sparta at the discretion of Athens.
Kranidi Kranidi or Kranidhi (Greek, Modern: ΚĎανίδι, Ancient/Katharevousa: -on), older forms Kranidio, Kranidion and Kranidhion is a town located in the southern part of Argolis in the Peloponnese, Greece. Kranidi is also the provincial capital of Ermioni.
Kranj (German: Krainburg) is the fourth largest city in Slovenia, approximately 20km north-west of Ljubljana with a population of 51,225 (2002). The centre of the unofficial Gorenjska (Upper Carniola) region (northwestern Slovenia) is mainly an industrial city with strong electronics industry.
Kranji Expressway The Kranji Expressway (Abbreviation: KJE; Chinese: 克兰芝é«é€źĺ…¬č·Ż, Pinyin: KèlánzhÄ« GÄosĂą GĹŤnglĂą; Malay: Lebuhraya Kranji) in Singapore connects from the Bukit Timah Expressway (BKE) in Bukit Panjang and travels south-west to join with the Pan Island Expressway (PIE) in Jurong West. The expressway is also the shortest of all the expressways at about 7 km (4.
Kranji Reservoir Kranji Reservoir (Chinese: ĺ…‹ĺ…°čŠťč“„ć°´ć± ; Malay: Empangan Air Kranji) is a reservoir in the northern part of Singapore, near the Straits of Johor was a former freshwater river that flowed out into the sea that dammed at its mouth to form a freshwater reservoir. It can also be classified as an estuary.
Krankenhaus (band) Krankenhaus is a German Industrial/Noise/Experimental/Electronic music Group now located in the United States in North Carolina. Krankenhaus consists of Herr Krank and Frau Krank who both have solo projects with those names playing different styles of electronic music.
Krankheit oder Moderne Frauen Krankheit oder Moderne Frauen (Illness or Modern Women) is a play by the Austrian author Elfriede Jelinek written in 1984 and published by Prometh Verlag in 1987 with an afterword by Regine Friedrich. The play deals with Jelinek's usual play on sexual power-politics by focusing attention on a couple and what happens to the dynamics of their relationship when change occurs.
Krannert Art Museum The Krannert Art Museum is a museum of art at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Its collection of more than 9000 objects includes specializations in 20th century art, Asian art, and pre-Colombian art.
Krannert Center for the Performing Arts The Krannert Center for the Performing Arts was built in 1969 in Urbana, Illinois on the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign as an educational and performing arts complex. Herman Krannert, an industrialist (founder of Inland Container Corporation and alumnus of the University) and his wife Ellnora Krannert made a gift of $16 million which made creation of the Center possible.
Kransekake The kransekake (literally "wreath cake") is a traditional Norwegian dessert, usually eaten on special occasions such as a wedding, or during Christmas. Kransekakes take the form of a series of concentric rings of cake, layered on top of each other in order to form a steep-sloped pyramid.
Kranskop, KwaZulu-Natal Kranskop is a small town that is situated on the edge of the Tugela River valley in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It was founded in 1894 as Hopetown but the following confusion with another town of the same name in the Great Karoo, Northern Cape, the name was changed.
Kransky The Kransky is a type of meat sausage, the Oceanic incarnation of an authentic North Slovenian dish - the kranjska klobasa. The name stems from the Slovene name for the Austro-Hungarian province of Carniola, a province that encompassed most of nowaday's Slovenia.
Kranti Kranti is a 1981 Indian Hindi film. Produced and directed by Manoj Kumar it also stars Manoj Kumar along with a very large cast consisting of Dilip Kumar, Shashi Kapoor, Hema Malini, Shatrughan Sinha, Parveen Babi, Sarika, Prem Chopra, Madan Puri and Paintlal.
Krapina Krapina is a town in northern Croatia and the administrative centre of Krapina-Zagorje county with a population of 4,647 (2001) and a total municipality population of 12,950 (2001). Krapina is located in the hilly Zagorje region of Croatia, approximately 55 km away from both Zagreb and VaraĹľdin.
Kras Kras (Carso in Italian), also called the Classical Karst or the Kras Plateau, is a limestone borderline plateau region of southwestern Slovenia extending into northeastern Italy. It lies between the Vipava valley, the Vipavska brda, the most westerly part of Brkini hills, Gulf of Trieste and a short part of Italian state border between the Gulf of Trieste and the Vipava River.
Krasavino Krasavino () is a town in Vologda Oblast, Russia, located on the Northern Dvina River 648Â km northeast of Vologda and 25Â km north of Veliky Ustyug, to which it is administratively subordinated. Population: 8,000 (2006 est.
KrasAir KrasAir or Krasnoyarsk Airlines (Russian: КраŃноярŃкие авиалинии) is the fourth largest domestic carrier in Russia and is based in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. It operates scheduled regional and international passenger services, freight transport, cargo handling and charter services Flight International 5-11 April 2005.
Krashovani The Krashovani (Croatian and Serbian: Krašovani, КраŃовани, Karašovani or Krašovanje, Karaševci and Koroševci; Romanian: CaraĹźoveni, CârĹźoveni, CotcoreĹŁi or CocoĹźi; also known as Krashovans) are a South Slavic people indigenous to CaraĹźova and other nearby locations in CaraĹź-Severin County within the Romanian Banat.
Krasi, Thalasa Ke T' Agori Mu Krasi, Thalasa Ke T' Agori Mu (Greek script: ΚĎαĎÎŻ, θάλαĎĎα και Ď„' αγόĎÎą μου, English translation: "Wine, Sea and My Boyfriend") was the Greek entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1974, Greece's debut Contest entry, performed in Greek by Marinella.
Krasicki Palace Krasicki Palace is a free-standing rectangular palace in the Polish town of Krasiczyn, close to Przemyśl in the Subcarpathian Voivodship. It was built for Stanisław Krasicki by Galleazzo Appiani between 1598 and 1633.
Kraslice Kraslice (Graslitz in German) is a town in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It lies on the southern side of the Erzgebirge (Krušné hory), some 5 km from the neighbouring German town of Klingenthal.
Krasnaya Sloboda Krasnaya Sloboda is a small town located across the Qudiyalçay River (or Kudyal River) from the larger town of Quba, Azerbaijan. The town is the primary settlement of Azerbaijan's population of Mountain Jews, who make up the population of approximately 4,000.
Krasnaya Zvezda The Soviet military newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda (КраĚŃная звездаĚ, Red star) was founded on January 1 1924. Today its official designation is the Central Organ of the Defense Ministry of the Russian Federation.
Krasnodar Krai Krasnodar Krai () is a federal subject of Russia (a krai), located in the Southern Federal District. With a modest 76,000 km² territory (Russia's 43rd largest), it is the most populous krai (and the third most populous federal subject) of the nation.
Krasnodon Krasnodon () is a city in the Luhansk Oblast (province) of south-eastern Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of the Krasnodonsky Raion (district), the city itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast, and is located at around .
Krasnogvardeyskoye, Republic of Adygea Krasnogvardeyskoye (; ) is a village (selo) in the Republic of Adygea, Russia, located on the shores of Krasnodar Reservoir some 80Â km north-west of Maykop. It is the administrative center of Krasnogvardeysky District.
Krasnoludek Krasnoludek (or krasnal) is a Polish mythological type of gnome, common in many Polish and translated folk tales (for example, Brothers Grimm Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is translated into Polish language as KrĂłlewna ĹšnieĹĽka i Siedmiu KrasnoludkĂłw). They resemble small humans and wear pointy red hats.
Krasnoperekopsk Krasnoperekopsk (, , ) is a city in Crimea, Ukraine which is located on the southern part of the Perekop Isthmus, on the shore of the Stare lake, and about 124km from the Crimean capital, Simferopol. It lies on the Dzhankoy-Kherson railroad line (one of the two railroad lines connecting the Crimea and the rest of the continent).
Krasnov (crater) Krasnoff is a lunar impact crater that is located in the southeastern part of the Montes Cordillera range, near the southwest limb of the Moon. From the Earth this crater appears foreshortened, and visibility can be affected by libration.
Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study The Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study of George Mason University was chartered in 1990 as a result of a very substantial bequest from Shelley Krasnow, a long-time resident of the National Capital Area. It operates within the University as an autonomous research unit under the Office of the Provost.
Krasnoyarsk The city of Krasnoyarsk () is the administrative center of the Krasnoyarsk Krai region of Russia, and the third largest city in Siberia. With a population of 909,341 as of the 2002 census, Krasnoyarsk lies on the Yenisei River and is an important junction on the Trans-Siberian Railway.
Krasnoyarsk Bridge Krasnoyarsk Railway Bridge in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia carries the Trans-Siberian Railway across the Yenisei. The structure was constructed between 1893 and 1896 to Lavr Proskuryakov's design, was awarded the Gold Medal at the Exposition Universelle (1900)
Krasnoyarsk hydroelectric dam The 119 m Krasnoyarsk hydroelectric dam, located on the Yenisey river within 30 km upstream from Krasnoyarsk in Divnogorsk town, was finished in 1964 and supplies 6000 MW of power. Mostly it used to supply the KrAZ (Krasnoyarsky Aluminievyy Zavod, Krasnoyarsk Aluminium Plant).
Krasny Oktyabr Closed Joint-Stock Company Volgogradskiy Metallurgicheskiy Zavod Krasny Oktyabr Closed Joint-Stock Company (, Zakrytoye aktsionernoye obshchestvo "Volgogradskiy metallurgicheskiy zavod "Krasny Oktyabr") is a Russian closed joint-stock company which maintains the Krasny Oktyabr factory, one of the largest Russian metallurgy facilities.
Krasny Oktyabr Open Joint-Stock Company Moskovskaya Konditerskaya Fabrika Krasny Oktyabr Open Joint-Stock Company () is a Russian confectionery manufacturer and a member of Obyedinyonnye Kontserny holding company. Krasny Oktyabr was founded by Theodor Ferdinand von Einem.
KrassĂł-SzörĂ©ny KrassĂł-SzörĂ©ny (Hungarian: KrassĂł-SzörĂ©ny, Romanian: CaraĹź-Severin, Serbian: Karaš-Severin or КараŃ-Северин) is the name of administrative county (comitatus) of the historic Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is presently in south-western Romania.
Krassimir Atanassov Krassimir Todorov Atanassov (23 March 1954, Burgas, Bulgaria) is a Bulgarian mathematician. He is best known for launching the concepts of Generalized nets and Intuitionistic fuzzy sets, which are extensions of the concepts of Petri nets and Fuzzy sets, respectively.
Krassimir Balakov Krassimir Balakov () (born March 29, 1966 in Veliko Tarnovo) is a former Bulgarian footballer and a key member of the Bulgarian national team that finished fourth in the 1994 FIFA World Cup. After Hristo Stoichkov, he is considered the greatest Bulgarian footballer of his generation.
Krastyo Sarafov National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts The Krastyo Sarafov National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts (Национална академия Đ·Đ° театрално и филмово изкŃŃтво „КръŃŃ‚ŃŚĐľ Сарафов“, usually abbreviated as ĐťĐТФĐĐ—, NATFA) is an institution of higher education based in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. It is the first Bulgarian university in the field of theatre and film arts and was founded in 1948, being the only public and state-run institution of its kind in the country.
Kratka Ridge Kratka Ridge or Snowcrest is a skiable area on Waterman Mountain in the San Gabriel Mountains of Los Angeles County, California. Located 36 miles northeast of La Cañada and Pasadena along the Angeles Crest Highway, it reaches a height of 7515 feet (2,291 m).
Kratom Kratom (Mitragyna speciosa) is a medicinal leaf harvested from a large tree native to Southeast Asia in the Rubiaceae, first documented by Dutch colonial botanist Korthals. It is botanically related to the Corynanthe, Cinchona and Uncaria genii and shares some similar biochemistry.
Kraton (polymer) Kraton refers to a number of high performance elastomers manufactured by Kraton Polymers, and used as synthetic replacements for rubber. Kraton offers many of the properties of natural rubber, such as flexibility, high traction, and sealing abilities, but with increased resistance to heat, weathering, and chemicals.
Kratonohy Kratonohy is a small village of about 550 people in the Czech Republic, in the Hradec Kralove Region, lying on a state road from Prague to Hradec Králové, 15 kilometers away from Chlumec nad Cidlinou. Kratonohy is a member of the village alliance Mikroregion Urbanická brázda.
Kratos Aurion Kratos Aurion is a character from the video game Tales of Symphonia, released by Namco for the Nintendo GameCube and Sony PlayStation 2 (the PlayStation 2 version was released in Japan only). His English character is played out by voice actor Cam Clarke.
Kratos MS 50 The Kratos MS 50 (or sometime simply EI 50) is a tool for Electron impact spectroscopy (EI). The EI 50, used for relatively small molecules (as opposed to methods like MALDI, ionize molecules via electron bombardment (normally under 70 electronvolt conditions) and then accelerates them through an electric potential.
Kratosija Kratosija (Macedonian: КРĐТОШĐĐĐ) (also Kratoshija or Kratoshiya) is a red wine grape variety grown in the Tikveš wine-growing region of The Republic of Macedonia. In Macedonia, this variety is commonly mistaken with Vranac, similar black grape variety of Montenegro coastal region Crmnica.
Kratovo, Russia Kratovo () is a suburban (dacha) settlement (an urban-type settlement) in Ramensky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia, situated forty kilometers southeast of Moscow. Population: 6,855 (2002 Census); 6,295 (1989 Census).
Kratts' Creatures Kratts' Creatures is a children's television program on PBS. The show is hosted by two brothers, Chris and Martin Kratt, who are later included in the spin-off Zoboomafoo, and Alison Baldwin (played by Shannon Duff), with Ron Rubin as the voice of Ttark the dinosaur.
Krau Wildlife Reserve Krau Wildlife Reserve is the largest wildlife reserve covering 60,349 ha located in the central state of Pahang, Malaysia that was established during the British Colonial Administration. It is managed by the Department of Wildlife and National Parks, located south of Kuala Lumpur, about 10 km from Lancang township.
Kraul Mountains Kraul Mountains () is a chain of mountains and nunataks that trend northeastward from Veststraumen Glacier for approximately 70 miles in western Queen Maud Land. They were discovered by the German Antarctic Expedition under Ritscher, 1938-39, and named for Capt.
Kraus Preserve of Ohio Wesleyan University The Kraus Wilderness Preserve of Ohio Wesleyan University was founded in 1976 when the John Kraus provided the University with a 53-acre land "for instruction in agriculture, horticulture, and related subjects". An endowed fellowship program promotes student research at the Kraus Preserve and has supported projects on soil microbiology, deer browse effects, fungal endophyte-plant interaction, and amphibian, bird and small mammal population surveys.
Krauser Domani The Krauser Domani is a motorcycle based, 3-wheeled vehicle developed by Micheal Krauser GmBH and powered by BMW, built for sale in Japan and Europe. The vehicle looks like a motorcycle with a sidecar attached, however unlike the former, the "sidecar" of the Domani is structurally an integral part of the frame.
Krauskopf Family names such Krauskopf have been recorded in Germany and in other regions of Europe from medieval times. Native German surnames are commonly found in Switzerland, Austria, Luxembourg and Alsace Lorraine, as well in Germany proper.
Krauss-Maffei Krauss-Maffei is an injection molding machine manufacturer based in Germany. The company produces various types of equipment as well as railroad locomotives, tanks, self-propelled artillery and other armoured vehicles.
Krautmaart Krautmaart is an irregularly-shaped broad street in Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. It is a broadened section of the rue du Marché aux Herbes, situated in Ville Haute, the historic heart of the city.
Krautrock Krautrock is a generic name for the experimental bands who appeared in Germany in the late 1960s. It was originally a somewhat derogatory term coined by the British music press from the slang term "Kraut", meaning "a German person" and taken from the traditional German dish of pickled cabbage, Sauerkraut.
Krawang Krawang is a residency of the island of Java, bounded east and south by Cirebon and the Prianger, west by Jakarta, and north by the Java Sea, and comprising a few insignificant islands. The natives are Sundanese, but contain a large admixture of Middle Javanese and Bantamers in the north, where they established colonies in the 17th century.
Krawler Networks Krawler[x] is a p2p based Social Network that lets users setup personal networks, create, find and publish content, and find people to network with. Unlike other Social Network Services which are web based, it's a desktop client and has an underlying peer to peer architecture.
Krawutschke Tower The Krawutschketurm is a 13 metre tall observation tower in the HĂĽrtgenwald municipality, between HĂĽrtgenwald and Nideggen, approximately 10Â km south of DĂĽren, Germany. Being situated in the Eifel, it is locally also known, somewhat ironically, as the Eifelturm (Eifel Tower), in resemblence of the well-known Eiffel Tower).
Kraybill Conflict Style Inventory The Kraybill Conflict Style Inventory (KCSI) is a conflict style inventory developed by Ron Kraybill in the 1980s. Like the widely-used Thomas Kilmann Inventory (TKI), it identifies five styles of responding to conflict, calling them Directing, Harmonizing, Avoiding, Cooperating, and Compromising.
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